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Another cannabis dispensary is coming to Back Bay. Some residents are smoking mad.
The unanimous approval came over sharp objections from residents and business owners who say the concentration of pot shops is excessive and detracts from the neighborhood’s quality of life.

‘Everyone kind of feels a bit helpless’: After Oct. 7, locals describe a year of anguish
Many in New England affected by the Israel-Hamas war have experienced deep emotions: helplessness, hopelessness, depression, stress. There is, they said, a malaise they can’t shake.

Pro-Palestinian rally planned Sunday on Boston Common

‘It makes me feel like nobody cares:’ Boston residents share how USPS mail delays affect daily life
For some Bostonians, particularly seniors, inconsistent mail service has resulted in weeks-long delays in receiving important documents, bills, and medications.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Rich Shertenlieb’s small share after move to WZLX the big news of summer Nielsen Audio ratings
Shertenlieb, who moved to the classic rock station WZLX, had a 1.8 share among the men 25-54 demographic from June 20-Sept. 11.

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list
Who tops the list? A few names you might recognize.

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.
The waning support, Black entrepreneurs and advocates say, hinders one of the most important ways ordinary people can help combat the Boston area’s stark racial wealth gap.

Israel strikes Lebanon, hitting Beirut suburbs and the north

Liesl Steiner was at her home in Swannanoa, North Carolina, on Saturday. Steiner said a mudslide carrying rocks and boulders tumbled down the mountain and through part of her property.

After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery

The facts about Helene are heartrending: Businesses and homes destroyed, communities nearly wiped out, hundreds of lives lost, hundreds of people missing. And the false information is compounding the tragedy.

How to help victims of Helene

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, who got a multi-year extension from the team in August, hasn't had many answers in the absence of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Flaws fully exposed, Dolphins come into Gillette Stadium reeling and desperate

Miami (1-3) has winnable games coming up against the Patriots, Colts, and Cardinals around their Week 6 bye. A team that had visions of competing for the Super Bowl better win now before the boos turn to empty seats.

A season-ending injury to David Andrews will further test the leadership in the Patriots' locker room.

TARA SULLIVAN

Wild week has only amplified Patriots’ need to beat Dolphins on Sunday

It’s only Week 5 of the NFL season, but Jerod Mayo’s team needs a win in the worst way, and the injury-ridden Dolphins might be their last, best chance to get another one.

2024 election

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a rally at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Mich., during the 2024 presidential campaign, on Oct. 4.

In Michigan, Harris doesn’t get planned firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

Harris directly went after her opponent, saying Trump “has been a union-buster his entire career” who would launch a “full on attack” against organized labor.

A battleground state’s child care crisis leaves voters skeptical of political promises Harris is heading to North Carolina to survey Helene’s aftermath one day after Trump visited

A statue of Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump is set up on a truck ahead of a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Oct. 4, in Butler, Pa.

Trump returning to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for huge rally with Vance and Musk

Former president Donald Trump will return on Saturday to the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July to fulfill a promise — "really an obligation," he said — to the people of Butler, Pa.

Trump slams Liz Cheney after her joint appearance with Harris, calling her a ‘low IQ War Hawk’ Follow live updates from the campaign trail

From left: Kenan Thompson as David Ortiz, Colin Jost, and Michael Che during Weekend Update on "Saturday Night Live" in 2017.

'SNL' at 50

8 unforgettable Boston skits and moments from ‘Saturday Night Live’

From Casey Affleck’s Dunkin’ spoof to Kenan Thompson’s David Ortiz impression, check out these iconic "SNL" sketches that paid tribute to the Hub.

11 New England cast members who brought the laughs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Sergei Bobrovsky (right) backstopped the Panthers to a second-round win over Jeremy Swayman and the Bruins last season.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The Bruins will drop the puck on a new season against a familiar foe. But neither they nor the Panthers will look the same.

The Bruins begin anew Tuesday night with their season opener in Sunrise, Fla.

Pete Rose reached base an amazing 5,829 times and made the All-Star team 17 times, starting eight times at five different positions.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame for his baseball talent, but he hurt his own cause with off-field transgressions

Rose’s death this past week at the age of 83 renewed the endless debate of whether he should be in the Hall of Fame.

Weymouth’s Tyler Munchbach (4) breaks loose for an 80-yard touchdown, the first of his two first-half scores against visiting Milton Friday night.

HS FOOTBALL: WEYMOUTH 28, MILTON 21

Milton rallies late, but Weymouth holds on for key Bay State Herget triumph

Friday’s high school football scores More high school sports news

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

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

A vehicle drove along the US side of the US-Mexico border wall in Nogales, Ariz., in June.

