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Brookline police chief placed on leave following allegations of policy violations

Brookline Police Chief Ashley Gonzalez was placed on paid leave Friday following allegations that he violated the town’s discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation policies, Town Administrator Mel Kleckner said in a statement.

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Patriots turned out to be a dream come true for newly minted Hall of Famer Richard Seymour
Seymour thanked former teammates, Bill Belichick, and Robert Kraft during his Hall of Fame induction speech.

Sharon crash victim identified

Jordan McGrath-Edlund, 24, of Mansfield, was killed in the rollover crash Thursday night on Interstate 95 that also injured two others, State Police said.

Healey and Campbell make first joint appearance on campaign trails for governor, AG
Andrea Campbell, a former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate, faces Shannon Liss-Riordan, a workers’ rights attorney, and Quentin Palfrey, a former assistant attorney general who won the state Democratic Party’s endorsement, in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts attorney general.

Dems push Biden climate, health priorities toward Senate OK

The legislation cleared its first test in the evenly divided chamber when Democrats burst past unanimous Republican opposition and voted to begin debate 51-50, thanks to Vice President Kamala Harris' tie-breaking vote.

Jason Leonor Leonor says a Transit Police officer pulled a gun on him during a traffic spat last year. One officer has been fired for covering up the matter, and the stalled prosecution of the case has created controversy around Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden's office.

‘It was you!’ Traffic spat turned police coverup leads to questions for DA Hayden

A Globe investigation has sparked a swirling controversy, with fingers pointed in all directions, and accusations of deception and lies lobbed back and forth among attorneys, police, and prosecutors.

Boston mayors have had an open-door policy with real estate developers. Not Michelle Wu.
Since her election in November, developers have been clamoring to set up one-on-one meetings with Mayor Michelle Wu about big projects that would create thousands of jobs and add millions in tax revenue, but many have been redirected to meet with other members of her administration.

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Royals walk off Red Sox, as rolling Garrett Whitlock makes rare mistake
After retiring all eight hitters he faced in relief of Nate Eovaldi, Whitlock threw a bad full-count changeup to Nick Pratto, who blasted it over the center-field fence in a gut-punch loss for Alex Cora's team.

In evaluating trade deadline approach, Astros were clear but confusion reigned with Red Sox

The new Union Square Green Line station.

MBTA to close Green Line north of Government Center for 4 weeks

The partial Green Line closure will begin Aug. 22, four days after the Orange Line shuts down for a month beginning the evening of Aug. 19. The opening of the Medford branch of the Green Line extension has been put off until late November.

With problems mounting, the ‘Civil War MBTA’ account has returned to Twitter to address rider frustrations

Tim Deal hugged his grandmother Everlena Roberson upon arriving home from work in Boston in June. Deal said he makes sure to hug his grandmother every day.

As teens, these Bostonians were sentenced to life behind bars for murder. Now they’re out and trying to help others heal.

For some former inmates, personal recovery is the most crucial issue, the central challenge around which all other matters revolve.

Lt. Gen. Michael E. Langley, President Biden's nominee to lead U.S. Africa Command, speaks with the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday.

Gen. Michael E. Langley becomes first African American four-star general in Marine Corps

The first African American four-star general in Marine Corps history, Gen. Michael E. Langley, credited his father with telling him to “aim high” and predicted that his promotion on Saturday would have an impact on younger people.

Opinion

Auditor candidate Chris Dempsey made public the questionnaires he completed for constituency groups. State Senator Diana DiZoglio, Dempsey’s rival in the Democratic primary, agreed to do so too.

Massachusetts candidates shouldn’t be making promises in secret

Everyone running for state office should follow the example of Chris Dempsey, a Democratic candidate for auditor, by releasing their answers to questionnaires given by advocacy groups.

The NFL has no credibility with women

How to save the Democratic agenda: Pass this bill

RIP old Orange Line

Keep your scorn. Kentucky needs your solidarity.

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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Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander
The killing late Saturday of Khaled Mansour, who led the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad’s operations in the southern Gaza Strip, came a day after another Israeli strike killed the militant’s commander in the north.

Killings of three Muslim men in Albuquerque may be linked, police say
Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, 27, and Aftab Hussein, 41, Pakistani men who attended the same mosque, were fatally shot within a week of each other and a third Muslim man was killed just before midnight Friday, according to police.

