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Renting an apartment in the Boston area? Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and save money.

The brutal mix of high demand and low supply has made renting in Boston more tortuous than ever. From avoiding scams and illegal “discount clauses” to getting your security deposit back, these tips will help you navigate the process.

On Bromfield Street lives the past, present, and future of downtown Boston
The historic blocks can be used as a barometer of the central business district’s post-COVID recovery — slow and surely there, but discouraging all the same.

Analysis

10 people who may run for president in 2024 if Trump and Biden do not
If not Biden and Trump, then who?

Mike Pence is being lauded as a hero for democracy in D.C. Trump’s base still hates him.

Staffing shortages shutter operating rooms, leaving hospitals short on cash

Depleted by two years of fighting a global pandemic, some of the state’s largest health systems have had to temporarily close their operating rooms due to staffing issues, exacerbating their financial troubles.

Charts: COVID pandemic in Mass. is not going away

Key elements of influential Alzheimer’s study may have been fabricated, report says

The field of Alzheimer’s research has received a black eye with news that key elements of an influential study into the disease may have been fabricated.

Mass. House, Senate agree on compromise to change later-term abortion law; Baker likely to have final say

One month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade — and with less than a week left in the formal legislative session — Massachusetts lawmakers on Monday reached a compromise to expand access to abortion, shield providers from out-of-state prosecution, and make contraception more readily available.

New video from Jan. 6 committee shows Trump edited lines in speech after Capitol attack

Representative Elaine Luria, a Virginia Democrat and member of the committee, posted a video to Twitter on Monday that included testimony from multiple Trump White House officials and a copy of a prepared speech that had been edited with thick black marker.

Marc Short appears before Jan. 6 grand jury Biden slams Trump for watching Jan. 6 riot amid chaos

In the race for Suffolk DA, Ricardo Arroyo doubles down on progressive reform as a path to victory
He says his three-plus years as a public defender showed him how crucial a district attorney can be, how their policies can directly affect people’s lives, their ability to secure a job, housing, and even student loans.

Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom has had some hits with his roster moves, but there are holes showing this season.

A few complaints about these free-falling Red Sox

Their recent skid had our heads spinning, conjuring up ludicrous thoughts such as, "At least the Jays didn't score 30 on 'em."

Red Sox snap streak, 3-1, beating Cleveland Guardians

The Celtics have had interest in Kevin Durant (left) for some time, but Jaylen Brown (right) would be a high price to pay.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Would it be worth the cost for the Celtics to deal Jaylen Brown to the Nets for Kevin Durant?

The Celtics would have to determine whether it’s worth it to give up a cornerstone player in his prime for an aging one.

Do you want the Celtics to make a run at Kevin Durant?

Peer-to-peer payment networks, like Zelle or Cash App, allow users to send money immediately using phone apps. However, some US senators want better protections for consumers.

Politicians want to crack down on payment systems like Zelle. Here’s why.

Quick peer-to-peer payment networks have become a favorite of fraudsters, and a group of US senators led by Massachusetts’s Elizabeth Warren want better protection for consumers.

Opinion

An "I voted" sticker on a Las Vegas street on Friday, Nov. 6, 2020.

Safeguarding the electoral count before it’s too late

Bipartisan bill aims to update 1887 law and protect the vote count from would-be demagogues.

Jennifer Thomson-Sullivan

I was on the Orange Line train that caught fire. I’m furious.

Who needs Title IX now?

Is Alan Dershowitz being canceled on Martha’s Vineyard?

Joe Manchin leaves underserved out in the heat during climate crisis

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.

More recent stories

‘Unintentional’ Red Line train movement upended some Monday morning commutes
A two-car Red Line train with “diminished braking capacity” moved out of an MBTA rail yard and onto the tracks at Braintree Station early Monday morning when an operator on board lost control before it came to a stop about 800 feet north of the station, agency spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said.

Party boat’s engine compartment catches fire in Cape Cod Bay with 54 people on board
The Plymouth harbormaster alerted the fire department at 10:32 a.m. of a fire on board a vessel owned by Captain John Boats, Plymouth fire officials said in a statement.

Wu says she’d give LeBron James a tour of Boston after his remarks about racist Celtics fans
“I would be happy to take LeBron around and show him the Boston that I know, that I love, and that we are building here to really make sure that everyone is included in our city,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in an interview with Radio Boston host Tiziana Dearing.

Neo-Nazi group leader pleads not guilty to fighting with counter-protester outside drag queen event
The pair challenged a group of neo-Nazis in Jamaica Plain this weekend outside a community center where families had gathered for a children’s drag queen story hour. Criminal prosecution of the leader of the extremist group will continue.

Andrea Campbell launches first TV ad in Democratic primary for attorney general
“No one is above the law,” Campbell declares in her first TV ad, ticking off the entities she says she’ll go after as the state’s top lawyer: price gougers, corporate polluters, and those who misuse taxpayer dollars. “As attorney general, I’ll hold politicians and the powerful accountable. Because I’ll always fight for you.”

Mega Millions jackpot rises to $810 million, fourth highest in lottery history
Tuesday’s drawing will be the 29th since the jackpot was last struck on April 15, the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission said in a statement.

