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Trump says there will be no future debate; Harris’s campaign says it raised $47m in 24 hours after debate

Speaking at a rally in Charlotte, N.C., Harris said she believes that she and Trump “owe it to voters to have another debate.”

2nd circuit rejects Trump's request to halt postconviction proceedings in hush-money case Next year's Jan. 6 election certification will get extra security to prevent another riot Trump stokes suspicions about assassination attempt, raising fears of more violence

Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and others

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKay

The recount came after graduate student Evan MacKay declared victory over incumbent state Representative Marjorie Decker.

Treasurer indicates allegations that O’Brien made racially ‘inappropriate’ comments helped prompt her firing

"We cannot honestly tolerate that in someone who is one of the leaders of what is a social equity agency," state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said Thursday.

Former corrections officer accused of bringing Suboxone strips into Norfolk jail in drug smuggling plot

Officials said the officer admitted to providing the strips to two people being held at the jail in late July.

Justice Department, FBI preparing criminal charges in Iran hack targeting Trump campaign, AP sources say

The prospect of criminal charges comes as the Justice Department has warned about countries including Russia and China seeking to meddle in the presidential election between Trump and Harris.

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3 percent, Northeastern to 5 percent

The university's president called the drop “concerning and disappointing.”

Harvard enrolls fewer Black first-year students after affirmative action ban Tufts, Amherst report less diversity in freshman class

Canton police detective accepts punishment linked to Karen Read investigator
Kevin Albert, whose brother owned the home at the center of the murder trial, was placed on paid leave in June.

Lawyers for Karen Read asking SJC to dismiss two charges against her on double jeopardy grounds

Mass. reports 2,002 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Plymouth man accused of using AI to cyberstalk college professor

Bill Belichick's debut on the "ManningCast" this week was entertaining.

It was only Week 1, but it seems clear: Bill Belichick is a much better TV analyst than Tom Brady

Brady debuted on his high-paying Fox gig and Belichick on ESPN's "ManningCast," and it was no contest.

Patriots welcome Malcolm Butler back to Gillette Stadium as ‘Keeper of the Light’ against the Seahawks Patriots Notebook: A workhorse in Week 1, Rhamondre Stevenson takes it a little easier in Patriots practice Forecast: Weather for Patriots home opener is looking like a touchdonw

‘Put him in jail.’ Steward CEO de la Torre skips hearing, now Congress is poised to hold him in contempt.
Senators hoped to grill Steward chief executive Ralph de la Torre at the hearing in the Capitol but had to make do verbally attacking an empty chair. Despite a subpoena, De la Torre refused to appear.

Watch: The human toll of Steward's financial neglect More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

They died in hallways. In line. Alone. Their deaths are the human cost of Steward’s financial neglect.

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

The Northern Lights are spreading into New England tonight. Here are the best places and times to catch them.
Despite mostly favorable skies overnight, a couple of wild cards may pose viewing obstacles.

Members of the Massachusetts Senior Action Council came out in support during a State House hearing in July for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's plan to shield homeowners from a sharp spike in property taxes by temporarily boosting commercial rates.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

After victory in the House, can Wu sell the Senate on her contentious property tax plan? Opponents fear she will.

In response, critics are circulating a 2004 state report that they hope will convince senators that Wu’s proposal is a bad idea.

‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect. Can a new treatment curb his decline?
Tony Downs is one of the first patients in the country to take Leqembi, a newly approved drug. He and his wife are hoping it will help slow his downhill path.

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‘You tried to break us, and you didn’t’: One family relives busing in new audio documentary

Earline Pruitt, and her daughter Denise, describe the start of school desegregation in this Globe audio documentary.

Your memories of Boston's busing era Perspective: The busing crisis divided Boston. But playgrounds brought kids like me together.

LGBTQ Nightlife Events cofounder Thais Rocha took the stage during a Sapphic Nights event at the House of Blues on Jan. 28, 2023, to announce her plan to open Dani's Queer Bar, Boston's only dedicated sapphic nightlife space.

