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‘They’ve taken down the mask’: A new generation of abortion bans make no exception for rape

The proliferation of bans runs counter to overwhelming public support for such exceptions, which poses a political risk for the Republicans who are defending them, especially as extreme cases draw attention to the consequences of these laws.

Biden announces new executive actions at Somerset’s Brayton Point in attempt to revive climate agenda

President Biden visited Somerset’s shuttered coal-fired power plant Wednesday afternoon to attempt to breathe new life into his besieged climate agenda after setbacks from the courts and Congress.

Why Biden didn’t declare a national climate emergency

Judge rules that ban on mandatory life sentences for juveniles should be extended to young adults

If the Supreme Judicial Court affirms the decision, dozens of inmates convicted of first-degree murder for crimes committed in young adulthood may become eligible for parole.

Was Trump ‘detached from reality’ or calculating? Jan. 6 committee to cap case against ex-president
Donald Trump’s frame of mind — whether rational or raving — will be a central component of the Jan. 6 hearing on Thursday night.

White House insiders to talk about Trump’s actions

Three top staffers set to depart BPDA, adding to dozens of agency openings
Another round of departures are underway at the city’s powerful development agency, as builders worry about understaffing.

Visitors to the Franklin Park Zoo walked past signs advising safe distancing near an entrance to the zoo, May 28, 2020, in Boston. For Massachusetts, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation projects a plateau of COVID-19 infections over the next few months, with the curve bending downward slightly in the early fall before rising gently in October.

BA.5 variant will keep Massachusetts at a COVID-19 plateau through the summer, experts predict

Health practitioners and scientists are unified in predicting there will be no summer lull in the COVID-19 outbreak and that the virus will likely continue to simmer in the population.

Can you still use an at-home COVID-19 test past its expiration date? It depends. ‘Oh my god, not again’: COVID variant making reinfections more common

Globe Magazine

Can poetry possibly matter in a time like this? Harvard’s Tracy K. Smith knows the answer.
Poetry is having a moment, in large part because poets such as Smith and Amanda Gorman are ready to meet the moment — with ambitious questions, incomplete answers, and what Smith calls “empathetic imagination.”

‘She didn’t deserve this’: Friend recalls Harvard woman found dead in Vermont as a ‘beautiful soul’
Mary Anderson broke off her engagement to Matthew Davis last November, a rejection the 34-year-old man refused to accept, a friend of the woman said.

People seem so brittle since the start of the pandemic. How do we adjust?

Friends, neighbors, and totally strangers seem so different now.

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz appeared on "America's Got Talent" Tuesday night and performed a stunt with Simon Cowell.

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz performs on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ cracks the whip on Simon Cowell

Lepiarz, who goes by the stage name Jack The Whipper, appeared on NBC's “America’s Got Talent” where he stunned all three judges, including Simon Cowell, with his whip-cracking prowess.

Stephen Curry took a few shots at Boston during Wednesday's ESPY Awards.

Host Stephen Curry hits more big shots against Celtics, this time during ESPY awards

Curry poked fun at the Celtics and Grant Williams, who was in the audience.

Opinion

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

Disobey orders, save lives

Cops need to follow directions from above — but what if those commands are destructive or deadly? “Active bystander” training teaches them when to break ranks.

Put the brakes on the prison moratorium

About those deleted Secret Service texts

What Harvard means by ‘diversity’

IDEAS | Deena Emera

Reproductive choice is at the core of being a female mammal

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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Diehl, Doughty face off in first — and maybe last — GOP gubernatorial debate

The two Republican candidates for governor met Wednesday in a pointed debate, with Chris Doughty pitching himself as well-suited to juice Massachusetts’ economy and Geoff Diehl presenting himself as a conservative who will win culture-war battles.

Here are some rookies who could surprise at Patriots training camp and contribute this season
New England’s rookies have been in Foxborough all week.

Ten thrillers to read on your summer vacation
Chill out with these hair-raising mysteries, all published this year.

Boston selected as site for announcement of Earthshot prizes founded by Prince William

Boston is getting the royal treatment in December when the city hosts the second annual awards ceremony for the Earthshot Prize, an honor founded by Prince William of Britain to highlight and back solutions to climate change and other pressing environmental challenges, prize officials said.

THE FINE PRINT

Exhausted new parents, a tongue-tied infant, and an insurance company playing by the rules. Is there room for flexibility?
Point32Health rejected Alexzandra and Gene Lyons' insurance claim for a procedure they believe was medically necessary for their infant.

‘I didn’t want to die, so I just let him,’ victim testifies in kidnapping, rape case

The woman who was allegedly abducted by Victor Peña, a former Charlestown resident charged with kidnapping her after she left a Boston bar in January 2019 and repeatedly raping her in his apartment over multiple days, told jurors that she stopped resisting the sexual assaults because she “didn’t want to die.”

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Mr. Champagne stood as his name was called during the introduction of freed and exonerated community members event at the Innocence Network Conference in Phoenix in April.

