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As guidance counselors tend to more students in crisis, college advising is pushed to the back burner

Once focused largely on helping students prepare for college and careers, counselors have seen their portfolios expand to encompass a host of new responsibilities for students? social and emotional well-being.
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A counselor, school mother, and enforcer
Jacquelyn Indrisano, a ninth grade guidance counselor at East Boston High, fields anything from signing work permits to talking students through tough problems. (Shelby Lum/Boston Globe)
Guidance counselor Jacquelyn Indrisano embraced ninth-grader Arianna Troville, 16, outside her office at East Boston High School. As their guidance counselor, Indrisano is both school mother and enforcer to about 260 ninth-graders.

At Boston Public Schools, even the city?s most politically connected can get the runaround

City Councilor Michelle Wu was told to bring her young son to Sumner Elementary School Wednesday morning. When they arrived, no one at the school was expecting them.

Jeneé Osterheldt
With Nneka Nwosu Faison at the lead, WCVB?s ?Chronicle? sets a new course
Chronicle named its next executive producer today. She?ll be the first black person to lead the longest-running locally produced news magazine, but she?s so much more than that.

?Teen vaping is an epidemic?: Walsh calls for limits on flavored vaping products amid vaping-related illnesses
State and city leaders said Wednesday they are weighing stricter regulations on the sale of electronic cigarettes and flavored tobacco products, the latest in a series of efforts elected officials have pushed amid an explosion of vaping-related illnesses nationwide.

Why the vaping lung illness crisis is exploding now, according to Boston doctors

Opinion

joan vennochi

As long as he catches the football, Antonio Brown is our bad guy
SAMUEL ACEVEDO

An open letter to Felicity Huffman
THOMAS D. HERMAN

The important journalistic lessons of Vietnam
RENÉE GRAHAM

It?s not ?cancel culture.? It?s facing consequences.

GIANTS 11, RED SOX 3
After marathon Tuesday, Red Sox go in short order
The Red Sox didn?t have a hit until the sixth inning against Jeff Samadzija, as Bruce Bochy won for the 2,000th time as a major league manager.

Carl Yastrzemski delivers first pitch before Wednesday?s Red Sox-Giants game Giants break out the bubbly to toast Bruce Bochy?s 2,000th career managerial win
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Patriots can?t let blind side become a blind spot
Recent Local News

Man fatally stabbed in South End

State officials confirm ninth human case of EEE virus

State Police union votes to stop paying legal fees of indicted former president

Federal prosecutors say Boston Calling case was ?properly charged?

Battling cancer, a psychiatrist gets personal with his patients
A Beth Israel doctor?s candor is a departure from therapist-patient norms.

Beulah, elephant at center of ?personhood? case, dies at Big E
Fifty-four-year-old Beulah ?had many fans and was dearly loved by her family, as well as her friends at Eastern States Exposition,? which is the home of the Big E, according to a statement from the group.

Fed can?t agree on how to keep economy humming
Central bankers on Wednesday approved a quarter-point reduction in interest rates, the second cut in seven weeks.

What the Fed?s rate cut means for you

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
There may yet be another day at the races: Horse track rivals are jockeying for position
Horse racing has been in a long slow decline. But a huge pot of money from casino revenues is awaiting a successful track operator.

Could a ?Princess Bride? remake be in the works? It was apparently floated
The revelation that some muckety-mucks in Hollywood have floated remaking ?The Princess Bride? was met with fierce and immediate backlash from lovers of the classic romantic comedy.

Stephen Colbert asks Elizabeth Warren about her ?veiled shot? at Joe Biden during ?Late Show? appearance
Senator Elizabeth Warren talked selfie lines, discussed former vice president Joe Biden, and gave an impromptu history lesson when she appeared on ?The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? Tuesday night.

Kevin Cullen
With multiple indictments and supporters who don?t care, Jasiel Correia is the new old-fashioned pol
Fall River voters who still want Jasiel Correia to be their mayor are merely repeating history, the newest manifestation of those who don?t care what the feds think of their guy.

