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James High hugged his wife, Leslie High, after arriving in their neighborhood to discover most of the homes there destroyed by Hurricane Helene in the small community of Dekle Beach near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Friday.

Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 40 in 4 states

The storm made landfall late Thursday with maximum sustained winds of 140 miles per hour in the rural Big Bend area.

Dave Epstein: Southeast experiencing some of the worst flooding in a century What to know about Hurricane Helene and the flooding the storm left behind

Destroyed homes in the small community of Dekle Beach that was devastated by Hurricane Helene near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Friday.

See photos of the flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene

Thomas Chaves, left, and Vinny Almeida walk through floodwaters from Hurricane Helene to reach Chaves's mother's house in St. Petersburg, Fla., Friday.

Is New England out of the woods with Helene?

2024 election

Attorney General Merrick Garland holds a news conference as the Justice Department announced criminal charges against Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign, at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024.

Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign

The Trump campaign disclosed on Aug. 10 that it had been hacked and said Iranian actors had stolen and distributed sensitive internal documents.

Analysis: Why the US presidential race is the most consequential foreign policy election in 84 years In 2021, Kamala Harris distanced herself from the border. Now, she’s heading toward it. Follow live campaign updates

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston pictured in 2017.

Beth Israel Lahey Health announces layoffs

A spokesperson for the system, which operates 14 hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, declined to say which facilities were losing jobs, nor the type of roles they were cutting.

Maggie Smith, actress beloved by fans of Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died
An Oscar winner in 1969 for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," Maggie Smith won new fans in the 21st century as Hogwarts professor Minerva McGonagall and the dowager Countess of Grantham.

Dame Maggie Smith attends the premiere of "Quartet" during the 56th BFI London Film Festival at Odeon Leicester Square on Oct. 15, 2012, in London.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Essential Maggie Smith movies to stream this weekend

Celebrate the late, great doyenne of stage and screen with these films, many of which you can watch for free.

Maggie Smith moments that might make you spit out your tea Tell us: What's your favorite Maggie Smith film?

Voter fraud indictment alleges Mass. couple cast ballots in three N.H. elections

Twelve people have been convicted in roughly the past seven years for wrongful voting in New Hampshire, according to the attorney general’s office.

State formally seizes St. Elizabeth’s from Steward landlord

While the state can unilaterally take the property, the price tag is expected to result in a lengthly legal battle.

Israel strikes Hezbollah’s headquarters in a huge blast targeting the militant group’s leader
A series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings and sent clouds of orange and black smoke billowing in the skies.

Ringleader of Cambridge brothel network for elites pleads guilty

A Cambridge woman admitted to conspiring to run an interstate brothel network and engaging in a money-laundering conspiracy.

Antisemitism in US has ‘accelerated profoundly’ amid war in Gaza, watchdog group says
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism also released a report on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses.

Immigration limbo for a Malden family on the edge of poverty: ‘I don’t want my kids to feel like “My mom can’t do it”’

It’s been a trying summer for the Thous. The household’s breadwinner, Vibol Thou, is a man without a country who can’t seem to outrun his troubled past.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams to run a mile race in Medford (from space)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions

Newton developer unveils plans for 40-story tower near North Station

Brothers arraigned in alleged theft of $200,000 from West Roxbury bank where one worked as teller

A car drives down the Kancamagus Highway in peak fall foliage.

A meteorologist’s guide to New England’s best leaf peeping this fall

Peak foliage is arriving a week or two ahead of schedule due to dry weather, but you’re certainly not too late to immerse yourself in nature’s colorful bounty.

Dan Rounsville demonstrated how to set up a deployable flood barrier installed at the entrance of 255 State St. during a training exercise focused on temporary flood protection measures.

Boston practices deploying pop-up flood barriers for use in nor’easters

There are at least 20 “deployable” flood barriers in Boston.

Around Conway Park in Somerville, UMass Amherst researchers are using drones in an effort to design better roadways and intersections to reduce accidents.

Can drones over Somerville help make biking safer?

