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Pelosi: China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the remarks in Tokyo, the final leg of an Asia tour highlighted by a visit to Taiwan that infuriated China.

Democrats, Sinema say they’ve reached agreement on economic package

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., said she would “move forward” on a revised version of Senate Democrats’ health care, climate and deficit-reduction package after party leaders agreed to scale back some of their original tax proposals.

Biden, Republicans spar over impact of Dems’ economic plan

2 MBTA employees sent to hospital after bus fire at Arborway bus yard in Jamaica Plain
An out-of-service bus had just returned to the bus yard when flames were seen coming from its rear compartment about 3:10 p.m., according to a statement from MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo.

Jeneé Osterheldt

From Breonna Taylor to Brittney Griner: The brutality of being a soft target
It is imperative we witness Brittney Griner with the same persistence we continued to lift Breonna Taylor’s name. We cannot, as Griner pleaded, let her life end there.

Russian judge convicts Brittney Griner, gives 9-year sentence

Trump ally Kari Lake wins GOP primary for Arizona governor
Kari Lake's victory was a blow to the GOP establishment that lined up behind lawyer and businesswoman Karrin Taylor Robson in an attempt to push their party past the chaotic Trump era.

Ogles wins House race; Tennessee Dem governor bid still too early

In 2000, Barbara Pryor reflected near a photo of her daughter Sarah. The man suspected of killing Sarah 1985 has died in prison.

When the man you believe murdered your daughter dies

“All the feelings came back,” Barbara Pryor said.

Royals 7, Red Sox 3

Darwinzon Hernandez gives up four runs in seventh inning as Royals flatten Red Sox
The Royals, who have the second-worst record in the American League at 42-64, had 11 hits.

Mike Hazen grew up in Abington.

Nicole Hazen, wife of former Red Sox GM Mike Hazen, dies at 45

Nicole Hazen died from complications due to glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer. She was diagnosed with cancer more than two years ago, and Mike Hazen took a leave of absence from the Diamondbacks last year.

A reprieve for the last birth center in Eastern Massachusetts
A growing chorus of local and state leaders had implored Beth Israel Lahey Health to not close its North Shore Birth Center in Beverly

First graders danced on June 27, 2022 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. K-8 School in Dorchester.

CDC may soon update COVID-19 guidance, including in schools, report says

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to update its guidance to control the spread COVID-19, including in schools, in the coming days.

9,646 confirmed cases and 41 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Vice President Kamala Harris was joined by Governor Charlie Baker at a round table event in Boston on Thursday.

With Baker by her side, Kamala Harris makes case that abortion is not a partisan issue

The vice president hailed Massachusetts as a “model” for the nation on the issue.

A steak on the grill of a barbecue restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A new study says red meat is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and the reason may be your gut bacteria.

New study delves into link between red meat and heart disease

A new study led by researchers from Tufts University and the Cleveland Clinic says the more red meat you eat the higher your risk of cardiovascular disease will be - and the reason may be the bacteria in your gut.

Opinion

Commuters at South Station on April 20, the first day where customers riding the MBTA were no longer required to wear masks.

Ezekiel J. Emanuel

Needed: A COVID course correction

How should the federal government navigate the disconnect between a public health emergency and a population that seems inured?

The midterm election picture is changing

IDEAS | TODD WASHBURN

Us vs. Them and the paradox of education

US must open its doors to more Ukrainian refugees

IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN

Vin Scully, master storyteller

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

Mother, 2 young sons found fatally shot in Northfield, N.H.; deaths ruled homicides

Kassandra Sweeney, who was 25, and Benjamin, 4, and Mason, 1, were found Wednesday inside a home at 56 Wethersfield Drive, according to the New Hampshire state attorney general's office.

Developer aims to build a skyscraper near North Station
Developers propose 700-foot office tower on Causeway Street.

Providence mayoral candidates focus on drug addiction recovery, lack of city housing
All three Democrats agreed there is a lack of detox beds, and social service agencies need more support.

There are still unanswered questions about the Orange Line shutdown, set for Aug. 19
State officials unveiled an unprecedented 30-day shutdown of the MBTA’s Orange Line on Wednesday. Here is what we know so far about how it will work and how it could impact your commute.

Alex Jones ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million
Jury orders Infowars’ Alex Jones to pay Sandy Hook parents more than $4 million for calling 2012 massacre a hoax.

Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court

Dane Cook gets engaged to his 23-year-old girlfriend on York Beach in Maine
Comedian and Arlington native Dane Cook, 50, recently proposed to Kelsi Taylor, a fitness instructor and aspiring singer from Los Angeles. "She said yes," Cook wrote on Instagram.

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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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How the Charles River is being affected by drought
More than half of Massachusetts is now experiencing severe drought conditions, according to the latest map issued by the federal government’s official drought-tracking service.

On a pair of Maine islands, the legacy of the Wyeths lives on
Betsy Wyeth spent almost 40 years transforming two desolate islands off Port Clyde into a wonderland of inspiration for her husband, the painter Andrew Wyeth. Now, with the islands acquired by Colby College last fall, their potential for educating and enlightening the public is endless.

Adam Nagler completes 630-mile solo paddleboarding journey to Nantucket — then hits the water again
Nagler is headed back to Long Island (that's 250 miles) and then will begin training for a 30-day ironman event.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

Inside Boston Ballet's portable new ÜNI Public Art.

Boston Ballet’s ÜNI Public Art offers 360-degree views of dance under a portable dome

Jonathan Epstein (left) and Allyn Burrows in "A Walk in the Woods" at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox.

In ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ the fate of the world is on the table

Burning Spear is shown performing last month in San Francisco.

Reggae pioneer Burning Spear returns to Boston on his post-retirement, not-a-tour tour

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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

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

Rhode Island business news: July 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

State offers up to $5,000 reward for tips to solve Quincy arson case

A boarding house at 98-100 Bigelow St. was fully engulfed when fire crews arrived around 3 a.m. on Sunday. A white man believed to be in his 30s was seen acting suspiciously in the area, Quincy police said.

Providence mayoral candidates focus on drug addiction recovery, lack of city housing

All three Democrats agreed there is a lack of detox beds, and social service agencies need more support.

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Sports

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner looks through bars as she listens to the verdict standing in a cage in a courtroom in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4.

Russian court sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years, raising pressure on Biden

The US government contends that she is among several Americans who have been “wrongfully detained” by Russia, used as bargaining chips in the increasingly hostile relationship between Moscow and Washington.

The Royals' Salvador Perez celebrates with third base coach Vance Wilson after hitting a three-run home run in the seventh inning of a 7-3 victory over the Red Sox.

Royals 7, Red Sox 3

Darwinzon Hernandez gives up four runs in seventh inning as Royals flatten Red Sox

The Royals, who have the second-worst record in the American League at 42-64, had 11 hits.

Milton senior QB Owen McHugh (front center, with trophy) and the Wildcats, who defeated Dedham, 19-6, to win the Northeast 7v7 football championship on Thursday at Bishop Fenwick High.

High school football

Owen McHugh leads Milton High football to Northeast 7v7 New England Championship

McHugh’s electrifying performance at quarterback and pick-six on defense paced Milton to the program’s first New England championship.

Revolution stay busy, will replace departed players

Russian judge convicts Brittney Griner, gives 9-year sentence

Minor League Baseball | Worcester 12, Durham 0

Three Worcester WooSox pitchers, including Michael Wacha, combine to no-hit Durham

Business

Tougher IRS enforcement central to Dem economic package

Under a deal worked out by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the bill would spend an extra $79.6 billion on the beleaguered agency over the next 10 years.

Biden, Republicans spar over impact of Dems’ economic plan

For President Biden, the Senate Democrats’ $739 billion package can help lower inflation, cut the budget deficit, address climate change and lower medical bills — a message that he’s trying to sell to the wider country amid intense Republican criticism.

Business owners, workers brace for Orange Line shutdown

Bank of England raises rates a half-point, its biggest increase in 27 years

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

An MBTA bus burned as it sat in the Arborway bus yard on Thursday afternoon.

2 MBTA employees sent to hospital after bus fire at Arborway bus yard in Jamaica Plain

Warwick board says complaints about R.I. Senate candidate’s residency came in too late

Temperature hits 98 degrees at Logan Airport, breaking Boston record set in 1928

sports

Eric Hosmer tips his cap to the crowd after the Royals, whom he left in 2017 for San Diego, welcomed him with a pre-game video tribute.

Eric Hosmer gets a warm reception in Kansas City

Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw leaves with back pain as Los Angeles sweeps Giants

John Huh takes big leap off bubble with career-best 61 at Wyndham, the final event of PGA regular season

business

A Newton-based developer is proposing to replace these office buildings at the corner of Causeway and Washington streets with a 700-foot office tower that would rank among the tallest buildings in Boston.

