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Blind Spot | A Globe investigation | part 2

He was a wrecking machine before the gruesome N.H. crash. Why didn't anyone stop Volodymyr Zhukovskyy?

The skinny, fidgety 23-year-old with a penchant for gold chains, fast cars, heroin, and Hennessey, had a long trail of crashes behind him when he was handed the keys to a truck. Any questions about him wouldn?t draw notice for a few more days, when seven people lay dying on a lonely mountain road amid twisted metal and flames.
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Blind spot
An 11-month Globe investigation found that bureaucratic negligence has contributed to deaths on America?s roads. (Caitlin Healy/Globe staff)

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Dangerous drivers should have lost their licenses. They didn?t ? and others died.

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Questions about Zhukovskyy came too late, after seven people lay dying on a lonely mountain road.

House passes bill to reverse changes blamed for mail delays

The House approved legislation in a rare Saturday session that would reverse recent changes in US Postal Service operations and send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election. The legislation is certain to stall in the GOP-held Senate
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin paved way for postal service shake-up

In secretly recorded audio, President Trump?s sister says he has ?no principles? and ?you can?t trust him?
"All he wants to do is appeal to his base," Maryanne Trump Barry said in a conversation secretly recorded by her niece, Mary L. Trump.

Orioles 5, Red Sox 4

Red Sox bullpen blows lead twice in 10-inning loss to Orioles

Orioles ended the Sox' win streak at three by scoring twice in the eighth and twice in the 10th off the Boston bullpen.

Two arrested after fight breaks out among about 50 people on Mass. Ave in Boston

Opinion

David Daley

What did Mayor Alex Morse do when Holyoke police beat a 12-year-old boy?
EDITORIAL

The US Postal Service lost $0
IDEAS | SWATHI KELLA

?Someone who looks like us': The Harris nomination and new possibilities for South Asian Americans
Renée Graham

At the RNC, Trump will offer the strongest case against his reelection

On Nantucket, a racist act gets a second look
An unsolved crime on Nantucket reveals decades of racial tension.

The lack of Black leaders in New England college sports is ?what institutional and systemic racism look like?
A Globe survey found that only 5 of 112 New England colleges have a Black athletic director and only 2 of 58 football teams have a Black head coach. And when schools have had the opportunity to improve their numbers, they haven't always taken it.

What to watch, do, and listen to this weekend

?Love in the Time of Corona? is made for this moment

11 rooftop restaurants and patios to enjoy (safely) while it?s still summer

From Prince to Coltrane to Joni, here?s a raft of desert island discs

10 cool ways to social-distance in the Berkshires

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

Here?s a look at the state map of communities that are high, moderate, and low risk for COVID-19

11 coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

NBA roundup
Milwaukee Bucks defeat Orlando Magic for 2-1 series lead
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 35 points, 11 rebounds, and 7 assists, for top-seeded Milwaukee.

Miami ICU nurse: I have never in my life seen so many deaths
Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them ? the last gasps of 17 men and women who died of the coronavirus.

Woman dies from COVID-19 in outbreak linked to Maine wedding on Aug. 7

2 tropical storms heading for double blow to US Gulf Coast
Tropical Storms Laura and Marco were both projected to approach Louisiana at or close to hurricane force just two days apart next week. Two hurricanes have never appeared in the Gulf of Mexico at the same time.

NORTHERN TRUST NOTEBOOK
Poor play by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy makes for a memorable day
A lot of the steam was taken out of the blockbuster pairing without fans allowed on the course. Their play certainly didn't help matters, either.

It?s Dustin Johnson?s title to lose in Norton, up five at the Northern Trust

Ben Volin | On football
It?s only a matter of time before the Patriots are Cam Newton?s team
Bill Belichick has to keep up the pretense of a quarterback competition, but everyone knows the deal.

Missing Brockton Fort Hood soldier a victim of ?abusive sexual contact,? Army says
The army also said Saturday there is no foul play suspected in his disappearance.

