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Pro-Israel demonstrator pleads not guilty in Newton shooting

A Framingham man faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and violation of a constitutional right causing injury.

Brockton superintendent resigns in fallout from district budget crisis

In a recent report, investigators faulted Mike Thomas for making “critical decisions unilaterally and without any consideration of the budgetary impacts of those decisions.”

Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them
The astronauts remained behind after NASA determined the problem-plagued capsule posed too much risk for them to ride back in.

In Sandra Birchmore case, questions emerge about why outside investigators weren’t brought in from the start

The case has reignited questions over whether State Police detectives assigned to district attorneys’ offices should investigate local police-involved incidents.

CEO of Point32Health, state’s second-largest health insurer, is leaving the company
Point32Health, which was formed in 2021 by the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, has suffered serious setbacks recently.

Driver charged with killing NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

The driver told police he had five or six beers that day and admitted to consuming alcohol while driving, according to the criminal complaint.

Mother of two Black daughters allege racial bias among students, staff in Millbury public schools

The complaint alleges that the children have endured months of racist taunts and threats from classmates.

Man shot by police while allegedly resisting arrest ordered held without bail

Two teenagers arrested in Dorchester after allegedly kidnapping a person at gunpoint

Starting Point

Revisiting busing in Boston

We look at Boston's traumatic busing effort to desegregate schools 50 years ago, featuring a conversation with one of the Black parents who sued the School Committee for equal treatment.

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On Wednesday, an ambulance from Beauport Ambulance Service was parked outside the Carney Hospital in Dorchester.

Closed Steward hospitals leave ambulance services scrambling to cover gaps

Patients and medical responders alike are now reckoning with longer transport times after Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer closed their doors.

Steward CEO de la Torre skips hearing; Congress poised to hold him in contemptMore coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

Election 2024

Former president Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles on Sept. 13, 2024 in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Live updates

Trump rips Harris and her home state with attack lines many expected during the debate

Trump is campaigning in Western states as Harris keeps her focus on one of the biggest battleground prizes in the East, Pennsylvania.

Pope Francis holds a news conference aboard the papal plane on his flight back after his 12-day journey across Southeast Asia and Oceania, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024.

Pope slams Harris and Trump on anti-life stances, urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

“Both are against life, be it the one who kicks out migrants, or be it the one who kills babies,″ Francis said.

Laura Loomer arrives with Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at Philadelphia International Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia, for the presidential debate.

Trump refuses to criticize Laura Loomer amid concerns from Republican allies about her influence

The former president refused to weigh in on recent racist and conspiratorial comments from Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to the debate and several 9/11 memorial events.

Biden lashes out at Trump over false claims about Haitian migrantsToo many texts from Trump or Harris asking for money? There’s an app for that.Harris or Trump? Once again, election results could take a while.

While more than 60 million children and adolescents participate in organized sports, 70 percent of youth athletes drop out of these sports by age 13.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

So your kid was cut from the team. What now?

All positive spins about resilience aside, it really burns. We talked to some local athletes who still feel the sting.

beat writer's notebook
What we know about the impending Celtics sale, and other nuggets on the team
The process hasn’t revved up yet because banks are still combing through the assets and liabilities to paint a full picture for prospective buyers.

Maine Celtics name Tyler Lashbrook new head coach

CONNECTIONS

My grandmother taught me many things. How to cook, however, was not one of them.

I feel like a failure when I try to cook my abuela’s food. It also brings her back to me.

Fall Arts Guide

Dance group Malevo from Argentina performs at Berklee Performance Center in October.

90 fun things to do in and around Boston this fall

From theater and dance performances to comedy shows and concerts, see what’s on the calendar around the Hub this fall.

See the complete Fall Arts Guide

20 new and returning TV shows

Fall forward with these 39 movies

Busing at 50

Listen to the full episode

‘You tried to break us, and you didn’t’: One family relives busing in new audio documentary

Earline Pruitt, and her daughter Denise, describe the start of school desegregation in this Globe audio documentary.

Your memories of Boston's busing eraPerspective: The busing crisis divided Boston. But playgrounds brought kids like me together.

Jade Rose represented Canada at this year's Summer Olympics.

Watch the Harvard women’s soccer goal that was ‘SportsCenter’s’ top play Thursday

Rose, a senior from Ontario, scored her first goal of the season from an exceedingly difficult angle.

