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Electric vehicle incentives are getting a total makeover

Between the federal Inflation Reduction Act and Massachusetts' new state climate bill, electric vehicle incentives are in for some big changes. Here's how those could affect you.

New Deal-inspired green jobs training program lets passions bloom

Far-right protesters gather outside FBI office in Chelsea
About 40 protesters were at the Chelsea office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to oppose a recent raid of former president Trump’s Florida home and air a list of demands.

After flat-footed response to a white supremacist march, questions about Boston police intelligence gathering

Hiker dies after fall on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire

The man slipped and fell off a waterfall.

Green Line E branch reopens after 16-day work closure
The next phase of the MBTA's Green Line Transformation project will focus on the D Branch, which will close for three nine-day periods in September and October, the agency said.

Shuttle routes, schedules, and more: Your guide to the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown

Malden student receives uniform violation for hijab

A family member of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School student posted on social media a picture of the “School Uniform Compliance Form” the student received from a teacher for the hijab on Thursday.

Brad Stevens's team-building approach is very different from his predecessor's.

BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

Brad Stevens is running his team much differently than Danny Ainge, and more thoughts on the Celtics

Stevens is chasing experience on the bench, while Ainge continues to stockpile draft picks in Utah as he once did in Boston.

‘Shorter, earlier, less exciting’? What the drought could mean for New England’s fall foliage.
We asked experts what to expect during the upcoming leaf-peeping season given the dry, hot summer, and it turns out not all hope is lost. A couple of cold snaps at the right time could turn things around and keep tourists — and the tourism industry — happy.

On the cusp of student loan forgiveness, two Bostonians grapple with their debt
Dan Forward and Chrissie Connors owe tens of thousands of dollars each in school loans, debt that on some days seems so insurmountable they cannot imagine ever being free of it.

Ty Montgomery, in his eighth NFL season and playing for his fifth team, has been a surprise for the Patriots this preseason in a hybrid running back/receiver role.

Top rookies, biggest surprises, position battles to watch, and more as the Patriots enter the final week of preseason

This will be a critical week as players battle for roster spots and positioning before rosters are cut to 53 on Aug. 30.

Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott at their home in Baltimore on Aug. 16, 2022.

Home appraised with a Black owner: $472,000. With a white owner: $750,000.

Months after that first appraisal, Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott applied for another refinance loan, removed family photos and had a white male colleague — another Johns Hopkins professor — stand in for them. The second appraiser valued the house at $750,000.

The new MGM Music Hall next to Fenway Park is close to opening.

Next door to Fenway Park, Boston’s newest concert venue is ready to take the field

With a capacity of 5,000 and featuring unique geometry, MGM Music Hall, operated by the Fenway Sports Group, will host its first concert Aug. 27. Here's a peek at what fans can expect.

Opinion

A voter picks up a sticker at Saint John the Baptist Parish in Quincy on Nov. 03, 2020.

Want more competitive political races? Change the primary system.

It’s not healthy for democracy when voters often have no real choices on Election Day.

With gun violence, death isn’t the only dire outcome

IDEAS | DEREK MONG

Teaching Emily Dickinson to men

The Orange Line shutdown’s silver lining

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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Springfield woman killed Friday in multi-vehicle crash in Amherst

The crash occurred at the intersection of Route 116 and Sunderland Road on Friday.

Daughter of ‘Putin’s brain’ ideologist is killed in car blast outside Moscow
Daria Dugina, 29, was the daughter of Alexander Dugin, a vocal proponent of the “Russian world” concept and a strong supporter of Russia's attack on Ukraine.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrate marriage with friends, family
The wedding was held at Affleck’s home outside of Savannah, Georgia, with all of their kids present for the proceedings on Saturday, according to People Magazine.

