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A humpback whale breaches and is about to land on the writer and his friend paddling in the kayak.

After a humpback whale crashed on top of me in my kayak, I set out to learn how they communicate

My search led me to a scientist in Vermont who’d led the charge to save the whales. Can he and a team of scientists figure out how to “speak whale”?

Shannon Liss-Riordan won millions for workers. But did she take too much for herself in the process?
Shannon Liss-Riordan, a Democratic candidate for attorney general and a class-action employment lawyer, has been criticized for seeking substantial shares of lucrative settlements that she has won.

I tried every mochi doughnut shop in Boston. Here’s what you need to know.
Not all mochi doughnuts are created equal. And I know this because, in the name of journalism, I sampled 26 mochi doughnuts from seven outlets around Boston this summer. (Just don't ask for the recipes.)

Two Orange Line construction vehicles derailed. The incidents won’t slow shutdown project, T says.

“Neither one of these incidents will have an adverse impact on the Orange Line work schedule,” a T spokesperson said.

Orange Line trains are seen in the yard at Wellington Station as work to fix the rail was underway.

Biden to unveil long-awaited student debt relief measures on Wednesday

The substance of the announcement is not yet clear and is being closely guarded by the White House.

Two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer

A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, a swift victory for prosecutors in a eerie plot that was described as a rallying cry for a US civil war by anti-government extremists.

Hikers rescued in the White Mountains over the weekend
Two hikers were rescued in separate incidents on Mt. Washington Sunday, one day after a hiker died in a fall on Cannon Mountain, New Hampshire authorities said.

‘Happy news to share:’ 2-year-old boy pulled from Abington pool back home safe and healthy, fire department says

A 2-year-old boy who was pulled from a pool in Abington last week and rushed to an area hospital has returned home “healthy and happy,” fire officials said Tuesday.

Kevin Durant looks to drive as the Celtics' Jaylen Brown defends him during the NBA playoffs in April.

Kevin Durant will stay with the Brooklyn Nets, team announces

General manager Sean Marks released a statement Tuesday saying they will move forward with their "partnership" with Durant.

Manager Alex Cora went on a downhill ride in Williamsport over the weekend; his team has been doing the same thing for weeks.

There’s no way the Red Sox make the playoffs

The math says they are alive, but anyone who has been watching knows otherwise. Change is coming in the offseason, and Chaim Bloom had better get it right.

Christopher L. Gasper: It’s very hard to be hopeful with this Red Sox team

Elon Musk.

Elon Musk under fire for reported 9-minute flight from San Jose to San Francisco

Kylie Jenner faced criticism last month in a similar situation and now Elon Musk is under fire for reportedly flying just nine minutes from San Jose to San Francisco.

Opinion

The scene outside the State House after the bill allowing people in Massachusetts without legal immigration status to get a driver's license was passed in June.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fear and loathing of immigrants drives license ballot question

We can’t have a meaningful debate if there isn’t consensus on what the facts are.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Wrong phrases that sound totally right

Claudine Schneider

Corporations, you’re either part of the effort to secure democracy or dismantle it. Choose.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Wu’s stubborn optimism is exactly what this transit crisis needs

Senator Lydia Edwards believes in Kevin Hayden for DA

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.

Orange Line shutdown

A notice of the closure at the Assembly Orange Line Station. The looming changes highlight how much big commercial projects rely on a working MBTA.

The Orange Line shutdown puts developers building by the T in a tricky spot

Many Greater Boston developers who have spearheaded construction along the Orange Line consider the 30-day interruption a short-term headache. But that’s only if the shutdown actually results in the repairs the T says it can accomplish.

Commuters rode a shuttle bus from the Forest Hills MBTA Station on the first Monday after the MBTA shut down the Orange Line for repairs.

‘Adapt and adjust.’ With grit and grumbles, commuters weathered the first Monday without the Orange Line.

“You really can’t do much,” Nicholas Ventura, a 32-year-old Melrose resident said with a shrug after an hour-long shuttle bus ride. “The system is broken.”

A commuter boards a shuttle bus in place of Orange Line service at Wellington Station.

It wasn’t a normal Monday commute along the Orange Line. Here’s what riders experienced.

