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Train doors closed on the Orange Line.

‘Shutting down a line in its entirety.’ Ahead of Orange Line announcement, top T official asks oversight board for shuttle bus money.

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak indicated the agency plans to shut down an entire subway line so the T can perform track work. The shuttle bus contract for “Orange Line Diversion” hinted the shutdown might begin around Aug. 19 and last a month.

Are sharks coming closer to Massachusetts shores? Here’s what scientists say.
According to experts, these close encounters are signs of a slowly unfolding climate crisis.

RICHARD SEYMOUR | PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 2022

Richard Seymour’s impact went far beyond sack totals. It’s what made him a Hall of Famer.
Seymour, who will be inducted into Canton on Sunday, had a rare talent and ability to play multiple positions on the defensive line and it opened things up for other Patriots defenders.

Text messages sent by Bill Belichick to ex-Dolphins coach Brian Flores were part of the lawsuit Flores brought against the Dolphins.

patriots notebook

Bill Belichick isn’t interested in talking about NFL’s revelations that Dolphins tampered to recruit Tom Brady

“I’m focused on training camp,” he said Wednesday. “That’s all in the past.”

Here’s how to think about the surprising vote to keep abortion legal in Kansas

One thing the vote suggests is that the backlash to the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision might be bigger than any political professional imagined.

See full results and takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

Dave Epstein | Forecast

It’s been 90 degrees or hotter 11 days already this year. We’re about to add to that list.
That number is going to continue to grow into early next week as another heat wave envelopes Southern New England.

Tens of thousands lost power in the July heat wave. Is the electrical system prepared for climate change?

Cyclists to Mayor Michelle Wu: Let’s get rolling on more bike lanes
More than 100 cyclists formed a “people-protected bike lane” along a busy thoroughfare in a striking protest to urge the mayor to install long-discussed protected bike lanes there and elsewhere around the city.

KEVIN CULLEN

Is Nathan Carman a horrible monster, or just horribly misunderstood?
Listening to the competing narratives during Nathan Carman’s detention hearing, you would have to conclude he is either a scheming sociopath or just about the unluckiest guy in the world.

Jake Cullen, who pitches for Westford Academy, was a part of Team Massachusetts at the 2022 PBR Future Games.

Massachusetts’ top uncommitted baseball prospects put their skills on display in PBR Future Games

The showcase event introduced athletes to advanced technologies to improve their skills — while under watch of hundreds of scouts.

Andre Braugher (right) with Richard Gant in "Men of a Certain Age."

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

‘Good Fight,’ great actor: Andre Braugher returns to series TV

This is an actor who has been not just a standout but a lodestar in every series he’s appeared in.

Kristine Froseth and Jon Bernthal in "Sharp Stick."

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★

In ‘Sharp Stick,’ Lena Dunham stages a sentimental sex education

Kristine Froseth plays a Lolita-like babysitter — and virgin, touched for the very first time — in this coming-of-age tale.

More recent movie reviews

Opinion

People cheer at a watch party in Overland Park, Kansas, after learning that voters rejected a state constitutional amendment that would have allowed the Legislature to restrict or ban abortion on Aug. 2.

Kansas abortion vote shows how hard it is to take away a right

There’s a fear that many rights we now take for granted are at risk, and a populist rising against that outcome could be more bipartisan than Republicans understand.

Public life needs more good losers

IDEAS | Boštjan Videmšek and Jure Eržen

The battle for Ukraine — and global food security

Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan is high-risk, low-reward

Biden is racking up big wins both near and far

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

Alnylam says heart disease drug meets goal in clinical trial, stock rises
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals vaulted in premarket trading after Onpattro, the company’s drug for a nerve condition, met the main goal of a late-stage trial in patients with a form of heart disease.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Why did Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox buy and sell at the deadline? ‘We do think we have a chance to make a run.’
After their trades and acquisitions, the Red Sox emerged better in some spots, worse in others.

US sending $23m to Boston area to train new generation of workers

The funds are aimed to help place thousands of area residents in higher paying jobs across some of the region's burgeoning industries, including childcare, clean energy, and healthcare.

New research suggests intensity of hits in sports, not years played, may be better predictor of devastating brain damage

New research from Boston scientists suggests that the intensity of hits, rather than their total number or the cumulative years of play, is a better predictor of which athletes will develop an irreversible brain disease.

Celtics release preseason schedule, which includes a game vs. Raptors in Montreal
The four-game slate begins in October. The Celtics' regular-season schedule is due out later this month.

