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Amid declining enrollment, Brandeis is in an intensifying budget crunch
In the midst of widespread financial trouble in higher education, the Waltham school finds itself trying to fend off what some fear could be the beginning of a long-run decline.

Mass General Brigham temporarily suspends non-emergency surgeries due to IV shortage

A national shortage in IV fluids in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene has prompted the state’s largest hospital and health care system, to postpone elective surgeries from Sunday through Wednesday, officials said.

Mass General surgeon performs groundbreaking new skin graft procedure on 4-year-old burn victim

The treatment relies on new technology that creates a multi-layered graft of bioengineered skin, from a sample of the patient's own donor tissue.

Mount Washington blanketed by ‘full winter conditions’ at the summit, officials say
The calendar might say it’s fall but New England's highest peak got a taste of winter Thursday with several inches of snow at the summit, officials said.

Man who allegedly assaulted 15-year-old girl in Museum of Science bathroom ordered held after dangerousness hearing

The Somerville man allegedly hid in a stall in a museum bathroom and assaulted the girl on Sunday.

Remember the housing project at Braintree’s South Shore Plaza? It took a big step forward.

Boston Marathon bomber seeks new judge for juror bias inquiry

BU and its graduate students reach deal that could end seven-month strike

Big Harvard University donors are back with more ideas to fix their alma mater

How a puppy killed by a doggy daycare fight spurred Healey to reform the pet care industry

The law, named Ollie’s Law after the puppy, will regulate Massachusetts’s previously unchecked pet care industry.

‘I’m kicking myself for missing them:’ Those who missed the northern lights hope for another chance

The light show Thursday night was the strongest since May and could be seen as far south as Texas, Florida, and California.
How to use your cellphone to best capture a picture of the northern lights

Missed last night’s Northern Lights display? You may have another chance tonight. Here are the best times to view them.

Northern New England may have the best shot at viewing the aurora Friday night.
See photos of the Northern Lights across New England Photos: The aurora as seen from around the globe
2024 Election
ANALYSIS

While the presidential race is anyone’s guess, the US Senate picture is becoming clearer

Democrats currently have a 51-49 Senate majority that looks like the GOP is on the verge of flipping to their control.
Follow live presidential campaign updates

Hillary Clinton endorses raising minimum wage for tipped workers in Mass.

Are male voters reluctant to vote for a woman? Harris’s backers are confronting the question head on
Weekend forecast | Dave Epstein

Here’s your complete New England forecast for this long holiday weekend

We'll see a mix of cool and milder temperatures Friday through Monday.

Residents slog through flooded streets, clear debris after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida

As homeowners assessed damage to their property, about 2.2 million customers in Florida remained without power Friday morning.
Photos: See the worst of Hurricane Milton’s aftermath
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Amid a wildly successful WNBA season, a vitriolic undercurrent remains

The league's growth in 2024 has come with a dark side, including hateful speech and threats directed at players.
PATRIOTS

Five things to watch as the Patriots face the Texans in Drake Maye’s first start

The Patriots (7-0) have never lost to the Texans at Gillette Stadium. Will New England keep its streak alive?
Patriots officially rule out Rhamondre Stevenson (foot) for Texans game

Their wells were poisoned by PFAS. Now, these Nantucket families want justice.

Four households on Nantucket have filed a class action suit against the manufacturers of "forever chemicals." It’s just the latest lawsuit that has targeted companies that produced the chemicals.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris and Trump have housing plans. Economists have doubts.

Harris has offered a string of economic proposals. Here’s a closer look at what’s in them.

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

Harris and Trump offer starkly different visions on climate change and energy
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Grading the MTA leaders on their MCAS campaign

A “D” for research, an “F” for critical reasoning, but an “A+” for spending members’ dues.
Vladimir Gilman

My son is being held in a Russian prison. America, please don’t leave him behind.
MARCELA GARCÍA

How Latino voters could shape the presidential election
Thomas Reed

A new audience for Taylor Swift: Rural Republican parents
RENÉE GRAHAM

Kamala Harris claps back at Sarah Huckabee Sanders’s ‘humble’ criticism

Globe Santa
Giving life to a sweet child’s holiday wishes
Expanding Globe Santa’s impact through a new multimedia approach.

Hispanic Heritage Month

John Leguizamo on the untold stories of Latino history and why it’s time to ‘let Columbus go’
Leguizamo opens up about his PBS docuseries "VOCES American Historia: The Untold History of Latinos" and the legacy of Christopher Columbus.

‘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.

More recent News

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A difficult season for Triston Casas ends with him seen as a possible trade chip for Red Sox
Once considered a cornerstone player, the first baseman faces the prospect of being dealt so the team can upgrade its starting pitching.