Dani’s Queer Bar debuts, marking city’s first lesbian bar to open in a decade

For the LGBTQ+ community in Boston, the wait is finally over. "Color is just going to fill Boylston Street like it never has before.”

TRAVEL

Foliage and full bellies: How to eat your way through farm country east of the Quabbin

There’s nothing we enjoy more in the fall than leaf-peeping and picking away at some great food.

LOVE LETTERS

How do empty nesters keep the marriage going?

Now that the kids are gone, we’re fighting.

Address | Fall House Hunt

Despite what you may see on social media, sixty-seven percent of residents rate their community association experience as positive, according to the Community Association Institute.

Hate your HOA rules? There may be a way around them.

It can be a bitter awakening when the dream of homeownership becomes a nightmare, and through freak disasters, owners can find themselves cleaning up a huge mess — sometimes literally.

Flushed with anger: When the American dream becomes a stinky nightmare

A lack of candor or outright misinformation can rear its ugly head in real estate listings.

To tell the truth: Some realtors skirt ethical lines on listings

"A lot of realtors and others connected to the business will purchase things in quarter four,” said Annie Bauman of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty in Needham.

Why realtors say the fall of an election year is the best time to buy a home. It’s when they do it.

Opinion

JD Vance met with members of the press following the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on Sept. 10.

SCOT LEHIGH

JD Vance fogs up the school safety debate

It’s not true that tougher gun-safety laws make no difference on school shootings.

IDEAS | PETER COHAN

Generative AI is looking like a big dud

RENÉE GRAHAM

James Earl Jones was more than just a singular voice

EDITORIAL

Was Shannon O’Brien really guilty of ‘gross misconduct’?

LETTERS

Former president Trump, meet Vice President Harris

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‘A worse year than average’: As cases of EEE climb in Mass., here’s how to stay safe

The mosquito-borne disease is rare, but still kills around 30 percent of those infected.

bruins notebook

Brad Marchand says Jeremy Swayman’s unresolved contract is ‘part of the business’
With camp starting next week, the Bruins have been unable to find common ground with the goaltender, who is a restricted free agent.

Hall of Famer Roberto Luongo returns to the ice to help a beer league team in need of a goalie

This R.I. school was ranked the best public university in New England by The Wall Street Journal

Four other Ocean State colleges and universities also cracked the top 500 nationally ranked schools in the new list.

Brown University is planning to build R.I.'s largest academic lab builidng. Here's what it could look like.

Somerville security firm bought by credit card giant MasterCard for $2.65 billion
Recorded Future specializes in real-time tracking of cybersecurity threats and hazards worldwide. It will now have a particular eye on financial institutions and transactions.

Mass. has the highest incomes of any state in the US, new Census data show

The median household here took home nearly $100,000 last year, yet the gap between the state’s richest and poorest remained pronounced.

A judge strikes down North Dakota’s abortion ban and rules that access is protected

Romanick was ruling on a request from the state to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the ban in 2022 by what at the time was the sole abortion clinic in North Dakota.

A fan’s guide to the Big E: What you need to know about this year’s fair
From food to music and everything in between, here’s what you need to know as the Big E returns this weekend.

New USS Nantucket will be commissioned in Charlestown in November, Navy says

The future USS Nantucket will be the Navy’s 14th “Freedom-class littoral combat ship” and will be commissioned Nov. 16, the Navy said in a statement.

Faulkner Hospital nurses announce plan to notify hospital of 24-hour strike

500 nurses are preparing to go on strike if their union and the hospital don’t come to an agreement soon.

Second wave of Boston hotel workers go on strike

Taylor Swift breaks records, Chappell Roan brings the heat in lengthy MTV VMAs ceremony

Witnessing the parade of featured acts felt like being locked in a doom scroll, constantly jumping between bite-sized content but rarely gleaning anything memorable.

