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Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 5 storm off Mexico and threatens Florida, forecasters say

Milton is threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay and setting the stage for potential mass evacuations less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene swamped the coastline.

Hurricane tracker: Follow the current path of storms

Hurricane Milton has become a very intense hurricane, with a very strong eye.

Maps show Hurricane Milton’s path, likely impacts after surging to Category 5 storm

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers charged with assault, strangulation following altercation, police say

Peppers was arrested in connection with an altercation between two people at a home in Braintree, police said. He pleaded not guilty.

Patriots Monday Live: Jerod Mayo addresses Jabrill Peppers arrest and New England’s fourth straight loss

2024 Election

Why are election polls all over the place, and which should you pay attention to?

There is an explosion in the number of polls — and, importantly, the style of polls — out there, making for a confusing picture for voters trying to glean a sense of how things will shake out.

Much of Boston’s homeless population doesn’t know their voting rights. Pine Street Inn is trying to change that.

People experiencing homelessness frequently believe they need a permanent address to register to vote. They don't.

Trump and Harris mark anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel. Follow live updates.

North toward hope

Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis
Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and physical toll of pregnancy in a foreign land with no place to call home.

Two Massachusetts professors awarded Nobel Prize in medicine
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

Andover meteorologist finds $26,000 gold statue hidden in the woods of Western Mass.

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs based at its Rhode Island headquarters

Huge sinkhole opens up on I-495 in Haverhill, snarling traffic

Daniel Lifschitz right,, grandson of hostage Oded Lifschitz, lit a memorial candle at the grave for his best friend Dolev Yehud who was thought to be a hostage but was later killed on the 7th and his body was taken to Gaza, on the first anniversary since Hamas attacked one year ago on Oct. 7, 2024, in Nir Oz, Israel.

War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack

Israelis held somber ceremonies on Monday to mark a year since the deadliest attack in the country’s history, a Hamas-led raid that shattered its sense of security and ignited wars on two fronts with no end in sight.

Gaza is in ruins after Israel’s yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators block Storrow Drive, march on Israeli consulate

Aaron Karas (clockwise from top left), a former Israeli Defense Forces soldier from Newton; Anwar Mhajne, a political scientist who lectures at Stonehill College; Barbara Conn, a Belmont resident; and Sammy S. Nabulsi, a Palestinian American attorney living in Dorchester, are among the many New Englanders who have experienced pain and anguish since Oct. 7, 2023.

‘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.

Lucky and good. Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Lost in the election fog: Inflation is dead and the economy is healthy

The Federal Reserve has pulled off a soft landing, a rare achievement.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Ralph de la Torre oversaw Steward's collapse. Meet the corporate board that OK'd many of his decisions.
Corporate boards are supposed to hold the CEO accountable. In Steward’s case, it did anything but, according to a new Spotlight investigation.

In February, Milton residents voted against a plan that would open key sections of the town to more housing development.

On day of SJC hearing, AG Campbell touts importance of state law in fighting housing crisis

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that the zoning law her staff is poised to defend before the state’s highest court is crucial to battling the region’s housing crisis.

It’s Massachusetts vs. Milton at the state’s high court on Monday

How Career and Tech Education is changing the school landscape in R.I.
Educators in Rhode Island are pushing for more funds for in-demand career programs in high schools, where nearly half of all students are participating.

Starting Point

A Supreme Court preview

Ghost guns, pornography, and transgender rights are some of the most high-profile cases the US Supreme Court will take up during the term that starts today.

Robert Finch, author of "The Outer Beach: A Thousand-Mile Walk on Cape Cod's Atlantic Shore."

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

In elegant dispatches from the Cape's shoreline, Mr. Finch would glimpse seagulls at sunset and see "white eyebrows against a velvet zenith."

David Ortiz's walk-off home run in the 10th inning of Game 3 of the 2004 ALDS set the Red Sox on a path of destiny.

It’s been 20 years since the Red Sox broke the curse. Tell us your memories from the 2004 World Series.

Coming this week, the Globe will launch a podcast series called "The Curse Breakers," which goes behind the scenes on one of the greatest sports stories ever told. But first, we want to hear your stories.

Wyc Grousbeck and his family have owned the Celtics since 2002.

‘I put the Celtics first:’ One-on-one with Wyc Grousbeck about the sale, designing rings, and what’s next

The Celtics' lead owner sat down with the Globe in Abu Dhabi for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of the franchise following its 18th NBA championship.

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

Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump’s no-tax pledges and what they might cost

Opinion

Tents and signs filled Harvard Yard by the John Harvard statue in the pro-Palestinian encampment at Harvard on May 5.

