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Metro

2 former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials face criminal charges

Attorney General Maura Healey indicted Bennett Walsh, the home's former superintendent, and Dr. David Clinton, its former medical director, on 10 criminal neglect charges each. A COVID-19 outbreak at the facility killed at least 76 veterans. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump said to pick Amy Coney Barrett for Court, New York Times reports

President Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the favorite candidate of conservatives, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to the New York Times, and will try to force Senate confirmation before Election Day in a move that would significantly alter the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court for years. Continue reading →

Metro

With record temperatures and little rain, a severe drought has gripped much of New England

Record temperatures this summer and a precipitous decline in rainfall have produced a worsening drought that extends from Cape Cod to the Berkshires and beyond, with some parts of New England experiencing what federal regulators call “severe” and “extreme" conditions. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump hits Baker for support of expanded mail-in voting

President Trump on Friday targeted Governor Charlie Baker calling him a “RINO Governor” and pointing, without evidence, to claims of widespread voter fraud, after the Massachusetts Republican defended the expansion of mail-in balloting. Continue reading →

Business

To combat hunger, neighbors are stocking community fridges on Boston’s streets

As food insecurity grows amid the pandemic, free community fridges have cropped up in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, and more are being planned for Allston, Roslindale, Somerville, and Cambridge. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump said to pick Amy Coney Barrett for Court, New York Times reports

President Trump has selected Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the favorite candidate of conservatives, to succeed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to the New York Times, and will try to force Senate confirmation before Election Day in a move that would significantly alter the ideological makeup of the Supreme Court for years. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump hits Baker for support of expanded mail-in voting

President Trump on Friday targeted Governor Charlie Baker calling him a “RINO Governor” and pointing, without evidence, to claims of widespread voter fraud, after the Massachusetts Republican defended the expansion of mail-in balloting. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

MGH study says routine blood test may predict COVID-19 hospital death risk

Massachusetts General Hospital researchers say they’ve found that a routine test of blood cells may provide a key clue to whether patients admitted to the hospital with the coronavirus face a higher risk of dying. Continue reading →

The World

World

Two wounded in knife attack in Paris; officials open terrorism investigation

A young man stabbed two people Friday outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where 12 people were killed in 2015, and a terrorism investigation has been opened into the new attack, authorities said. Continue reading →

World

Kim Jong Un offers South Korea rare apology for killing of official

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, offered a rare apology Friday for the killing of a South Korean government official at sea by soldiers from the North, South Korea said. Continue reading →

World

Virus surges in France, Marseille fights against closures

Angry restaurant and bar owners demonstrated in Marseille on Friday to challenge a French government order to close all public venues as of Saturday to battle resurgent virus infections. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Advice to presidential debate moderators: Lay down the law

If you’ve ever raised a child or trained a dog, you understand that clear boundaries of behavior must be established. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Craft brewers held hostage to politics

What's Oktoberfest without the usual gamesmanship on Beacon Hill — even if it means craft brewers are caught in the middle? The House should act to free the brewers from long-term distributor contracts. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

2 former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials face criminal charges

Attorney General Maura Healey indicted Bennett Walsh, the home's former superintendent, and Dr. David Clinton, its former medical director, on 10 criminal neglect charges each. A COVID-19 outbreak at the facility killed at least 76 veterans. Continue reading →

Metro

With record temperatures and little rain, a severe drought has gripped much of New England

Record temperatures this summer and a precipitous decline in rainfall have produced a worsening drought that extends from Cape Cod to the Berkshires and beyond, with some parts of New England experiencing what federal regulators call “severe” and “extreme" conditions. Continue reading →

Metro

2 former Holyoke Soldiers’ Home officials face criminal charges

Attorney General Maura Healey indicted Bennett Walsh, the home's former superintendent, and Dr. David Clinton, its former medical director, on 10 criminal neglect charges each. A COVID-19 outbreak at the facility killed at least 76 veterans. Continue reading →

Sports

red sox

J.D. Martinez says he’s unlikely to opt out of contract with Red Sox

The designated hitter has two years remaining on the five-year, $110 million deal he signed with the Red Sox in early 2018. Continue reading →

Sports

Injured Jimmy Garoppolo to be replaced by Nick Mullens as 49ers starting quarterback Sunday

All-Pro tight end George Kittle (sprained knee) also will miss Sunday's game. Continue reading →

MLB NOTEBOOK

Reds broadcaster Thom Brennaman resigns following anti-gay slur on air

The 57-year-old was taken off the air because of his remark, which was caught on a return from a commercial break during a game in August. Continue reading →

Business

Business

To combat hunger, neighbors are stocking community fridges on Boston’s streets

As food insecurity grows amid the pandemic, free community fridges have cropped up in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, and more are being planned for Allston, Roslindale, Somerville, and Cambridge. Continue reading →

Business

To combat hunger, neighbors are stocking community fridges on Boston’s streets

As food insecurity grows amid the pandemic, free community fridges have cropped up in Jamaica Plain and Dorchester, and more are being planned for Allston, Roslindale, Somerville, and Cambridge. Continue reading →

Business

Stop & Shop to give workers retroactive pandemic pay

Stop & Shop workers will receive retroactive pay for July and August to acknowledge their service during the coronavirus pandemic, the company and the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union said Friday. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Harold Evans, crusading newspaperman with a second act, dies at 92

Harold Evans, the crusading British newspaperman who was forced out as editor of The Times of London by Rupert Murdoch in 1982 and reinvented himself in the United States as a publisher, author and literary luminary, died Wednesday night in New York City. He was 92. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sterling Magee, bluesman known as ‘Satan,’ dies at 84

Half bluesman, half street preacher, Mr. Magee was a fixture on 125th Street throughout the 1980s, parked one block east of the Apollo Theater, where he drew crowds of curious onlookers and fans. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Restaurants

Trillium beer garden reopens on The Greenway, with a few new guidelines

The popular Trillium Garden on The Greenway will require advance online reservations, contactless ordering, and strict social distancing protocols. Continue reading →

MUSEUMS

Cape Ann Museum adds green space, galleries with a new satellite campus

The new Cape Ann Museum Green welcomes visitors with an exhibition of Covid-era porch portraits. Continue reading →

ART

With a new mural, Rob ‘Problak’ Gibbs honors the Kings’ ‘Roxbury Love Story’

Boston's busiest muralist has a new piece at Shawmut Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Continue reading →