My Boston History | The Power of Now

Meet four standout Hispanic and Latino leaders from the new ALX100 list
They might live on your block or attend your place of worship. One thing’s for sure: They’re going the extra mile to make the community better for others.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Playing dirty on abortion
So-called crisis pregnancy centers trick women into forgoing reproductive health care, deliberately confusing them in the hopes that they’ll be dissuaded from seeking abortions and contraception.

Money, Power, Inequality

‘The need is pressing.’ Boston shelter Women’s Lunch Place supports guests facing multiple crises.
The daytime shelter and advocacy center in Boston served more than 2,000 women during the 2023 fiscal year.

Culture & Lifestyle

James McEvoy in a scene from "Speak No Evil."

Notes of genuine menace in remake ‘Speak No Evil’

Kathy Bates in the courtroom

A psychic mid-session in "Look Into My Eyes."

‘Look Into My Eyes’: A skeptic makes a documentary about psychics

Replica of "Balsamo, the Living Skull," after Joseph P. Freud and John Gaughan, on display in "Conjuring the Spirit World: Art, Magic, and Mediums," a new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem.

In Salem, a new exhibit summons the spirits at Peabody Essex Museum

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.

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.

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GLOBE OPINION

‘All he had to do was not look crazy’: 6 writers weigh in on the Harris-Trump debate

Jalda, the Filipov family's 16-foot sailboat, docked at Hough's Neck, in Quincy, circa 1969. From left, the author, his brother Jeff, mother Loretta, and brother Allan.

IDEAS | DAVID FILIPOV

Sailing Boston Harbor with — and without — my father

A gated entrance is seen in front of the Massachusetts State House on July 24 in Boston.

EDITORIAL

Law shouldn’t cut child molesters a break

Donald Trump pointed at supporters following a town hall moderated by Fox News broadcaster Sean Hannity at the New Holland Arena in Harrisburg, Pa., on Sept. 4.

RENÉE GRAHAM

How low will Donald Trump go?

Delegates cheered as Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris spoke during the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22 in Chicago.

JEFF JACOBY

The specious argument that Harris’s nomination was ‘undemocratic’

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKay

The recount came after graduate student Evan MacKay declared victory over incumbent state Representative Marjorie Decker.

Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt, who helped Detroit Lions win two NFL titles, dies at 92

One of pro football’s first great middle linebackers, Mr. Schmidt played his entire NFL career with the Lions from 1953-65 and served as its head coach after he retired.

NH POLITICS

N.H. governor signs law tightening voter ID, proof of citizenship rules after next election

The new law goes into effect after the November election, when proof-of-citizenship will be required to register and a photo ID will be required to vote. Critics say it could disenfranchise qualified voters.

RI EDUCATION

This R.I. school was ranked the best public university in New England

Four other Ocean State colleges and universities also cracked the top 500 nationally ranked schools in The Wall Street Journal’s latest list

Sports

Rafael Nadal waived goodbye after bowing out in doubles play at the Olympics, and he hasn't played a competitive match since.

TENNIS

After skipping US Open, Rafael Nadal withdraws from Laver Cup in Berlin

The Laver Cup — the tournament where Roger Federer retired in 2022 after teaming up with Nadal in doubles — would have been Nadal's first event since the Paris Olympics.

Cooper Criswell is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA in two appearances against the Yankees.

Red Sox at Yankees | 7:15 p.m. (Fox)

Game 147: Red Sox at Yankees lineups, notes, and wild-card standings

Cooper Criswell will get the start when the Red Sox open a four-game series with New York at Yankee Stadium.

Detroit middle linebacker Joe Schmidt tucked his legs under as he evaded a San Francisco tackler after intercepting a 49er pass in 1965.

Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt, who helped Detroit Lions win two NFL titles, dies at 92

One of pro football’s first great middle linebackers, Mr. Schmidt played his entire NFL career with the Lions from 1953-65 and served as its head coach after he retired.

