Boston Globe Today | September 18, 2023

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The secret behind TJX’s success

WATCH: Reporter Thomas Lee shares the secrets of how the business boom at TJX will create better deals for consumers. Watch →

Can’t miss fall flicks

WATCH: Boston.com entertainment writer Kevin Slane has three films you don't want to miss, each with a connection to Massachusetts. Watch →

Nation

McCarthy’s plan to avoid a shutdown hits stiff GOP opposition

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s bid to gain the upper hand in a battle over federal spending hit stiff opposition from within his own ranks Monday, leaving him with dwindling options and little time to find his way out of a spending impasse that could lead to a government shutdown in less than two weeks. Continue reading →

Nation

Iran releases 5 Americans as US unfreezes billions in oil revenue for Tehran

Five Americans who had been imprisoned in Iran were allowed to leave the country Monday, President Biden said, after two years of high-stakes negotiations in which the United States agreed to unfreeze $6 billion in Iranian oil revenue and dismiss federal charges against five Iranians accused of violating US sanctions. Continue reading →

Nation

Hunter Biden sues IRS, saying disclosures by agents violated his privacy

Hunter Biden sued the Internal Revenue Service on Monday, saying investigators for the agency violated his privacy rights by disclosing details to Congress and the public about his taxes and the investigation into his conduct. Continue reading →

World

Zelensky cleans house in corruption-plagued defense ministry

Two weeks after replacing its defense minister, Ukraine dismissed all six of its deputy ministers Monday, deepening the housecleaning at a ministry that had drawn criticism for corruption in procurement as the military budget ballooned during the war. Continue reading →

World

UN to meet amid growing divisions, and demands from the global south

The United Nations General Assembly convenes Tuesday in the shadow of the second year of war in Ukraine, amid a series of climate-related catastrophes and at a time of increasing divisions in the world that will hamper efforts to address the litany of problems contributing to the strains. Continue reading →

World

After failed auction, herd of 2,000 rhinos to be set free

A herd of 2,000 rhinoceroses urgently in need of a new owner has finally found one: The rhinos and the farm where they live in South Africa have been purchased by a conservation group that plans to release the animals into the wild over the next decade. Continue reading →

OPINION

Keep Trump on the ballot and let voters decide

It feels wrong to rail against Trump as a destroyer of democracy and then find a way to stop people from voting for him. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Mayor Wu takes on key to new housing — Boston’s arcane zoning code

Hacking away at its 4,000 pages will require political courage and some speed. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Place to call home can fall out from under senior citizens

Rising local property taxes are taking food off the tables of many seniors. Unrealized gains are not putting it back. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Vintage Year

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week Grosseld visited a centenarians celebration. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Dorchester neighbors denounce shooting of 5 people, including 15-year-old girl: ‘This has to stop’

The shooting at a Dorchester housing development left a teenage girl critically injured. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston firefighters ratify contract that includes pay, detail increases

The contract, which includes a 10.6 percent pay increase for firefighters, will be submitted to the City Council for approval and requires a $27.4 million appropriation to cover the pay increases, according to Mayor Michelle Wu’s office. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

The good news is the Patriots had a chance. The bad news is Mac Jones can’t seem to complete a comeback.

For the second straight week, the Patriots were within striking distance but couldn't finish the job with Jones directing the offense. Continue reading →

RED SOX 4, RANGERS 2

Red Sox assume role of spoilers, score quality come-from-behind win over Rangers to end slide

Kutter Crawford overcame serving up a leadoff homer to work six innings in a good sign for his future and the team's. The Red Sox got to the Texas bullpen for three runs in the eighth inning to take the lead. Continue reading →

on football

NFL Week 2: Daniel Jones’s Superman routine saves the season in New York

Things were looking bleak until the Giants quarterback rallied his team with 31 second-half points to beat the Cardinals. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Money and ambition split up Dana-Farber and Brigham

Plus: The Massachusetts job market is tighter than my belt. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Their suitcase never arrived at their destination. A year later, JetBlue still hasn’t compensated them for it.

Ed and Kathy Colbert of Peabody keep getting confusing and contradictory information from the airline on how to submit a claim. Continue reading →

Bold Types

Why Toomey put HarbourVest’s name on the downtown skyline

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Bobby Schiffman, guiding force of the Apollo Theater, dies at 94

Bobby Schiffman guided the Apollo Theater in Harlem through the seismic cultural and musical changes of the 1960s and early ’70s, cementing its place as a world-renowned showcase for Black music and entertainment. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Charles Gayle, saxophonist of fire and brimstone, dies at 84

The uncompromising saxophonist spent years living and performing on the streets of New York before beginning a recording career when he was nearly 50. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jules Melancon, oyster farmer who tried something new, dies at 65

Mr. Melancon spent most of his life farming oysters the old-fashioned way, working a dredge across the bottom of the shallow waters of the lower Mississippi River Delta. Then he became one of the first in a new way of oystering: farming the bivalves. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

Is it too soon to have another child?

I’m barely divorced. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Everything we know about the new ‘Frasier’

The upcoming “Frasier” reboot premieres Oct. 12 on Paramount+, and the show’s Boston setting isn’t the only change that’s in store. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

At Lyric Stage, Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ meets the moment

It’s not that director Courtney O’Connor gestures overtly in the direction of Jan. 6. She doesn’t. She wisely lets “Assassins” speak for itself. Continue reading →