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Monday, October 13, 2025
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Crime & Courts

‘Whitey’ Bulger poster greets patrons at Dorchester bar once owned by man he killed

The image was part of a restaurant makeover by celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay featured on a television series over the summer and intended to embrace the history of the building. Continue reading →

North Shore

The woman, the tires, and a journey to the bottom of the earth

Monet Eliastam has been dragging two tires across beaches and through the woods the last couple years. But it’s not a fitness fad; it’s a quest to become the first American woman to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole. Continue reading →

Healthcare

MGB is turning to AI to ease shortage of primary care doctors. Some of them don’t like it.

Several providers said the app — which questions patients, reviews medical records, and produces a list of potential diagnoses — sidesteps real solutions. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Tariff unknowns are a new uncertainty for Massachusetts manufacturers

Almost nine months into President Trump’s effort to foster more manufacturing in the United States, businesses that make things in Massachusetts face continuing confusion. Continue reading →

Middle East

First 7 hostages released as part of the Gaza cease-fire deal

While major questions remain about the future of Hamas and Gaza, the exchange of hostages and prisoners marked a key step toward ending the deadliest war ever between Israel and the militant group. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump administration is bringing back scores of CDC experts fired in error

The Trump administration Saturday raced to rescind layoffs of hundreds of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were mistakenly fired Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse. Continue reading →

Nation

Vance warns ‘deeper’ cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day

Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress. Continue reading →

Nation

California expands privacy protections as Democratic-led states resist Trump’s immigration agenda

Immigrants selling food, flowers, and other merchandise along the sidewalks of California will have new privacy protections intended to keep their identities secret from federal immigration agents. Continue reading →

The World

World

Madagascar’s president says a coup is underway after soldiers joined antigovernment demonstrations

President Andry Rajoelina’s office offered no details on who was behind the attempt, and no signs of violence were immediately visible on the streets on Sunday. Continue reading →

World

Overnight violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan threatens a wider conflict

Afghan officials said Sunday that their security forces had targeted Pakistani military outposts along the border in what they described as “retaliatory operations,” following what Afghanistan said were Pakistani airstrikes in the country last week. Continue reading →

World

A test now for Israel: Can it repair its ties to Americans?

American Jews, long Israel’s strongest domestic backers, have turned sharply critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing government over the Gaza conflict. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Verify, but trust

The city should conduct criminal and sex-offender background checks on all its job applicants. But it should also continue to hire people with criminal records, with appropriate exceptions. Continue reading →

OpEds

How thrill-seeking mountain bikers are ravaging our shared trails

A favorite Medford stretch in the Middlesex Fells is a magnet for adrenaline-seeking mountain bikers who don’t realize or care about the damage they cause. Continue reading →

OpEds

Mass. Democratic establishment should welcome newcomers, not protect the status quo

A robust antiestablishment energy is visible in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

As Gabriel House fire lawsuits continue to mount, owner expects more litigation to come

The latest lawsuit, filed by an 82-year-old former resident of Gabriel House, alleges negligence, including by owner Dennis Etzkorn, and says she suffered smoke inhalation, a left foot injury, and the loss of her personal property. Continue reading →

Vermont

Is this Massachusetts golf course the worst in America?

The Leo J. Martin has been dismissed as the worst golf course in the US. That’s a bit harsh. Continue reading →

Immigration

Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

Anfernee Simons (21 points) tops Celtics’ scoring list, and other observations as preseason play continues vs. Cavaliers

The Celtics shot 52.4 percent from the field, 40 percent from the 3-point line (Simons was 6 for 9), and made 34 of 39 free throws, but did little to solve concerns about their defensive rebounding. Continue reading →

Patriots

Drake Maye’s play where Tom Brady launched legend confirms Patriots no longer a quarterback away from being a good team

In the same building where Brady won his first Super Bowl, Maye performed like a quarterback who allows the Patriots to dream about playing on the last Sunday of the season again someday. Continue reading →

Patriots

DeMario Douglas, Kayshon Boutte take turns as go-to guys in passing game as Patriots continue to spread offensive wealth

Even without an obvious go-to, No. 1 option, the wide receiver collective has proven to be productive. Douglas (three receptions for 71 yards, including a 53-yard TD) and Boutte (five catches for 93 yards, two TDs) stepped up against the Saints. Continue reading →

Business

The Fine Print

A couple was booted from a Boston concert after they couldn’t prove they were of legal drinking age. They are 64 and 70.

The couple from England went to The Stage at Suffolk Downs hoping to see The Pogues, a Celtic punk band, but didn't bring physical IDs. Continue reading →

Startups

Mass. economic development secretary Eric Paley sees ‘urgency’ in helping universities respond to federal cuts

Paley, whose background is in venture capital and startups, sat down with the Globe to talk about his first few weeks on the job. Continue reading →

Biotech

Bristol Myers to buy Cambridge startup Orbital Therapeutics, building out cell therapy pipeline

Orbital is developing so-called in vivo CAR-T treatments, which are effective at treating certain blood cancers, but are complicated to produce and taxing for patients. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Sister Jean, nun and sensation on basketball sidelines, dies at 106

Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, the men’s basketball chaplain at Loyola University Chicago who became an international celebrity during the team’s improbable Final Four run in 2018, died Oct. 9. She was 106. Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Lodge, singer and bassist with the Moody Blues, Dies at 82

John Lodge, who brought supple bass lines, soaring falsetto harmonies, and deft songwriting to British rock group the Moody Blues as it moved from its R&B roots toward a lush, symphonic sound as pioneers of progressive rock, has died at 82. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Visual Arts

The Kowloon has to go. But does it have to go like this?

The design for the new Kowloon, at the base of a dull apartment building, is a finger in the eye of the Wongs' beloved Route 1 landmark. Continue reading →

Things To Do

Free October events: Old State House party, Revolutionary fun and games, and more

From a streetwide Halloween celebration to a day of free Fenway programs, here are several no-cost events and activities across Greater Boston Oct. 13-19. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Divorced daughter moved back in but won’t move on

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →