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Today: Highs reaching low 70s (Cooler than today), mostly sunny. light chance for afternoon scattered showers mainly north. Tonight: Lows near 50, mostly cloudy, west wind Tomorrow: Highs near 60, chance of showers, mostly cloudy. wind from northwest

Today: Highs reaching low 70s (Cooler than today), mostly sunny. light chance for afternoon scattered showers mainly north. Tonight: Lows near 50, mostly cloudy, west wind Tomorrow: Highs near 60, chance of showers, mostly cloudy. wind from northwest

Some Boston Red Sox fans are accusing the Houston Astros of cheating by using whistles to relay signs to the batters on the type of pitch they were about to get during Game 5 of the American League Championship Series at Fenway Park. Some of the whistles were caught on camera Wednesday night, when Houston cruised to a 9-1 victory...

We have five weekends in the month of October. So far, it’s been so-so weather for outdoor activities (minus a couple of wet Sundays), but one thing stands out in this month is the warmth. The overwhelming warmth. The record-setting warmth. The warmth that’s about to get kicked to the curb with the passing cold front today. So far...

Today: Highs reaching low 70s (Cooler than today), mostly sunny. light chance for afternoon scattered showers mainly north. Tonight: Lows near 50, mostly cloudy, west wind Tomorrow: Highs near 60, chance of showers, mostly cloudy. wind from northwest

A poll shows the majority of Boston voters favor thoughtful, incremental change over bold, transformational change.

The Boston Globe’s Shirley Leung is on the business beat looking at new COVID vaccine rollout plans for boosters and kids. Plus, Mayor Kim Janey’s big move on Mass. and Cass and developments in the race to be the city’s next mayor.

Makeeba McCreary, the first president of the New Commonwealth Fund for Racial Equity and Social Justice talks about the mission, the work and the effort to support folks who are already doing the right thing. Plus: one suggestion for the next mayor of Boston.

King Boston has announced a partnership with the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts and NBC10 Boston, NECN, NBC Sports Boston, and Telemundo Boston to host a mayoral forum on Tuesday, Oct. 26, from 7 to 8 p.m. Imari Paris Jeffries, executive director of King Boston; Segun Idowu, president and CEO of the Black Economic Council of Massachusetts; and Latoyia Edwards,…

Today: Mild, sun & clouds. Highs around 70, 60s north. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s, 40s north. Thursday: Mild with clouds & sun. Highs in the 70s

After being canceled last year due to coronavirus restrictions, the iconic Head of the Charles Regatta returns to Boston this weekend with an extra day of racing. The world’s largest rowing event, slated for Friday, Oct. 22 to Sunday, Oct. 24, has added races Friday in a bid to spread out the schedule and allow for the addition of an…

Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu went head-to-head Tuesday night in the most heated debate the Boston mayoral race has seen so far. The two City Council colleagues have been cordial throughout much of the race, agreeing on Boston’s shortfalls and touting their own accomplishments. But Tuesday’s hourlong debate struck a combative tone not yet seen and highlighted some...

Today: Mild, sun & clouds. Highs around 70, 60s north. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s, 40s north. Thursday: Mild with clouds & sun. Highs in the 70s.

Boston City Councilors Annissa Essaibi George and Michelle Wu went head-to-head Tuesday night in the most heated debate the mayoral race has seen so far.

Today: Mild, sun & clouds. Highs around 70, 60s north. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s, 40s north. Thursday: Mild with clouds & sun. Highs in the 70s.

Framber Valdez was perfect through four, took a two-hit shutout into the seventh and became the first pitcher in the 2021 postseason to finish eight innings on Wednesday as the Houston Astros beat Boston 9-1 in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series and moved one win from a second straight trip to the World Series. Yordan Alvarez had three…

Today: Mild, sun & clouds. Highs around 70, 60s north. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s, 40s north. Thursday: Mild with clouds & sun. Highs in the 70s.

Temps are on the mend today. In fact, they get downright warm by afternoon. A mountain of mild air has been building across the Plains and Midwest for a few days. It surged north into the Great Lakes and Ontario yesterday, and now is expanding east through New England today. (Not a huge surprise in this very mild fall.) It…

Annissa Essaibi George came to the Boston mayoral debate Tuesday night ready to fight, blasting fellow city councilor Michelle Wu several times as the pair alluded to each other’s fitness to serve as mayor. The candidates’ second head-to-head debate was by far the most heated yet, and both Essaibi George and Wu called one another out for lying, or...

Sue O’Connell and Tim Caputo help break down the debate between Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George two weeks before Boston’s mayoral election.