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Senate Democrats vote to pass health and climate bill, with House vote expected this week

Senate Democrats passed a major bill over objections from Republicans, giving their party a notable win.

Manchin’s donors include pipeline giants that win in his climate deal

It’s not just the Orange Line: Poor maintenance is slowing whole T system

As the MBTA prepares to shut the entire Orange Line for long overdue repairs, the effect on commuters is more than an inconvenience. It’s a warning that the rest of the subway system may be in similarly poor shape.

‘Outrageous and inconsiderate’: Commuters in Somerville condemn Green Line closure

The state set aside $50m to help hiring. The program was swamped. And now business owners are frustrated.

HireNow awarded $4,000-per-hire for signing bonuses and training. It quickly burned through funding, and an effort to extend it has stalled.

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.

Boston man, 22, killed in lightning strike in Wyoming

Firework explosion injures 7 people at Cumberlandfest in Rhode Island

Brian Heffernan, 31, who has Down syndrome, attended Mass Bay Community College through a program that provides college access for students with intellectual disabilities.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

First-of-its-kind new law improves college access for students with autism, intellectual disabilities

More than a decade in the making, the breakthrough legislation will require all of the state’s public college campuses to offer accommodations to young people whose severe disabilities prevent them from earning a standard high school diploma

‘It feels yucky’: Pediatricians say they’re discarding vaccine doses for the youngest amid lack of demand
In Massachusetts, only 11 percent of children younger than 5 have received their first shot.

‘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.

The Museum of Fine Arts station on the Green Line's E branch.

Green Line’s E Branch closed next 2 weeks as crews work on track

Train service on the E Branch is suspended between Copley Square and the branch's endpoint at Heath Street through Aug. 21, as crews work to replace about 2,000 feet of track and install new equipment, according to the MBTA.

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.

Parker Dobyns, 6 years old, found a way to beat the heat at Mission Hill Playground in Boston on Friday.

Monday will see temperatures in the 90s again in some places, but cooler weather is ahead

Temperatures will remain in the 90s into Monday and Boston extended its heat emergency. Relief, however, is in store, with some areas possibly seeing highs in the 70s later in the week.

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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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

TV critics honor Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Mandy Moore
The Television Critics Association announced Saturday that ABC’s “Abbott Elementary’’ won four awards, more than any other program, for work produced in the 2021-2022 season.

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.

‘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.

A US return to Guadalcanal, in another tense historical moment
The Guadalcanal visit was the bookend to a tense week that started with trips to Asia by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, whose brief time in Taiwan set off China’s military exercises.

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.

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Getting to know the Revolution’s high-scoring Gustavo Bou, a.k.a. the Panther
Bou, who has come a long way from the Argentina barrio, shared his thoughts on Boston, the Revolution, his beginnings, and how to cook short ribs.

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I hooked up with my friend’s ex

“I won’t see my friend for another six months, but should I call her and tell her?”

Demaryius Thomas’ death was caused by seizure disorder
Demaryius Thomas, a four-time All-Pro receiver with the Denver Broncos, died of complications from seizures, the medical examiner in Fulton County, Georgia, said Sunday.

Biden leaves White House for 1st time since getting COVID-19
The president had tested negative Saturday, clearing the way to emerge from an isolation that lasted longer than expected because of a rebound case of the virus.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

Green Line’s E Branch closed next 2 weeks as crews work on track

Train service on the E Branch is suspended between Copley Square and the branch's endpoint at Heath Street through Aug. 21, as crews work to replace about 2,000 feet of track and install new equipment, according to the MBTA.

Months after flood, West End Museum’s reopening is within sight

WEM has kept its doors shut since January, when a burst pipe flooded the space and forced its closure.

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

His credits run from such critically acclaimed films as “The Last Picture Show” to low-budget horror movies.

‘Outrageous and inconsiderate’: Commuters in Somerville condemn Green Line closure

The Green Line north of Government Center is scheduled to be shuttered between Aug. 22 and Sept. 19, almost exactly the same span as the Orange Line is slated to be closed for repairs — which the route's regular riders say leaves them with limited options.

Sports

N'Keal Harry was still practicing with the Patriots in June, but a July trade sent him to Chicago, where he suffered an ankle injury on the second day of training camp.

Former Patriots first-round pick N’Keal Harry’s fresh start in Chicago stalled by ankle injury

Harry was competing for a starting spot in a wide receiver group that includes Darnell Mooney, Byron Pringle and rookie Velus Jones Jr.

Revolution forward Gustavo Bou makes his famous panther sign under a piece of artwork he commissioned from a fan.

Getting to know the Revolution’s high-scoring Gustavo Bou, a.k.a. the Panther

Bou, who has come a long way from the Argentina barrio, shared his thoughts on Boston, the Revolution, his beginnings, and how to cook short ribs.

Red Sox left fielder Tommy Pham (left) runs into center fielder Jarren Duran (right), who had his struggles with his defense and his offense in Sunday's flawed series finale against the Royals in Kansas City.

Royals 13, Red Sox 5

Jarren Duran, Red Sox roughed up by Royals in finale of seven-game road trip

Sox center fielder struggled at the plate, in the outfield, and with several hecklers in the stands in a forgettable performance in a hideous 13-5 loss to the Royals.

Women's British Open

After losing five-shot lead, Ashleigh Buhai rallies to win Women’s British Open on third playoff hole

Demaryius Thomas’ death was caused by seizure disorder

Cool Papa Bell’s Hambletonian upset lived up to his namesake, validated trainer Scott Farber’s long pursuit

Business

The state set aside $50m to help hiring. The program was swamped. And now business owners are frustrated.

HireNow awarded $4,000-per-hire for signing bonuses and training. It quickly burned through funding, and an effort to extend it has stalled.

Sports-betting law brings new life to owners of state’s shuttered race tracks

Owners of Raynham Park and Suffolk Downs race tracks are planning brick-and-mortar sports betting facilities.

Senate Democrats vote to pass landmark health and climate bill, with House vote expected this week

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

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.

Special project

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

An 8-month-old girl received a COVID-19 vaccine in Hatfield, Pa., on June 30.

‘It feels yucky’: Pediatricians say they’re discarding vaccine doses for the youngest amid lack of demand

It’s not just the Orange Line: Poor maintenance is slowing whole T system

First-of-its-kind new law improves college access for students with autism, intellectual disabilities

sports

The Sox will turn to Kutter Crawford Sunday to try and save a split in Kansas City.

Game 110: Red Sox at Royals lineups and notes

Red Sox walked off by Royals as Garrett Whitlock makes a rare mistake

Biggest cut of year awaits final round of PGA regular season

business

Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish, and UN officials arrived to inspect the cargo ship Razoni while it was anchored at the entrance of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul on Wednesday.

Ukraine grain shipments offer hope, not fix to food crisis

Biden tests negative for COVID but will isolate pending second test

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

politics

Some of President Joe Biden's most notable, legacy-defining legislative victories came about from removing himself directly from negotiations, which empowered senators to reach consensus among themselves. Senate Democrats passed a milestone tax, climate, and health care bill.

Biden steps out of the room and finds legacy-defining wins

What’s in the climate, tax, and health care package

Senate Democrats in final drive for passage of health and climate bill

Nation

Signs along the roads near Bent Mountain, Va., protest against the Mountain Valley Pipeline Project.

Manchin’s donors include pipeline giants that win in his climate deal

More storms forecasted for flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky

Biden leaves White House for 1st time since getting COVID-19

World

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (center) laid a wreath next to US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy during a ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal at Skyline Ridge in Honiara on the Solomon Islands on Sunday.

A US return to Guadalcanal, in another tense historical moment

Iraq broils in dangerous 120-degree heat as power grid shuts down

Militants fire rockets at Jerusalem, as the toll rises in Gaza

opinion

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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

Actor Dane DiLiegro at the premiere for "Prey" at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 2.

‘Prey’ star Dane DiLiegro is a beast

I hooked up with my friend’s ex

Tiny African kingdom has skiing as Europe sweats summer heat

food & dining

Ms. Longone was the curator of American Culinary History.

Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies

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

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

Director John Gulager posed with his father, actor Clu Gulager, in 2006.

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

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

Television

Director John Gulager posed with his father, actor Clu Gulager, in 2006.

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

TV critics honor Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Mandy Moore

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

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

Director John Gulager posed with his father, actor Clu Gulager, in 2006.

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

Dr. Robert Osteen, surgeon and poet who inspired students, dies at 81

Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies