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NBA Playoffs

GARY WASHBURN | Celtics 92, Raptors 87

Little moments of relentlessness secure a defining Celtics victory

Boston finally dispatched the reigning NBA champions by beating them at their own game: Going the extra mile, and winning Game 7 because of far more than raw talent. They'll face the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference finals on Tuesday.
Marcus Smart?s clutch block powers Celtics past champion Raptors, and other observations Eastern Conference finals: Celtics will be facing a different ? and dangerous ? Heat team Tuesday

Weddings in a pandemic: Welcome to the anxiety vortex
Newlyweds are spending their honeymoons praying they don?t hear from COVID?19 contact tracers. Relatives are agonizing over ?damned if we RSVP yes, damned if we RSVP no? decisions. Wedding planners are adding contract clauses specifying they?ll walk off the job if social distancing rules are violated.

The Fine Print: Not the kind of wedding they had planned ? and partially paid for How an intimate wedding in rural Maine led to the state?s largest COVID-19 outbreak

Officials fear wildfires could be a ?mass fatality incident? as millions of acres burn across the West Coast
Wildfires across the West Coast have killed at least 19 people in California and have ravaged more than a million acres of land in Oregon, where dozens of people were missing and tens of thousands of residents evacuated their homes amid some of the most dangerous air conditions in the world.

Family believes 13-year-old Oregon boy died in fire trying to save grandmother These photos show the destruction the wildfires have caused

Boston College COVID-19 outbreak worries epidemiologists, students, community

The coronavirus positivity rate among BC undergraduates is now nearly 4 percent; epidemiologists say that's worrisome. Students and neighbors are anxious, and some question whether BC's testing and isolation policies are too lax.
Coronavirus concerns rise after outbreak on Boston College swim and dive team How colleges became the new COVID-19 hot spots

Fauci says US should plan to ?hunker down? for fall and winter

Six months into the coronavirus pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci is cautioning Americans to brace for the difficult months to come.
Early flu shot crucial this fall to avert ?twindemic,? doctors say AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine is set to resume testing in UK

Susan Collins won?t say in debate who she?ll vote for in November

Democrat Sara Gideon sought to link Republican Sen. Susan Collins, of Maine, with President Donald Trump during their first debate Friday night, and she demanded several times that Collins say whether she?ll vote for him ? a dare Collins wouldn?t take.

Opinion

IDEAS | David Scharfenberg

Joe Biden told us the election was a ?battle for the soul of the nation.? He was right.

JEFF JACOBY

A plea for humility from America?s first superstar
EDITORIAL

Racial disparities in criminal justice cry out for real change
Michael A. Cohen

Donald Trump?s depraved heart

Nantucket finds ?community spread? of COVID-19 among tradespeople
The town?s Select Board and Board of Health will hold an emergency meeting at 10 a.m. Monday to consider placing restrictions on some of those trades, officials said Friday.

Nantucket officials investigating after 14 new COVID-19 cases in two days

Map: 60+ Boston-area restaurants that have closed amid COVID-19
Here?s a bird?s-eye-view of restaurant closures in Boston, Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline ? a dispiriting picture of how the food-and-drink scene has suffered due to the pandemic?s economic impact.

A running list of restaurant closures

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Here?s a look at the state map of communities that are high, moderate, and low risk for COVID-19

Key metrics the state is monitoring for reopening

10 key questions (and answers) on the eve of the Patriots season
Every NFL team begins the season with unknowns ? particularly this season ? so let's try to sort out some things.

Dan Shaughnessy: Starting Sunday, New England?s NFL fans have two teams to follow each week

Of struggling area, Walsh says, ?We have to get it better under control?
Mayor Martin J. Walsh said the city is working to address the opioid and homeless crisis in the area known as ?Mass and Cass.?

Exotic serval cat that escaped from N.H. home is found
The 4-year-old, 40-pound exotic cat named Spartacus was trapped by its owner near his home and is in good health.

Trump?s $300 unemployment funding is already running out, leaving millions in crisis again
The Trump administration has begun telling states that the federal government will stop providing them the temporary $300 weekly jobless benefit, which had been a part of a White House executive directive in the weeks after the enhanced federal unemployment benefit of $600 ran out.

Congressional leaders insist coronavirus relief deal is needed but point fingers on inaction

Toots Hibbert, leader of Toots & the Maytals and a beloved reggae star, dies at 77
Toots Hibbert, one of reggae?s founders and most beloved stars who gave the music its name and later helped make it an international movement through such classics as ?Pressure Drop,? ?Monkey Man? and ?Funky Kingston,? died in Kingston, Jamaica.

Families asking why paid child care is allowed in closed schools
Community organizations across the state are scrambling to provide care for children at a hodgepodge of local schools, church basements, and community centers.

