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‘Card is going to snap and commit a mass shooting,’ Army Reserve warned in September

New details revealed documented concerns about Robert Card’s mental health and access to weapons. Authorities said they issued alerts about him and tried to locate him.
Read the documents detailing warnings about Lewiston, Maine, shooter Timeline: How the shootings in Lewiston, Maine, unfolded Complete coverage of the shootings

In Malden, friends and family remember slain deaf bowler

Teachers brace for hard questions about Maine shootings

Governor Mills pressed on prior warnings about gunman

Profiles of the lives lost in the Maine mass shootings

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

Hamas and other militant groups are believed to be holding some 240 captives, including men, women and children. Netanyahu has faced mounting pressure to secure their release even as Israel acts to crush Hamas and end its 16-year rule over the territory.
‘We’ve run out of drinking water’: Medway family describes increasingly dire situation in Gaza as war esclates Biden says Mideast leaders must consider a two-state solution after the war ends Local health care workers calling for cease-fire in Gaza hold ‘die-in’ outside Warren and Markey’s office Providence councilman says he was fired from R.I. governor’s office for pro-Palestinian views

‘It’s smoooooth’: Riders, drivers rejoice as stretch of Red Line and Mattapan Trolley speed up after shutdown

Riders who have endured excruciatingly slow train and shuttle bus service in recent months were greeted Monday with a speedier commute as the MBTA reopened the lines between JFK/UMass and Mattapan stations after a 16-day shutdown.

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says
Health regulators are warning consumers not to use more than two dozen varieties of over-the-counter eyedrops due to the risk of infections that could lead to blindness

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Halloween will be clear and chilly, and even colder temperatures are on the way
Expect clear skies and cool temperatures on Tuesday evening. And later in the week, some people may see overnight readings below freezing.

Biden administration convenes meeting to tackle rising antisemitism on campuses

In District 7 City Council race, an incumbent faces off with a familiar name on the ballot

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

With Mass. shelters nearing state-imposed capacity, questions and legal challenge cloud Healey’s plans

State officials said they plan to begin pushing those seeking emergency shelter to a waiting list once the system reaches 7,500 families, which they warn could happen “imminently.”
shirley leung

As Harvard feels the heat from donors, how much influence should they have on campus?

The horror of the Middle East conflict has raised tensions between donors and university administrators to a boil — and led some philanthropists to cut off contributions.
Harvard President Claudine Gay convenes antisemitism advisory board amid ‘resurgence of bigotry’ on campus

Christopher L. Gasper
Will Bill Belichick do what’s best for the team or what’s best for himself at NFL trade deadline?
The Patriots coach should use Tuesday’s deadline to move players and try to move the team closer to genuine contention again.

Your view: What moves should New England make ahead of the trade deadline? How have Bill Belichick’s Patriots approached the NFL trade deadline in years past? Let’s take a look. Bill Belichick discussed the trade deadline, NFL officiating, and the future of Kyle Dugger
celtics 126, wizards 107

With his opening-night dud a thing of the past, Jaylen Brown delivered a decisive Celtics win over the Wizards

The Celtics needed a laugher after two grueling games to open the season and they were never threatened thanks to Brown's 27-point first half.
BRUINS 3, PANTHERS 2 (OT)

Bruins battle all the way back to beat Panthers on Pavel Zacha’s overtime goal

After a sleepy first period that left them trailing by two goals, the Bruins hit back over the next 40 minutes to tie and eventually pulled out the victory in OT.
Bruins lose defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Matt Grzelcyk in victory over Panthers

Gwyneth Paltrow recalls ‘magical summer’ in Massachusetts with Matthew Perry

“I hope Matthew is at peace at long last,” the actress wrote on Instagram.
Appreciation: In any role, Matthew Perry’s humanity was never far from the surface
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

Representative Jared Golden’s reversal on assault weapons took courage

It takes courage to speak out against the misguided belief that Americans have the right to own weapons of war. That kind of courage can get you voted out of office.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The deficit has doubled — to $2 trillion. This economist says worrying about it is silly.
Kris Brown

Scapegoating mental illness is ineffective in preventing mass shootings
EDITORIAL

Transfer tax would give communities one more weapon in the housing battle
LETTERS

After Lewiston, anguish, anger, and urgency for something to be done
Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Concerning injuries to Max Scherzer and Adolis García took a little luster off the Rangers’ Game 3 World Series win

The Rangers can likely work around the loss of Scherzer, who has given them only 9⅔ innings in the postseason. García, the ALCS MVP, is potentially a much bigger problem.
AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

Finding the center

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grossfeld helps guide us through the Labyrinth at the Armenian Heritage Park.
DEVRA FIRST

These are the best and worst candies of Halloween

Remember when I sorted Halloween candy into "Best" and "Worst" buckets and not everyone was sweet about it? Well, I'm sorry but Mounds are still marvelous and Twizzlers are still terrible. Let's Take 5 to reflect on candy again.

