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Local law enforcement officers are seen in front of the home of former President Donald Trump at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on August 9, 2022. - Former US president Donald Trump said August 8, 2022 that his Mar-A-Lago residence in Florida was being "raided" by FBI agents in what he called an act of "prosecutorial misconduct." (Photo by Giorgio Viera / AFP) (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)

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It's a big deal. But it may not be the case that ultimately brings Trump down.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley at a hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget on April 5 in Washington.

In resignation letter he never sent, Milley said Trump was ‘doing great and irreparable harm’ to the country

General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, lambasted Donald Trump over his leadership style and personal values in a draft resignation letter.

$Chris Sale broke a finger in July and on Saturday fractured his right wrist.$

Chris Sale out for the season after undergoing surgery on right wrist following bicycle accident
The fractured wrist is the latest setback for Sale, who has made only 11 starts for the Red Sox since 2019.

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Serena Williams announces she will step away from tennis after US Open: ‘Something’s got to give’
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Who should get the monkeypox vaccine? What to know as Mass. limits shots to one dose only

The second dose, normally administered 28 days later, will be offered after supplies increase. Here are answers to some common questions about the monkeypox vaccine.

Former WBZ-TV anchor and reporter Uma Pemmaraju has died
Uma Pemmaraju worked at WBZ-TV Channel 4 from 1992 to 1996 and then went on to work for FOX News and Bloomberg News, the station reported Tuesday. The popular reporter and anchor told the Globe in a 1993 interview that she tried to focus her reporting on stories about the disenfranchised.

Orange Line riders — and mayors — still in the dark about how commuters are supposed to get around during shutdown

Medford Mayor Breanna Lungo-Koehn said the MBTA has canceled several calls with the city since last Wednesday to discuss the details of the 30-day shutdown. “To say we’re frustrated is putting it lightly,” she said.

‘It’s really upsetting when you’re late.’ Red Line riders voice frustration after another rush hour delay.

Dr. Matthew Russell, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, arrived at the Savin Hill station on the Red Line’s Ashmont branch at 7:22 a.m. Tuesday. He was still there 35 minutes later.

Once the ‘it’ supplement, Vitamin D is losing its sparkle

Vitamin D supplements, regularly consumed by millions of Americans, have not held up to the considerable hype of warding off many common, dreaded diseases.

Actress Anne Heche is in a coma after crashing car into home, rep says

Actress Anne Heche has fallen into a coma and remains in "extreme critical condition" days after she crashed her car into a Los Angeles home, causing both to erupt into flames, a representative told news outlets on Monday.

Clockwise from left: Coffee cookies and cream ice cream, blueberry cobbler, corn on the cob, and lobster.

4 New England summer foods threatened by climate change

Some our favorite summertime treats could be affected by climate change in the near future.

Getting Salty: In Quincy, a rock star mom’s restaurant becomes her son’s classic Hong Kong café

A view of a great white shark during a research trip with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy off the coast of Cape Cod.

Here’s what it’s like to see great white sharks up close off Cape Cod

For the expedition, I joined several workers from the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy and their special guest, a professional drone photographer from California.

John Travolta, left, and Olivia Newton-John shown in a 2006 file photo. Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million albums, died Monday at her southern California ranch, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. She was 73.

John Travolta posts tribute to ‘Grease’ co-star Olivia Newton-John

Travolta and Newton-John maintained a lifelong friendship after appearing together in “Grease,” which became one of the highest-grossing movie musicals in history.

Opinion

Police outside an entrance to Mar-a-Lago, the residence of Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 8. Trump said on Monday that the FBI had searched his home and had broken open a safe, an account signaling a major escalation in the various investigations into the final stages of his presidency.

Reading the tea leaves about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago

Something so unprecedented needs both a legally and a politically persuasive justification.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

What happened at Mar-a-Lago is good for democracy

Legislature needs to return to business

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May I have a word: When you sound just like your parents, and not necessarily in a good way

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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Sofía Padilla and Davey Steinman, artistic co-directors of Paradox Teatro, with their puppet, Ruben.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, left, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met in Taipei on Wednesday.

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Chris Sale broke a finger in July and on Saturday fractured his right wrist.

