Red Sox manager John Farrell reveals he has cancer

Red Sox manager John Farrell says he has lymphoma and is stepping away from the team.

Jim Davis/Globe Staff/File

Farrell has Stage 1 lymphoma and will step away from the team, ceding managerial duties to bench coach Torey Lovullo.

Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert

?Wire? creator scores again with HBO miniseries

?Show Me a Hero? is the latest example of David Simon?s gift for turning unglamorous stories into gripping television drama.

Community donates $28,000 for Somerville icon?s tooth surgeries

?Each time I go to the dentist, I?ll be smiling the whole time,? said Kirk ?Skunk? Tegelaar.

15sandwich credit Emily Flake

Nutrition

?Happy Meal effect? and choosing smaller portions

A small, inexpensive incentive may be enough to curb our super-sized appetites.

Innovation Economy | BetaBoston

On-demand apps creating gigs, but not exactly jobs

A parade of new app-based services are making urban life more convenient. But it can be tough to earn a real living.

What started out as a dream in a Cape bar has become a fixture of the national running scene. // 2002 by Tom Herde/Globe file

Magazine

How a bartender dreamed up the Falmouth Road Race

Only a certain race every April can claim a more storied history in Massachusetts than this Cape Cod classic.

Ode to the humble fax machine

The US Attorney?s office received critical information about the 1990 Gardner Museum art heist ? by fax. Apparently it?s still a thing.

New England Patriots fans showed their support for their quarterback before Thursday night?s preseason game against Green Bay.

Most New Englanders believe Tom Brady is innocent

Residents in Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island all show fierce loyalty to the Patriots? quarterback.

Braza Grill & Bar on School Street in Everett.

After fatal shooting, Everett bar is closed

Officers asked Braza Bar & Grill to close Thursday night and the bar agreed, Everett Police Chief Steven Mazzie said.

Five things to know about the Mass. sales tax holiday

It?s becoming a tradition, but how can you maximize the benefits? And is buying this weekend even worth it?

Elliot Sudal beaches a sandbar (or brown) shark on the sand in Siasconset.

Stan Grossfeld/Globe staff

Nantucket?s Shark Wrestler has his hands full

He tags and releases them, he says, for research purposes, but others think he?s just grabbing attention for himself.

A sign warned beachgoers of the presence of great white sharks at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham.

At least 10 great whites spotted off Chatham coast

They?re still out there. A shark survey found 10 of the fearsome predators lurking off Chatham Friday.

(Left to right) Retired Marines Francis ?Mike? East, James Tracy, and Larry Morris presented the US flag to Marines currently stationed in Cuba on Friday.

REUTERS/Pablo Martine Monsivais/Pool

Marines who took down flag help raise it again in Cuba

The three Marines were sent out to part a crowd of about 300 Cubans in January 1961 and take down Old Glory.

Francisco Garcia of Salem had been accused by Salem police of lying when he said he was behind the wheel at the time of the fatal incident.

Charges dropped in connection with fatal Salem crash

Francisco Garcia had been accused of lying when he said he was driving a BMW that struck and killed a homeless man.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/5129c3a57de8494880a9a2bb4d32274d-5129c3a57de8494880a9a2bb4d32274d-0.jpg Listen to Obama?s summer playlists

President Obama tweeted links to his summer playlists as the White House launched an official channel on Spotify.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/23/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/tracker-089.jpg Tracking the endorsements of N.H. GOP activists

Jeb Bush, Carly Fiorina, and Rand Paul have picked up the most support from top party activists in the Granite State so far.

Opinion & Ideas

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1401.jpg Trump?s shockers are working ? for now

Stop me if you?ve heard this before: Donald Trump has gone too far.

The Big Picture

Daniel Reinhardt/EPA

Perseid meteor shower

Sky gazers got the chance to be amazed by the nighttime show put on by the oldest meteor shower observed by humans.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Akamai-5of5.jpg Akamai wins round in $45m patent lawsuit

The case against Limelight involves the way content is distributed across the Internet.

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/woo150-1371.jpg For Catholic Relief Services? Carolyn Woo, capitalism isn?t all bad

The former business school dean winces a bit when Pope Francis rails against capitalism.