Boston Globe Today | October 5, 2023

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One line, $2 billion, three miles an hour

WATCH: Some trains on the new Green Line extension travel at a walking pace. Transportation reporter Taylor Dolven provides context to these MBTA woes. Watch →

Open wide: How AI could revolutionize dentistry

WATCH: New artificial intelligence software can diagnose and treat oral health issues. STAT correspondent Casey Ross explains the pros and cons. Watch →

Nation

Trump endorses Jim Jordan to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House speaker

Former president Donald Trump is officially backing Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, the pugnacious House Judiciary Committee chairman and longtime Trump defender, to succeed Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s penthouse value estimate boosted by millions due to his fame, execs testify in fraud trial

Another $100 million hike in the estimate was based on a single email from a real estate broker, who hadn’t commissioned an appraisal, didn’t inspect the triplex, and was told it was three times its actual size. Continue reading →

Nation

Opposition to Ukraine aid becomes a litmus test for the right

Hard-line Republican critics have long espoused isolationist views about Ukraine’s war effort, arguing that sending tens of billions of dollars to Kyiv risks dragging the United States into a head-on conflict with Russia and siphons money away from domestic challenges. Continue reading →

World

Russian strike on village kills 51, Ukrainian officials say, as Zelensky seeks more Western support

A Russian rocket blast turned a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine into rubble Thursday, killing at least 51 civilians in one of the deadliest attacks in the war in months, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top officials in Kyiv. Continue reading →

World

US and Mexico leaders meet as migration and fentanyl pose major challenge

The US officials — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, and Attorney General Merrick Garland — are particularly focused on bolstering efforts with Mexico to curtail the stream of deadly fentanyl wreaking havoc in communities throughout the United States. Continue reading →

World

Norwegian author receives the Nobel Prize in literature

Norwegian novelist, poet, and playwright Jon Fosse — who has found a growing audience in the English-speaking world for novels that grapple with themes of aging, mortality, love, and art — was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable.” Continue reading →

OPINION

Banned Books Week: ‘Flamer’ by Mike Curato

In honor of Banned Books Week, Globe Opinion is publishing excerpts from some of the hundreds of titles banned in US classrooms and libraries this year. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

As GOP support for Ukraine frays, Democrats should remain firm

The ouster of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker shows that there is growing opposition among Republicans to backing Ukraine’s defense against Russia. Continue reading →

OPINION

Will Donald Trump go the way of Paul LePage?

Given the stakes, it’s understandable that a lot of us are worried Donald Trump might somehow be elected president again. But I’m not worried. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Judicial inquest clears Cambridge police officer in fatal shooting of 20-year-old college student

The shooting of a 20-year-old Sayed Arif Faisal by a Cambridge police officer in January was “justified and does not constitute a criminal act,” Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced Thursday. Continue reading →

Politics

House unveils revised gun control bill, plans to move forward without Senate consensus

The original bill was filed in June, sparking loud pushback from gun groups and a protest from Senate Democrats, who fought with the House over which committee should hold a public hearing on the bill. Continue reading →

Politics

Amid lawsuit, state treasurer sets November hearing for suspended cannabis regulator

Shannon O'Brien, who was suspended from her role as the state's top cannabis regulator, said Thursday she is dropping her request for preliminary injunction after the state treasurer's office agreed to grant her a hearing on Nov. 7. Continue reading →

tara sullivan

Tim Wakefield was all about service over self, as Dan Duquette can attest

"He lived a life of service," said the former Red Sox GM. "One of those rare guys, uniquely talented but he thought of the team first and himself second." Continue reading →

sports business

When it comes to the economics of Major League Baseball, the playbook remains a work in progress

While the Mets, Padres, and Yankees spent big this year and missed the playoffs, thriftier teams are still playing on. Continue reading →

Patriots

The Patriots are looking to J.C. Jackson and others to help out shorthanded defense

The Patriots need Jackson to not only be available but be able to play at the level he did in 2020 and 2021, when he registered 17 interceptions and 37 passes defensed. Continue reading →

AI/Robotics

Humanoid robots may finally be coming to the business world — starting in warehouses

Until now, the cost and technical challenges of building humanlike robots have precluded their use in business. But a new wave of robot makers say they’ve created humanoid machines that are ready to get to work. Continue reading →

Housing

St. Regis developer looks to jump-start lackluster condo sales

After a slow start, the developer has lined up new financing and brought in a high-powered marketing firm. Continue reading →

Cryptocurrency

What to know about Caroline Ellison, Newton native and key witness in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial

As the head of Alameda and Bankman-Fried’s on-again-off-again girlfriend, Ellison had a singular insight into the onetime crypto titan’s personal and professional life. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Georgia Dullea, 90, dies; reporter chronicled a changing society

Georgia Dullea, a style reporter for The New York Times who chronicled, with sly bemusement and a miniaturist’s eye for detail, three decades of a culture in transition, died Sunday in the Bronx. She was 90. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ed Young dies at 91; infused his illustrations with Chinese tradition

Ed Young, whose illustrations in some 100 children’s books, many of which he also wrote, mesmerized young and not-so-young readers with intricate depictions of fairy tales, poetry and his own life story as a Chinese immigrant, died on Sept. 29 at his home in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He was 91. Continue reading →

nfl

Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears middle linebacker, has died

The ferocious defender is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and his No. 51 jersey is retired by the Bears. Continue reading →

Books

It’s Banned Books Week. Now what?

The president of the BPL offers some tips for extending the fight against censorship beyond October 7. Continue reading →

Music

Former Globe rock writers Steve Morse and Jim Sullivan inducted into N.E. Music Hall of Fame

This year’s honorees also included Robin Lane, the Atlantics, Human Sexual Response, and two late members of Boston, Brad Delp and Sib Hashian. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★

‘The Exorcist: Believer’: No sympathy for the devil

The demon Pazuzu gets a two-for-one deal in this "requel," featuring Leslie Odom Jr. and Ellen Burstyn. Continue reading →