Where Trump and Harris stand on immigration and border security

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

Former president Donald Trump delivers remarks at Trump Tower in Manhattan, on Sept. 26.

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

Opinion

IDEAS

The Election Issue: Harris, Trump, and what comes next

Six writers explore our political crossroads — and what the 2024 race may lead to.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The end of our political deadlock

IDEAS | JEFF HOWE

A rare challenge to the machine in our one-party state

MARCELA GARCÍA

The price tag of mass deportations? $315 billion

H. R. McMaster

Donald Trump and the war with ourselves

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

These New England homes are in the running to be HGTV’s ‘Scariest House in America’
Two homes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be featured on HGTV's "Scariest House in America" on Friday.

Salem expects a record 1.2 million visitors for Halloween festivities

Healey saves Nibi the beaver from eviction
Governor Maura Healey issued Nibi a permit allowing the 2-year-old beaver who captured the hearts of people across the country to stay at the rehabilitation where she’s lived most of her life.

Boston Medical Center is charting its post-Steward future — with two new hospitals in tow
Now comes the hard part: making sure the troubled hospitals it rescued — St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton and Good Samaritan in Brockton — will actually survive.

More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

SJC sets date to hear Karen Read’s request to dismiss charges

The state’s highest court is scheduled to hear arguments in Karen Read’s high-profile murder case on Nov. 6, records show.

Here are the best chances to catch the Northern Lights in New England this weekend
“We are in the grips of solar maximum" and auroras are intensifying.

Dave Epstein: Predicting where the aurora will cast its glow can be tricky for forecasters

‘The news says inflation is going down, but nobody sees it’: Long lines for food reveal a desperate need in R.I.

Hundreds of people line up in Pawtucket, R.I., twice a month to receive basic necessities from the Elisha Project, a sign of troubling times not reflected in unemployment rates or campaign speeches.

Harvard students used Meta’s smart glasses and AI to get private info from people’s photos. What can you do about it?

The tool could potentially allow law enforcement agents, cyber criminals, or just a guy at the bar to obtain anybody’s vital information in just over a minute.

dan shaughnessy

Instead of an endless rebuild, the future should be now for the Red Sox, and other thoughts
Under management's middle-market approach, ticket prices keep going up but the level of play stays the same.

concert review

Sabrina Carpenter is all grown up. Not all of her fans are.
A very adult Sabrina Carpenter show at TD Garden proved a bit of a mismatch with some of her younger fans.

Fiction

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter One
An exclusive excerpt from Ben Mezrich's forthcoming novel, a sequel to the 2020 novella serialized in the Globe

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Symphony Orchestra performing Mahler's Symphony No. 8 Friday at Symphony Hall.

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

The cast of "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" pose for a photo. Alex Serino is pictured bottom row, second from left.

Peabody native Alex Serino to play Albus Potter in ‘Cursed Child’ on Broadway

The ferry to Spectacle Island is just $5 this weekend.

$5 ferry ride, new ‘Friends’ trivia, and a Cambridge dance party: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

Closeup of an 1805 Clementi piano, part of the Frederick Historical Piano Collection in Ashburnham.

Look, don’t touch? Not at Ashburnham’s Frederick Historical Piano Collection.

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

IDEAS | Jason Blakely

My political beliefs are entirely rational. Yours are obviously nuts.

Clockwise: Ralph Carter, BernNadette Stanis, Ja’Net DuBois, Esther Rolle, Jimmie Walker and John Amos.

RENÉE GRAHAM

Remembering the ‘Good Times’ of John Amos — television’s first Black father

A child peered inside the remains of a missile on Oct. 2, near the Dead Sea, Israel.

EDITORIAL

A strong Israeli defense against Iran benefits US interests

Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota spoke during the vice presidential debate at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York on Oct. 1.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

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

Massachusetts State Police Command Staff and over 180 recruits from the 90th Recruit Training Troop stood in formation outside Mercadante Funeral Home & Chapel in Worcester. The officers provide a uniformed presence during visiting hours for Trooper Enrique Delgado-Garcia, 25. Delgado-Garcia was injured during a defensive tactics training exercise.

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts State Police training stuck in a time warp

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Sun will break through after a wet and cloudy start today

Peak foliage season is occurring across much of Vermont and New Hampshire. It’ll be a great weekend for a road trip.