WORKING ON IT

Alex Light’s ‘You Are Not a Before Picture’ celebrates loving the body you’re in
As a former beauty editor at the UK’s Hello! magazine and a woman with a history of eating disorders, Light has written a frank, comforting book.

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.

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Boston city councilors file ordinance to require council or mayoral approval for flags
The ordinance is intended to allow Boston to celebrate flag raisings while bringing the city into compliance with the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision about expression.

Massachusetts ranked healthiest state in the US for second year in a row
For the second year in a row, Massachusetts was rated the healthiest state in the country according to a study by the digital health company Sharecare in partnership with Boston University’s School of Public Health. Hawaii, New Jersey, Maryland, and New York rounded out the top five.

We asked 7 female chefs to weigh in on ‘The Bear’ and toxic kitchen culture. They had a lot to say.
The Hulu series is this summer’s hit show. But for some people who work behind the scenes in restaurants, it also hits a little too close to home.

video

Culture & Lifestyle

Barry Manilow comes to TD Garden Thursday.

For Barry Manilow, it all began with a fortnight in New England

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

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

Rep. Glenn Thompson in 2017. Would a member of Congress who was about to publicly express happiness for his son’s marriage to another man precede the occasion by doing something to publicly express antagonism toward such marriages?

A bum ‘hypocrisy’ rap

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

A sequoia that burned and died from the 2015 Rough Fire, still standing in the Kings Canyon National Park in California, Oct. 27, 2020.

Bina Venkataraman

Is US politics finally tilting in favor of the planet?

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

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Are sharks coming closer to Massachusetts shores? Here’s what scientists say.

According to experts, these close encounters are signs of a slowly unfolding climate crisis.

‘It’s the right thing to do.’ Advocates say Newton should tap rescue funds for affordable housing

Amid soaring housing costs across the region, advocates in Newton are calling on Mayor Ruthanne Fuller to tap millions of dollars in federal pandemic aid to help create affordable housing to serve the city’s lower-income residents.

‘Shutting down a line in its entirety.’ Ahead of Orange Line announcement, top T official asks oversight board for shuttle bus money.

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak indicated the agency plans to shut down an entire subway line so the T can perform track work. The shuttle bus contract for “Orange Line Diversion” hinted the shutdown might begin around Aug. 19 and last a month.

Newton City Council expected to vote on senior center project funding Aug. 8

The Newton City Council is expected to meet on Monday, Aug. 8, to discuss funding the proposed Newton Center for Active Living, a project intended to replace the existing senior center in Newtonville.

Sports

Jake Cullen, who pitches for Westford Academy, was a part of Team Massachusetts at the 2022 PBR Future Games.

Massachusetts’ top uncommitted baseball prospects put their skills on display in PBR Future Games

The showcase event introduced athletes to advanced technologies to improve their skills — while under watch of hundreds of scouts.

Richard Seymour walks off the field after the Patriots beat the Jaguars in the playoffs in 2008. While he didn't win a ring that year, Seymour was on three Super Bowl-winning teams.

RICHARD SEYMOUR | PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME 2022

Richard Seymour’s impact went far beyond sack totals. It’s what made him a Hall of Famer.

Seymour, who will be inducted into Canton on Sunday, had a rare talent and ability to play multiple positions on the defensive line and it opened things up for other Patriots defenders.

Rich Hill will be on the mound for the Red Sox for the first time since a left knee sprain landed him on the injured list July 2.

Red Sox at Astros | 2:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 106: Red Sox at Astros lineups and notes

Rich Hill will be on the mound when the Red Sox go for the sweep in a matinee at Houston.

Celtics release preseason schedule, which includes a game vs. Raptors in Montreal

patriots notebook

Bill Belichick isn’t interested in talking about NFL’s revelations that Dolphins tampered to recruit Tom Brady

USGA announces that Newton’s Brae Burn Country Club will host two women’s championships

Business

Rethinking the traditional grocery store

A spate of boutique bodegas and co-ops are opening around the city, with neighbors' needs in mind.

US sending $23m to Boston area to train new generation of workers

The funds are aimed to help place thousands of area residents in higher paying jobs across some of the region's burgeoning industries, including childcare, clean energy, and healthcare.

Alnylam says heart disease drug meets goal in clinical trial, stock rises

Ship with Ukrainian grain cleared to travel to Lebanon

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

Central Penn. - 4/1/2022 Kate Price looks out of her car window while visiting her childhood town. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

Listen: Kate Price remembers something terrible

This week's daters: Noah and Katie

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Sports are very important to me’

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

Chris Dempsey (left) and Diana DiZoglio.

Watch live: Democratic primary candidates for Mass. auditor debate

What legal sports betting in Mass. means for R.I.