The massive new Star Market near TD Garden has an opening date: This Friday

The mostly subterranean space is located at the new Hub on Causeway complex at TD Garden.

Colorful speaker of Britain?s House of Commons takes the high road on Boris Johnson, Donald Trump

No stones are cast as John Bercow, who is stepping down next month, visits Boston.

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  2. An open letter to Felicity Huffman
  3. More than 60 of MIT?s leading female faculty members confront university president over Epstein
  4. Joe Kennedy to formally announce he?ll run for Senate
  5. Patriots can?t let blind side become a blind spot
  6. Trump?s communications with foreign leader are part of a whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff
  7. As long as he catches the football, Antonio Brown is our bad guy
  8. At Boston Public Schools, even the city?s most politically connected can get the runaround
  9. With Nneka Nwosu Faison at the lead, WCVB?s ?Chronicle? sets a new course
  10. As safety lapses festered, Baker aides were deeply involved in RMV?s ?War on Wait Times,? documents show

What do you wonder about Boston or Massachusetts? We want to hear your questions

We?re asking readers to be involved as the Globe considers which stories to investigate. You pose a question that matters to you. We probe for an answer.

Love letters Season 3

Love Letters Season Three: How do you know?

How do you know when it?s true love? When to sleep together? When to leave someone? In Season 3 of Love Letters, Meredith Goldstein takes on a universal question: How do you know?
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Editorial Board: Boston City Council Endorsements

Wu, Flaherty, Halbert, St. Guillen: Our picks for at-large Boston City Council seats

Hyde Park?s Ricardo Arroyo best choice for District 5 council seat

First-time candidate Kenzie Bok wows the District 8 field

Craig Cashman best prepared for District 9
Esther Perel and Meredith Goldstein

(Unsent) Love Letters

Have you written a letter to someone you love(d) and not sent it? Composed a confessional email to an unrequited crush or drafted a dispatch to someone who let you down? Psychotherapist and ?Where Should We Begin?? podcast host Esther Perel and Love Letters columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein explore the messages we keep to ourselves in (unsent) Love Letters.
(Unsent) Love Letters #1: My warped fantasy
David Ortiz

?I would wake up . . . feeling like I?m going to die?: David Ortiz speaks after shooting

In his first comments to an English-language publication since the June 9 shooting, Ortiz recounts the shooting that left him near death, his harrowing ride to a clinic, and weeks of arduous recovery punctuated by life-threatening setbacks.
A Tale of Two Schools

Neighboring schools, worlds apart

The opportunity gap in our public schools is vast, a fact made plain in two schools, nearly neighbors but in different worlds. For those on the short end, the road up is made more difficult. The question is: Why?
Learn more about The Great Divide, our new initiative exploring inequalities in education
Epstein & MIT Media Lab

A meeting with Jeffrey Epstein led to a gift ? and, now, regrets

MIT Media Lab researcher Neri Oxman?s 2015 meeting with Epstein offers a window into how the lab was at once concerned about the optics of taking Epstein?s money and also tempted by his potential to donate and encourage others to give to the research center.

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MUSIC REVIEW

At Agganis Arena, Lizzo seizes the spotlight

Riding high with the No.?1 song in the country, the singer more than proved she was arena-ready.

Christopher Muther
Where should you stay in the Berkshires this fall? Here are the latest and greatest options
Travel writer Christopher Muther sleeps around in the Berkshires ? professionally, of course ? to find the best options for fall foliage season lodging.

Commentary | What She Said
New season, same old story: disrespect for women
First there was Donald Trump?s ?locker room talk.? Followed by Harvey Weinstein. Followed by Brett Kavanaugh. Followed by Epstein, Antonio Brown, and Kavanaugh again.

Rhode Island

Here?s how much Rhode Island police chiefs make

The Municipal Salary Survey from the state of Rhode Island lists the pay for several positions across the state.

In Trinity Rep?s ?The Prince of Providence,? a portrait of Buddy Cianci in light and darkness

Two more human cases of EEE found in Rhode Island
Newton

Sign up for The Newton Report

We?re beefing up our coverage of Newton, and we?re putting out a weekly digest of the biggest and most interesting stories in the city. Sign up now.