Here are the best chances to catch the Northern Lights in New England this weekend

“We are in the grips of solar maximum" and auroras are intensifying.

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.

The waning support, Black entrepreneurs and advocates say, hinders one of the most important ways ordinary people can help combat the Boston area’s stark racial wealth gap.

‘Everyone kind of feels a bit helpless’: After Oct. 7, locals describe a year of anguish

Many in New England affected by the Israel-Hamas war have experienced deep emotions: helplessness, hopelessness, depression, stress. There is, they said, a malaise they can’t shake.

Sports

Jacoby Brissett has been sacked 15 times through the first four games of the season.

Patriots

‘I feel for him. I’ve been there.:’ Battered quarterbacks of the past offer commiseration, advice to Jacoby Brissett

The Patriots' veteran quarterback is on pace to be sacked 64 times this year, which would easily break Tony Eason’s franchise record of 59 in 1984.

TARA SULLIVAN

Wild week has only amplified Patriots’ need to beat Dolphins on Sunday

It’s only Week 5 of the NFL season, but Jerod Mayo’s team needs a win in the worst way, and the injury-ridden Dolphins might be their last, best chance to get another one.

The cast on Rich Shertenlieb's show has shuffled somewhat since debuting on WZLX.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Rich Shertenlieb’s small share after move to WZLX the big news of summer Nielsen Audio ratings

Shertenlieb, who moved to the classic rock station WZLX, had a 1.8 share among the men 25-54 demographic from June 20-Sept. 11.

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The Bruins will drop the puck on a new season against a familiar foe. But neither they nor the Panthers will look the same.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle swap the rare one that could benefit both Knicks, Timberwolves

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Flaws fully exposed, Dolphins come into Gillette Stadium reeling and desperate

Business

BOLD TYPES

As housing battles brew, business leaders join the push to build more

Business leaders co-chair new housing advocacy campaign.

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.

The waning support, Black entrepreneurs and advocates say, hinders one of the most important ways ordinary people can help combat the Boston area’s stark racial wealth gap.

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list

Sanofi, GSK, CSL tapped to expand US bird flu vaccine supply

magazine

Supporters of the bill rallied at the State House in Concord in April 2023, before a legislative committee hearing.

Education Issue

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

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I walked her to where she was parked and asked, “Handshake or hug?”’

Education Issue

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

MISS CONDUCT

My aunt brings nothing but demands to our family’s holiday gatherings

metro

Jared Ravizza faced Judge Shelby Smith during his arraignment on May 28 at Plymouth District Court.

Jared Ravizza, charged in South Shore stabbing spree, again ordered held without bail

Salem expects a record 1.2 million visitors for Halloween festivities

Mass. reports 2 more West Nile virus cases in humans, raising total to 15

sports

Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame for his baseball talent, but he hurt his own cause with off-field transgressions

Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions and UMass quarterback, dead at 77

Sun must figure out how to stay alive in WNBA playoffs by taking away open looks from Lynx

business

66 Galen Street in Watertown finished construction earlier this year and signed its first two tenants on Thursday.

Amid lab space glut, a big lease at last

Jobs report, strike resolution offer Harris lift on economy

Healey administration taps Kirk Taylor as new CEO for Mass. Life Sciences Center

politics

After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery

Harris is heading to North Carolina to survey Helene’s aftermath one day after Trump visited

In Michigan, Harris doesn’t get planned firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

Nation

Trump returning to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for huge rally with Vance and Musk

Leslie strengthens into a hurricane in the Atlantic but isn’t threatening land

Ex- Virginia cop who killed shoplifting suspect acquitted of manslaughter, guilty on firearm charge

World

People check the destruction at the site of an Israeli overnight airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Ablah in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on Oct. 5.

Israel strikes Lebanon, hitting Beirut suburbs and the north

Rescue teams search for missing after floods, landslides kill at least 16 in Bosnia

Israeli airstrikes rock southern suburbs of Beirut and cut off a key crossing into Syria

opinion

Parents wore pink "XX" wristbands at a soccer match in Bow, N.H., on Sept. 17 to protest the inclusion of transgender athletes in girls' school sports. School officials shut down the protest and issued "no trespass" orders, prompting a federal lawsuit.

Parents’ protest of transgender teen stirs painful memories

8 writers graded VP debate. Over 200 online readers commented.

We can work for Palestinian freedom and against antisemitism

lifestyle

A new podcast by filmmakers Amy Geller and Gerald Peary explores the journey of 16 rabbis who traveled to Florida to take a stand against racial segregation alongside Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964.