Steven Pinker

How I wish Harvard taught students to talk about Israel

I am heartsick over the death and destruction in Gaza. But I am also stunned by the simplistic hatred that has been hurled at Israel, not least by students at my own institution.

EDITORIAL BOARD

Endorsement: Preserve the MCAS as a graduation requirement

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The end of our political deadlock

Hiba I. Husseini

Gaza can’t be forgotten

Jeremy Burton

Let Oct. 7 be about Oct. 7

Hispanic Heritage Month

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez
She’ll perform at CultureFest at Belleforge Arts Center in Medfield this Sunday

‘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.

More recent News

Webster man charged with shooting at Canton apartment complex

Seaqwan Cherduville is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Stoughton District Court on multiple charges, including assault with intent to murder,

Photos show the Northern Lights illuminating the night sky across New England
The aurora was the result of a massive solar flare, the strongest since 2017, that the sun unleashed late last week.

Boomerangs thrift store in Central Square to be revived by nonprofit More Than Words
The Cambridge storefront was closed by its previous operator, Fenway Health, in June.

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test
The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft rocketed away on a two-year journey to the small asteroid rammed by NASA two years ago in a dress rehearsal for the day a killer space rock threatens Earth.

YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Cate Blanchett fends off scandal as a troubled documentarian
Plus: "Y Tu Mamá También" stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in the Spanish language miniseries, "La Máquina."

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, regulators are worried about the cannabis industry getting too high
Vermont's pot industry has been so successful that regulators are putting on the brakes.

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

Who tops the list? A few names you might recognize.

After more than two years, cats finally find sanctuary on Beacon Hill
A Sanctuary Cafe is a yearslong effort by Brittany Baker to open a first-of-its-kind venture on Beacon Hill that allows both felines and food under the same roof.

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.

Work to begin on upgrades to Memorial Drive in Cambridge following cyclist’s death
The death heightened attention on the dangerous stretch where, for years, elected officials and advocates had pleaded with the state to make changes.

Culture & Lifestyle

Latin soul singer and Boston Music Award winner Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez in the Stillpoint Sound recording studio in Rockland.

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez

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

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.

An afternoon storm rolls over the plains on US Route 20 in Wyoming.

IDEAS | HEATHER HOPP-BRUCE

Looking for America

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning on the issue of reproductive rights. She spoke about the issue at an event in Atlanta on Sept. 20.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Harris can’t snap her fingers and restore abortion rights. Here’s what she can do instead.

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

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

In elegant dispatches from the Cape's shoreline, Mr. Finch would glimpse seagulls at sunset and see "white eyebrows against a velvet zenith."

Maps show Hurricane Milton’s path, likely impacts after surging to Category 5 storm

Major 12-foot storm surges and extensive flooding are forecast as Milton drives wind-driven water square into Florida’s west coast.

RI BUSINESS

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs based at its Rhode Island headquarters

Only 153 of the terminated employees work at the Woonsocket headquarters or surrounding facilities while the remaining affected employees work remotely, reporting to leaders in Woonsocket.

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

Without detailing their reasoning, the justices kept in place a lower court order that said hospitals cannot be required to provide pregnancy terminations that would violate Texas law.

Sports

2004 red sox

It’s been 20 years since the Red Sox broke the curse. Tell us your memories from the 2004 World Series.

The Devils practice in Prague ahead of their opener in Czechia over the weekend.

NHL

As the NHL ventures overseas, could European expansion be in the cards?

The NHL season officially kicked off Friday in a rink far, far away from the continent of the Original 32.

Boston University's Ryan Greene (left) celebrated one of his two goals with teammate Gavin McCarthy in Saturday's 5-2 win over Holy Cross.

men's college hockey notebook

For BU men’s hockey, freshman orientation comes quickly in win over Holy Cross

Six freshmen were in the lineup for the Terriers in their opener, and three of them scored against the Crusaders.

Red Sox

The Red Sox lose some organizational pillars, the winter trade market, and other thoughts on the team

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers charged with assault, strangulation following altercation, police say

FRANK DELL'APA | ON SOCCER

As the Revolution play out the string, the front office gets to work improving the roster

Business

RI BUSINESS

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs based at its Rhode Island headquarters

Only 153 of the terminated employees work at the Woonsocket headquarters or surrounding facilities while the remaining affected employees work remotely, reporting to leaders in Woonsocket.

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris’s and Donald Trump’s economic plans.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Lost in the election fog: Inflation is dead and the economy is healthy

Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump’s no-tax pledges and what they might cost

magazine

Education Issue

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

CONNECTIONS

What I learned warming the bench for my high school water polo team

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

Your Week Ahead

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

PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

The Northern Lights photographed at East Sandwich Beach in East Sandwich, Mass., on Cape Cod, Sunday night.

