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Noreen McGuire, an Eversource Underground Lineworker Leader, guides a new energy release manhole cover into place on Massachusetts Ave. in Boston.

What’s causing Boston’s manhole explosions, and how Eversource is trying to prevent them from happening

Manhole explosions and the covers they occasionally launch skyward are a problem that has long bedeviled utilities.

Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in New York civil investigation
Former president Donald Trump says he invoked the Fifth Amendment and wouldn’t answer questions under oath in the long-running New York civil investigation into his business dealings.

Donald Trump ‘took the Fifth.’ What does that actually mean?

A member of US Secret Service walked at the entrance of former president Donald Trump's house at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., on Tuesday.

Mar-a-Lago search sparks questions about Trump’s potential legal peril

The decision to take the unprecedented step of searching an ex-president’s home would likely have required the sign off of top officials including Attorney General Merrick Garland as well as a federal judge, and would not have been made lightly, former prosecutors said.

Here’s a look at the potential criminal investigations Trump faces Analysis: What the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago means and doesn’t mean

Mass. truck driver is acquitted in 2019 motorcycle crash that killed seven motorcyclists
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, was acquitted of all charges, seven counts of manslaughter, seven counts of negligent homicide, and one count of reckless conduct.

Federal transportation board releases investigation into N.H. crash that killed 7 motorcyclists

Policing and prosecuting local white supremacy? There’s one major legal hurdle that makes it difficult.

Despite the outcry over the growing visibility of right wing extremists in the Northeast, police have limited options for charging them criminally.

Facebook bans hate speech but still makes money from white supremacists

Search for evidence in Northfield, N.H. homicides of mother, two boys underway along I-93
In the latest development in the killings of a mother and her two young children in Northfield, NH, authorities on Wednesday will resume searching along Interstate 93 in Concord, Canterbury and Tilton for evidence in the still unsolved triple homicide, prosecutors said.

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Inflation took a vacation in July

The prices Americans pay for goods and services were unchanged in July from a month earlier, the first time they haven’t gone up since May 2020.

The Inflation Reduction Act will have ‘negligible effect’ on inflation

Block Island Ferry brawl leads to several arrests, minor injuries, and plenty of questions
Videos taken by passengers show members of the US Coast Guard boarding the ferry, which was bringing people back from New Shoreham after a crowded festival at Ballard’s Beach Resort on Monday.

New Hampshire bus driver charged with stalking 8-year-old boy

Michael Chick, 39, of Eliot, Maine, gave a student at Greenland Central School cellphones with instructions to take inappropriate photos of himself, placed tracing devices on his parents’ vehicles and made multiple nighttime visits to their home.

Nebraska woman charged with helping daughter have abortion

A Nebraska woman has been charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy at about 24 weeks after investigators uncovered Facebook messages in which the two discussed using medication to induce an abortion and plans to burn the fetus afterward.

Chaim Bloom marginally improved the Red Sox at the deadline, but the team needs help at more places than the margins.

Thoughts on Chris Sale’s injuries, Chaim Bloom’s deals, and seven other Red Sox matters

The hard-luck lefty can't seem to break his cycle of misfortune, and the embattled chief baseball officer didn't really give the team a chance to excel this season.

According to a source, the Nets initially tried to pry both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown from Boston in exchange for Kevin Durant.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH | BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

The latest on Kevin Durant to the Celtics, more Bill Russell memories, and other thoughts

It’s no surprise that the two sides have had some discussions — Durant is one of the best players of all-time, and of course teams feel obligated to inquire. But the Nets' pitch was a step too far.

The shelf cloud looming over North Truro on Tuesday

A dramatic and picture-worthy ‘shelf cloud’ rolled through Cape Cod like a wave

The striking images of the shelf cloud, which some people likened to an alien spacecraft, even impressed local weather experts.

Opinion

A selection of old and new subway cars are parked at the Orange Line's Wellington Station train yard, Wednesday, July 13, 2022, in Medford, Mass. Boston's public transit system is a mess, harried commuters and officials are increasingly looking to a Chinese-owned subway car manufacturer to account for some of the troubles. There have been fatal accidents, subway car collisions, malfunctioning elevators, and trains running on weekend schedules during rush hour. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Repairs to Orange Line: the T better get it right

Federal regulators should be watching how well the transit agency handles an upcoming 30-day closure of the Orange Line.

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

Charlottesville was a template for the Jan. 6 insurrection

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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

Baker’s tax cap warning should have surprised no one on Beacon Hill

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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THE GREAT DIVIDE

With first deadlines approaching Monday, Boston School Committee tonight will get progress update on state improvement plan

Acting Superintendent Drew Echelson will provide an update Wednesday night on the state improvement plan for Boston Public Schools, ahead of the first set of deadlines Monday.

Analysis

Vermont is the only state that has never sent a woman to Congress. After Tuesday’s election that could likely change.
That Vermont, one of the most politically progressive places in the country, was the last place to send a woman to Congress might seem odd.

