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Representative Liz Cheney, vice chair of House Jan. 6 committee, concedes race in GOP primary

The third-term congresswoman is a staunch conservative and the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, but she sealed her fate with a Republican base still devoted to the former president by becoming his boldest intraparty critic.
Murkowski, Palin advance in Alaska races

Michelle Wu has taken many notable steps toward her Green New Deal, but her broader mission remains undefined
Dozens of experts and advocates praised the mayor for doing far more than her predecessors to spotlight the climate crisis. But as Wu’s administration has struggled to find the right leader for city climate efforts, her broader mission remains undefined.

Boston wants to ban fossil fuels in new buildings

Rare late summer Nor’easter brings high surf, wind advisories to Eastern Mass.

A high surf advisory extends from Newburyport to Cape Cod and Nantucket, which are both also under a wind advisory into Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said.

Authorities suspend search for missing man who jumped from ‘Jaws’ bridge on Martha’s Vineyard
Hampered by poor weather, authorities suspended their search on Martha’s Vineyard Tuesday afternoon for a 21-year-old Jamaican man who went missing Sunday night after he and his older brother jumped from a bridge connecting Edgartown and Oak Bluffs.

Driver allegedly assaulted after surrounded by bicyclists in South End

Officers responded around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday to the area of 571 Tremont St. for a report of an assault and battery in progress, police said.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Big ideas coming from normally under-the-radar Mass. races

Primaries to decide nominees for a bunch of statewide offices are a few weeks away, and elections that are normally pretty ho-hum are super hot.
Kevin Cullen: At this block party in Dorchester, politics is on the menu
Red Sox 5, Pirates 3

Nick Pivetta simply brilliant, but bullpen struggles as Red Sox hold off Pirates, 5-3

The Red Sox scored all of their runs in the first two innings, while the hosts scored their three off the Sox bullpen in the eighth.
Peter Abraham: Back from a ‘traumatizing’ injury, Kiké Hernández hopes to be catalyst for Red Sox stretch run
LOVE LETTERS

My husband had an affair with my best friend. Can the friendship be saved?

I’m getting conflicting advice from my friends and family on what to do.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Afghan evacuees deserve a permanent home

One year after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and a chaotic US exit, those who aided the US await word of their ultimate fate.
IDEAS | Gleb Tsipursky

A recession would boost remote work
Robert A. Pape

Millions of Americans believe political violence is justified. Here’s how to prevent it.

LETTERS

Secure funds for hybrid public meeting format — override Baker’s veto

RENÉE GRAHAM

Remembering Anne Heche

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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Jason Varitek surprised a fan at Canobie Lake Park who didn’t recognize him
Prompted by his wife and kids, the former Red Sox catcher walked up to a fan wearing a Varitek T-shirt to say hello.

Patriots place cornerbacks Malcolm Butler and Joejuan Williams on season-ending injured reserve
Williams will miss the 2022 season because of a shoulder injury, a league source confirmed, while Butler’s injury is undisclosed.

What the drought means for this year’s apple crop
This summer’s unrelenting drought and numerous heat waves may actually have you looking forward to doing fall things. Here's what to expect if apple picking is on your to-do list in the coming months.

Pen gun found in carry-on luggage at Logan Airport; 17th firearm detected this year at security checkpoint
A .22 caliber pen gun was found in a passenger’s carry-on luggage at Logan Airport on Aug. 13.

Former Suffolk assistant district attorney indicted on rape charge in New York
Adam Foss, 42, who now lives in Los Angeles, was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse in a New York State Supreme Court indictment, the office of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg Jr. said in a statement Tuesday.

Somerville man who died riding his bicycle remembered by his family for a ‘personality like no other’

The 72-year-old Somerville man fatally injured last Friday when he was “doored” while riding his bicycle in a bike lane in the city of his birth was recalled in an obituary as someone who loved motorcycles, his scally cap — but most of all, his family.

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Boston wants to ban fossil fuels in new buildings

The City of Boston is seeking state permission to ban fossil fuels from new construction, a step toward reducing climate-harming emissions on a large scale, Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday.

Orange Line shutdown spurs musicians to perform a parody they call ‘Charlie (Baker) on the MBTA’
Many commuters have voiced frustration on social media over the impending month-long closure of the MBTA Orange Line. A few others, however, have found a musical message to be a more effective way to vent.

‘Not only a financial burden, but an emotional burden’: How inflation is affecting back-to-school shopping
Rising costs have put a strain on the back-to-school shopping experience for some local parents and students.

Boston school leaders check off first tasks under state-supervised improvement plan
The report submitted by the district on Monday to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education outlined a series of projects still in progress but also included a few concrete innovations already up and running.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma celebrate friendship, music, and more at Tanglewood

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

Boston Ballet’s 2022-2023 roster of dancers includes the return of an audience favorite

Love connections from Kehlani at Leader Bank Pavilion

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

Richard A. Daynard, Mark A. Gottlieb, and Harry Levant

Massachusetts makes a losing bet on gambling
Joan Vennochi

Maura Healey and the odd prosecution of Dean Tran
Sean Cahill and Kenneth H. Mayer

The US response to monkeypox has not worked. Here’s how to fix it.
EDITORIAL

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

Is Kevin Hayden fit to be district attorney?
IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

In a rarity, a billionaire-backed super PAC enters race for Mass. lieutenant governor

The political action committee is expected to spend significant sums to bolster Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll in her three-way primary with state Senator Eric Lesser and state Representative Tami Gouveia. Among the PAC’s top donors listed on the ad: billionaire Robert T. Hale Jr., chief executive of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications.
COMMENTARY | MICHAEL COSTA

Is it wise for the public to invest in Pawtucket’s Tidewater Landing soccer stadium? There are a few ways to tell.

