All of the headlines from today's paper.
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Today's Headlines
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celtics

The world knew him as Bill Russell. They knew him as dad.

From chasing storms to boxing lessons with Muhammad Ali, the Celtics legend's children share what it was like growing up Russell. Continue reading →

Politics

A threatened auto workers strike poses trouble for Biden’s reelection

A strike is looking increasingly probable, and a lengthy walkout in such a major manufacturing sector would be a hit to a vulnerable US economy. Continue reading →

Business

Drug firms test medicines to halt Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear

Signs of cognitive decline and memory loss may not show up for 10 to 20 years after the formation of deposits of amyloid and other toxic proteins in the brain, experts say. Continue reading →

RI BUSINESS

In a small Rhode Island town, a big issue about the First Amendment

Legal ads bring a lot of revenue to little local newspapers. What happens when local politicians pull them? Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘Remarkable discovery’ as intact 1881 shipwreck found in Wisconsin waters

A long-lost shipwreck has been discovered in Wisconsin waters, with details of the vessel revealed this week by shipwreck hunters. The schooner-type vessel sank in 1881 in Lake Michigan and has been hailed as a "remarkable discovery" by maritime historians. Continue reading →

Nation

In Florida, even a hurricane can’t sweep away presidential politics

In normal times, the politics of disaster dictate that a president and a governor from opposite parties come together to show the victims of a natural disaster — and potential voters across the country — that they care. These are not normal times. Continue reading →

Nation

Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side

The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is going to test the will of Republicans senators to punish not only one of their own, but a hard-right firebrand who has driven the state’s policymaking for years Continue reading →

The World

World

A brutal push forward, house by house and village by village

The mission for the Ukrainian unit was to take a single house, in a village that is only a speck on the map but was serving as a stronghold for Russian soldiers. Continue reading →

World

Russia says it thwarted attacks on Crimea bridge. Shelling and strikes leave at least 3 dead.

One naval drone was destroyed late Friday and two others early Saturday morning, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry. There was no immediate comment from Ukrainian officials. Continue reading →

World

Europe’s boars still hold radioactivity. What surprised scientists is why.

Although scientists have long known that flora and fauna in central Europe still carry traces of radiation stemming from the 1986 meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, a new study on wild boars roaming the forests of Bavaria in southern Germany has turned up unexpected findings about the radiation present in their tissue. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

To guide AI rules, take a page from nuclear weapon safety standards

System-specific safety standards can provide the desired control over the design and use of safe AI systems. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Reading the comics with a lump in the throat

Two of the Globe’s comic strips in recent weeks have been addressing lifetime phases that many of us of a certain age recall with bittersweet nostalgia. Continue reading →

LETTERS

US will be clashing with Russia and China for a long time

Our supposed "victory" over the Soviet Union wasn’t permanent; now we’re in a standoff with Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

This shelter in Salem is where hope lives

The immigrants and others at a shelter in Salem are getting the kind of welcome everyone in need deserves. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘This is a moment for workers’: Service employees march for better pay, working conditions

“We need to make sure that we are not leaving these workers behind,” said Roxana Rivera, a labor organizer with Local 32BJ of the Service Employees International Union. Continue reading →

Politics

As social media grows ‘more toxic,’ Boston Mayor Michelle Wu launches free Substack newsletter

The platform offers Mayor Michelle Wu another opportunity to directly reach her constituents without the time and space limitations — or additional questions and context — of traditional news media. Continue reading →

Sports

RED SOX 9, ROYALS 5

One night after ghastly blowout, Alex Verdugo, Red Sox crack back at Royals to end five-game skid

The Royals led the Sox, 7-0, after three innings on Friday night. The Red Sox led the Royals, 8-1, after four innings on Saturday. Baseball works that way sometimes. Continue reading →

On football

Bill O’Brien has credibility and a track record. The Patriots seem to be buying in.

O'Brien was brought in to clean up the mess left last year by Matt Patricia and Joe Judge, first-time offensive coaches. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

‘There was never a need for reconciliation’: Brady clan excited to return, reconnect with Patriots at opener

“It’s almost impossible to limit what the Patriots have meant to the Brady family for the last 25 years,” said Tom Brady Sr. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Drug firms test medicines to halt Alzheimer’s before symptoms appear

Signs of cognitive decline and memory loss may not show up for 10 to 20 years after the formation of deposits of amyloid and other toxic proteins in the brain, experts say. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

My heartening summer school class on the new science of aging

I went to the Cape to dive into the expanding field of "geroscience." Continue reading →

IDEAS

In 1909, E.M. Forster foresaw the real threat from AI

Long before Hollywood made killer robots seem all too plausible, the British author worried that technology would undermine humanity by making life too easy. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jimmy Buffett, singer whose ‘Margaritaville’ became anthem and empire, is dead at 76

Jimmy Buffett, the singer, songwriter, author, sailor and entrepreneur whose roguish brand of island escapism on hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise” made him something of a latter-day folk hero, especially among his devoted following of so-called Parrot Heads, died on Friday. He was 76. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

An AI opera from 1987 reboots for a new generation

At MIT, Tod Machover’s ‘VALIS’ receives its first staged production in over two decades. Continue reading →

Theater

Why is this 12-foot-tall puppet coming to Boston?

Little Amal will appear in neighborhoods across the city for a series of free events over three days before embarking on a cross-country journey culminating in San Diego. Continue reading →

Theater

Squint and you’ll see Quint: Ian Shaw channels his dad in the ‘Jaws’-inspired ‘The Shark Is Broken’

In the play he wrote based on a real-life episode during the filming of “Jaws,” Shaw portrays his father, actor Robert Shaw, who was unforgettable as the film’s grizzled shark hunter. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

A Newport celebrity gets a multimillion-dollar makeover

Rosecliff, a Gilded Age Rhode Island mansion, gets a well-deserved touch-up and reopens to the public on Sept. 1. Here's a look. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

The art that ‘escaped’ from Vermont is back home again. Here’s where to find it.

A zeal for treasure-hunting goes a long way toward explaining Lyman Orton’s hobby (OK, obsession) for the past 45 years: Tracking down the art of Vermont that has left the state and bringing it back home. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Home prices have soared, but so has the flood risk

Organization’s model finds 114,552 Massachusetts properties face 100-year flood risk but aren’t insured. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: Chelsea loft shows that industrial design is anything but dreary

he embodiment of the beauty of steel and polished concrete, this one-bedroom condo can be configured in a variety of ways. Continue reading →