Three miles from where a cyclist was struck and killed on Monday, researchers from UMass Amherst are conducting a study on how to make bike lanes safer, using drones and AI software.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

The recorded temperature on a thermostat at the Furnace Creek Visitors Center, after 10 p.m. on July 7, in Death Valley National Park, Calif.

Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy

Former president Donald Trump speaks about the tax code and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Tuesday, in Savannah, Ga.

Trump calls for 100 percent tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday night.

On immigration, Kamala Harris and Democrats walk a delicate — and harder — line

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, on Aug. 7, and Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump on July 31.

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

Opinion

The nurses station at the Cardiomyopathy Center in the Tufts medical building in Boston on June 20,2024.

EDITORIAL

The US has a nurse shortage. Here’s one part of the solution.

As hospitals struggle to fill vacancies, a bipartisan proposal in Congress would let 40,000 health care clinicians bring their skills to the United States.

Alexander Chen and Christina Mulligan

Polyamorous relationships are a good thing

MARCELA GARCÍA

The rise of the cincuentañeras

RENÉE GRAHAM

What has Janet Jackson done for us lately? She’s spreading lies about Kamala Harris.

IDEAS | BRYAN KETT

The worm that made me cool

Hispanic Heritage Month

Does 'the Latino vote' even exist?
WATCH: Reporter Esmy Jimenez said, "I don’t think it even exists." She makes her case to political reporter James Pindell.

‘This is your festival’: CineFest Latino Boston returns for its second year
The lineup includes work by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, and the US.

Harvard’s student mariachi ensemble to perform at the White House on Tuesday
Mariachi Véritas de Harvard will bring traditional mariachi music to the ¡Adelante! Summit in Washington.

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5 N.H. hikes you can do with your dog
It’s a beautiful time to get outside and it’s even better with a dog by your side.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Don’t say gay travel? As Florida ends outreach to gay tourists, Connecticut steps in to woo them.
The state’s tourism office is spending $100,000 on ads targeting LGBTQ+ tourists and hopes to attract Floridians looking to relocate to a more welcoming state.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She is a big Celtics fan, which is great since basketball is my ... biggest passion’
Will these two basketball fans head into overtime?

How a ‘well-known secret’ in Massachusetts cannabis testing is obscuring what’s in your weed
The state's cannabis testing system is poorly designed and enforced, leaving companies essentially free to shop around for favorable lab results for potency and contaminant levels.

Four R.I. men indicted in alleged auto theft ring that targeted luxury vehicles, motorcycles

Authorities allege that the men, along with others, stole about 120 vehicles valued at a total of about $5 million.

Patriots

Are the Patriots’ offensive line problems correctable? Coach Jerod Mayo believes so.
Patriots opponents have generated the highest pressure rate in the NFL, but the coach has faith in his current personnel.

Chad Finn: Watching the Patriots get steamrolled isn’t fun, but it may very well happen again this week

‘SNL’ kicks off season 50 this weekend. Two Globe writers look back at the show’s best — and worst — music moments.

As the show begins its 50th season, the Globe’s Mark Shanahan and Odie Henderson step into the nostalgia listening booth and each share their top 10 picks, plus five unforgettable flops.

Disability advocacy gained a major foothold in Boston 50 years ago. Activists say the fight for independence isn’t won.
Two advocates for disability rights in Massachusetts discuss the history of the movement, it's future, and how society's ideas of disability evolved over five decades.

$0 in federal income tax, $0 to charity: What GOP Senate candidate John Deaton’s tax returns reveal
The personal injury attorney and crypto advocate running against Elizabeth Warren this year has a net worth of at least $18 million and owns real estate in five states.

With no end in sight, the Washington Bridge closure has upended life in parts of southeastern New England
The bridge that connects downtown Providence to East Providence has been the at the center of a crisis originally expected to last a few months.

Culture & Lifestyle

Charles and Carol Stuart. “Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, Reckoning,” a three-part documentary about the Stuart case by HBO, produced in association with The Boston Globe, won at the 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards on Thursday.

‘Murder in Boston’ takes home prize at 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Jelly Roll performed at TD Garden Thursday night.

