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At first significant protest of new term, Harvard students, faculty call on university to stand against Trump’s demands

Close to 100 people gathered on Saturday, some with small American flags in their hair. An organizer chanted, “Donald Trump you cannot meddle,” and the crowd responded: “Harvard, we will never settle.”
Settlement talks stall between Harvard and Trump administration

ICE begins new surge in Boston, as its deportation machinery hardens into place in New England

Amid a new surge in arrests enforcement, ICE has expanded its presence and reach around the region through cooperative local law enforcement agencies.

Trump threatens Chicago with apocalyptic force and Pritzker calls him a ‘wannabe dictator’

President Trump posted a parody image from “Apocalypse Now" that targeted Chicago and read, "I love the smell of deportations in the morning."

Freeze! Police ice cream trucks seek to portray officers in a positive light.
Boston police are widely credited with having the first official police ice cream truck in the US.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Playoffs might be a reach for Patriots, but here are six ways to measure success in 2025

The “pardon our appearance” sign is still very much up in Foxborough, but that doesn't mean this season can't show measurable advancement in numerous ways.
Patriots cornerback Charles Woods ruled out among roster moves ahead of season opener

Belichick on Patriots: ‘I’m not welcomed in their facility, so they aren’t welcomed in ours’

Bill Belichick has started a new chapter as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Bill Belichick earns first win as college coach as North Carolina defeats Charlotte
Michigan State 42, BC 40 (2 OT)

Missed 2-point attempt proves costly as Boston College football loses at Michigan State in double overtime

Dylan Lonergan threw for 390 yards and four touchdowns but he missed a 2-point pass attempt in double overtime.

Beyond the mayor race, Boston’s at-large election could shift the city’s political landscape

All four at-large incumbent councilors are running for reelection, but they face a field of promising challengers, including former District 3 councilor Frank Baker.
It’s not just Kraft vs. Wu. Meet the candidates vying for Boston mayor.

Reports of tornadoes sighted in Mass. as severe storms rolled through New England
Sunday sees the return of crisp, dry air after possible light morning showers.

Tornado touched down in town of Holden, according to radar

DIAMONDBACKS 5, RED SOX 1
Red Sox drop third straight game as offense sputters and Diamondbacks benefit from sloppiness. ‘We didn’t play well.’
Since losing Roman Anthony to injury, the Red Sox have scored in just four of 27 innings, the offense sorely missing the leadoff hitter and table setter.

Pope Leo XIV declares 15-year-old computer whiz, known as God’s influencer, a saint

Leo canonized Carlo Acutis, who died in 2006, during an open-air Mass in St. Peter’s Square that was attended by tens of thousands of people, many of them millennials and couples with young children.

After fatal fire, experts advise state on how to improve safety at assisted living facilities

The commission wants to tighten oversight of assisted living residences, which unlike nursing houses, are less regulated and go through fewer inspections.

DEA arrests 171 suspected members of Sinaloa Cartel in New England

Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split estimated $1.8 billion jackpot

Russia assaults Ukraine with over 800 drones and decoys, the largest such attack in the war

The MTV Video Music Awards are back. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé go head-to-head. Who will win?

The MTV Video Music Awards return Sunday night and the stakes have never been higher.
2025 MTV VMAs: Everything you need to know about Sunday’s show

Four high school takeaways from Saturday as the first weekend of high school football wrapped up

After a nearly full Friday slate, Saturday’s high school football schedule was comparitively light, with just 10 games.
H.S. Football Roundup: Natick’s defense stands strong, shuts out Newton North
Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Dwight Howard and Carmelo Anthony overcome flawed legacies to reach Basketball Hall of Fame

Perhaps Howard did not develop into a top five all-time center as was projected but he was the best defensive player of his generation and that has to be acknowledged.
Opinion
Renée Graham

Courageous women, craven president

Epstein survivors aren’t intimidated by Trump calling government files on the convicted sex offender a “hoax.”
EDITORIAL

Just because the Republicans passed it doesn’t make a new federal scholarship program a bad idea

IDEAS | Miles Howard

The case for rent control

JEFF JACOBY

Here comes the bridal panhandler

IDEAS | Rob Kaiser

Haunted by Herman Melville

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Hall of Fame Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78
Mr. Dryden helped lead the Canadiens to six Stanley Cup titles, while earning the Vezina Trophy as the best goalie five times.

