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Former Boston Planning and Development Agency official pleads guilty to accepting $50,000 in bribes

A developer agreed to pay $50,000 in cash and a check to John Lynch in return for Lynch using his influence to secure a vote from a Zoning Board of Appeals member, according to prosecutors. 2 hours ago

Hurricane Dorian is now considered a ?major? storm

The hurricane's winds are now between 111 and 129 miles per hour. 2 hours ago

Maps: When and where Dorian could hit Florida
Hurricane Dorian is taking aim at the US mainland, with forecasters warning that it will likely strengthen and slam into the coast as a Category 4 storm.

Dave Epstein: What the latest forecast says View the hurricane tracker

Rays prospect Blake Bivens devastated by murders of family members. ?My life as I knew it is destroyed.?
Bivens said his ?heart was turned to ash? when his wife, 1-year-old son, and mother-in-law were slain this week.

Man arrested after trespassing at Taylor Swift?s Rhode Island home said he was there to marry her

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey hacked; account sent racist tweets

Opinion

Renée Graham

Susan Collins is sad. She should be worried.
Christopher Weyant

America?s knock-knock joke
Renée Loth

Fewer prisoners, lower crime
Joan Wickersham

When the watch stopped

Cambridge Caribbean festival canceled because ?reliable intelligence? suggested a shootout would take place
?I am outraged that someone would try to use the Carnival to divide and harm our residents,? said the event?s organizer. 3 hours ago

Spooky ?Bridgewater Triangle? is getting its own FX series
The approximately 200-square-mile region has been home to reports of UFOs, Bigfoot, and other strange sightings. Now, some of those legends could make their way to television.

Art Review
An emerging art star in her late 60s, Vivian Suter brings bright, blissful works to the ICA
Suter had her first brush with art-world fame almost 40 years ago. After half a lifetime spent painting in the Guatemalan jungle, she?s ready to give us another look.

Eastern equine encephalitis

MSPCA launches emergency EEE vaccination clinic after five horses die in 10 days
Only horses in the Merrimack Valley are eligible at this time.

EEE risk raised to ?critical? in several Mass. communities

How to minimize the risk posed by EEE in Mass.
How do I keep from getting EEE? Here are answers to that question and others you might have about the illness.

Map: The risk level of EEE in each Massachusetts community

Editors' picks

Stay away from these Boston streets this weekend
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The greatest overlooked TV performances of the last 20 years
Thomas Farragher

Tears, hugs, and then your child is a college freshman


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Sports

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Politics / Business

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12th annual Riverfest is coming to Assembly Row

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Rhode island

RHODE MAP

We asked college presidents to predict the future for today?s kindergartners

In honor of the youngsters starting kindergarten this year, Rhode Map asked college presidents across the state to predict what college will be like when those kids graduate.

Rhode Island has clawed back from the Great Recession. What happens when the next one comes?

Rhode Island tends to be ?FILO? (First In and Last Out) of recessions, one economist said, arguing that the state has not done enough to reinvent its economy for long-term strength.

$400,000 for a liquor license? That?s the cost of doing business in Newport

With new hotels on the horizon, city leaders are debating lifting a 40-year-old cap on liquor licenses.

Bold Types
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Bob Rivers

Bob Rivers is the chair and chief executive officer of Eastern Bank, the largest and oldest mutual bank in the U.S. Rivers discusses why he?s placed social justice issues at the center of the bank?s mission.

About Bold Types

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Trump opens door to Putin G7 ?visit?
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Letters

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VISUAL STORIES

Photos: Fires in the Amazon basin

Photos from Boston?s Caribbean Carnival parade

Photos: Sights from South Station

Earth?s future is being written in fast-melting Greenland

Metro

?The window is closing?: Why black entrepreneurs are disappointed with Mass. marijuana legalization

Massachusetts was the first state to pass a cannabis legalization law that required the industry to include people harmed by the war on drugs.

Stay away from these Boston streets this weekend

Move-in weekend kicks off in full force soon, with Aug. 31 (when most renters need to vacate) falling on Saturday, and Sept. 1 (when most renters can officially move in) falling on Sunday. In addition, other events over Labor Day weekend will cause more headaches.

Man arrested after trespassing at Taylor Swift?s Rhode Island home said he was there to marry her

A man was arrested at Taylor Swift?s beachfront home in Westerly, R.I. Thursday morning after brushing his teeth at her gate and claiming he was there to marry her, police said.

Former Boston Planning and Development Agency official pleads guilty to accepting $50,000 in bribes

John Lynch of Boston was formerly assistant director of real estate at the Economic Development Industrial Corp., a division of the BPDA.

