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Owners of Chinatown eatery, Hanover business, among eight indicted in alleged conspiracy to launder drug money

Homeland Security watchdog halted plan to recover Secret Service texts, records show

The Department of Homeland Security's chief watchdog scrapped its investigative team's effort to collect agency phones to try to recover deleted Secret Service texts this year, according to four people with knowledge of the decision and internal records reviewed by The Washington Post.

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID
Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, have left critics fearing a repeat of the catastrophic inequity problems seen during the coronavirus pandemic.

In rush to the finish, Mass. lawmakers face unexpected hurdle in 1986 tax cap law

Governor Charlie Baker’s announcement that the state is poised to trigger a 1980s-era tax cap law that, by his estimates, could require sending more than $2.9 billion back to taxpayers has upended Beacon Hill’s already chaotic finish to formal sessions.

Baker signs abortion rights expansion bill into law
A month after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the law marked Massachusetts policymakers’ most substantial effort at transmuting residents’ fury over the court ending the constitutional right to an abortion into new protections here.

Tim Springer with a "scholar rock" from China, at his Newton home. The collection of gongshi is his greatest extravagance.

This billionaire has quietly driven Boston’s biotech industry for decades

He set in motion a series of events that created the company Moderna — and committed to being its first investor. But he still regularly rides his bike to work, and he “never viewed science as a way to make money."

In a market badly out of kilter, many older residents are stuck in their homes
Many empty nesters, retired or downshifting, are living in houses that are too big for them.

A bellwether of climate change, puffins are struggling to survive in a warming Gulf of Maine
“There are real red flags — warning signs — right now for these puffins,” said Donald Lyons, director of conservation science at the National Audubon Society’s Seabird Institute in Bremen, Maine.

Kate Price remembers something terrible

An authority on child sex trafficking, she spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too.

Read the story Watch the video Event: Join Kate Price and Janelle Nanos for a conversation about this project

An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

Brewers shortstop Willy Adames (left) is safe at fist by half a step on Red Sox starting pitcher Austin Davis (right), who was covering the base while taking the throw from first baseman Franchy Cordero (not pictured) in the first inning Friday night at Fenway Park.

Brewers 4, Red Sox 1

Scoring opportunities squandered as Red Sox stumble in late innings in loss against the Brewers

Red Sox tied it, 1-1, in the sixth, only to give away the lead in the seventh and the game in the ninth after the Brewers broke it open with two runs.

Franchy Cordero's three-error night was a lowlight of the past week for the slumping Red Sox.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox fans should be aware that this might not be a bridge year, and other thoughts

The Mookie Betts salary dump was the warning shot that these Red Sox are more about the illusion of contention than winning.

Are you a purist who thinks kayaks should only be paddle powered? You may want to think again...

‘Paddling is for suckers.’ Kayaking has gone electric.

Thanks to the Old Town Autopilot kayak, we can all stop pretending to love paddling.

Opinion

Clarence and Ginni Thomas in Washington, DC. in 2021.

Subpoena Ginni Thomas

It’s unlikely that Thomas, a prominent right-wing activist, will appear before the nine-member panel voluntarily. If she won’t speak to the panel by choice, she should be subpoenaed.

Deborah Ramirez, Sen. Michael Barrett, Rep. David Linsky, Jacqueline Bohatch, and Anna Olsson

Massachusetts should require gun liability insurance

Bring them their flowers now, while they’re living

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The afterlife of corpses

MARCELA GARCÍA

Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the island’s future

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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Demand for mental health care rising in Asian American communities as more speak openly of struggles
The pandemic and the wave of anti-Asian violence that followed have sparked a broader conversation about mental health, as has a growing number of high-profile Asian Americans disclosing their own challenges, Boston service providers say.

FBI: Falmouth man threatened Arizona election official
James W. Clark, 38, of Falmouth made an initial court appearance in Boston to answer to a three-count indictment that charges him with threatening to explode a bomb in Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' "personal space" if she did not resign.

House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns
The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide.

Federal transit regulators order ‘safety standdown’ at MBTA citing repeated runaway train incidents
FTA chief safety officer Joe DeLorenzo said the federal agency has “determined that a combination of unsafe conditions and practices exist such that there is a substantial risk of death or personal injury,” according to a July 28 letter addressed to MBTA general manager Steve Poftak obtained by the Globe.

Steamship Authority pulls ferry from service after crack found; some trips delayed, canceled
Workers found the crack above the water line on the aft side of the M/V Gay Head after a small amount of water was found in the ferry’s steering gear void, the Steamship Authority said in a statement.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Expect a changed roster when Red Sox return from seven-day road trip
This is a team that has lost 12 of its last 15 games and isn’t really a contender.

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Sophie Leggett, left, community program and farms assistant, and 16-year-old Reuben Pomerantz bagged carrots for a customer, at a farmers’ market on Dudley Street and Blue Hill Avenue, in Boston.