Flares of the Northern Lights color the sky just after midnight Friday as viewed from a mountaintop in Chatham, N.H.

Photos: Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in New England

Many night owls shared their striking images of the aurora borealis on social media, capturing the dancing display of colorful hues.

Maine Celtics name Tyler Lashbrook new head coach

Robert Kraft (left) was on hand in Canton, Ohio, when former Patriot Randy Moss was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

dan shaughnessy

Bob Kraft seems to be hurting his own cause with the Hall of Fame, and other thoughts

Kraft has been a good owner for the Patriots, but the push over the last decade to get himself inducted apparently is backfiring.

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Republican presidential nominee former president Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris and Trump have housing plans. Economists have doubts.

Donald Trump spoke to reporters in the spin room following the debate Tuesday in Philadelphia.

Trump’s struggle to deliver a clear message on abortion at the debate leaves him vulnerable on a key issue

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, on March 16, in Vandalia, Ohio.

Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried.

Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at the Hendrick Center for Automotive Excellence on the Scott Northern Wake Campus of Wake Tech Community College in Raleigh, NC, on Friday.

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks

Opinion

Donald Trump’s false claim that Haitian migrants are eating family pets in Ohio inspired a wave of memes online.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The best memes debunking Trump’s pet-eating claim

Naturally, the internet had thoughts about Trump's incendiary comments about Haitian migrants eating pets. Here are some of the best memes and viral social media posts.

EDITORIAL

Give us late-night trains, but not yet

IDEAS | JACK SHAFER

The anti-mainstream media election

Alex Beam

What’s the next big thing?

SCOT LEHIGH

JD Vance fogs up the school safety debate

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TRAVEL
A late-summer, slow sojourn in southern Vermont
We had a destination in mind: the village of Weston, a quintessentially Vermont hamlet, in the shadows of the Green Mountains. Here's what to expect.

Two local biotechs go public, raising $540 million total
Boston-based Bicara Therapeutics and Waltham-based Zenas BioPharma are the third and fourth Massachusetts-based biotech companies to hold IPOs this year.

Ryan Johnston named Bruins’ radio play-by-play announcer, replacing Judd Sirott
Johnston, the play-by-play fill-in on the station since 2010 and a 98.5 voice since 2009, gets his shot to call games full time.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New York
During the proceedings, Timberlake remained standing throughout and gave a statement in which he expressed remorse for his actions.

CVS pharmacists now prescribing birth control in Mass.
The new offerings aim to make receiving hormonal birth control methods faster, simpler, and more accessible.

‘There’s nothing perfect in this world of growing apples.’ Extreme weather could complicate future harvests.
It’s difficult for farmers to protect against the extreme weather events most damaging to apples. But with careful research, a few key changes are possible.

That’s a lot of coffee and corn oil: Police say R.I. man stole $17k worth of products from BJ’s store

The Providence man allegedly left with dog food energy drinks, and other products over four visits to the store last month, authorities said.

R.I. man admits to pair of international fraud schemes

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKay
The Democratic primary recount came after graduate student Evan MacKay declared victory over incumbent state Representative Marjorie Decker.

BLOTTER TALES

A wrong-way driver is caught on video, and high school photo shoot goes too far

A raccoon's head gets stuck in a jar in Methuen, a high school senior's photo shoot gets the attention of police in Sandwich, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Treasurer indicates allegations that O’Brien made racially ‘inappropriate’ comments helped prompt her firing

"We cannot honestly tolerate that in someone who is one of the leaders of what is a social equity agency," state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said Thursday.

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3 percent, Northeastern to 5 percent
The university's president called the drop “concerning and disappointing.”

Defense looks to challenge genealogy approach in case of Matthew Nilo, accused of sexually assaulting eight women in Boston
Whether courts agree or disagree, the case could create precedent around the use of forensic genetic genealogy in Massachusetts.

‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect. Can a new treatment curb his decline?
Tony Downs is one of the first patients in the country to take Leqembi, a newly approved drug. He and his wife are hoping it will help slow his downhill path.

Culture & Lifestyle

Cuban band Clave & Blues will return to perform at the second annual Fiesta en la Plaza.