Rhode Island lost the PawSox. The lesson should not be that any deal is better than no deal, retired institutional investor Michael Costa says.

Ogie’s Trailer Park serves good times and tater tots

The retro modern 1950s- and 1960s-style pub is focused on excellent service and a friendly environment.
RI ARTS

From piano prodigy to folk legend, Judy Collins still leaves audiences ‘Spellbound’

Ahead of two Newport shows, the singer talks Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and embracing a new look after losing her hair.

Sports

little league world series

Middleboro, ahead of opening game, feels prepared for the chaos at the Little League World Series

The Mass. representatives play a team from Tennessee on Wednesday in Williamsport for a chance to advance.
gymnastics

Five Mass. gymnasts take first steps toward Paris Olympics in this week’s US Championships

Worcester’s Stephen Nedoroscik, reigning world champion on the pommel horse, leads the strongest contingent of Bay State men’s gymnasts in recent memory.
Red Sox 5, Pirates 3

Nick Pivetta simply brilliant, but bullpen struggles as Red Sox hold off Pirates, 5-3

The Red Sox scored all of their runs in the first two innings, while the hosts scored their three off the Sox bullpen in the eighth.
Baseball notebook

Mets lose another game and another starting pitcher
Red Sox notebook

Trevor Story gets in the swing of rehab with some batting practice
Golf

Wellesley’s Michael Thorbjornsen lands co-medalist honors at the 122nd men’s US Amateur Championship

Business

Planned Parenthood to spend record $50 million in midterm elections

The effort, which breaks the group's previous $45 million spending record set in 2020, comes months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that created a constitutional right to have an abortion.

Japan makes arrests on bribery suspicions in Tokyo Olympics

Haruyuki Takahashi, a former executive at advertising company Dentsu, is suspected of receiving bribes from the former head of Aoki Holdings Inc. and two company employees, the prosecutors’ office said.

In booming Revere, affordable housing stalls as city grapples with its future

Turnpike project to bring $200 million in new taxes
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COOKING

Recipes: Summer tomatoes stand out in these side and salad dishes
MISS CONDUCT

Advice: My neighbors didn’t come to my party
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘It had been a little over two years since I had gone on a date’
YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Aug. 15-21

metro

Somerville man who died riding his bicycle remembered by his family for a ‘personality like no other’

Former Suffolk assistant district attorney indicted on rape charge in New York

Rare late summer Nor’easter brings high surf, wind advisories to Eastern Mass.

sports

Serena Williams loses; US Open is next

Patriots running back James White lauded by Bill Belichick and Robert Kraft as he officially retires from the NFL

Back from a ‘traumatizing’ injury, Kiké Hernández hopes to be the catalyst for a Red Sox stretch run

business

Under Byers, Interise is branching out to more of Massachusetts

Walmart beats lowered profit estimates, boosts forecast

Gmail is getting (another) redesign. Here’s how to find what you need.

politics

Planned Parenthood to spend record $50 million in midterm elections

Murkowski advances in Alaska Senate race, Palin in House

Rudy Giuliani set to testify in Georgia election probe

Nation

Texas to execute man for slaying of Dallas real estate agent

Jury to hear opening statements at R Kelly trial in Chicago

Former Boston prosecutor turned advocate is charged with rape in Manhattan

World

Syria denies it is holding American journalist Austin Tice

China and US spar over climate on Twitter

Crimea ‘sabotage’ highlights Russia’s woes in Ukraine war

opinion

Massachusetts makes a losing bet on gambling

Maura Healey and the odd prosecution of Dean Tran

The US response to monkeypox has not worked. Here’s how to fix it.

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

Small business, tiny greens, huge nutritional value, big taste

These baking pans can keep summer going all year long

At Butternut Bakehouse, a former Rialto pastry chef rises on her own

travel

What the drought means for this year’s apple crop

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

Arts

Anyone home? M’Kenzy Cannon show invites introspection

‘Exposure 2022′ takes photography to unexpected places

Painterly weavings at Praise Shadows Art Gallery

Books

Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72

In widowhood, making sense of a turbulent marriage

Reading everything from Dr. Seuss to books about war

Movies

Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The Perfect Storm’ dies

Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72

MFA’s Boston French Film Festival is back with slate of seven films

Television

‘Never Have I Ever’: Third season is a real charm

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

Bandleader Jon Batiste is leaving ‘The Late Show’

music

Orange Line shutdown spurs musicians to perform a parody they call ‘Charlie (Baker) on the MBTA’

At Leader Bank Pavilion, songs in the key of Elvis

Emanuel Ax and Yo-Yo Ma celebrate friendship, music, and more at Tanglewood

Theater/Dance

In a bilingual ‘And Your Little Dog Too!,’ we’re off to see the wizard in Chelsea

Boston Ballet’s 2022-2023 roster of dancers includes the return of an audience favorite

A too-muted ‘Hymn’ at Shakespeare & Company

globe local

Sunrise service at Scituate Lighthouse to remember those lost to overdoses

Newton reopens library children’s room after renovation, expansion

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

Obituaries

Robert Marr, business executive and Dorchester Boys and Girls Clubs founder, dies at 86

Wolfgang Petersen, blockbuster filmmaker of ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The Perfect Storm’ dies

Nicholas Evans, whose ‘Horse Whisperer’ became a phenomenon, dies at 72