All of the headlines from today's paper.
Monday, October 21, 2024
Today's Headlines
Page one

THE FINE PRINT

In Massachusetts, auto insurance rates are soaring. Here’s what you can do about it.

The cost of insurance has increased by almost 38 percent since the beginning of 2022, more than double the overall rate of consumer inflation. Continue reading →

Biotech

He just sold a biotech company for $3.2 billion. But his puzzling venture into retail puppy sales is fueling controversy.

The former CEO's unusual side gig has sparked protests by animal rights activists who say his store sells dogs bred at so-called puppy mills. Continue reading →

Elections

‘The best thing I can do for the people of Massachusetts’: Up for reelection, Elizabeth Warren works to beat Trump

In Warren’s telling, campaigning out of state is just one part of her work for Massachusetts constituents. But it’s hard not to see it as a sign of confidence about her prospects back home. Continue reading →

Health

‘I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole’: Here’s why e-bike injuries among Gen-Xers and Boomers are spiking

New research suggests riders and city planners need to make changes to keep people safe. Continue reading →

World

Israel strikes Hezbollah-affiliated financial branches across Lebanon

The Israeli military conducted a wave of airstrikes across Lebanon on Sunday, targeting branches of Al-Qard al-Hasan, a financial association associated with Hezbollah. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Georgia authorities investigating a dock gangway collapse that killed 7 on a historic island

The gangway, installed in 2021, gave way as an estimated 700 people visited largely unspoiled Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah and 7 miles offshore. Continue reading →

Nation

Number of young people accused of serious crimes surges in New York City

Last year, there were 4,858 major crimes where a minor was accused or arrested, up from 3,543 in 2017 — a 37 percent increase. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump serves up McDonald’s fries, but dodges question on minimum wage

Former president Donald Trump briefly manned the fry station at a McDonald’s franchise Sunday, but dodged a question about increasing the minimum wage. Continue reading →

The World

World

Tugged between East and West, Moldova makes a pivotal choice

Hoping to end an argument that has dragged on since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldovans voted Sunday to decide whether to enshrine in their Constitution an “irreversible” commitment to leave Russia’s orbit of influence and one day join the European Union. Continue reading →

World

Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia as a missile strike on Ukraine injures 17

Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, Moscow officials said, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ballistic missile attack. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine’s ‘victory plan’ receives mixed reactions from Western allies

President Volodymyr Zelensky’s plan to end Ukraine’s nearly three-year war with Russia has received mixed reactions from Western allies so far. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

The key to EV adoption? A variety of EV chargers.

Lower-cost approaches like these could expand EV attractiveness beyond those with private homes. Continue reading →

LETTERS

They go together like peanut butter and Fluff

Teddie peabut butter is made by the Leavitt Corp. in Everett. Continue reading →

LETTERS

With tax break, state continues to be global leader in life sciences

Massachusetts didn’t become a global leader in life sciences by chance. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Survivors of clergy sex abuse frustrated by years-long wait for attorney general’s findings

Court approval is required for release of the report about the investigation's findings, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell said. Continue reading →

Metro

‘They’re everywhere.’ Saugus on edge after coyotes attack small dogs.

Officials have issued an advisory warning residents to be on the lookout after “multiple reports of confrontations involving coyotes and small dogs.” Continue reading →

Politics

‘Yes on 3’ advocates rally in Roxbury, pushing to unionize ride-hailing drivers

Dozens of supporters of Question 3 rallied outside Hibernian Hall in Roxbury on the first day of early voting, describing the measure as a lifeline for workers in a risky industry who currently have little control over their labor conditions. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

City to rename bridge near TD Garden after Celtics great Bill Russell

City officials and current and former Celtics will gather Monday to announce the renaming of a bridge near TD Garden after franchise legend and civil rights icon Bill Russell, who died in 2022. Continue reading →

State of the Patriots

Can a football team be called anything worse than soft? That’s exactly what coach Jerod Mayo called his Patriots.

Mayo, who played for eight NFL seasons, understands the implications of labeling his players in this manner. Continue reading →

Instant Analysis

The Patriots aren’t good at any phase of the game, and their sixth straight loss proved it

The Patriots couldn’t move the ball or sustain drives against the NFL’s worst pass defense, and New England's defense wasn't any better in another loss. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

Wu, business leaders near a compromise on contentious property tax plan

While it suggested there was an end in sight to months of political infighting between Democrats on Beacon Hill and in City Hall, it won’t fix a foundational problem facing the city’s financial future, business leaders warn. Continue reading →

AI/Robotics

This Boston AI chipmaker is valued at $4.4 billion. Too bad it moved its headquarters to California.

The move comes as the region seeks to develop a major AI tech ecosystem using the technological advances underlying ChatGPT and other apps. Continue reading →

Office Culture

Why do so many Boston workers skip their lunch break?

Nearly a fifth of Boston workers — 17 percent — never take a lunch break, compared to 15 percent of workers nationwide, according to a survey by ezCater. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Nicholas Daniloff, US journalist who defied Soviet captors, dies at 89

“The colonel was no low-level KGB thug,” Mr. Daniloff wrote of the man who interrogated him for 30 hours when he was jailed in a notorious Moscow prison in 1988 on false charges of spying. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Philip Zimbardo, psychologist who led Stanford prison experiment, dies

Philip Zimbardo's 1971 Stanford University experiment, employing college students to play prison guards and inmates, became one of the most controversial episodes in modern psychology. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Toni Vaz, stuntwoman who started the NAACP Image Awards, dies at 101

Ms. Vaz was one of only a few Black stuntwomen working in Hollywood at the time, and she was part of a generation of Black stunt performers who fought for respect, recognition, and fair pay, after years in which white stuntmen would often wear wigs and dark makeup to perform in Black roles. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Names

Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods on puppy cognition and the new science of raising dogs

Prior to Hare's appearance in Boston Tuesday, the "Puppy Kindergarten" authors sat down with the Globe to discuss coauthorship and important puppy findings. Continue reading →

ASKING ERIC

HR shared confidential opinions, now co-workers are angry

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →