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Experts say waste water testing, crucial for COVID-19, could be useful for monkeypox — and the next big disease

Some researchers believe COVID-19 testing was just the beginning, saying water testing is the best and “most cost-effective way to understand public health threats from infectious diseases in communities for a wide range of diseases.”

Ten cities and towns are poised to ban fossil fuels from new buildings

A provision in the climate bill signed this week by Governor Charlie Baker allows up to 10 communities to participate in a pilot program to ban the use of fossil fuels in new buildings and major renovations.

Under Maura Healey, the attorney general’s office sued the Trump administration nearly 100 times. Most of the time, she prevailed.

A Globe analysis shows that the lawsuits led or joined by Healey succeeded about 77 percent of the time, either with a clear-cut court ruling or an order suspending the Trump initiatives.

Attorney General Maura Healey waved after addressing delegates during the State Democratic Party convention in Worcester on June 4th.

Gubernatorial hopeful Maura Healey launches first statewide ad

Anne Heche, star with troubled life, dies of crash injuries
Spokeswoman Holly Baird said Sunday night that Heche “been peacefully taken off life support.”

One person taken to hospital, five arrested following fight at Winchester beach

One person was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital, where they are expected to undergo surgery, while several others were treated at the scene for minor injuries, State Police said.

Lamar Booth (center, right) and the other members of the Whittier Street Health Center outreach team offer bags of essentials and bottled water to people on Southhampton Street in the area known as Mass. and Cass on August 04, 2022.

Tents may be gone from Mass. and Cass, but a humanitarian crisis remains

People are huddled under patio-size umbrellas, sleeping on blankets, and using wheelchairs as seating. Progress, it seems, depends on your perspective.

Many office workers are back, but their favorite lunch spots are struggling with hybrid work
For some eateries, survival depends on how well they can adapt to making money across fewer hours, and with fewer regular customers.

Dan Shaughnessy | Red Sox 3, Yankees 0

With atmosphere at Fenway electric, it’s hard for Red Sox to admit this is a lost season
The last-place Sox are 15-30 against the American League East this year.

Peter Abraham: Latest win over Yankees keeps Red Sox believing anything is possible in playoff hunt

Abbi Holt watered her garden outside her Jamaica Plain home. After a week away, Holt returned to find some of her plants had perished due to the extreme drought.

Have you apologized to your hydrangeas for the drought?

As gardeners fight to keep beloved plants alive, the drought’s toll has turned emotional.

Deshaun Watson completed just one pass in his first NFL action in 19 months on Friday against the Jaguars. The Browns quarterback awaits a ruling on the NFL's appeal of his six-game suspension.

There won’t be a satisfactory ending for the Deshaun Watson imbroglio, and more thoughts

Watson’s return to the field Friday night was ugly in every way possible, an awkward apology before the game begetting an unsteady performance in it.

The Hub on Causeway is finally complete, with the massive multi-use development housing offices for Verizon, Rapid7, the Celtics, and the Bruins.

Making a scene: Megaproject around TD Garden bounces back from COVID quiet

After opening shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down live events and so much more, the Hub on Causeway is fully operational at last.

Opinion

A sign in the parking lot of West Virginia's only abortion clinic, Women's Health Center of West Virginia, cautions patients about an anti-abortion center located next door on Friday June 17, 2022, in Charleston, W.Va.

Pro-life pregnancy centers shouldn’t be allowed to manipulate women

State lawmakers should bar deceptive advertising by organizations that seek to draw in women interested in abortion under false pretenses.

Andrea Menchaca

This is what it’s like to live in a drought: We can no longer count on running water every day

Andrea Menchaca

Así es vivir en una sequía: Ya no podemos contar con agua corriente todos los días

Juliette N. Rooney-Varga and Mathew Barlow

Droughts aren’t a ‘new normal,’ they’ll worsen unless we address the climate crisis

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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THE GREAT DIVIDE

State education leaders to vote Monday on raising MCAS graduation requirements
The proposal has seen fierce opposition, including a letter from nearly 100 state legislators worried about the potential change’s effect on student mental health.

Mass. gaming regulators don’t seem to know how many residents in the state have a gambling problem. Now, sports betting is legal.

When asked if the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is tracking the prevalence of problem gambling over time, its top official offered this answer: “We may not have the precise number of problem gamblers, and I can’t say that we don’t have that,” said commission Chair Cathy Judd-Stein.

