Is it time for Mass. to move to a new time zone?

The clock has started ticking on an unusual legislative project: a task force to study whether Massachusetts should leave Eastern Standard Time behind.

Sprawling South Boston project nears approval

The Andrew Square site is set for 650 residential units, retail, and maybe even a supermarket.

Campaign 2016

Hillary Clinton held a rally in Des Moines on Wednesday while Donald Trump attended one in Abingdon, Va. — Chris Keane/Reuters

With eyes on a win, Democrats warn about complacency

Democrats are watching Donald Trump?s downward spiral but are also warning their troops not to be too confident.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

The shaking ground beneath Donald Trump

Trepidation about Trump?s candidacy is rippling throughout the Republican Party.

Trump accuses Obama of being the ?founder of ISIS?

??In many respects, you know, they honor President Obama,?? Donald Trump said during a rally in Florida. ??He is the founder of ISIS.??

Boston GOP execs ponder what to do about Trump

The nomination of Donald Trump has many Republican business executives in Mass. tortured by conflicting impulses.

Ann LePage, Maine's first lady, gave a high five to customer John Libby of Phippsburg, Maine. — Yoon S. Byun for the Boston Globe

Paul LePage?s wife starts a waitress job to pay off a car

Maine?s governor is often viewed as a stubborn grouch, but his wife, Ann, seems to have carved out a parallel universe at McSeagull?s.

City official has little-known dual roles in development

A development manager for the City of Boston and another city employee have led an private real estate firm.

Ceremony celebrates success of at-risk youth

At the closing ceremony for a Boston program targeting at-risk youth, none of the participants? past struggles mattered.

Police sift through more than 100 tips in Princeton slaying

More than 20 officers are working around the clock on the killing of a 27-year-old jogger that has shocked the community.

Former Mafia boss ?Cadillac Frank? held without bail

Francis Salemme was arrested on a charge of murdering South Boston nightclub manager Steven DiSarro in 1993.

Niko Horster of Shire Beef held the torch in the opening ceremony. — Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Forget Rio ? Vermont has Olympics for farmers

While the world focused on Rio, a different type of games played out in a small corner of New England.

2016 Olympics

Thursday at the Olympics: Golf returns to the Games

Simone Biles and Aly Raisman will compete for all-around individual gold in women?s gymnastics.

Swimming

Katie Ledecky anchors relay team to gold; Michael Phelps cruises

Ledecky and the US women won the 4 x 200 relay; Phelps was tops in the 200 IM semis.

Innovation Economy | Scott Kirsner

Brainstorming the business of music

For three weeks, 17 students at Berklee College of Music?s Open Music Initiative dreamed up ideas to help musicians make a living.

Opinion | Scott Gilmore

Black Lives Matter goes international

To an outsider, it is astounding that the United States, in the 21st century, is still wrestling with the horrifying legacy of slavery.

US increases oversight of foreign students

An immigration official has made hundreds of visits to Massachusetts schools in two years to ensure they comply with regulations.

Yvonne Abraham

Suffolk?s board of trustees acts like a firing squad

What a massive hash the board of trustees has made of Suffolk Univeristy and its reputation.

What our critics say

Drake dipped into a seemingly bottomless bag of tricks during his TD Garden concert on Wednesday night. — Kayana Szymczak for the Boston Globe

Music review

Drake, Future contrasting collaborators in Garden extravaganza

Their careers have been intertwined for years now, but Drake and Future showcased dynamically disparate styles in a Summer Sixteen Tour stop.

TV CRITIC?S CORNER

Does Naz?s change come too quickly?

Some are saying that Naz?s change from an innocent to a criminal in jail feels too sudden.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Scott Gilmore

Black Lives Matter goes international

To an outsider, it is astounding that the United States, in the 21st century, is still wrestling with the horrifying legacy of slavery.

Globe investigations

Private schools, painful secrets

The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliation

The Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

The Big Picture

Gang of Christ in Mexico

In the troubled fringes of Monterrey, an aspiring priest is using his faith to reach out to young gang members and at-risk youth.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Globe must-reads

Boston, MA - 8/10/2016 - {8th inning) Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz (34) howls in pain after fouling a pitch off his foot. Ortiz had to be helped off the field. The Boston Red Sox take on the New York Yankees in Game 2 of a 3 game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 11Red Sox-Yankees, LOID: 8.2.3922973294.

Yankees 9, Red Sox 4

David Ortiz gets hurt as Yankees rally past Red Sox

Add one more loss to Scott Brown?s list: his bike

$Boston, MA., 07/22/16, Eleven year old Jeremy Daly of Nashua NH, cools off in the hot weather in the Frog Pond on Boston Common. Super hot weather in boston. Suzanne Kreiter\Globe sta$

Walsh declares heat emergency in Boston starting Thursday

Junilda ?Muñeca? Diaz (right) and her mother, Mayra, with actor-comedian Sinbad at the Berklee City Music Scholarship Concert on Tuesday.

NAMES

Local student surprised with full scholarship to Berklee

08/01/2016 BEVERLY, MA The Wile and Horvitz properties as seen from the air in Beverly. **Photo taken with drone.** (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Globe Magazine

These wealthy neighbors have been at war for nearly 25 years

Nickerson pulled up this blue lobster while fishing off Plymouth.

Lobsterman hauls in a rare blue lobster

Before serving as MBTA chief executive, Robert Kiley was a deputy mayor in Boston under Kevin White.

obituary

Robert Kiley, who served as MBTA chief in 1970s, dies at 80

A worker prepared a salad at the Sweetgreen in the Back Bay in 2014.

City health inspectors shut down Sweetgreen

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, used to calculate how much students and their families must contribute to the cost of college, will be available Oct. 1, not Jan. 1.

New FAFSA date offers chance to simplify aid filing

One cosplayer dressed as Mr. Freeze, a Batman villain, for last year?s Boston Comic Con. The annual three-day convention kicks off Friday.

The big business of Boston?s nerdy conventions

Apple hasn?t updated the Mac Pro since 2014.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Apple ? and others ? are falling into a product rut

Watch: Video shows shark chowing down on seal off Cape Cod

Sports

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ESPN veteran John Saunders dies at 61

The longtime studio and play-by-play man hosted ?The Sports Reporters? among his many duties.

Metro

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Woburn, Massachusetts - 7/30/2015 - Aisling Brady McCarthy leaves court proceedings at the at the Middlesex Superior Court Healthcare in Woburn, Massachusetts, July 30, 2015. McCarthy is accused of killing a 1-year-old Massachusetts girl in her care in 2013. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Default ruling is issued against former Cambridge nanny

Aisling Brady McCarthy has been sued by the parents of a baby who died in her care.

Politics

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Traffic moved over the Hudson River and across the George Washington Bridge between New York City and Fort Lee, N.J.

Christie ?flat out lied? in George Washington Bridge case, aide texted

Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey had said in a news conference he did not believe any senior member of his staff knew about the plot to block traffic to the George Washington Bridge.