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Ted Cruz and Colin Allred wage another big US Senate fight in Texas
Republicans have a stranglehold on every statewide elected office in Texas and control the state Supreme Court, both chambers of the Legislature and both U.S. Senate seats.

Bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize win to share their anti-nuke message with younger generations
The recipient of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is a fast-dwindling group of atomic bomb survivors.

Evan Gershkovich, US journalist imprisoned in Russia, will publish a memoir
The memoir will be published in the United States by Crown, an imprint of Penguin Random House, with a tentative publication date in 2026.

As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon’s army watches from the sidelines
Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines.

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

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.

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

Maura Healey signing a bill into law.

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.

The northern lights were seen over the Boston skyline Thursday night from the Squantum section of Quincy..

‘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.

What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal See photos of the Northern Lights across New England

2024 Election

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, on Oct. 11, in Reno, Nev.

Data shows migrants aren’t taking ‘Black jobs’ or ‘Hispanic jobs,’ despite what Trump says

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected.

Follow live presidential campaign updates

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

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

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

The weather is generally going to cooperate for an array of fall activities this year with milder than average conditions for part of this upcoming holiday weekend.

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.

A woman tidies up in Tampa, Florida, as people remove debris and clean their homes after flooding caused by Hurricane Milton on October 11, 2024.

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.

Climate change gave significant boost to Milton’s destructive rain, winds, scientists say Photos: See the worst of Hurricane Milton’s aftermath

A rider passes a ticket validation scanner as workers install a metal gate that will prevent customers from entering a MetroLink platform without a valid fare card in an effort to increase security, on Oct. 9, in St. Louis.

Transit systems are targeting fare evaders to win back riders leery about crime

Transit systems are building stronger, better security gates to avoid fare skippers.

Hot Tamale Brass Band leads the children's parade at the end of the Opening Our Doors kickoff at Christian Science Plaza in 2023.

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

The Fenway Alliance is breaking down the door to some of the city’s hottest arts hubs plus Somerville’s Assembly Row is celebrating its 10th anniversary — great news for bargain hunters everywhere.

When Vanderbilt upset Alabama, fans of the Commodores tore down the goalposts, took them on a 3-mile journey through downtown Nashville, then threw them into the Cumberland River.

Sports fans should stop worrying about the big picture and just enjoy the game

If your team falls short of achieving the final goal, that doesn’t preclude you from enjoying the process.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris and Trump have housing plans. Economists have doubts.

Vice President Kamala Harris walks to board Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, on Friday, Aug. 16, 2024.

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

Former president Donald Trump.

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

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

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

Opinion

US Marine veteran Robert Gilman with his sister, Lexie. Gilman has been imprisoned in Russia since January 2022.

Vladimir Gilman

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

Why is Robert Gilman still in prison on trumped-up charges? We raised this question in March 2023, when we wrote to the State Department to ask it to designate Robert as a wrongful detainee.

On second thought, it’s a work of genius!

Grading the MTA leaders on their MCAS campaign

MARCELA GARCÍA

How Latino voters could shape the presidential election

Readers offer range of responses to Globe’s call to vote no on 2

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

Five arrested on illegal gun, drug charges in undercover sting in Lowell
The suspects are due to be arraigned Tuesday in Lowell District Court.

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.

Magellan Diagnostics, fined $42 million for selling faulty lead tests between 2013 and 2017, pleads guilty
A Billerica medical device company was fined $42 million in US District Court in Boston for knowingly selling lead testing devices that generated false results for “tens of thousands of children” and other patients across the country, prosecutors said.

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.

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.

Boeing will lay off 10 percent of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production
New CEO Kelly Ortberg told staff in a memo Friday that the job cuts will include executives, managers, and employees.

Boeing plea deal is now in Texas judge’s hands after hearing

Recommended reads

Graduating seniors line up for the procession before the Jeremiah E. Burke High School class of 2023 graduation ceremony at White Stadium in Boston.

Half of all Mass. high schools don’t abide by state recommended graduation requirements

Previous research has shown Boston students who completed MassCore had better odds of earning a post-secondary degree than those who did not.

‘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

TRAVEL

Discovering the secrets beneath the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral
The catacomb tour was a great excuse for a quick fall girlfriend’s getaway to the Big Apple, and a chance to explore Lower Manhattan.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Jeremy Strong and Sebastian Stan in "The Apprentice."

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

Cate Blanchett and Sacha Baron Cohen as Robert Ravenscroft in “Disclaimer."

Making few claims for this ‘Disclaimer’

Christopher Reeve as Superman.

