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A Night Shift WhirlPool being canned in the brewer's Everett production facility.

‘It’s pretty dire’: Local beer brewers run short on carbon dioxide

Everett-based American Gas Products, a local CO2 distributor, is canceling and reducing deliveries, affecting some local breweries.

Riders open emergency doors, climb fence after commuter rail train loses power during rush hour
When a commuter rail train broke down on its way out of the city Monday evening, some passengers decided to get out on their own rather than wait.

Section of Red Line to be replaced with shuttle buses at night this week and next

Peter Abraham | On baseball

For all parties involved, Christian Vázquez’s trade to the Astros proved to be an awkward swap
Seeing Vázquez traded was unsettling for veteran players like J.D. Martinez, Xander Bogaerts and Matt Barnes. Vázquez had established himself as one of the best catchers in the game.

Jarren Duran gave the Red Sox an early lead with a ground-rule double in the third, then put them back in front for good with a two-run homer in the fifth.

RED SOX 3, ASTROS 2

Nate Eovaldi, Jarren Duran deliver Red Sox a victory to cap frenetic Monday

The Red Sox watched their starting catcher depart for the other clubhouse, then Eovaldi — still lacking his usual fastball velocity and perhaps making his own farewell appearance — stepped up to silence a hot lineup.

The MLB trade deadline is 6 p.m. Tuesday. Here’s what’s gone down so far.

After 23 hours and billions in relief left on the table, lawmakers promise to revisit their proposals

Lawmakers did pass a host of other major legislation, including bills that would legalize sports betting in Massachusetts, expand access to mental health care, and reshape the state’s firearms laws.

A look at the transportation bills sent to governor Legislature amends climate bill, leaving fate to Baker Business leaders frustrated as jobs bill fails to pass

Place your wager: sports betting finally arrives in Massachusetts
“All of that sports betting money going over state lines to bet on our teams, just knowing that it’s now all going to stay home is wonderful,” said Jenny Holaday, president of Encore Boston Harbor resort and casino.

Christian flag at heart of Supreme Court First Amendment case is scheduled to fly at Boston City Hall

Following years of controversy and First Amendment litigation that ultimately wound its way to the nation’s highest court, a flag bearing a red Christian cross is slated to fly outside Boston City Hall at 11 a.m. on Wednesday.

James Pindell | Analysis

3 contests to watch in Tuesday’s elections around the country
It’s been some weeks since a Tuesday came around with elections that should be closely watched. But this will be a very big day for American politics. Here are three contests to watch.

Pelosi leaves Malaysia, tensions rise over Taiwan visit
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Malaysia on Tuesday and was expected to visit Taiwan, escalating tensions with Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory.

An image from the Imagination in Action Web3 Summit, which was held at the MIT Media Lab on June 30.

What is web3, and why are people talking about it?

While it’s one of the hottest topics in tech, real-world products and services based on web3 technologies are largely nonexistent and are probably years away.

Boston Celtics player-coach Bill Russell on March 17, 1968.

A 1987 essay by Bill Russell’s daughter detailed racism the family faced in Mass.

In the essay titled “Growing Up with Privilege and Prejudice,” which resurfaced on Twitter Sunday, Karen Russell detailed the racist vandalism the Russell family’s Reading home faced once when they were out of town and listed the racist abuse Bill Russell endured from fans.

A crop of strawberries was harvested from this field in Dracut.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Is this a record drought? The answer might surprise you.

The drought will likely expand and could become even worse from the upcoming heat and lack of rain.

July goes in the record books as extremely hot and dry

Opinion

House Speaker Ronald J. Mariano and House Ways and Means chair Aaron Michlewitz speak to reporters in the Massachusetts State House on August 1, 2022. Lawmakers deliberated on high-stakes bills from Sunday into early Monday morning.

Tax relief? The check is not in the mail

Lawmakers wrap up formal sessions without passing that promised $1 billion in tax breaks.

Charlie Baker reminds Massachusetts voters why they’ll miss him

IDEAS | ALBERT FOX CAHN

Your camera, the police, and you

A bum ‘hypocrisy’ rap

Bill Russell’s greatness on and off the court

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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TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Steady, self-effacing Pete Williams of NBC News will be missed
The reporter. at age 70, is retiring after nearly three decades at the network.

US operation killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri, Biden says
A CIA drone strike killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri in Afghanistan, President Biden said in a televised address Monday night. Al-Zawahri helped plan the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, along with Osama bin Laden.

ben volin | on football

Deshaun Watson got a six-game suspension, but that could — and should — increase
The NFL-NFLPA CBA calls for commissioner Roger Goodell or his designee to oversee all appeals, and it allows Goodell to increase any punishment as he sees fit.