City Hall Plaza welcomes another free ‘Fiesta’ for Latinx Heritage Month

A fan’s guide to the Big E: What you need to know about this year’s fair

Composer Mary D. Watkins, right, reviews music with opera singer Deborah Nansteel at the home of co-librettist Cerise Lim Jacobs during a rehearsal for the new opera "Is This America?," about civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer.

For Mary D. Watkins, activist Fannie Lou Hamer’s story is operatic

Singer Meghan Trainor performed at NBC's Today show at Rockefeller Plaza on June 7 in New York. She returns to the Bay State this month as part of her "Timeless" tour.

After more than seven years, Meghan Trainor is back on tour — and loving every minute of it

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.

HIGH & DRY

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.

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

This AI-generated image was created in Adobe Firefly with the prompt "computer, smashed on sidewalk in city, science fiction style."

IDEAS | PETER COHAN

Generative AI is looking like a big dud

James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll in a publicity shot from the 1974 film, “Claudine.”

RENÉE GRAHAM

James Earl Jones was more than just a singular voice

Shannon O'Brien, center, was in Suffolk Superior Court with her attorneys, William Gildea, left, and Max D. Stern on Dec. 4, 2023. On Monday, Treasurer Deb Goldberg fired O’Brien after a process that dragged out for a year.

EDITORIAL

Was Shannon O’Brien really guilty of ‘gross misconduct’?

GLOBE OPINION

‘All he had to do was not look crazy’: 6 writers weigh in on the Harris-Trump debate

Jalda, the Filipov family's 16-foot sailboat, docked at Hough's Neck, in Quincy, circa 1969. From left, the author, his brother Jeff, mother Loretta, and brother Allan.

IDEAS | DAVID FILIPOV

Sailing Boston Harbor with — and without — my father

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

THEATER REVIEW

Time has turned Selina Fillinger’s satirical ‘POTUS’ into farce and its hilarity into prophecy

This Trinity Rep production is a funny, fast-paced piece of Oval Office outrageousness that is somehow both past its prime and ahead of its time

RI HEALTH

R.I. is now at ‘high risk’ for EEE and other mosquito-borne illnesses, officials say

State health and environment officials on Friday reiterated that schools and organizations should consider moving or rescheduling early morning and evening outdoor events

Pro-Israel demonstrator pleads not guilty in Newton shooting

A Framingham man faces charges of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and violation of a constitutional right causing injury.

That’s a lot of coffee and corn oil: Police say R.I. man stole $17k worth of products from BJ’s store

The Providence man allegedly left with dog food energy drinks, and other products over four visits to the store last month, authorities said.

Sports

In practices, Patriots rookie quarterback Drake Maye gets about 30 percent of the reps with the first team, which is a higher-than-usual share in the NFL.

patriots notebook

While Jacoby Brissett plays, Patriots are keeping Drake Maye in the loop and giving him reps

They know they need to develop him, and Alex Van Pelt said there are opportunities for him to learn in meeting rooms, on the practice field, at home, and on the sideline.

Tanner Houck is 3-3 with a 2.38 ERA in 14 career appearances (nine starts) against the Yankees.

Red Sox at Yankees | 7:05 p.m. (Apple TV+)

Game 148: Red Sox at Yankees lineups, notes and wild-card standings

Tanner Houck will get the start at Yankee Stadium as the Red Sox look to bounce back from Thursday's loss in extra innings.

Sean M. Higgins, top, the alleged drunken driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road, appeared before Judge Michael Silvanio, bottom, for his hearing via video from jail on Friday in Woodbury, N.J.

Driver charged with killing NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

The driver told police he had five or six beers that day and admitted to consuming alcohol while driving, according to the criminal complaint.

colleges

Watch the Harvard women’s soccer goal that was ‘SportsCenter’s’ top play Thursday

beat writer's notebook

What we know about the impending Celtics sale, and other nuggets on the team

seahawks at patriots | sunday, 1 p.m. (fox)

Five things to watch when the Patriots take on Seattle in their home opener

Business

Boar’s Head closing Virginia plant linked to deadly listeria outbreak

Boar’s Head said an internal investigation at its Jarratt, Virginia, plant found that the contamination was the result of a specific production process.

Two local biotechs go public, raising $540 million total

Boston-based Bicara Therapeutics and Waltham-based Zenas BioPharma are the third and fourth Massachusetts-based biotech companies to hold IPOs this year.