More recent News

Congresswoman Katherine Clark tells high school students the best way to reform gun laws is by voting out current Congress
Mass shootings like the ones in Maine last week are a “unique, American problem” and change may only come from voting out lawmakers who have worked against gun reform, Clark said Monday.

larry edelman | trendlines
The Federal Reserve isn’t sure where the economy going
Like the rest of us, the Fed is waiting to see what happens next, looking for clear evidence that inflation is in a sustained retreat before declaring inflation a thing of the past.

Fred Schoch’s time with thriving Head of the Charles Regatta to end with retirement in 2024
When he came on board in 1991, Schoch was the regatta’s first full-time employee. “I was the right guy at the right time,” he said.

Pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid start 3-day walkout
This week’s work action is the third strike by pharmacy employees in the last month, and comes as tension between pharmacists and their corporate employers has been mounting.

Feds give big boost to northern New England power line
Energy Department backs Twin States power line that would bring Canadian hydropower through Vermont and New Hampshire.

Historic fountain in downtown Nantucket destroyed when truck slams into it, keeps driving

The downtown landmark, which dates back to 1885, was hit by a white Chevy Silverado just after 10:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Nantucket Current.
Beyond the Gilded Gate

One house, one family, and the fading dream of homeownership

Within 100 years, a Watertown family has watched the seams of the American Dream coming apart — one stitch, one generation at a time.
Tell us your family’s Greater Boston homeownership story

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NH POLITICS

Eccentric candidates ‘part of the color’ of N.H. primary process

Performance artist and perennial candidate Vermin Supreme showed up for the last day to file for New Hampshire’s presidential primary.

Corporate signs are proliferating on Boston office towers. Here’s why.
HarbourVest has joined a growing list of corporate names that now grace Boston’s skyline: Foundation Medicine, CarGurus, Eli Lilly, State Street, Whoop, MassMutual.

Globe Magazine
Vampire panic gripped New England in the 1800s. The real evil was in the air.
“Sometimes they called it an ‘evil angel’ inhabiting the body,” says a folklore expert. And they went to macabre lengths to protect the living.

As Mass. nears deadline to cap shelter capacity, state to partner with feds to help migrants obtain work permits
State and federal Homeland Security officials will co-host a clinic the week of Nov. 13 in Middlesex County. The state will organize appointments and provide transportation for migrants from shelter sites statewide.

Culture & Lifestyle

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

Nick Lowe on Christmas music, his masked accomplices, and why he had to change his tune

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage

Grupo Corpo brings Brazil back to the Shubert

Special Projects

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

MARCELA GARCÍA

The compelling candidacy of City Council candidate Henry Santana
RENÉE GRAHAM

Not a hate crime, but still an act of hate
EDITORIAL

After Maine shootings, our grim ritual returns: burying the dead, pleading for better gun laws

ALEX BEAM

Who is to blame for the state of the nation? Mitt Romney.
Yossi Beilin

Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’
IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

If your dog could speak, would you like what it said?

Metro

Group seeks to clear names of all accused, convicted or executed for witchcraft in Massachusetts

Massachusetts is working to fully atone for its witch trial legacy nearly 400 years after the first person was executed there for witchcraft.

‘Card is going to snap and commit a mass shooting,’ Army Reserve warned in September

New details revealed documented concerns about Robert Card’s mental health and access to weapons. Authorities said they issued alerts about him and tried to locate him.

Soldier feared Maine shooter could ‘snap and commit mass shooting,’ documents say

A US Army Reserve official alerted Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department about concerns with the gunman's mental health and said another soldier was worried that Card could “snap and commit a mass shooting,” according to documents.

In Malden, friends and family remember slain deaf bowler who was killed in Lewiston shootings

Steve Vozzella, who grew up in Massachusetts, brought his love for bowling and other games with him when he later moved to Maine.

Sports

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Concerning injuries to Max Scherzer and Adolis García took a little luster off the Rangers’ Game 3 World Series win

The Rangers can likely work around the loss of Scherzer, who has given them only 9⅔ innings in the postseason. García, the ALCS MVP, is potentially a much bigger problem.
LIONS 26, RAIDERS 14

Multifaceted attack leads Detroit past Las Vegas on Monday Night Football

Rookie Jahmyr Gibbs ran for a season-high 152 yards and a touchdown, Jared Goff threw for 272 yards with a score, and the Lions beat the Raiders, 26-14, in Detroit.
Baseball

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts hopes MLB teams consider signing ‘awesome guy’ Trevor Bauer, who was accused of sexual assault

Bauer and a woman who accused him of beating and sexually assaulting her in 2021 settled their legal dispute this month.
WORLD SERIES | GAME 3: RANGERS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 1

Rangers grit through injury losses, win in Arizona to take 2-1 World Series lead
BRUINS 3, PANTHERS 2 (OT)

Bruins battle all the way back to beat Panthers on Pavel Zacha’s overtime goal
bruins

Bruins lose defensemen Charlie McAvoy and Matt Grzelcyk in victory over Panthers

Business

US regulators sue SolarWinds and its security chief for alleged cyber neglect ahead of Russian hack

US regulators have sued SolarWinds and its top security executive for fraud for allegedly concealing poor cybersecurity practices ahead of the Texas-based technology company’s stunning hack by Russian spies.
RI BUSINESS

Pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid start 3-day walkout

This week’s work action is the third strike by pharmacy employees in the last month, and comes as tension between pharmacists and their corporate employers has been mounting.
TALKING POINTS

City of Boston boosts efforts to expand reach of government contracts

Biden wants to move fast on AI safeguards and signs an executive order to address his concerns
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Globe Magazine

One family scammed the lottery for $20 million. Then their luck ran out.

