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One shot, one arrested at Newton pro-Israel demonstration

Scott Hayes, 47, of Framingham, is due to be arraigned Friday in Newton District Court on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, law enforcement officials said.

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

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

Boston city councilors ask state to intervene in late school bus crisis

The city councilors called on the state education office to conduct a detailed probe of BPS' transportation department.

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 senator Dean Tran ‘devastated’ by COVID unemployment fraud conviction
Tran, who took the stand in his own defense during a six-day trial in US District Court in Boston, insisted he was innocent of the charges and said he plans to appeal his conviction.

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

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

Plymouth man accused of using AI to cyberstalk college professor

In February 2023, the professor learned that digitally edited photos of her that made her appear nude or semi-nude appeared on a website, according to the FBI. The pictures included her phone number and home address.

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.

Rappelling from the Green Monster: Massachusetts firefighters train at Fenway Park

More than 100 firefighters from five technical rescue divisions in Boston and across the state and participated in the training on Thursday.

Money, Power, Inequality
50 years after busing, a walking tour makes Boston’s desegregation history ‘come alive’
The walking tour leads people through some of Boston’s key landmarks in the history of desegregating schools.

‘Put him in jail’: Steward CEO de la Torre skips hearing, and Congress is poised to hold him in contempt
Senators hoped to grill Steward chief executive Ralph de la Torre but had to make do verbally attacking an empty chair.

More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis
Live updates

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.”
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.

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Busing at 50
Listen to the full episode

‘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.
Yankees 2, Red Sox 1

Red Sox suffer heartbreaking loss to Yankees in 10 innings

The Yankees hadn't scored since a leadoff home run by Gleyber Torres in the first inning.

Four highlights from Jayson Tatum’s appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’

Tatum took on Jimmy Fallon in a rap battle and gave his MVP prediction for the 2024-25 season.

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.

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.
Opinion
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

More recent News

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

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.

R.I. entrepreneur Michael Mota edged out in auction of Florida beach club
The North American Trading Group Inc. placed the winning bid for the foreclosed beachfront property. It’s unknown whether Mota placed a bid.

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.

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.”

North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons
It’s unclear if the site is at the North’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex, but it’s the North’s first public disclosure of a uranium-enrichment facility since it showed one at Yongbyon to visiting American scholars in 2010.

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‘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.

The Emmys are Sunday. Who should win? Who will win? A critic’s predictions.
"The Crown" v. "Shogun"; "The Bear" v. "Abbott Elementary." Here's some analysis of the matchups and who deserves the statuette.

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.

‘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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Notes of genuine menace in remake ‘Speak No Evil’

Kathy Bates in the courtroom

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

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

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

GLOBE OPINION

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

Sailing Boston Harbor with — and without — my father
EDITORIAL

Law shouldn’t cut child molesters a break
RENÉE GRAHAM

How low will Donald Trump go?
JEFF JACOBY

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

One shot, one arrested at Newton pro-Israel demonstration

Scott Hayes, 47, of Framingham, is due to be arraigned Friday in Newton District Court on a charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, law enforcement officials said.

Rappelling from the Green Monster: Massachusetts firefighters train at Fenway Park

More than 100 firefighters from five technical rescue divisions in Boston and across the state and participated in the training on Thursday.
Money, Power, Inequality

50 years after busing, a walking tour makes Boston’s desegregation history ‘come alive’

The walking tour leads people through some of Boston’s key landmarks in the history of desegregating schools.

Boston city councilors ask state to intervene in late school bus crisis

The city councilors called on the state education office to conduct a detailed probe of BPS' transportation department.

Sports

NFL

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, no stranger to head injuries, suffers concussion in third quarter vs. Bills

Tagovailoa was hurt when he lowered his head to finish a fourth-down run and collided with Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
Yankees 2, Red Sox 1

Red Sox suffer heartbreaking loss to Yankees in 10 innings

The Yankees hadn't scored since a leadoff home run by Gleyber Torres in the first inning.
BILLS 31, DOLPHINS 10

James Cook scores three touchdowns but Bills rout of Dolphins overshadowed by Tua Tagovailoa concussion

Cook caught a 17-yard touchdown pass from Josh Allen and scored on runs of 1 and 49 yards in the first half, flipping into the end zone when he gave the Bills a 24-7 lead.
Celtics

Four highlights from Jayson Tatum’s appearance on ‘The Tonight Show’

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Mix-and-match Red Sox are running on fumes
GOLF

David Lipsky goes 7 under to take first-round lead in FedEx Cup Fall opener

Business

Too much? Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news, new poll finds.

While about half of Americans say they are following political news "extremely" or "very" closely, about 6 in 10 say they need to limit how much information they consume about the government and politics to avoid feeling overloaded or fatigued, according to a new survey.

North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons

It’s unclear if the site is at the North’s main Yongbyon nuclear complex, but it’s the North’s first public disclosure of a uranium-enrichment facility since it showed one at Yongbyon to visiting American scholars in 2010.

‘Put him in jail’: Steward CEO de la Torre skips hearing, and Congress is poised to hold him in contempt

Treasury proposes rule to prevent large corporations from evading income taxes
magazine
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
Your Week Ahead

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

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

metro

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

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

NFL says Ravens’ Kyle Van Noy received ‘appropriate’ care from Chiefs’ medical staff after injuring his eye

Medfield native Tyler Murray gets promoted from Triple A Worcester ... to the New York Knicks

Red Sox likely to shut down Liam Hendriks for the remainder of the season

business

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

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

politics

In swing states, Harris touts Republican endorsements while Trump leans into incendiary rhetoric

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

Too much? Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news, new poll finds.

Nation

Gulf Coast residents still reeling from Hurricane Ida clean up mess left by Francine

Longtime Mexican drug cartel leader set to be arraigned in New York

Justin Timberlake expected in New York court to plead guilty in drunken driving case

World

North Korea discloses a uranium enrichment facility as Kim calls for more nuclear weapons

Reform or the end of justice? Mexico is split on plan to elect judges.

Israel defends strike on school compound as condemnation mounts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted for human rights abuses, dies at 86