Court puts on hold Lindsey Graham’s testimony in Georgia election probe
A federal appeals court on Sunday agreed to temporarily put on hold a lower court’s order requiring that US Senator Lindsey Graham testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal efforts to overturn then-President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘House of the Dragon’ is a worthy heir to the throne
The “Game of Thrones” prequel, premiering Sunday on HBO and HBO Max, isn’t as dense or sprawling as its predecessor, but it’s compelling and thoroughly enjoyable.

Older conservatives think Massachusetts and the country are careening off track
At a gathering of conservatives in Danvers, the banter was friendly, but the sentiments were sour. Said one participant: “When did we stop acting like Americans?”

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Community of care: Residents and neighbors of the Mariaoord nursing home in Dongen played a board game during adult day care in a pilot program that combines nursing care with aging in place.

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.

Despite SafeSport bans, youth hockey organizations slow to remove coaches accused of abuse
The ongoing involvement with children of two Massachusetts coaches has struck some as another troubling example of USA Hockey and Mass Hockey falling short in rooting out offenders.

‘Words cannot begin to describe the devastation’: Investigation continues into six-alarm Mattapoisett Boatyard fire
One man remained hospitalized Saturday, while three firefighters were recovering from heat and exertion, according to Jake Wark, a spokesman for the state Department of Fire Services.

Globe Magazine

The epic story of a Sandy Hook family fighting Alex Jones and the rise of conspiracy theories
When 26 people were murdered at the school in Newtown, Conn., in 2012, the ugliness of social media collided with parents’ grief in a way the world had never seen.

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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.

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

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

Worcester, MA - 6/3/2022: Candidate for State Auditor Chris Dempsey during the State Democratic Party convention in Worcester, MA on June 04, 2022.

Dempsey is Democrats’ best pick for auditor

Mahbouba Seraj, a women's rights activist, chose to stay in Afghanistan. She’s the board chair of the 3,000-member Afghan Women’s Network and has founded 27 shelters for battered women. Only one remains open.

Swanee Hunt and Mary Akrami

Despite setbacks, Afghan women refuse to be silenced

Nancy Kramer, a teacher from the Westminster Shores senior living facility, serves a plate of fruit to Hasina Sharifi, 8, of the Jawzjan province in Afghanistan on June 29, 2022 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Kramer, along with other residents of the senior living facility, will teach refugee children from Afghanistan how to read, write, and speak in English and other subjects such as arithmetic and science.

Afghan evacuees deserve a permanent home

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Monkeypox vaccine providers start new method of injection

An intradermal approach is thought to spur a stronger immune reaction so that less vaccine is needed in each shot. Up to five doses can now be extracted from vials originally intended for one dose.

‘Shorter, earlier, less exciting’? What the drought could mean for New England’s fall foliage.

We asked experts what to expect during the upcoming leaf-peeping season given the dry, hot summer, and it turns out not all hope is lost. A couple of cold snaps at the right time could turn things around and keep tourists — and the tourism industry — happy.

Green Line E branch reopens after 16-day work closure

The next phase of the MBTA's Green Line Transformation project will focus on the D Branch, which will close for three nine-day periods in September and October, the agency said.

Juan Alonso, whose novels glittered with light that ‘comes from within,’ dies at 86

At 62 pages, Mr. Alonso's first novel was "a little jewel of a book," the writer Russell Banks once said.

Sports

Sam Bennett was 3 up after the first 18 holes and won two more holes early in the afternoon to seize control.

Texas A&M’s Sam Bennett holds on and beats Georgia Southern’s Ben Carr to capture men’s US Amateur title

Bennett, the third-ranked amateur in the world, built a 5-up lead and won, 1 up.

Keene was a third-round pick out of Virginia Tech.

Patriots release TE Dalton Keene

The 6-foot-4, 251-pounder caught 3 passes for 16 yards in six games as a rookie.

Ty Montgomery, in his eighth NFL season and playing for his fifth team, has been a surprise for the Patriots this preseason in a hybrid running back/receiver role.

Top rookies, biggest surprises, position battles to watch, and more as the Patriots enter the final week of preseason

This will be a critical week as players battle for roster spots and positioning before rosters are cut to 53 on Aug. 30.

