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Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in a sharp escalation of regional conflict

Before Iran’s attack, Israel had landed a series of blows in recent weeks against Hezbollah’s leadership in Lebanon.

Somerville opened a $260m high school three years ago. Bunsen burners in its science labs can’t be used.
"Bubbling up a vat of whatever in your high school chemistry class" is a key rite of passage for many, said a school committee member. "I really want that experience for our students."

Brookline man dead after motorcycle crash in Coolidge Corner in Brookline, officials say

At around 7:40 a.m., officers responded to a crash in Coolidge Corner involving a motorcycle and a car that resulted in “serious injuries,” officials said.

The Port of Boston is closed due to the dockworkers strike. Here’s what it means for the economy.
The shutdown of ports could take a significant toll on companies that depend on access to international markets. It could also lead to product shortages and higher prices.

Parents accused of harassing transgender teen in N.H. sue school district over free speech

The plaintiffs were issued “no trespass” orders after wearing pink “XX” wristbands on the sidelines of a high school soccer game.

Mass. oceanographer Benjamin Van Mooy selected as a 2024 MacArthur Fellow
Van Mooy's research explores how tiny marine organisms called plankton affect the cycling of essential nutrients.

This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists, and storytellers

Weather Focus
Helene delivered destruction. Meteorological conditions set the stage for disaster.
Looking at the meteorology, what conditions led to portions of Appalachia getting hit by 1-in-500 and 1-in-1000 year flood events?

Rescuers search for survivors in N.C. mountains days after Helene’s deluge

A realtor was about to show a house when police confronted him. A judge has ruled that his lawsuit can move forward.

The fate of Nibi, a beaver who was a baby when she was rescued after being found abandoned on a roadside two years ago, is heading to court in Lowell.

Court battle looms over whether to release a young beaver from a Chelmsford animal facility

The founder of a Chelmsford animal rescue said the state ordered her to release the beaver into the wild, a move she says would put the 2-year-old critter's life at serious risk as winter nears.

A new report found that nearly half of Harvard students surveyed were somewhat reluctant or very reluctant to share their views on controversial issues in the classroom.

Many Harvard professors and students afraid to speak their minds, according to new report

A working group found that 51 percent of surveyed faculty and staff reported that they would feel very or somewhat reluctant to lead a classroom discussion on a controversial topic.

Dan Souza (left) poses with the ATK team.

As America’s Test Kitchen celebrates 25 years, its chief content officer shares its top recipe

Dan Souza opens up about his favorite condiment and home-cooking advice. "I’m a huge fan of preserved lemons."

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the Democratic nominee for vice president, greeted supporters following a rally at the Highmark Amphitheater in Erie, Pa., on Sept. 5.

Walz’s digs at Trump and Vance show the cutting side of ‘Minnesota nice’

Tim Walz’s pithy digs have drawn attention to what it means to be “Minnesota nice,” a cultural stereotype that refers to how Minnesotans are unfailingly polite and kind.

Walz and Vance will meet for vice-presidential debate in New York. Follow live campaign updates.

A woman takes pictures of the CBS Broadcast Center the day before the television network will host the vice presidential debate in New York City.

Analysis | James Pindell

Walz was chosen for the moment. Vance, for the movement. How it will play out in the VP debate.

The pair of candidates may give entirely different answers during their debate because they have very different mandates.

HEATHER HOPP-BRUCE
10 unsolved, creepy, or just weird Boston archaeological oddities
An interactive guide to 10 uniquely odd discoveries from underneath the streets of Boston.

Mr. Amos, shown in 2016, earned an Emmy nomination for his work in the miniseries "Roots."

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

“That show ["Good Times"] was the closest depiction in reality to life as an African American family living in those circumstances as it could be,” Mr. Amos said in 2021.

The physical play between Indiana's Caitlin Clark (left) and Connecticut's DiJonai Carrington led to ill-informed criticism of journalist Christine Brennan by the head of the WNBA's players union.

While WNBA players shine on the court, league leaders continue to stumble off of it

The conversation, much as it has all season, has veered away from the on-court product and into uglier areas, and the most recent example comes from the Players Association.

Samantha Bailey poses for a portrait in Manchester, N.H. Bailey, a legal gun owner in New Hampshire, was charged with unlicensed possession of a firearm after a car accident in Massachusetts.

N.H. gun owners can carry firearms without a license. What happens when they bring their guns to Mass.?

The state’s approach to gun control faces a new challenge from a pair of cases involving New Hampshire gun owners, which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is hearing jointly.