New research suggests intensity of hits in sports, not years played, may be better predictor of devastating brain damage

sports

In his first season as closer, Jorge Lopez made his first All-Star Game last month, and, if his new Twins teammates do well, could make his first postseason this fall.

Twins load up for playoff run by acquiring Orioles closer López, Reds starter Mahle, and Tigers reliever Fulmer

Red Sox play the surprising hand they are dealt at trading deadline and acquire Eric Hosmer

Vin Scully, broadcast legend and Dodgers icon, dies at age 94

business

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, speaks during a meeting with Legislative Yuan Deputy Speaker Tsai Chi-chang in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 3.

China blocks some Taiwan imports but avoids chip disruption

Shopify invests in Boston marketing firm

JetBlue posts Q2 loss as fuel costs offset rising revenue

politics

Lawn signs opposing the ballot question in Lawrence, Kansas, last month.

Here’s how to think about the surprising vote to keep abortion legal in Kansas

Biden to sign executive order to protect travel for abortion

See full results and takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries

Nation

Alex Jones arrives at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Tuesday Aug. 2, 2022.

Alex Jones concedes that the Sandy Hook attack was ‘100% real’ during trial

Kansas voters resoundingly protect their access to abortion

Illinois parade attack suspect expected back in court

World

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, left, spoke after receiving the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon, Taiwan’s highest civilian honour, from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, right, at the president's office on Wednesday in Taipei, Taiwan.

Nancy Pelosi departs Taiwan after visit that fueled US-China rift

Ship with Ukrainian grain cleared to travel to Lebanon

Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests

opinion

Rep. Glenn Thompson in 2017. Would a member of Congress who was about to publicly express happiness for his son’s marriage to another man precede the occasion by doing something to publicly express antagonism toward such marriages?

A bum ‘hypocrisy’ rap

Your camera, the police, and you

Bill Russell’s greatness on and off the court

lifestyle

Runners along the Charles River in Cambridge during a morning sun rise over the Boston downtown skyline in the background.

Massachusetts ranked healthiest state in the US for second year in a row

She wanted to sleep over, but I drove her home

A summer reading list for gardeners and green thumbs

food & dining

A seafood platter at Mill's Tavern in Providence, Rhode Island.

The best oyster deals in Rhode Island

Shake some shiitake powder into just about anything

Some things remain the same at revamped and renovated P-town mainstay

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

Adrienne Sloane, "Culture Wars," wood, laser-cut puzzle, painted soldiers, print on tin box, in "PeaceWork" at Storefront Art Projects.

Adrienne Sloane makes political statements with jigsaw puzzle pieces

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

When Andrew Wyeth imagined — and rendered — his own funeral

Books

Alex Light, author of "You Are Not a Before Picture."

Alex Light’s ‘You Are Not a Before Picture’ celebrates loving the body you’re in

Put a little poetry in your summer with these August events

The virus of inequality in ‘The Viral Underclass’

Movies

Kristine Froseth and Jon Bernthal in "Sharp Stick."

In ‘Sharp Stick,’ Lena Dunham stages a sentimental sex education

In ‘Bullet Train,’ Brad Pitt’s got a ticket to ride

In ‘Resurrection,’ Rebecca Hall carries the mother load

Television

Andre Braugher (right) with Richard Gant in "Men of a Certain Age."

‘Good Fight,’ great actor: Andre Braugher returns to series TV

For streaming services, there’s suddenly danger in numbers

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

music

Barry Manilow comes to TD Garden Thursday.

For Barry Manilow, it all began with a fortnight in New England

Mo Ostin, music powerhouse who put artists first, dies at 95

In Ireland, a fiddler from BC competes among the best

Theater/Dance

Richard Snee and Paula Plum in "Grand Horizons" at Gloucester Stage Company.

In Gloucester Stage’s ‘Grand Horizons,’ a bombshell at the dinner table, fallout for a family

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

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

globe local

The city of Newton is working with Metro West Collaborative Development and Civico Development to turn the West Newton armory on Washington Street into affordable housing. Advocates said the city should use a large piece of its federal pandemic aid money to create more affordable housing for lower-income residents.

‘It’s the right thing to do.’ Advocates say Newton should tap rescue funds for affordable housing

Newton City Council expected to vote on senior center project funding Aug. 8

New Chapman Middle School will be ready for fall

Obituaries

Vin Scully was the longtime voice of the Dodgers.

Vin Scully, broadcast legend and Dodgers icon, dies at age 94

Killed at 71, Ayman al-Zawahri led a life of secrecy and violence

Mo Ostin, music powerhouse who put artists first, dies at 95