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She cleared the Democratic field for governor. Now, Healey is redefining the race to be her running mate.

Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey isn’t just casting a shadow over the contest to be her running mate in November. Her presence has all but infiltrated it, remixing how the candidates pitch themselves and influencing how voters may choose.
In a rarity, a billionaire-backed super PAC enters race for Mass. lieutenant governor

Spurning debate offers, Geoff Diehl only agreed to forums on conservative radio. His campaign says that’s his strategy.
Shunning mainstream media has become de rigueur for some Trump-aligned candidates, experts say.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Wyoming-by-the-Sea
Woe is the rare Republican who tries to make a career outside the cult of Trumpism — even in relatively sensible Massachusetts.

ANALYSIS

Liz Cheney won’t be in Congress and she won’t be president. Here's her plan now.

Red Sox 8, Pirates 3
Red Sox recover from early hole behind Alex Verdugo’s bat, change speeds on the mound to beat Pirates again
After Rich Hill got through five innings with break and command, heat out of the bullpen kept Pittsburgh off balance.

Red Sox scratch Nate Eovaldi from Thursday start with neck, shoulder soreness in precautionary move
Peter Abraham | On baseball

The Red Sox’ Rich Hill has made a career out of overcoming adversity, and did so again against the Pirates

Four pitches into the game, the Pirates led, 2-0, and Hill's head was spinning.

Hospitals furloughed and laid off hundreds. Some executives still saw pay increases.

The data provide a window into the competitive salaries executives received amid a tight C-suite labor market and as they steered hospitals through the first year of a global pandemic.

State hits Encore nightclub with $25,000 fine over alcohol service violations
The gaming commission’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau issued the fine after uncovering alcohol service violations on five separate occasions at Memoire nightclub, according to a statement by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

Lawsuit accuses Peabody gym teacher of sexual abuse of students over decades

The suit also names the City of Peabody as a defendant.

‘Both boys were destined to make an impact’: Vineyard restaurant owner launches fund-raiser after ‘Jaws’ bridge tragedy
The owner of the Martha's Vineyard restaurant where Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin worked launched a GoFundMe on Tuesday to assist their family with travel, transport, funeral, and memorial service costs.

Witnesses: 50 bicyclists surrounded car in Boston’s South End and driver was punched in face

As many as 50 bicyclists were on Tremont Street in the South End Tuesday when one of them punched the driver whose car had been surrounded by people on bikes, witnesses told Boston police.

Student faces assault charge in Henderson School principal attack

Man hurt after piece of construction material falls from building in Seaport district and smashes into car roof

Four-year-old in critical condition after fall from window in Dorchester, police say

Meet the doctors who help get Boston’s sports stars back in action after injuries

The team behind the teams is a group of medical professionals who have to be ready at a moment's notice and treat a vast variety of ailments.

Right-wing groups hit Boston Children’s with barrage of threats over trans health program

A hostile online campaign has prompted the hospital to seek help from law enforcement.

She added ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ and ‘Fleabag’ to her online cart. The Cambridge bookstore reached out.

When an online customer ordered two emotional titles from Porter Square Books, a bookstore employee decided to send along a little note, just to make sure the customer was okay. The kind gesture sparked an outpouring on social media.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Liz Cheney’s loss is grim news for America

Although she will soldier on in the cause of truth, her platform has shrunk.
Joan Vennochi

More mush from Mike Pence
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.

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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At $2.8 million, the Somerville company’s one-time treatment is the most expensive drug in the US.

Middleboro falls to Tennessee in first game of LLWS appearance
Middleboro, the New England Region champion, fell behind early and came up short in a rain-delayed, 5-3, setback against Nolensville, Tenn., of the Southeast Region.

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UMass Amherst to house 120 transfer students in Hadley motel this fall
Buses will transport students from the Econo Lodge, in Hadley, to the university — a trip of about 15 minutes.

Former Providence Journal reporter dies in fall from drawbridge in Milwaukee
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The Green New Deal is a concept, not a plan. Advocates say Mayor Wu is missing that so far.
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State hits Encore nightclub with $25,000 fine over alcohol service violations

The gaming commission’s Investigations and Enforcement Bureau issued the fine after uncovering alcohol service violations on five separate occasions at Memoire nightclub, according to a statement by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission.

In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an ‘ambitious’ agency overhaul

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has had its reputation battered by a series of missteps in the COVID-19 pandemic, and a slow response to the monkeypox outbreak, will undergo an “ambitious” overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky announced Wednesday.