Anne Heche in hospital, ‘stable’ after fiery car crash
The car came to a stop inside the two-story house and started a fire that took nearly 60 firefighters more than an hour to douse, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

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Revolution beat Orlando City despite patchwork lineup, end six-game winless streak
With two key players departing in the last week and its two main attacking threats injured, New England relied on goals from unlikely sources.

Boston man, 22, killed in lightning strike in Wyoming
The National Outdoor Leadership School said a group was camping in the Absaroka Mountains when a 22-year-old student was struck by lightning and went into cardiac arrest. His family identified him as John "Jack" Murphy of the South End.

‘It’s going to be so hard for them.’ Neighbors mourn mother, sons killed in N.H. home
New Hampshire police investigating the homicides of a 25-year-old woman and her two young sons are searching the vicinity of her Northfield home Saturday, officials said in a statement.

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An old river bridge prepares to blow out 100 candles

The beloved old drawbridge is 100 years old now, long enough for the shape of automobiles that pass over it to morph from Henry Ford’s Model T to 1960s-era Mustangs to shiny modern-day Honda Accords and Ford Escapes.

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

Former longtime WBZ-TV meteorologist Bruce Schwoegler dies at 80
Schwoegler’s family announced his death in a post to his Facebook page Friday night that said he had experienced aphasia in his later years.

Here on Billionaires’ Isle: Nantucket is attracting the uber-wealthy.
A string of recent home sales and listings is throttling this island’s wealth connotation to new heights.

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On Benner Island, a cluster of historic buildings made up the primary live/work space of the Wyeth family, with views across the slim channel of Allen Island, Betsy Wyeth's enduring masterpiece.

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

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

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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

City hosts second Open Streets Boston festival in Roxbury

The day of festivities was the second of the three such events launched this summer by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

‘It was you!’ Traffic spat turned police coverup leads to questions for DA Hayden

A Globe investigation has sparked a swirling controversy, with fingers pointed in all directions, and accusations of deception and lies lobbed back and forth among attorneys, police, and prosecutors.

Sidney Topol, broadcasting visionary and beacon for peace, dies at 97

Mr. Topol hoped to create "a nonviolent planet based on love, peace and security for all people."

Healey and Campbell make first joint appearance on campaign trails for governor, AG

Andrea Campbell, a former Boston city councilor and mayoral candidate, faces Shannon Liss-Riordan, a workers’ rights attorney, and Quentin Palfrey, a former assistant attorney general who won the state Democratic Party’s endorsement, in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts attorney general.

Sports

Nick Pratto, the ninth batter Garrett Whitlock faced on Saturday night in Kansas City, was the only one the Sox righty didn't retire. Pratto made it count: The rookie's second career home run walked off Boston.

ROYALS 5, RED SOX 4

Royals walk off Red Sox, as rolling Garrett Whitlock makes rare mistake

After retiring all eight hitters he faced in relief of Nate Eovaldi, Whitlock threw a bad full-count changeup to Nick Pratto, who blasted it over the center-field fence in a gut-punch loss for Alex Cora's team.

Sungjae Im was only able to finish 11 holes, but left with a share of a one-shot lead at the Wyndham Championship.

Biggest cut of year awaits final round of PGA regular season

Brandon Wu and Sungjae Im shared the lead at 12 under par at the end of the day at the Wyndham Championship, but only 12 players finished the third round.

Matt Polster (third from right) celebrates his goal against Orlando City with Lucas Maciel Felix.

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Revolution beat Orlando City despite patchwork lineup, end six-game winless streak

With two key players departing in the last week and its two main attacking threats injured, New England relied on goals from unlikely sources.

NASCAR XFINITY SERIES

Ty Gibbs, grandson of Joe Gibbs, gets fifth Xfinity Series win of 2022

Cool Papa Bell scores biggest upset in Hambletonian history

Hockey Canada board chairman Michael Brind’Amour resigns amid scandal fallout

Business

Boston mayors have had an open-door policy with real estate developers. Not Michelle Wu.

Since her election in November, developers have been clamoring to set up one-on-one meetings with Mayor Michelle Wu about big projects that would create thousands of jobs and add millions in tax revenue, but many have been redirected to meet with other members of her administration.

Ukraine grain shipments offer hope, not fix to food crisis

“Actually seeing the shipment move is a big deal,” said Jonathan Haines, senior analyst at data and analytics firm Gro Intelligence. “This 26,000 tons in the scale of the 20 million tons that are locked up is nothing, absolutely nothing ... but if we start seeing this, every shipment that goes is going to increase confidence.”