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Rich Hill is 5-0 in 10 appearances against Atlanta.

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Former WBZ-TV anchor and reporter Uma Pemmaraju has died

Uma Pemmaraju worked at WBZ-TV Channel 4 from 1992 to 1996 and then went on to work for FOX News and Bloomberg News, the station reported Tuesday. The popular reporter and anchor told the Globe in a 1993 interview that she tried to focus her reporting on stories about the disenfranchised.

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President Biden on Tuesday signed a $280 billion bipartisan bill to boost domestic high-tech manufacturing, part of his administration’s push to boost US competitiveness over China.

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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

Black women are constantly expected to be strong. It’s taking a toll.

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metro

Old and new Orange Line trains sit at Wellington Station in Medford.

Orange Line riders — and mayors — still in the dark about how commuters are supposed to get around during shutdown

Fung breaks his silence about Kevin McCarthy’s visit to R.I.

SCOOP: Seth Magaziner has moved to Cranston, in the 2nd District

sports

By releasing Jason Heyward this winter, the Cubs will owe him $22 million for the final year of his contract. Once Heyward clears waivers, any team can claim him for the prorated minimum.

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Bobby Dalbec wants consistent playing time, and he might get it at second instead of first

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Sully Erna, lead singer of Godsmack.

Sully Erna of Godsmack talks about playing the first gig at Boston’s newest concert venue

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Consumers will benefit from lower utility bills and cheaper home upgrades, energy experts say

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Kim Crockett speaks during the first day of the Minnesota State Republican Convention, May 13, at the Mayo Civic Center in Rochester, Minn.

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A policeman guards ballot boxes and election materials as they sit ready to be distributed to polling stations, at a counting center in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 8.

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opinion

The Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, a nuclear power plant, in Waynesboro, Ga.

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lifestyle

John Travolta, left, and Olivia Newton-John shown in a 2006 file photo. Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million albums, died Monday at her southern California ranch, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. She was 73.

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food & dining

Roasted Red Pepper-Walnut Spread (Muhammara)

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Arts

Courtney Stock, "Euphotic Zone," 2022, egg tempera, gouache, acrylic and ink on paper, steel.

Painterly weavings at Praise Shadows Art Gallery

MFA makes major photography acquisition

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

Books

Historian and author David McCullough posed with art by George Catlin, one of the artists featured in his book, "The Greater Journey," at the National Portrait Gallery, in Washington on May 13, 2011.

‘He truly was an American treasure.’ Luminaries react to death of historian David McCullough

Higher education, riding for a fall

Anthony Marra on reading mysteries and historical fiction

Movies

John Travolta, left, and Olivia Newton-John shown in a 2006 file photo. Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million albums, died Monday at her southern California ranch, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. She was 73.

John Travolta posts tribute to ‘Grease’ co-star Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John, star of ‘Grease,’ chart-topping singer, dies at 73

‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’: Gen Z’s ‘Scream’?

Television

Uma Pemmaraju worked as a news anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV in the 1990s.

Former WBZ-TV anchor and reporter Uma Pemmaraju has died

John Travolta posts tribute to ‘Grease’ co-star Olivia Newton-John

Tight, tense ‘Black Bird’ ends on a high note

music

John Travolta, left, and Olivia Newton-John shown in a 2006 file photo. Newton-John, a longtime resident of Australia whose sales topped 100 million albums, died Monday at her southern California ranch, John Easterling, her husband, wrote on Instagram and Facebook. She was 73.

John Travolta posts tribute to ‘Grease’ co-star Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John, star of ‘Grease,’ chart-topping singer, dies at 73

Berklee getting high-schoolers into the spirit of gospel music

Theater/Dance

Sofía Padilla and Davey Steinman, artistic co-directors of Paradox Teatro, with their puppet, Ruben.

Through puppetry, a vivid tale of migrant hardships

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

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Obituaries

Ms. Newton-John, attending the 2018 G'Day USA Los Angeles Gala at the InterContinental Hotel Los Angeles in 2018.

Olivia Newton-John, star of ‘Grease,’ chart-topping singer, dies at 73

David McCullough, award-winning writer and ‘voice of American history,’ dies at 89

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