Nation

Turnover has plagued local election offices since 2020. One swing state county is trying to recover.

Election offices have been understaffed for years. But 2020 was a tipping point, with all the pandemic-related challenges before the presidential vote and the hostility afterward stemming from false claims of a stolen election. Continue reading →

Nation

Meet the Republicans running for speaker

A flood of lawmakers began campaigning just hours after Republicans voted in a closed-door meeting to restart the nomination process after Jordan, his support ebbing, failed on a third-floor vote to win the speakership. The vote essentially ensured that the office of the speaker would remain empty for a third week. Continue reading →

Nation

The race to save our secrets from the computers of the future

They call it Q-Day: the day when a quantum computer, one more powerful than any yet built, could shatter the world of privacy and security as we know it. Continue reading →

World

6 killed in Russian rocket strike on mail depot as Ukraine reports record bomb attack numbers

A missile strike on a mail depot in the eastern city of Kharkiv killed six people, Ukrainian officials said Sunday, as Ukraine reported a record number of bomb attacks in the southern Kherson region. Continue reading →

World

Internet snarl delays vote count in Venezuelan opposition’s primary to choose presidential candidate

Ebullient Venezuelans on Sunday chose the candidate they think can end the decade-long, crisis-ridden presidency of Nicolás Maduro, lining up under a scorching sun and torrential rain to cast ballots in a primary election that the opposition independently organized despite government repression. Continue reading →

World

Ukrainians prepare firewood and candles to brace for a winter of Russian strikes on the energy grid

In the humble backyard of a destroyed house, a 13-year-old chops firewood to get ready for winter. His mother, Tetiana Yarema, has been preparing for months as she remembers last winter’s Russian strikes on the energy infrastructure that plunged Ukraine into darkness. Continue reading →

OPINION

Domestic violence survivors deserve federally financed flexible funding

Every survivor struggling with financial and housing instability should have access to no strings attached cash assistance that can be provided quickly to prevent crises caused by domestic violence from worsening. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Putting the T on the straight and (not too) narrow

For more than a year, the agency knew tracks on the new Green Line extension were too close together. Now GM Phillip Eng needs to make sure the line is safe — while ending the culture that made it seem OK to hide the track problems from the public. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Our dysfunctional transportation system leads to a dead end

The US loves mixing up private and government methods for addressing public needs, but in the transportation sector this model is creating crazy results that are only perpetuating dysfunction. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Representative Jake Auchincloss re-emphasizes support of Israel on visit to Needham synagogue

“Israel is at war,” Auchincloss said to about 60 people who attended a town hall at Temple Beth Shalom. “For so many of us in the Jewish community, that’s not just a geopolitical earthquake, that’s a deeply personal reality.” Continue reading →

Somerville

Somerville’s abandoned Star Market has finally been sold. More housing and retail are on the way.

The Winter Hill grocery store has long been a blight on the neighborhood, officials said. A project promising 288 units of rental housing — 132 of them affordable — along with ground-level retail, will take its place. Continue reading →

K-12

What’s the condition of your child’s school? BPS has now scored them.

“The data confirms what we already know,” Superintendent Mary Skipper said. “Our buildings are safe, but many are in terrible condition.” Continue reading →

CELTICS

A few burning questions hover over the start of the new season for the Celtics. Here are some answers.

The Globe's Adam Himmelsbach and Gary Washburn discussed the key storylines as the Celtics get set to open up the 2023-24 season. Continue reading →

Nicole Yang | State of the Patriots

Smiles return as Patriots put together their most consistent offensive performance of the season and upset the Bills

They snapped their three-game losing streak with a hard-fought, well-executed 29-25 win over a divisional rival. Continue reading →

bruins notebook

Jake DeBrusk back in Bruins lineup after benching, but Milan Lucic out after leaving pregame skate

DeBrusk got an assist in Sunday's win over the Ducks a day after being benched against the Kings for being late to a team meeting. Continue reading →

Business

Got insurance? Climate change and inflation are driving up insurance prices for homeowners and condo associations. Some policies aren’t being renewed at all.

An insurance broker’s lament: “Accounts we could place with a phone call a few years ago we can’t even get coverage for today.” Continue reading →

Housing

Meet the new millionaires tax: A proposed fee on home sales over $1 million

Communities would be able to adopt a real estate transaction fee of 0.5 percent to 2 percent on the portion of a property sale over a $1 million and put the funds toward affordable housing programs. Continue reading →

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Obituaries

Lee Berk, former Berklee president and college namesake, dies at 81

Berklee said the music college became “a world-renowned leader in contemporary music education” during the tenure of Berk, who left “a visionary and transformative legacy.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Vincent Patrick, chronicler of hustlers and mobsters, dies at 88

An author and screenwriter, Vincent Patrick set pins at a bowling alley, peddled Bibles door to door, and helped start a mechanical engineering firm before finding, at age 44, critical success with his first novel, “The Pope of Greenwich Village.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Alan Eisenberg, longtime actors union head, dies at 88

The lawyer helped build the union's membership and stabilize the finances of its health plan. Continue reading →

Names

Your ultimate guide to Halloween Week in Salem: from tricks to treats

Whether it’s your first or fifth time experiencing Halloween in Salem, fear not. (Unless that’s your end goal.) Continue reading →

DANCE REVIEW

Subject:Matter makes its own music at the ICA

The first part of the 90-minute evening offers excerpts from “Songbook”; after intermission comes the world premiere of “With Far Hand.” Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Israel-Hamas war hits very close to home

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →