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Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly selling minority stake in franchise

The Krafts are selling 8 percent of the team, which is reportedly valued at $9 billion. Three percent will go to private-equity firm Sixth Street and the other 5 percent will go to billionaire Dean Metropoulos.

People pay their respects to Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial site outside the Turning Point USA headquarters in Phoenix.

Charlie Kirk put Massachusetts professors on a watchlist. Now, some teach in fear.

‘Incredibly short-sighted’: Massachusetts companies, workers reel from Trump’s proposed H-1B visa fee

More than 12,000 new or renewed H-1B visas were issued to about 2,000 Massachusetts companies during the 2025 fiscal year.

Trendlines: Trump agenda puts Mass. economic assets at riskFollow live updates on the Trump administration

A view from a penthouse at South Station Tower.

Decades in the making, the South Station Tower is readying for move-in. Take a look inside.

The 51-story office and condo skyscraper is opening soon, proving a test for both office demand and high-end housing.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Heavy rain and thunderstorms move in with flash flood risk

A flash flood warning is in effect for parts of Southeastern Mass. and Rhode Island, with 1 to 2 inches of heavy rain an hour forecast.

Here’s the weather forecast for Sunday's Patriots game

‘A scary year’: Across northern New England, farmers face the worst drought in decades
Blueberry crops have been decimated. Potato yields are down. Corn stalks are stunted. Haying operations have been halted. And livestock are depleting their water supplies.

‘The worst-case situation for the college’: After protests and layoffs, where does Emerson go from here?

Emerson College is looking to rebrand and move forward from layoffs, protest arrests, and tensions on campus.

Tom Brady has downplayed his role with the Raiders as that of a “minority owner,” and that any concerns about conflicts of interest stemming from his Fox broadcasting job are "paranoid."

Ben Volin | On football

Tom Brady’s response to his Raiders/Fox conflict of interest proves he isn’t living in the real world anymore

In his weekly newsletter Brady deflected, made excuses, and brushed off his critics as merely “paranoid.” That's not the Brady who New England fell in love with.

Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson continue to generate headlines.

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson reportedly don’t plan to get married

Belichick and Hudson were featured on the cover of the latest Us Weekly, with Hudson the subject of a long profile.

Frontier Airlines makes more than 60 percent of its revenue from fees for extras such as seat selection and baggage.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

When bargain airfare is no bargain: Airline fees hit an all-time high

In 2024, airlines collected a record $148 billion in fees, with several earning more in ancillary fees than they did from ticket sales.

From left, Nell Campbell, Patricia Quinn, Tim Curry, and Richard O'Brien in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

odie henderson notebook

It’s nicer than Betty Munroe had: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ turns 50

Our film critic celebrates the historic midnight movie — and that’s just one small fraction of the main attraction.

Lower mortgage rates are no help for Greater Boston’s frozen housing market

Home sales in the region remained relatively stagnant in August, even as mortgage rates dropped.

Starbucks to close stores, lay off 900 workers as part of turnaround plan

The Seattle coffee giant will notify employees whose positions are being eliminated early Friday and said that it plans to close an undetermined number of stores.

Daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner calls for action against long COVID at United Nations
"One infection can result in disabling damage to almost every cell in the body, from the brain and heart to the nerves and blood vessels," Affleck said.

Celtics unveil new gold City Edition jerseys for 2025-26 season
Boston will wear a jersey without any green for the first time ever.

Berkshire Museum curator says he was fired after reporting antisemitic comments

Former UMass Amherst administrator fined $10,000 for violating state conflict of interest law by hiring brother

Stolen mural brings debate over AI-made art ‘to the street’ in Cambridge

Charlie Day (left) and Glenn Howerton (right) pictured with Four Walls Irish American Whiskey at the Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival in Oct. of 2023.

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ star Charlie Day is taking over Boston bars this week

The actor will appear in the Hub to promote the whiskey brand he founded with his fellow “IASIP” costars.

Gigi at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine

PERSPECTIVE

Life is chaotic. Sometimes, chaos is an adorable dachshund.

Our tiny puppy is wreaking havoc on our family in just the way we need.

