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Top Trump volunteer in Mass. no longer with campaign after warning New Hampshire is ‘no longer a battleground state’

Some New England Republicans see Vice President Kamala Harris as a more formidable opponent than President Biden.

Harris set to oppose sale of US Steel to a Japanese firm during joint Pennsylvania event with Biden

Harris has been careful to balance presenting herself as “a new way forward” while remaining intensely loyal to Biden and the policies he has pushed.

See updates from the 2024 campaign trail

Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee

Boston University resident assistants strike as thousands move in

After 15 negotiation sessions, the university and the union have yet to agree on a contract.

THE FINE PRINT

Why does Massachusetts still put Social Security numbers on death certificates?
The practice gives fraudsters easy access to a key piece of personal information they can use in their scams, officials say.

One dead, another injured after daylight shooting inside a Dorchester barbershop, officials said

At around 12:55 p.m Monday, Boston police officers responded to a report of two people shot around Washington and Erie Streets.

Police say 4 people fatally shot on Chicago-area subway train

5 people shot at New York’s West Indian American Day Parade, police say

US government seizes plane used by Venezuelan president, citing sanctions violations

One major complaint comes up again and again as internship season draws to a close: There just wasn’t much to do.

These summer interns were ghosted by their bosses

One major complaint comes up again and again among college students as internship season draws to a close: There just wasn’t much to do.

Most jobs don’t have mandatory retirement ages. Maybe more should.

After the June presidential debate, I began to wonder: Do we need to be told when to call it quits?

The Boston College football team is kicking off the Bill O’Brien era Monday. Here’s what to watch for.
A fan base desperately craving a jolt was invigorated by the hire of the former Patriots offensive coordinator and is intrigued to see what he can do.

Sandra Birchmore died in 2021 while expecting in her first child. Former Stoughton police detective Matthew G. Farwell is accused of killing her. He has pleaded not guilty.

Mass. investigators saw a suicide. Feds saw a murder. Sandra Birchmore’s friends and family made sure no one looked away.

On Wednesday, federal prosecutors charged a former Stoughton police detective with killing Sandra Birchmore and then staging the scene to make her death look like a suicide.

Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos, and other discoveries
The findings from this summer's trip “showcase a bittersweet mix of preservation and loss,” RMS Titanic said in a statement.

While the course wasn't packed, the FM Championship brought out enough local fans to encourage both the sponsor and the LPGA.

LPGA FM CHAMPIONSHIP

‘It felt like we brought golf back to the Northeast’: Enthusiasm is high following LPGA’s return to Boston.

A more favorable schedule could lead to more star power next summer, when the FM Championship will hold a return engagement at TPC Boston.

Tara Sullivan: Megan Khang didn’t win the FM Championship, but the Rockland native helped secure victory for women’s golf in Massachusetts

Ruth Bradley and Gary Oldman in "Slow Horses."

This week’s TV: Gary Oldman brings big trouble as ‘Slow Horses’ returns for a new season

Plus: Nicole Kidman gets involved with family-trauma drama in Netflix's Nantucket-set “The Perfect Couple.”

Offensive lineman Sidy Sow was hurt in the third preseason game, but it was not an Achilles' tendon issue, he said.

A couple of injuries complicate matters on the Patriots’ offensive line

Left guard Sidy Sow (ankle) was missing from practice, while left tackle Vederian Lowe (oblique) was clearly limited.

Patriots announce six team captains for the 2024 season

Opinion

The author's father, Edward Shanahan, in Detroit, where he was a general assignment reporter at the Free Press, writing feature stories from around the state.

IDEAS | MARK SHANAHAN

Writing my father’s obituary with him revealed a man I never knew

Not all of the details he shared about his life will make it into print after he’s gone, but what I learned about him made me feel even closer to both of my parents.

Dustin Tingley and Ana Martinez

To grow local support, Washington must share renewable energy revenues

A lift for New England skiers

Mary Ann D'Urso

From the Garden State to the Granite State

Michelle Obama wasn’t slinging mud in Chicago, she was speaking truth

Best of the Best

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe on the left and the Fenway Victory Garden at right.

We put together a list of the best things to do in Boston. Readers had their own ideas.

