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A MBTA worker shuts the doors to the Assembly MBTA station on Friday.

‘We know that this is a tremendous disruption.’ With Orange Line shut down, officials warn of disruptions

The MBTA Orange Line closed at 9 p.m. Friday, the start of an unprecedented 30 day shutdown of the rapid transit line that runs from Forest Hills to Oak Grove in Malden.

Check out our complete Orange Line shutdown guide

Orange Line riders make final trips for a month as subway shuts down for repairs

As many as 200 shuttle buses will replace service from Malden to Jamaica Plain on the MBTA’s second-busiest line.

Find an alternative route during the Orange Line shutdown

How can you get around Boston during the closure? We tried to make sense of the alternative routes.

Massive six-alarm fire destroys boatyard in Mattapoisett
Three firefighters and one person were injured in the fire at the Mattapoisett Boatyard that sent a plume of black smoke over Buzzards Bay so thick that was picked up on weather radar.

A massive fire burning at a boat yard in Mattapoisett on Friday.

Photos: Six-alarm fire rips through Mattapoisett boatyard

A boatyard in Mattapoisett drew fire crews from surrounding towns Friday afternoon when six alarms were struck to counter a significant blaze and billowing smoke.

Former Boston Ballet star Dusty Button and her husband file explosive counterclaim, deny abuse allegations
Six weeks after filing the counterclaim, the Buttons have removed some of their most damning accusations.

Former Maine Governor Paul LePage threatens to ‘deck’ Democratic staffer in new video

“Six feet away or I’m going to deck you,” LePage, 73, says in the video first posted on Thursday by the Daily Beast. LePage, who previously served two terms as governor of Maine, is the Republican nominee in this year's contest, running against incumbent Governor Janet Mills, a Democrat.

ORIOLES 15 | RED SOX 10

Weight of a sinking season cracks Xander Bogaerts as Orioles out-slug Red Sox in another dismal loss
While the pitch was certainly a ball, Bogaerts’s reaction was undoubtedly uncharacteristic. It was just his second career ejection.

Xander Bogaerts, Alex Cora ejected in fourth inning against Orioles

MIT scientists say they have found a way to increase the energy output of wind farms

Scientists at MIT have come up with a way that they say could increase significantly the amount of energy produced by the world’s wind farms, without requiring new turbines or other expensive equipment.

Preseason: Patriots 20, Panthers 10

With Matt Patricia calling plays, Mac Jones picks it up in his third series for Patriots, and other observations

Joe Judge huddled with Jones between series, while Patricia gathered with the offensive line while the defense was on the field.

red sox

Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee, 75, collapses at amateur game before walking off field
Lee collapsed in the bullpen while warming up for the Savannah Bananas amateur team, but the 75-year-old pitcher walked off the field with assistance.

The federal government is asking New England states to begin shoring up their oil supplies in advance of the coming winter and the peak of hurricane season.

Biden administration warns New England governors of regional fuel shortage

The region’s oil and fuel stockpile is low, and the White House believes this could lead to disruptions during a treacherous New England winter.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and the artist Bad Bunny on Thursday night.

Mayor Wu declares official ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in Boston, meets Grammy winner after Fenway concert

The mayor was among thousands of exhilarated concertgoers that Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio — the Puerto Rican rapper and singer known as Bad Bunny — drew to Fenway Park on Thursday night.

Review: Bad Bunny transports fans to the tropics with a genre-melding stadium spectacular

The mail must go through — and it has since 1816 at the oldest post office still operating

This letter carrier has been faithfully conducting her rounds — and will until next winter.

Opinion

Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, president of the newspaper elPeriódico, is seen after being arrested in Guatemala City on July 29.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The alarming erosion of press freedom in Central America

José Rubén Zamora’s case stands as one example of the pernicious backsliding into authoritarianism of various degrees that’s happened in the region in the last few years.

Dempsey is Democrats’ best pick for auditor

Swanee Hunt and Mary Akrami

Despite setbacks, Afghan women refuse to be silenced

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

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Fetal personhood could challenge the meaning of equality

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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Two inmates charged with killing James ‘Whitey’ Bulger could face the death penalty

Prosecutors have yet to say whether they plan to seek it.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to tie the knot again with three-day Georgia wedding ceremony, reports say
Less than two months after quietly getting married in a Las Vegas drive-through chapel, Ben and JLo are reportedly ready to do it big with a lavish wedding celebration at Affleck’s private estate in Georgia.

Wayfair cuts 870 jobs, including 400 in Boston, as stock plunges

Chief executive Niraj Shah announced the job cuts in a memo to all 18,000 employees on Friday morning. The company is offering severance based on geography, tenure, and job level.