Recommended reads

Justin Enggasser and son Leo witnessed a whale hit a boat off White Horse Beach.

‘I think everyone was shocked’: Father and son capture video of whale hitting boat in Plymouth

While fishing around 10 a.m. just off White Horse Beach, Justin Enggasser, 46, and his son Leo, 15, watched as a whale breached the ocean’s surface and then land directly on the bow of a 19-foot vessel, causing it to dip into the water.

‘They take up every parking space’: Whale watchers have been flocking to this spot in Plymouth

‘I was called to be the DA’: Teenage wish propelled Kevin Hayden to attain dream job
Known for his measured tone and judgment, Hayden is praised by supporters for a strong moral compass and substantive beliefs.

As deadline looms, Baker hopes ‘important’ cannabis legislation reaches his desk
The long-pending legislation has strong support from political leaders, but appears stalled in a State House committee.

Scientists, lawmakers say N.H. company spewed more ‘forever chemicals’ than acknowledged
The company that has accepted responsibility for cleaning the contaminated drinking water of thousands of residents in Southern New Hampshire allegedly withheld critical information from state regulators about the amount of toxic chemicals its Merrimack plant spewed into the air.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Speedy Ortiz headlines NICE, a fest on Saturday.

A stacked lineup of local bands for NICE, a fest

Schanaya Barrows (left) and Jada Saintlouis in "can i touch it?"

In Company One’s ‘can i touch it?,’ a battle over a neighborhood’s — and a family’s — identity

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward on the set of "Rachel, Rachel," 1968.

When Newman met Woodward

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon in Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back."

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

Special Projects

Back to Boston

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

Daisy Edgar-Jones in West Hollywood, Calif., on June 7.

Why ‘it’ matters

Head of School Peter Beck (center) sat with students during lunch break at the Buxton School in Williamstown on June 9. The school plans to eliminate smartphones in the upcoming school year.

With smartphone ban, Mass. school might just put its finger on a new approach

Javari Toney, 15, enjoys jumping on his pogo stick by his home on Dorchester Ave. on July 6th, after a weekend of multiple shootings in the city.

Eugene F. Rivers III

Boston Black leadership has a problem

Police gather outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

Consolidate the police

A supporter holds up a sign calling on Latinos to vote for Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for US Senate during a rally in Lilburn, Ga., Dec. 7, 2020. The rally was part of an effort to register and mobilize voters in Georgia's growing Latino population.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latino voters may determine control of the US Senate

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Staffing shortages shutter operating rooms, leaving hospitals short on cash

Depleted by two years of fighting a global pandemic, some of the state’s largest health systems have had to temporarily close their operating rooms due to staffing issues, exacerbating their financial troubles.

COMMENTARY | DAVID SEGAL

To tame inflation, we must address the structures that helped cause it

More can be done, progressive organizer and activist David Segal says, to compel corporations to prioritize society’s well-being over their bottom lines

Renting an apartment in the Boston area? Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and save money.

The brutal mix of high demand and low supply has made renting in Boston more tortuous than ever. From avoiding scams and illegal “discount clauses” to getting your security deposit back, these tips will help you navigate the process.

Wu says she’d give LeBron James a tour of Boston after his remarks about racist Celtics fans

“I would be happy to take LeBron around and show him the Boston that I know, that I love, and that we are building here to really make sure that everyone is included in our city,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in an interview with Radio Boston host Tiziana Dearing.

Sports

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner stands behind bars in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, on July 15.

Brittney Griner’s drawn-out drug trial in Russia resumes

The slow-moving trial and her five months of detention have raised strong criticism among teammates and supporters in the United States.

Haruyuki Takahashi, former executive board member of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Report: Tokyo Olympic board member under investigation

Prosecutors searched the home of former Tokyo Olympic organizing committee executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi on Tuesday in connection with payments made to him by an Olympic sponsor of the Tokyo Games.

Alex Verdugo's RBI double in the sixth inning provided the winning run on Monday night at Fenway Park.

RED SOX 3, GUARDIANS 1

Yellow jerseys help brighten Red Sox night, as Nick Pivetta helps end Boston’s five-game skid

Given an extra day's rest, Pivetta responded after three straight ugly starts, pitching into the sixth as the Sox produced just enough offense on a damp night at Fenway.

Former Patriots receiver Danny Amendola, two-time champion, retiring

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox sign, welcome top draft picks Mikey Romero and Cutter Coffey

Terry Francona recalls how David Ortiz’s personality emerged back in 2004

Business

Renting an apartment in the Boston area? Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and save money.

The brutal mix of high demand and low supply has made renting in Boston more tortuous than ever. From avoiding scams and illegal “discount clauses” to getting your security deposit back, these tips will help you navigate the process.

Harvard urges Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college admissions

Harvard urged the Supreme Court to preserve affirmative action in college admissions, calling it necessary to ensure a diverse student body.

Key elements of influential Alzheimer’s study may have been fabricated, report says

Zuckerberg sells home for $31 million

magazine

This week's daters: John Q. and Jon G.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I tried not to fangirl too hard but I don’t think I succeeded’

Explore a 300-pound block of ice at the Discovery Museum in Acton.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 25-31

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.