North End outdoor dining to continue through September
All North End restaurants participating in the outdoor dining program may continue until Sept. 30, a spokesperson for Mayor Michelle Wu’s office said in an e-mail Sunday.

Lawyers appeal Brittney Griner’s Russian prison sentence
Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her 9-year Russian prison sentence for drugs possession, Russian news agencies reported.

Innovation Economy

Somerville startup has a cool take on air conditioning
Transaera is working to design new air conditioners that require dramatically less energy. This month, it plans to announce that it has raised an initial funding round of $4.5 million.

China announces new Taiwan drills as US delegation visits
The visit came less than two weeks after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan, which prompted days of threatening military exercises by China.

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President Biden signs the CHIPS and Science Act into law in a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House on Tuesday.

‘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?

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.’
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.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Actor Jonathan Frakes as Commander Will Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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

Susan Orlean and Hrishikesh Hirway team up for the new podcast "Book Exploder."

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

From left: Owen Wilson, Walker Scobell, and Momona Tamada in "Secret Headquarters."

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

Beyoncé's "Renaissance" is one of the summer's best.

15 standout summer albums, from Beyoncé and beyond

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Welcome Back to Boston

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

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

In this US Capitol Police security video, US Secret Service audio is played in a view from outside the room where Vice President Mike Pence was holding, as rioters entered the Capitol, in a video displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 21, 2022.

DOJ must investigate missing Secret Service texts

A woman who identified herself only as Jasmin, 19, of Revere, Mass., speaks to reporters about her experience at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center during a news conference, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in front of the clinic. Local advocacy groups Lawyers for Civil Rights and Centro Presente have filed a formal request with state Attorney General Maura Healey's office and the state public health department to investigate complaints of discriminatory and substandard care at the East Boston clinic.

MARCELA GARCÍA

A breach of trust in East Boston?

The invasion of the bachelorette party

An aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago this week.

Republicans’ ‘banana republic’ charge is bananas

Yechiel Teichman, who said he and his children had been vaccinated against polio, goes shopping with his daughters at a mall in Monsey, N.Y., on July 22, 2022. Health officials here offered pop-up polio vaccinations and urged the public to get shots as they investigated whether a known case of polio had spread to others.

End the religious exemption for school vaccinations, already

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Gubernatorial hopeful Maura Healey launches first statewide ad. It’s focused on family, teamwork, and making ‘Massachusetts more affordable.’

The 30-second spot, which will run statewide starting Tuesday, brings in Healey’s childhood in Hampton Falls, N.H., and promotes middle-of-the-road policy proposals.

Exploring the human factor of marine and coastal ecosystems

University of Rhode Island Professor Emeritus Richard Pollnac recently worked on a study that found Indo-Pacific fisheries and agriculture are facing significant hurdles.

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

I sampled just about everything at a recent Rhode Island food fest. Here’s what stood out.

Farm Fresh Rhode Island’s annual Local Food Festival paired area farms with some of the top chefs to create delicious creations.

Tents may be gone from Mass. and Cass, but a humanitarian crisis remains

People are huddled under patio-size umbrellas, sleeping on blankets, and using wheelchairs as seating. Progress, it seems, depends on your perspective.

Sports

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is escorted from a court room ater a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, on Aug. 4.

Lawyers appeal Brittney Griner’s Russian prison sentence

Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner on Monday filed an appeal against her 9-year Russian prison sentence for drugs possession, Russian news agencies reported.

USA's Brett Berard celebrates a goal against Sweden during the first period.

US beats Sweden to finish men’s world junior hockey group play with 4-0 record

The US will face the Czech Republic — the fourth-place team in Group A — in the quarterfinals Wednesday.

Rafael Devers celebrates his two-run in the sixth inning, which provided breathing room in the Red Sox' 3-0 victory over the Yankees.

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With atmosphere at Fenway electric, it’s hard for Red Sox to admit this is a lost season

The last-place Sox are 15-30 against the American League East this year.

Red Sox 3, Yankees 0

Rafael Devers, Michael Wacha deliver for Red Sox in shutout win over the Yankees

At Thoreau Open, singles title not enough for CoCo Vandeweghe, she wins the doubles, too

peter abraham | on baseball

Latest win over Yankees keeps Red Sox believing anything is possible in playoff hunt

Business

Tents may be gone from Mass. and Cass, but a humanitarian crisis remains

People are huddled under patio-size umbrellas, sleeping on blankets, and using wheelchairs as seating. Progress, it seems, depends on your perspective.