Here’s what you need to know about the next generation of COVID vaccines
Despite calls to speed more powerful shots, most say they are still years away.

LOVE LETTERS

My spouse of 30 years has gone from a moderate to a staunch Trump supporter
I’m trying to figure out if I should just find a way to accept our differences.

Critic's Notebook

‘They/Them’: Can a conversion-therapy slasher movie be uplifting?
Kevin Bacon plays an LGBTQ+ conversion camp leader who unleashes the real horrors in this Peacock film, which stars nonbinary actor Theo Germaine.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK | DEVRA FIRST

$Currently streaming on Hulu, "The Bear" tells the story of chef Carmen Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), who inherits his family’s restaurant, and with it, the restaurant’s debts, dysfunction, and tight-knit but fractious staff.$

‘The Bear’ ends an era of glorified food television. Thank you, chef.
The series depicts restaurant life as brutally hard, potentially toxic, uniquely rewarding — and anything but glamorous.

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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.

Orange Line riders — and mayors — still in the dark about how commuters are supposed to get around during shutdown
The T offered contradictory information about what riders can expect. On Tuesday, flyers posted at stations and the agency’s website featured conflicting routes for shuttle buses that will replace train service. After Globe inquiries, the website was changed.

Airline lost your luggage? You’re not alone. Here’s what to do.
The vast majority of lost luggage is found and returned to its owners within 24 hours. But you should know what to do if it's not.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

"They/Them" stars Theo Germaine as Jordan, one of a group of campers sent to an LGBTQ+ conversion therapy camp in the new Peacock horror movie.

‘They/Them’: Can a conversion-therapy slasher movie be uplifting?

Meng Jin, author of "Self-Portrait with Ghost"

Meng Jin’s ‘Self-Portrait with Ghost’ explores dignity, joy and the present through short stories

Gugu Mbatha-Raw (left) and Oliver Jackson-Cohen in “Surface."

Beneath ‘Surface,’ there’s not much depth

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

Through puppetry, a vivid tale of migrant hardships

Special Projects

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Welcome Back to Boston

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

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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

Cas Martin wore a transgender flag as he listened to a speaker during a Transgender Day of Visibility Event outside of the State House on March 31.

Massachusetts can continue to lead the way in providing gender-affirming health care

In the face of catastrophic MBTA service disruptions, not to mention a passenger dragged to his death after his arm was caught in a malfunctioning subway door, this new board has been remarkably quiet when it comes to speaking up for T riders.

Don’t scrap the MBTA. Free it from Beacon Hill politics.

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

Pelosi shows the way forward on Taiwan

A fire chief and his daughter drop off goods for a community member in Jackson, Ky., on July 31.

Keep your scorn. Kentucky needs your solidarity.

President Biden gave a fist bump to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on July 15.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The case for cozying up to dictators

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

THE GREAT DIVIDE

With first deadlines approaching Monday, Boston School Committee tonight will get progress update on state improvement plan

Acting Superintendent Drew Echelson will provide an update Wednesday night on the state improvement plan for Boston Public Schools, ahead of the first set of deadlines Monday.

What’s causing Boston’s manhole explosions, and how Eversource is trying to prevent them from happening

Manhole explosions and the covers they occasionally launch skyward are a problem that has long bedeviled utilities.

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

A dramatic and picture-worthy ‘shelf cloud’ rolled through Cape Cod like a wave

The striking images of the shelf cloud, which some people likened to an alien spacecraft, even impressed local weather experts.

Sports

According to a source, the Nets initially tried to pry both Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown from Boston in exchange for Kevin Durant.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH | BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

The latest on Kevin Durant to the Celtics, more Bill Russell memories, and other thoughts

It’s no surprise that the two sides have had some discussions — Durant is one of the best players of all-time, and of course teams feel obligated to inquire. But the Nets' pitch was a step too far.

Nick Pivetta is 6-2 against Atlanta with a 4.84 ERA.

Braves at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 112: Braves at Red Sox lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound as the Sox look to salvage a split with Atlanta.

Chaim Bloom marginally improved the Red Sox at the deadline, but the team needs help at more places than the margins.

Thoughts on Chris Sale’s injuries, Chaim Bloom’s deals, and seven other Red Sox matters

The hard-luck lefty can't seem to break his cycle of misfortune, and the embattled chief baseball officer didn't really give the team a chance to excel this season.

Serena Williams broke the tennis mold, even if her all-time greatness isn’t always recognized

FIFA looks to start World Cup in Qatar one day earlier

Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit to be heard by LA jury

Business

A new CEO for GoTo, the company formerly known as LogMeIn

Paddy Srinivasan, who has almost a decade of experience with LogMeIn and GoTo, will take over for Mike Kohlsdorf to lead the Boston-based software firm.

Donald Trump ‘took the Fifth.’ What does that actually mean?

