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‘The vultures want it! But they’re not going to get it.’ On Cape Cod, a band of mobile home owners fight for their park.

Big money investors increasingly see there are profits to be made off the backs of the financially vulnerable. In Pocasset, homeowners fear if Crown buys their park, they’ll lose control over their own destinies.

Trump lawyer told Justice Dept. that classified material had been returned

At least one lawyer for former president Donald Trump signed a written statement in June asserting that all material marked as classified and held in boxes in a storage area at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence and club had been returned to the government, four people with knowledge of the document said.
Takeaways from the unsealed warrant for the search of Trump’s home FBI recovered documents labeled ‘top secret’ during search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

Extraordinary defamation suit about election falsehoods causes unease at Fox News

Bogus assertions by Fox about the 2020 election are at the center of a $1.6 billion defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems, one of the most extraordinary lawsuits brought against a US media company in more than a generation.

Tributes pour in for Anne Heche, including from ex-girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres
Statements from many close to actor Anne Heche have been streaming in after a representative for Heche said in a statement Friday she is brain dead following a fiery car crash more than a week ago.

‘A lot of joy in town this morning’: Provincetown lifts emergency order after sewer system is restored

Prosecutor: Stab attack on Salman Rushdie was ‘preplanned’

Twenty years after the first Lyme vaccine was shelved, new ones could be on the way

Study participants recently received shots at Pediatric Associates of Fall River as part of a late-stage trial in the US and Europe of a Lyme vaccine from the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a French biotech, Valneva.

Head of transit police calls for special prosecutor to investigate officers accused of a coverup. What happens next?

The case illustrates a broader debate over whether local prosecutors can fairly handle cases involving police officers, and when independent oversight — such as appointing a special prosecutor — is necessary to foster public confidence.
Tara Sullivan

Although Bill Belichick won’t acknowledge it, play-calling is a legitimate question

Matt Patricia and Joe Judge took turns in Thursday's exhibition opener against the Giants.
Ben Volin: A wiser Todd Bowles gets his shot at a Super Bowl with the Buccaneers
Opinion
EDITORIAL

End the religious exemption for school vaccinations, already

New York polio outbreak highlights the risk of letting kids come to school without standard immunizations.
LETTERS

The invasion of the bachelorette party
MARCELA GARCÍA

A breach of trust in East Boston?
ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Is Kevin Hayden fit to be district attorney?
EDITORIAL

Revenge porn does real harm to real victims. Why won’t the state Senate act?

CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM | Brandon Hasbrouck
Dear Mr. Trump: I support your 4th Amendment rights. I wish you supported ours
I have the deepest of sympathies for anyone subjected to such police violence, though I must confess to having some doubts that this is quite what happened at Mar-a-Lago.

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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data once per week. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate percentage. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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With new weaponry, Ukraine is subtly shifting its war strategy
Despite suffering grievous losses over nearly six months of war, Russia still holds a distinct advantage over Ukraine in a head-to-head fight featuring brutal artillery battles. But Ukraine’s military has achieved some new battlefield success, waging the war on its own terms.

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‘Living my dream’: Middleboro rides into Little League World Series as first Mass. representative since 2009
Middleboro last made the Little League World Series in 1994 and will be the first league to represent Massachusetts twice.

Here’s how to get where you need to go during the Orange Line shutdown, according to MBTA
While the Orange Line is shut down, the MBTA will also be closing the Green Line between Government Center and Union Square stations and will provide shuttle bus service at all Green Line stations along this stretch.

Driver, passenger injured in tractor-trailer rollover crash on I-90

Two people were transported to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center by Boston Emergency Medical Services after a tractor-trailer rollover crash on I-90 eastbound Saturday, according to Massachusetts State Police.

Water main break on Common sends torrents rushing down Charles Street, into Garden
At approximately 4:23 a.m. police officers responded to the area of Boylston St and Charles St for a water main break or leak that resulted in the flooding around Boston Common.

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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.

As monkeypox cases mount, Mass. colleges race to get ahead of a new kind of potential outbreak
After dealing with COVID-19 already, several of the state’s largest schools this week are moving to tackle monkeypox, taking to social media, updating their websites, and sending out e-mail blasts to provide families with the latest science.

An elephant statue. Rare Ferraris. A hard-right South Dakota pol. Just an evening with the leading Mass. GOP candidate for governor.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl’s fund-raiser offered a window into a different Massachusetts political universe than runs counter to the stereotype — a red dot amid deep blue.

Even without a COVID surge, state’s largest hospitals suffer multimillion-dollar losses
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Susan Orlean hosts ‘Book Exploder,’ a lit spinoff of hit music podcast

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

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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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

RENÉE LOTH

Blowin’ in the wind
IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Open Mass. beaches to everyone — with buses
JEFF JACOBY

Republicans’ ‘banana republic’ charge is bananas

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Congress is plagued by hyperpartisanship even on matters popular with the public
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America’s crisis of democracy has already arrived
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Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

‘The vultures want it! But they’re not going to get it.’ On Cape Cod, a band of mobile home owners fight for their park.

Big money investors increasingly see there are profits to be made off the backs of the financially vulnerable. In Pocasset, homeowners fear if Crown buys their park, they’ll lose control over their own destinies.

Cape Cod pirate museum teams with Franciscan Children’s Hospital in Boston via virtual sea lab

Kids and teens in the hospital's behavioral health units will be able to watch as archeologists from the Whydah Pirate Museum in Yarmouth excavate treasure recovered from the ship that sank off Cape Cod more than 300 years ago.