In this MIT program, young Israelis and Palestinians are ready to go into business with each other
Two organizations with Greater Boston roots turn to tech and entrepreneurship to bridge the fraught divide in the Middle East.

Ex-city councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson sentenced to one month in prison on federal corruption charges
“There is no excuse,” Fernandes Anderson told the judge. “I feel disgusting, like I can’t forgive myself.”

Man injured while trying to land his plane on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine

A New York man was injured after he crashed his amphibious aircraft while trying to land on Moosehead Lake in Greenville, Maine, on Saturday.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns

Ishiba, who took office in October, had resisted demands from mostly right-wing opponents within his own party for more than a month.

Report on deadly Portugal streetcar derailment describes failure of cable connecting cabins

Wednesday’s crash left 16 dead and injured 21 others. Officials called it one of Lisbon’s worst tragedies in recent memory.

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ANALYSIS | JAMES PINDELL

The Trump administration said they would bring hell to Boston. Instead, they delivered an eye-roll.

The Department of Justice lawsuit, despite its claims, appeared less about overturning local policy than about grabbing headlines.

Boston? Too expensive. Quincy as well. But for many homebuyers, South Coast is just right.
A cohort of aspiring Massachusetts homeowners have cast their eyes on the South Coast to finally get a place of their own.

Q&A
Will Medicare pay for my COVID shot? Can people cross state lines and get the vaccine? We brought you answers.
Vaccine access in Massachusetts has shifted recently with new state and federal guidance.

After fatal fire, experts advise state on how to improve safety at assisted living facilities
The commission wants to tighten oversight of assisted living residences, which unlike nursing houses, are less regulated and go through fewer inspections.

Culture & Lifestyle

In HBO’s ‘Task,’ a gripping return to crime and loneliness in Delaware County

2025 MTV VMAs: Everything you need to know about Sunday’s show

Black History in Action works to bring Cambridge church back to life amid gentrification

Have camera, will travel (also win Nobel Prize)

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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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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How to respond to Kennedy’s purge at the CDC

EDITORIAL

Fernandes Anderson’s sentence has to fit the crime of her betrayal of the public trust

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Coming this October to the SCOTUS: The Trump term

Karen Stabiner

My junk mail is obsessed with my decline and death

Carine Hajjar

Thousands of kids in Massachusetts need foster care. So why is the state turning away Christian families?

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Freeze! Police ice cream trucks seek to portray officers in a positive light.

Boston police are widely credited with having the first official police ice cream truck in the US.

Tornado touched down in town of Holden, according to radar

A radar-confirmed tornado touched down in Holden Saturday afternoon.

At first significant protest of new term, Harvard students, faculty call on university to stand against Trump’s demands

Close to 100 people gathered on Saturday, some with small American flags in their hair. An organizer chanted, “Donald Trump you cannot meddle,” and the crowd responded: “Harvard, we will never settle.”

Reports of tornadoes sighted in Mass. as severe storms rolled through New England

Sunday sees the return of crisp, dry air after possible light morning showers.

Sports

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF

Eastern Mass. golf: Athletes of the Week for Sept. 1-5

Standout rounds from St. John Paul II, Newburyport, St. John's Prep, Duxbury, and Rockport highlight the latest installment of golfers of the week.
HIGH SCHOOL GOLF NOTEBOOK

No captains? No problem for a youthful Wellesley golf team that plans on being postseason contender

At 5-0, the Raiders are alone atop the Bay State Conference and have the look of a team capable of improving on last year's Division 1 South runner-up status.

Belichick on Patriots: ‘I’m not welcomed in their facility, so they aren’t welcomed in ours’

Bill Belichick has started a new chapter as head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels.
DIAMONDBACKS 5, RED SOX 1

Red Sox drop third straight game as offense sputters and Diamondbacks benefit from sloppiness. ‘We didn’t play well.’

Michigan State 42, BC 40 (2 OT)

Missed 2-point attempt proves costly as Boston College football loses at Michigan State in double overtime

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Diamondbacks star Corbin Carroll takes great interest in rookie Roman Anthony’s Red Sox contract

Business

At first significant protest of new term, Harvard students, faculty call on university to stand against Trump’s demands

Close to 100 people gathered on Saturday, some with small American flags in their hair. An organizer chanted, “Donald Trump you cannot meddle,” and the crowd responded: “Harvard, we will never settle.”

How romance and a road trip led to the purchase of the world’s oldest drive-in theater

In a romance and adventure worthy of the big screen, a Pennsylvania couple is preserving the past and forging a future as the owners of the world’s oldest drive-in movie theater.