A sample of the decision making devices in Ben Sisto's collection, including a Magic 8 Ball, the Radio Shack Executive Decision Maker, dice, and others.

Magic 8 Balls. Coin flips. Why do we turn to objects to make decisions for us?

metro

Attorney General candidate Andrea Campbell. .

Andrea Campbell launches first TV ad in Democratic primary for attorney general

Party boat’s engine compartment catches fire in Cape Cod Bay with 54 people on board

Mega Millions jackpot rises to $810 million, fourth highest in lottery history

sports

MLB has long pushed for a international amateur draft similar to the one they've held for residents of the United States and Canada since 1965, and which was extended to residents of US territories such as Puerto Rico in 1990.

Players union rejects MLB’s ‘final offer’ on international draft

Green Bay police review video in which officer grabs Packers’ AJ Dillon

A guide to the 2022 Patriots training camp

business

Rahn Dorsey, chief impact officer at the Eastern Bank Foundation.

Rahn Dorsey promoted to key job at Eastern Bank Foundation

Even tech giants like Amazon and Meta can’t escape the slowdown

Cicilline, Nadler urge White House to fund monkeypox clinics

politics

Former president Donald Trump points to the crowd as he arrives to speak at a rally on July 22, in Prescott, Ariz.

Trump returning to Washington to deliver policy speech

GOP warms to far-right gubernatorial nominee in Pennsylvania

Biden says Trump lacked ‘courage to act’ during Jan. 6 riot

Nation

Stacks of air conditioners, fans and other cooling equipment line the entrance of McLendon Hardware in Renton, Wash., on July 24.

Northwestern US heat wave could have hottest day on Tuesday

Truck driver’s trial to start in death of 7 motorcyclists

US judge OKs online publication of New Mexico voter records

World

Rescuers remove debris following a Russian missile attack in Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on July 25.

Russia aims new air strikes at Black Sea coastal targets

Widespread condemnation of Myanmar’s execution of prisoners

28 people dead, 60 sick in India from drinking spiked liquor

opinion

Aquinnah Guinan, 5, sits on the shoulders of her father, Sean, while attending a March for Our Lives rally in Christopher Columbus Park on June 11, 2022.

The Supreme Court made it easier to carry a gun. Massachusetts needs to push back.

A welcome alternative to the lack of academic freedom on college campuses

Public support for campus free speech is an essential qualification for college presidents

lifestyle

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Bang on a Can, Mass MoCA will present a vision at full volume for 2022′s LOUD Weekend

Feeling guilty after ending a long-distance relationship

In Canada, Pope Francis will apologize for treatment at church schools

food & dining

Ms. Kennedy, in a scene from the documentary "Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy."

Diana Kennedy, cookbook author who promoted Mexican cuisine, dies at 99

Picnics are good. Picnics at magnificent mansions are better.

Jay Leno spotted enjoying classic R.I. Saugy dogs at Newport’s ‘Wally’s Weiners’

travel

Buildings along Nantucket Harbor.

Heading to Nantucket this summer? Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s happening.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

Colorful, wild, and occasionally quiet. The Outer Cape puts on a show.

Arts

The 1895 Blue Serpent Clock Egg by Faberge on display at Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery.

An ‘alleged’ Faberge egg was found on a seized Russian yacht. If authenticated, it could be sold with proceeds going to Ukraine

‘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

Books

‘An Honest Living’: A modern noir

He reads poetry to his fiction students

Love and radio in ‘Honey and Spice’

Movies

Mr. Sorvino was a master of playing the gangster and cop but wanted to be known for his wide-ranging skills, including cooking and singing.

‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83

‘Titanic,’ ‘The Omen’ actor David Warner dies at 80

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

Television

Jeremy Allen White in "The Bear."

This week’s TV: Grief and ‘The Bear,’ a mysterious ‘Resort,’ and Neil Patrick Harris gets ‘Uncoupled’

Showtime’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ will revisit the McCarthy era

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

music

Karina Canellakis conducts the BSO.

At Tanglewood, bold returns and new beginnings

A stacked lineup of local bands for NICE, a fest

A surprise Joni Mitchell serenade closes the Newport Folk Festival

Theater/Dance

Schanaya Barrows (left) and Jada Saintlouis in "can i touch it?"

In Company One’s ‘can i touch it?,’ a battle over a neighborhood’s — and a family’s — identity

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

globe local

"菊蜂鳥" or "Chrysanthemum Hummingbird" depicts a version of nature in which different species, like birds and flowers, are entangled.

‘Exquisite Entanglement’ exhibit in Arlington explores climate change through a surreal lens

A manufactured home can be where the heart is

Should Massachusetts make Election Day a state holiday?

Obituaries

Mr. Trimble became first minister in Northern Ireland’s first power-sharing government the same year, with the SDLP’s Seamus Mallon as deputy first minister.

David Trimble, architect of N. Ireland peace deal, peace prize recipient dies at 77

‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83

Edward Feiner, 75, dies; revolutionized the look of federal buildings