Donald Trump issued a statement saying he had done nothing wrong but was invoking the Fifth Amendment's protection against self-incrimination. Here's what it means — and doesn't — to “plead (or ‘take’) the Fifth."

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Inflation took a vacation in July

The Inflation Reduction Act will have ‘negligible effect’ on inflation

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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.

Special project

Kate Price remembers something terrible

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

Pasta with zucchini, pancetta, and saffron.

Recipes: Summer veggies like zucchini and corn put a fresh spin on pasta

summer memories

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

Kassandra Sweeney, 25, and her two sons, four-year-old Benjamin and one-year-old Mason, were found shot to death in their Northfield, N.H. home last week.

Search for evidence in Northfield, N.H. homicides of mother, two boys underway along I-93

Watch live: Mass. Democratic candidates for attorney general debate

Attorney general candidates to face off at debate Wednesday

sports

The Braves' Ronald Acuna Jr. dives home safely for an insurance run in the 11th inning.

There were four ties and eight lead changes, but the Red Sox still lost to the Braves in extra innings

Storm set WNBA record with 37 assists in a high-scoring victory over Sky

Jackie Bradley Jr. signs with Blue Jays after being released by Red Sox

business

A shopper checks a carton of eggs inside a grocery store in San Francisco, California, U.S.

US inflation slips from 40-year peak but remains high 8.5 percent

Facebook bans hate speech but still makes money from white supremacists

Bristol Myers Squibb teams up with GentiBio to create cell therapies for Crohn’s, other conditions

politics

Former National security adviser John Bolton.

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder John Bolton

Trump says he took the Fifth Amendment in New York civil investigation

The Inflation Reduction Act will have ‘negligible effect’ on inflation

Nation

President Biden, Danielle Robinson, widow of Sgt. First Class Heath Robinson, and Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough walk through the Cross Hall to the East Room for a signing ceremony for The PACT Act at the White House August 10, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Biden to sign bill to aid veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits

Jury picked, evidence next in second trial in Governor Whitmer plot

Albuquerque police detain suspect in killings of Muslim men

World

Rising smoke can be seen from the beach at Saky after explosions were heard from the direction of a Russian military airbase near Novofedorivka, Crimea, on Tuesday.

Ukraine says 9 Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea blasts

Stranded whale euthanized after removal from French river

China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan

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ANTONELLO SILVERINI

We’re using the word ‘racist’ just fine, thanks

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

Legislature needs to return to business

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.

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

‘Prey’ star Dane DiLiegro is a beast

I hooked up with my friend’s ex

food & dining

Currently streaming on Hulu, "The Bear" tells the story of chef Carmen Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), who inherits his family’s restaurant, and with it, the restaurant’s debts, dysfunction, and tight-knit but fractious staff.

‘The Bear’ ends an era of glorified food television. Thank you, chef.

The brains behind ‘The Cocktail Seminars’

Recipe: Muhammara, from the cookbook ‘Arabiyya,’ is a delicious roasted red pepper-walnut spread

travel

Donna Roy-Mangiaratti and her husband, Ed Mangiaratti, had their luggage lost by Lufthansa, on their return trip from Europe. His was returned after some days. Hers was lost for weeks.

Airline lost your luggage? You’re not alone. Here’s what to do.

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.

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

Meng Jin, author of "Self-Portrait with Ghost"

Meng Jin’s ‘Self-Portrait with Ghost’ explores dignity, joy and the present through short stories

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

Higher education, riding for a fall

Movies

Mr. Mosley, with other cast members of "Magnum PI" Tom Selleck and Larry Manetti in 2009.

Roger Mosley, the chopper pilot T.C. on ‘Magnum, P.I.,’ dies at 83

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

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

Television

Mr. Mosley, with other cast members of "Magnum PI" Tom Selleck and Larry Manetti in 2009.

Roger Mosley, the chopper pilot T.C. on ‘Magnum, P.I.,’ dies at 83

Former WBZ-TV anchor and reporter Uma Pemmaraju has died

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

music

From left: Dominik Belavy (Gaveston), Nathaniel Sullivan (King), and George Benjamin at the US premiere of George Benjamin's opera "Lessons in Love and Violence" at Ozawa Hall with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.

At Tanglewood, ‘Lessons in Love and Violence’: a study in sonic storytelling

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

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

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

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

globe local

A rendering of the Newton Center for Active Living, which would replace the Newton Senior Center at 345 Walnut St. in Newtonville.

Newton City Council approves funding to replace senior center with larger facility

Newton to gather public feedback on proposed zoning changes for village centers

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

Obituaries

Mr. Mosley, with other cast members of "Magnum PI" Tom Selleck and Larry Manetti in 2009.

Roger Mosley, the chopper pilot T.C. on ‘Magnum, P.I.,’ dies at 83

Issey Miyake, Japanese fashion designer known as the prince of pleats, dies

Lamont Dozier, writer of numerous Motown hits, dies at 81