In this MIT program, young Israelis and Palestinians are ready to go into business with each other

Trump’s job market promises fall flat as hiring collapses and inflation ticks up

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Your Home

This ‘treehouse’ on Squam Lake blurs the lines between indoors and outdoors

PERSPECTIVE

Guns made me leave the evangelical church. When will the church leave guns?

DINNER WITH CUPID

Blind date: ‘We both love the MBTA (when it works)’

Fall Travel

Six days in Amsterdam: clogs, cheese, and the ‘bicycle mafia’

metro

Beyond the mayor race, Boston’s at-large election could shift the city’s political landscape

After fatal fire, experts advise state on how to improve safety at assisted living facilities

Death of Haverhill man while being restrained by police ruled a homicide by medical examiner

sports

Four high school takeaways from Saturday as the first weekend of high school football wrapped up

Bill Belichick earns first win as college coach as North Carolina defeats Charlotte

Late Revolution rally falls a goal short in costly loss at Chicago

business

After decades of telling stories of Black Boston, Karen Holmes Ward to retire from WCVB-TV

Boston residents demand action from city councilors on crime, drug use at Mass. and Cass

South Koreans are swept up in immigration raid at Hyundai plant in Georgia

politics

Legal aid group sues to preemptively block US from deporting a dozen Honduran children

Trump threatens Chicago with apocalyptic force and Pritzker calls him a ‘wannabe dictator’

How Donald Trump is weaponizing the government to settle personal scores and pursue his agenda

Nation

Freeze! Police ice cream trucks seek to portray officers in a positive light.

Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split estimated $1.8 billion jackpot

Resistance to Trump’s D.C. crackdown is taking many forms

World

Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns

Pope Leo XIV declares 15-year-old computer whiz, known as God’s influencer, a saint

Russia assaults Ukraine with over 800 drones and decoys, the largest such attack in the war

opinion

My junk mail is obsessed with my decline and death

Coming this October to the SCOTUS: The Trump term

A working mom’s survival guide to the back-to-school grind

lifestyle

Hundreds of ordinary mourners and VIPs pay last respects to Italian fashion icon Giorgio Armani

Kate Middleton’s blonde era has begun. What does it mean for us brunettes?

I still think about my ex once a day

food & dining

Stepping out in Stockholm, where the streets embody Swedish balance

At Nine Winters in Cambridge, savory sandwiches and sweets for all seasons

Here’s what to know about ‘junk fees’ at restaurants

travel

Trump administration drops Biden plan for flight delay compensation

In Newport, Hotel Viking lays off more than 100 employees, will close for renovations

Nantucket sewage reveals cocaine levels 50 percent above US average, according to data from health officials

Arts

Trump seeking ways to take over 9/11 memorial in NYC

A.R.T. and ProBlak team up to lead creative workshops for upcoming mural

Have camera, will travel (also win Nobel Prize)

Books

Author readings around Boston this week

Marianne Leone’s ‘Christina the Astonishing’ is a hilarious Boston-set coming-of-age novel

Local bestsellers for the week ended Aug. 31

Movies

Boston makes a splash with documentaries at Venice film festival

‘Love, Brooklyn’ looks at love among the gentrified

Lights, camera, Karen: Who should star in the Read movie?

Television

‘The Studio,’ ‘The Penguin,’ and Julie Andrews are among the winners at the Creative Arts Emmys

How the idealized politics of ‘The West Wing’ sent a blast of fresh air through TV

Bill Burr is tired of people talking about Bill Belichick’s UNC debut

music

The MTV Video Music Awards are back. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé go head-to-head. Who will win?

2025 MTV VMAs: Everything you need to know about Sunday’s show

Hispanic Heritage Month events highlight a diverse community with ‘one rhythm’

Theater/Dance

What does it mean to make a love story last?

‘Primary Trust’ explores the emotional risks of trusting others

Adept circus skills lead a story about the meaning of time in ‘Passengers’

Health

After fatal fire, experts advise state on how to improve safety at assisted living facilities

Markey demands RFK Jr.’s resignation following combative senate testimony

Biotech VC raises $400 million ‘opportunity’ fund in sign of possible industry rebound

Obituaries

Joseph McNeil, young spark in a civil rights battle, dies at 83

Hall of Fame Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78

Davey Johnson, who won World Series twice with Baltimore as player, managed Mets to 1986 title, dies