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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

Mayor Wu urges employers not to penalize late workers during Orange Line shutdown

“This will impact every single commuter,” Mayor Michelle Wu said at a news conference.

A woman rides her bike through Southwest Corridor Park in Boston in a 2011 file photo.

‘How on earth is this a good idea?’ Amid backlash, state scales back bike path closures along Orange Line

A plan to shut down parts of the Southwest Corridor Park bike path for two weeks was walked back Wednesday after backlash from community members.

Community members read over an informational pamphlet about the Orange Line shutdown Wednesday at Josiah Quincy School.

‘I’m very worried’: Chinatown community braces for 30-day Orange Line shutdown with many unanswered questions

Many from the community appeared frustrated as they reviewed printed maps and advisories showing that Chinatown is left out of the planned shuttle bus route that will replace Orange Line service.

The Netherlands makes aging and long-term care a priority. In the US, it’s a different story.
The Dutch are addressing the rising cost of aging with a game plan bolstered by a broad consensus that older people deserve to get the care they need. It's an approach that is intriguing — and chastening.

Trump Organization’s longtime CFO pleads guilty in New York tax fraud case

Allen Weisselberg pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes in a deal with prosecutors that could potentially make him a star witness against the company at a trial this fall.

‘What’s the future going to be?’: This summer’s drought warns of increasing climate variability in years to come
The most extreme drought conditions extend across swaths of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, according to data released Thursday morning.

Baker calls in National Guard to help battle Rockport wildfire; ‘extreme’ drought conditions extended

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.

Woman’s body recovered from Charles River

The body of a 32-year-old woman was recovered from the Charles River Wednesday night after she was spotted diving from a bridge in Cambridge, according to the Massachusetts State Police.

Lahey Hospital changes academic affiliation to UMass Chan Medical School

In just his second pro season, Mac Jones is showing all the signs that he can be an excellent leader for the Patriots.

Mac Jones doesn’t have to be a superstar for the Patriots to flourish again

We know he can't be another Tom Brady; no one can. But Patriots fans should feel very fortunate that Jones is at the helm.

Deshaun Watson’s suspension extended to 11 games, per reports

Is he a friend or more?

“Perhaps it has been so long since I’ve developed a deep friendship that my brain doesn’t know how to organize my feelings.”

Boldt Castle is a magnificent mansion on Heart Island, built for millionaire George Boldt, a successful hotelier and manager of the famous Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. The castle's Power House is pictured.

On the St. Lawrence River, it’s whatever floats your boat

Here’s what it’s like to take a cruise in the 1000 Islands, a section of the St. Lawrence straddling the New York-Ontario border, dotted with island outcroppings.

Visiting the king of all outdoor art parks

Opinion

The development that really made me worry that SHOVID has House Speaker Ron Mariano deep in its grip came when people started urging lawmakers to return to formal session to get the tax cuts done.

House Speaker Ron Mariano may have SHOVID

State House Obscured-Viewpoint Interpretive Disorder is a dangerous political malady.

Thousands of miles away, I fear for my friend in Ukraine

Mission Hill school investigation must be made public

IDEAS | LOUISE PERRY

The sexual revolution has let women down

Kids with disabilities need access to medicinal cannabis in school

Culture | Jasmine Nichole Cobb

Public embrace of natural hair offers new twist on civil rights
Recognizing this history of control and humiliation through the material of Black hair is important for understanding new efforts to celebrate and protect wearers of Afro-textured hair in the United States.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

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

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‘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.

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Beast’: ‘Jaws’ with claws and paws and a mane
Idris Elba stars in this action thriller about an American family that runs afoul of a rogue lion in South Africa

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

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

A textile mill becomes a luxe hotel in Maine — and a new campground brings your ‘Little House on the Prairie’ fantasies to life
Seaside service at a Cape resort, a former textile mill becomes a luxury boutique hotel, and more travel news you can use.

Travel Troubleshooter: Expedia promised a refund last October, but where is it?

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.

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.

US existing-home sales fall a sixth month to over two-year low

Sales of previously owned US homes fell for a sixth straight month in July in the latest indication of how high borrowing costs and waning demand are propelling the housing market’s rapid decline.

