Boston Globe Today | September 26, 2023

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UAW striking for fair pay

WATCH: Reporter Diti Kohli spoke with United Auto Workers picketers in Mansfield, MA and shares their stories and demands. Watch →

Planned Parenthood layoffs create uncertainty in pro-choice movement

WATCH: Political reporter Lissandra Villa De Petrzelka explains how organizational changes at Planned Parenthood could impact access to health care. Watch →

Politics

Senate reaches spending deal to head off government shutdown

The legislation would keep government funding flowing through Nov. 17 to allow more time for negotiations over yearlong spending bills and provide about $6 billion for the Ukraine war effort as well as approximately $6 billion for disaster relief in the wake of a series of wildfires and floods. Continue reading →

Politics

Calls are mounting for Menendez to resign as Democrats grapple with ‘shocking’ bribery allegations

More than 20 Democratic senators, including Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey of Massachusetts, so far are saying Menendez must resign. He has firmly rejected that idea. Continue reading →

Nation

Supreme Court declines to revisit Alabama voting map dispute

Alabama’s request to keep its map was the second time in under a year that it had asked the Supreme Court to affirm a limited role of race in establishing voting districts for federal elections in what amounted to a defiant repudiation of lower-court rulings. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine acknowledges doubt after Russia shows video of naval commander ‘allegedly alive’

Ukraine’s military said Tuesday that it was “clarifying” whether the commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had died in a recent missile strike on Moscow’s naval headquarters in Crimea, acknowledging uncertainty after Russia released a video appearing to show him at a meeting of top defense officials. Continue reading →

World

Death toll rises after explosion at Nagorno-Karabakh fuel depot

At least 68 people were killed and 105 remained missing after an explosion at a fuel depot in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, the region’s government said Tuesday. The blast occurred as ethnic Armenians rushing to leave the region were lining up to refuel their cars after a military offensive by Azerbaijan last week. Continue reading →

World

Canadian parliamentary leader quits after honoring Ukrainian who fought for Nazis

The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons resigned Tuesday after again apologizing for introducing a 98-year-old Ukrainian who had served with a Nazi SS unit as a “hero” just after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine addressed a joint session of Parliament. Continue reading →

OPINION

Normalizing Trump’s unhinged rage is an invitation to violence

When the former president — and current front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination — makes inciting comments, he must be called out and challenged without reservation. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Menendez should resign, for the good of the Senate and his party

Even fellow Democrats from New Jersey are calling for him to step down as he faces his second corruption investigation in the past five years. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Before tragedy strikes, we have to crack down on laser pointers

It’s only a matter of time before an unspeakable tragedy strikes a passenger jet or medical helicopter, thanks to people who think it’s a hoot to blind pilots with these toys. Continue reading →

Health

Supply shortages, insurance hiccups complicate vaccine rollout

“I’m just trying to do the responsible thing,” a Somerville resident said. “I’m sure I can get [a COVID booster] eventually, but it’s a little frustrating.” Continue reading →

Politics

‘A true scandal’: Legislature considers bill to protect benefits owed to kids in foster care

“Instead of enjoying the freedom of being 18, I resented it,” Marissa Pike told legislators Tuesday. “Not only do I owe this to the children entering the foster care system today, but the young adult I once was that didn’t see a way out of the darkness.” Continue reading →

Health

Adoptive parents of Harmony Montgomery’s little brother plead with state for new scrutiny of child welfare system

Legislators are considering creation of a commission to review failures in the state's child welfare system. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

The Patriots are still in position to shake off their slow start and feast on a softening schedule

They still haven’t declared their ceiling or their capability. They’re an exposed work-in-progress. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Terry Francona’s farewell brings out the stories around the greatest manager in two franchises’ histories

At 64, the physical grind of the season has become too much after 23 years on the bench. He's unsure what will come next, but an election to Cooperstown would seem to be in the offing. Continue reading →

RAYS 9, RED SOX 7

Zach Eflin, the arm that got away from the Red Sox, starts a Rays victory at Fenway that did the same

Tampa Bay took leads of 3-0 after one inning and 7-0 after three before the Red Sox offense awoke, but the hosts stranded the potential tying and go-ahead runs multiple times in falling to 39-41 at home, and 76-81 overall. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

What you need to know about flood insurance as catastrophes like Leominster become more common

Is your home adequately insured for the kind of severe weather experienced in New England this summer? Continue reading →

innovation economy

Three Mass. startups are finalists in national inventor competition

Diverging from the tech and biotech sectors, the companies are focused on making it easier to turn existing dams into power sources, making artificial leather, and detecting brain swelling. Continue reading →

Business

JPMorgan settles Epstein suits with US Virgin Islands and ex-banker

Jeffrey Epstein had been a client of JPMorgan both before and after he pleaded guilty in 2008 to a charge of soliciting prostitution from a teenage girl and had to register as a sex offender in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Barbara Mullen, who rose to the heights of the modeling world, dies at 96

Barbara Mullen vaulted from a job at a New York beauty parlor to the pinnacle of the genteel modeling world of the 1950s. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Brooks Robinson, Orioles third baseman with 16 Gold Gloves, has died

The Baltimore star participated in 18 All-Star Games and earned the 1964 AL Most Valuable Player award, but he will be forever remembered for the skill he displayed at the hot corner, where he established himself as one of the finest fielding third baseman in baseball history. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Erwin Olaf, photographer with an eye for the theatrical, dies at 64

A contemporary Dutch photographer, Erwin Olaf was known for the precision of his staged photographs of both countercultural figures and Dutch royalty. Continue reading →

Books

A date with rare books and historical records at the Boston Public Library

On the fourth floor of the library’s Boylston Street building lives the Special Collections Department, which is home to original documents from throughout the nation’s history. Continue reading →

Books

Celeste Ng, other local literary lights headline Spell-O-Rama to fight book banning efforts in Florida

The adult spelling bee raises funds for the Florida Freedom to Read Project, and you don’t have to be a writer or a speller to join. Continue reading →

OPERA REVIEW

White Snake Projects delivers a striking take on a 16th-century Chinese mythological tale

“Monkey: A Kung Fu Puppet Parable” proves that toilet humor has never been out of style. Continue reading →