Left: An inscription in the photo album reads, “The ‘guards’ ... Lil, Shirl, Sandy, Kayo, Phil.” Middle: “Kayo, 1955” Right: “Kayo, writing letter to her mother.”

CONNECTIONS

As Alzheimer’s stole my mother’s memory, I dove into her album of black-and-white memories

My mother’s friend Shirl supplied photos of their youth at Boston’s Franklin Square House — making me the keeper of their memories.

Opinion

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

You can’t cancel comedy

Ideological enforcers on the right and the left ought to know by now that it’s pointless to tell Americans what they shouldn’t laugh at.

Joan Vennochi: Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

EDITORIAL

The foreign work visa program needs reform. But a $100,000 fee is excessive.

Finnegan Schick

The strike zone belongs to human judgment, not computers

IDEAS | PETER GROSZ, KATHY FUSCO, & EMILY FLAKE

Are you ready to wear these trends from Paris Fashion Week?

LETTERS

Another ‘Tylenol scare,’ this time from the White House

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R.I. Congressman Magaziner calls for changes to college athlete pay bill

One of Magaziner’s chief concerns is that the House bill would prevent college athletes from being recognized as employees – which would effectively stop them from unionizing.

Judge ends harassment prevention order against District 7 Boston City Council candidate

A Healey administration official had previously filed two police reports alleging District 7 candidate Said Ahmed had harassed her and other voters ahead of Boston's preliminary election in September.

South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license

The country currently allows only people with medical licenses to give tattoos, making it the only country in the industrialized world with such a restriction.

Worcester couple convicted of trafficking young relative for sex

Kiersten and Moises Soto used physical and verbal abuse to control the victim as she endured “agonizing” drug withdrawals, prosecutors said.

Boston nonprofit leader arrested on drug charges, US Attorney’s office says

Javan Tooley, 36, founder of Adapt & Evolve LLC, which provides reentry support services to people who have been convicted, was arrested Tuesday.

Suffolk DA’s office to hold memorial for prosecutor shot and killed in 1995

Paul R. McLaughlin was shot and killed by a leader of the Theodore Street gang as he sat in his car in an MBTA commuter lot in West Roxbury.

Bill Russell’s legacy is honored with bridge renaming in Boston

“His name is synonymous with Boston and Massachusetts," said Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey.

‘We want this to be able to continue’: Successful home hospital programs could be victims of D.C. gridlock
Patients say they eat better, sleep better, feel better, and ultimately heal better in the comfort of their homes.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
We think hallucinations make AI different from us. What if they make us the same?
Spinning stories out of nothing is a deeply human impulse. As a neurologist, I see my patients do it all the time.

The Big Picture
Drums, dreams, and devotion: A new soccer passion blooms in Pawtucket, R.I.
The Rhode Island Football Club is a two-year-old men’s soccer team that plays in the second-division United Soccer League.

Culture & Lifestyle

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan, pictured performing at the Newport Folk Festival in 1964, will both be discussion topics at Saturday's symposium.

Folk has always been the ‘people’s music’ – and that definition is still expanding

CineFest Latino highlights immigrant narratives

Ken Yanhs and Cristina Kennedy wed Aug. 9 before their 80 guests at the Boston Athenaeum.

Amid books, family, and friends they began a new chapter

Elvis Costello & the Imposters performed at MGM Music Hall at Fenway on Monday.

In Boston, Elvis Costello makes peace with the first decade of his legacy

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

An Ambulance passes Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, LA on August 28, 2024.

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

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

In his return to late-night after a short-lived suspension, Jimmy Kimmel skewered President Trump and Brendan Carr, the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, who had suggested on a podcast that ABC should be punished because of Kimmel’s remarks related to Charlie Kirk.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington earlier this month. Federal health officials have linked rising rates of autism to the use of acetaminophen, the active ingredient in the common painkiller Tylenol. Scientists have studied a potential connection for years, but the research so far has yielded inconclusive results.

EDITORIAL

RFK Jr. has proven nothing but his unfitness. He must go.

The author's house, as rendered by painter Sally Pinney Given in 1963.