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Jim Lyons, left, and Jeffery Yull looked over votes for lieutenant governor during the Republican State Convention in Springfield on May 21. Lyons is chairman of the Republican Party in Massachusetts.

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.

Globe Magazine

One family’s epic fight against Sandy Hook conspiracies, Alex Jones, and those who deny their son ever lived
Noah Pozner loved his family, and Batman, and was the youngest victim of the Newtown school shooting in 2012. His parents have been on a mission to defend the truth ever since.

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.

PERSPECTIVE

Is raising a child scarier in a pandemic? Or is parenting always like this?
“I had a child say to me, ‘I think the world is becoming a quite dangerous place’,” a psychologist told me. “I have the same thought in my heart.”

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Culture & Lifestyle

The Manchester Orchestra will headline the inaugural In Between Days Festival at Quincy's Veterans Memorial Stadium.

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

Bill Burr

Bill Burr took the long way from Canton to Fenway Park

Frugal Bookstore in Nubian Square will sell books at the inaugural Greater Roxbury Book Fair and Writers Fest.

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

Off-Kendrik's most recent production, "Ekti Abhinaba Natoker Mohora" ("In Search of a Novel Play"), was staged in June at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

Inaugural South Asian American Theater Festival offers plays in several languages

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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

Encore Boston Harbor opened the WynnBet Sports Bar on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021.

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

Massachusetts makes a losing bet on gambling

Attorney General Maura Healey has prosecuted police officers, among other public employees, but no elected officials. Why this former elected official? And, why now, when he’s running for office?

Maura Healey and the odd prosecution of Dean Tran

Luke Robins, right, embraced his partner Anthony Paiva after being vaccinated on Aug. 8 for monkeypox at Open Door Health, a Rhode Island Public Institute initiative.

Sean Cahill and Kenneth H. Mayer

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

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

BOSTON, MA - 8/9/2022 Interim Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden participates in a debate with City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo at More Than Words Bookstore in Boston on Tuesday. Erin Clark/Globe Staff

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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

Lahey Hospital changes academic affiliation to UMass Chan Medical School

The program will establish a new regional medical campus in Burlington and will ultimately enroll 40 medical students per year.

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

‘How on earth is this a good idea?’ Amid backlash, state scales back bike path closures along Orange Line

A plan to shut down parts of the Southwest Corridor Park bike path for two weeks was walked back Wednesday after backlash from community members.

‘What’s the future going to be?’: This summer’s drought warns of increasing climate variability in years to come

The most extreme drought conditions extend across swaths of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, according to data released Thursday morning.

Sports

Deshaun Watson will miss 11 games this season.

Deshaun Watson’s suspension extended to 11 games, per reports

Watson, who also will pay a $5 million fine, was initially suspended for six games on Aug. 1.

Josh Winckowski is facing the Pirates for the first time in his career.

Red Sox at Pirates | 7:05 p.m. (NESN)

Game 119: Red Sox at Pirates lineups and notes

Nate Eovaldi got scratched, and Josh Winckowski will be on the mound as the Red Sox go for the sweep in Pittsburgh.

Foxborough,MA - 8/5/2022: Quarterback Mac Jones (10) during the New England Patriots practice at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA on August 05, 2022. The Patriots held their annual in-stadium practice for season ticket members and Foxborough residents. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

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Bill Belichick has recast his coaching staff in the wake of Josh McDaniels's departure. Mac Jones enters Year 2 after a strong rookie season with a disappointing finish. What should we expect of the Patriots? Join us on Zoom, where we'll answer your questions.

Mac Jones doesn’t have to be a superstar for the Patriots to flourish again

Ben Volin I On football

Josh McDaniels didn’t bring the Patriot Way to the Raiders. He brought the Patriots offense.

Czech Republic 4, US 2

Czech Republic upsets US in men’s world junior hockey quarterfinals

Business

A look at the world’s skinniest skyscraper: New York’s Steinway Tower

Steinway Tower is so skinny at the top that whenever the wind ramps up, the luxury homes on the upper floors sway around by a few feet.

US existing-home sales fall a sixth month to over two-year low

Sales of previously owned US homes fell for a sixth straight month in July in the latest indication of how high borrowing costs and waning demand are propelling the housing market’s rapid decline.