Cambridge, MA. 11/15/22 - Pepperoni pizza at Si Cara restaurant in Central Square. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Kara Baskin) Topic:(20qb)

Regina, Si Cara, and 6 more places to find Boston’s best pizza

James Hook

The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

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More recent News

UK says it’s suspending some arms exports to Israel over the risk of breaking international law
Officials said Monday there is a “clear risk” some items could be used to “commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.”

More than 100 gather in Newton to mourn killing of Israeli American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Hamas killed Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old man with local family ties, and the other hostages in a tunnel in the city of Rafah as Israeli forces battled militants nearby.

Rare strike disrupts Israel while Biden says Netanyahu isn’t doing enough to reach Gaza deal

Boston hotel workers go on strike, call for better wages in face of high cost of living
Nearly 900 workers across four hotels in Boston went on strike on Sunday morning demanding relief from “arduous workloads” and higher pay.

Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv
After more than 900 days of war, Russia and Ukraine show no sign of letting up in the fight or moving closer to the negotiating table.

N.H. man sentenced for conspiracy to harass and intimidate two NHPR journalists

The 2022 conspiracy included the vandalism of the homes of the reporters and one reporter's parents with bricks, large rocks, and red spray paint on five separate occasions.

red sox at mets | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 138: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes
After dropping a weekend series in Detroit, the Red Sox face another playoff contender in New York beginning Monday

Recommended reads

A woman pushed her belongings along Gardner Street in Allston as a dump truck squeezed behind her between two moving trucks on Aug. 31, 2023.

Rents are high, vacancies are low. Yep, it’s another September in Boston.

Already one of the country’s priciest rental markets, Boston is seeing rents keep climbing even as other cities cool off.

On the front lines of Boston’s Sept. 1 weekend moving chaos

How much has EV charging improved in New England? We hit the road to find out (and try the best ice cream shops).
The goal was to log a full day on the road in a Tesla Cybertruck and a Rivian SUV — but no road trip is complete without some sugary pit stops.

Kamala Harris holds her family up as quintessentially middle class. It’s a significant shift.
As she fights to win over voters struggling with stubbornly high prices, Harris has been drawing on her own life story to paint herself as a champion of the middle class.

shirley leung

Are MGM Springfield and Encore Boston casinos up for sale? Don’t bet the house on it.
As online sports betting shakes up the gambling landscape, speculation has swirled about the fate of the two resort casinos.

Culture & Lifestyle

Audiences enjoy a performance at the 2023 Live Music on the Lawn concert at Christian Science Plaza.

Free events in Boston this week: Boston Arts Festival returns, free concert, Seaport movie night

Tony Shalhoub earlier this year.

Tony Shalhoub’s journey from stage to screen and back again

A sampling of hairstyles that make the cut: From left, Keegan Vieira, 14, and Warren Yuen, 17, shown in Boston, and a blowout with taper by barber Jahsief Tucker at Springfield's Final Touch Barber Shop.

From fades to flows, what are the best hairstyles for guys this fall? We asked the experts: barbers and teenage boys.

Bradley Whitford and Cheryl Hines.

In this corner, Bradley Whitford; in that corner, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

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Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

James Garner in 2009.

(Almost) everything I know about life, I learned from ‘The Rockford Files’

A man jumped over a subway turnstile in the Bronx, New York City, in 2022.

The high cost of letting people evade transit fares

Flowers were laid at the site of a June fatal accident at the intersection of Hampshire Street and Portland Street in Cambridge.

A Cambridge peace deal between cyclists and drivers

People held Palestinian flags during a protest outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 21.

IDEAS | Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

The Palestinian story I wish I could have told at the Democratic convention

Market Basket customer Bobbi Dixon, from Rochester, N.H., participated in a rally outside of the Tewksbury store on Aug. 16, 2014.

Thomas A. Kochan

Lessons from Market Basket’s summer of 2014 shape the future of work

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

One dead, another injured after daylight shooting inside a Dorchester barbershop, officials said

At around 12:55 p.m Monday, Boston police officers responded to a report of two people shot around Washington and Erie Streets.

