The Patriots are bad. Can Drake Maye save them?

WATCH: Boston.com reporter Khari A. Thompson picks apart the penalty-prone team and examines whether it’s time to start the backup quarterback. Watch →

Harvard and MIT embrace indigenous wisdom

WATCH: Reporter Ivy Scott explains how top institutions are blending research with tribal knowledge to better conserve forests and wetlands in Massachusetts. Watch →

Boston’s Black leadership exodus sparks community concerns

WATCH: Columnist and associate editor Shirley Leung breaks down why CEOs of color are leaving, where they're going, and the negative impact on local businesses. Watch →

Nation

Georgia Supreme Court restores state’s 6-week abortion ban

The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday reinstated a state law that prohibits abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy while it considers an appeal to a lower court decision that had briefly allowed greater access to the procedure. Continue reading →

Nation

Supreme Court declines to intervene in Texas emergency abortion case

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to require doctors in Texas to perform certain emergency abortions when the procedure would conflict with the state’s strict abortion ban. Continue reading →

Nation

‘Ghost Guns’ case before Supreme Court has major implications for industry in flux

A small company operating out of a warehouse on the edge of a sagebrush airstrip near Carson City, Nevada, temporarily halted its operations this summer, which gun control groups hailed as a major victory in their fight to stem the spread of unregulated firearms in America. Continue reading →

World

Year after Oct. 7 attack, Israel faces 4-front war

Israel’s military kept up its strikes on two fronts Monday, with an intense barrage on southern Lebanon and a retaliatory attack targeting Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip, a sign of how significantly the fighting has spread in the year since Hamas’s cross-border assault. Continue reading →

World

Vigils, protests around the world commemorate the anniversary of Hamas attack on Israel

Commemorations and protests unfolded across the world on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an assault that sparked a war that has devastated Hamas-ruled Gaza, fueled hostilities and bloodshed in other Mideast lands, and ignited protests and divisions in farflung countries. Continue reading →

World

Missile hits near Ukrainian air base as Russia expands air attacks

A Russian missile attack struck near a major Ukrainian military airfield Monday morning, officials from Ukraine said, part of a broad campaign of assaults by Moscow aimed at degrading Ukraine’s military infrastructure and wearing down its air defenses. Continue reading →

OPINION

Do campus protesters really care about peaceful Lebanon?

Lebanon is a land of deep beauty and deep tragedy. That is my Lebanon. But a different Lebanon is being evoked in the protests cropping up across the United States, especially on college campuses. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A paper strip that can save lives

The test strips shouldn’t be classified as drug paraphernalia. Continue reading →

OPINION

Beyond Trump-y: Harris’s delicate balance on immigration

Harris will be both principled and pragmatic in her approach to immigration and border policy. Continue reading →

AS I SEE IT

Return to the dawn of time, in dazzling color

An escape from the myriad stresses of our times: a trippy kaleidoscope of colorful animations put to music. Continue reading →

K-12

Massachusetts education board violated Open Meeting Law, attorney general says

The attorney general’s office ordered the state board to immediately comply with the law and warned that similar violations in the future may be considered evidence of intent to violate it. Continue reading →

Politics

Is Boston planning to deploy rat birth control pellets to get rid of rodents citywide? No.

At a City Council hearing, councilors discussed a Jamaica Plain rat birth control pilot program with experts, but administration officials say they need more data before exploring implementing it citywide. Continue reading →

CELTICS

‘I put the Celtics first’: One-on-one with Wyc Grousbeck about the sale, designing rings, and what’s next

The Celtics' lead owner sat down with the Globe in Abu Dhabi for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of the franchise following its 18th NBA championship. Continue reading →

on hockey

The Bruins are about to drop the puck on a new season. Here are some questions yet to be answered.

The Bruins are the product of a pricey summer remake that saw general manager Don Sweeney dish out upward of $90 million on personnel upgrades. Continue reading →

patriots

After latest loss, Jerod Mayo’s backing of Jacoby Brissett doesn’t sound as forceful

The Patriots coach has stood by the veteran this season, but he said the quarterback play against Miami "wasn't good enough." Continue reading →

Housing

A key housing law gets its day in court as SJC hears state’s lawsuit against Milton

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said Monday that the zoning law her staff is poised to defend before the state’s highest court is crucial to battling the region’s housing crisis. Continue reading →

Retail

Boomerangs thrift store in Central Square to be revived by nonprofit More Than Words

The Cambridge storefront was closed by its previous operator, Fenway Health, in June. Continue reading →

Real Estate

A high-end rebound? Luxury condo project among first since COVID to break ground downtown.

Overlooking the Rose Kennedy Greenway, the 12-story tower will include 29, two- and three-bedroom units and a 4,250-square-foot ground floor restaurant. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert Finch, whose essays captured Cape Cod’s essence, dies at 81

In elegant dispatches from the Cape's shoreline, Mr. Finch would glimpse sea gulls at sunset and see "white eyebrows against a velvet zenith." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother and a Grammy-winning singer, has died

Ms. Houston performed alongside superstar musicians including Elvis Presley and Aretha Franklin. She died in her New Jersey home while under hospice care for Alzheimer's disease. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Christopher Ciccone, who dished about his sister Madonna, dies at 63

Mr. Ciccone devoted himself to his older sister Madonna but later, after feeling cast aside, wrote a memoir chronicling experiences that he described as “abuse.” Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

Still have that crush on my boss

So … she’s saying there’s a chance? Continue reading →

TV CRITIC’S CORNER

Up close and personal (political, too)

Critics have suggested Vice President Kamala Harris isn't doing enough interviews, but she's been making up for lost time. Continue reading →

TV

Norbert Leo Butz on the secrets to playing Bill Belichick in ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’

“That stoic, kind of unemotional, mumbling guy, I thought was a real tell into who he was. I thought it was very strategic what he was doing,” Butz said. Continue reading →