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Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher to step down, saying ‘we must look to the next generation’

Starting Oct. 1, the famed cancer institute will be led by Benjamin Ebert, chair of its medical oncology department.

Former aide to New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government

Linda Sun was arrested along with her husband at their $3.5 million home on Long Island.

Doctors use problematic race-based algorithms to guide care every day. Why are they so hard to change?

In more than a hundred interviews with clinicians and researchers, STAT found a health care system struggling to reassess its scientific and ethical assumptions about race.

Some landlords have vacant apartments for homeless families. The paperwork required by the state is driving them away.
A key program Massachusetts uses to find long-term housing for homeless families is straining to accommodate thousands of them.

Woman dies after South End hit-and-run crash, man expected to survive

The crash happened at about 8:45 p.m. near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Albany Street.

Karen Read thanks supporters at rally, calls them ‘modern equivalent’ of Vietnam War protesters
Pink-clad demonstrators rallied in a number of communities in Massachusetts and across the country on Monday in support of Read.

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.
Left-wing misinformation is having a moment More updates from the 2024 campaign trail

Body of woman struck by hit-and-run driver in Springfield recovered from nearby cemetery, police say

1 dead, 2 missing after motorboat hits jetty and crashes in Connecticut

Girl, 7, fatally shot in Providence, had planned to walk her little brother to his first day of school
Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Inside the secret financial dealings of Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre

A new Spotlight investigation reveals that as Steward Health spiraled toward bankruptcy, the CEO used its bank account as his own.
Spotlight: Steward Health Care spent millions on surveillance of its critics — even amid financial crisis

Is your water bottle making you sick? Probably. Here’s how to fix it.
Your reusable water bottle is grosser than you think, and studies show that not cleaning it properly is bad for your health.

Primary Election Day

What to watch as Mass. voters head to the polls for state primary elections
Polls are open until 8 p.m. as voters pick candidates for US Senate, state Legislature, and some buzzy local races.

Rhode Island’s five most-interesting primary races

Legislative votes and policies would be ‘off-limits’ to auditor even with power to probe Legislature, report says

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio could not investigate legislative votes, debates, committee assignments, and lawmakers’ policy priorities even if voters give her the power to investigate the Legislature, an analysis found.
tara sullivan

Jerod Mayo’s inexperience is on display in his handling of the Patriots’ QB situation

The rookie Patriot coach's self-confidence is apparent and admirable, but his inexperience also is evident.
Ben Volin: NFL analysts seem to agree: Sitting Drake Maye for now is the right move
BOSTON COLLEGE 28, FLORIDA STATE 13

‘This is what we prepared for:’ Boston College stuns Florida State by dominating the trenches in Bill O’Brien’s debut

The Eagles ran for 263 yards, held the ball for just over 39 minutes of play, and pushed around the No. 10 Seminoles to earn their first season-opening victory over a ranked opponent since 1976.

There for 8 hours, only working for 2: These summer interns were neglected — or 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.

‘Hundreds of Beavers’ screens at the Somerville

It's streaming on Apple TV+ and Prime, but the fact that it continues to play on the big screen proves there's a demand to experience the movie in the company of others.
★★★★ | Review: Nothing like 'Hundreds of Beavers'
THE FINE PRINT

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

Linda Weatherbee's experience is a reminder that while automatic payments from your credit card for ongoing services are a nice convenience, they require close monitoring.
Opinion
IDEAS | Sandro Galea

Is it OK to stop worrying about COVID?

Nearly five years on, it might be time to stop treating COVID as exceptional.
Michael Ettlinger

Trump’s plan to vaporize the economy
Tom Keane

Is the ‘birth dearth’ a crisis for Boston schools?
EDITORIAL

New school year should bring new approach to student protests

JOAN VENNOCHI

When the market speaks, it does not demand health care equity
Best of the Best

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

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

The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

➔ More from The Boston Globe's Best of the Best

More recent News

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies
In his long career, Darren acted, sang, and built up a successful behind-the-scenes career as a television director, helming episodes of such well-known series as “Beverly Hills 90210″ and “Melrose Place.”

Kenyan man accused killing his girlfriend, leaving her body outside Logan Airport has been extradited

The man will be arraigned on a charge of first-degree murder for allegedly fatally stabbing his girlfriend last October.

What’s the rent where you live? The Globe’s new rent tracker keeps tabs all over Eastern Mass.
See the latest rent estimates and trends for cities and towns in the Greater Boston area.

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

Boston police are searching for a suspect in a broad daylight shooting on Monday at a barbershop in Dorchester that left one dead and one injured, officials said.

Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds

Decades after she was picked to become America’s first teacher in space, the educator from Concord, N.H., has been memorialized with a new bronze statue to ensure "her memory will go on forever."

Just returned from the Olympics, a Ugandan athlete is set on fire by her boyfriend

Rebecca Cheptegei, a distance runner who finished at the 44th position in the 2024 Paris Olympics, was attacked in her house in the western Trans Nzoia County.

Russian missiles kill at least 47 in Ukrainian city of Poltava, officials say

The strike occurred in the city of Poltava, the capital of the region of the same name, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

‘We all failed you.’ Heartbreak at funeral for Israeli-American hostage in Jerusalem

Tens of thousands of people thronged a Jerusalem cemetery to pay their respects to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who became one of the most recognizable faces of the nearly year-old hostage crisis.
Netanyahu pushes back against new pressure over Gaza and hostages: ‘No one will preach to me’

A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsizes off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing

The coast guard in the eastern Libyan town of Tobruk said the boat was carrying 32 migrants and that nine have been rescued.