Brush fires continue burning at Saugus, Lynn reservations
Lynn Woods Reservation and Breakheart Reservation in Saugus will be closed this weekend as state and local firefighters continue to battle brush fires that have been burning for days, officials said Friday.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I made the mistake of Bluebiking 2 miles to the restaurant in the heat’
Will a post-date stop at Lucky’s Lounge bode well for this date?

LOVE LETTERS

I don’t know what to do after this breakup
“I’m starting to lose faith in the dating process.”

Recommended reads

Are we being trolled by the MBTA?

Maybe the 30-day Orange Line shutdown and associated madness are some sort of payback for our relentless derision.

KEVIN CULLEN

Charging fellow inmates with Whitey Bulger’s murder is the easy part
The hard part will be showing how the South Boston gangster was put in the position to be murdered at a federal prison in West Virginia in the first place.

BILLY BAKER

Climb a tree. Face death. Find yourself?
Andrew Joslin specializes in getting people off the ground and up high into a tree, leading classes in “recreational tree climbing” that are about something more — connecting with your ancestral DNA, while finding your “ceiling” of fear.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A collage of Nigerian movie posters. Nigeria is home to the "Nollywood" movie industry. Clockwise starting from the top left, "Chain Reaction," "King Of Thieves," "30 Days In Atlanta," the Netflix film "Lionheart," and "The Wedding Party."

Getting to know Nollywood, Nigeria’s version of Hollywood

Pickleball courts at Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club in Brewster.

Old dogs (and knees), new tricks: We took a swing at pickleball

Elisabeth Moss, left, and Odessa Young in a scene from "Shirley."

Feeling a little let down by the ostensible — and male — saviors of cinema?

Oysters and lobster at The Little Whale Oyster Bar.

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

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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.

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Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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‘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

‘It’s really funny knowing this is the last one for the month.’ Orange Line riders catch the last train

Travelers took their last ride on the Orange Line for awhile Friday night, expressing a mix of nostalgia and resignation as the subway line is shut down until Sept. 19 for massive repairs officials warn will upend people’s lives.

Brush fires continue burning at Saugus, Lynn reservations

Lynn Woods Reservation and Breakheart Reservation in Saugus will be closed this weekend as state and local firefighters continue to battle brush fires that have been burning for days, officials said Friday.

Massive six-alarm fire destroys boatyard in Mattapoisett

Three firefighters and one person were injured in the fire at the Mattapoisett Boatyard that sent a plume of black smoke over Buzzards Bay so thick that was picked up on weather radar.

‘We know that this is a tremendous disruption.’ With Orange Line shut down, officials warn of disruptions

The MBTA Orange Line closed at 9 p.m. Friday, the start of an unprecedented 30 day shutdown of the rapid transit line that runs from Forest Hills to Oak Grove in Malden.

Sports

Alex Cora was fired up as he came out to argue Xander Bogaerts' ejection and got tossed himself in the fourth inning of the Red Sox' 15-10 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

As playoff chances waver, Red Sox swing from optimism to frustration

Home plate umpire Todd Tichenor’s bad call lit a powder keg that has been ready to explode for a while.

Bill Lee went 94-68 with a 3.64 ERA for the Red Sox from 1969-78, and was inducted into the team's Hall of Fame in 2008.

Former Red Sox pitcher Bill Lee, 75, collapses at amateur game before walking off field

Lee collapsed in the bullpen while warming up for the Savannah Bananas amateur team, but the 75-year-old pitcher walked off the field with assistance.

Xander Bogaerts chucks his bat while disputing a strike call in the fourth inning. Bogaerts was ejected, as was manager Alex Cora when he came out to defend his shortstop in a 15-10 loss to the Orioles at Camden Yards.

ORIOLES 15 | RED SOX 10

Weight of a sinking season cracks Xander Bogaerts as Orioles out-slug Red Sox in another dismal loss

While the pitch was certainly a ball, Bogaerts’s reaction was undoubtedly uncharacteristic. It was just his second career ejection.

Tommy Pham exits Red Sox game with lower back tightness

Preseason: Patriots 20, Panthers 10

With Matt Patricia calling plays, Mac Jones picks it up in his third series for Patriots, and other observations

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Shilese Jones sprints to lead at US gymnastics championships

Business

Biden administration warns New England governors of regional fuel shortage

The region’s oil and fuel stockpile is low, and the White House believes this could lead to disruptions during a treacherous New England winter.

Boston-based prescription video game company to raise $163m in Nasdaq debut

Akili Interactive will use the funds to help launch its FDA-cleared video game treatment for ADHD.

Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River

Wayfair cuts 870 jobs, including 400 in Boston, as stock plunges

magazine

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

This week's daters: Kaitlin and Ted.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I made the mistake of Bluebiking 2 miles to the restaurant in the heat’

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

metro

The Lost Mural hangs in the entryway of Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, in Burlington, Vt., July 29, 2022. The mural painted in 1910 by a Lithuanian immigrant, that was later hidden behind a wall for years, has been rehabilitated and moved and is what experts say is a rare piece of art.