CEO of Point32Health, state’s second-largest health insurer, is leaving the company

CVS pharmacists now prescribing birth control in Mass.

magazine

Xiomara Perez (left) and her grandmother Elicenia Puerta in Everett.

My Boston History | The Power of Now

The underestimated, misunderstood, enormous voting power of Latino Americans

MISS CONDUCT

I am constantly asked to justify being an atheist

Thaddeus Miles, founder of the Black Joy Project.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 9-15

The writer playing her “new” second-hand piano.

CONNECTIONS

How a stranger’s piano brought me solace in dark moments of my illness

metro

Photos: Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in New England

State Police recruit hospitalized after boxing training exercise

Brockton superintendent resigns in fallout from district budget crisis

sports

Tyler Lashbrook was a player development coach for the Celtics during last year’s championship campaign.

Maine Celtics name Tyler Lashbrook new head coach

Ryan Johnston named Bruins’ radio play-by-play announcer, replacing Judd Sirott

Should the Patriots beat the Seahawks, it will be time to adjust our expectations even more

business

The Prudential Tower was among eight buildings that were lit up in blue on Sept. 11 in a show of solidarity with New York.

Boston buildings were bathed in blue light this 9/11 to show solidarity with NYC

Closed Steward hospitals leave ambulance services scrambling to cover gaps

Too many texts from Trump or Harris asking for money? There’s an app for that.

politics

Trump refuses to criticize Laura Loomer amid concerns from Republican allies about her influence

Trump rips Harris and her home state with attack lines many expected during the debate

Biden lashes out at Trump over false claims about Haitian migrants

Nation

Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them

Harris or Trump? Once again, election results could take a while.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New York

World

A boats floated past the British Embassy building (center) in Moscow, Russia, on Friday with the Russian Foreign Ministry building in the right.

Russia expels 6 UK diplomats as tensions mount over missiles

Eiffel’s descendants say ‘Non’ to keeping Olympic rings on Eiffel Tower

Germany sails two warships through Taiwan Strait for the first time in two decades

opinion

JD Vance met with members of the press following the debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on Sept. 10.

JD Vance fogs up the school safety debate

James Earl Jones was more than just a singular voice

Was Shannon O’Brien really guilty of ‘gross misconduct’?

lifestyle

Attendees enjoy a game of volleyball at last year's Backyard Bash.

Free events in Boston this week: A playground for grown-ups, Latin Music & Dance fest returns to Eastie, and more

Dating someone with a chronic medical condition

So your kid was cut from the team. What now?

food & dining

The Jahunger noodles, hand-pulled and tossed with beef, onions, chiles, and chives.

Jahunger brings hand-pulled noodles, spicy lamb, and other Uyghur specialties to Cambridge

A Southern supper parlor comes to the Porter Square Hotel; Mr. H brings Shanghainese specialties to the Seaport

Brews, bites, and big screens: Here’s what’s on tap at the Great American Beer Hall in Medford

travel

A late summer crop of onions at The Farm at Weston fills a bin. You’ll find fall produce for sale at farm stands throughout southern Vermont.

A late-summer, slow sojourn in southern Vermont

When reserving an extra seat on United, don’t forget to do this

Jason Bowen on playing a prince, finding fun on vacation, and weighing his luggage

Arts

Édouard Manet, "Madame Auguste Manet," about 1866.

At the Gardner this fall, Manet and family

In Salem, a new exhibit summons the spirits at Peabody Essex Museum

Mayor Michelle Wu says city working to extend free Sunday museum program to all school-aged children in 2025

Books

Cleyvis Natera is part of this year's Provincetown Book Festival.

Provincetown Book Fest, a new novel of Maine, and celebrating trees in verse

Arlie Russell Hochschild’s ‘Stolen Pride’ mines white rural shame

Amanda Becker’s profile of America after the fall of Roe

Movies

The 138th New England Fall Flower Shower will be held Saturday and Sunday.

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 16-22

Local theaters are serving up cinematic scares for the season

Fall forward with these 39 movies

Television

20 new and returning TV shows to watch as the leaves turn this fall

Kathy Bates in the courtroom

The Emmys are Sunday. Who should win? Who will win? A critic’s predictions.

music

Five things to do around Boston, Sept. 16-22

After more than seven years, Meghan Trainor is back on tour — and loving every minute of it

For Mary D. Watkins, activist Fannie Lou Hamer’s story is operatic

Theater/Dance

Rudy Pankow as Romeo and Emilia Suárez as Juliet in ART’s "Romeo and Juliet."