UFC’s Dana White says Tom Brady was headed to the Las Vegas Raiders before Jon Gruden nixed it

Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies at 79

Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies

Business

Developer unveils plans for Everett’s massive fuel tank farm

One of Greater Boston’s biggest developments in years is taking shape just north of the Boston city line, on a sprawling 95-acre fuel tank farm in Everett.

Home appraised with a Black owner: $472,000. With a white owner: $750,000.

Months after that first appraisal, Nathan Connolly and Shani Mott applied for another refinance loan, removed family photos and had a white male colleague — another Johns Hopkins professor — stand in for them. The second appraiser valued the house at $750,000.

More money for IRS spurs conspiracy theories by Republicans of a ‘shadow army’

Strike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos

magazine

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

The epic story of a Sandy Hook family fighting Alex Jones and the rise of conspiracy theories

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

A shuttle bus leaves Wellington Station, Saturday in Medford, Mass.

Riders give hesitant approvals of Orange Line shuttles Saturday

After flat-footed response to a white supremacist march, questions about Boston police intelligence gathering

For the YouTube generation of hunters, a new gathering

sports

Nick Pivetta can hit double-digit wins for the first time in his career with a victory Sunday.

Game 122: Red Sox take on the Orioles from Williamsport, plus lineups and notes

Ben Flanagan defends Falmouth Road Race title; Keira D’Amato outruns ex-Boston Marathon champ Edna Kiplagat

Questions surround the Patriots offense, but their defense is looking as stingy as ever

business

A vendor waits for customers at his stall that sells rice and other grains at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 14, 2022.

Russia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger

On the cusp of student loan forgiveness, two Bostonians grapple with their debt

As inflation bogs down shoppers, some retailers fare better than others

politics

On his last day as president in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021, White House aides moved boxes out of the office as President Donald Trump boarded Marine One. Where all of that material ended up is not clear.

The final days of the Trump White House: Chaos and scattered papers

Court puts on hold Lindsey Graham’s testimony in Georgia election probe

The final days of the Trump White House: chaos and scattered papers

Nation

In March, Minneapolis teachers settled a strike and celebrated a contractual provision to shield teachers of color from seniority-based layoffs. Now conservative media outlets say the policy is racist and unconstitutional.

Minneapolis teacher contract race language ignites firestorm

Jill Biden rejoins president after negative COVID-19 tests

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck celebrate marriage with friends, family

World

Sculptor Euloge Ahanhanzo Glèlè sat in front of the throne of his ancestor King Glèlè at an exhibition of looted artifacts recently returned to the country, in the Palais de la Marina in Cotonou, Benin, July 16. As more looted art comes back to Africa, its countries are exploring how best to exhibit them and how to educate a public that may have never heard of their existence, let alone seen them.

‘Artistic awakening’ in Benin as return of royal artifacts attracts huge crowds

40 dead in floods, landslides in northern India

Turkey: Crashes at emergency sites kill at least 35 people

opinion

People bearing the insignia of the white-supremacist group Patriot Front stood in front of the Boston Public Library in Copley Square on July 2.

Grappling with white supremacists, from a certain distance

Dempsey is Democrats’ best pick for auditor

Despite setbacks, Afghan women refuse to be silenced

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

Afternoon sunshine illuminated leaves on the Esplanade along the Charles River last fall. What will the drought mean for foliage this year?

‘Shorter, earlier, less exciting’? What the drought could mean for New England’s fall foliage.

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

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

The new MGM Music Hall next to Fenway Park is close to opening.

Next door to Fenway Park, Boston’s newest concert venue is ready to take the field

Lady Gaga brings her best selves to Fenway Park

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

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

Juan Alonso encountered an elephant while traveling in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2005.

Juan Alonso, whose novels glittered with light that ‘comes from within,’ dies at 86

Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies

Ann McGuiness, major fund-raiser for women’s health, dies at 65