Long-hidden synagogue mural gets rehabbed, relocated

Photos: Six-alarm fire rips through Mattapoisett boatyard

Orange Line riders make final trips for a month as subway shuts down for repairs

sports

Patriots quarterback Mac Jones (left) was 4-of-8 passing for 61 yards in his short appearance against the Panthers.

Mac Jones and Patriots’ offense show some signs in quarterback’s first preseason action

Xander Bogaerts, Alex Cora ejected in fourth inning against Orioles

J.D. Martinez gets a breather amid prolonged power outage

business

Carter Huffman (left) and Mike Pappas cofounded Cambridge startup Modulate.

Keeping video game voice chats from turning dark

Mass. job market strengthened in July, as labor force shrank

Stop & Shop expands efforts to combat food insecurity with Grove Hall ‘wellness space’

politics

LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter, center, and activist Porch’se “Queen” Miller, left, at a protest directed toward Delta Airlines at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Ga. on March 25, 2021.

Supreme Court temporarily blocks Georgia election law said to harm Black voters

US poised to announce new military aid, drones for Ukraine

As Democrats congratulate each other on climate bill, Bernie’s still not happy

Nation

In April, a jury found El Shafee Elsheikh, 33, guilty on four counts of hostage-taking and four counts of conspiracy after a two-week trial.

Islamic State Militant Sentenced to 8 Life Terms in Killing of US Hostages

District attorney says Graham’s testimony is crucial in election probe

States are bracing for social media-enabled election violence

World

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk to each other during their meeting in Beijing, Feb. 4, 2022.

Xi and Putin to attend G20 summit in Indonesia

US lawmakers meet detained Philippine opposition leader

Prince William charity invests with bank tied to dirty fuels

opinion

Estella Yan, right, and Valeriia on a Zoom call.

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

House Speaker Ron Mariano may have SHOVID

Liz Cheney and the GOP

lifestyle

I don’t know what to do after this breakup

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to tie the knot again with three-day Georgia wedding ceremony, reports say

Kids in pricy restaurants: teaching moment or terrible idea?

food & dining

While it may be hard to resist your pet’s sweet, pleading face when he or she stares at your cone, the American Kennel Club says it’s best to avoid lactose (along with macadamia nuts, Xylitol, too much sugar, and, of course, chocolate).

National Dog Day is Aug. 26. Here are 6 places to find cool treats

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

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

travel

Leroy Barnes, who worked at at the Flying Bridge restaurant in Falmouth, has been coming from Jamaica to the Cape nearly every summer for the past 19 years.

Brothers who leapt from ‘Jaws’ bridge followed a strong Jamaican connection to Cape and Islands

Old dogs (and knees), new tricks: We took a swing at pickleball

Visiting Storm King Art Center — the king of all outdoor art parks

Arts

Foreground: Rose B. Simpson, "Root A," 2019, in "Rose B. Simpson: Legacies," the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, 2022-2023. (Photo by Mel Taing)

Rose B. Simpson shapes stories in clay and steel

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

Books

Ms. Vincent went under cover for 18 months as a man to research the book.

Norah Vincent, who chronicled passing as a man, is dead at 53

The threat of violence in ‘Babysitter’ by Joyce Carol Oates

Anne Whitney Pierce reads fiction because the real world is enough reality

Movies

Jennifer Lopez is pictured in her wedding dress and poses with Ben Affleck in photos shared in the “On the J Lo” newsletter. The couple is reportedly hosting another wedding ceremony this weekend, this time in Georgia.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to tie the knot again with three-day Georgia wedding ceremony, reports say

Getting to know Nollywood, Nigeria’s version of Hollywood

Feeling a little let down by the ostensible — and male — saviors of cinema?

Television

Asa Butterfield and Ncuti Gatwa in "Sex Education."

Additions and subtractions for ‘Sex Education’

‘House of the Dragon’ is a worthy heir to the throne

When a favorite TV series ends, facing the mourning after

music

Bad Bunny performed at Fenway Park on Aug. 18, 2022.

Bad Bunny transports fans to the tropics with a genre-melding stadium spectacular

Mayor Wu declares official ‘Bad Bunny Day’ in Boston, meets Grammy winner after Fenway concert

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez set to tie the knot again with three-day Georgia wedding ceremony, reports say

Theater/Dance

Matt McClure (Buddy Holly) and the cast of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story."

‘The Buddy Holly Story’ keeps the focus on his ascent

Boston Ballet’s Citydance documentary celebrates the program’s reach, influence in its 30th year

The life-sustaining power of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble

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

Ms. Vincent went under cover for 18 months as a man to research the book.

Norah Vincent, who chronicled passing as a man, is dead at 53

Hanae Mori, Japanese couturier who melded East-West styles, dies at 96

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