IDEAS | BILL DONAHUE

This old house’s charms aren’t apparent to everybody

President Trump was seen in the window of Marine One at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa., Aug. 3.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

What Trump’s executive order against antifa is really about

French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to students during an event about the LaFayette scholarship program, in New York City on Sept. 23.

Klara Vlahčević Lisinski

Macron and the French vision for a Palestinian nation

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Latest data show ‘extreme’ drought conditions expanding in Northern New England. Recent rain could help some areas.

This week's wet weather pattern should provide some relief across New England.

RI BUSINESS

International flights to return to R.I.’s TF Green airport in 2026 with Breeze Airways service to Cancun

Despite its name, Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport has had sporadic international offerings.

Stopped in the bus lane? MBTA bus cameras may ticket you

The MBTA’s board of directors Wednesday approved a new penalty system for defiant or unaware drivers parked or stopped on parts of the street set aside exclusively for bus traffic.

RI POLITICS

R.I. Congressman Magaziner calls for changes to college athlete pay bill

One of Magaziner’s chief concerns is that the House bill would prevent college athletes from being recognized as employees – which would effectively stop them from unionizing.

Sports

patriots

Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly selling minority stake in franchise

Celtics

Celtics unveil new gold City Edition jerseys for 2025-26 season

Boston will wear a jersey without any green for the first time ever.

Patriots

Why haven’t the Patriots played Efton Chism yet? Mike Vrabel explains.

With the Patriots carrying six wide receivers and dressing five for the games, Chism is the odd man out.

RI POLITICS

R.I. Congressman Magaziner calls for changes to college athlete pay bill

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson reportedly don’t plan to get married

red sox at blue jays | 7:07 p.m. (NESN)

Game 159: Red Sox can clinch a postseason berth Thursday in Toronto

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

‘They are going after things we didn’t expect’: Trump agenda puts Mass. economic assets at risk

A new Mass. Taxpayers report flags risks to the local business climate from changes to research, higher education, and immigration

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut

Abortion funding across the US has been under siege, particularly Planned Parenthood affiliates, which are the biggest provider.

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week despite signs of a slowing labor market

Hillary Clinton slams RFK Jr. and the spread of ‘crackpot ideas,’ saying they are costing lives

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GLOBE MAGAZINE

A Boston bartending king. A young woman from Maine. A tragedy that changed everything.

Brain health

We think hallucinations make AI different from us. What if they make us the same?

LOVE LETTERS

I bought my ex a membership to my golf club. Now, I regret it.

Will Middlebrooks and Jenny Dell met in 2012, during his rookie season with the Red Sox and her first year covering the team for NESN.

chad finn

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metro

Satellite imagery of two disturbances in the Western Tropical Atlantic and near Puerto Rico.

Tropical Storm Humberto strengthens as models show a possible East Coast threat from brewing Atlantic system

Heavy rain and thunderstorms move in with flash flood risk

Vaccines now widely available in N.H. for COVID-19, flu, RSV

sports

St. John's Prep's Jack Carew was one of four high school golfers to go under par Wednesday.

Records in golf and volleyball, and other takeaways from Wednesday’s high school sports action

Tom Brady’s response to his Raiders/Fox conflict of interest proves he isn’t living in the real world anymore

Red Sox magic number for playoffs at one after Garrett Crochet’s gem in another win over Blue Jays

business

A Breeze Airways nonstop flight to Los Angeles International Airport takes off into the air at TF Green in Warwick, Rhode Island on May 17, 2023.

International flights to return to R.I.’s TF Green airport in 2026 with Breeze Airways service to Cancun

Decades in the making, the South Station Tower is readying for move-in. Take a look inside.

Jimmy Kimmel’s return draws 6.2 million viewers, ratings show

politics

This undated photo shows the Madison South Health Center that is owned and operated by Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin.

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut

Trump to host Turkey’s Erdogan at the White House. Follow live updates.

Obama accuses Trump of ‘violence against the truth’ on public health

Nation

Investigators by a building where a gunman used the roof to open fire on a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.

Motive of shooter who officials say opened fire at Dallas ICE facility remains unclear

Police gather for funeral of 3 Pennsylvania detectives ambushed by gunman

Hard pass. Cold brew. Dad bod. Merriam-Webster adds over 5,000 words to ‘Collegiate’ dictionary.

