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In secretary of state debate, Galvin says he’s earned voters’ trust. Sullivan says he’s failed the leadership test.

Secretary of State William Galvin said he’s the steady hand that Massachusetts voters can rely on each election. His challenger, local NAACP president Tanisha Sullivan, said he has stood in the way of making it easier for them to cast ballots.

Boston schools on track to meet first deadlines in state improvement plan by Monday, acting superintendent says

“We fully expect that we will meet or exceed all the benchmarks that are outlined in the Systemic Improvement Plan,” Acting Superintendent Drew Echelson said.

Skipper gets four-year, $300,000-per-year contract as new Boston superintendent

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.

A truck displaying pro-Trump flags drove past Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach on Tuesday.

Law and order? Not for these guys.

Republicans made it clear this week who should ‘just comply’ with law enforcement, and it isn’t former president Trump.

Legal experts react to acquittal of Mass. truck driver involved in crash that killed seven motorcyclists

A ‘white supremacist’ and ‘human trafficker’: Protesters march downtown, press city leaders to rename Faneuil Hall

A vial of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination drive hosed by Indonesian Retail Merchants Association in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2021.

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.

New study based on Mass. schools finds masks protected students, staff from COVID-19

Following Globe report, MBTA Transit Police calls for special prosecutor as Suffolk DA Hayden announces grand jury investigation into coverup
The announcement follows a Globe investigation that raised questions about whether Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden's office tried quash a case against transit police officers involved in a coverup.

Traffic spat turned police coverup leads to questions for DA Hayden

BRAVES 8, RED SOX 4

Bullpen unravels yet again as Red Sox fall to Braves for fourth-straight loss
Untimely walks come back to hurt Red Sox once again as Nick Pivetta serves up a three-run shot following a two-out free pass.

The Atlanta Braves made a significant investment in third baseman Austin Riley, signing him to a long-term deal for $212 million over 10 years.

Alex Speier | On baseball

Will Austin Riley’s lucrative deal with the Braves serve as a template for Red Sox, Rafael Devers?

The Braves made a huge investment in their third baseman, signing Riley to a 10-year, $212 million contract extension.

The solution to Boston’s manhole explosions is an engineering ‘game changer’

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

From left to right in Edgartown: Questlove, Floyd Rance, Stephanie T. Rance, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Margaret Brown. They attended the premiere of Netflix's Descendant during the Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival on Friday.

Barack and Michelle Obama drop in on the African American Film Festival on Martha’s Vineyard

A couple of very well-known locals made a surprise appearance at the African American Film Festival on Martha’s Vineyard Friday night.

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

It’s mutual exploitation: Hollywood gets production help and its films look authentic, the military gets free advertising via films that glorify it.

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ isn’t just a feel-good movie, it’s Pentagon propaganda

The military’s been involved with Hollywood since the 1920s, but “Top Gun” super-charged the relationship, triggering a 70 percent spike in requests for collaboration. But the Pentagon has its own agenda.

IDEAS | ELIOT PEPER

The beauty of playing the long game

What Deshaun Watson and Robert Kraft have in common

Repairs to Orange Line: the T better get it right

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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

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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Authorities will announce update on the disappearance of Harmony Montgomery on Thursday, New Hampshire AG says
Harmony, who was born in Massachusetts in 2014, was reported missing in December last year, more than two years after she was last seen with her father in Manchester, N.H.

Little League Baseball

In a dramatic scene of sportsmanship in Texas, beaned Little League batter rises to console upset pitcher
As the pitcher stared at the ground in tears, the hit batsman walked to the mound and put his arm around the pitcher.

Months after retiring, Baker’s public safety secretary returned as a $105,000-a-year adviser on policing law
Baker administration officials said Thomas Turco, a longtime probation and correction official, is helping the office of public safety and the state’s Municipal Police Training Committee with implementing a sweeping policing bill Baker signed in December 2020.

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

Baker signs sports betting bill into law. But you can’t legally wager on the Patriots, Red Sox, Bruins, or Celtics yet.
Even with Baker’s signature, there is expected to a gap of several months before legal betting on college and professional sports goes live in this sports-loving state.

Boston man sentenced to federal prison for romance scam, other online fraud

Macpherson Osemwegie, 32, was sentenced to 32 months prison, two years of supervised release and ordered to pay $690,000 in restitution for operating an online scam that largely targeted elderly residents, the US Attorney's office said Wednesday.

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Marchers bearing the insignia of the white supremacist group Patriot Front paraded through Boston on July 2.

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.

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 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.

Inflation Reduction Act unlikely to have much effect on inflation, analysts say
When it comes to living up to its new name, the Inflation Reduction Act, which is expected to pass the House on Friday, might run into a problem, according to nonpartisan analyses of the bill.

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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

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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

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Following Globe report, MBTA Transit Police calls for special prosecutor as Suffolk DA Hayden announces grand jury investigation into coverup

The announcement follows a Globe investigation that raised questions about whether Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden's office tried quash a case against transit police officers involved in a coverup.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston schools on track to meet first deadlines in state improvement plan by Monday, acting superintendent says

“We fully expect that we will meet or exceed all the benchmarks that are outlined in the Systemic Improvement Plan,” Acting Superintendent Drew Echelson said.

In secretary of state debate, Galvin says he’s earned voters’ trust. Sullivan says he’s failed the leadership test.

Secretary of State William Galvin said he’s the steady hand that Massachusetts voters can rely on each election. His challenger, local NAACP president Tanisha Sullivan, said he has stood in the way of making it easier for them to cast ballots.

Sports

Red Sox reliever Darwinzon Hernandez stretches after giving up a two-run home run to Braves second baseman Vaughn Grissom, who was making his MLB debut, in the seventh inning.

