At a dozen Boston schools, buses arrived late or not at all today

The Boston school system tried to fill bus routes for a dozen schools that started the year early after an unusual number of bus drivers were absent.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/ef3b2d4618e84200a47331c9115531f3-85f6ada6c654487e95f9957b9ef299bb-0.jpg Trump ally wins Florida GOP governor?s primary

The congressman is one of President Trump?s most unabashed allies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/Rex_US_President_Donald_J_Trump_hos_9818674I.jpg Trump: Democrats would enact change ?quickly and violently?

Speaking to evangelical leaders, the president painted a stark picture of what losing the majority in the House would mean for his conservative agenda.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray_20140123.jpg Trump is out to get Google. But is Google out to get him?

The president accused the search engine of producing search results that are biased against him. How would we know?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Archived/2017-07-22/Boston/Content/Enterprise/Images/12152010_15bizteze-7800331.jpg At many small colleges, administrative spending is surging

Student enrollment is rising, but administrative salaries and wages are growing even faster at many private colleges across New England.

A pair of feet hung out a car window on Beacon Street in Cleveland Circle on Tuesday.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Bring on the heat: It?s going to feel hotter than 100 degrees

An excessive heat warning remains in effect from 10 a.m. Tuesday until 9 p.m. Wednesday.

Weston, MA - 8/28/18 - Unidentified priests head toward the meeting, past protesters. Cardinal has meeting with priests at St. Julia's Parish hall, in Weston. For part of the time, people outside protest the church's handling of priest sexual abuse. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 29priests Reporter: B. MacQuarrie

GLOBE PHOTO/PAT GREENHOUSE

Cardinal O?Malley, local priests meet amid abuse revelations

The meeting comes after a former top diplomat to the Vatican alleged Pope Francis was among church leaders who covered up reports of abuse involving Cardinal McCarrick.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/5354acc3706f445eb3ba990cd38416f8-3f2a2d8b7e5c48fb8e9cca53742e804b-0.jpg How Trump?s television diet has become a to-do list for aides

President Trump is increasingly relying on Fox News in making decisions ? often running afoul of his actual advisers in the process.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_18K6FA.jpg Trump reportedly privately revived the idea of firing Jeff Sessions this month

President Trump?s attorneys concluded that they have persuaded him ? for now ? not to make such a move while the special counsel investigation is ongoing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Herald_03-6965.jpg Boston Herald to move to Braintree

The move comes just over six years after the tabloid moved its newsroom from the South End, where it operated for more than half a century, to the Seaport District.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_070918_nikasanchez5_met.jpg This is the priciest primary in the Mass. House this year

He?s spent nearly $200,000. Now, state Representative Jeffrey Sánchez is turning to political star power in the fight to keep his House seat.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/698174cd529940409aaf856eb226a2a0-698174cd529940409aaf856eb226a2a0-0.jpg Four local races that could give some idea where the Democratic Party is going

If the party is indeed in transition, here are some contests to watch on primary day that could serve as a harbinger for the future and the questions they will answer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/ryan_budget1_met.jpg Baker says he wants GPS tracking in Environmental Police vehicles

Governor Baker?s remarks Tuesday came after a Globe report outlined questionable payroll practices at the agency.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/salemme%20and%20deluca-127962-11618-11621.jpg Former Mafia capo Robert DeLuca gets 66 months in prison

DeLuca pleaded guilty in 2016 on three counts related to the disappearance of a South Boston nightclub owner.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/graham-5039.jpg Mollie Tibbetts?s parents lost a daughter. Republicans found a tragedy to exploit

From the White House on down, Republicans have seized any opportunity to stoke anti-immigrant fears.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hyannis-snake-bite.jpg Man walking through woods bitten by boa constrictor in Hyannis

The man tried to pick up the snake and was bitten, later saying he thought he saw a fang embedded in his swollen arm.

Boston, MA: 8-28-18: The Red Sox Edurado Nunez loses his helmet as he hustles across first base as a throwing error by the Marlins shortstop sails away, J.D. Martinez scored on the play to give Boston an 8-7 victory. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Miami Marlins in a regular season inter league MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

JIM DAVIS/GLOBE STAFF

RED SOX 8, MARLINS 7

Red Sox win a wild one at Fenway

The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2c68252f49c8411f8d7f3242bf570aa1-2c68252f49c8411f8d7f3242bf570aa1-0.jpg Truro shark attack victim recounts horror: ?There was no time to think?

William Lytton, who is now at Spaulding Rehab, faces at least one more surgery.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/belichick%20smiles%20488.jpg NFL broadcasters find Bill Belichick to be quite the conversationalist

In weekly production meetings, the Patriots coach displays a rarely seen side of himself ? if the topic is right.