Photos show the Northern Lights illuminating the night sky across New England

Rhode Island’s most interesting local ballot questions, part 1

Much of Boston’s homeless population doesn’t know their voting rights. Pine Street Inn is trying to change that.

sports

Jerod Mayo joined WEEI at 9 a.m. to discuss the Patriots' latest loss.

Patriots Monday Live: Jerod Mayo addresses Jabrill Peppers arrest and New England’s fourth straight loss

Eastern Mass. high school football: See the latest Top 20 rankings from the Globe

Eastern Mass. football players of the week: Billerica’s Steve Gentile scores seven TDs in win

business

A child read a book while her mother shopped at the Boomerangs thrift store in Cambridge in 2013.

Boomerangs thrift store in Central Square to be revived by nonprofit More Than Words

On day of SJC hearing, AG Campbell touts importance of state law in fighting housing crisis

How Career and Tech Education is changing the school landscape in R.I.

politics

Antiabortion protesters use bullhorns to counter a gathering of mostly abortion rights advocates in front of the US Supreme Court on May 3, 2022.

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

Trump and Harris mark somber anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

Nation

Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 5 storm off Mexico and threatens Florida, forecasters say

A spacecraft is on its way to a harmless asteroid slammed by NASA in a previous save-the-Earth test

Voters in North Carolina and Georgia have bigger problems than politics. Helene changed everything.

World

Nobel Committee chairman Thomas Perlmann, right, announced Americans Victor Ambros, left, and Gary Ruvkun, seen on a screen being awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, during a press conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, on Monday.

Two Massachusetts professors awarded Nobel Prize in medicine

Gaza is in ruins after Israel’s yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades.

Countries around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel

opinion

Meditating, meditating against the dying of the light

Diversity is the essence of America

Do campus protesters really care about peaceful Lebanon?

lifestyle

Heading to Witch City to celebrate Halloween this month? Don't be scared! We've got you covered. (Pictured, Juliette Lynch, of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y., in downtown Salem 2021.)

Hauntings, happenings in Salem for Halloween

Still have that crush on my boss

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

food & dining

From left: Leopold “Mac” Mackintosh, Simon, and Benjamin hung out together inside A Sanctuary Cafe.

After more than two years, cats finally find sanctuary on Beacon Hill

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

CanalSide Food + Drink sets a date; Chalawan says goodbye

travel

Hotel workers strike outside of the Hilton Boston Park Plaza. They are asking for better wages and more sustainable work hours.

Boston hotel workers strike outside major Hilton hotels

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.

Arts

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez

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

Books

Porter Square Books begins its move down the road with the help of a human chain

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter Two

The Mistress and the Key: Chapter One

Movies

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

Cate Blanchett stars in Alfonso Cuarón's miniseries, Disclaimer, on Apple TV+.

This week’s TV: Cate Blanchett fends off scandal as a troubled documentarian

Nate Bargatze returns as George Washington in ‘Saturday Night Live’ sketch, Coldplay performs

‘Bad Monkey,’ pretty good miniseries

music

Christopher Ciccone, brother of Madonna and author of "Life With My Sister Madonna," posed for a portrait in Los Angeles in 2008.

Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

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

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.

Hurricane Milton strengthens into a Category 5 storm off Mexico and threatens Florida, forecasters say

Maps show Hurricane Milton’s path, likely impacts after surging to Category 5 storm

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers charged with assault, strangulation following altercation, police say

Why are election polls all over the place, and which should you pay attention to?

Much of Boston’s homeless population doesn’t know their voting rights. Pine Street Inn is trying to change that.

Trump and Harris mark anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel. Follow live updates.

North toward hope Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and physical toll of pregnancy in a foreign land with no place to call home.

Two Massachusetts professors awarded Nobel Prize in medicine Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

Andover meteorologist finds $26,000 gold statue hidden in the woods of Western Mass.

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs based at its Rhode Island headquarters

Huge sinkhole opens up on I-495 in Haverhill, snarling traffic

War rages on multiple fronts as Israel marks a year since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack

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

Lost in the election fog: Inflation is dead and the economy is healthy

Boston Globe Spotlight Team Ralph de la Torre oversaw Steward's collapse. Meet the corporate board that OK'd many of his decisions. Corporate boards are supposed to hold the CEO accountable. In Steward’s case, it did anything but, according to a new Spotlight investigation.

On day of SJC hearing, AG Campbell touts importance of state law in fighting housing crisis

How Career and Tech Education is changing the school landscape in R.I. Educators in Rhode Island are pushing for more funds for in-demand career programs in high schools, where nearly half of all students are participating.

