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Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Climate

A battle rages in Maine over an election that some say could change the course of climate action

“This is a definitive fight of 2023 as far as climate,” said Candice Fortin, US campaigns manager for the climate activism group 350.org. Continue reading →

Health

‘It’s a godsend’: Mobile clinic provides life-saving relief to Worcester residents struggling with addiction

Hundreds of addicts have received treatment from the clinic on wheels, though regulatory obstacles remain. Continue reading →

Arts

Allegations of discrimination and harassment roil Worcester Art Museum

A pair of complaints paint a picture of a “hostile” workplace under director Matthias Waschek. Continue reading →

COVID-19 Vaccines

Lexington native Drew Weissman, co-recipient of Nobel Prize for COVID vaccine research, says he first thought it was a ‘prank’

Dr. Weissman told reporters Monday that he received a “cryptic” text message from his colleague alluding to something big. Continue reading →

Politics

Gaetz moves to oust McCarthy, threatening his grip on the speakership

Representative Matt Gaetz moved Monday to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post in an act of vengeance that posed the clearest threat yet to McCarthy’s tenure and could plunge the House into chaos. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | October 2, 2023

Watch the full episode of Boston Globe Today from October 2, 2023. Watch →

Dan Shaughnessy remembers Tim Wakefield

WATCH: Sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy joins Boston Globe Today to celebrate the life of Tim Wakefield. Watch →

Return-to-office debate continues

WATCH: Should you be worried that your company will want you back in the office full-time? Business reporter Dana Gerber speaks to Boston’s biggest companies. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Trump’s fraud trial starts with attacks on attorney general and judge

The trials of Donald Trump began Monday in a New York courtroom, where the former president made an appearance to fight the first of several government actions against him — a civil case that imperils his company and threatens his image as a master of the business world. Continue reading →

Nation

The Supreme Court opens its new term with a case about prison terms for drug dealers

The Supreme Court opened its new term Monday with a case about prison terms for drug dealers and rejections of hundreds of appeals, including one from an attorney who pushed a plan to keep former president Donald Trump in power. Continue reading →

Nation

‘Two trains charging at each other’: A Texas bishop takes on the pope

This year alone, Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, has accused the pope of undermining the Catholic faith, has suggested that other Vatican officials have veered so far from church teaching that they are no longer Catholic, and has warned that a landmark global gathering that opens this week at the Vatican could threaten “basic truths” of Catholic doctrine. Continue reading →

The World

World

Putin’s next target: US, European support for Ukraine, officials say

Russia’s strategy to win the war in Ukraine is to outlast the West. Continue reading →

World

Europe Union’s top diplomat dismisses concern about bloc’s long-term support for Ukraine

The European Union’s foreign policy chief on Monday led a delegation of top diplomats on an unannounced visit to Kyiv and dismissed concerns about political tension in the bloc over its long-term support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Continue reading →

World

UN approves Kenya mission to Haiti

The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a yearlong multinational security mission for Haiti, led by Kenya, aimed at cracking down on rampant gang violence that has unraveled life for many on the Caribbean nation. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

A heartbreaking visit to the hometown of a missing Boston woman

I visited Reina Carolina Morales Rojas’s hometown to interview her family and friends. I wanted to put a more human face to a missing-person case. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Abuse at residential schools for autistic children calls out for accountability, transparency

Globe Spotlight investigation uncovered assaults, neglect. Continue reading →

LETTERS

MBTA Green Line extension: The tracks of our tears

Let’s make sure we recognize what the current team are doing and do not penalize them for the problems they are uncovering. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

AG Campbell launches reproductive justice unit, appoints Sapna Khatri as director

Campbell said she intends for the unit to become a national leader, collaborating with attorneys general in other states to respond to national attacks on reproductive rights, reduce racial disparities in maternal care, and combat abortion misinformation that prevents access to care. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

One big parking lot

“As I See It,” a new weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. Grossfeld relates a story we can all relate to - Boston traffic. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

On Wrongful Conviction Day, man seeks new trial in Springfield for crime he says he didn’t commit

Attorneys for a man convicted over 38 years ago of a Springfield murder filed a motion for a new trial Monday, citing recently discovered DNA evidence and police reports that were kept from the defendant for decades. Continue reading →

Sports

Ben Volin | On Football

Blowout win over Patriots was ‘surreal’ for Jerry Jones, but sad for anyone who appreciates Bill Belichick’s place in history

It was the worst loss of Belichick's 28-year head coaching career. Continue reading →

red sox

Red Sox reset: A look at the contract status of every player on the 40-man roster

Here is how the roster looks heading into the offseason after another disappointing last-place finish. Continue reading →

Celtics Media Day

Tailgating with Derrick White, Kristaps Porzingis’s health, and other takeaways from Celtics media day

The Celtics officially ushered in the new season, and new addition Jrue Holiday was a popular topic. Continue reading →

Business

Nonprofit

Reproductive rights are under attack. Dominique Lee is up for the challenge.

Lee recently returned to Boston as the new president and chief executive of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, overseeing four clinics that serve more than 40,000 patients annually. Continue reading →

Biotech

The promise of biotech jobs is coming to Boston’s neighborhoods

Bioversity, a new training center under construction in Dorchester, last week hosted residents and job seekers at its future site. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Boston Foundation’s Brunson leads charge on tackling racial homeownership gap

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

Obituaries

Obituaries

Russell Sherman, luminous pianist and longtime New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 93

Mr. Sherman was a pianist of arresting insight, majestic technique, and transfiguring grace. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Echo Brown, young adult author and performer, dies at 39

Echo Brown, a late blooming storyteller who mined her life to create a one-woman show about Black female identity and two autobiographical young adult novels in which she used magical realism to help convey her reality, died Sept. 16 in Cleveland. She was 39. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

She gave my husband a hug goodbye

Should I be concerned? Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Lakers legend Magic Johnson pans ‘Winning Time’

The retired Lakers superstar is a key figure in “Winning Time,’’ played by Quincy Isaiah. “I never watched it because nobody in this world can tell the Lakers story [like it needed to be told],” Johnson has said of the HBO miniseries. Continue reading →

Music

Mariah Carey announces Christmas tour with a date at TD Garden

The singer announced her Merry Christmas One and All Tour on Monday with 13 stops across the US, including TD Garden in Boston. Continue reading →