More Recent headlines

Ketamine that?s injected during arrests draws new scrutiny

One person killed in seven-car crash on Interstate 93 in Dorchester

Convenience store clerk shot last month in Roxbury robbery dies

On StatNews.com

Seven months later, what we know about Covid-19 ? and the pressing questions that remain

Watch: What day is it? How pandemic stress alters your perception of time

Comfort Zone

Scootering cross-country for a kick and a cause

?Nomadic Matt? Kepnes on being grounded and setting up roots

Tentrr offers secluded campsites on private land ? including dozens of gems in New England

Send your troubles to Santa Fe

Recommended Reads

Chinatown cleans up, getting ready for its next act

A Saturday cleanup on Chinatown's streets was part of the recently launched campaign, We Love Boston Chinatown, and organized by the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center and the city?s Love Your Block program.

Globe Magazine
A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. This grad student from Maine solved it in days
?That?s ridiculous,? Lisa Piccirillo thought when she first learned about the Conway knot problem. ?We should be able to do that.?

As police overhaul bill lingers, unions flex their political muscles
Advocates and legislators say they expected opposition ? unions have stalled policy changes before. But they expressed worry that the unions? political clout will derail needed changes. One legislator called the union letter-writing campaign ?bully-ish.?

Rhode Island

Rhode Island?s successful reopening of child-care programs shows ?there is a path,? CDC director says

A federal study attributed Rhode Island's success to the low number of coronavirus infections across the state and the programs' strict adherence to protocols for safe reopening.

Rhode Island College will close the elementary school on its campus

The Rhode Island cities and towns seeing the most new coronavirus cases
Newton

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

I?m not going the postal route in this year?s election
EDITORIAL

Boston police dodge records requests
David Litt

Despite his praise for the suffrage movement, Trump is committed to doing the opposite
Adrian C. Madaro

Why East Boston?s coronavirus infection rate is higher than the rest of the city
Scot Lehigh

The Democrats bring it all together
IDEAS | David Scharfenberg

Aerosmith, the Cars, the Pixies ? Boston used to be a rock ?n? roll capital. Where has all the music gone?

VISUAL STORIES

Dont?a Hightower?s fiancée was in labor for 17 hours. He used ?28-3? to help her push through

Photos: Mayflower II, a reimagining of vessel used by pilgrims, sails home to Plymouth

Devastated by multiple tragedies, a border city seeks a bridge to the future

?I want to save everything?: In the era of COVID-19, a small army of animal lovers is providing triage for creatures in distress

metro

Missing Brockton Fort Hood soldier a victim of ?abusive sexual contact,? Army says
The army also said Saturday there is no foul play suspected in his disappearance.

State criticized over calls for teachers to work from empty classrooms this fall

Massachusetts? largest teachers union issued a statement rejecting the guidance from the state.

?Wildly overdrawn?: Kennedy-Markey race becomes referendum on who is the real progressive

The left has embraced Markey as the one real progressive in the race, but other Democrats say Kennedy deserves the label, too

Light display illuminates importance of biodiversity at Franklin Park Zoo

Chinatown cleans up, getting ready for its next act

sports

Red Sox bullpen blows lead twice in 10-inning loss to Orioles

Orioles ended the Sox' win streak at three by scoring twice in the eighth and twice in the 10th off the Boston bullpen.

Stars open Western Conference semifinals with win over Avalanche

Alexander Radulov had two goals and an assist for Dallas, while Colorado lost defenseman Eric Johnson and goalie Philipp Grubauer to injuries.
NORTHERN TRUST NOTEBOOK

Poor play by Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy makes for a memorable day

A lot of the steam was taken out of the blockbuster pairing without fans allowed on the course. Their play certainly didn't help matters, either.

It?s Dustin Johnson?s title to lose in Norton, up five at the Northern Trust

With two longtime friends traded away, Matt Barnes wonders if he?s next

Mike Milbury steps away from NBC broadcasts for remainder of Stanley Cup playoffs

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

Business

Global deaths from COVID-19 reach 800,000 as US cases remain steady
COVID-19 deaths worldwide reached 800,000 since the outbreak began. In the US, 47,581 cases and 1,102 deaths were reported Friday.

chesto means business
Boston?s $5b insurance tech firm is an overnight success story, two decades in the making
Duck Creek Technologies, which went public on Aug. 14, has the potential to be a flagship company for Boston?s burgeoning "insurtech" scene.