Jan Longone, influential scholar of food history, dies at 89

A curious, cordial and diligent food scholar, Jan Longone started a mail-order cookbook business from her Michigan basement that led to friendships with towering culinary figures like Julia Child and grew into one of the nation’s great cookbook collections.
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Former R.I. State Police superintendent claims Senate candidate ‘stalked’ and ‘bullied’ his wife

Smithfield Councilman David Tikoian, a former State Police major, calls claims "grossly inaccurate" and says he and family have been victims of "intimidation, harassment, and threats" by Steven O’Donnell.

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Source: Jets QB Zach Wilson out 2-4 weeks with knee injury

Wilson suffered a bone bruise and meniscus tear in his right knee during Friday night's preseason win in Philadelphia, a person with knowledge of the injury told the Associated Press.
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Blue Jays snap Guardians’ win streak at six with pair of solo home runs

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. extended his career-best hitting streak to 22 games as the Blue Jays snapped a three-game losing streak.
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Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold give Panthers solid QB play in preseason win over Commanders

Neither Mayfield nor Darnold separated himself in the QB race that might still take some more time to decide. The Panthers will hold joint practices with the Patriots this week.
Tennis

After overcoming series of injuries, CoCo Vandeweghe back in contention
little league world series

‘Living my dream’: Middleboro rides into Little League World Series as first Mass. representative since 2009
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Business

Twenty years after the first Lyme vaccine was shelved, new ones could be on the way

Study participants recently received shots at Pediatric Associates of Fall River as part of a late-stage trial in the US and Europe of a Lyme vaccine from the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a French biotech, Valneva.

What takes years and costs $20K? A San Francisco trash can.

City officials hired a Bay Area industrial firm to custom-design the pricey trash can along with two other prototypes that cost taxpayers $19,000 and $11,000 each.

Expanded IRS free-file system one step closer in Democrats’ bill

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

PERSPECTIVE

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

I’m trying to stay friends with someone who’s chronically hours late

metro

‘A lot of joy in town this morning’: Provincetown lifts emergency order after sewer system is restored

Water main break on Common sends torrents rushing down Charles Street, into Garden

One rescued in boat fire off Block Island, R.I.

sports

Better late than never, Tommy Pham is making an impact with the Red Sox

Dennis Eckersley — and his unique style — will be hard to replace for NESN

Bruins GM Don Sweeney is a lucky man because his top two centers did not try to strike it rich

business

Extraordinary defamation suit about election falsehoods causes unease at Fox News

Driver walkout halts trains as UK summer strike wave spreads

Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors

politics

Trump lawyer told Justice Dept. that classified material had been returned

Takeaways from the unsealed warrant for the search of Trump’s home

Chart: How do historians rank US presidents?

Nation

Rushdie stabbed 10 times in premeditated attack, prosecutors say

Prosecutor: Stab attack on Salman Rushdie was ‘preplanned’

Tributes pour in for Anne Heche, including from ex-girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres

World

With new weaponry, Ukraine is subtly shifting its war strategy

Ivory Coast wants a bigger bite of the cocoa business

His next move: A Ukrainian boy starts a new life through chess

opinion

Polygraphs are not the way forward in police reform

Media beware: Trump has a way with language

Republicans’ ‘banana republic’ charge is bananas

lifestyle

‘Star Trek’ actor Jonathan Frakes on Riker’s return, beaming down to Boston

He’s hooked up with nearly all of his female friends

This year, students in Mass. will have access to free school meals. But how do we stop the stigma around hunger?

food & dining

North End outdoor dining — with its new fees — is nearing its end. Where did the money go?

The South Shore gets a new brunch spot; the North End prepares for a feast

This quick-service restaurant is all it’s Crack’d up to be

travel

Don’t know a jibe from a jib? Check out The Sailing Museum in Newport

The Silver Scream Con in Danvers, a new restaurant in Portland, and a military vehicles museum in Wyoming

‘We want to give you a sense of Maine, but not clobber you with it’

Arts

‘Exposure 2022′ takes photography to unexpected places

Painterly weavings at Praise Shadows Art Gallery

MFA makes major photography acquisition

Books

In widowhood, making sense of a turbulent marriage

Reading everything from Dr. Seuss to books about war

One apartment building holds many stories

Movies

For Ben Affleck’s 50th birthday, we’re celebrating the good, the bad, and the ‘Gigli’

Forget Buffy. Meet Bud the vampire slayer.

In ‘Secret Headquarters,’ a 14-year-old discovers his father is not what he seems

Television

Bandleader Jon Batiste is leaving ‘The Late Show’

Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’

When ‘Saul’ called, Brookline’s Alison Tatlock answered

music

After two decades, BLO returns to Boston Common with ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Jon Batiste leaves Stephen Colbert’s ‘The Late Show’

On the TD Garden stage, Kendrick Lamar wrestles with love, fame, and himself

Theater/Dance

A too-muted ‘Hymn’ at Shakespeare & Company

Dance Heginbotham’s Pillow program explores dance and music, humor and heartbreak

In bringing ‘Anastasia’ to the stage, creators added gravitas, and plenty of new songs

globe local

‘I’m gambling all the time with my crops’: Farmers struggle to adapt to drought

Should all K-12 students in Massachusetts be guaranteed daily recess?

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

Obituaries

Jan Longone, influential scholar of food history, dies at 89

Bill Pitman, revered studio guitarist, is dead at 102

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