Dan Shaughnessy: Catching up with Terry Francona on his return to baseball, and other thoughts

PARENTING UNFILTERED
That’s a wrap? Kids’ birthday party gifts are so yesterday.
Instead: fiver parties, charity donations, and “please, no gifts” requests, which both relieve and confound, are becoming more popular. What's the right thing to do?

‘Like 15 years of therapy:’ Experts, patients weigh in on risks, benefits of magic mushrooms ahead of ballot question

Massachusetts voters will decide next month whether to legalize five psychedelics
Watch: A guide to Mass. ballot questions

From ‘token woman’ to trailblazers: Meet Boston’s 14-member ‘women-forward’ wedding band
United by inclusive values — at work and in love — the Femmes want to get you on the dance floor.

Celtics are excited about getting back on the TD Garden parquet Saturday
The preseason contest vs. the 76ers will mark their first game there since the Finals last spring, but it's not all about nostalgia.

Canton man charged in shooting at Dorchester barbershop that left one man dead
A man is facing murder charges in connection with a Labor Day shooting inside a Dorchester barbershop that left one man dead and a second with serious injuries, Boston police said Friday.

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Boston Globe Spotlight Team

An Alabama real estate firm enabled Steward’s growth and helped hide its shaky finances. It was a house of cards.

The Boston Globe Spotlight Team has spent months investigating this unusual partnership to lay bare another critical piece of the Steward saga.
Unlimited shrimp or unaffordable rent? How Red Lobster’s bankruptcy sheds light on Steward Health Care’s woes.

DEVRA FIRST | CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
With Barbara Lynch closures, the end of an era — but not in the way you might think
Endings are a natural part of the restaurant life cycle. These symbolize a sea change.

JFK Library visitors offer condolences after death of Ethel Kennedy: ‘A lovely woman, a great wife, mother, and sister’
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum erected a display in the museum lobby where visitors could leave their condolences.

Will Charlie Baker run for office again? NCAA president says he won’t ‘rule anything out.’
Former governor Charlie Baker said at an event in Boston that "we live in really challenging times, and it’s important [for] really good people to step up.”

Culture & Lifestyle

‘The Apprentice’ is less a biopic of Donald Trump than a morality tale about mentorship gone sour

Making few claims for this ‘Disclaimer’

‘Super/Man’: How Christopher Reeve and his family found their Fortress of Solitude in the Berkshires

A ‘millennial pink’ hat led to this couple’s elegant Newport wedding

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

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

How whales grieve, why dogs eat their owners, and other tales of death in the animal kingdom
ENDORSEMENT

Psychedelic drugs have great therapeutic promise. But Question 4 goes too far.
Evan Horowitz

How Boston backed itself into its budget mess
JOAN VENNOCHI

Why did the Patriots and the Krafts do nothing about Peppers?

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Donald Trump, role model
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Five arrested on illegal gun, drug charges in undercover sting in Lowell

The suspects are due to be arraigned Tuesday in Lowell District Court.

Fire at Webster duplex started in illegal cannabis growing room, officials say

Hundreds of cannabis plants, pesticides, fertilizers, and other illicit drugs were discovered by firefighters in Friday's fire.
Weekend forecast | Dave Epstein

Here’s your complete New England forecast for this long holiday weekend

We'll see a mix of cool and milder temperatures Friday through Monday.

Residents slog through flooded streets, clear debris after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida

As homeowners assessed damage to their property, about 2.2 million customers in Florida remained without power Friday morning.

Sports

FRIDAY'S FOOTBALL ROUNDUP

Bo MacCormack (321 yards, 2 TDs), BB&N run to 4-0 against Belmont Hill

One of six seniors on the roster, the Syracuse-bound back scored from 58 yards out and then burst for 63 yards to set up his second touchdown of the game.
NL DIVISION SERIES | DODGERS 2, PADRES 0

Dodgers complete comeback, shut out Padres to set up NLCS with never-say-die Mets

Home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández beat San Diego, which was shut out in back-to-back games after putting Los Angeles in a 2-1 hole in the best-of-five series.
HS FOOTBALL: CATHOLIC MEMORIAL 40, XAVERIAN 37

Catholic Memorial secures shootout win over Xaverian thanks to a big defensive play

Chris Sanchez and Nathan Whitted forced a fourth-quarter fumble and DJ Overall scooped it up and scored from 49 yards out as the fourth-ranked Knights took down the No. 2 Hawks.
HARVARD 38, CORNELL 20

Second-half scoring outburst carries Harvard football past Cornell for first Ivy win
HS FOOTBALL: BILLERICA 29, TEWKSBURY 20

Billerica breaks out a double-wing offense and Steven Gentile runs wild again to hand Tewksbury its first loss
HIGH SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY NOTEBOOK

The time is now for senior captain Caleb Barnes, Melrose boys’ cross-country

Business

Mass General Brigham temporarily suspends non-emergency surgeries due to IV shortage

A national shortage in IV fluids in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene has prompted the state’s largest hospital and health care system, to postpone elective surgeries from Sunday through Wednesday, officials said.