GOLF

Strong finish pulls Rory McIlroy within two shots of the lead at his home Irish Open

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Battered Pac-12 begins its rebuild by adding four Mountain West schools, including Boise State

patriots notebook

A workhorse in Week 1, Rhamondre Stevenson takes it a little easier in Patriots practice

Business

Treasury proposes rule to prevent large corporations from evading income taxes

Treasury Department officials estimate that about 100 of the biggest corporations — those with at least $1 billion in annual profits — would be forced to pay more in taxes.

Wholesale inflation mostly cooled last month in latest sign that price pressures are slowing

Taken as a whole, last month’s wholesale price figures suggest that inflation is moving back toward the Fed’s 2 percent target level.

Boeing factory workers vote whether to strike and shut down aircraft production

RI BUSINESS

R.I. entrepreneur Michael Mota edged out in auction of Florida beach club

magazine

Xiomara Perez (left) and her grandmother Elicenia Puerta in Everett.

My Boston History | The Power of Now

The underestimated, misunderstood, enormous voting power of Latino Americans

MISS CONDUCT

I am constantly asked to justify being an atheist

Thaddeus Miles, founder of the Black Joy Project.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 9-15

The writer playing her “new” second-hand piano.

CONNECTIONS

How a stranger’s piano brought me solace in dark moments of my illness

metro

A firefighter investigated the aftermath of a multi-alarm fire on Aiken Avenue in Lowell.

Four Lowell firefighters hospitalized after battling six-alarm blaze in apartment building

Former senator Dean Tran ‘devastated’ by COVID unemployment fraud conviction

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3 percent, Northeastern to 5 percent

sports

Hana Ryskova holds the Mildred Gardner Prunaret Trophy after winning the final match at the 2024 US Women's Mid-Amateur at Brae Burn Country Club in West Newton.

Czechia’s Hana Ryskova wins US Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship at Newton’s Brae Burn Country Club

Brad Marchand says Jeremy Swayman’s unresolved contract is ‘part of the business’

Melrose mismatch: 6-foot-6-inch hitter Sabine Wenzel teams up with setter Leah Fowke for a terrific tandem

business

Norfolk Southern Railroad CEO Alan Shaw speaks during an interview on June 21, 2023, in Atlanta.

Norfolk Southern CEO fired over relationship with chief legal officer

Vineyard Wind blade issues still dragging down GE Vernova’s wind power business

Senate committee holds hearing on bankrupt Steward Health Care Thursday morning

politics

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks to the US Attorneys who have gathered for their annual conference at the Department of Justice headquarters in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.

Justice Department, FBI preparing criminal charges in Iran hack targeting Trump campaign, AP sources say

Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and others

A judge strikes down North Dakota’s abortion ban and rules that access is protected

Nation

Vice President Kamala Harris gestured as she walked on stage to speak at a campaign rally Thursday at the Bojangles Coliseum in Charlotte.

In narrowly divided North Carolina, a light blue county is key for Harris

Residents survive a harrowing night in southern Louisiana

Mass. reports 2,002 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

World

Women and children gathered during the funeral Thursday of a man killed by Israeli bombardment on Al-Jaouni School in central Gaza Strip the previous day.

Israel defends strike on school compound as condemnation mounts

First stage of Gaza polio campaign ending with high hopes

After being shot, Slovakia’s leader targets his perceived enemies

opinion

Law shouldn’t cut child molesters a break

Brookline shouldn’t eliminate honors classes

Sailing Boston Harbor with — and without — my father

lifestyle

A fan’s guide to the Big E: What you need to know about this year’s fair

How do empty nesters keep the marriage going?

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are declared divorced and single

food & dining

The Jahunger noodles, hand-pulled and tossed with beef, onions, chiles, and chives.

Jahunger brings hand-pulled noodles, spicy lamb, and other Uyghur specialties to Cambridge

A Southern supper parlor comes to the Porter Square Hotel; Mr. H brings Shanghainese specialties to the Seaport

Brews, bites, and big screens: Here’s what’s on tap at the Great American Beer Hall in Medford

travel

What if you paid for an extra seat, and then the airline resold your seat and kept your money?