Jelly Roll brought fire and rain to Boston in a soul-warming TD Garden show

From back center: Roz (Lupita N’yongo), and Brightbill (Kit Connor) in "The Wild Robot."

‘The Wild Robot’ is a wild good time at the movies

Dance group Malevo from Argentina performs at Berklee Performance Center in October.

90 fun things to do in and around Boston this fall

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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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Max Page, president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, spoke at a rally for a fair teachers contract outside of the Weymouth Town Hall, March 2, 2023.

SCOT LEHIGH

The MTA beckons voters with false claims on Question 2

Shoppers at a Costco, the third-largest retailer in the world, behind only Amazon and Walmart, in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2024. More than 100 million people get their groceries (and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins) at Costco.

Alex Beam

Is Costco the center of the universe?

John Deaton, Republican candidate for US Senate, earlier this month.

CARINE HAJJAR

The struggle of the Massachusetts Republican

IDEAS | Tejumola Adegoke

Why I can’t get a stubborn patient out of my mind

A "For Rent" sign outside an apartment building in the East Village neighborhood of New York in 2022.

EDITORIAL

One reason the rent is too damn high

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

RI CRIME

Judge denies bail for men accused of killing 7-year-old in R.I. road-rage shooting

“There’s too many people running around, settling disputes with firearms,” said Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Maureen Keough.

ICE arrests five charged with violent crimes on Nantucket

In an operation that spanned several days on Nantucket, Immigration and Customs Enforcement says the agency arrested five immigrants charged with violent crimes.

Police chief in Newton steps down after taking leave in May

Carmichael was appointed chief in June 2021.

A meteorologist’s guide to New England’s best leaf peeping this fall

Peak foliage is arriving a week or two ahead of schedule due to dry weather, but you’re certainly not too late to immerse yourself in nature’s colorful bounty.

Sports

Christine Sinclair retired from the Canadian national team following its exit from the 2023 Women's World Cup.

SOCCER

All-time leading international goal scorer Christine Sinclair announces her pro soccer retirement at end of NWSL season

The 41-year-old retired from the Canadian national team last year, finishing her international career as the world’s top goal scorer among both women and men with 190 goals.

Billie Jean King was recognized by President Joe Biden for “a remarkable life devoted to championing equal rights for all, in sports and in society.”

TENNIS

Billie Jean King becomes first individual female athlete to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal

The bill to honor King, the tennis Hall of Famer and activist, passed unanimously in the Senate and then in the House of Representatives.

Jaylen Brown believes that conditioning helped him find an extra gear in the playoffs when he needed it last spring.

celtics

During his summer as an NBA champion, Jaylen Brown kept his work ethic strong

The Celtics star did not let up on his conditioning and practice, because he knows how it helped him in last season's playoffs.

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

Strong at season’s start, Aoife Shovlin looking to lead Cambridge girls with equally strong finish

HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY

EMass cross-country Top 20s: Unbeaten Brookline boys, Wellesley girls still No. 1 in rankings

HIGH SCHOOLS

Former Beverly High basketball star Ryder Frost, now at Phillips Exeter, commits to Notre Dame

Business

Longtime local law firm Burns & Levinson shuts its doors

The closure after 64 years in business was widely expected in Boston’s tight-knit legal circles after dozens of lawyers left for other opportunities.

Beth Israel Lahey Health announces layoffs

A spokesperson for the system, which operates 14 hospitals in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, declined to say which facilities were losing jobs, nor the type of roles they were cutting.

Newton developer unveils plans for 40-story tower near North Station

Can drones over Somerville help make biking safer?

magazine

Globe Magazine

A tapeworm may have changed the lives of Caesar, RFK Jr., and millions of others

GLOBE MAGAZINE

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

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She is a big Celtics fan, which is great since basketball is my ... biggest passion’

CONNECTIONS

The unexpected kindness of strangers lifted us up in Provincetown

metro

NASA astronauts Suni Williams waves as she prepares to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 41 to board the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft in June.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams to run a mile race in Medford (from space)

Some of the worst flooding in a century overwhelms the South

Ringleader of Cambridge brothel network for elites pleads guilty

sports

Falmouth senior Silas Gartner won the boys' 5K championship by 12 seconds at the MSTCA Frank Kelley Invitational in Wrentham.