Democratic candidates for AG spar in GBH debate
The three Democratic candidates for attorney general sparred in a feisty televised debate Monday night, challenging one another’s credentials and fundraising strategies five weeks before the primary election.

Matt Patricia and Joe Judge shed a little light on how the Patriots offense will be run
Bill Belichick, Patricia, and Judge will collaborate to put together a more streamlined offense for Mac Jones, who also will have input.

In Ireland, a fiddler from BC competes among the best
Rising junior Andrew Caden is competing this weekend in the prestigious All-Ireland Fleadh.

Recommended reads

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

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

THE BIG IDEA | KARA MILLER

Will the cost of housing tank the Massachusetts economy?
In this hub of intellectual firepower, our most potent natural resource isn’t land or oil; it’s talented people. And when they can’t afford to live in the state, that’s a problem.

In Mattapan, bike lanes divide the community: ‘They’re just trying to push us out’
Cycling advocates say bike lanes are long overdue in Mattapan, whose large Black and Latino communities have often felt overlooked by City Hall. But some residents see them as a subtle, yet powerful, agent of gentrification that will only aggravate traffic congestion.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Bob Cousy remembers teammate Bill Russell: ‘He fought the good fight’
Cousy, whose 94th birthday is Aug. 9, and 83-year-old Sanders are the last living Hall of Famers who played with Russell, whose arrival with the Celtics changed them from contenders to unparalleled champions.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Cecile McLorin Salvant performs during a tribute to the late George Wein, founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, during an all-star set that culminated the three-day festival Sunday.

A fine Wein tribute highlights the Newport Jazz Festival

Find common ground, hear a hilarious story, or receive heartfelt advice from one of these intimate, engaging podcasts designed to feel like you're catching up with a friend you've known for years.

10 podcasts that feel like catching up with your best friend

On Friday night at Tanglewood, Andris Nelsons led the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the pianist Paul Lewis in Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto.

With premieres and a Beethoven mini-festival, Tanglewood steps up its game

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

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Welcome Back to Boston

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A Beautiful Resistance

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‘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

Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell stands court side during a tribute in his honor in the second quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Milwaukee Bucks in Boston, Nov. 1, 2013.

Boston Celtics green never veiled Bill Russell’s unapologetic Blackness

Steven V. Mazie

The quiet demise of the church-state wall

President Biden signs an executive order on access to reproductive health care services on July 8.

The authoritarian impulse

City Counilor Rebecca Grossman is displayed holding her newborn in her home as she participates in a Newton City Council meeting on a Zoom window on the desk of City Council clerk Carol Moore as she manages remote participation in the business in the City Council chamber. Newton has been in the forefront of efforts to extend remote public participation requirements for local government meetings enacted during the pandemic.

Make remote access to public meetings permanent

Romay Davis, 102, posed at her home in Montgomery, Ala., on July 25 with a photo showing her during World War II. Davis was a member of the all-female, all-Black 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, which sorted mail destined for US troops in Europe.

Bring them their flowers now, while they’re living

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

‘I have no choice but to do this.’ A Boston-based group is distributing cash to displaced Ukrainians.

Much of the money Cash for Refugees hands out in western Ukraine goes toward day-to-day needs — phone cards, children’s clothing, soap and toothpaste, laptop chargers.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Nirva LaFortune’s admirable campaign for Providence mayor

She's not the best-funded candidate, but Nirva LaFortune has a chance to be Providence's first Black and first female mayor.

Riders open emergency doors, climb fence after commuter rail train loses power during rush hour

When a commuter rail train broke down on its way out of the city Monday evening, some passengers decided to get out on their own rather than wait.

Newton Neighbors seek school supplies donations, volunteers for food pantry

Newton Neighbors is seeking donations of school supplies for the coming academic year, and volunteers to help deliver food from pantries to local families.

Sports

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner stands behind bars in a courtroom for a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 2.

Brittney Griner back in Russian court on cannabis charge

Brittney Griner was back in court on Tuesday for her trial for cannabis possession amid US diplomatic efforts to secure her release.

Tiger Woods.

Norman says Tiger Woods turned down $700-800 million Saudi offer

Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was “somewhere in that neighborhood” of $700 million to $800 million to take part in the Saudi-funded LIV Golf series.