Health regulator completes review of Steward doctors group sale

Steward Health Care Network is the third largest-physician contracting network in Massachusetts with about 2,950 physicians.

BU and its graduate students reach deal that could end seven-month strike

Boeing will lay off 10 percent of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production
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Globe Magazine

How a Satanic temple in Salem is staging a rebellion against the religious right

Best of the Best

We searched for Boston’s best breakfasts. These 12 places are winners.
Fall Travel

10 of the best orchards for apple picking in New England this fall
Fall Travel

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during peak foliage season

metro

Missed last night’s Northern Lights display? You may have another chance tonight. Here are the best times to view them.

‘I’m kicking myself for missing them:’ Those who missed the northern lights hope for another chance

Boston Marathon bomber seeks new judge for juror bias inquiry

sports

Five things to watch as the Patriots face the Texans in Drake Maye’s first start

Patriots officially rule out Rhamondre Stevenson (foot) for Texans game

EMass cross-country Top 20: BC High, Wellesley girls keep running atop the rankings

business

Hillary Clinton endorses raising minimum wage for tipped workers in Mass.

Evan Gershkovich, US journalist imprisoned in Russia, will publish a memoir

Boeing’s lawyers argue for settlement opposed by relatives of those killed in 737 Max crashes

politics

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

Are male voters reluctant to vote for a woman? Harris’s backers are confronting the question head on

Trump drives his anti-immigration message in Aurora, Colorado

Nation

In high mountain Alaska, a glacier’s deep secret is revealed at last

Residents slog through flooded streets, clear debris after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida

A sigh of relief as Florida neighborhoods begin picking up the pieces

World

Israeli forces kill 2 Lebanese soldiers and injure 2 UN peacekeepers in separate strikes

US aims to revive failed UN plan for Lebanon war

Blinken tells ASEAN the US is worried about China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in disputed sea

opinion

She remembers Luis Tiant as an ace, on the field and off

A new audience for Taylor Swift: Rural Republican parents

Psychedelic drugs have great therapeutic promise. But Question 4 goes too far.

lifestyle

Free museum admission, Boston Ballet discounts, classical music: This week’s free, cheap things to do in Boston

He doesn’t make any money

That’s a wrap? Kids’ birthday party gifts are so yesterday.

food & dining

A new L.A. Burdick will soon sweeten Coolidge Corner

With Barbara Lynch closures, the end of an era — but not in the way you might think

Chef Barbara Lynch closing all her restaurants

travel

The best way to explore Prince Edward Island

Discovering the secrets beneath the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral

A Victorian manor in Rockport is revived, plus boutique digs in downtown Denver

Arts

Breast plates, football padding, coquette fashion: Young designers take the spotlight at Boston Fashion Week event

At the MFA, ‘Georgia O’Keeffe and Henry Moore’ revels in rhyme not reason

A Kerouac mural debuts in Lowell this weekend, near a church that was ‘a center of life’

Books

Han Kang is awarded Nobel Prize in literature

Local bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 6

Author Jason Reynolds creates his own Judy Blume book moment with young adult novel ‘Twenty-Four Seconds From Now’

Movies

‘Pet grief’ is very real. Director Yen Tan and Margaret Cho, in a rare non-comedic role, made a movie about it.

It’s a family thing at this year’s New York Film Festival

Jennifer Lopez talks to Nikki Glaser about love, loss, and being single: ‘I’m not looking for anybody’

Television

Shohei Ohtani’s ads are better, too

Making few claims for this ‘Disclaimer’

John Leguizamo on the untold stories of Latino history and why it’s time to ‘let Columbus go’

music

BSO demonstrates why Symphony Hall’s organ should be heard, not just seen

From ‘token woman’ to trailblazers: Meet Boston’s 14-member ‘women-forward’ wedding band

Johnny Marr has accepted the spotlight

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

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

Ethel Kennedy, matriarch of family political dynasty, dies at 96

Pat Fischer, undersized NFL defensive back, dies at 84

Luis Tiant, inimitable ace of the 1975 AL champion Red Sox, dies at 83