Rhode Island boy, 17, sentenced to life in prison for 2018 slaying of boy, 15, outside Providence high school
A 17-year-old boy was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a 15-year-old boy who was a bystander during a fight at a Providence, RI, high school September 2018, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha?s office said Friday.

K-9 helps police track down man who fled into swamp after allegedly crashing into home in West Brookfield
A police dog tracked a Dudley man through a swamp after the man allegedly led police on a chase and crashed into a home in West Brookfield Friday morning, police said.

STAT

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Study: Hormone therapy for menopause raises breast cancer risk for years

Doctors more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day ? or if running late

Opinion: My hand surgeon should have gotten $4.5 billion for fixing my wrist

sports

Rays prospect Blake Bivens devastated by murders of family members. ?My life as I knew it is destroyed.?

Bivens said his ?heart was turned to ash? when his wife, 1-year-old son, and mother-in-law were slain this week.

Patriots cuts tracker: See who is on the way out as roster deadline looms

New Engand must reduce the roster to 53 by Saturday at 4 p.m. Here?s a look at the players reportedly on the way out.

Game 135: Red Sox at Angels lineups and notes

The Red Sox begin the final series of a Western swing Friday in Anaheim with Nate Eovaldi on the mound.

Chris Tierney returns to Revolution in front office role

Tierney, who played 11 years for the club, was named player recruitment manager.

NFL NOTEBOOK
Ryan Fitzpatrick wins starting QB job with Dolphins
The 36-year-old former Harvard player beat out Josh Rosen for the job ? for now.

SATURDAY, 7:30 P.M. (NBCSB)
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Politics

Warren and Sanders to campaign in New Hampshire this weekend
Senators Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders are holding events across New Hampshire this weekend as they run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.

Business

Marijuana

MARIJUANA MOMENT
Seth Rogen hosting marijuana-fueled charity carnival for Alzheimer?s research
Actor Seth Rogen will be the ringmaster at an adults-only charity carnival next month featuring comedians running game booths and marijuana aplenty.

magazine
Cover story

Diet advice changes by the minute. How are we supposed to figure out what to eat?

Perspective

Why are black males supported only when they?re athletes?

Beyond Lyme Disease

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Your Week Ahead

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metro

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Shoestring theater, artwork, and chorus rehearsals

At Boston summer internship, students build confidence for transition to college

Nation

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Warren and Sanders to campaign in New Hampshire this weekend

Trump?s personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, steps down

World

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Boris Johnson?s surprise Brexit ploy: Delay Parliament

India?s top court to examine change in Kashmir?s status

politics

Trump?s personal assistant, Madeleine Westerhout, steps down

Biden defends faulty telling of military heroism story

Space Command set to open, will defend US interests in space

business

EPA forces VW to correct gas mileage on 98,000 vehicles

MS drug prices are driving up Medicare costs, study says

Doctors more likely to prescribe opioids later in the day ? or if running late

arts

Upcoming season of ?The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? will have show?s first black housewife

Bed bugs, tan suits, baked beans, and kombucha

The greatest overlooked TV performances of the last 20 years

lifestyle

Ingrid Fetell Lee on designing a ?joyful? home

12th annual Riverfest is coming to Assembly Row

Meek Mill, Meghan Trainor to perform in free NFL pregame concert

marijuana

Seth Rogen hosting marijuana-fueled charity carnival for Alzheimer?s research

Disneyland busted Robert Downey Jr. for smoking marijuana, he reveals while accepting Disney award

Don?t use bootleg or street vaping products, CDC warns

opinion

The most inhumane of Trump?s immigration policies

Newsrooms won?t be saved by Bernie Sanders? socialist nostrums

Boston?s middle class is getting crushed ? does anyone care?

food & dining

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Meet Claire Saffitz, the Internet?s favorite pastry chef

Go ahead and microwave fish, and other office lunch etiquette you should ignore

travel

Block Island Beach House is updated, but still honors the past

When in Connecticut, head for the Hills

Las Vegas goes to pot

Books

?Fly Already? a story collection with a high tolerance for the absurd

6 ways to get your videos booted from YouTube

For ?The Missing Ones,? learning a thing or two from the little ones

Movies

At the MFA, two films on two very different masters: painter David Hockney and photographer Robert Frank

Were aspiring film stars of the 1930s all that different from the YouTube celebrities of today?

Festival on the Vineyard, hoofing it at the Coolidge

Television

?Mindhunter? consistently captivates in season 2

Leslie Jones is leaving ?SNL? after five seasons

Taylor Swift wins top prize, Missy Elliott honored for lifetime achievement at VMAs

music

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Obituaries

Jim Leavelle, lawman at Lee Harvey Oswald?s side, dies at 99

Wang Guodong, who painted and maintained Mao Zedong?s official portrait, dies at 88

Ann Nelson, expert on particle physics, dies at 61