New ‘The Rabbis Go South’ podcast follows civil rights solidarity demonstrated in 1964 Florida

$5 ferry ride, new ‘Friends’ trivia, and a Cambridge dance party: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

I wonder if I should be with my ex

food & dining

Enchilada mole with rice and black beans at Tenoch, which just opened in Harvard Square.

Tenoch brings tortas, tacos, and (soon) margaritas to Harvard Square’s Garage

CanalSide Food + Drink sets a date; Chalawan says goodbye

In appreciation of Tupperware: It burps, it stores, it deserves our respect

travel

Oceania Cruises is debuting new Mediterranean sailings highlighting European cities, holiday islands, and lesser-known ports.

The 2025 cruise season is almost here. So what’s new out there?

Logan Airport is climbing in customer satisfaction ratings. It still has a ways to go.

Titanic exhibition comes to Boston, and a special Theater District tour

Arts

Left: "Emerald City (Get 'em! Get the Last Ones!), 2022; Right: "I see Fields of Green (Put the Ball Through the Hoop)," 2022. Installation view, “Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe,” at Tufts University Art Galleries.

Tomashi Jackson speaks truth to painful history in ‘Across the Universe’ at Tufts Art Galleries

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

Of candidates and the camera

Books

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter Two

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter One

A poet explores animal energies, Bow & Arrow Press lands in a new home, and local award news

Movies

Rowers warm up for the Head of the Charles Regatta last year.

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 7-20

‘White Bird’ fails to take flight

For subjects and viewers, ‘Blink’ is a story to remember

Television

Vince Vaughn and Natalie Martinez in "Bad Monkey."

‘Bad Monkey,’ pretty good miniseries

These New England homes are in the running to be HGTV’s ‘Scariest House in America’

11 New England cast members who brought the laughs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

music

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

Five things to do around Boston, Oct. 7-20

Sabrina Carpenter is all grown up. Not all of her fans are.

Theater/Dance

Peabody native Alex Serino to play Albus Potter in ‘Cursed Child’ on Broadway

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

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

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

Ms. Leffland was known for her short stories and deeply researched novels.

Another cannabis dispensary is coming to Back Bay. Some residents are smoking mad. The unanimous approval came over sharp objections from residents and business owners who say the concentration of pot shops is excessive and detracts from the neighborhood’s quality of life.

‘Everyone kind of feels a bit helpless’: After Oct. 7, locals describe a year of anguish Many in New England affected by the Israel-Hamas war have experienced deep emotions: helplessness, hopelessness, depression, stress. There is, they said, a malaise they can’t shake.

‘It makes me feel like nobody cares:’ Boston residents share how USPS mail delays affect daily life For some Bostonians, particularly seniors, inconsistent mail service has resulted in weeks-long delays in receiving important documents, bills, and medications.

Chad Finn | Sports Media Rich Shertenlieb’s small share after move to WZLX the big news of summer Nielsen Audio ratings Shertenlieb, who moved to the classic rock station WZLX, had a 1.8 share among the men 25-54 demographic from June 20-Sept. 11.

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list Who tops the list? A few names you might recognize.

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much. The waning support, Black entrepreneurs and advocates say, hinders one of the most important ways ordinary people can help combat the Boston area’s stark racial wealth gap.

Israel strikes Lebanon, hitting Beirut suburbs and the north

After the deluge, the lies: Misinformation and hoaxes about Helene cloud the recovery

Flaws fully exposed, Dolphins come into Gillette Stadium reeling and desperate

Wild week has only amplified Patriots’ need to beat Dolphins on Sunday

In Michigan, Harris doesn’t get planned firefighters endorsement amid shifting labor loyalties

Trump returning to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for huge rally with Vance and Musk

8 unforgettable Boston skits and moments from ‘Saturday Night Live’

The Bruins will drop the puck on a new season against a familiar foe. But neither they nor the Panthers will look the same.

Pete Rose should be in the Hall of Fame for his baseball talent, but he hurt his own cause with off-field transgressions

Milton rallies late, but Weymouth holds on for key Bay State Herget triumph

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?

The Election Issue: Harris, Trump, and what comes next

The end of our political deadlock

A rare challenge to the machine in our one-party state

The price tag of mass deportations? $315 billion

Donald Trump and the war with ourselves

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

These New England homes are in the running to be HGTV’s ‘Scariest House in America’ Two homes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be featured on HGTV's "Scariest House in America" on Friday.