Study: Kids infected at day care spread coronavirus at home

More Recent headlines

Person stabbed in Roxbury Saturday morning

Warring Afghans meet to find peace after decades of war

About 8,800 unaccompanied children are expelled at US border

On StatNews.com

Public trust in CDC, Fauci, and other top health officials is evaporating, poll finds

Covid-19 is taxing the support system for pregnant women in recovery

Coming soon

Introducing Mr. 80 Percent, a new narrative podcast from The Boston Globe

One man?s deeply personal, sometimes harrowing, often funny, always true story about surviving prostate cancer.
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Comfort Zone

A Far Cry sets up a musical ?treasure hunt? in Jamaica Plain

At Peabody Essex, yoga classes fold into a ?very tranquil? art installation

In Roxbury, a different sort of BLM mural declares: ?Respect Life?

Dogs, beer, and treats at this year?s virtual Dogtoberfest

Recommended Reads

20 books we?re excited for this fall

A list of some of the most promising books on the horizon.

By most accounts, the Massachusetts primary was a historic success. Now comes the hard part
"Our experience was very positive" in the primary, Secretary of State Bill Galvin said. "It doesn?t mean we?re guaranteed a smooth experience in November."

State?s top court, mulling Baker?s emergency authority, told he?s ?turned the government upside down?
The Supreme Judicial Court is weighing a challenge to the sweeping emergency powers Governor Charlie Baker has wielded amid the pandemic, setting up a decision with potentially far-reaching effects on the scope of gubernatorial authority and the millions of lives it touches.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island will send mail ballot applications to all voters for the Nov. 3 election

With record turnout expected amid the pandemic, the Rhode Island National Guard will help process the mail ballot applications.

?One of us?

R.I. Senate president fends off challenger, but progressives notch significant wins
Newton

Special Projects

Globe Investigation

Blind Spot

An 11-month Globe investigation found that people nationwide are dying in crashes caused by drivers who should have had their licenses suspended. One in 10 US drivers has at least one offense ? from speeding to vehicular homicide ? that isn?t reflected on their driving record.
Watch the documentary short Explore the scope of this nationwide problem: See how the numbers stack up in your state Nine key takeaways from the ?Blind Spot? investigation

On the Street

Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?

A beachside boomtown, but for whom?

On Shirley Avenue, preserving the spine of a neighborhood amid growth

Photos: A look back at Revere, America?s first public beach

See more from our business series ?On the Street?: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More special projects

Seeing Red: A Globe Spotlight report on Boston?s crippling traffic
We endure some of the nation?s worst rush hour traffic. Our aging transit system is maddeningly unreliable. It is a crisis ? a very slow moving crisis ? that puts our region?s economic prosperity at risk. Who is to blame? Can anything be done? The Globe Spotlight Team investigates.

The virus?s tale
Track the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts to its roots and you find a story driven by heroics, ingenuity, error, pain, and a hard question: How could a state famous for health care excellence have suffered such a vast loss of human life?

At the edge of a warming world
To the millions of us who visit Cape Cod once or twice a summer, the effects of climate change can seem subtle, if we see them at all: A breach in the dunes. A crack in the pavement. But once you know how to see what is shifting, changing and washing away, it is impossible to ignore. Come with us as we explore the Cape to better understand what climate change is doing here, what it means for the future of this beloved place, and what the cost of inaction might be.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Nancy Gertner

That Harvard racial disparities study: What?s left out
EDITORIAL

DHS must address the threat of white supremacists, even if Trump won?t
Leila Philip

Kindness amidst the coronavirus
Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Sept. 11 has important lessons during the current crisis
Alex Beam

Music to soothe these beastly times
IDEAS | GERALDO CADAVA

Trump?s (potentially successful) Latino strategy

VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Students return to the classroom at Boston?s Catholic schools

Photos: Creek fire tears through California forests, prompting evacuations

Farewell to Summer

Photos: Scenes from the 2020 March on Washington

metro

Exotic serval cat that escaped from N.H. home is found
The 4-year-old, 40-pound exotic cat named Spartacus was trapped by its owner near his home and is in good health.

Boston College COVID-19 outbreak worries epidemiologists, students, community

The coronavirus positivity rate among BC undergraduates is now nearly 4 percent; epidemiologists say that's worrisome. Students and neighbors are anxious, and some question whether BC's testing and isolation policies are too lax.

Markey says he?ll only do one televised general election debate

Fresh off his primary defeat of Democratic challenger US Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III, US Senator Edward J. Markey said he would participate in only one debate against his Republican oponent.

Ronald Khalis Bell, of Kool & the Gang, dies at 68

Of struggling area, Walsh says, ?We have to get it better under control?

sports

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

A primer on what the NFL is doing to tackle COVID-19

As the season kicks off, a review of the changes in roster flexibility that complement a strict testing regime.
Peter Abraham I Sunday baseball notes

For Yankees, season has been anything but dandy

After a good start, a team thought to be a World Series threat has hit hard times.
red sox at rays | 6:40 p.m. (nesn)

Game 47: Red Sox at Rays lineups and notes

Nathan Eovaldi is making his first start since Aug. 20 and is returning to the rotation after suffering a right calf strain.

