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Politics

‘Get it together’: Voters in early GOP primary states express frustration and consternation with Republican House speaker meltdown

In Iowa and New Hampshire, voters and presidential contenders alike urged a quick resolution so lawmakers could begin to address the country’s urgent business currently on hold. Continue reading →

Housing

In Cambridge, a battle over affordable housing revives longstanding political tensions

The Cambridge City Council is considering an expansion of its landmark affordable housing law, putting the city’s left-leaning ideals to the test. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. Commission for the Blind’s new boss faces long road to rebuild after years of mismanagement

Massachusetts' blind community says new boss John Oliveira is just a first step to repair the state's Commission for the Blind. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Boston’s referees of retail make sure a pound is a pound, a gallon is a gallon, and mile is a mile

Meet the city's Division of Weights and Measures, "the nerds of a certain world.” Continue reading →

World

As Israeli invasion looms, diplomats seek to meet Gaza’s dire human needs

Diplomats were locked in frantic talks on Sunday to ease the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as an Israeli ground invasion appeared imminent. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Federal firefighters face steep pay cuts

Federal wildland firefighters received a temporary boost to their paychecks last year, which was meant to help strained agencies offer more competitive wages to recruit and retain workers. Continue reading →

Nation

Jordan activates right-wing pressure campaign in push to win speakership

Even after Representative Jim Jordan, the hard-right Ohio Republican, won his party’s nomination for the post Friday, he remained far short of the 217 votes he needed to win the gavel, with scores of his colleagues refusing to back him. Continue reading →

Nation

How megafires are remaking the world

On Aug. 15, a small wildfire was detected in the hills above West Kelowna, in British Columbia. The landscape was parched and the wind was fierce, and over the next few days the modest blaze exploded into a raging conflagration. It raced down into the valley and toward Okanagan Lake. Wind blew red-hot embers across the water, sparking new fires around the city of Kelowna. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukraine worries that prolonged war in Gaza may dilute global support

Ukraine, still locked in fierce combat with Russia along hundreds of miles of front line, also finds itself grappling with what are seen in Kyiv as worrying shifts in the geopolitics of the war. Continue reading →

World

Polish opposition leader Tusk declares win after exit poll shows ruling conservatives lose majority

Polish opposition leader Donald Tusk declared the beginning of a new era for his country after opposition parties appeared to have won enough votes in Sunday’s election to oust the governing nationalist conservative party. Continue reading →

World

Ecuadorians choose a president between a banana empire heir and an attorney

Frightened by unprecedented violence on the streets and within prisons, Ecuadorians have a universal demand for the president they voted for Sunday — safety. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Campus clashes kick up fog of war

Rhetorical infighting has directed the conversation away from the Israel-Hamas war and toward America’s culture war. Continue reading →

LETTERS

With screens surrounding us, who really reads anymore?

Today’s reading problem will not be remedied by just ensuring that all third-graders can read. The visual content on various screens distracts people of all ages. Continue reading →

LETTERS

She’d like to have a walk-the-walk talk with public school critics

I would like to see every person who criticizes public education spend one full year in a public school classroom teaching. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

‘The doors are opening’: Mass. venues offer sensory-friendly experiences to give families sense of belonging

TD Garden opened four sensory rooms Tuesday for neurodivergent people to use when attending sports games and performances, and Massport celebrated the opening of Logan International Airport’s first sensory room on Friday. Continue reading →

MetroWest

ATF is well aware Littleton gun dealers use loophole to sell off-limits guns as parts, records show

The well-known loophole relies on the state’s definition of a “firearm,” which hasn’t been changed since it was enshrined into law in 1998. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

After back and forth, humpback whales to remain on state’s endangered species list

The Healey administration withdrew its proposal to remove humpback whales from the Massachusetts list of endangered species. Conservationists are cheering the decision. Continue reading →

Sports

Christopher L. Gasper

Pay attention to that man behind the curtain, because these are Bill Belichick’s Patriots, too

Unlike during the Patriots' glory years, now Belichick is just a man pulling levers that don’t work anymore. Continue reading →

Patriots

Penalties were how Patriots helped derail themselves in Las Vegas

DeVante Parker's drop may prove the defining play of the game, but on a day where the offense only gave the ball away once, 10 infractions were how the Patriots got in their own way. Continue reading →

Ben Volin | Instant Analysis

Will the Patriots win another game this season after a disheartening loss to the struggling Raiders?

The Raiders handed the Patriots some gifts, but they couldn’t take advantage. Continue reading →

Business

Energy

Solar panel waste could become a problem. A nascent recycling industry has some solutions.

As nations move to keep solar panels out of landfills, the solar panel recycling business is expected to be a $1.72 billion industry by 2028, according to a market research report. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Exxon works hard to keep America addicted to fossil fuels

The energy giant’s acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources borders on rejection of the scientific consensus that dramatic change is needed to ward off environmental disaster. Continue reading →

Business

American Airlines adds Hyannis routes in long-awaited win for Cape Cod

Cape Cod Gateway Airport will get its first global carrier in nearly two decades. The seasonal service to New York and Washington starts next June. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Stephen Rubin, publisher of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ and other blockbusters, dies at 81

The publishing executive had an eye for bestsellers and helped launch the careers of several writers, including John Grisham. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Suzanne Somers, actor who played Chrissy Snow on sitcom ‘Three’s Company,’ dead at 76

Suzanne Somers, the effervescent blonde actor known for playing Chrissy Snow on the U.S. television sitcom “Three’s Company” that gained wide popularity in the 1970s and early 80s, has died Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ryuzo Yanagimachi, researcher who cloned mice, dies at 95

Ryuzo Yanagimachi, whose long career as a pioneer in fertility research culminated in 1997 with the successful cloning of multiple generations of mice — a leap ahead of the announcement of the first cloned mammal, Dolly the sheep, just months earlier — died Sept. 27 in Honolulu. He was 95. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

BOOKS

In Boston, a new pipeline of banned books to benefit readers in Florida

Joyce Linehan and Paul English launch a new effort aimed at shoring up access to censored titles in Florida Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour’ gives fans the best seat in the stadium

The concert film feels simultaneously grand and snug, allowing the audience to thrill as they soak in the show’s hugeness while feeling close enough to give Swift extended ovations after particularly cathartic moments. Continue reading →

Books

Readers are invited to fall in love with romance at Marlborough book conference

Fall in Love New England will bring 57 romance authors to mingle, celebrate, and trick-or-treat with fans. Continue reading →