‘Please, stop doing this.’ Why we need to finally ban phones from schools.

The evidence overwhelmingly shows that phones are bad for students. Taking them away is the only solution.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

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

Former president Donald Trump speaks about the tax code and manufacturing at the Johnny Mercer Theatre Civic Center, Tuesday, in Savannah, Ga.

Trump calls for 100 percent tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan

Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday night.

On immigration, Kamala Harris and Democrats walk a delicate — and harder — line

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, on Aug. 7, and Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump on July 31.

Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign’s last stretch.

The Great Trumpkin confronts the gender gap

Ungrateful women were resisting his generous offer to be their protector.

Kamala Harris is ready. And America, perhaps, is ready too.

IDEAS | STEVEN LIVINGSTON

Joy might not help Harris here

Tomiko Brown-Nagin and Eric Beerbohm

The decline in constructive disagreement is a national crisis. Universities should help.

Eric A. Friedman

How the Celtics could protest a cruel war in Sudan

Hispanic Heritage Month

‘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.

Does 'the Latino vote' even exist?
WATCH: Reporter Esmy Jimenez said, "I don’t think it even exists." She makes her case to political reporter James Pindell.

‘This is your festival’: CineFest Latino Boston returns for its second year
The lineup includes work by filmmakers from Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, El Salvador, Colombia, Uruguay, and the US.

More recent News

John Deaton, Elizabeth Warren’s GOP challenger, says she misled voters on his abortion-rights stance
John Deaton, who challenged Senator Elizabeth Warren to five debates, said the Senator “doesn’t want people to learn who I am."

Warren presses Stop & Shop on grocery prices after study shows differences across neighborhoods

Brown University prepares for upcoming divestment from Israel vote
Higher education watchers across the country will be paying close attention to the Brown University divestment vote to see how the Ivy League school navigates the contentious proposal.

innovation beat
Can a luxury EV eliminate range anxiety?
The newest Rivian SUV gave Globe reporter Aaron Pressman — mostly — a glimpse of a more perfect, more climate-friendly transportation future, though with one glitch at the end.

Crane Beach in Ipswich will remain closed to swimmers through October after more shark sightings

The beach has been closed to swimmers since Sept. 17.

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

During its 17-day run, the fair welcomed at least 45,000 visitors each day.

Another cannabis dispensary is coming to Back Bay. Some residents are smoking mad.

The unanimous approval came over sharp objections from residents and business owners who say the concentration of pot shops is excessive and detracts from the neighborhood’s quality of life.

Recommended reads

Pete Rose has more hits than anyone else in major league history, but his gambling addiction kept him from being enshrined in the Hall of Fame.

Dan Shaughnessy

Pete Rose was crude and rough around the edges, but his love for baseball was evident every game

Rose could play many positions and had more hits than anyone, but his apparent gambling addiction kept him out of the Hall of Fame.

North toward hope
This nonprofit couldn’t fill its caregiver roles. Then migrants from Haiti arrived.
A Marlborough developmental disabilities provider filled dozens of vacant jobs by hiring new arrivals from three local shelters. But it didn’t come easily.

CVS to cut 2,900 jobs and is reportedly mulling a breakup
The layoffs will be focused on corporate jobs, not frontline pharmacy, retail, or distribution workers, but more dramatic changes could be coming soon.

It’s official: Steward is out of the Mass. hospital business
Six hospitals in Eastern Massachusetts are now in the hands of new, nonprofit owners after months of turmoil.

Culture & Lifestyle

A composite of models Katrina Conte, left, and Simon Montalvo, right, featured in a 2023 performance.

Sustainability with style: ‘Lost and Found’ blends dance, fashion

A British version of the beloved Boston-set sitcom "Cheers" is in development by Big Talk Studios, according to Deadline. From left: Shelley Long, Ted Danson, and Rhea Perlman in the original "Cheers."

Raise a pint: A British remake of ‘Cheers’ is in development

The cover to “The Sequel” and author Jean Hanff Korelitz.

Every chapter in Jean Hanff Korelitz’s new book ‘The Sequel’ is named after someone else’s sequel

The Arlington International Film Festival has been held annually at the Capitol Theatre in Arlington since 2016.

Local filmmaker buys Arlington International Film Festival from cofounders

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

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper

What Boston can learn from other cities that closed schools

A man wearing a "Stronger Than Hate" yarmulke outside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, where 11 Jews were massacred in 2018.

