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Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

The court filing was submitted by special counsel Jack Smith’s team following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents and narrowed the scope of the prosecution.
Read the unsealed court filing that says Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ after 2020 election

Hampden County sheriff’s SUV was missing a tire when he drove drunk to Springfield casino, court papers show

The Hampden County sheriff allegedly left the car running while he went inside for nearly 40 minutes and later told police that someone else had been driving.

Taking the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket? It might cost you more.

The Steamship Authority is considering its largest rate hike ever next year for its ferry services to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket to cover a surge in costs.

‘The treasure has been found’: A $26,000 gold statue was found in the woods of Western Mass.
“It’s surreal that it was found so quickly,” the creator of the game, Jason Rohrer, said Wednesday.

Motorcyclist dead after crashing into a moose on I-95 in Maine, authorities say

Anand Sreedharan, of Princeton, N.J., was traveling southbound when a moose “crossed into his lane and was struck by his motorcycle,” police said.

Hurricanes like Helene lead to as many as 10,000 indirect deaths in years following landfall, study finds

 How to help victims of Hurricane Helene

Israel says 8 soldiers killed in fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon

 Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 51 people

Federal investigators examining the scene of Green Line derailment

The Continental Restaurant on Route 1 in Saugus to close after 72 years: ‘It’s bittersweet for sure.’

State Police arrest armed man on I-190 in Worcester; highway closed for investigation

Police in Boston area monitoring Jewish communities, places of worship during holidays; no credible threats reported

Some Boston doctors are starting to unravel the mysteries of long COVID and find improved treatments

There’s still no cure for the debilitating condition but some front-line clinicians are finding ways to help patients feel better.

Here’s what CVS’s potential breakup could mean for you

Seven years ago, CVS bought health insurance giant Aetna. Now, the company is facing financial struggles.
2024 election

Mass. child care providers say VP debate brought light to crisis, but fell flat on solutions

Child care providers in Massachusetts, home to some of the nation’s highest child care costs, said they were happy their industry was elevated during the vice presidential debate, but admitted the answers didn’t impress them.
A look at false and misleading claims during the vice presidential debate
Live updates

Harris visits Georgia to see Helene’s damage amid high political stakes
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

No, illegal immigration isn’t the reason housing costs so much now
ben volin | on football

Patriots are a mess as they enter the second quarter of their season

Four games into his first year as a head coach, Jerod Mayo is trying to maintain a positive attitude … but things look bleak.
David Andrews needs shoulder surgery and is expected to miss remainder of season Patriots mailbag: Readers are still restless about quarterback and the offensive line

A Lexington photographer won an award for best comedy bird photo
The Bird Photographer of the Year contest awarded photographers across the world, including one from Massachusetts, for their striking pictures.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

These are the best hotels, resorts, and airports in New England, according to Condé Nast Traveler readers

The annual poll names the Langham the best hotel in Boston, T.F, Green, Bradley best airports in New England.
Jaylen Brown, Ilona Maher, and more New England stars make 2024 Time100 Next list
ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Here’s how the Red Sox became so distant from October baseball, and how they can turn the slide around

 Evaluating the Red Sox’ position players — how they did this year and where they go from here
TV CRITIC’S CORNER

On ‘SNL,’ no gaffes, political, comedic, or otherwise, for Gaffigan

Jim Gaffigan's portrayal of Tim Walz drew not just from Walz’s public image but from Gaffigan’s own self-created persona as a bumbling, it’s-hip-to-be-square Everyman.
Mass.-set ‘Eephus’ plays ball at New York Film Festival
PERSPECTIVE

I gave a Mass. judge a gift. The Supreme Court could learn from his response.

How can the highest court in the land operate with such lax ethical rules, while the lowest courts in Massachusetts are held to the most stringent of standards?

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris and Trump are tested by the Mideast, Helene, and the port strike in the campaign’s final weeks

Where Trump and Harris stand on immigration and border security

Marijuana, the death penalty, and fracking: Harris’s changing positions on key issues

Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts State Police training stuck in a time warp

While other states have moved on from the boot camp model, the Bay State holds onto a tradition that no longer serves it well.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Vance tried to sane-wash Trump’s autocracy. Walz didn’t let him.
JOAN VENNOCHI

In the VP debate, Vance proved to be the bigger liar
LETTERS

Readers share their takeaways after running mates square off
GLOBE OPINION

‘In the end, the winner was Vance’: 8 writers weigh in on the VP debate

Hispanic Heritage Month

‘It doesn’t matter what you wear, because you look good’: In Boston, Dominican-owned salons and barbershops are plenty
Dominican-owned salons and barbershops, which cut all kinds of hair, have become popular stops for people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds.