Jarren Duran gave the Red Sox an early lead with a ground-rule double in the third, then put them back in front for good with a two-run homer in the fifth.

RED SOX 3, ASTROS 2

Nate Eovaldi, Jarren Duran deliver Red Sox a victory to cap frenetic Monday

The Red Sox watched their starting catcher depart for the other clubhouse, then Eovaldi — still lacking his usual fastball velocity and perhaps making his own farewell appearance — stepped up to silence a hot lineup.

The MLB trade deadline is 6 p.m. Tuesday. Here’s what’s gone down so far.

Christian Vázquez, Jake Diekman dealt as Red Sox make trio of Monday moves

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Rafael Devers expected back in time for Tuesday’s Red Sox game in Houston

Business

Startup IDRx raises $122m to focus on combination drug treatments

It’s licensing small molecule medicines from Merck KGaA and Blueprint Medicines.

Axcella’s experimental drug helps patients in small study of long COVID

The Cambridge biotech says participants reported improvements in their mental and physical condition.

Bad weather in Black Sea slows first Ukrainian grain shipment

First ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odessa

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

This week's daters: Noah and Katie

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Sports are very important to me’

As a single mom, sometimes all I see in the mirror is the wear and tear

The Boston Seafood Festival is set for August 7. The annual event will feature chef demonstrations, oyster shucking contests, a lobster bake, and more.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, August 1-14

metro

The American flag, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts flag, and the City of Boston flag, from left, fly outside Boston City Hall.

Christian flag at heart of Supreme Court First Amendment case is scheduled to fly at Boston City Hall

After construction, R.I.’s Tidewater Landing stadium will lead to 233 jobs a year, analysis estimates

After 23 hours and billions in relief left on the table, lawmakers promise to revisit their proposals

sports

Among the first moves the Red Sox made before the trade deadline was an awkward swap of catcher Christian Vazquez to the Astros for a pair of minor-league prospects an hour before Monday night's game against the Astros in Houston.

For all parties involved, Christian Vázquez’s trade to the Astros proved to be an awkward swap

Report: Celtics adding Massachusetts native Noah Vonleh

Place your wager: sports betting finally arrives in Massachusetts

business

A Night Shift WhirlPool being canned in the brewer's Everett production facility.

‘It’s pretty dire’: Local beer brewers run short on carbon dioxide

Renewable energy developer gets an investor

‘We have urgent needs’: Business leaders are frustrated as lawmakers fail to pass jobs bill

politics

Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate, Kari Lake, gives a thumbs-up sign to the crowd as former president Donald Trump spoke at a rally. She's vying for the GOP nomination with Karrin Taylor Robson, who has Governor Doug Ducey’s endorsement.

3 contests to watch in Tuesday’s elections around the country

Latest primaries feature deniers for state election posts

Who was al-Zawahri — and why did US kill him?

Nation

Stephen King.

Stephen King set to testify for government in books merger trial

Kansas first state to vote on abortion since Roe’s demise

California governor declares monkeypox state of emergency

World

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, meets with Malaysia Parliament speaker Azhar Azizan Harun at the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur, on Aug. 2.

Pelosi leaves Malaysia, tensions rise over Taiwan visit

US strike kills leader of Al Qaeda in Kabul

World one step from `nuclear annihilation,’ UN chief warns

opinion

The quiet demise of the church-state wall

‘Kindness and sunscreen’

There’s a post-acute care crisis too

lifestyle

She wanted to sleep over, but I drove her home

A summer reading list for gardeners and green thumbs

I need to get over a crush on an old friend

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

Television

Pete Williams, shown in June 2019, is retiring from NBC News.

Steady, self-effacing Pete Williams of NBC News will be missed

TV stars and execs trailed by tales of on-set bullying

On TV, it’s a new old story

music

Andrew Caden

In Ireland, a fiddler from BC competes among the best

A fine Wein tribute highlights the Newport Jazz Festival

With premieres and a Beethoven mini-festival, Tanglewood steps up its game

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

Backpacks and other school supplies are now being collected for students who need them in Newton.

Newton Neighbors seek school supplies donations, volunteers for food pantry

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?

Obituaries

Mr. Ramos, at an exhibit in 2006 on the 20th anniversary of "People Power" movement in Manila.

Fidel Ramos, Philippine president who broke with Marcos, dies at 94

Joan McPartlin Mahoney, Harvard Crimson’s first female reporter, dies at 94

Nichelle Nichols, Lt. Uhura on ‘Star Trek,’ has died at 89