Healey saves Nibi the beaver from eviction Governor Maura Healey issued Nibi a permit allowing the 2-year-old beaver who captured the hearts of people across the country to stay at the rehabilitation where she’s lived most of her life.

Boston Medical Center is charting its post-Steward future — with two new hospitals in tow Now comes the hard part: making sure the troubled hospitals it rescued — St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton and Good Samaritan in Brockton — will actually survive.

SJC sets date to hear Karen Read’s request to dismiss charges

Here are the best chances to catch the Northern Lights in New England this weekend “We are in the grips of solar maximum" and auroras are intensifying.

‘The news says inflation is going down, but nobody sees it’: Long lines for food reveal a desperate need in R.I.

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BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

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$5 ferry ride, new ‘Friends’ trivia, and a Cambridge dance party: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

My political beliefs are entirely rational. Yours are obviously nuts.

Remembering the ‘Good Times’ of John Amos — television’s first Black father

A strong Israeli defense against Iran benefits US interests

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

Massachusetts State Police training stuck in a time warp

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Sun will break through after a wet and cloudy start today

Here are the best chances to catch the Northern Lights in New England this weekend

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.

‘Everyone kind of feels a bit helpless’: After Oct. 7, locals describe a year of anguish

Sports

‘I feel for him. I’ve been there.:’ Battered quarterbacks of the past offer commiseration, advice to Jacoby Brissett

Wild week has only amplified Patriots’ need to beat Dolphins on Sunday

Rich Shertenlieb’s small share after move to WZLX the big news of summer Nielsen Audio ratings

The Bruins will drop the puck on a new season against a familiar foe. But neither they nor the Panthers will look the same.

Karl-Anthony Towns, Julius Randle swap the rare one that could benefit both Knicks, Timberwolves

Flaws fully exposed, Dolphins come into Gillette Stadium reeling and desperate

Business

As housing battles brew, business leaders join the push to build more

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list

Sanofi, GSK, CSL tapped to expand US bird flu vaccine supply

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

Blind date: ‘I walked her to where she was parked and asked, “Handshake or hug?”’

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

Another cannabis dispensary is coming to Back Bay. Some residents are smoking mad.
The unanimous approval came over sharp objections from residents and business owners who say the concentration of pot shops is excessive and detracts from the neighborhood’s quality of life.

‘Everyone kind of feels a bit helpless’: After Oct. 7, locals describe a year of anguish
Many in New England affected by the Israel-Hamas war have experienced deep emotions: helplessness, hopelessness, depression, stress. There is, they said, a malaise they can’t shake.

‘It makes me feel like nobody cares:’ Boston residents share how USPS mail delays affect daily life
For some Bostonians, particularly seniors, inconsistent mail service has resulted in weeks-long delays in receiving important documents, bills, and medications.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Rich Shertenlieb’s small share after move to WZLX the big news of summer Nielsen Audio ratings
Shertenlieb, who moved to the classic rock station WZLX, had a 1.8 share among the men 25-54 demographic from June 20-Sept. 11.

These are the wealthiest Mass. residents, according to the 2024 Forbes 400 list
Who tops the list? A few names you might recognize.

Black-owned businesses saw a surge of support after George Floyd’s murder. Since then? Not so much.
The waning support, Black entrepreneurs and advocates say, hinders one of the most important ways ordinary people can help combat the Boston area’s stark racial wealth gap.

‘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.

These New England homes are in the running to be HGTV’s ‘Scariest House in America’
Two homes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island will be featured on HGTV's "Scariest House in America" on Friday.

Healey saves Nibi the beaver from eviction
Governor Maura Healey issued Nibi a permit allowing the 2-year-old beaver who captured the hearts of people across the country to stay at the rehabilitation where she’s lived most of her life.

Boston Medical Center is charting its post-Steward future — with two new hospitals in tow
Now comes the hard part: making sure the troubled hospitals it rescued — St. Elizabeth’s in Brighton and Good Samaritan in Brockton — will actually survive.

Here are the best chances to catch the Northern Lights in New England this weekend
“We are in the grips of solar maximum" and auroras are intensifying.

dan shaughnessy

Instead of an endless rebuild, the future should be now for the Red Sox, and other thoughts
Under management's middle-market approach, ticket prices keep going up but the level of play stays the same.

concert review

Sabrina Carpenter is all grown up. Not all of her fans are.
A very adult Sabrina Carpenter show at TD Garden proved a bit of a mismatch with some of her younger fans.

Fiction

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter One
An exclusive excerpt from Ben Mezrich's forthcoming novel, a sequel to the 2020 novella serialized in the Globe