EMass cross-country: Going the distance, Falmouth’s Silas Gartner headlines Runners of the Week

Swiss teenage cyclist Muriel Furrer has died after crashing at the road world champs

Chicago Sky fire coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season

business

Can drones over Somerville help make biking safer?

State formally seizes St. Elizabeth’s from Steward landlord

For sale: Condos in converted brick buildings near the Merrimack River

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump.

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

Where Trump and Harris stand on immigration and border security

JD Vance, in 2020 messages, said Trump ‘thoroughly failed to deliver’

Nation

New York City mayor Eric Adams motions as he departs Manhattan federal court, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions

Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 40 in 4 states

New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions

World

Smoke rises from the smouldering rubble at the scene of Israeli air strikes in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.

Israel strikes Hezbollah’s headquarters in a huge blast targeting the militant group’s leader

Families of 43 missing students in Mexico are still demanding justice 10 years later

Netanyahu vows to continue Hezbollah war, defying US cease-fire plan

opinion

The MTA beckons voters with false claims on Question 2

What has Janet Jackson done for us lately? She’s spreading lies about Kamala Harris.

Is Costco the center of the universe?

lifestyle

The 2024 edition of the HONK! Festival comes to the Somerville and Cambridge areas for Oct. 4-6. Pictured: Attendees and a performer at the 2023 edition of the outdoor performance weekend.

Free things to do in Boston: HONK! fest returns, FrōJō tastings, plus break a sweat by the Charles

The tale of two situationships

All the fall things: Your family-friendly autumn agenda

food & dining

Noah Kahan is one of several notable locals featured in the “hyperlocal” guides by Apple Maps, with the “Stick Season” singer sharing his favorite spots in the Green Mountain State and beyond.

Noah Kahan, Elin Hilderbrand, and Cousin Stizz share their favorite New England spots in ‘hyperlocal’ Apple Maps guides

Wellesley’s Pho Station offers just four very good Vietnamese soups

The Dubliner team will open McGonagle’s in Dorchester; Nouvelle Maison brings wine and cheese to Winchester

travel

A performer chats with the audience at Hartford Pride. It's one of the images used in a new marketing campaign that Connecticut Tourism is using to attract more gay tourists.

Don’t say gay travel? As Florida ends outreach to gay tourists, Connecticut steps in to woo them.

Noah Kahan, Elin Hilderbrand, and Cousin Stizz share their favorite New England spots in ‘hyperlocal’ Apple Maps guides

Postcard from the edge: This is Acadia without the crowds

Arts

Of candidates and the camera

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum reveals architecture team and designs for new center for Native American art

‘We can love all of the United States without lying about it,’ says Harvard professor Sarah Lewis

Books

Chen Chen will speak as part of the Maine Lit Fest.

Trident at 40!, book designs, and Maine and New Hampshire festivals

Ta-Nehisi Coates ponders inequality and injustice in ‘The Message’

Boston’s Rick Riordan on his brand new Percy Jackson book, plus casting news for the Disney+ series

Movies

Essential Maggie Smith movies to stream this weekend

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

Maggie Smith moments that might make you spit out your tea

Television

Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas in "Maria."

Big screen, small

‘Murder in Boston’ takes home prize at 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Maggie Smith moments that might make you spit out your tea

music

Empty seats greet Boston Symphony Orchestra’s all-American season opener

Jelly Roll brought fire and rain to Boston in a soul-warming TD Garden show

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

Theater/Dance

The cast during the opening night performance of Dianne McIntyre Company's "In the Same Tongue," at Emerson Paramount Center.

At ArtsEmerson, Dianne McIntyre’s ‘In the Same Tongue’ speaks volumes

‘Mamma Mia!’ still merits the exclamation mark

Chris Gethard and Eddie Pepitone ‘carry the flag of rebellion’ as their new comedy tour comes to town

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

British actress Dame Maggie Smith in 2015.