Antisemitism and the power of the big lie

Republican Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana recently threatened the Haitian community in Ohio: “All these thugs better get their mind right and their ass out of our country before Jan. 20th."

Diversity is America’s greatest strength. But now a lot of people find it threatening.

A DNC press conference was held in Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention, July 16. The press conference addressed Project 2025 and Donald Trump's proposed agenda.

Project 2025 isn’t going away

Shoppers at a Costco, the third-largest retailer in the world, behind only Amazon and Walmart, in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 16, 2024. More than 100 million people get their groceries (and TVs and gold bars and pet coffins) at Costco.

Is Costco the center of the universe?

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

A realtor was about to show a house when police confronted him. A judge has ruled that his lawsuit can move forward.

Mohamed Salem alleged that in 2018 a police detective pointed his gun at him and he was handcuffed at a house he was going to show to a client.

Mass. oceanographer Benjamin Van Mooy selected as a 2024 MacArthur Fellow

Van Mooy's research explores how tiny marine organisms called plankton affect the cycling of essential nutrients.

Court battle looms over whether to release a young beaver from a Chelmsford animal facility

The founder of a Chelmsford animal rescue said the state ordered her to release the beaver into the wild, a move she says would put the 2-year-old critter's life at serious risk as winter nears.

After bungling financial aid process, the Education Department begins testing new FAFSA

Congress had mandated the department streamline the application to deliver more money to college students, but technical glitches and bureaucratic delays prevented many students from completing the FAFSA and receiving timely aid offers this year.

Sports

Junior Mackenzie Clarke has been a pivotal player in Belmont's strong start.

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

EMass field hockey: Giving Belmont a boost, Mackenzie Clarke headlines Players of the Week

In Middlesex wins over Winchester, Burlington, and Wilmington, the junior racked up seven goals and five assists.

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

EMass field hockey Top 20: Watertown, Walpole, Franklin have staying power at 1-2-3 in poll

Watertown (10-0) held off Middlesex foes Reading and Winchester, Walpole (10-0) denied Norwood, and Franklin (10-0) stopped Canton.

Sophia Jurksztowicz joined NESN in August 2019.

NESN’s Sophia Jurksztowicz is taking a leave of absence from Bruins broadcasts

The studio host did not specify a reason for her leave, merely stating that she needs "to take time away from work."

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

Brad Marchand believes a deal will get done with Jeremy Swayman ‘and everybody is going to move on and be fine’

Three up, three down, and three to watch for the Patriots in Week 5

Business

‘We are winning this fight for housing’: Healey touts momentum on state zoning rules

Healey and her top housing officials, along with a group of mayors, municipal planners, and housing advocates celebrated on Tuesday what they see as growing momentum in favor of the state’s housing efforts.

After bungling financial aid process, the Education Department begins testing new FAFSA

Congress had mandated the department streamline the application to deliver more money to college students, but technical glitches and bureaucratic delays prevented many students from completing the FAFSA and receiving timely aid offers this year.

Brighton Marine wins ruling against Steward on military health plan contract

Biden to sign bill allowing chip projects to skirt key environmental review

Supporters of the bill rallied at the State House in Concord in April 2023, before a legislative committee hearing.

Should schools be able to keep students’ secrets from parents? Depends who you ask.

French Onion soup.

It’s soup season. New ways to serve favorites including French onion soup.

Alice Randall will discuss her most recent book with Time magazine’s editor in chief, Sam Jacobs, at the Boston Athenaeum.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

Tired? Here’s what science tells us about getting a better night’s sleep.

metro

John Deaton, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, holds a press conference outside the Massachusetts State House on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.

John Deaton, Elizabeth Warren’s GOP challenger, says she misled voters on his abortion-rights stance

Helene delivered destruction. Meteorological conditions set the stage for disaster.

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

sports

The physical play between Indiana's Caitlin Clark (left) and Connecticut's DiJonai Carrington led to ill-informed criticism of journalist Christine Brennan by the head of the WNBA's players union.

While WNBA players shine on the court, league leaders continue to stumble off of it

Killington sale officially completed, with $30 million to be invested in new ski lifts and upgrades

A closer look at the Connecticut Sun’s 3-point shooting strategy, and how one trade tilted things in their favor

business

Keila Matias (left) and Alpheus Caine marched in front of the Fairmont Copley Plaza during the first round of strikes last month.

