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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
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Media

Gen Z voters could decide the election. From TikTok memes to Twitch livestreams, here’s how they’re following it.

Ahead of the Nov. 5 election, the Globe interviewed two dozen local Gen Z residents about how they stay informed. Continue reading →

Politics

‘People are angry’: Trump rally’s comments on Puerto Rico reverberate among community

The comments made during Trump's New York rally enraged Harris activists, who believe they will leave a mark in the community. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Here’s how you can stay overnight at — and possibly own — a 143-year-old lighthouse

Kevin Ferias, owner of the historic (and supposedly haunted) Borden Flats Light, nestled between Fall River and Somerset, is looking to pass the torch to a local lightkeeper. Continue reading →

Elections

‘A difficult line’: Maine Democrat Jared Golden is fighting for his political life in a district Trump won in 2020

Golden has navigated one of the country’s most competitive districts by emphasizing an independent streak that may be unmatched even by Maine’s famously free-thinking political standards. Continue reading →

RI HEALTH

How to best stop rats emerges as big issue in Rhode Island mayoral race

Cranston considers rat birth control and possums as possible strategies, while Providence is starting to use a liquid form of rodent birth control. But experts emphasize a more basic strategy: cutting off the food supply. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Patriots push to victory without Drake Maye

WATCH: New England broke their losing streak, despite QB Drake Maye's concussion. Boston.com’s Khari A. Thompson breaks down what happened and what’s next. Watch →

CVS plagued by financial woes, unrest, CEO shake-up

WATCH: Business reporter Janelle Nanos explains how the Rhode Island-based pharmacy got here and where they hope to go next. Watch →

These young Americans are single-issue voters

WATCH: A cohort told reporter Emma Platoff that they’re voting based on the war in Gaza. Platoff unpacks why with politics editor Victoria McGrane. Watch →

The Nation

Elections

Anti-Puerto Rico comments at Trump rally spur outrage as Bad Bunny supports Harris

The popular recording artist shared to his 45.6 million Instagram followers a video from Kamala Harris's official account in which the vice president outlines her vision for Puerto Rico. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump at the garden: A closing carnival of grievances, misogyny, and racism

Donald Trump’s closing rally at Madison Square Garden on the second to last Sunday before the election was a release of rage at a political and legal system that impeached, indicted and convicted him, a vivid and at times racist display of the dark energy animating the MAGA movement. Continue reading →

Nation

Rebuilding from hurricanes hinges on immigrants at center of US election

Builders are anxious about proposals laid out by Donald Trump that would further crack down on immigration — a key source of labor for the construction industry. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza

Israeli lawmakers passed two laws on Monday that could threaten the work of the main United Nations agency providing aid to people in Gaza by barring it from operating on Israeli soil, severing ties with it, and labeling it a terror organization. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine braces for Russians to assault with North Korean troops

The United States warned Monday that North Korean soldiers were moving toward Russia’s western Kursk region, which Ukraine invaded in August, as Ukrainian forces braced for what they said could be imminent assaults involving the new troops. Continue reading →

World

How are the world’s trees doing? A new assessment has answers.

More than one-third of the world’s tree species are threatened with extinction, according to the first comprehensive assessment of trees by the world’s leading scientific authority on the status of species. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

A fight over values and a Pride flag means the end of a Catholic camp

The apparent violation that led to the closing of a camp for children and adults with intellectual and physical disabilities: Putting up a Pride flag. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Globe endorsement: Reelect Elizabeth Warren

Senator Elizabeth Warren's passion for making government work better is the spirit we need in Congress at this moment. Continue reading →

OPINION

Democracy dies in broad daylight, thanks to Jeff Bezos

In 2017, the Washington Post, under a more emboldened Bezos, unveiled its new slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” On Friday the Post hid what should have been a principled presidential endorsement in darkness. Continue reading →

Metro

Weather

Smelling smoke? Eastern Mass. wildfires send hazy smoke across the sky

“A surface inversion is keeping this smoke trapped near the ground, but the smoke should 'mix out’ later this morning,” forecasters said. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. House Republican again blocks climate bill, forcing Democrats to table it until a formal vote

State Representative Bradley Jones, the House’s minority leader, stymied Democrats’ plans to move the legislation Monday by using the same procedural move he did last week to halt the House’s informal session and the climate bill. Continue reading →

AS I SEE IT | STAN GROSSFELD

A very Boston proposal: a romantic treasure hunt, an observation deck, and a race against the setting sun

The sun was setting fast at the top of the Prudential Center where a man waited to reveal his elaborate surprise plan. Continue reading →

Sports

CELTICS 119, BUCKS 108

Celtics wear down Bucks in second half, maintain perfect start to season behind Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard

Brown led the Celtics with 30 points and Pritchard came off the bench to add 28, including an 8-for-12 effort on 3-pointers. Jrue Holiday added 21 points vs. his old team. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Aaron Judge is a mess at the plate and Yankees on verge of being swept. Time to call Kevin Millar?

Only one team has recovered from a 3-0 deficit in baseball, and the Yankees know it all too well: Your Boston Red Sox. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Cutter has given Dodgers’ Ryan Brasier another chance

The Dodgers taught Brasier a cutter to give him a better option against lefthanded hitters and were so pleased with the results that they signed him to a two-year, $9 million contract before spring training this season. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Convention center authority names new head, aims to move on from recent controversies

Local finance executive Marcel Vernon will lead the quasi-public agency, which was mired in controversies around its diversity practices and a redevelopment deal. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Rich Davey embarks on new role as Massport CEO

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Amid divorce with Dana-Farber, Mass General Brigham touts its own cancer institute

The state's largest health system is trumpeting the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute in an intensive marketing campaign. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Bruce Ames, 95, dies; biochemist discovered test for toxic chemicals

In an America increasingly concerned about the effects of pollution and industrial chemicals, the test offered a quick, inexpensive alternative to animal testing, which was so prohibitively expensive that regulators were able to test only a fraction of chemicals on the market. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Thelma Mothershed Wair, Little Rock Nine student, dies at 83

She was part of the country’s first test for school integration after the 1954 Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education decision declared “separate but equal” education unconstitutional. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Visual Arts

In the Berkshires, Clark Art Institute receives $45 million donation, 331 works of art from late philanthropist

Gift from the Aso O. Tavitian Foundation will fund a new curatorial position to oversee the collection, maintain the works, and create an additional wing of the museum to house them. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

He wants to wait to have sex

I’m ready now. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC’S CORNER

On ‘Frontline,’ hearing from voters instead of politicians

"American Voices 2024" talks in depth to a diverse group from all over America. Continue reading →