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AG Campbell taps veteran attorney and prosecutor to lead independent probe of State Police recruit death

David Meier will lead an independent investigation into the death of Enrique Delgado-Garcia, a Massachusetts State Police recruit who died after suffering an injury in a boxing training exercise.

Former John Kerry campaign adviser arrested on Nantucket on fugitive-from-justice warrant

Daniel Burrell was arrested on a warrant issued out of Las Vegas, where he allegedly wrote a bad check to a casino for $1.5 million, according to court records and reports.

Crane Beach to remain closed until next week as sharks loom offshore

Numerous great white sharks have been spotted along the North Shore beach in recent days, including a pack of five swimming together.

shirley leung
An exodus of Black CEOs is underway in Boston. Why?
At least 10 Black leaders from health care to higher education have departed this year. Many were fairly new to their roles and were celebrated as trailblazers.

Canton bar denies responsibility in 2022 death of John O’Keefe

The wrongful death lawsuit alleges that McCarthy’s served Karen Read, who is accused of slamming her SUV into O'Keefe, seven alcoholic beverages in an hour-and-a-half.

Student suffered panic attacks in wake of North Kingstown High School coach’s ‘naked fat tests’, new lawsuit says

A third civil lawsuit has been filed against the school committee over former coach Aaron Thomas’s “growth plate” exams and “naked fat tests” on teen boys.

Brockton man charged in assault of 13-year-old girl walking home from school, officials say

Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket found guilty of murder

US to seek attempted assassination charge against man accused of staking out Trump at golf course

Ryan Reynolds surprises 8-year-old cancer patient at Mass General

Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill 492

Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and the main highway out of the southern port city of Sidon was jammed with cars heading toward Beirut in the biggest exodus since 2006.
What to know about the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah US is sending more troops to the Middle East

Nantucket mansion on Main Street sells for $24.8 million, a near record for homes away from the waterfront
The Greek Revival style home was originally built in 1820 for a whaling ship captain and merchant and his wife.

2024 election

Why didn’t the Teamsters endorse Harris or Trump? President Sean O’Brien sheds light on the decision.

In an interview, O'Brien said the union's failure to endorse a presidential candidate reflects a failure of the Democratic leadership to remain in touch with its working-class roots.
See updates from the 2024 campaign Key Nebraska Republican rejects Trump’s push to shake up electoral map Mark Robinson vows to rebuild his staff for N.C. governor as Republican group backs away

Marvin Gilmore fought in WWII, founded a bank, and owns dispensaries. At 100, he’s got more planned.

The World War II veteran, longtime entrepreneur, and music enthusiast celebrated his 100th birthday on Monday.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Is that all? Mortgage rates have dropped to nearly 6 percent and may not go much lower.

“Any further decline in mortgage rates will be minimal,” said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Tired? Here’s what science tells us about getting a better night’s sleep.

Experts shed light on the mysteries of shut-eye — and why you may not be getting enough of it.
AS I SEE IT

The Big E: Entertaining and exhausting

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

Who’s that howling at my door? It’s a couple of ‘Wolfs.’

George Clooney and Brad Pitt use their star wattage and endless charisma to power this fun genre exercise about two fixers on the same job
State of the Tropics | Ken Mahan

Future Tropical Storm Helene intensifying, forecast to strike Florida’s Gulf Coast as hurricane later this week

 Forecast: Next chance of showers is midweek

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch.

Harris supported the Green New Deal. Now, she’s promoting domestic oil drilling.

Trump’s goal of mass deportations fell short. But he has new plans for a second term.

Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race

Hispanic Heritage Month

Boston’s Hispanic Heritage Month breakfast had awards, jokes, and a head of fabulous hair

Sol y Canto celebrates 30 years as Boston’s ambassadors of Latin folk with a party and new album

El mito del voto latino

El cáncer es la primera causa de muerte entre los latinos. No tiene por qué serlo.

Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

Massachusetts State Police culture is stuck in the dark ages

For those inclined to dismiss this as a bad apple problem, remember, these bad apples have been working alongside a bushelful of enablers and protectors.
MARCELA GARCÍA

We shouldn’t have to put up with late school buses in Boston
RENÉE GRAHAM

Why no one is defending Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
EDITORIAL

Smaller trucks? Yes, please.

LETTERS

Taking a close look at Harvard’s new leadership
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.

More recent News

Hampden County sheriff admits to OUI in court

Nick Cocchi was reportedly arrested outside the MGM Casino in Springfield on Saturday.

NH EDUCATION
N.H. college offers new free tuition program
Saint Anselm College in Manchester announced a new program allowing qualifying students to attend without paying tuition.

Environmental law firm sues Greyhound over idling buses at South Station
Conservation Law Foundation alleges practice violates federal Clear Air Act.

eBay employees harassed them over their reporting. Now the company wants their sources.
Lawyers for eBay are seeking to force Ina and David Steiner to disclose some confidential sources if they want to include harm from the loss of their sources in their lawsuit against eBay.

Person shot multiple times on Furnace Brook Parkway in Quincy Saturday night, police say

The driver was shot around 11 p.m. Saturday by someone in a dark sedan that pulled up alongside them on the road and began firing, police said.

Mass. wins $472 million in federal money for replacing North Station Draw One Bridge
The MBTA has won its largest federal award to date toward replacing the bridge that connects Boston and Cambridge.

Recommended reads

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

A new phenomenon is alarming Maine officials: Criminal enterprises growing black market marijuana

Illegal marijuana growing operations have been found in multiple states across the country in recent years. And officials believe Maine is the latest hot spot.

YOUR TV GPS
This week’s TV: Zachary Quinto is a quirky, genius doctor on NBC’s ‘Brilliant Minds’
Plus: Happy golden anniversary to the long-running late-night comedy staple “Saturday Night Live.”

In battle of retailers and grocers, BJ’s Wholesale Club eyes expansion far beyond New England
The Massachusetts-born discount chain, facing off against the larger Costco and Sam’s Club, has ambitions of spanning the entire United States.

The tide is ‘wicked high.’ It’s a glimpse into Boston’s future if climate change continues to worsen.
The high tide on Friday afternoon was about 2 feet higher than Boston’s typical high tide.

Culture & Lifestyle

One of Boston Common’s most visited monuments was going to be veiled for four days in September. It’s been postponed.

‘My story is a New England story’: Foxborough’s JoJo opens up about the music industry and addiction in new memoir

‘Urinetown: The Musical’ inspires delight and, yes, determination

Improv Asylum brings the laughs from stage to page with a new print-only comedy magazine

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

MARCELA GARCÍA

How The Haitian Times is fact-checking Trump’s Springfield claims
Renée Loth

Getting growth right in Fort Point
Katherine Gergen Barnett

A prescription for those leaving prison
Patrick Conway

Diplomas behind bars provide opportunities for rethinking incarceration
IDEAS | CLAUDIA KALB

Is how we age a choice?

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Environmental law firm sues Greyhound over idling buses at South Station

Conservation Law Foundation alleges practice violates federal Clear Air Act.

Former John Kerry campaign adviser arrested on Nantucket on fugitive-from-justice warrant

Daniel Burrell was arrested on a warrant issued out of Las Vegas, where he allegedly wrote a bad check to a casino for $1.5 million, according to court records and reports.
AS I SEE IT

The Big E: Entertaining and exhausting

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

Poll gauges statewide support for MBTA zoning law

A new poll found voters are more likely to support the zoning reform measure than oppose it.

Sports

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Bryce Baringer flipping the field for the Patriots

Heading into Monday night’s action, Patriots punter Bryce Baringer is fourth in the league, averaging 52.3 yards per punt and he’s fifth in when it comes to net average (45.6).
COLLEGES

Pac-12 aiming to add Gonzaga, UNLV, Utah State as part of conference rebuild

Memphis, Tulane, South Florida, UTSA and the American Athletic Conference released a statement that made no mention of the Pac-12, but several people with knowledge of those talks said the schools had been potential new members.
patriots

Challenge for Jerod Mayo is quickly moving the Patriots past that dreadful loss to the Jets

The Thursday night debacle is best forgotten, especially with a tough game coming up Sunday at San Francisco.
BOYS' SOCCER NOTEBOOK

A great goal scorer — like Concord-Carlisle’s Jamo Velez or Braintree’s Calum McClorey — can make all the difference
COLLEGES

Reggie Bush sues Southern California, NCAA, and Pac-12 in pursuit of NIL money from playing career
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

EMass boys’ soccer Top 20: No. 2 St. John’s Prep is soaring but Concord-Carlisle holds onto top spot

Business

bold types

EF’s Durflinger aims to bring more adventure to the masses

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene.

