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‘A bit of a superhero.’ Biden turns around presidency with recent successes that buoy Democrats ahead of midterms

Recent wins have fueled optimism that the party might defy history and hold its slim congressional majorities in November.
Chart: How do historians rank US presidents?

Two sisters help save unresponsive woman on flight from Boston to Florida
Lindsay Byrne, a firefighter and paramedic in Wayland, and her sister, Nicole Kelly, a nurse at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, were on a Jet Blue fight traveling to Fort Meyers this month when a passenger took ill, Burlington Fire Chief Neil McPherson said in a statement.

Senator Ed Markey among US lawmakers visiting Taiwan only 12 days after Pelosi trip

A five-member delegation, led by Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Mass., and is in Taiwan on Sunday and Monday as part of a visit to Asia, the American Institute in Taiwan said.

Chaotic post-Roe legal landscape in Arizona confuses patients, abortion providers
Attorney General Mark Brnovich has gone to court to reinstate a ban on providing nearly all abortions that dates back to at least 1901.

1 dead, 17 hurt in Pennsylvania crash during fundraiser for fire victims

Police: Man killed himself after ramming US Capitol barrier

Salman Rushdie is ‘on the road to recovery,’ his agent says

The attack was met with shock and outrage from much of the world, along with tributes and praise for Salman Rushdie. The author has faced death threats for “The Satanic Verses” for more than 30 years.

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.

Trump lawyer told Justice Dept. that classified material had been returned, New York Times reports

The existence of the signed declaration is a possible indication that Trump or his team were not fully forthcoming with federal investigators about the material.
MOVIES

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

Help us roast and toast the Cambridge-raised actor, who hits the half-century mark on Aug. 15.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

DOJ must investigate missing Secret Service texts

The inspector general at Homeland Security has proved he is unfit to lead the probe.
EDITORIAL

End the religious exemption for school vaccinations, already
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?

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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Some Mass. high schools adopt strict cellphone-free policies this school year

Students at some high schools will be responsible to shut down their phones, place them into an individual pouch that is assigned to them with a magnetic lock, and keep it in their bag throughout the day.

Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41 and injures 14, officials say

The cause of the blaze, which produced huge amounts of smoke in the Abu Sefein church in the working-class neighborhood of Imbaba, was not immediately known. An initial investigation pointed to an electrical short-circuit, according to a police statement.

2 dead amid ‘restless’ monsoon-season flooding in Las Vegas

A man's body was found Friday by public works crews and firefighters removing debris from a flood channel near the Las Vegas Boulevard resort area where a person died about midnight despite being pulled by firefighters from floodwaters, Deputy Clark County Fire Chief Billy Samuels said.

Man shot in South End Saturday night dies

The shooting occurred near 58 West Dedham St. on Saturday night.

The hometown hoax that fooled state legislators

Remembering the time when a group of conservationists created a fictional community and got the state to fund it.

‘A very good weekend at a very iffy time’: Consumers save on state’s tax-free weekend

Massachusetts sales tax-free weekend got underway on Saturday, offering consumers a reprieve from the usual 6.25 percent tax on retail goods.

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Royalty in Roxbury: Community celebrates little girls of color on Princess Day

“Princess Day is a day that we take time out to celebrate little girls of color,” said organizer Maykesha Montgomery, 38.

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.

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
Mass General Brigham, the state’s largest health system and its largest private employer, reported a $120 million operating loss for the quarter ending in June.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

Susan Orlean hosts ‘Book Exploder,’ a lit spinoff of hit music podcast

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

15 standout summer albums, from Beyoncé and beyond

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

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

Blowin’ in the wind
IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

Open Mass. beaches to everyone — with buses
JEFF JACOBY

Republicans’ ‘banana republic’ charge is bananas

SCOT LEHIGH

Congress is plagued by hyperpartisanship even on matters popular with the public
IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Boston Common water main that broke Saturday is repaired, according to officials

A section of a pathway near the intersection of Charles and Boylston streets — where the rupture occurred — will remain closed until it can be repaved Monday, according to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission.
SUNDAY'S CHILD

Jacob loves to joke around and laugh

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Boston police officer ferries groom to Thompson Island wedding after boat breaks down

Boston Police Officer Joseph Matthews has spent the last 12 years patrolling Boston Harbor on the department's marine unit. On Saturday, he answered the call to help a "groom in distress," who suddenly found himself stuck on land after the boat to carry him, his groomsmen, DJ and florist broke down.

Bill Pitman, revered studio guitarist, is dead at 102

A guitarist who accompanied Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, and others from the late 1950s to the ’70s, Bill Pitman for decades was heard on the soundtracks of countless Hollywood films and television shows.

Sports

Red Sox

Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts, and J.D. Martinez — the Red Sox’ star trio — are slumping at the wrong time

With the Sox desperate to stabilize amidst their precipitous slide to the fringes of contention, their biggest stars are hitting a combined .185/.223/.308 in August.
YANKEES 3, RED SOX 2

Red Sox let a win over Yankees slip away as Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts can’t deliver in a drama-filled finish

Bogaerts and Devers finished a combined 1 for 9. If you include throw Martinez’s 0 for 4 night out there, that’s 1 for 13.
Peter Abraham | On baseball

With each outing, Kutter Crawford makes a strong case to remain in the Red Sox starting rotation

The 26-year-old rookie righthander matched his season high with 94 pitches and left the mound with the game tied against a team with the best offense in the American League.
MLB NOTEBOOK

Jacob deGrom is lights out again as Mets blank Phillies
Revolution 1, D.C. United 0

Revolution get past D.C. United on Carles Gil goal
swimming

Romanian teenager David Popovici sets world swimming record in men’s 100-meter freestyle

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

Extreme heat uncovers lost villages, ancient ruins, and shipwrecks
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What I learned about urban development and environmental preservation from kayaking Alewife Brook
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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

Royalty in Roxbury: Community celebrates little girls of color on Princess Day

‘A very good weekend at a very iffy time’: Consumers save on state’s tax-free weekend

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

sports

Michael Wacha returning Sunday to reinforce Red Sox’ inconsistent rotation

One question lingered after Fernando Tatis Jr.’s 80-game PED ban: What was he thinking?

After overcoming series of injuries, CoCo Vandeweghe back in contention

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, New York Times reports

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

Chart: How do historians rank US presidents?

Nation

Salman Rushdie is ‘on the road to recovery,’ his agent says

Agent: Rushdie off ventilator and talking, day after attack

2 dead amid ‘restless’ monsoon-season flooding in Las Vegas

World

Senator Ed Markey among US lawmakers visiting Taiwan only 12 days after Pelosi trip

Shelling kills 1 in Ukraine; Russia wants nuke plant pledges

Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41 and injures 14, officials say

opinion

From the ‘party of law and order’ to ‘defund the FBI’

Blowin’ in the wind

Dying of a disease I never knew existed

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

Love connections from Kehlani at Leader Bank Pavilion

Sam Gooden, founding member of the Impressions soul group, dies at 87

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

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

Bill Pitman, revered studio guitarist, is dead at 102

Sam Gooden, founding member of the Impressions soul group, dies at 87

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