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.

More recent News

Weekend Forecast | Dave Epstein
A look ahead shows a rush of late-week warmth before a fall cooldown
Fluctuations in temperatures can be rather dramatic this time of year.

Another tropical system likely to take shape in the same area where Helene formed

The port strike is fueled by automation fears. Should dockworkers be worried?
The longshoremen’s strike that has shut down ports in Boston and other cities isn’t just about money and jobs. It’s also a fight over the future of maritime shipping technology.

Nibi, a Chelmsford beaver and an internet celebrity, has lawyered up
The state has ordered a local wildlife rescue to release Nibi into the wild, and the questions around the beaver's future have drawn attention from the governor herself.

Breast cancer rates are climbing. Are plastics and cosmetics to blame?
The risk of developing breast cancer increased by about 1 percent each year between 2012 and 2021 and grew almost twice as fast for women under the age of 50 as those above it.

Leader of Mass. based catalytic converter theft crew gets 10-year federal prison term
Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy’s office said the ring’s takedown led to a “precipitous decline in catalytic converter thefts reported in Massachusetts.”

Lynn teenager to be arraigned for fatal shooting in Market Basket parking lot
Adrian Pena, 18, of Lynn, is expected to be arraigned Monday morning at Essex County Superior Court in Salem, officials said.

Reporter Taylor Lorenz exits Washington Post after investigation into Instagram post
Lorenz is leaving less than two months after the newspaper launched an internal review following her social media post about President Biden.

Prankster police officer wins appeal at New Hampshire Supreme Court: ‘He’s been vindicated’

The justices have begun issuing decisions in a cresting wave of John Doe lawsuits challenging individual officers’ placement on the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule, formerly known as the Laurie List

Deciphering the mysterious stone slabs in West Roxbury’s Millennium Park
The stone tablets came from the First National Bank of Boston, according to a Boston city archaeologist.

Recommended reads

‘Highly technical adventure cleanup’ swarms Boston Harbor Islands, clearing rusted lobster traps, scrap metal

The operation helped to rehabilitate bird-nesting areas on the islands, where anything from huge tires to dock foam and scrap metal have washed up for decades.

Parents accused of harassing transgender teen in N.H. sue school district over free speech
The plaintiffs were issued “no trespass” orders after wearing pink “XX” wristbands on the sidelines of a high school soccer game.

Dan Shaughnessy
Pete Rose was crude and rough around the edges, but his love for baseball was evident every game
Rose could play many positions and had more hits than anyone, but his apparent gambling addiction kept him out of the Hall of Fame.

Globe Magazine
‘Please, stop doing this.’ Why we need to finally ban phones from schools.
The evidence overwhelmingly shows that phones are bad for students. Taking them away is the only solution.

Culture & Lifestyle

HBO’s ‘The Franchise’ is mild when it should be wild

Mass.-set ‘Eephus’ plays ball at New York Film Festival

Embrace sweater weather — and flannel — at these fall music festivals

Tanglewood Festival Chorus veterans plan to exit on a high note with ‘Symphony of a Thousand’

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

EDITORIAL

What Boston can learn from other cities that closed schools
JEFF JACOBY

Antisemitism and the power of the big lie
RENÉE GRAHAM

Diversity is America’s greatest strength. But now a lot of people find it threatening.

Beau Breslin

Project 2025 isn’t going away
Alex Beam

Is Costco the center of the universe?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Mass. now at moderate risk for EEE, public health officials say

Surveillance data and past disease patterns prompted the state to lower the risk, but the public should still take precautions against mosquitoes until the first hard frost, officials said Wednesday.

Mass. child care providers say VP debate brought light to crisis, but fell flat on solutions

Child care providers in Massachusetts, home to some of the nation’s highest child care costs, said they were happy their industry was elevated during the vice presidential debate, but admitted the answers didn’t impress them.

Taking the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket? It might cost you more.

The Steamship Authority is considering its largest rate hike ever next year for its ferry services to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket to cover a surge in costs.

Man charged with killing 13-year-old boy in Mattapan ‘has no confidence’ in lawyer, attorney says in withdrawal motion

“There has been a complete and irretrievable breakdown in the attorney-client relationship," the lawyer, David Leon, wrote in a motion.