When reserving an extra seat on United, don’t forget to do this

Jason Bowen on playing a prince, finding fun on vacation, and weighing his luggage

A Newport hotel shines again, a new inn in New Orleans, and laundry free clothes

Arts

In Salem, a new exhibit summons the spirits at Peabody Essex Museum

Mayor Michelle Wu says city working to extend free Sunday museum program to all school-aged children in 2025

Tomashi Jackson often asks herself, ‘Can art handle this for me?’

Books

Cleyvis Natera is part of this year's Provincetown Book Festival.

Provincetown Book Fest, a new novel of Maine, and celebrating trees in verse

Arlie Russell Hochschild’s ‘Stolen Pride’ mines white rural shame

Amanda Becker’s profile of America after the fall of Roe

Movies

‘Look Into My Eyes’: A skeptic makes a documentary about psychics

Notes of genuine menace in remake ‘Speak No Evil’

Live from Toronto, it’s a ‘Saturday Night’ dud and a Stephen King novella adapted to the big screen

Television

Kathy Bates in the courtroom

The Emmys are Sunday. Who should win? Who will win? A critic’s predictions.

Taylor Swift breaks records, Chappell Roan brings the heat in lengthy MTV VMAs ceremony

music

Mr. Beverly, with his band Maze at the Beacon Theatre in New York City in 2009.

Frankie Beverly, exuberant singer-songwriter for Maze, dies at 77

Taylor Swift breaks records, Chappell Roan brings the heat in lengthy MTV VMAs ceremony

Scenes from PVDFest 2024

Theater/Dance

Rudy Pankow as Romeo and Emilia Suárez as Juliet in ART’s "Romeo and Juliet."

At ART, a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ that’s both moving and in motion

In ‘Leopoldstadt,’ Tom Stoppard gets personal

Two new productions that poke fun at old stereotypes

Health

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

Trump says there will be no future debate; Harris’s campaign says it raised $47m in 24 hours after debate

Judge tosses some counts in Georgia election case against Trump and others

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKay

Treasurer indicates allegations that O’Brien made racially ‘inappropriate’ comments helped prompt her firing

Former corrections officer accused of bringing Suboxone strips into Norfolk jail in drug smuggling plot

Justice Department, FBI preparing criminal charges in Iran hack targeting Trump campaign, AP sources say

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3 percent, Northeastern to 5 percent

Canton police detective accepts punishment linked to Karen Read investigator Kevin Albert, whose brother owned the home at the center of the murder trial, was placed on paid leave in June.

Mass. reports 2,002 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 13 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Plymouth man accused of using AI to cyberstalk college professor

It was only Week 1, but it seems clear: Bill Belichick is a much better TV analyst than Tom Brady

They died in hallways. In line. Alone. Their deaths are the human cost of Steward’s financial neglect.

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

The Northern Lights are spreading into New England tonight. Here are the best places and times to catch them. Despite mostly favorable skies overnight, a couple of wild cards may pose viewing obstacles.

After victory in the House, can Wu sell the Senate on her contentious property tax plan? Opponents fear she will.

‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect. Can a new treatment curb his decline? Tony Downs is one of the first patients in the country to take Leqembi, a newly approved drug. He and his wife are hoping it will help slow his downhill path.

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‘You tried to break us, and you didn’t’: One family relives busing in new audio documentary

Dani’s Queer Bar debuts, marking city’s first lesbian bar to open in a decade

Foliage and full bellies: How to eat your way through farm country east of the Quabbin

How do empty nesters keep the marriage going?

Address | Fall House Hunt

Hate your HOA rules? There may be a way around them.

Flushed with anger: When the American dream becomes a stinky nightmare

To tell the truth: Some realtors skirt ethical lines on listings

Why realtors say the fall of an election year is the best time to buy a home. It’s when they do it.

JD Vance fogs up the school safety debate

Generative AI is looking like a big dud

James Earl Jones was more than just a singular voice

Was Shannon O’Brien really guilty of ‘gross misconduct’?