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

Brianna and Nick Sailor during their May 2024 wedding at the OceanCliff Hotel in Newport, R.I.

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

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.

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.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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

Grading the MTA leaders on their MCAS campaign

US Marine veteran Robert Gilman with his sister, Lexie. Gilman has been imprisoned in Russia since January 2022.

Vladimir Gilman

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

Taylor Swift performed onstage during The Eras Tour.

A new audience for Taylor Swift: Rural Republican parents

Telemundo journalist Julio Vaqueiro conducts an interview in Las Vegas for his six-episode podcast “El péndulo,” or the pendulum.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How Latino voters could shape the presidential election

Vice President Kamala Harris being interviewed by “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Alex Cooper.

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

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

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

When Vanderbilt upset Alabama, fans of the Commodores tore down the goalposts, took them on a 3-mile journey through downtown Nashville, then threw them into the Cumberland River.

Sports fans should stop worrying about the big picture and just enjoy the game

If your team falls short of achieving the final goal, that doesn’t preclude you from enjoying the process.

Bo MacCormack and his fellow BB&N seniors made it a four-year sweep of Belmont Hill.

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.

Michael Kopech threw a perfect eighth inning on Friday, exulting with a strikeout of the Padres' Jake Cronenworth.

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

HARVARD 38, CORNELL 20

Second-quarter 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

Business

Data shows migrants aren’t taking ‘Black jobs’ or ‘Hispanic jobs,’ despite what Trump says

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected.

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

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

magazine

The cofounders of The Satanic Temple, who go by the pseudonyms Lucien Greaves (left) and Malcolm Jarry, at headquarters in Salem.

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

Milkweed

Best of the Best

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

A row of apple trees at Alyson's Orchard; A bag of apple cider donuts and people picking apples at Belkin Family Lookout Farm.

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

The Kancamagus Highway in peak foliage season.

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during peak foliage season

metro

The aurora borealis shines over a cruise ship passing through Portland, Maine, Thursday night.

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

It was another runaway victory for Melrose senior Caleb Barnes in Tuesday's Middlesex League cross country meet against Burlington. He's won all five of his ML dual-meet races this season, by an average margin of victory of 70 seconds.

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

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

business

Unpainted Boeing 737 Max aircraft are seen on Sept. 24, 2024, at the company's facilities in Renton, Wash.

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

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

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

politics

Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, speaks during the Democratic National Convention, on Aug. 22, in Chicago.

Ted Cruz and Colin Allred wage another big US Senate fight in Texas

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

Nation

An aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, makes an appearance over pumpjacks as they draw out oil and gas from well heads near Cremona, Alta., on Oct. 10.

What’s behind the northern lights that dazzled the sky farther south than normal

Transit systems are targeting fare evaders to win back riders leery about crime

Floridians evacuated for Hurricane Milton after wake-up call from devastating Helene return home

World

Terumi Tanaka, center, co-chairperson of Nihon Hidankyo and other senior members attend a press conference in Tokyo, on Oct. 12, a day after Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the two U.S. atomic bombings, won the Nobel Peace Prize. Other members from second left to right, assistant Secretary Generals Toshiko Hamanaka, Masako Wada, and Jiro Hamasumi.

Bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize win to share their anti-nuke message with younger generations

As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon’s army watches from the sidelines

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

opinion

Former president Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for president, spoke to reporters after a visit about recovery from Hurricane Helene in Evans, Ga., on Oct. 4.

FEMA’s storm response is weighed down by lies from Trump, GOP

With nod to Maye, Pats are rushing the quarterback — into starting role

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

lifestyle

Hot Tamale Brass Band leads the children's parade at the end of the Opening Our Doors kickoff at Christian Science Plaza in 2023.

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

Hot chocolate at L.A. Burdick, coming soon to Brookline.

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 newly-launched Island Walk, a 435-mile walking trail that loops around Prince Edward Island.

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

A model poses in pieces by designer Aryn Lovell during an installation produced by House Fashion Week at M Fine Arts Galerie.

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, shown in 2016, was most known for her book "The Vegetarian."

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

Margaret Cho in "All That We Love."

‘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 with his dog, Decoy, at Dodger Stadium in August. No, that's not in the ad, but it's pretty adorable.

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

Organist Olivier Latry and Boston Symphony Orchestra assistant conductor Samy Rachid perform Michael Gandolfi's "Ascending Light" with the orchestra at Symphony Hall.

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

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

‘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

Ethel and Robert F. Kennedy, in 1962.

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