Sports

NASCAR

Michael Jordan’s 23XI and a second team sue NASCAR over revenue sharing model

The federal antitrust lawsuit claims the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series, its tracks and its suppliers.
NCAA BASKETBALL

NCAA announces regional sites for 2027 and 2028 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments

The NCAA is sticking with two regionals for the women’s basketball tourney through at least 2028, returning to Las Vegas and Philadelphia in 2027.
TIGERS 5, ASTROS 2

Andy Ibáñez’s big hit lifts Tigers to sweep of Astros in AL Wild Card Series

Ibáñez hit a tiebreaking three-run double in Detroit’s four-run eighth, ending Houston's run of seven consecutive appearances in the AL Championship Series.
ben volin | on football

Patriots are a mess as they enter the second quarter of their season
Patriots

Can fumble-prone Patriots running back Rhamondre Stevenson hold on to his starting job?
Patriots notebook

Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne returns to practice

Business

The president could invoke a 1947 law to try to suspend the dockworkers’ strike. Here’s how.

The Taft-Hartley Act authorizes a president to seek a court order for an 80-day cooling-off period for companies and unions to try to resolve their differences.

McKinsey weighs asking staff to come to office more often

Senior partners in Miami and Boston told employees in town halls recently that they may soon be expected to return to the office more often, according to people familiar with the matter.

OpenAI completes deal that values company at $157 billion
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

No, illegal immigration isn’t the reason housing costs so much now
magazine
Education Issue

‘Please, stop doing this.’ Why we need to finally ban phones from schools.
LOVE LETTERS

My partner doesn’t want kids. Can I change her mind?
Education Issue

Should schools be able to keep students’ secrets from parents? Depends who you ask.
Cooking

It’s soup season. New ways to serve favorites including French onion soup.

metro

Brookline man dead after motorcycle crash in Coolidge Corner in Brookline, officials say

Leader of Mass. based catalytic converter theft crew gets 10-year federal prison term

Hampden County sheriff’s SUV was missing a tire when he drove drunk to Springfield casino, court papers show

sports

Evaluating the Red Sox’ position players — how they did this year and where they go from here

Bruins add goaltender depth by claiming Jiri Patera off waivers from Canucks

EMass girls’ soccer Top 20: A high 5 for Franklin in Globe poll

business

National Grid electric bills are going up 3 percent this fall

‘The treasure has been found’: A $26,000 gold statue was found in the woods of Western Mass.

The port strike is fueled by automation fears. Should dockworkers be worried?

politics

Biden won’t support a strike on Iran nuclear sites as Israel weighs response to Iran missile attack

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

Harris, Biden take in Helene’s destruction in separate visits to Carolinas, Georgia

Nation

Mayorkas warns of funding shortfall for rest of hurricane season

Southerners stay in touch the old-fashioned way after Helene cuts roads, power, phones

Hurricanes’ hidden toll: Thousands of deaths years after they strike

World

Here’s where US forces are deployed in the Middle East

A wider war in the Middle East, from Hamas to Hezbollah and now Iran

Israel strikes in Gaza kill at least 51 people

opinion

‘In the end, the winner was Vance’: 8 writers weigh in on the VP debate

To fix the filibuster, bring it back

Kamala Harris is ready. And America, perhaps, is ready too.

lifestyle

Jaylen Brown, Ilona Maher, and more New England stars make 2024 Time100 Next list

‘The Giver’ author Lois Lowry on intergenerational bonds in uncertain times

How did a marathon change your romantic relationship?

food & dining

Were chicken tenders invented in Manchester, N.H.? So far, no one has challenged that claim.

From the team behind Mahaniyom, this Thai-inspired dive is much more than a bar

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

travel

‘The treasure has been found’: A $26,000 gold statue was found in the woods of Western Mass.

These are the best hotels, resorts, and airports in New England, according to Condé Nast Traveler readers

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

Arts

‘Help other artists, and then other artists will help you, too,’ says Joanna Tam

Of candidates and the camera

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

Books

Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘Empusium’ is a marvelous reframing of ‘The Magic Mountain’

Local bestsellers for the week ended Sept. 29

Ella Leffland, novelist drawn to portraying outsiders, dies at 92

Movies

Mass.-set ‘Eephus’ plays ball at New York Film Festival

Local filmmaker buys Arlington International Film Festival from cofounders

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Television

HBO’s ‘The Franchise’ is mild when it should be wild

On ‘SNL,’ no gaffes, political, comedic, or otherwise, for Gaffigan

Recap of ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’ episode 4: Belichick’s bad bet

music

Tanglewood Festival Chorus veterans plan to exit on a high note with ‘Symphony of a Thousand’

Embrace sweater weather — and flannel — at these fall music festivals

Graham Nash brings stories, songs — and Judy Collins — to Boston

Theater/Dance

‘Nassim’ challenges an actor to perform a play they haven’t read before

Four characters in search of the present in ‘Now. Here. This.’

American Repertory Theater and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre announce performances

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

Ella Leffland, novelist drawn to portraying outsiders, dies at 92

Larry Laughlin, longtime AP bureau chief for northern New England, dies at 75

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84