World

Palestinians survey the aftermath of an Israeli military strike on the Abu Dahrouj family home in Zawaida, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025.

Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza as leaders ramp up pressure for a cease-fire

Palestinian president: Hamas will have no role in governing postwar Gaza

Paris court sentences former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy

opinion

RFK Jr. has proven nothing but his unfitness. He must go.

For today’s immigration woes, a lesson from Reagan

What Waymo could mean for Bostonians with disabilities: independence at their fingertips

lifestyle

A man runs on a small road in the outskirts of Frankfurt, Germany, before sunrise. Wellness advice seems to be everywhere these days, but change can be hard.

One path to kick-starting a healthier lifestyle: Start small

Here’s what dermatologists are saying about your skin care routine: Keep it simple

How to set strong boundaries

food & dining

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ star Charlie Day is taking over Boston bars this week

New and coming soon: 13 R.I. restaurants and bars to try this fall

What is it like to dine out in D.C. right now?

travel

International flights to return to R.I.’s TF Green airport in 2026 with Breeze Airways service to Cancun

Actor and comedian Chris Grace on Funspot in N.H., James Gandolfini, and homemade Chex mix

A Connecticut pizza trail, Scotland by sea, and a flying action camera

Arts

A mural-like banner hangs outside Dx Arcade in Cambridge's Central Square, before it was stolen on Aug 31.

Stolen mural brings debate over AI-made art ‘to the street’ in Cambridge

Agnes Gund, who oversaw a major expansion of MoMA, dies at 87

New Harvard exhibit celebrates iconic PBS ‘Mystery!’ intro animator

Books

Kiran Desai devoted 20 years to the composition of “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.”

Kiran Desai’s ‘Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ is a triumph

Twenty years after ‘Prep,’ Curtis Sittenfeld is still figuring things out

Local bestsellers for the week ended Sept. 21

Movies

Streaming is overtaking theaters for movie watchers, poll finds

It’s nicer than Betty Munroe had: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ turns 50

June Squibb can’t save the reprehensible ‘Eleanor the Great’

Television

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ star Charlie Day is taking over Boston bars this week

Jimmy Kimmel’s return draws 6.2 million viewers, ratings show

More fear and trembling on TV: Apple TV+ postpones ‘The Savant’

music

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram brings his new record "Hard Road" to the Paradise Rock Club on Wednesday.

For Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, the ‘hard road’ and authenticity go hand in hand

Rihanna and A$AP Rocky welcome third child, Rocki

Market Basket inspires spunky new track from a veteran Boston band

Theater/Dance

Mahima Saigal, left, and Kadahj Bennett, right, in "The Ceremony."

A wedding setting offers ‘The Ceremony’ time to reflect

Strong direction improves a flawed script in ‘The Mountaintop’

An illusionist makes magic to probe our minds’ susceptibility to disinformation

Health

A new study from BU found that repeated hits to the head can affect the brain in young athletes, even before the onset of CTE.

Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly selling minority stake in franchise

Charlie Kirk put Massachusetts professors on a watchlist. Now, some teach in fear.

‘Incredibly short-sighted’: Massachusetts companies, workers reel from Trump’s proposed H-1B visa fee

Decades in the making, the South Station Tower is readying for move-in. Take a look inside.

Heavy rain and thunderstorms move in with flash flood risk

‘A scary year’: Across northern New England, farmers face the worst drought in decadesBlueberry crops have been decimated. Potato yields are down. Corn stalks are stunted. Haying operations have been halted. And livestock are depleting their water supplies.

‘The worst-case situation for the college’: After protests and layoffs, where does Emerson go from here?

Tom Brady’s response to his Raiders/Fox conflict of interest proves he isn’t living in the real world anymore

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson reportedly don’t plan to get married

When bargain airfare is no bargain: Airline fees hit an all-time high

It’s nicer than Betty Munroe had: ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show’ turns 50

Lower mortgage rates are no help for Greater Boston’s frozen housing market

Starbucks to close stores, lay off 900 workers as part of turnaround plan

Daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner calls for action against long COVID at United Nations"One infection can result in disabling damage to almost every cell in the body, from the brain and heart to the nerves and blood vessels," Affleck said.