Kenyan man wanted in Massachusetts for killing his girlfriend has been extradited

Kevin Adam Kinyanjui Kangethe, 42, allegedly stabbed his girlfriend to death and fled the country on Oct. 31, 2023.

Healey, Warren, and Wu join picketing workers in Labor Day actions across Boston

The breakfast happened as 10,000 hotel employees across cities in the US including Boston went on strike Sunday, including at the Hilton, Hyatt, and Marriott hotels.

The beautiful rainbow of Nantasket Beach

The beautiful rainbow of Nantasket Beach

Sports

Jessica Pegula waved to the home crowd after beating Diana Shnaider in the fourth round of the US Open in New York.

Jessica Pegula advances to US Open quarterfinals, sets sights on first major semifinal

Pegula's 6-4, 6-2 win over Diana Shnaider secured her seventh trip to the quarters at a Grand Slam tournament, where she is 0-6 in her career.

Center David Andrews was named a team captain for the eighth time in his Patriots career.

Patriots announce six team captains for the 2024 season

For the first time, the New England captains will wear a “C” patch on their jerseys, something coach Jerod Mayo referred to as "a badge of honor."

Offensive lineman Sidy Sow was hurt in the third preseason game, but it was not an Achilles' tendon issue, he said.

patriots notebook

A couple of injuries complicate matters on the Patriots’ offensive line

Left guard Sidy Sow (ankle) was missing from practice, while left tackle Vederian Lowe (oblique) was clearly limited.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

EMass boys’ soccer: Getting started, Concord-Carlisle is No. 1 in Globe Top 20

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK

In defense of its Division 4 title, Lynnfield boys’ soccer confident in its tactical approach

red sox at mets | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 138: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes

Business

Federal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere

With Trump proposing the relocation of up to 100,000 federal jobs from Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia under his Agenda 47 plan, concerns about being abruptly moved are again troubling federal workers.

These summer interns were ghosted by their bosses

One major complaint comes up again and again among college students as internship season draws to a close: There just wasn’t much to do.

She agreed to a free home security system ‘upgrade’ from ADT. Then the fees started coming in.

Brazil Supreme Court panel unanimously upholds judge’s decision to block X nationwide

magazine

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe on the left and the Fenway Victory Garden at right.

Best of the Best

We put together a list of the best things to do in Boston. Readers had their own ideas.

From coffee milk to cheese-less pizza, why are Rhode Island’s iconic foods so weird?

The Kancamagus Highway in peak foliage season.

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during peak foliage season

STOW, MA - 9/5/2020 - Conrad Gees (cq) with his bag of Akane applesat Honey Pot Hill Orchards, Apple picking . Pick-your-own apple orchards are a great destination for families. during the Pandemic. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)

10 of the best orchards for apple picking in New England this fall

metro

Today is our warmest day of the week with readings approaching 80 degrees along the coastal plain and 70s across Worcester County and points north and west.

It’s a gorgeous Labor Day with plenty of sunshine, low humidity

Creating portraits made of pizza is ‘a pretty unique art form,’ says Rhode Island baker

Fail to stop for a school bus this fall? In R.I., you might be on camera.

sports

While the course wasn't packed, the FM Championship brought out enough local fans to encourage both the sponsor and the LPGA.

‘It felt like we brought golf back to the Northeast’: Enthusiasm is high following LPGA’s return to Boston.

Trevor Story goes 2 for 4 for Worcester Red Sox in first game since shoulder injury in April

The Boston College football team is kicking off the Bill O’Brien era Monday. Here’s what to watch for.

business

Including Social Security numbers on death certificates, which has been standard practice in Massachusetts for decades, gives fraudsters easy access to a key piece of personal information they can use in their scams, officials say.

Why does Massachusetts still put Social Security numbers on death certificates?

AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient.

Federal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, arrives on Air Force Two in Romulus, Mich., on Monday, Sept. 2, 2024.

Harris set to oppose sale of US Steel to a Japanese firm during joint Pennsylvania event with Biden

Follow live presidential campaign updates

Walz unharmed after some of the vehicles near the back of his motorcade crash in Milwaukee

Nation

Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan spoke during an interview with the Associated Press, in Annapolis, Md.