A Supreme Court preview

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

It’s been 20 years since the Red Sox broke the curse. Tell us your memories from the 2004 World Series.

‘I put the Celtics first:’ One-on-one with Wyc Grousbeck about the sale, designing rings, and what’s next

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

Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump’s no-tax pledges and what they might cost

How I wish Harvard taught students to talk about Israel

Endorsement: Preserve the MCAS as a graduation requirement

The end of our political deadlock

Gaza can’t be forgotten

Let Oct. 7 be about Oct. 7

Hispanic Heritage Month

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez She’ll perform at CultureFest at Belleforge Arts Center in Medfield this Sunday

‘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.

More recent News

Webster man charged with shooting at Canton apartment complex

Photos show the Northern Lights illuminating the night sky across New England The aurora was the result of a massive solar flare, the strongest since 2017, that the sun unleashed late last week.

Boomerangs thrift store in Central Square to be revived by nonprofit More Than Words The Cambridge storefront was closed by its previous operator, Fenway Health, in June.

YOUR TV GPS This week’s TV: Cate Blanchett fends off scandal as a troubled documentarian Plus: "Y Tu Mamá También" stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in the Spanish language miniseries, "La Máquina."

Around New England with Kevin Cullen In Vermont, regulators are worried about the cannabis industry getting too high Vermont's pot industry has been so successful that regulators are putting on the brakes.

Recommended reads

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

After more than two years, cats finally find sanctuary on Beacon Hill A Sanctuary Cafe is a yearslong effort by Brittany Baker to open a first-of-its-kind venture on Beacon Hill that allows both felines and food under the same roof.

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.

Work to begin on upgrades to Memorial Drive in Cambridge following cyclist’s death The death heightened attention on the dangerous stretch where, for years, elected officials and advocates had pleaded with the state to make changes.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez

BSO delivers a blazing performance of a Mahler rarity

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

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

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

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

Looking for America

Harris can’t snap her fingers and restore abortion rights. Here’s what she can do instead.

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

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

Maps show Hurricane Milton’s path, likely impacts after surging to Category 5 storm

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs based at its Rhode Island headquarters

Supreme Court declines Biden administration appeal in Texas emergency abortion case

Sports

It’s been 20 years since the Red Sox broke the curse. Tell us your memories from the 2004 World Series.

As the NHL ventures overseas, could European expansion be in the cards?

For BU men’s hockey, freshman orientation comes quickly in win over Holy Cross

The Red Sox lose some organizational pillars, the winter trade market, and other thoughts on the team

Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers charged with assault, strangulation following altercation, police say

As the Revolution play out the string, the front office gets to work improving the roster

Business

CVS to cut more than 630 jobs based at its Rhode Island headquarters

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

Lost in the election fog: Inflation is dead and the economy is healthy

North toward hope

Behind closed doors in Massachusetts’s shelters: An unseen maternal health crisis
Hundreds of women in communities across the state are far from their extended families, facing the profound emotional and physical toll of pregnancy in a foreign land with no place to call home.

Two Massachusetts professors awarded Nobel Prize in medicine
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were honored for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle governing how gene activity is regulated.

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Ralph de la Torre oversaw Steward's collapse. Meet the corporate board that OK'd many of his decisions.
Corporate boards are supposed to hold the CEO accountable. In Steward’s case, it did anything but, according to a new Spotlight investigation.

How Career and Tech Education is changing the school landscape in R.I.
Educators in Rhode Island are pushing for more funds for in-demand career programs in high schools, where nearly half of all students are participating.

‘Music always came back to me,’ says Latin soul singer Yelena (La Rosa) Rodriguez
She’ll perform at CultureFest at Belleforge Arts Center in Medfield this Sunday

‘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.

Photos show the Northern Lights illuminating the night sky across New England
The aurora was the result of a massive solar flare, the strongest since 2017, that the sun unleashed late last week.

Boomerangs thrift store in Central Square to be revived by nonprofit More Than Words
The Cambridge storefront was closed by its previous operator, Fenway Health, in June.

YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Cate Blanchett fends off scandal as a troubled documentarian
Plus: "Y Tu Mamá También" stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna reunite in the Spanish language miniseries, "La Máquina."

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Vermont, regulators are worried about the cannabis industry getting too high
Vermont's pot industry has been so successful that regulators are putting on the brakes.

After more than two years, cats finally find sanctuary on Beacon Hill
A Sanctuary Cafe is a yearslong effort by Brittany Baker to open a first-of-its-kind venture on Beacon Hill that allows both felines and food under the same roof.

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.

Work to begin on upgrades to Memorial Drive in Cambridge following cyclist’s death
The death heightened attention on the dangerous stretch where, for years, elected officials and advocates had pleaded with the state to make changes.