West Newton?s Barn shoe store is moving ... but not too far

Newton residents sound off on Washington Street zoning plans

Sports

Giants break out the bubbly to toast Bruce Bochy?s 2,000th career win

Why Semi Ojeleye is preparing for what could be a big 2019-20 with the Celtics

Vaakanainen looks like Bruins? top prospect, and other preseason observations

Politics / Business

Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards

Nation / World

Trump?s communications with foreign leader are part of a whistleblower complaint that spurred standoff

2001 photo of Trudeau in brownface roils his campaign for reelection

Lifestyle

A running list of the 18 food vendors coming to Hub Hall near TD Garden

A trip to the Berkshires is for lovers, and here?s the proof

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

The Republican Party has no ?bedrock principles.? The Democratic Party doesn?t either
Alexander Parsons

From Texas to Maine, in search of a kinder climate
Michael A. Cohen

Warren offers America a sharp choice

Charlie Baker

An education promise we can keep
CARTOON | DAN WASSERMAN

An updated form for college giving
NIALL FERGUSON

The ascent of digital money

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Patriots at Miami

Photos: The Boston Police Strike of 1919

Photos: Dorian?s devastation in the Bahamas

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2019

Metro

Probe into explosion that killed Farmington, Maine, fire captain involves more agencies

Farmington Fire Captain Michael Bell died in the blast, which also destroyed or heavily damaged seven mobile homes in a nearby mobile home park, forcing some families to evacuate.

State Police union votes to stop paying legal fees of indicted former president

The 1,900-member State Police Association of Massachusetts made the move to cease footing Dana Pullman?s legal bills by rescinding a prior union membership vote that took place in January.

State officials confirm ninth human case of EEE virus

A man in his 70s from Manchester-by-the-Sea has contracted the virus, officials said Wednesday.

Man fatally stabbed in South End

Police responded shortly after 9:10 p.m. Wednesday to Albany Street and Massachusetts Avenue to find a man in his 30s suffering from multiple stab wounds, Police Commissioner William Gross said at the scene.

Man fatally shot in Dorchester identified, suspect arrested
Brian Joyce, 25, of Dorchester, was arrested Wednesday night in Manchester, N.H. charging him with the murder of Marcus Dunn-Gordon of Randolph.

U.S. Coast Guard and UMass Boston sign agreement to increase financial assistance for recruits
The US Coast Guard on Wednesday announced a new agreement with the University of Massachusetts Boston to increase financial assistance for student recruits.

STAT

Could using CRISPR to edit embryos save people who are already alive?

Five big questions about the outbreak of vaping-related illnesses

Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy. What happens with lawsuits it faces?

?The switch? was supposed to help eradicate polio. Now it?s a quandary

sports

Isaiah Wynn out for at least eight weeks, dealing Patriots? OL another blow

The left tackle suffered a toe injury Sunday and is headed to the IR.

Why Semi Ojeleye is preparing for what could be a big 2019-20 with the Celtics

After some significant departures, the reserve forward could see more playing time.

Vaakanainen looks like Bruins? top prospect, and other preseason observations

The young defenseman is calm and reliable, and makes smart stretch passes that lead to easy defensive zone exits.

After marathon Tuesday, Red Sox go in short order

The Red Sox didn?t have a hit until the sixth inning against Jeff Samadzija, as Bruce Bochy won for the 2,000th time as a major league manager.

Sports log
After Drew Brees has successful surgery on injured thumb, Saints still unclear on his replacement at QB
Saints coach Sean Payton declined to name a starter between Teddy Bridgewater and Taysom Hill for Sunday?s game in Seattle.

Politics

Stephen Colbert asks Elizabeth Warren about her ?veiled shot? at Joe Biden during ?Late Show? appearance
Senator Elizabeth Warren talked selfie lines, discussed former vice president Joe Biden, and gave an impromptu history lesson when she appeared on ?The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? Tuesday night.