Student faces assault charge in Henderson School principal attack

A 17-year-old Mattapan resident was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on a person over 60 causing serious bodily injury in the Dorchester Division of Boston Municipal Court Wednesday for an incident in which she allegedly attacked the principal of the Dr. William W. Henderson K–12 Inclusion School last November.

Man hurt after piece of construction material falls from building in Seaport district and smashes into car roof

Daniel Antonellis, a spokesman for Suffolk Construction, said a curtainwall embed measuring 12 inches wide unexpectedly fell from the exterior of the 400 Summer St. construction project site and struck a vehicle.

Sports

Yankees 8, Rays 7 (10 innings)

Josh Donaldson hits walk-off slam in 10th, Yankees beat Rays 8-7

Gleyber Torres singled leading off the 10th of Jalen Beeks (2-2) and Anthony Rizzo walked before Donaldson lifted a one-strike, 97 mph fastball to the short porch in right field.
Peter Abraham | On baseball

The Red Sox’ Rich Hill has made a career out of overcoming adversity, and did so again against the Pirates

Four pitches into the game, the Pirates led, 2-0, and Hill's head was spinning.
Red SOx

Red Sox scratch Nate Eovaldi from Thursday start with neck, shoulder soreness in precautionary move

Josh Winckowski, planned as a long reliever behind Rich Hill Wednesday, will instead make a full start Thursday.
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Revolution 2, Toronto FC 2

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Target earnings down as it moves out merchandise that didn’t sell

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Fed saw evidence of a slowing economy at its last meeting

Federal Reserve officials saw signs that the US economy was weakening at their last meeting but still called inflation “unacceptably high” before raising their benchmark interest rate by a sizable three-quarters of a point in their drive to slow spiking prices.

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COOKING

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metro

Wyoming-by-the-Sea

Hospitals furloughed and laid off hundreds. Some executives still saw pay increases.

Four-year-old in critical condition after fall from window in Dorchester, police say

sports

Middleboro falls to Tennessee in first game of LLWS appearance

Familiar field moves on to quarterfinals of Massachusetts Women’s Amateur Championship

Report: LIV draft contract has restrictions and a bonus to win a major

business

Loews Boston Hotel has sold, and major renovations are in the pipeline

Fed saw evidence of a slowing economy at its last meeting

TV ad supporting ‘millionaires tax’ hits airwaves

politics

Rudy Giuliani faces grand jury in Georgia 2020 election probe

Al Franken is the first former US Senator to guest host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

These Republicans voted to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection. Where do they stand now?

Nation

Miami officer shot pursuing robbery suspect dies days later

Nevada governor vows to codify order protecting patients into law

Liz Cheney says she’s ‘thinking’ about running for president in 2024

World

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan in new show of support

Mexico sees its energy future in fossil fuels, not renewables

Syria denies it is holding American journalist Austin Tice

opinion

Reckless anti-raid rhetoric fuels surge in violence

What we get wrong about teens and screens

Empty MCI-Framingham, close it forever, and never build another prison in Massachusetts

lifestyle

Al Franken is the first former US Senator to guest host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

She added ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ and ‘Fleabag’ to her online cart. The Cambridge bookstore reached out.

Why aren’t we married yet?

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

Portland artist paints over ‘VOTE’ mural with vibrant invocation of strength, for his daughters – and for Providence

Anyone home? M’Kenzy Cannon show invites introspection

‘Exposure 2022′ takes photography to unexpected places

Books

Nubian Square to host new Roxbury Book Festival and Writers Fest, highlighting local authors

She added ‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ and ‘Fleabag’ to her online cart. The Cambridge bookstore reached out.

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

Movies

Stringer Bell, Nelson Mandela, Heimdall, and Macavity? They’re all Idris Elba.

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

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

Television

Sharon Horgan has the goods on ‘Bad Sisters’

There’s a lot to like in ‘Bad Sisters’

Al Franken is the first former US Senator to guest host ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’

music

In Between Days Festival hopes to put Quincy on the indie map

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

Theater/Dance

Inaugural South Asian American Theater Festival offers plays in several languages

Bill Burr took the long way from Canton to Fenway Park

Ukrainian children’s troupe brings a sobering message about family separation to Brookline

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Sharing a love of wheels, car enthusiasts show off their treasures

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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