Planting local roots: Farming program provides Boston area teens summer work and sense of community

The 14 to 18-year-olds who get hired are often from neighborhoods nearby the organization’s farms. Of the youth working in both Boston and North Shore neighborhoods this summer, more than half are Black or Latino.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Great Barrington, MA--6/20/2022 - An exterior view of Hunt Slonem’s Great Barrington estate. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards after winning the best actor Oscar for his role in "King Richard."

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Hostess Bel Carillo holds a Lock & Key, made with Pinapple Infused Zaya, 16 year rum, Sandeman Rainwater, madeira, pineapple juice, lime juice, coconut cream syrup, and clarified whole milk, served from a "smoking" lock box at Next Door Speakeasy in East Boston. Legalizing happy hour is one of several pending pieces of legislation on Beacon Hill.

As the finish line nears, a few tasks remain for Beacon Hill

Lisa Benlon, a former state legislator, goes door to door as a volunteer in Merriam, Kan., on July 13, 2022, on behalf of opponents of a proposed amendment on abortion.

The matter with Kansas

NASA's first images from the James Webb Space Telescope were broadcast in Piccadilly Circus, London.

IDEAS | FLYNN COLEMAN

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving humanity what we need right now

A white shark and a windsurfer share space off the East coast of Cape Cod in 2019.

Nick Whitney and Greg Skomal

With sharks, treat the beach as the wide-open sea it is rather than a swimming pool

Millionaires tax is unwise and unworthy

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Planting local roots: Farming program provides Boston area teens summer work and sense of community

The 14 to 18-year-olds who get hired are often from neighborhoods nearby the organization’s farms. Of the youth working in both Boston and North Shore neighborhoods this summer, more than half are Black or Latino.

FBI: Falmouth man threatened Arizona election official

James W. Clark, 38, of Falmouth made an initial court appearance in Boston to answer to a three-count indictment that charges him with threatening to explode a bomb in Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs' "personal space" if she did not resign.

Another first for Constitution and Eagle tall ships — female commanders

The US Coast Guard Eagle, considered America’s tall ship, is docked behind the USS Constitution this weekend at the Charlestown Navy Yard, with the public welcome for free tours.

Steamship Authority pulls ferry from service after crack found; some trips delayed, canceled

Workers found the crack above the water line on the aft side of the M/V Gay Head after a small amount of water was found in the ferry’s steering gear void, the Steamship Authority said in a statement.

Sports

Red Sox designated hitter J.D. Martinez is the team's most likely trade candidate.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Expect a changed roster when Red Sox return from seven-day road trip

This is a team that has lost 12 of its last 15 games and isn’t really a contender.

Luis Castillo, 29, garnered a haul of four prospects for the Cincinnati Reds as they traded him to the Seattle Mariners on Friday night.

Mariners prep for playoff push with trade for Reds’ Luis Castillo

Seattle dealt four prospects for Castillo, who may be the best starting pitcher traded at this year's deadline.

Brewers shortstop Willy Adames (left) is safe at fist by half a step on Red Sox starting pitcher Austin Davis (right), who was covering the base while taking the throw from first baseman Franchy Cordero (not pictured) in the first inning Friday night at Fenway Park.

Brewers 4, Red Sox 1

Scoring opportunities squandered as Red Sox stumble in late innings in loss against the Brewers

Red Sox tied it, 1-1, in the sixth, only to give away the lead in the seventh and the game in the ninth after the Brewers broke it open with two runs.

Taylor Pendrith forges a one-shot lead over Tony Finau at Rocket Mortgage Classic

Red Sox notebook

Rich Hill encouraged by his productive rehab start in Double A Portland

Cleveland QB Deshaun Watson continues to work while awaiting word on his potential NFL discipline

Business

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID

Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, have left critics fearing a repeat of the catastrophic inequity problems seen during the coronavirus pandemic.

Fetterman harnesses power of social media in Senate campaign

For a campaign that could ultimately cost more than $100 million, the stunts are cheap ways for Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor, to generate attention.

Allergan reaches tentative $2.37b deal to settle opioid suits

Amazon shrinks staff by 100,000, joining Netflix and Google in hiring slowdown

magazine

An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

Kate Price remembers something terrible

As a senior, I wanted to fight ageism. I had to look in the mirror first.

He wanted a divorce after 26 years of marriage. Now, he wants to reconnect.

Spanish tortilla with roasted red peppers

Recipes: Pull together a tasty dinner of Spanish favorites

metro

The Massachusetts State House.

In rush to the finish, Mass. lawmakers face unexpected hurdle in 1986 tax cap law

The actor behind J. Peterman on ‘Seinfeld’ returns to his old R.I. stomping grounds

Baker signs abortion rights expansion bill into law

sports

Tight end Jonnu Smith signed a big contract last year, and on Friday, he signed a jersey for a fan at training camp.