Recommended reads

AS I SEE IT

The beautiful rainbow of Nantasket Beach

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.

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.

Trump-RFK Jr. alliance resurrects debate over COVID restrictions, vaccine skepticism in 2024 campaign
With the 2024 presidential election set to be decided by razor-thin margins in a handful of states, Trump and his team are betting that winning over Kennedy supporters could help push them to victory.

PERSPECTIVE
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?

Culture & Lifestyle

Art and environmental activism are birds of a feather for Sheida Soleimani

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

A Netflix documentary about being out and about

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

Special Projects

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
HIGH & DRY

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.
Interactive map

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.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | MARK SHANAHAN

Writing my father’s obituary with him revealed a man I never knew
Dustin Tingley and Ana Martinez

To grow local support, Washington must share renewable energy revenues
EDITORIAL

A lift for New England skiers

Mary Ann D'Urso

From the Garden State to the Granite State
RENÉE GRAHAM

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

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Some landlords have vacant apartments for homeless families. The paperwork required by the state is driving them away.

A key program Massachusetts uses to find long-term housing for homeless families is straining to accommodate thousands of them.

Doctors use problematic race-based algorithms to guide care every day. Why are they so hard to change?

In more than a hundred interviews with clinicians and researchers, STAT found a health care system struggling to reassess its scientific and ethical assumptions about race.

Do cellphones cause brain cancer? A WHO review of 63 studies finds no link.

Eleven experts from ten countries pored over several decades of scientific research to reach their conclusion.
Live updates

Harris and Trump will devote much of their remaining campaign time to seven states

We're gathering the latest news and analysis on the 2024 presidential race.

Sports

Latest Russian doping case from 2012 London Olympics set to raise US runner Rowbury to get bronze

More than 12 years after the 2012 London Olympics, United States 1,500-meter runner Shannon Rowbury is set to get a bronze medal because of yet another doping case in a notoriously dirty race.
patriots

Patriots rookie Javon Baker disciplined by team for Instagram Live rant after getting traffic ticket

"Everything that you just stated in no way represents what the organization is about."
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.
Red Sox at Mets | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 139: Red Sox at Mets lineups and notes
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

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

Jerod Mayo’s inexperience is on display in his handling of the Patriots’ QB situation

Business

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher to step down, saying ‘we must look to the next generation’

Starting Oct. 1, the famed cancer institute will be led by Benjamin Ebert, chair of its medical oncology department.

Some landlords have vacant apartments for homeless families. The paperwork required by the state is driving them away.

A key program Massachusetts uses to find long-term housing for homeless families is straining to accommodate thousands of them.

With Steward sales hearing imminent, deals face legal objections
Talking Shop

What’s your color? A new studio in Wellesley aims to help you find your perfect palette.
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

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

Upgrade your sandwich options with fried halloumi and peaches, Chilean style pork, and more
MISS CONDUCT

My divorced parents’ drama is causing grief for me and my wife
Best of the Best

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

metro

Harris and Trump will devote much of their remaining campaign time to seven states

Rhode Island’s five most-interesting primary races

Christa McAuliffe, still pioneering, is first woman with a statue on New Hampshire capitol grounds

sports

Long shot Dell Pettus counts his blessings after making the Patriots roster as an undrafted rookie

Just returned from the Olympics, a Ugandan athlete is set on fire by her boyfriend

NFL analysts seem to agree: Sitting Drake Maye for now is the right move

business

Doctors use problematic race-based algorithms to guide care every day. Why are they so hard to change?

Do cellphones cause brain cancer? A WHO review of 63 studies finds no link.

Influx of job hunters pushes Massachusetts unemployment rate higher

politics

Harris’s campaign to spend nearly $25m to help down-ballot Democrats

Former aide to New York’s Governor Kathy Hochul is charged with being an agent of the Chinese government

The presidential campaigns brace for an intense sprint to Election Day

Nation

Trial expected to focus on shooter’s competency in 2021 Colorado supermarket massacre

Haley’s voters size up a scrambled presidential race

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

World

What we know about the dozens of hostages remaining in Gaza

Mongolia ignores an international warrant for Putin’s arrest, giving him a red-carpet welcome

Russian missiles kill at least 47 in Ukrainian city of Poltava, officials say

opinion

A lift for New England skiers

To grow local support, Washington must share renewable energy revenues

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

lifestyle

Do cellphones cause brain cancer? A WHO review of 63 studies finds no link.

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

I cheated. He won’t forgive me.

food & dining

Recipe: Banana muffins with sticky bun topping will be especially welcome after the first days of school

Chefs outline the many hurdles to opening an independent restaurant in Boston

Maine Grains is making pancakes healthier, and dog treats, too

travel

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

Art and environmental activism are birds of a feather for Sheida Soleimani

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

Books

John Kaag still reads a lot of philosophy books

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

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

Movies

‘Hundreds of Beavers’ screens at the Somerville

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies

10 movies about work to stream this Labor Day weekend

Television

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

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies

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

Theater/Dance

Still star-cross’d

The way Romeo and Juliet move

When masks reveal as well as conceal

Health

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

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies

George Woodwell, influential ecologist on climate change, dies at 95

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