Google Maps to display updated Boston transit map for Orange Line shutdown

US jobless claims unexpectedly dip for first time in three weeks

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The Batman costume loved by Noah Pozner, the youngest Sandy Hook victim, at his father’s home.

One family’s epic fight against Sandy Hook conspiracies, Alex Jones, and those who deny their son ever lived

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

Summer Tomato Tian

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

Advice: My neighbors didn’t come to my party

metro

Pawtucket high school students rallied at City Hall June 1 to protest the nation's gun policies.

An important day for school safety in Rhode Island

‘I’m very worried’: Chinatown community braces for 30-day Orange Line shutdown with many unanswered questions

Mack, Almeida battle in R.I. Senate primary in Providence

sports

Josh Donaldson celebrates after hitting a walk-off grand slam home run in the tenth inning to lift the Yankees past the Rays.

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

Sox starter Rich Hill has made a career out of overcoming adversity — and he did it again against the Pirates

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

business

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

Yellen directs IRS to embark on $80 billion overhaul plan

Fed saw evidence of a slowing economy at its last meeting

politics

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Vance, DeSantis rally puts ‘highly unusual’ restrictions on press at Ohio rally

Media to ask judge to release Trump search warrant affidavit

Rudy Giuliani faces grand jury in Georgia 2020 election probe

Nation

The Trump Organization's former accountant Allen Weisselberg, right, arrived in a New York courtroom with his attorneys, including Mary Mulligan, on Thursday.

Trump Organization’s longtime CFO pleads guilty in New York tax fraud case

Salman Rushdie’s attacker indicted, expected to appear in court

Nevada governor vows to codify order protecting patients into law

World

In this frame grab from Saudi state television footage, doctoral student and women's rights advocate Salma al-Shehab (right) spoke to a journalist at the Riyadh International Book Fair in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2014.

Saudi doctoral student gets 34 years in prison for tweets

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military

16 dead, 18 missing in flash flood in western China

opinion

Tim Deal, who got out of prison in July 2021, said he makes sure to hug his grandmother Everlena Roberson every day. He recently completed a fellowship at the Transformational Prison Project, a restorative justice organization that was founded in MCI-Norfolk in 2013.

Prison’s program is an exemplary model of restorative justice

City of Boston moves us all forward by pushing developers on diversity

Public embrace of natural hair offers new twist on civil rights

lifestyle

Is he a friend or more?

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.

food & dining

Oysters and lobster at The Little Whale Oyster Bar.

A Little Whale sighting in Back Bay; Eataly hosts a party

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

These baking pans can keep summer going all year long

travel

A view of Neruda’s Gate by Mark di Suvero as fog rolls through the mountains at Storm King Art Center in the Hudson Valley, in Cornwall, N.Y., on July 8, 2020.

Visiting the king of all outdoor art parks

Judy Collins arrives early and has a soft spot for airport shops

A textile mill becomes a luxe hotel in Maine — and a new campground brings your ‘Little House on the Prairie’ fantasies to life

Arts

Robert Adams, from "The Plains, From Memory." © Robert Adams

In plain view: When a camera isn’t a photographer’s only tool

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

Books

Frugal Bookstore in Nubian Square will sell books at the inaugural Greater Roxbury Book Fair and Writers Fest.

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

Idris Elba in "Beast."

‘Beast’: ‘Jaws’ with claws and paws and a mane

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

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

Television

From left: Eve Hewson, Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, and Sarah Greene in “Bad Sisters.”

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

The Manchester Orchestra will headline the inaugural In Between Days Festival at Quincy's Veterans Memorial Stadium.

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

Off-Kendrik's most recent production, "Ekti Abhinaba Natoker Mohora" ("In Search of a Novel Play"), was staged in June at the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center.

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

globe local

Tom Woo, with his souped-up late-model Ford Mustang, which he drove to the New England Classic Car Show in Andover.

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

Should e-bikes be included in the state’s electric vehicle rebate program?

A trapped skunk leaves birthday gift for rescuer

Obituaries

Mr. Marr, with his wife, Cynthia, at the Ireland Fund Dinner in 1998.

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