Raymond Champagne, who served 41 years for wrongful conviction, died 30 months after winning freedom

“It just seems so unfair,” said his wife, Mary “Molly” Baldwin. “Since he got out, he actually had a really full 30 months. It’s not fair it wasn’t longer.”

Dan Shaughnessy

With David Ortiz headed into the Hall of Fame, we asked Yaz: Who was the better hitter?
Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski is secure in saying that Big Papi, who will be inducted into Cooperstown on Sunday, is the second greatest slugger in Red Sox history.

A ‘2A sanctuary town’ in Rhode Island declares it won’t comply with new gun law
The president of the town council in Burrillville, R.I., says he’ll “never” give up his high-capacity magazines -- even if the law requires him to do so. “The town will not allocate funds to confiscate or seize any gun magazines,” he told the Globe. “We control the police budget.”

Ten thrillers to read on your summer vacation
Chill out with these hair-raising mysteries, all published this year.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The Coolidge Corner Theatre recently hosted a 12-hour marathon of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon

Claudia Jessie (left) and Nicola Coughlan in "Bridgerton."

Filming of ‘Bridgerton’ season 3 underway

Bluesman Taj Mahal will be returning to the Newport Folk Festival for the first time in 34 years.

10 must-see artists at this year’s Newport Folk Festival

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons conducts the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and soprano Ying Fang in Brahms's "A German Requiem" at Tanglewood.

Tanglewood sings with a weekend of opera and choral music

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Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

An employee holds semiconductor chips over a 300-millimeter wafer produced by German engineering and electronics company Bosch at the Bosch semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany.

Computer chips are vital to national security. US needs to make more of them on American soil.

Kevin Outterson and Henry Skinner

Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic

Lights illuminate liquefied natural gas tanker Oak Spirit during the delivery of Poland's first import of US LNG at the Gazoport terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland, in 2019.

Ernest J. Moniz

A way forward on the climate crisis and energy insecurity

A policeman removes the handcuffs from WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia on July 15, 2022.

Time to bring Brittney Griner home

"I am is who I am. And today I am a 60-year-old woman."

On turning 60

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

20 things to love about summer in Rhode Island

New England has lots of charming spots to consider. But there are plenty of them right here, in the Ocean State. Here are a few favorites.

RHODE ISLAND REPORT PODCAST

An emergency room doctor, Ranney says there’s a lot that can be done to decrease gun deaths, injuries

“This isn’t about being pro- or anti-gun,” she said on this week’s Rhode Island Report podcast, “it’s about applying that basic public health approach to reduce the number of gun injuries and gun deaths.”

Baker announces nominees for Superior, District courts

Governor Charlie Baker nominated Brent A. Tingle, a partner at the law firm Morrison Mahoney for more than 20 years, as an associate justice of the Superior Court, and Jon L. Revelli, an assistant clerk magistrate, as an associate justice of the District Court, according to a statement.

Authorities investigate Wilmington hit-and-run

The crash occurred at the intersection of Nichols and Fifth streets — near the Billerica and Tewksbury town lines — at around 7:10 a.m., according to a statement from the Wilmington Police Department.

Sports

Stephen Curry took a few shots at Boston during Wednesday's ESPY Awards.

Host Stephen Curry hits more big shots against Celtics, this time during ESPY awards

Curry poked fun at the Celtics and Grant Williams, who was in the audience.

James Harden will sign a deal paying him about $33 million this season with a $35 million player option for the 2023-24 season.

James Harden takes a pay cut, agrees with 76ers on a two-year, $68 million deal

Harden will make about $14.5 million less this coming season than he could have earned under his previous deal.

The 49ers have won 31 of the 45 regular-season games Jimmy Garoppolo has started.

49ers give Jimmy Garoppolo permission to seek trade, but is there a market for a recuperating, $24 million quarterback?

Garoppolo is returning from offseason shoulder surgery and is in the final year of his contract.

Baseball Notebook

All-Star Game showcases modern baseball: homers, strikeouts, and shifts

Trevor Story’s move to second base sparked plenty of debate, but he’s been one of baseball’s best in his new spot for the Red Sox

In his return to horse racing, Bob Baffert’s Taiba is favored in $1 million Haskell Stakes

Business

Key gas pipeline from Russia to Europe restarts after break

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany had been closed since July 11 for annual maintenance work.

US demands talks on Mexican energy policies it calls unfair

The US is demanding talks to resolve the dispute, starting a process Wednesday that could end in trade sanctions against Mexico.

European nations asked to cut natural gas use 15% until spring

Biogen sheds neuroscience drug programs amid uncertain future

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Are you a helicopter dog parent? Then you should read this.

Potato salad with capers, olives, and olive-oil tuna

Recipes: Tuna packed in olive oil makes an easy, satisfying supper

I’m in a sports league with an ex. He won’t even acknowledge me.

