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Judge allows vaping ban to stay in place for now, but rules governor may have overstepped legal bounds

The judge faulted the Baker administration’s ban on procedural grounds, but he also ruled that to not let the ban stand “would contravene the public interest.” 3 hours ago
Read the full decision on the Mass. vaping sales ban

Orange Line service still out from Sullivan to Tufts Medical
With no service between Sullivan Square and Tufts Medical Center, the T is running shuttle buses between Sullivan Square and Haymarket.

Everett man charged in hit and run crash that killed US Navy veteran; victim was riding motorcycle

The suspect was identified as Wilbert Charles, 34. 2 hours ago

Accused R.I. child molester hit with restraining order

A 45-year-old man who accused David Barboza of molestation in the wake of a Globe investigation said Barboza later accosted him on the street and inside his apartment. 2 hours ago
Man who sought restraining order: ‘I don’t want to be harassed anymore’Prominent Bristol, R.I., figure faces claims of sex abuse
Adrian Walker

Airbnb cofounder gives back with huge gift to alma mater, Latin Academy

West Roxbury native Nathan Blecharczyk has kept a close affinity for his high school. On Monday he will give the biggest alumni donation in the school’s 140-year history.

Mitt Romney says he’s behind ‘Pierre Delecto’ Twitter account

opinion

NIALL FERGUSON

Mark Zuckerberg is right about free speech and the Web

Q&A

Susan Rice on Syria, Trump, and running for office

Rachelle G. Cohen

A quiet diplomatic hero ousted for doing her job

Editorial

Eliminate nonmedical exemptions to vaccines, and strengthen data collection

Q&A
Susan Rice on Syria, Trump, and running for office
A Q&A with the former national security adviser.

‘God bless Henry.’ Hiker says teenager helped save her life after she fell 75 feet

Eighteen-year-old Henry Grant helped rescuers locate, and save, Paula Kaplan-Reiss after she fell from Great Barrington’s Monument Mountain.

For decades, Buddy Cianci’s ex-wife stayed silent about their marriage. Now she’s speaking out

Sheila Bentley divorced the former Providence mayor 36 years ago. He controlled her movements, dictated her appearance, assaulted and threatened her, and had her followed, even after their divorce. “It’s a freeing feeling,” she said of finding her voice since he died in 2016.

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  1. For decades, Buddy Cianci’s ex-wife stayed silent about their marriage. Now she’s speaking out
  2. Judge allows vaping ban to stay in place for now, but rules governor may have overstepped legal bounds
  3. A rocky lawn crushes dreams of a perfect backyard
  4. Everything we know about Jennifer Lawrence’s Rhode Island wedding
  5. Orange Line outage snarls morning commute
  6. I’m black. My siblings aren’t. What people need to know about Latinos and diversity.
  7. Week 7 in review: The ‘Wolfpack’ is 16-2 and running the NFL
  8. Airbnb cofounder gives back with huge gift to alma mater, Latin Academy
  9. With ‘happy tears’ in her eyes, Shalane Flanagan’s pro running career reaches the end of the road
  10. Survivor recounts harrowing N.H. motorcycle crash in first public remarks

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Will the Jets be competitive with Sam Darnold?
Nora Princiotti and Ben Volin debate if the Jets will be competitive with Sam Darnold. (Produced by Lucie McCormick for the Boston Globe)

Ben Volin | On Football
Week 7 in review: The ‘Wolfpack’ is 16-2 and running the NFL
That Tom Brady-Jimmy Garoppolo Super Bowl that we’re dreaming about? Perhaps a Brady-Jacoby Brissett AFC Championship Game will come first.

Rex Burkhead ruled out for Jets game

How does Tom Brady avoid injury on QB sneaks? ‘Pliability, man’
Brady spoke on the short-yardage runs that make quarterbacks vulnerable after Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes was injured on a sneak on Thursday.

Tom Brady says cameo in Netflix series ‘taken out of context’

Felicity Huffman spotted in her prison jumpsuit for the first time
The actress, who is currently serving 14 days in prison for her role in the college admissions scandal, was captured wearing a green jumpsuit in a photo at FCI Dublin in California. 2 hours ago

N.Y. is recruiting R.I. education commissioner Infante-Green, but she’s staying put
Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green will remain in job she’s held for less than six months. an hour ago

Chad Finn
Celtics’ fate this season hinges on three players
Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Gordon Hayward will be critical to team chemistry, which was lacking last year. 2 hours ago

How will the Celtics fare? See our NBA predictionsDan Shaughnessy: Celtics have a feel-good vibe. Is it grounded in hope or reality?