Rescuers race to free people trapped by Hurricane Helene after storm kills at least 40 in 4 states

See photos of the flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene

Is New England out of the woods with Helene?

Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign

Beth Israel Lahey Health announces layoffs

Maggie Smith, actress beloved by fans of Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died An Oscar winner in 1969 for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," Maggie Smith won new fans in the 21st century as Hogwarts professor Minerva McGonagall and the dowager Countess of Grantham.

Essential Maggie Smith movies to stream this weekend

Voter fraud indictment alleges Mass. couple cast ballots in three N.H. elections

State formally seizes St. Elizabeth’s from Steward landlord

Israel strikes Hezbollah’s headquarters in a huge blast targeting the militant group’s leader A series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings and sent clouds of orange and black smoke billowing in the skies.

Ringleader of Cambridge brothel network for elites pleads guilty

Antisemitism in US has ‘accelerated profoundly’ amid war in Gaza, watchdog group says The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism also released a report on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses.

Immigration limbo for a Malden family on the edge of poverty: ‘I don’t want my kids to feel like “My mom can’t do it”’

NASA astronaut Suni Williams to run a mile race in Medford (from space)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleads not guilty to taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions

Newton developer unveils plans for 40-story tower near North Station

Brothers arraigned in alleged theft of $200,000 from West Roxbury bank where one worked as teller

A meteorologist’s guide to New England’s best leaf peeping this fall

Boston practices deploying pop-up flood barriers for use in nor’easters

Can drones over Somerville help make biking safer?

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy

Trump calls for 100 percent tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

On immigration, Kamala Harris and Democrats walk a delicate — and harder — line

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

The US has a nurse shortage. Here’s one part of the solution.

Polyamorous relationships are a good thing

The rise of the cincuentañeras

What has Janet Jackson done for us lately? She’s spreading lies about Kamala Harris.

The worm that made me cool

Hispanic Heritage Month

Does 'the Latino vote' even exist? WATCH: Reporter Esmy Jimenez said, "I don’t think it even exists." She makes her case to political reporter James Pindell.

‘This is your festival’: CineFest Latino Boston returns for its second year The lineup includes work by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, and the US.

Harvard’s student mariachi ensemble to perform at the White House on Tuesday Mariachi Véritas de Harvard will bring traditional mariachi music to the ¡Adelante! Summit in Washington.

More recent News

5 N.H. hikes you can do with your dog It’s a beautiful time to get outside and it’s even better with a dog by your side.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER Don’t say gay travel? As Florida ends outreach to gay tourists, Connecticut steps in to woo them. The state’s tourism office is spending $100,000 on ads targeting LGBTQ+ tourists and hopes to attract Floridians looking to relocate to a more welcoming state.

Dinner with Cupid Blind date: ‘She is a big Celtics fan, which is great since basketball is my ... biggest passion’ Will these two basketball fans head into overtime?

How a ‘well-known secret’ in Massachusetts cannabis testing is obscuring what’s in your weed The state's cannabis testing system is poorly designed and enforced, leaving companies essentially free to shop around for favorable lab results for potency and contaminant levels.

Four R.I. men indicted in alleged auto theft ring that targeted luxury vehicles, motorcycles

Patriots Are the Patriots’ offensive line problems correctable? Coach Jerod Mayo believes so. Patriots opponents have generated the highest pressure rate in the NFL, but the coach has faith in his current personnel.

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‘SNL’ kicks off season 50 this weekend. Two Globe writers look back at the show’s best — and worst — music moments.

Disability advocacy gained a major foothold in Boston 50 years ago. Activists say the fight for independence isn’t won. Two advocates for disability rights in Massachusetts discuss the history of the movement, it's future, and how society's ideas of disability evolved over five decades.

$0 in federal income tax, $0 to charity: What GOP Senate candidate John Deaton’s tax returns reveal The personal injury attorney and crypto advocate running against Elizabeth Warren this year has a net worth of at least $18 million and owns real estate in five states.