State adds 72,100 new jobs, shrinks unemployment rate but still highest in country

Another smashing public debut by a local biotech: Kymera stock soars by 66 percent
Larry Edelman

It?s not just Nabel: Why Boston?s hospital CEOs don?t belong on corporate boards

Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli to be sentenced Friday in college bribery plot

Politics

House passes bill to reverse changes blamed for mail delays

Trump holds a rare White House funeral for his younger brother, Robert

Birth of panda cub provides ?much-needed moment of pure joy?

Marijuana

Boston Cannabis Board approves two marijuana retailers, defers action on Patriot Care

Rivals hit Jake Auchincloss over marijuana skepticism
magazine
Cover story

A sexual predator exploited her online, then came after her in the real world
Perspective

Suffragists fought a pandemic and bias. We owe it to them to vote.
Feature

A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. This grad student from Maine solved it in days

Cooking

Recipes: Three fresh plum desserts for summer

sports

Unheralded Sophia Popov takes 3-shot lead into final round of Women?s British Open

From the Grizzlies? pick to Robert Williams?s absence, five thoughts on the Celtics

Brandon Workman blows save, takes loss in Phillies debut

metro

Missing Brockton Fort Hood soldier a victim of ?abusive sexual contact,? Army says

State criticized over calls for teachers to work from empty classrooms this fall

?Wildly overdrawn?: Kennedy-Markey race becomes referendum on who is the real progressive

Nation

Miami ICU nurse: I have never in my life seen so many deaths

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Key metrics the state is monitoring for reopening

World

Japanese politicians mark war anniversary at contentious shrine

Belarus president: Russia willing to help counter protests

FBI team arrives this weekend to take part in Beirut probe

politics

Trump holds a rare White House funeral for his younger brother, Robert

Birth of panda cub provides ?much-needed moment of pure joy?

Democrats were denied a much needed spectacle in pivotal Wisconsin this week. Here?s why that matters

business

Global deaths from COVID-19 reach 800,000 as US cases remain steady

Boston?s $5b insurance tech firm is an overnight success story, two decades in the making

State adds 72,100 new jobs, shrinks unemployment rate but still highest in country

lifestyle

Scootering cross-country for a kick and a cause

Ben Affleck will reportedly play Batman once more in ?The Flash?

California fires claim 5 lives, threaten thousands of homes

marijuana

Boston Cannabis Board approves two marijuana retailers, defers action on Patriot Care

Rivals hit Jake Auchincloss over marijuana skepticism

Marijuana company will destroy $2.6 million inventory of year-old vapes

opinion

What did Mayor Alex Morse do when Holyoke police beat a 12-year-old boy?

?Someone who looks like us': The Harris nomination and new possibilities for South Asian Americans

The new generation of a choice: ranked voting

food & dining

New pizza comes to Chestnut Hill and Quincy, and an old Chinatown favorite returns

McGreevy?s in the Back Bay joins list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

Dumpling Daughter gets a tasty Brookline sibling

travel

?Nomadic Matt? Kepnes on being grounded and setting up roots

Send your troubles to Santa Fe

They opened the B&B of their dreams, then COVID-19 arrived

Books

He loved Lucy: Fiction and family history mingle with television royalty in ?The Queen of Tuesday?

Hunting the American dream in ?The Great Offshore Grounds?

Bibliophiles: Helen Macdonald on Shakespeare and animal books

Movies

?It?s good to be back.? Moviegoers return to AMC theaters around Boston

?Imagine no one?s done a period drama before'

In Focus: What happened in Iran in 1953 ? and many other places since

Television

For the Tony Awards, the show will go on

Sarah Cooper syncs up with CBS for new comedy series

?Love in the Time of Corona? is made for this moment

music

Boston Symphony Orchestra lays off 50 full-time administrative staffers

From Prince to Coltrane to Joni, here?s a raft of desert island discs

Just you, an island, and an album

Theater/Dance

Newton native?s first play may lack a stage, but not an all-star cast

In online dance classes, no one can see you miss a step

Live theater returns to the Berkshires in a changed world

globe local

On Nantucket, a racist act gets a second look

Post-pandemic Cape Cod could be more unaffordable, officials fear

For readers young and old, bookstores prove they?re an essential business, too

Obituaries

Deidre Davis Butler, who fought for disability rights, dies at 64

Stephen F. Williams, US Appeals Court judge, dies at 83

Ann Syrdal, who helped give computers a female voice, dies at 74