Eastern Conference finals: Celtics will be facing a different ? and dangerous ? Heat team

Islanders edge Lightning
GARY WASHBURN | Celtics 92, Raptors 87

Little moments of relentlessness secure a defining Celtics victory

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

Business

Maker of Sam Adams plans to tap into the nonalcoholic beer market
Boston Beer?s Just the Haze will joining an expanding market for beverages without the buzz.

Stocks end another day of sharp swings with meager gains
The S&P 500 climbed 0.1% but still ended with its second weekly loss in a row. Momentum has been lightning-quick to shift on Wall Street recently. The Nasdaq composite, which includes many of the superstar tech stocks that have been the focus of the market?s recent selling, lost 0.6% after flip-flopping earlier between gains and losses. It had swung at least 1.3% in each of the last five days, with four of those down. The Dow rose 131 points, or 0.5%.

Mass. college presidents to state lawmakers: Don?t allow betting on our sports teams

BPDA says city should reject Amazon warehouse in South Boston

Map: 60+ Boston-area restaurants that have closed amid COVID-19

City OK?s office building for site where GE once planned headquarters

Politics

Florida felons can?t vote until they pay fines, fees, appeals court rules

Watch live: President Trump attends Sept. 11 memorial service in Pennsylvania

Trump is back to talking about polls again. But they still show him losing

US charges Russian with plot to create election distrust

What we know about the revelations in the Woodward book
magazine
Fall Travel

A socially distanced adventure in N.H.'s White Mountains
Perspective

Do these 4 things to help save the election from foreign interference
Love Letters

Really, is it so hard for my partner to do laundry sometimes?
Cooking

Lighten up your Labor Day cookout with this turkey burger

sports

Celtics to open Tuesday vs. Heat in Eastern Conference final

Marcus Smart?s clutch block powers Celtics past champion Raptors, and other observations

Red Sox shut down again vs. Blake Snell, Rays

metro

Exotic serval cat that escaped from N.H. home is found

Boston College COVID-19 outbreak worries epidemiologists, students, community

Markey says he?ll only do one televised general election debate

Nation

How colleges became the new COVID-19 hot spots

Susan Collins won?t say in debate who she?ll vote for in November

Family believes 13-year-old Oregon boy died in fire trying to save grandmother

World

Belarus activist goes missing, colleagues fear detention

India now 2nd behind US in virus cases amid economic pain

UK police arrest man over string of stabbings in Birmingham

politics

Watch live: President Trump attends Sept. 11 memorial service in Pennsylvania

Trump is back to talking about polls again. But they still show him losing

US charges Russian with plot to create election distrust

business

Maker of Sam Adams plans to tap into the nonalcoholic beer market

Stocks end another day of sharp swings with meager gains

Mass. college presidents to state lawmakers: Don?t allow betting on our sports teams

lifestyle

Dorchester Art Project adds 6,000 square feet of storefront and studio space

How do I start the marriage conversation?

Springsteen welcomes BC freshmen with talk about democracy, racism, and what it means to be ?Born in the USA?

marijuana

Healey warns medical marijuana nonprofit over failure to disclose finances

After landlord?s change of heart, West Coast marijuana brand Cookies could land in Harvard Square

Marijuana store proposed for Boston?s Quincy Market

opinion

Racial disparities in criminal justice cry out for real change

Joe Biden told us the election was a ?battle for the soul of the nation.? He was right.

A plea for humility from America?s first superstar

food & dining

7 ways the pandemic has changed how we shop for food

Winter is coming. What are restaurants doing to get ready?

When Boston?s public schools closed in March, their gardens went untended. Then a volunteer effort grew.

travel

Black travelers want the travel industry to stop taking them for granted

The iconic White Barn Inn gets reimagined

On coffee, culture, and being a vegan

Books

20 books we?re excited for this fall

Pondering death and intimacy in ?What Are You Going Through?

A glimpse of Rushdie?s children in ?Homeland Elegies?

Movies

Big screen vs. small screen

The Academy weighs in on inclusion and diversity

Paralympic heroes; heavily invested; Andorran doings

Television

Disney+ reimagines ?Doogie Howser? as a teen girl in Hawaii

?Ratched? star and Ryan Murphy favorite Finn Wittrock can trace his flourishing career back to the Berkshires

20 new and returning shows that bear watching this fall

music

BSO musicians agree to pay cuts averaging 37 percent

A Far Cry sets up a musical ?treasure hunt? in Jamaica Plain

Whenever clubs do reopen, the city?s live music scene won?t be the same

Theater/Dance

ArtsEmerson artistic director David Dower announces Jan. 1 departure

Hammond Castle sets the eerie scene for the stories of Poe

Anything ? and anywhere ? for a laugh

globe local

Prayer amid pandemic: As Rosh Hashanah approaches, Jews adjust to worshiping in ways that keep them safe

Should Massachusetts extend its eviction moratorium for another year?

Baker administration calls for changes to allow more defendants to be held without bail

Obituaries

Ronald Khalis Bell, of Kool & the Gang, dies at 68

Richard A. Smith, philanthropist who built the nation?s largest movie theater chain, dies at 95

Forrest Fenn, art dealer who enticed thousands to hunt for hidden treasure, 90