Patriots tight end Jonnu Smith unconcerned with matching stats to paycheck

Minor league baseball isn’t what it used to be, and that is a shame

Red Sox fans should be aware that this might not be a bridge year, and other thoughts

business

Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 booster at a Southern Nevada Health District testing site in Las Vegas.

US plans September COVID booster push after Moderna order

Paul English sells his podcast startup Moonbeam, to fund Boston venture studio

Harvard publication sued for defamation in ‘misinformation’ dispute

politics

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi spoke at a news conference as Democrats push to bring the assault weapons ban bill to the floor for a vote, at the Capitol in Washington, on Friday.

House passes bill banning certain semi-automatic guns

Trump using presidential seal on items at golf course

No need for tensions if Pelosi visits Taiwan, White House says

Nation

Homeland Security watchdog halted plan to recover Secret Service texts, records show

House passes semiautomatic gun ban after 18-year lapse

Jan. 6 texts missing for Trump Homeland Security’s Wolf and Cuccinelli

World

Photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka runs from the fire in a burning wheat field during his assignment after Russian shelling, a few kilometres from Ukrainian-Russian border in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on July 29, 2022.

Ukraine says Russian attacks hit Kharkiv, Mykolaiv

Pope: Canadian residential schools were cultural ‘genocide’

US envoy: Russia intends to dissolve Ukraine from world map

opinion

Evelyn Murphy, left, and Megan Driscoll Murphy, right, in front of the Massachusetts State House. Murphy is a former lieutenant governor who has been trying to close the gender wage gap in Mass. and Driscoll is a former CEO of a biotech recruiting firm. They've forged an alliance to strengthen the state's pay equity law.

Women should be confident in their value

How to create a community where we all want to live? Tax the rich.

Give whales their space

lifestyle

New books about gardening for every type of reader, and every type of green thumb.

A summer reading list for gardeners and green thumbs

I need to get over a crush on an old friend

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock on Instagram, breaks silence since Oscars slap

food & dining

Spicy chicken karahi at Flavor Boom!

Flavor Boom! puts a global, gourmet spin on fast food

Cheesesteaks come to High Street Place; Boston Public Market gets a beer truck

Something new for travelers is popping up all over

travel

See "the world’s largest rubber duck,” according to organizers of Michigan’s 2022 Fest of Sail, running Aug. 12-14 on the shores of Lake Superior in Marquette. Mama Duck (pictured here) weighs 31,500 pounds and measures 61 feet high, 69 feet wide, and 79 feet long.

Art in Brattleboro, music and laughter in Portland, and the world’s largest rubber duck in Michigan

My Turo rental was repossessed with valuable items inside

Pedaling his message: Conn. cyclist is riding 10,000 miles to raise awareness about distracted driving

Arts

Great Barrington, MA--6/20/2022 - An exterior view of Hunt Slonem’s Great Barrington estate. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

‘They’re like artworks of mine’: Hunt Slonem collects estates that inspire his work

When Andrew Wyeth imagined — and rendered — his own funeral

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

Books

Illustration for review of "The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide" by Steven W. Thrasher. 0731Viral; Books; 7-31-22

The virus of inequality in ‘The Viral Underclass’

Caring for one who didn’t care for you

Related Reading: A city of one’s own

Movies

Will Smith at the 2022 Academy Awards after winning the best actor Oscar for his role in "King Richard."

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock on Instagram, breaks silence since Oscars slap

‘You can’t go up to Mark Wahlberg’: The do’s and don’ts of being a movie extra

‘DC League of Super-Pets’: when (guinea) pigs fly

Television

Steve Martin (left) and Martin Short in "Only Murders In The Building."

On TV, it’s a new old story

Alia Shawkat’s quiet force adds a layer of depth to FX’s ‘The Old Man’

Kate Winslet and HBO: A marriage made in prestige-TV heaven

music

Celisse performs at the sixth annual Love Rocks NYC benefit concert.

At the Newport Jazz Festival, 10 exciting boundary-stretchers

Watch: Dancers hurt when giant screen falls during Hong Kong concert

Why Joni Mitchell’s return at the Newport Folk Festival mattered to so many of us

Theater/Dance

Taylor Stanley in "Redness," choreographed by Shamel Pitts, performed in "Dichotomous Being: An Evening of Taylor Stanley."

Ballet star Taylor Stanley explores new territory at Jacob’s Pillow

The new Boston Tap Party brings four days of fancy footwork to town

Julianne Boyd is departing Barrington Stage to the strains of ‘A Little Night Music’

globe local

Public school enrollment falls in Mass. amid pandemic, high housing costs, and aging suburbs

Should Massachusetts high schools lock student cell phones during the day?

Police officers step in and provide roadside assistance

Obituaries

Phyo Zeya Thaw arrived at the Myanmar parliament in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on Aug. 19, 2015.

Phyo Zeya Thaw, Burmese pro-democracy rapper, executed at 41

Bernard Cribbins, British actor known for ‘Doctor Who,’ is dead at 93

James Lovelock, whose Gaia theory saw the Earth as alive, dies at 103