BRAVES 8, RED SOX 4

Bullpen unravels yet again as Red Sox fall to Braves for fourth-straight loss

Untimely walks come back to hurt Red Sox once again as Nick Pivetta serves up a three-run shot following a two-out free pass.

Serena Williams waves to the crowd in what may have been in her last professional singles match in Toronto.

Serena Williams loses first match since saying she’s prepared to retire from tennis

The 40-year-old exited the National Bank Open with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Belinda Bencic.

The Atlanta Braves made a significant investment in third baseman Austin Riley, signing him to a long-term deal for $212 million over 10 years.

Alex Speier | On baseball

Will Austin Riley’s lucrative deal with the Braves serve as a template for Red Sox, Rafael Devers?

The Braves made a huge investment in their third baseman, signing Riley to a 10-year, $212 million contract extension.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

The last month has been no walk in the park for the Red Sox pitching staff, especially with two outs

Lucrative FedEx Cup playoffs are here but PGA Tour’s victory over LIV Golf still resounds

Tigers fire general manager Al Avila after seven seasons

Business

A ‘white supremacist’ and ‘human trafficker’: Protesters march downtown, press city leaders to rename Faneuil Hall

Racial justice activists on Wednesday marched from Boston City Hall to Faneuil Hall to urge officials to rename the downtown commercial center popular with tourists and workers in the area. Faneuil Hall is named for Peter Faneuil, an 18th century slave trader and merchant.

Bartenders at US Open allegedly shorted on tips

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Facebook bans hate speech but still makes money from white supremacists

The 10 worst US airports for flight cancellations this summer

magazine

Vape wars: The fierce debate over the banning (and unbanning) of Juul e-cigarettes

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

My spouse of 30 years has gone from a moderate to a staunch Trump supporter

Pasta with zucchini, pancetta, and saffron.

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

metro

A man walks past the "missing child" poster for Harmony Montgomery on May 5 in Manchester, N.H. The five-year-old girl went missing in 2019.

Authorities will announce update on the disappearance of Harmony Montgomery on Thursday, New Hampshire AG says

Law and order? Not for these guys.

Skipper gets four-year, $300,000-per-year contract as new Boston superintendent

sports

Arnór Traustason had two goals and eight assists in 44 games with the Revolution.

Revolution release Icelandic midfielder Arnór Traustason

Browns place Pro Bowl return specialist Jakeem Grant Jr. on IR with Achilles’ tear

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow still healing from appendectomy, no timetable for return

business

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Wall Street hits 3-month high as inflation cools

Gemini Therapeutics winds down through a planned merger with Disc Medicine

McKee proposes $3.8m to help most at risk afford expected electricity rate increases this winter

politics

Former US president Donald Trump speaks during the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit in Washington, DC, on July 26.

Trump’s bond with GOP deepens after primary wins, FBI search

Biden begins summer vacation with family in South Carolina

Nevada judge denies loser’s protest of GOP governor primary

Nation

Former president Donald Trump waves as he departs Trump Tower, on Aug. 10, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation.

Trump, at New Jersey fundraiser, is buoyed by supporters

Indiana funeral set for GOP Representative Walorski killed in crash

New trial starts for pair charged in plot against Whitmer

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, Tuesday Aug. 9, 2022. The explosion of munitions caused a fire at a military air base in Russian-annexed Crimea Tuesday but no casualties or damage to stationed warplanes, Russia's Defense Ministry said.

Contradicting Kremlin’s account, Crimean officials detail explosions’ extent

These groups want disruptive climate protests. Oil heirs are funding them.

In the Amazon, a UN agency has a green mission, but dirty partners

opinion

"Crafting allows us a respite from the demands of the classroom to co-create joyously, if only for 15 minutes once a week."

Crafting is my pedagogical love language — and it works wonders in the college classroom

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

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

lifestyle

From left to right in Edgartown: Questlove, Floyd Rance, Stephanie T. Rance, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Margaret Brown. They attended the premiere of Netflix's Descendant during the Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival on Friday.

Barack and Michelle Obama drop in on the African American Film Festival on Martha’s Vineyard

10 ways to geek out at Fan Expo Boston this weekend

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

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

Bryan Florentin, "Prepared Shelves 2.1," 2022

‘Exposure 2022′ takes photography to unexpected places

Painterly weavings at Praise Shadows Art Gallery

MFA makes major photography acquisition

Books

Mr. Briggs, the author of "The Snowman," in Hyde Park, London.

Raymond Briggs, who drew a wordless ‘Snowman,’ dies at 88

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

Movies

From left to right in Edgartown: Questlove, Floyd Rance, Stephanie T. Rance, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and Margaret Brown. They attended the premiere of Netflix's Descendant during the Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival on Friday.

Barack and Michelle Obama drop in on the African American Film Festival on Martha’s Vineyard

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

Television

Princess Diana from "The Princess."

In HBO’s ‘The Princess,’ the Diana spectacle

‘SNL’ cast members past and present continue to show their range

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

music

Chrissy Metz performs at Boston City Winery August 14.

Chrissy Metz of ‘This Is Us’ brings country songs to City Winery Aug. 14

For Sharon Van Etten, three hearts are better than one

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

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 male Common Whitetail dragonfly, photographed at the Ward Hill Reservation In Andover. Found throughout the state, Common Whitetails are one of the most abundant dragonflies in Massachusetts.

Dragonflies aren’t just pretty — they eat pesky bugs like mosquitoes

Baby deer turn up in unexpected places

Marshfield Fair returns with rides, music, butterflies, and giant pumpkins

Obituaries

Mr. Briggs, the author of "The Snowman," in Hyde Park, London.

Raymond Briggs, who drew a wordless ‘Snowman,’ dies at 88

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