At ART, a ‘Romeo and Juliet’ that’s both moving and in motion

In ‘Leopoldstadt,’ Tom Stoppard gets personal

Two new productions that poke fun at old stereotypes

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

Washington Capitals' Stephen Peat punches Pittsburgh Penguins' Krzysztof Oliwa as linesman Dan McCourt attempts to break it up, Dec. 21, 2001.

Pro-Israel demonstrator pleads not guilty in Newton shooting

Brockton superintendent resigns in fallout from district budget crisis

Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without themThe astronauts remained behind after NASA determined the problem-plagued capsule posed too much risk for them to ride back in.

In Sandra Birchmore case, questions emerge about why outside investigators weren’t brought in from the start

CEO of Point32Health, state’s second-largest health insurer, is leaving the companyPoint32Health, which was formed in 2021 by the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, has suffered serious setbacks recently.

Driver charged with killing NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

Mother of two Black daughters allege racial bias among students, staff in Millbury public schools

Man shot by police while allegedly resisting arrest ordered held without bail

Two teenagers arrested in Dorchester after allegedly kidnapping a person at gunpoint

Revisiting busing in Boston

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Closed Steward hospitals leave ambulance services scrambling to cover gaps

Trump rips Harris and her home state with attack lines many expected during the debate

Pope slams Harris and Trump on anti-life stances, urges Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Trump refuses to criticize Laura Loomer amid concerns from Republican allies about her influence

So your kid was cut from the team. What now?

beat writer's notebookWhat we know about the impending Celtics sale, and other nuggets on the teamThe process hasn’t revved up yet because banks are still combing through the assets and liabilities to paint a full picture for prospective buyers.

My grandmother taught me many things. How to cook, however, was not one of them.

90 fun things to do in and around Boston this fall

20 new and returning TV shows

Fall forward with these 39 movies

‘You tried to break us, and you didn’t’: One family relives busing in new audio documentary

Watch the Harvard women’s soccer goal that was ‘SportsCenter’s’ top play Thursday

Photos: Northern Lights illuminate the night sky in New England

Bob Kraft seems to be hurting his own cause with the Hall of Fame, and other thoughts

Harris vs. Trump on key issues

Harris and Trump have housing plans. Economists have doubts.

Trump’s struggle to deliver a clear message on abortion at the debate leaves him vulnerable on a key issue

Trump is putting mass deportations at the heart of his campaign. Some Republicans are worried.

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks

The best memes debunking Trump’s pet-eating claim

Give us late-night trains, but not yet

The anti-mainstream media election

What’s the next big thing?

JD Vance fogs up the school safety debate

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TRAVELA late-summer, slow sojourn in southern VermontWe had a destination in mind: the village of Weston, a quintessentially Vermont hamlet, in the shadows of the Green Mountains. Here's what to expect.

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Ryan Johnston named Bruins’ radio play-by-play announcer, replacing Judd SirottJohnston, the play-by-play fill-in on the station since 2010 and a 98.5 voice since 2009, gets his shot to call games full time.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New YorkDuring the proceedings, Timberlake remained standing throughout and gave a statement in which he expressed remorse for his actions.

CVS pharmacists now prescribing birth control in Mass.The new offerings aim to make receiving hormonal birth control methods faster, simpler, and more accessible.

‘There’s nothing perfect in this world of growing apples.’ Extreme weather could complicate future harvests.It’s difficult for farmers to protect against the extreme weather events most damaging to apples. But with careful research, a few key changes are possible.

That’s a lot of coffee and corn oil: Police say R.I. man stole $17k worth of products from BJ’s store

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKayThe Democratic primary recount came after graduate student Evan MacKay declared victory over incumbent state Representative Marjorie Decker.

A wrong-way driver is caught on video, and high school photo shoot goes too far

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Treasurer indicates allegations that O’Brien made racially ‘inappropriate’ comments helped prompt her firing

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3 percent, Northeastern to 5 percentThe university's president called the drop “concerning and disappointing.”