From left, Cannabis Control Commission Chairman Steven Hoffman, and Commissioner Shaleen Title listen during a public meeting on draft regulations for the pot industry during a public hearing in Dudley Square. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Metro, adamsd)

State marijuana panel is getting a lot of criticism after a recent ruling

The state Cannabis Control Commission is facing a backlash over its decision not to crack down on excessive payments from marijuana companies to municipalities.

Devra First

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lee_030618_cheek7_liv.jpg Where to eat in Greater Boston this fall

Fall is the perfect time to rediscover the city, and discover some of its newer restaurants.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/three_little_pigs.jpeg Chefs offer advice on packing healthy lunches your kids will actually eat

We asked several Boston chefs (who are also parents) how to make lunches that won?t invite complaints, comparisons, hunger strikes, and mood swings. Here?s their advice.

Five or six whales may be swimming in Boston Harbor right now

The US Coast Guard in Boston is sending out a warning to mariners to be cautious after whales have been seen feeding and splashing around in Boston Harbor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner080818METROxxoldpersonjobs18-001.jpg Workers stuck in ?old person jobs? pin hopes on tight labor market

Economists caution that employees in their 50s and 60s still face formidable hurdles from companies that are chasing young talent and are wary of gray hair.

Matt Damon in 2017.

Matt Damon is making robocalls for a lieutenant governor candidate

The call is going to just over 300,000 frequent voters on their landlines and cellphones statewide.

Shutterstock / Nataliya Arzamasova

COMMENTARY

Pumpkin Spice Derangement Syndrome is here already

Every year, Pumpkin Spice comes earlier and earlier. From Dunkin? Donuts to Starbucks to 7-11, there?s no smashing this pumpkin.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Clipboard-7083.jpg Bees swarmed a New York City hot dog vendor, and Twitter was abuzz

Thousands of bees swarmed a New York City hot dog vendor Tuesday, causing the New York Police Department to deploy its in-house beekeepers.

Oscar Isaac (left) as Peter Malkin and Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann in ?Operation Finale.?

? ? ? | Movie Review

?Operation Finale? brings to screen the hunt for Adolf Eichmann

As an account of Israel?s long, high-stakes hunt for escaped Hitler lieutenant Adolf Eichmann, the historical thriller is itself an involved enterprise.

Senator Lindsey Graham spoke on the Senate floor Tuesday next to the desk of John McCain, which was  draped in black with a bowl of white roses sitting on it.

Lindsey Graham breaks down in tears while talking about John McCain on Senate floor

Graham?s tears were the rawest point in a day in which members were still coming to grips with a Senate now permanently without McCain?s wily, white-haired presence.

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1db27e194ab64dce98ea62518da23fc7-1db27e194ab64dce98ea62518da23fc7-0.jpg Why is a great Senate office building named for a modern racist?

In 1972, 99 senators voted to name the Old Senate Office Building for Richard Russell. It?s not too late to fix that mistake.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/c774ff90f242445aad7b412907851a9e-c774ff90f242445aad7b412907851a9e-2930-U842957867857q5D--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg This 117-year-old woman might be the oldest person in the world

Julia Flores Colque is lucid and full of life, and she loves a good cake and singing folkloric songs.

FROM MERLIN ARCHIVE DO NOT RESEND TO LIBRARY Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends the steps of the Lunar Module (LM) ladder as he prepares to walk on the Moon in this 20 July 1969 file photo. This photograph was taken by astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). The United States could resume flights to the Moon and aim for manned missions to Mars and beyond, under new space objectives to be announced by US President George W. Bush next week, officials said. After the successful landing of the Spirit mission on Mars, White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters 09 January, 2004, Bush would have an announcement about the space program next week. AFP PHOTO / NASA OUTTAKe

NASA is releasing behind-the-scenes recordings of first moon landing

The agency is opening another window on the historic moon landing in 1969 by uploading 19,000 hours of behind-the-scenes recordings of flight controllers.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial Board Endorsement

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/greenhouse_lowell-Trahan-1_metro.jpg Endorsement: Lori Trahan is the best choice for Third District Democrats

The Globe editorial board believes Trahan is the strongest candidate to follow in Niki Tsongas? footsteps.

Real Estate

Peek inside this sprawling oceanfront estate overlooking Buzzards Bay

This Falmouth seaside estate offers views of Buzzards Bay through walls of windows and an expansive private balcony off the master suite. Just a walk across the property to take in an even closer look at the shoreline. 43 Gunning Point Ave.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

A home, but for how long?

The Trump administration canceled the program that had allowed Patricia Carbajal to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, and a budding activist.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.