Boston hotel workers threaten all-out strike

This year’s MacArthur ‘genius’ fellows include more writers, artists, and storytellers

Dockworkers’ strike could push up prices and cause shortages if it lasts for weeks

politics

A woman took pictures of the CBS Broadcast Center.

Vance and Walz to face off in vice-presidential debate in New York

Harris will tour Helene devastation in Georgia, North Carolina as storm scrambles campaign schedule

Walz’s digs at Trump and Vance show the cutting side of ‘Minnesota nice’

Nation

The Rocky Broad River deposited debris from upriver towns into Lake Lure, N.C.

How Helene demolished a once-bustling North Carolina lake town

What to know about JD Vance and Project 2025

Crews search for survivors in N.C. mountains days after Helene’s deluge

World

Andriy Khryshtopa, an injured civilian, was assisted by the White Angels evacuation team after a drone struck his car while driving in the village of Kurakhivka, Ukraine, on Thursday. Russian forces appeared to be on the brink of capturing Vuhledar, a shattered mining town that has stood at the intersection of two fronts in the war for nearly three years.

In a shattered Ukrainian town, a long battle nears a sudden end

Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in a sharp escalation of regional conflict

Police say 6 people killed in shooting in Tel Aviv

opinion

A local newspaper with an image of Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Beirut, on Sept. 30.

The risk and the opportunity following the killing of Hezbollah’s leader

Why the myth about migrants smuggling fentanyl endures

Why is MCI-Framingham designated a medium-security prison?

lifestyle

Award-winning author Lois Lowry ("The Giver," "Number the Stars") will speak at the Associates of the Boston Public Library's Writer-in-Residence 20th anniversary celebration and welcome reception on Oct. 1.

‘The Giver’ author Lois Lowry on intergenerational bonds in uncertain times

How did a marathon change your romantic relationship?

I didn’t sign up for long-distance

food & dining

The Big E ran from Sept. 13 to Sept. 29.

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

Tupperware: an appreciation

It’s soup season. New ways to serve favorites including French onion soup.

travel

The Big E ran from Sept. 13 to Sept. 29.

The Big E set an all-time attendance record in 2024, officials say

Don’t say gay travel? As Florida ends outreach to gay tourists, Connecticut steps in to woo them.

Noah Kahan, Elin Hilderbrand, and Cousin Stizz share their favorite New England spots in ‘hyperlocal’ Apple Maps guides

Arts

Joanna Tam in her home studio in Jamaica Plain. She was just awarded the 2024 Prilla Smith Brackett Award by Davis Museum at Wellesley College.

‘Help other artists, and then other artists will help you, too,’ says Joanna Tam

Of candidates and the camera

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum reveals architecture team and designs for new center for Native American art

Books

The cover to “The Sequel” and author Jean Hanff Korelitz.

Every chapter in Jean Hanff Korelitz’s new book ‘The Sequel’ is named after someone else’s sequel

Trident at 40!, book designs, and Maine and New Hampshire festivals

Ta-Nehisi Coates ponders inequality and injustice in ‘The Message’

Movies

The Arlington International Film Festival has been held annually at the Capitol Theatre in Arlington since 2016.

Local filmmaker buys Arlington International Film Festival from cofounders

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Essential Maggie Smith movies to stream this weekend

Television

Mr. Amos, shown in 2016, earned an Emmy nomination for his work in the miniseries "Roots."

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

Raise a pint: A British remake of ‘Cheers’ is in development

Conan O’Brien and John Cena appear in ‘The Simpsons’ series finale fake-out episode

music

Lady Gaga attends the UK premiere of "Joker: Folie à Deux" at the Cineworld Leicester Square on Sept. 25, 2024, in London.

Lady Gaga goes all-in on ‘Joker’ companion album ‘Harlequin’

Kris Kristofferson, singer-songwriter and actor, dies at 88

Charli XCX and Troye Sivan brought the brat party to Boston with a sold-out TD Garden show

Theater/Dance

A composite of models Katrina Conte, left, and Simon Montalvo, right, featured in a 2023 performance.

Sustainability with style: ‘Lost and Found’ blends dance, fashion

At ArtsEmerson, Dianne McIntyre’s ‘In the Same Tongue’ speaks volumes

‘Mamma Mia!’ still merits the exclamation mark

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

Mr. Amos, shown in 2016, earned an Emmy nomination for his work in the miniseries "Roots."

John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for the blockbuster ‘Roots,’ dies at 84

Neil King Jr., who wrote of a long walk of ‘Renewal,’ dies at 65

Gavin Creel, Tony-winning musical theater actor, dies at 48