Celtics unveil new gold City Edition jerseys for 2025-26 seasonBoston will wear a jersey without any green for the first time ever.

Berkshire Museum curator says he was fired after reporting antisemitic comments

Former UMass Amherst administrator fined $10,000 for violating state conflict of interest law by hiring brother

Stolen mural brings debate over AI-made art ‘to the street’ in Cambridge

‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ star Charlie Day is taking over Boston bars this week

Life is chaotic. Sometimes, chaos is an adorable dachshund.

As Alzheimer’s stole my mother’s memory, I dove into her album of black-and-white memories

You can’t cancel comedy

The foreign work visa program needs reform. But a $100,000 fee is excessive.

The strike zone belongs to human judgment, not computers

Are you ready to wear these trends from Paris Fashion Week?

Another ‘Tylenol scare,’ this time from the White House

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R.I. Congressman Magaziner calls for changes to college athlete pay bill

Judge ends harassment prevention order against District 7 Boston City Council candidate

South Korean parliament votes to allow tattooists to work without a medical license

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Boston nonprofit leader arrested on drug charges, US Attorney’s office says

Suffolk DA’s office to hold memorial for prosecutor shot and killed in 1995

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Donald Trump’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day

RFK Jr. has proven nothing but his unfitness. He must go.

This old house’s charms aren’t apparent to everybody

What Trump’s executive order against antifa is really about

Macron and the French vision for a Palestinian nation

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Latest data show ‘extreme’ drought conditions expanding in Northern New England. Recent rain could help some areas.

International flights to return to R.I.’s TF Green airport in 2026 with Breeze Airways service to Cancun

Stopped in the bus lane? MBTA bus cameras may ticket you

R.I. Congressman Magaziner calls for changes to college athlete pay bill

Sports

Patriots owner Robert Kraft reportedly selling minority stake in franchise

Celtics unveil new gold City Edition jerseys for 2025-26 season

Why haven’t the Patriots played Efton Chism yet? Mike Vrabel explains.

R.I. Congressman Magaziner calls for changes to college athlete pay bill

Bill Belichick, Jordon Hudson reportedly don’t plan to get married

Game 159: Red Sox can clinch a postseason berth Thursday in Toronto

Business

‘They are going after things we didn’t expect’: Trump agenda puts Mass. economic assets at risk

Wisconsin Planned Parenthood pauses abortions amid federal Medicaid funding cut

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week despite signs of a slowing labor market

Hillary Clinton slams RFK Jr. and the spread of ‘crackpot ideas,’ saying they are costing lives

A Boston bartending king. A young woman from Maine. A tragedy that changed everything.

We think hallucinations make AI different from us. What if they make us the same?

I bought my ex a membership to my golf club. Now, I regret it.

‘It wasn’t a fling’: Will Middlebrooks, Jenny Dell reflect on their Fenway love story and being a media power couple

metro

Tropical Storm Humberto strengthens as models show a possible East Coast threat from brewing Atlantic system

Heavy rain and thunderstorms move in with flash flood risk

‘A scary year’: Across northern New England, farmers face the worst drought in decades
Blueberry crops have been decimated. Potato yields are down. Corn stalks are stunted. Haying operations have been halted. And livestock are depleting their water supplies.

Daughter of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner calls for action against long COVID at United Nations
"One infection can result in disabling damage to almost every cell in the body, from the brain and heart to the nerves and blood vessels," Affleck said.

Celtics unveil new gold City Edition jerseys for 2025-26 season
Boston will wear a jersey without any green for the first time ever.

‘We want this to be able to continue’: Successful home hospital programs could be victims of D.C. gridlock
Patients say they eat better, sleep better, feel better, and ultimately heal better in the comfort of their homes.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
We think hallucinations make AI different from us. What if they make us the same?
Spinning stories out of nothing is a deeply human impulse. As a neurologist, I see my patients do it all the time.

The Big Picture
Drums, dreams, and devotion: A new soccer passion blooms in Pawtucket, R.I.
The Rhode Island Football Club is a two-year-old men’s soccer team that plays in the second-division United Soccer League.