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One man dead, another is missing after group jumped off Martha’s Vineyard bridge

Officials launched a search Sunday after four men jumped off the “Jaws” bridge, which connects Edgartown to Oak Bluffs, according to the US Coast Guard.

Water main break swallows up a car, closes parts of South End streets
The 20-inch main broke around 3:15 a.m. and flooded the immediate neighborhood, during which a sinkhole was created that swallowed up the car.

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.

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.

100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine may protect against COVID
In a small study of people with Type I diabetes, the vaccine was 92 percent effective in protecting against COVID-19.

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

An Amazon Robotics assembly plant opened last year in Westborough, part of a large and growing robotics industry cluster in Greater Boston.

Before the iRobot acquisition, Massachusetts was already at the forefront of all things robots

Beyond its early pioneers, the local booming robotics scene now includes hundreds of companies, including the Seattle commerce giant's recent acquisition: iRobot.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

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.

CHAD FINN

The Celtics should want nothing to do with Kevin Durant
Yes, he might be one of the 12 best players in league history, but Durant's demands the past two seasons wouldn't jibe with this Celtics roster — which deserves a chance to get over the finish line by itself.

Matt Smith in "House of the Dragon."

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘House of the Dragon’ arrives, ‘Saul’ departs, and more Lakers

HBO’s first spinoff of its most golden of gooses, “Game of Thrones,” arrives on Sunday at 9 p.m. Here’s the scoop on the series.

Help us roast and toast Ben Affleck on his 50th birthday

The sun sets over the Boston skyline on the evening of June 13, 2022.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Daylight is decreasing while the drought is getting worse in New England

We’ve already lost an hour and 24 minutes of daylight since the summer solstice.

Did this rainbow visible from Spillane Field in Wareham portend a beautiful future for the game of baseball?

What will the future of baseball look like? We checked with the Cape Cod League for answers.

A handful of players in the bucolic amateur league weighed in on pitch clocks, robot umpires, defensive shifts, and other possible rule changes.

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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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

More recent stories

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.

Under Maura Healey, the attorney general’s office sued the Trump administration nearly 100 times

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

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.

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries: Cheney in trouble while Palin eyes comeback
Elections in Wyoming and Alaska on Tuesday could relaunch the political career of a former Republican star and effectively end the career of another — at least for now.

Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing say they rejected plea deal
Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in three-year prison sentences, setting the stage for trial in October.

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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.

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

Recommended reads

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

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.”

State education board to vote today on raising MCAS graduation requirements
The vote to raise the standards on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS, comes two months after the board was initially expected to decide on the proposal by education commissioner Jeff Riley, and follows a public comment period that began in April.

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.

Norway puts down Freya the walrus that drew Oslo crowds
Authorities in Norway have euthanized a walrus that had drawn crowds of spectators in the Oslo Fjord after concluding that it posed a risk to humans.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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’

Kehlani performs at Leader Bank Pavilion.

Love connections from Kehlani at Leader Bank Pavilion

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

Special Projects

Back to Boston

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.

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.

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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

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Daylight is decreasing while the drought is getting worse in New England

We’ve already lost an hour and 24 minutes of daylight since the summer solstice.

Watch live: Republican primary candidates for Mass. lieutenant governor debate

Two Republican candidates for lieutenant governor — former state representative Leah Allen and former state representative Kate Campanale — will meet Monday in a debate, hosted by WBUR, WCVB, and The Boston Globe.

100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine may protect against COVID

In a small study of people with Type I diabetes, the vaccine was 92 percent effective in protecting against COVID-19.

RI FOOD & DINING

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

“You walk in and they call you ‘Honey.’ ... It was a slice of Americana and now it’s gone.” Customers, staff and the owners say the diner’s closing will leave a void in the community.

Sports

Speedy receiver Tyreek Hill (right) joins the Dolphins after six seasons with the Chiefs.

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The Dolphins look great on paper, but can they finally put it all together?

They added offensive firepower and have a new coach with a fresh approach, but … we've been down this road before.

Did this rainbow visible from Spillane Field in Wareham portend a beautiful future for the game of baseball?

What will the future of baseball look like? We checked with the Cape Cod League for answers.

A handful of players in the bucolic amateur league weighed in on pitch clocks, robot umpires, defensive shifts, and other possible rule changes.

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.

WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her 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.

The Celtics should want nothing to do with Kevin Durant

Four things to know as the Panthers come to town for joint practices with the Patriots

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

Business

12 hours on the picket line at Starbucks

Twenty Starbucks employees have successfully enlisted community members to execute a nearly month-long, 24/7 strike on the Boston University campus. Here's a look inside.

Starbucks asks labor board to halt union votes temporarily

Starbucks is asking the National Labor Relations Board to temporarily suspend all union elections at its US stores in response to allegations of improper coordination between regional NLRB officials and the union.

Before the iRobot acquisition, Massachusetts was already at the forefront of all things robots

Dutch court expects November verdicts in MH17 downing trial

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

Police and rescue workers on scene where one man was found dead and another remains missing after they jumped off a bridge in Edgartown on Martha’s Vineyard.

One man dead, another is missing after group jumped off Martha’s Vineyard bridge

Providence is embracing high school e-sports

Water main break swallows up a car, closes parts of South End streets

sports

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

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

Rafael Devers breaks his slump, and Michael Wacha holds off the Yankees for a 3-0 win

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

business

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

North End outdoor dining to continue through September

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

politics

Representative Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, during a hearing in June.

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries: Cheney in trouble while Palin eyes comeback

Senator Graham must testify in Georgia election probe, judge says

Biden and Cabinet to tout climate, health care, tax win with multistate travel blitz

Nation

Former Minneapolis police officers J. Alexander Kueng (left) and Tou Thao.

Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd’s killing say they rejected plea deal

Six Flags amusement park shooting near Chicago leaves 3 hurt

100-year-old tuberculosis vaccine may protect against COVID

World

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.

WNBA’s Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence

Norway puts down Freya the walrus that drew Oslo crowds

Afghanistan marks 1 year since Taliban seizure as woes mount

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

Matt Smith in "House of the Dragon."

This week’s TV: ‘House of the Dragon’ arrives, ‘Saul’ departs, and more Lakers

Bandleader Jon Batiste is leaving ‘The Late Show’

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

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