Biden administration proposes ban on Chinese software in vehicles

The action is intended to prevent Chinese intelligence agencies from monitoring the movements of Americans or using the vehicles’ electronics as a pathway into the US electric grid or other critical infrastructure.

At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen

California sues Exxon over plastics pollution and recycling ‘myth’
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Tired? Here’s what science tells us about getting a better night’s sleep.
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 23-29
Modern Design

A former set designer finishes a home makeover, launching an interiors business in the process
MISS CONDUCT

My stepchildren ignore their father. Can I help?

metro

What is ‘rhabdo,’ the serious condition that sent a dozen Tufts lacrosse players to the hospital?

Employee arrested for alleged shooting threat at Veterans Affairs hospital in N.H.

Marvin Gilmore fought in WWII, founded a bank, and owns dispensaries. At 100, he’s got more planned.

sports

EMass boys’ soccer: On point for Franklin, Garrett Scagliarini headlines Players of the Week

Game 157: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups, notes, and wild-card standings

At Bruins camp, it’s all about making an impression in a short time

business

eBay employees harassed them over their reporting. Now the company wants their sources.

Nantucket mansion on Main Street sells for $24.8 million, a near record for homes away from the waterfront

Cox Communications sues R.I., says state could ‘waste’ federal broadband money

politics

Trump to rally in Pennsylvania following Vance’s North Carolina campaign stop

US to seek attempted assassination charge against man accused of staking out Trump at golf course

Harris reaches agreement on transition planning with Biden administration, no word on Trump yet

Nation

Gunman who killed 10 at a Colorado supermarket found guilty of murder

Trump shows signs of strength in Sun Belt battlegrounds, polls find

Birmingham, Ala., leaders plead for information on mass shooting and announce reward money

World

Lebanon sees deadliest day of conflict since 2006 as Israeli strikes kill 492

At the UN, world leaders try to lay out a vision for the future — and actually make it happen

Britain’s prime minister, bruised by a row over freebies, badly needs a reset

opinion

An ICU story: when clinging to life is a pain too great to bear

Has Christian conservatism movement peaked?

Waning religion challenges theological schools

lifestyle

Kate, the Princess of Wales, makes first public appearance after cancer treatment

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney announce birth of their second child

‘My story is a New England story’: Foxborough’s JoJo opens up about the music industry and addiction in new memoir

food & dining

Noah Kahan gets a taste for being a Ben & Jerry’s flavor

Chef Sherry Pocknett, Branch Line in Watertown team up on Indigenous Peoples’ Day dinner

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 23-29

travel

A room with a (highway) view. What it’s like to stay at the new citizenM hotel over the Mass. Pike.

Go full beast mode. Here are a few ways to tour the animal kingdom while keeping all your fingers.

Fall happenings at mountain resorts, new small-ship cruises, and shoes made for exploring

Arts

One of Boston Common’s most visited monuments was going to be veiled for four days in September. It’s been postponed.

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 23-29

MASS Design’s traveling gun violence memorial is now on view in Boston. It’s asking you to imagine the lives of victims.

Books

‘My story is a New England story’: Foxborough’s JoJo opens up about the music industry and addiction in new memoir

Sally Rooney is back, but will her many loyal fans love her new book?

Wickersham’s ‘Shipwreck,’ literary awards, and a winning chapbook

Movies

Who’s that howling at my door? It’s a couple of ‘Wolfs.’

Ryan Reynolds surprises 8-year-old cancer patient at Mass General

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 23-29

Television

A certain Sheen of reality

Olivia Munn and John Mulaney announce birth of their second child

This week’s TV: Zachary Quinto is a quirky, genius doctor on NBC’s ‘Brilliant Minds’

music

Harvard’s student mariachi ensemble to perform at the White House on Tuesday

Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist and composer of surpassing grace, dies at 95

Noah Kahan gets a taste for being a Ben & Jerry’s flavor

Theater/Dance

‘Urinetown: The Musical’ inspires delight and, yes, determination

Improv Asylum brings the laughs from stage to page with a new print-only comedy magazine

In Massachusetts and Haiti, Jean Appolon uses dance to dream and to heal

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

Benny Golson, jazz saxophonist and composer of surpassing grace, dies at 95

Dick Moss, the lawyer who won free agency for baseball players, dies at age 93

Mercury Morris, part of Dolphins’ two Super Bowl wins and their perfect season, dies at 77