Commentary | What She Said
In the Mass. House, newly elected women are fighting to be heard
Like hundreds around the country who were adamant that women’s voices be heard in politics after 2016, Maria Robinson, Tami Gouveia, and Lindsay Sabadosa launched their first campaigns last year and won. Now they’re stung by how little they’re being heard.

Recent headlines

Man wanted for murder in Dorchester nabbed after robbing two banks in Atlanta, Ga., police say

Peabody police bust 2 men for selling drugs out of home where children lived

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools

Four more wealthy parents to plead guilty in nationwide college admissions scam

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Survivor recounts harrowing N.H. motorcycle crash in first public remarks

Joshua Morin, the most gravely injured survivor, offered a harrowing reconstruction of the tragedy and his own miraculous tale of survival.

‘Ghost guns’ made from kits are untraceable — and legal
Firearm sales are tightly regulated in Massachusetts, but a ghost gun isn’t legally a gun when it’s purchased. For a couple hundred dollars, anyone can buy and build a handgun.

Boston’s most unusual council race is between a Democrat and a Republican
It pits two impressive candidates — Kenzie Bok and Jennifer Nassour — from opposing political parties in a nonpartisan Boston race. Each one promises to tackle local issues such as parking and traffic, the lack of a school in the district, and soaring housing costs.

Rhode Island

N.Y. is recruiting R.I. education commissioner Infante-Green, but she’s staying put

Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green will remain in job she’s held for less than six months.

Restraining order granted against alleged Bristol molester

How the Globe got Buddy Cianci’s ex-wife to finally tell her story

Newton

Newton seniors give thumbs up to ride-share service

Newton senior citizens have taken more than 4,700 trips around the city since a new ride-share service was introduced in June.

Newton to offer household curbside food waste collection

Rebuilding to reloaded: Newton South shakes off personnel losses, keeps rolling

Sports

With ‘happy tears’ in her eyes, Shalane Flanagan’s pro running career reaches the end of the road

Red Sox hire Western Mass. native Pete Fatse as assistant hitting coach

Celtics’ fate this season hinges on three players

Politics / Business

Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit

Elizabeth Warren says she has a plan for that. Here’s a running list

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools

Nation / World

Home owned by former Bruin Tyler Seguin heavily damaged by Dallas tornado

Tornado touches down in Dallas, leaving trail of damage and power outages

Public, election officials may be kept in the dark on hacks

Lifestyle

Jaylen Brown’s fund-raiser draws almost entire Celtics roster, plus Donnie Wahlberg

Duchess of Sussex calls first year of marriage difficult

From the country of Georgia, soulful wines full of character

Back to the Battleground

As rehab centers replace pill mills, an Ohio River city fights back

The scars from Portsmouth’s illegal pill mills run deep. When it seemed help wasn’t coming, an Army veteran and a group of fitness instructors, rehab counselors, and businesspeople decided to try a new strategy.
Part 1: They helped Trump win Michigan, then his immigration crackdown split their communityPart 2: 'We can give the whole nation a lesson if they want.' How Latinos revived a once-dying Pennsylvania city

Explore the project

A Boston Globe series of stories examining the lives of people in four crucial 2020 battleground states, and what has changed for them since 2016.

Special Projects

At the edge of a warming world

On Cape Cod, climate change is already terrifyingly real

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.

Back to the Battleground

‘We can give the whole nation a lesson if they want.’ How Latinos revived a once-dying Pennsylvania city
This small city has changed considerably over the last two decades, and offers hints about what might happen when swing-state voters decide in 2020 if Donald Trump deserves another term.