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

The John Adams Courthouse in Boston is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Judge rules that ban on mandatory life sentences for juveniles should be extended to young adults

Diehl, Doughty face off in first — and maybe last — GOP gubernatorial debate

‘She didn’t deserve this’: Friend recalls Harvard woman found dead in Vermont as a ‘beautiful soul’

sports

USA's Sydney Mclaughlin won her semifnal heat of the women's 400-meter hurdles to qualify as the top seed in Friday's final at the world championships in Eugene, Ore.

USA’s Sydney McLaughlin cruises into finals of women’s 400m hurdles at world championships

Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic on US Open entry list, but they are big question marks to play

The best player in women’s college basketball was not originally invited to the ESPYS, and was even more hurt by a late request

business

U.S. Postal Service delivery vehicles outside a post office in Torrance, California.

USPS will make 40% of its new trucks electric, up from 10%

Mass Audubon wants more state spending on open space

Wellesley renewable energy company Vanguard is sold to BlackRock for $700 million

politics

Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Kemp, center, signed legislation in Atlanta, on May 7, 2019, banning abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can be as early as six weeks before many women know they're pregnant.

‘They’ve taken down the mask’: A new generation of abortion bans make no exception for rape

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump’s 187 minutes as Capitol attacked

What to watch as Jan. 6 panel returns to prime time

Nation

A badge of the US flag is seen on the uniform of a female US soldier.

Lightning strike kills one soldier, injures nine at Georgia base

Ex-cop Thomas Lane faces sentencing in George Floyd killing

R. Kelly’s manager faces trial over theater-emptying threat

World

People wait in line to receive the Monkeypox vaccine.

WHO again considers declaring monkeypox a global emergency

Sri Lanka’s newly elected president sworn into office

Italian Premier Mario Draghi resigns after government implodes

opinion

Pediatrician’s parting note to parents: Set your phone aside — you’re missing out

Wikipedia could be the remedy for polarization

A Nobel laureate’s polite plea to the Fed: Go slowly in fighting inflation

lifestyle

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz appeared on "America's Got Talent" Tuesday night and performed a stunt with Simon Cowell.

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz performs on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ cracks the whip on Simon Cowell

From ‘Madame Web’ to ‘Maestro’ — a look at the Hollywood productions filming in Massachusetts in 2022

Need to beat this week’s heat? Head to one of these 75+ spray fountains, pools, or community centers.

food & dining

Glou, a new cocktail and wine bar, opened in late June in Providence's Fox Point.

Glou cocktail and wine bar offers a casual, playful vibe on Providence’s East Side

The best ice cream in Rhode Island? Try these 9 great spots

You can see everything that goes into these veggie burgers

travel

A Summer in Rhode Island in 2022

20 things to love about summer in Rhode Island

Travel + Leisure’s ‘World’s Best Awards’ are out for 2022, and there’s a lot to celebrate in New England

Try a city triathlon in Boston, just for fun

Arts

Vladimir Menshchikov, "There Is No God," 1975.

‘Believing Is Bad for You’: At the Museum of Russian Icons, ‘Images of Atheism’

Painting, pattern, and place collide in Bob Dilworth’s tender portraits

At the Clark, proof that Auguste Rodin is still the man

Books

Tracy K. Smith photographed at Harvard, where she just completed her first year as a professor.

Can poetry possibly matter in a time like this? Harvard’s Tracy K. Smith knows the answer.

Ten thrillers to read on your summer vacation

The view from above in ‘Imagine a City’

Movies

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The Coolidge Corner Theatre recently hosted a 12-hour marathon of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon

Review: ‘Nope’ is deeply strange, and Jordan Peele knows exactly what he’s doing

In ‘The Gray Man,’ it’s lawyers, guns, and money, only without the lawyers and money

Television

Claudia Jessie (left) and Nicola Coughlan in "Bridgerton."

Filming of ‘Bridgerton’ season 3 underway

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz performs on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ cracks the whip on Simon Cowell

‘Only Murders’ builds on initial success in season 2

music

Joy Oladokun

Joy Oladokun on Hendrix, hip-hop, hard truths, and her return to Newport

The Linda Lindas just wanna have fun

10 must-see artists at this year’s Newport Folk Festival

Theater/Dance

Katrina Lenk in the current revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company."

Side by side by side by side

Theatrely’s stage reviews, news, and TikToks speak Gen Z’s language

The compassionate, cockeyed comedy of Maria Bamford

globe local

Richard Cucchi's granddaughter, Hannah Thomas (center left), joined in on the family tradition by throwing flowers on the statue of the Virgin Mary during the Sunday procession.

‘It is truly a celebration of family.’ Nonantum opens its arms for St. Mary of Carmen Society’s festival and parade

East Bridgewater gets ready for its 200th birthday bash

Newton’s NewMo rideshare service offers free trips through end of July

Obituaries

Dr. Curl (far left), with fellow Nobel laureate Steve Weinberg, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, and Texas Instruments CEO Tom Engibous, at a news conference of the Texas Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, in San Antonio in 2004.

Robert F. Curl Jr., Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry, dies at 88

Claes Oldenburg dies at 93; pop artist made the everyday monumental

Gerald Shargel, criminal defense lawyer for the mob, dies at 77