North End outdoor dining to continue through September

All North End restaurants participating in the outdoor dining program may continue until Sept. 30, a spokesperson for Mayor Michelle Wu’s office said in an e-mail Sunday.

Making a scene: Megaproject around TD Garden bounces back from COVID quiet

Many office workers are back, but their favorite lunch spots are struggling with hybrid work

magazine

Writer Greg Harris paddles past the outside of a dilapidated parking garage ramp at the Alewife MBTA station.

What I learned about urban development and environmental preservation from kayaking Alewife Brook

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.

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

metro

Acton Fire Department officials asked the public to be on the lookout for a cow that escaped from a home on Prospect Street.

Cow loose in Acton, ‘could be anywhere,’ officials say

A Newport fixture that felt like family: An emotional last day at Bishop’s 4th Street Diner

Police seek suspects in two Chinatown assaults

sports

Jarren Duran has held down the center field position for the Red Sox during Kiké Hernández's protracted absence from a hip injury.

With Kiké Hernández pushing to return, Jarren Duran’s time in center field could be limited

Will Zalatoris wins his first PGA event on third playoff hole at St. Jude

Jarrett Stidham leads two scoring drives in start as Josh McDaniels’ Raiders improve to 2-0 in preseason

business

Chief executive Sorin Grama of Transaera, a startup developing a more energy-efficient air conditioner, during a demonstration inside the company's environmental test chamber in Somerville Tuesday.

Somerville startup has a cool take on air conditioning

Falling global food and fuel costs offer poor countries little relief

On TikTok, election misinformation thrives before midterms

politics

US Representative Liz Cheney.

Cheney and Murkowski: Trump critics facing divergent futures

Police: Man killed himself after ramming US Capitol barrier

Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes

Nation

A fish eye view of the MWRA Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant located on Deer Island Winthrop.

Experts say waste water testing, crucial for COVID-19, could be useful for monkeypox — and the next big disease

Many in US doubt their own impact on climate, new poll says

R Kelly trial on whether he fixed 2008 trial set to start

World

Taliban fighters celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 15.

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount

Lawyers appeal Brittney Griner’s Russian prison sentence

Iran denies involvement but justifies Salman Rushdie attack

opinion

A woman who identified herself only as Jasmin, 19, of Revere, Mass., speaks to reporters about her experience at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center during a news conference, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, in front of the clinic. Local advocacy groups Lawyers for Civil Rights and Centro Presente have filed a formal request with state Attorney General Maura Healey's office and the state public health department to investigate complaints of discriminatory and substandard care at the East Boston clinic.

A breach of trust in East Boston?

Is Kevin Hayden fit to be district attorney?

Dear Mr. Trump: I support your 4th Amendment rights. I wish you supported ours

lifestyle

Why aren’t we married yet?

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

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

food & dining

Donna Jo Corse of Newport Vineyards plating fried focaccia dishes at Castle Hill Inn for the annual Local Food Fest event by Farm Fresh R.I.

I sampled just about everything at a recent Rhode Island food fest. Here’s what stood out.

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

travel

These kid-sized Optimist prams are a great introduction to sailing. You can find Opti racing fleets throughout New England.

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

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

In widowhood, making sense of a turbulent marriage

Reading everything from Dr. Seuss to books about war

One apartment building holds many stories

Movies

Top row from left: Ben Affleck with Jennifer Lopez in "Gigli"; with Matt Damon in "Good Will Hunting"; and as Batman in "Zack Snyder's Justice League." Bottom row from left: Affleck with Jeremy Renner in "The Town"; in "Argo"; and with Joey Lauren Adams in "Chasing Amy."

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

Jon Batiste, shown attending the TIME100 Gala in New York in June, is leaving “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” as bandleader after a seven-year run. Louis Cato, who has served as interim bandleader this summer, will take over on a permanent basis when the show returns for its eighth season.

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

Kehlani performs at Leader Bank Pavilion.

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

From left: "ranney" and Kevin Craig West in "Hymn" at Shakespeare & Company.

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

A corn plant grows out of the dry soil of a field that Dracut farmer David Dumaresq cannot irrigate. Dwindling supplies of pond water leave in doubt whether this second crop will reach maturity.

‘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

Ms. Daley in Panama City Beach, Fla.

Yvonne Daley, poet, professor, and award-winning journalist, dies at 77

Bill Pitman, revered studio guitarist, is dead at 102

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