Federal workers around nation’s capital worry over Trump’s plans to send some of them elsewhere

4 people fatally shot on Chicago-area train, police say

Titanic expedition yields lost bronze statue, high-resolution photos, and other discoveries

World

Israeli police officers face protesters during an anti-government rally calling for the release of Israeli-held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since October, on a highway in Tel Aviv on September 1, 2024.

Netanyahu pushes back against new pressure over Gaza and hostages: ‘No one will preach to me’

France confronts horror of rape and drugging case as 51 men go on trial

Pope, 87, embarks on ‘physical test’ in grueling Asia tour

opinion

A man jumped over a subway turnstile in the Bronx, New York City, in 2022.

The high cost of letting people evade transit fares

‘Third places’: oases of community in our midst

Schools see dips in enrollment, but there’s an outlier: charters

lifestyle

Audiences enjoy a performance at the 2023 Live Music on the Lawn concert at Christian Science Plaza.

Free events in Boston this week: Boston Arts Festival returns, free concert, Seaport movie night

I cheated. He won’t forgive me.

An interior designer shares her tips for scouring Allston Christmas

food & dining

A pallet of beer from Worcester's Wormtown Brewery, which was recently acquired by Jack's Abby in Framingham, on Aug. 22.

In Massachusetts, the once-thriving beer biz is losing its fizz

Chip City Cookies comes to Harvard Square and Newbury Street, plus a Greater Boston Food Bank fund-raiser draws big-name chefs

Fast, fresh, and inviting food at Eat Greek Gyros in Somerville

travel

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is hard to miss in Cleveland — and you shouldn’t miss it.

Checking out one of Cleveland’s greatest hits: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Traveling over Labor Day weekend? Have a back-up plan for cancellations and delays, and be patient.

We picked a Florida vacation spot we’d never heard of. Turned out to be the ideal choice.

Arts

Steve Locke, "Emmett Till Memorial Sign with bullet holes," 2018. Alexander Gray Associates, New York.

At Mass MoCA, Steve Locke’s ‘the fire next time’ chills to the bone

New mural in Providence honors lost Chinatown and historic drag queen

If wind could talk: Dorchester artist’s drawing machine sparks conversation about climate change

Books

Garth Greenwell has said that the narrator of “Small Rain” is identical with the narrators of his previous novels.

Garth Greenwell’s ‘Small Rain’ examines life in a state of sickness

Salem Lit Fest, Renee Gladman Symposium, and local NEH grants

In ‘A House Restored,’ Lee McColgan used old tools to revive an ancient colonial home

Movies

Gary Cole and Ron Livingston in "Office Space."

10 movies about work to stream this Labor Day weekend

When the R is optional: Which actors aced the Boston accent? And who failed?

‘Reagan’ the movie: Just say no

Television

Lily Tomlin performing at Netflix Is A Joke Fest in 2022.

A Netflix documentary about being out and about

This week’s TV: Gary Oldman brings big trouble as ‘Slow Horses’ returns for a new season

Tony Shalhoub’s journey from stage to screen and back again

music

Arrow Street Arts founder David Altshuler and Georgia Lyman, whose theater group Liars and Believers is curating the 11-day festival celebrating the launch of the Harvard Square multi-use arts space.

11 days, 40+ events: ArrowFest kicks off new beginning for iconic Harvard Square venue

From Foo Fighters to Beyoncé: These artists have objected to Trump’s use of their music

New England’s jam band legacy is in good hands with Goose

Theater/Dance

Rudy Pankow, as Romeo, and Emilia Suárez, as Juliet, in rehearsal for the ART production of "Romeo and Juliet."

Still star-cross’d

The way Romeo and Juliet move

When masks reveal as well as conceal

Health

Lifespan signed a purchase agreement to take over Morton Hospital in Taunton.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

What happens when AI picks your medical coverage

Obituaries

Associated Press special correspondent Linda Deutsch holds a copy of her book, "Verdict, The Chronicle of the O.J. Simpson Trial," at her home in Los Angeles, Dec. 11, 2014.

Linda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies

Simon Verity, world-renowned stone carver, dies at 79

Claes Dohlman, who restored sight with artificial cornea, dies at 101