With no end in sight, the Washington Bridge closure has upended life in parts of southeastern New England The bridge that connects downtown Providence to East Providence has been the at the center of a crisis originally expected to last a few months.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Murder in Boston’ takes home prize at 45th annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards

Jelly Roll brought fire and rain to Boston in a soul-warming TD Garden show

‘The Wild Robot’ is a wild good time at the movies

90 fun things to do in and around Boston this fall

Special Projects

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

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

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

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The MTA beckons voters with false claims on Question 2

Is Costco the center of the universe?

The struggle of the Massachusetts Republican

Why I can’t get a stubborn patient out of my mind

One reason the rent is too damn high

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Judge denies bail for men accused of killing 7-year-old in R.I. road-rage shooting

ICE arrests five charged with violent crimes on Nantucket

Police chief in Newton steps down after taking leave in May

A meteorologist’s guide to New England’s best leaf peeping this fall

Sports

All-time leading international goal scorer Christine Sinclair announces her pro soccer retirement at end of NWSL season

Billie Jean King becomes first individual female athlete to be awarded Congressional Gold Medal

During his summer as an NBA champion, Jaylen Brown kept his work ethic strong

Strong at season’s start, Aoife Shovlin looking to lead Cambridge girls with equally strong finish

EMass cross-country Top 20s: Unbeaten Brookline boys, Wellesley girls still No. 1 in rankings

Former Beverly High basketball star Ryder Frost, now at Phillips Exeter, commits to Notre Dame

Business

Longtime local law firm Burns & Levinson shuts its doors

Beth Israel Lahey Health announces layoffs

Newton developer unveils plans for 40-story tower near North Station

Maggie Smith, actress beloved by fans of Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died
An Oscar winner in 1969 for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie," Maggie Smith won new fans in the 21st century as Hogwarts professor Minerva McGonagall and the dowager Countess of Grantham.

Israel strikes Hezbollah’s headquarters in a huge blast targeting the militant group’s leader
A series of massive explosions leveled multiple buildings and sent clouds of orange and black smoke billowing in the skies.

Antisemitism in US has ‘accelerated profoundly’ amid war in Gaza, watchdog group says
The Foundation to Combat Antisemitism also released a report on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses.

Does 'the Latino vote' even exist?
WATCH: Reporter Esmy Jimenez said, "I don’t think it even exists." She makes her case to political reporter James Pindell.

‘This is your festival’: CineFest Latino Boston returns for its second year
The lineup includes work by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, and the US.

Harvard’s student mariachi ensemble to perform at the White House on Tuesday
Mariachi Véritas de Harvard will bring traditional mariachi music to the ¡Adelante! Summit in Washington.

5 N.H. hikes you can do with your dog
It’s a beautiful time to get outside and it’s even better with a dog by your side.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Don’t say gay travel? As Florida ends outreach to gay tourists, Connecticut steps in to woo them.
The state’s tourism office is spending $100,000 on ads targeting LGBTQ+ tourists and hopes to attract Floridians looking to relocate to a more welcoming state.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She is a big Celtics fan, which is great since basketball is my ... biggest passion’
Will these two basketball fans head into overtime?

How a ‘well-known secret’ in Massachusetts cannabis testing is obscuring what’s in your weed
The state's cannabis testing system is poorly designed and enforced, leaving companies essentially free to shop around for favorable lab results for potency and contaminant levels.

Patriots

Are the Patriots’ offensive line problems correctable? Coach Jerod Mayo believes so.
Patriots opponents have generated the highest pressure rate in the NFL, but the coach has faith in his current personnel.

Disability advocacy gained a major foothold in Boston 50 years ago. Activists say the fight for independence isn’t won.
Two advocates for disability rights in Massachusetts discuss the history of the movement, it's future, and how society's ideas of disability evolved over five decades.

$0 in federal income tax, $0 to charity: What GOP Senate candidate John Deaton’s tax returns reveal
The personal injury attorney and crypto advocate running against Elizabeth Warren this year has a net worth of at least $18 million and owns real estate in five states.

With no end in sight, the Washington Bridge closure has upended life in parts of southeastern New England
The bridge that connects downtown Providence to East Providence has been the at the center of a crisis originally expected to last a few months.