Back to the Battleground
A Boston Globe series of stories examining the lives of people in four crucial 2020 battleground states, and what has changed for them since 2016.

education
"The Great Divide" is a new Globe initiative exploring the deep inequalities in our public education system, examining both the challenges and possible solutions to creating equal opportunity for all students.
MUSEUMS SPECIAL
Museums have watched their relevance wane for decades as the world shifted around them. With various culture wars raging, the MFA’s 150th anniversary brings the chance to reengage.
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(UNSENT) LOVE LETTERS
In (unsent) Love Letters, columnist and podcast host Meredith Goldstein and psychotherapist and “Where Should We Begin?” podcast host Esther Perel explore the messages we keep to ourselves.
Podcast: Listen to Love Letters Season 3
Spotlight Follow-up | Secret Courts
Massachusetts clerks continue to differ widely in how they handle requests for criminal charges reviewed during confidential hearings, according to new court data provided to the Globe.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Flynn Coleman

Are we modeling AI on the wrong brain?

Editorial

Mick Mulvaney’s confession confirms wrongdoing — on multiple levels

Renée Graham

The gravitational pull of Donald Trump’s downward spiral

AYANNA PRESSLEY, MICHELLE WU, STACY THOMPSON

Don’t just fix the infrastructure, let’s rethink our transit policies

John F. Kerry

Our Kurdish allies are being slaughtered. The worst may be yet to come

Scot Lehigh

The Great Trumpkin’s equine envy

VISUAL STORIES

Scenes from the battleground: Ohio

Scenes of the damage from Wednesday night’s storm

Scenes from the battleground: Michigan

‘I had a way out of this.’ Battling addiction in a county jail

Metro

A $75.5 million gift could offer a new beginning for tiny Gordon College

The 130-year-old unabashedly evangelical school in Wenham has been thrown a lifeline in the form of the largest donation it’s received — one that’s more than its current endowment.

Charges filed against officer involved in police shooting in New Haven

Hamden police officer Devin Eaton was charged Monday with felony assault and reckless endangerment.

Man wanted for murder in Dorchester nabbed after robbing two banks in Atlanta, Ga., police say

Ricardo Jamesy Washington is charged in Boston with fatally shooting 24-year-old Donell Davis on Milton Avenue in Dorchester on May 8.

Peabody police bust 2 men for selling drugs out of home where children lived

A 36-year-old man and a 28-year-old man were arrested in Peabody after police caught them running a drug distribution system out of a home where children lived, Peabody police said.

Nearly all 45 ragdoll cats rescued from “overcrowded’ home in Mass. have been adopted
Almost all of the 45 purebred ragdoll cats that were rescued from an overextended breeding operation in Central Massachusetts last week have found new homes just three days after they were put up for adoption, the MSPCA announced Monday.

Woman and dog die in three-alarm fire in Woonsocket, R.I.
A middle-aged woman and a dog died in a three-alarm fire in Woonsocket, R.I., Monday morning, Woonsocket Fire Chief Paul Shatraw said.

STAT

What a koala virus tells us about the human genome

Opinion: Time in range is a new blood sugar metric for people with diabetes

‘Sesame Street’ launches initiative to help explain parental addiction to kids

The return of Vioxx: Can a drug once deemed deadly be relaunched?

sports

Tara Sullivan

Is Sam Darnold the real deal? He has a presence, and the Jets can feel it

The young quarterback returned from a bout with mono last weekend to lead the Jets over the Cowboys.

Red Sox hire Western Mass. native Pete Fatse as assistant hitting coach

Fatse, who played at UConn and opened his own training center, was the Twins’ minor league hitting coordinator this season.

Celtics’ fate this season hinges on three players

Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Gordon Hayward will be critical to team chemistry, which was lacking last year.

How will the Celtics fare this season? Here are our NBA predictions

None of our three writers expect the Celtics to make the NBA Finals.

Home owned by former Bruin Tyler Seguin heavily damaged by Dallas tornado
The Dallas Stars player said his home was hit by the severe storms that swept through Dallas, but no one was hurt.

Sports log
Eric Cooper, who umpired recent ALDS, dead at 52
Cooper took part in 10 division series, four League Championship Series, and the 2005 All-Star Game, and also called three no-hitters.

Politics

Trump defends Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard in spat with Hillary Clinton
Speaking during a Cabinet meeting Monday, President Trump said Clinton and other Democrats claim everyone opposed to them is a Russian agent.

Business

Partners HealthCare allocates $80m for research toward new treatments
The funding is also aimed at boosting startups working on artificial intelligence programs for health care.