MISS CONDUCT

I’m a finalist for two jobs. How do I navigate between them?
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He shared his love of Halloween’
PERSPECTIVE

Mike Gorman, the legendary voice of the Celtics. And my dear friend.

metro

Pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid start 3-day walkout

With Mass. shelters nearing state-imposed capacity, questions and legal challenge cloud Healey’s plans

‘There is no lesson plan for this’: Teachers brace for hard questions about Maine shootings

sports

With his opening-night dud a thing of the past, Jaylen Brown delivered a decisive Celtics win over the Wizards

Report: Revolution allege that Philadelphia Union’s Kai Wagner used a racial slur against Bobby Wood in Game 1 of MLS playoffs

Seeing 2013 Red Sox title faces at World Series reminds how quickly fortunes can change

business

Feds give big boost to northern New England power line

Under prosecution’s fire, Sam Bankman-Fried brushes off past comments

Google CEO says tech giant has improved the web for all consumers

politics

Biden’s Cabinet secretaries will push a divided Congress to send aid to Israel and Ukraine

Biden administration is moving toward a narrower student loan relief targeting groups of borrowers

Judge dismisses lawsuit that sought to block Trump from N.H. ballot

Nation

Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC

Does Jan. 6 constitutionally block Trump from 2024 ballot? Lawyers to make case on day 2 of hearing

Colorado trial considers whether the 14th Amendment disqualifies Trump

World

UN agency in Gaza says urgent cease-fire is `matter of life and death’ for millions of Palestinians

Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire

Riot over plane from Israel alarms Jews and draws condemnation

opinion

The big question looming over Dana-Farber shift: What’s the best way to treat cancer?

Why they rip down the ‘Kidnapped from Israel’ fliers

Investor eyed Boston. Then he considered his workers’ housing costs.

lifestyle

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

Epoch Preservation uses artistry and attention to detail to bring historical gravestones back to life

Panethnic Pourovers, an AAPI-focused café library offering furikake bagels and translation services, opens in Quincy

food & dining

These are the best and worst candies of Halloween

Ghost stories — and unearthly encounters — feed curious guests at this Chepachet, R.I., tavern

Hyde Park’s Roundhead Brewing is turning 1 and ready to party

travel

Our travel writer has found a new favorite destination, and it’s in Switzerland

Feeling down? Welcome to the ‘happy place’ of the happiest people in the world

Brian Regan on his ‘adequate comedy,’ Germany’s coolness, and his love of swim-up bars

Arts

At the ICA, a vital view into the Boston art scene

Robert Irwin, artist of fleeting light and space, is dead at 95

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow to retire

Books

Superfan or dilettante?

New poetry collection captures stillness in motion; local press celebrates author, fall book lineup; new collection by local poet examines joy and healing

Author readings around Boston Oct. 29 - Nov. 4

Movies

‘The Holdovers’ is Payne’s paean to all the lonely people

For ‘Cosplay Dad,’ Rhode Island Comic Con is a place for full expression

Anthony ‘BonVida’ Flores returns home to screen his film about ‘vampires-in-the-hood’ Saturday at the Strand

Television

Fellowes’s ‘The Gilded Age’ isn’t the gold standard, but it’s plenty rich

Gwyneth Paltrow recalls ‘magical summer’ in Massachusetts with Matthew Perry

This week’s TV: ‘All the Light’ premieres, David Oyelowo is ‘Bass Reeves,’ and the Rock Hall of Fame ceremony goes live

music

Taylor Swift Halloween theme draws visitors to Beacon Hill home

CBC report questions singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims of Indigenous heritage

Nick Lowe on Christmas music, his masked accomplices, and why he had to change his tune

Theater/Dance

On her ‘Woo Woo’ podcast, Rachel Dratch’s guests give her the creeps

‘Frozen’ has the power to enchant, despite some slush

‘How I Learned to Drive’ burrows deep into the murky memories of trauma

Health

Pharmacy workers at CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid start 3-day walkout

Eyedrops from CVS, Rite Aid and others carry possible infection risk, FDA says

Lifespan, largest hospital owner in R.I., could change name in expanded partnership with Brown University

Obituaries

Frank Howard, long the face of baseball in Washington, D.C., dies at 87

Climate scientist Saleemul Huq, who emphasized helping poor nations adapt to warming, dies at 71

Matthew Perry, Emmy-nominated ‘Friends’ star, dead at 54