Biden tests negative for COVID but will isolate pending second test

Drug-price bill is pruned by Senate arbiter in partial industry win

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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.

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Kate Price remembers something terrible

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? There's a fight over that.

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? Poet Tracy K. Smith says yes.

summer memories

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

Bridge counterweights above with traffic below viewing the Groton side.

An old river bridge prepares to blow out 100 candles

As teens, these Bostonians were sentenced to life behind bars for murder. Now they’re out and trying to help others heal.

Compounding the problem of student debt

sports

Hall of Fame Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson (right) was on hand to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, which ushered in a new era in MLB ballparks.

Baltimore Orioles post fifth-straight win on 30th anniversary of Camden Yards

Kutter Crawford making the most of his chance to impress Red Sox

Patriots turned out to be a dream come true for newly minted Hall of Famer Richard Seymour

business

The long-running dispute over who gets access to car repair data in Massachusetts will continue for at least another month as the federal judge hearing a lawsuit challenging the state's "right to repair" ballot measure scheduled a new hearing in the case for Sept. 1.

Right-to-Repair ruling delayed yet again

US job growth surges, reducing recession fears but elevating inflation threat

US employers added 528,000 jobs; unemployment falls to 3.5 percent

politics

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer answers one final question before leaving after a news conference on Aug. 5, 2022, at the Capitol Hill in Washington.

Dems push Biden climate, health priorities toward Senate OK

Gen. Michael E. Langley becomes first African American four-star general in Marine Corps

Biden tests negative for COVID but will isolate pending second test

Nation

Muhammad Afzaal Hussain, the planning and land use director for the City of Española, N.M., who was fatally shot in Albuquerque.

Killings of three Muslim men in Albuquerque may be linked, police say

Why monkeypox vaccine shortage may threaten the immunocompromised

DNA evidence may link Chincoteague pony origins to Spanish shipwreck

World

A Chinese military jet flies over Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest points to Taiwan, in Fujian province on Aug. 6, 2022.

Taiwan vows not to bow to pressure with China drills due to end

Israeli airstrike kills 2nd top Islamic Jihad commander

Israel, militants trade fire as Gaza death toll climbs to 24

opinion

FOR METRO. Milford, MA 8/6/2012 A candle light vigil with chants followed prayer outside of the New England Gurdwara Sahib. New England Gurdwara Sahib holds a prayer and vigil for the victims of the shooting at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin in Milford, MA on Monday, August 6, 2012. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff) Section: METRO Slug: 07community Reporter: n/a LOID: 5.0.2221203168

Protect or neglect: America missed the chance to act on White supremacist violence during attack on Sikh worshippers 10 years ago

RIP old Orange Line

Pelosi shows the way forward on Taiwan

lifestyle

Visitors enjoy the snow at the Afriski ski resort near Butha-Buthe, Lesotho, on July 30, 2022.

Tiny African kingdom has skiing as Europe sweats summer heat

Ukrainian risks her life to rescue wild animals from war

He hasn’t been supportive as I breast-feed our baby

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

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on Capitol Hill in May. He had to postpone a trip to Boston on Friday after severe weather delayed or canceled thousands of flights Friday.

Cabinet secretary postpones Mass. visit as flights are canceled due to severe weather

I just flew the inaugural JetBlue Boston-to-London flight. Here’s what it was like.

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

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

Tracee Ellis Ross is among the featured artists at the 2022 Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival.

Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival brings a robust schedule of sneak peeks, screenings, and stars to the island

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

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

Television

Bob Odenkirk in "Better Call Saul," which wraps up its sixth and final season on Aug. 15.

For ‘Better Call Saul’ and other classic series, the finale presents a mix of anticipation and apprehension

More flashbacks may mean a brighter future for young actors

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

music

Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe performs with the band at Fenway Park Friday.

A night full of bangers from Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, and more at Fenway Park

Danish String Quartet stuns at Ozawa Hall

The ride is just beginning for Horsegirl

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

Mr. Topol, a visionary cable and satellite broadcasting executive, took a place among the world’s significant advocates for peace, through philanthropy and the example he set in his own life.

Sidney Topol, broadcasting visionary and beacon for peace, dies at 97

Judith Durham, Australia’s folk music icon, dies at 79

Former longtime WBZ-TV meteorologist Bruce Schwoegler dies at 80