Former president Trump, meet Vice President Harris

More recent News

‘A worse year than average’: As cases of EEE climb in Mass., here’s how to stay safe

bruins notebook Brad Marchand says Jeremy Swayman’s unresolved contract is ‘part of the business’ With camp starting next week, the Bruins have been unable to find common ground with the goaltender, who is a restricted free agent.

This R.I. school was ranked the best public university in New England by The Wall Street Journal

Somerville security firm bought by credit card giant MasterCard for $2.65 billion Recorded Future specializes in real-time tracking of cybersecurity threats and hazards worldwide. It will now have a particular eye on financial institutions and transactions.

Mass. has the highest incomes of any state in the US, new Census data show

A judge strikes down North Dakota’s abortion ban and rules that access is protected

A fan’s guide to the Big E: What you need to know about this year’s fair From food to music and everything in between, here’s what you need to know as the Big E returns this weekend.

New USS Nantucket will be commissioned in Charlestown in November, Navy says

Faulkner Hospital nurses announce plan to notify hospital of 24-hour strike

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

‘All he had to do was not look crazy’: 6 writers weigh in on the Harris-Trump debate

Sailing Boston Harbor with — and without — my father

Law shouldn’t cut child molesters a break

How low will Donald Trump go?

The specious argument that Harris’s nomination was ‘undemocratic’

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKay

Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt, who helped Detroit Lions win two NFL titles, dies at 92

N.H. governor signs law tightening voter ID, proof of citizenship rules after next election

This R.I. school was ranked the best public university in New England

Sports

After skipping US Open, Rafael Nadal withdraws from Laver Cup in Berlin

Game 147: Red Sox at Yankees lineups, notes, and wild-card standings

Hall of Famer Joe Schmidt, who helped Detroit Lions win two NFL titles, dies at 92

Strong finish pulls Rory McIlroy within two shots of the lead at his home Irish Open

Battered Pac-12 begins its rebuild by adding four Mountain West schools, including Boise State

A workhorse in Week 1, Rhamondre Stevenson takes it a little easier in Patriots practice

Business

Treasury proposes rule to prevent large corporations from evading income taxes

Wholesale inflation mostly cooled last month in latest sign that price pressures are slowing

Boeing factory workers vote whether to strike and shut down aircraft production

Canton police detective accepts punishment linked to Karen Read investigator
Kevin Albert, whose brother owned the home at the center of the murder trial, was placed on paid leave in June.

The Northern Lights are spreading into New England tonight. Here are the best places and times to catch them.
Despite mostly favorable skies overnight, a couple of wild cards may pose viewing obstacles.

‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect. Can a new treatment curb his decline?
Tony Downs is one of the first patients in the country to take Leqembi, a newly approved drug. He and his wife are hoping it will help slow his downhill path.

bruins notebook

Brad Marchand says Jeremy Swayman’s unresolved contract is ‘part of the business’
With camp starting next week, the Bruins have been unable to find common ground with the goaltender, who is a restricted free agent.

Somerville security firm bought by credit card giant MasterCard for $2.65 billion
Recorded Future specializes in real-time tracking of cybersecurity threats and hazards worldwide. It will now have a particular eye on financial institutions and transactions.

A fan’s guide to the Big E: What you need to know about this year’s fair
From food to music and everything in between, here’s what you need to know as the Big E returns this weekend.

My Boston History | The Power of Now

Meet four standout Hispanic and Latino leaders from the new ALX100 list
They might live on your block or attend your place of worship. One thing’s for sure: They’re going the extra mile to make the community better for others.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Playing dirty on abortion
So-called crisis pregnancy centers trick women into forgoing reproductive health care, deliberately confusing them in the hopes that they’ll be dissuaded from seeking abortions and contraception.

Money, Power, Inequality

‘The need is pressing.’ Boston shelter Women’s Lunch Place supports guests facing multiple crises.
The daytime shelter and advocacy center in Boston served more than 2,000 women during the 2023 fiscal year.