Business

TALKING POINTSNew Partners CEO joins Mass. Competitive Partnership
Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Marijuana

MARIJUANA MOMENT
President influences public opinion on marijuana legalization, study finds
When it comes to how Americans view marijuana legalization, the person sitting in the Oval Office makes a difference, a new study reports.

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Fall Travel

Visiting Asheville? It?s like Brooklyn. But cooler.

Perspective

Are you sure you want to post that about your kid on Facebook?
Cooking

Recipes: Add an egg and transform these side dishes into a meal

Style Watch

A relaxing atmosphere for dinner was the goal for this dining room makeover

sports

Will the three-headed rotation monster menace Sox, or opponents, in 2020?

I'm right/you're wrong

Carl Yastrzemski delivers first pitch before Wednesday?s Red Sox-Giants game

metro

Federal prosecutors say Boston Calling case was ?properly charged?

State Police union votes to stop paying legal fees of indicted former president

Man fatally stabbed in South End

Nation

Omar says Trump ?put my life at risk? after he retweeted false claim that she ?partied? on 9/11 anniversary

Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards

Colorful speaker of Britain?s House of Commons takes the high road on Boris Johnson, Donald Trump

World

Photos: Paris tests new bubble-shaped water taxi

Israeli election deadlocked; Netanyahu faces an uphill battle to keep his job

Bermuda braces for Category 3 Hurricane Humberto

politics

Omar says Trump ?put my life at risk? after he retweeted false claim that she ?partied? on 9/11 anniversary

Trump bars California from setting stricter fuel standards

Colorful speaker of Britain?s House of Commons takes the high road on Boris Johnson, Donald Trump

business

Fed can?t agree on how to keep economy humming

There may yet be another day at the races: Horse track rivals are jockeying for position

Closing time for Doyle?s moves a step nearer to reality

lifestyle

5 things to do in Boston this weekend

A running list of the 18 food vendors coming to Hub Hall near TD Garden

A trip to the Berkshires is for lovers, and here?s the proof

marijuana

President influences public opinion on marijuana legalization, study finds

As illnesses spread, fake vape gear sells on LA streets

N.H. House overrides veto of home-grown medical pot bill

opinion

Map: Who is your city councilor?

Patriots winning games, losing moral standing

Lewandowski?s chilly moment in the hot seat

food & dining

For its 20th birthday, ?How to Cook Everything? is getting a not-so-minimal update

Is Zuma in Back Bay?s One Dalton worth the luxury price? Our food critic weighs in

Recipe: Provencal vegetable soup is seasoned with pistou (think pesto), a paste of basil, garlic, and tomatoes

travel

A trip to the Berkshires is for lovers, and here?s the proof

Where should you stay in the Berkshires this fall? Here are the latest and greatest options

Irish theater wasn?t coming here, so I went there. Here?s why you should go, too.

Books

For Gina Rippon, gender equality begins with the brain

Salman Rushdie?s ?Quichotte? reroutes a legendary journey through the 21st century

?On Fire? a chilling prescription for a burning planet

Movies

Could a ?Princess Bride? remake be in the works? It was apparently floated

?Downton Abbey? does it right in its big-screen debut

Brad Pitt?s rocket misfires in sci-fi ?Ad Astra?

Television

With Nneka Nwosu Faison at the lead, WCVB?s ?Chronicle? sets a new course

Why some viewers are upset about the new ?Bachelor? pick

?SNL? rescinds cast invitation to Shane Gillis over YouTube video deriding Asians

music

For Chris Smither, it?s been 50 years of digging deep into existential folk-blues

A musician and audience member meet in a shipping container for one minute, and it?s a concert

The ?superpower? that sharpens Ezra Furman?s punk perspective

Theater/Dance

?Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? marries Shakespeare to slapstick

Finding a solo voice within an ensemble in SpeakEasy?s ?Choir Boy?

In ?Choir Boy,? black masculinity is a force to be reckoned with

globe local

Obituaries

Sander Vanocur, TV newsman who covered Kennedy, dies at 91

Phyllis Newman, Tony Award-winning Broadway star, 86

Ken Bader, longtime public radio editor, producer, and writer, dies at 70