Developer aims to build a skyscraper near North Station

Reuters US reporters are striking for first time in decades

Meta makes bond-market debut with $10b jumbo deal

politics

The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building in Washington.

Tougher IRS enforcement central to Dem economic package

Democrats could strip Iowa of opening spot in 2024 campaign

Trump ally takes on Walker protégé in Wisconsin governor’s race

Nation

Alex Jones talks to media during a midday break during the trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas, on July 26.

Typically bombastic Alex Jones makes for complicated court

Kansas result suggests four out of five states would back abortion rights in similar vote

Jury awards Sandy Hook parents $4 million in damages in Alex Jones trial

World

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walks upon her arrival at the US Yokota Air Base, in Fussa on the outskirts of Tokyo, on Aug. 4.

China cannot stop US officials from visiting Taiwan, Pelosi says

US, Russia, China take part in talks with SE Asian nations

Russian court sentences Brittney Griner to 9 years, raising pressure on Biden

opinion

Dr. Judah Folkman, May 29, 1996

Judah Folkman and his words that mattered

End of life options are broader than simply ending one’s life

A lesson in diplomacy

lifestyle

Dane Cook in 2019.

Dane Cook gets engaged to his 23-year-old girlfriend on York Beach in Maine

I found a condom in his car

Where to take your kids out to dinner without wanting to hide under the table

food & dining

Giulia restaurant chef/owner Michael Pagliarini rolls pasta dough through the roller.

Moëca opens in Cambridge, new from the Giulia team; Dine Out Boston begins

A celebrated Turkish chef is making exceptional food on a side street near Alewife

We asked 7 female chefs to weigh in on ‘The Bear’ and toxic kitchen culture. They had a lot to say.

travel

The M/S Mount Washington’s 150th season on Lake Winnipesaukee is underway with a season of celebrations to mark the event, including an Anniversary Gala hosted on Aug. 12.

Celebrating on Lake Winnipesaukee, boat rentals in Boston, and the ferry of the future

Nick Lowe on Buenos Aires, the window seat, and drinking like a local

Does the devil wear . . . duck boots?

Arts

Kikuji Kawada, "the ruin of a stronghold," from the series "Chizu" ("The Map").

MFA makes major photography acquisition

On a pair of Maine islands, the legacy of the Wyeths lives on

Adrienne Sloane makes political statements with jigsaw puzzle pieces

Books

Higher education, riding for a fall

Anthony Marra on reading mysteries and historical fiction

Mohsin Hamid’s new novel imagines white men changing color

Movies

From left, Thira "Aum" Chutikul, Popetorn "Two" Soonthornyanaku, Joel Edgerton, Colin Farrell, and Viggo Mortenson in "Thirteen Lives."

In ‘Thirteen Lives,’ Ron Howard revisits the Thai cave rescue

Aubrey Plaza takes on student debt in ‘Emily the Criminal’

Review: ‘Luck’ is a blend of past, present, and future

Television

Bill Heck as young Dan Chase in "The Old Man."

More flashbacks may mean a brighter future for young actors

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

For streaming services, there’s suddenly danger in numbers

music

The Danish String Quartet performing at Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood Aug. 3, 2022.

Danish String Quartet stuns at Ozawa Hall

The ride is just beginning for Horsegirl

The Rat’s Jim Harold turned a basement barroom into a bastion of rock ’n’ roll

Theater/Dance

Adji Cissoko of Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs "Four Heart Testaments."

Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s fusion of physicality and beauty is a feast for the eyes

In ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ the fate of the world is on the table

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

globe local

Hikers attend a moonlight hike to observe the nearly full moon at the World's End Reservation in Hingham.

Out walking at night? Don’t forget to look up at the sky.

The Argument: Should the state do more to promote civilian flaggers?

How a practical book on death turned into a passing fancy

Obituaries

FILE - Cuban-born Spaniard Jose Legra, right, attempts to land a left hook to the head of French-born Australian boxer Johnny Famechon during their World Featherweight Title fight, at the Royal Albert Hall, London, on Jan. 21, 1969. Former boxing world champion Famechon has died in Melbourne after a lengthy illness. He was 77. The Sport Australia of Fame announced the death of Famechon in a statement on Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Tewkesbury, File)

Former boxing world champion Johnny Famechon dies at 77

Archie Roach, a mesmerizing voice of Indigenous Australia, dies at 66

Elaine Schuster, philanthropist and political benefactor ‘in a league of her own,’ dies at 90