Marijuana

Read the court’s full decision on Charlie Baker’s vaping sales ban
A Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled Charlie Baker’s vaping sales ban can stay in place, despite faulting it on procedural grounds.

magazine
Your Home | Kitchens & Baths

Would you let a designer hang funny fish wallpaper in your home?

Miss Conduct

Advice: How do I give presents without creating a sense of obligation?

Cutting Edge

Here’s a new way to keep tabs on power usage in your home

Cooking

Recipes: How to make a great risotto, faster

sports

Week 7 in review: The ‘Wolfpack’ is 16-2 and running the NFL

This year’s Celtics have a feel-good vibe. Is it grounded in hope or reality?

US boats claim men’s and women’s eights

metro

Meet Newton’s Ward 1 City Council candidates

Man wanted for murder in Dorchester nabbed after robbing two banks in Atlanta, Ga., police say

Want to know a Newton City Council candidate’s opinion on Riverside? Northland? Don’t ask.

Nation

Public, election officials may be kept in the dark on hacks

Trump reversed course on G-7 after learning that Republicans were tired of defending him

Mulvaney continues to back away from quid pro quo, as top diplomat defends Giuliani’s role in Ukraine

World

Hong Kong police fire tear gas as protesters defy ban

Bolivia’s Evo Morales faces tightest race of his life

India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir, killing nine

politics

Elizabeth Warren says she has a plan for that. Here’s a running list

Warren releases education plan that would boost funding for public schools and end it for expanding charter schools

Mitt Romney says he’s behind ‘Pierre Delecto’ Twitter account

business

Companies reach $260 million deal to settle opioids lawsuit

A rocky lawn crushes dreams of a perfect backyard

Tentative union deal could raise GM’s labor costs $100m a year; will other automakers go along?

lifestyle

Jaylen Brown’s fund-raiser draws almost entire Celtics roster, plus Donnie Wahlberg

Duchess of Sussex calls first year of marriage difficult

From the country of Georgia, soulful wines full of character

marijuana

Read the court’s full decision on Charlie Baker’s vaping sales ban

Judge allows vaping ban to stay in place for now, but rules governor may have overstepped legal bounds

Being a marijuana sommelier is now a thing

opinion

Mark Zuckerberg is right about free speech and the Web

Susan Rice on Syria, Trump, and running for office

Eliminate nonmedical exemptions to vaccines, and strengthen data collection

food & dining

Taza’s new line is smooth, lush, and creamy

Got your Mother-in-Law’s Tongues?

Small bites for tots, straight to your door

travel

Back to Earth

Here, there, and everywhere

You can tour Jennifer Lawrence’s Newport mansion wedding venue

Books

Elizabeth Ames makes a novel return to campus in ‘The Other’s Gold’

Small wonders, Concord authors, and ‘Polaroid’ poems

An intimate, open-ended biography of Broadway star Elaine Stritch

Movies

Family ties (and lies) in dark comic masterpiece ‘Parasite’

Flint graduation, ‘Alien’ investigation, schlock celebration

Disney has serious stream dreams

Television

The week in watching: HBO hearts Mondays, Tom Perrotta adapts, and Eddie Murphy returns

Biggest late-night guests now bring a news angle, not a movie clip

Stephen Colbert to host CBS’s ‘The Late Show’ until 2023

music

At House of Blues, Charli XCX leans forward into pop’s future

With rigor and fantasy in equal parts, pianist András Schiff returns to the BSO

For Boston Philharmonic, a satisfying start to the 2019-20 season

Theater/Dance

Taking faith and friendship to the streets in New Rep’s ‘Trayf’

Backstage at the Opera House, the hallways are memory lanes

‘The SpongeBob Musical’ is a sea of joy

globe local

Son vows to beautify Mansfield cemetery where his father is buried

Brockton museum portrays the agony of opioid addiction

A ‘Deaf Car Guy’ with a driving passion

Obituaries

Thomas D’Alesandro III, Maryland political prince who gave up the throne, dies at 90

Ed Clark, pioneering abstract expressionist painter, dies

Dr. N. Thorne Griscom, radiologist and singer with perfect pitch on stage and in the lab, dies at 88