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Thursday, September 7, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Climate

Too hot to handle: As schools reopen in a heat wave, a warning of the climate future

Older school buildings across New England are ill-equipped for extreme heat, which is becoming increasingly common. Continue reading →

Transportation

Does the MBTA’s new head of stations know what he’s gotten himself into?

Dennis Varley's task is nothing less than fixing up hundreds of subway, bus, and commuter rail stops where conditions range from not great to something-just-fell-on-me-as-I-was-waiting for-my-train bad. Continue reading →

Politics

As a possible government shutdown nears, additional disaster and food aid could be caught in the crossfire

Despite the debt limit deal, some in the House are threatening to hold up key government funding that expires this month. Continue reading →

Health

Number of out-of-state travelers seeking abortions at Mass. Planned Parenthood grew 37% after Dobbs

New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital shows patients came from as far away as Texas. Continue reading →

RI POLITICS

Meet Gabe Amo, the front-runner to be Rhode Island’s next member of Congress

On Tuesday, the 35-year-old officially transitioned from talented behind-the-scenes staffer to history-making politician when he won the Democratic nomination in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | September 6, 2023

Watch today’s full episode of Boston Globe Today from September 6, 2023. Watch →

Who should carry Narcan, now available over-the-counter

WATCH: Health reporter Zeina Mohammed unpacks what we need to know about Narcan now that it’s being sold over-the-counter, including who should carry it. Watch →

Thousands with disabilities left without day habilitation programs

WATCH: Reporter Jason Laughlin stops by to explain the impact of staffing shortages in Massachusetts' day habilitation programs. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Biden to block oil drilling in ‘irreplaceable’ Alaskan wildlands

President Biden moved Wednesday to protect more than 10 million acres of Alaska’s North Slope from development, barring oil drilling across giant swaths and canceling leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Continue reading →

Nation

Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election

The decision by EPA Administrator Michael Regan means that one of the agency’s most important air quality regulations will not be updated until well after the 2024 presidential election. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Judge rules Carroll has already proved Trump defamed her

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that writer E. Jean Carroll, who won a recent defamation lawsuit against former president Donald Trump, doesn’t have to prove again that he defamed her in another lawsuit she has filed against him when it goes to trial in January. Continue reading →

The World

World

As Blinken visits Ukraine to show support, Russia makes a deadly attack

Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Ukraine’s capital Wednesday and met with President Volodymyr Zelensky, delivering a US vote of confidence — and the promise of more aid — even as Russia made one of the deadliest attacks of the war on civilians. Continue reading →

World

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Continue reading →

World

Mass hunger strike in Bahrain prison sets off rare protests

Rare street protests have broken out in Bahrain as a mass hunger strike enters its fifth week, activists say, in a faint echo of the uprising that swept the Gulf kingdom starting in 2011, during the Arab Spring. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

In the age of Trump, media must ditch the political horse race

Covering Trump like a horse-race candidate only further weakens our already faltering democracy. It doesn’t just legitimize Trump, it elevates others who emulate his brand of populism. Continue reading →

OPINION

With Catholic Church foot-dragging comes the chance to evade justice

A continuing lack of transparency about who is being disciplined and for what reason continues to dog the pope and the church he leads. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The new statewide police oversight commission can’t be a substitute for local accountability

Officials in Springfield want the new statewide police oversight commission to decertify Gregg Bigda. It should. But cities should still be the first line of defense against police misconduct. Continue reading →

Metro

RI POLITICS

Meet Gabe Amo, the front-runner to be Rhode Island’s next member of Congress

On Tuesday, the 35-year-old officially transitioned from talented behind-the-scenes staffer to history-making politician when he won the Democratic nomination in Rhode Island’s First Congressional District. Continue reading →

Weather

USDA declares disaster in Vermont as locals continue to rebuild after storm damage

Federal officials approved a second disaster declaration for the state of Vermont in response to heavy rains that slammed the region almost two months ago — swelling rivers, flooding homes and businesses, and causing widespread damage that locals are still working to repair. Continue reading →

Health

Many kids are returning to schools without air conditioning. Should parents be concerned?

Exposure to high temperatures can have lasting impacts on children’s health and learning. Continue reading →

Sports

RAYS 3, RED SOX 1

Manager Alex Cora remains confident in this Red Sox team, even after another loss, and series loss, to the Rays

"There’s no moral victories. But we feel good," Cora said. Tampa Bay ace Tyler Glasnow kept the Red Sox at bay for six innings, striking out 14 and allowing just the one run on three hits, while fill-in Sox starter Nick Pivetta took the loss. Continue reading →

christopher l. gasper

Jack Jones got another break, but will it benefit him in the long run?

If the message is that he can keep crossing the line and get away with it, then what’s the incentive for change? Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

To give James Paxton a breather, Red Sox push back next start to Tuesday against the Yankees

Paxton’s performance and stuff has faded in the second half of the season. He has posted a 6.98 ERA over his past nine starts compared to a 2.73 over his first 10. Continue reading →

Business

Deals

Local climate tech companies score big funding rounds

Battery recycling firm Ascend Elements and "clean" steel company Boston Metal have raised two of the bigger venture capital rounds of the year. Continue reading →

Biotech

Nimbus Therapeutics raises $210 million in one of the larger fund-raising rounds this year

The Boston-based biotech will work on new "small molecule" drugs to combat cancer and other ailments. Continue reading →

Housing

‘It’s good for the city’: Plan officially filed to convert shuttered Charlestown hotel to affordable housing

The Archdiocese of Boston and its partner St. Francis House on Wednesday formally notified the BPDA about their plan to convert the shuttered Constitution Inn into much-needed low-income housing, including some for formerly homeless people. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gloria Coates, composer who defied conventions, dies at 89

Gloria Coates, an adventurous composer who wrote symphonies — she was one of the few women to do so — as well as other works, pieces that were seldom performed in her home country, the United States, but found audiences in Europe, where she lived much of her professional life, died Aug. 19 in Munich. She was 89. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Gayle Hunnicutt, Texan actress who thrived in Britain, dies at 80

She built a three-decade career on the British stage and screen, playing glamorous femme fatales and costume-drama heroines. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

At MGM Music Hall, a Beck and Phoenix pairing is where it’s at

Their co-headlining date in Boston, which also featured openers Weyes Blood and Sir Chloe, culminated with everyone onstage. Continue reading →

TELEVISION

One New Englander remains on ‘American Ninja Warrior,’ a high schooler from Lakeville

Teen who trains in Fall River goes for $1 million on “American Ninja Warrior” finale Monday. Continue reading →

Books

Robert Pinsky’s new album keeps the poetry and the jazz mingling

The three-time US poet laureate celebrates “PoemJazz III” with a sold-out show on Saturday. Continue reading →