Defense looks to challenge genealogy approach in case of Matthew Nilo, accused of sexually assaulting eight women in BostonWhether courts agree or disagree, the case could create precedent around the use of forensic genetic genealogy in Massachusetts.

‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect. Can a new treatment curb his decline?Tony Downs is one of the first patients in the country to take Leqembi, a newly approved drug. He and his wife are hoping it will help slow his downhill path.

Culture & Lifestyle

City Hall Plaza welcomes another free ‘Fiesta’ for Latinx Heritage Month

A fan’s guide to the Big E: What you need to know about this year’s fair

For Mary D. Watkins, activist Fannie Lou Hamer’s story is operatic

After more than seven years, Meghan Trainor is back on tour — and loving every minute of it

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Generative AI is looking like a big dud

James Earl Jones was more than just a singular voice

Was Shannon O’Brien really guilty of ‘gross misconduct’?

‘All he had to do was not look crazy’: 6 writers weigh in on the Harris-Trump debate

Sailing Boston Harbor with — and without — my father

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Time has turned Selina Fillinger’s satirical ‘POTUS’ into farce and its hilarity into prophecy

R.I. is now at ‘high risk’ for EEE and other mosquito-borne illnesses, officials say

Pro-Israel demonstrator pleads not guilty in Newton shooting

That’s a lot of coffee and corn oil: Police say R.I. man stole $17k worth of products from BJ’s store

Sports

While Jacoby Brissett plays, Patriots are keeping Drake Maye in the loop and giving him reps

Game 148: Red Sox at Yankees lineups, notes and wild-card standings

Driver charged with killing NHL’s Johnny Gaudreau and his brother had .087 blood-alcohol level

Watch the Harvard women’s soccer goal that was ‘SportsCenter’s’ top play Thursday

What we know about the impending Celtics sale, and other nuggets on the team

Five things to watch when the Patriots take on Seattle in their home opener

Stuck-in-space astronauts make first public comments since Boeing capsule left without them
The astronauts remained behind after NASA determined the problem-plagued capsule posed too much risk for them to ride back in.

CEO of Point32Health, state’s second-largest health insurer, is leaving the company
Point32Health, which was formed in 2021 by the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, has suffered serious setbacks recently.

beat writer's notebook
What we know about the impending Celtics sale, and other nuggets on the team
The process hasn’t revved up yet because banks are still combing through the assets and liabilities to paint a full picture for prospective buyers.

TRAVEL
A late-summer, slow sojourn in southern Vermont
We had a destination in mind: the village of Weston, a quintessentially Vermont hamlet, in the shadows of the Green Mountains. Here's what to expect.

Two local biotechs go public, raising $540 million total
Boston-based Bicara Therapeutics and Waltham-based Zenas BioPharma are the third and fourth Massachusetts-based biotech companies to hold IPOs this year.

Ryan Johnston named Bruins’ radio play-by-play announcer, replacing Judd Sirott
Johnston, the play-by-play fill-in on the station since 2010 and a 98.5 voice since 2009, gets his shot to call games full time.

Justin Timberlake pleads guilty to impaired driving in New York
During the proceedings, Timberlake remained standing throughout and gave a statement in which he expressed remorse for his actions.

CVS pharmacists now prescribing birth control in Mass.
The new offerings aim to make receiving hormonal birth control methods faster, simpler, and more accessible.

‘There’s nothing perfect in this world of growing apples.’ Extreme weather could complicate future harvests.
It’s difficult for farmers to protect against the extreme weather events most damaging to apples. But with careful research, a few key changes are possible.

Recount drama comes to a close in Cambridge: Decker ends with narrow win over challenger MacKay
The Democratic primary recount came after graduate student Evan MacKay declared victory over incumbent state Representative Marjorie Decker.

BU’s Black first-year student enrollment falls to 3 percent, Northeastern to 5 percent
The university's president called the drop “concerning and disappointing.”

Defense looks to challenge genealogy approach in case of Matthew Nilo, accused of sexually assaulting eight women in Boston
Whether courts agree or disagree, the case could create precedent around the use of forensic genetic genealogy in Massachusetts.

‘I’m still here’: Before Alzheimer’s, he prided himself on his intellect. Can a new treatment curb his decline?
Tony Downs is one of the first patients in the country to take Leqembi, a newly approved drug. He and his wife are hoping it will help slow his downhill path.