Our reporters fanned out across the region to track how commuters fared during the first Monday without the Orange Line. Here’s a look at how it went.

Your guide to the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown

The Orange Line is shut down until the morning of Sept. 19. Find shuttle bus routes, schedules, and guides to navigate Boston.

Pick your stops: Find an alternative Orange Line route

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TV CRITIC'S CORNER

‘House of the Dragon’ is a ratings hit for HBO
The "Game of Thrones" prequel drew the biggest audience for a series premiere in HBO's history.

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

COMEDY REVIEW

Bill Burr brings his A game to Fenway Park
Sunday's show made Burr the first comedian ever to headline Fenway, where he cheerfully skewered feminists, men without money, folks with life-affirming tattoos, his own wife, both the current president and the last one . . . the list goes on.

Rick Astley rolls with it, remakes ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ video at the Harvard Club for an ad campaign
The British pop star’s 1987 hit is now being used to pitch insurance policies.

Smoke in the cockpit prompts emergency landing at Logan
State Police spokesman David Procopio said authorities were alerted at 10:33 p.m. Monday to Lufthansa flight 403 being diverted to Logan, with the aircraft reporting smoke in the cockpit and the crew “on oxygen.” The plane ultimately landed safely, State Police said.

High levels of immunity with COVID-19 vaccines have helped avoid ‘excess mortality’ in Mass., study says

The COVID-19 vaccines have helped Massachusetts avoid “excess mortality,” or deaths exceeding the expected number at any given time of year, according to a study published Monday by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard, and Yale.

Trump had more than 300 classified documents at Mar-a-Lago in Florida

Over 150 sensitive papers were found in a batch from former president Donald Trump in January, helping to explain the Justice Department’s urgent response.

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House Speaker Ronald Mariano took the podium during a ceremonial bill signing in the State House Library, with Senate President Karen E. Spilka nearby.

Mass. Senate president and House speaker had a warm, collaborative relationship. An end-of-session surprise changed things.

The two leaders’ different views on an obscure law that could force the state to give back billions to taxpayers chilled a once-warm relationship and scuttled — at least for now — a $4.5 billion economic development bill, lawmakers and lobbyists say.

This high-tech coffee shop wants to rival Dunkin’ and Starbucks in Boston
With small storefronts and robotic coffee machines, Blank Street Coffee, which is backed by prominent investors, plans to open four locations in Boston this year, starting in Beacon Hill on Thursday.

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

John Williams takes a bow at his 90th birthday celebration at Tanglewood.

At Tanglewood, evocative tributes to two titans: Stephen Sondheim and John Williams

Bill Burr, shown in his 2022 Netflix special, "Live at Red Rocks."

Bill Burr brings his A game to Fenway Park

Nick DiGiovanni and Lynn Davis pose with Guinness World Records adjudicator Andrew Glass after visiting a record-setting 69 fast-food restaurants within 24 hours.

Cambridge chef sets world record for most fast-food restaurants visited in 24 hours

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

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Back to Boston

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.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A man carries a Confederate flag during the attack on the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Peniel E. Joseph

America’s third Reconstruction

22ESCHOOLPHONESCHARFENBERG

Sorry, kids, no more phones in school

A mural outside of the Mission Hill School in Jamaica Plain.

Deborah Meier, Heidi Lyne, Matthew Knoester, and Emily Gasoi

The closing of Mission Hill School attacks progressive education

A construction worker helped position a box labeled “restraining rail baseplate” onto the back of a dump truck as construction was underway on the Orange Line Monday in Charlestown.

Closures on the T: And so it begins

In April, students check out an electric street sweeper during an event at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Boston.

Barry Bluestone and Deval Patrick

Let’s make Madison Park the powerhouse school it can be

IDEAS | COLIN WOODARD

The new United States of New England

Metro

Ballard’s Beach Resort on Block Island appeals suspension of liquor, entertainment licenses

An emergency meeting of the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation will take place Tuesday afternoon. “We anticipated the Town Council’s obviously pre-scripted decision read aloud, and not even discussed by the Board of License Commissioners,” a spokeswoman for the company told the Globe.

Two Orange Line construction vehicles derailed. The incidents won’t slow shutdown project, T says.

“Neither one of these incidents will have an adverse impact on the Orange Line work schedule,” a T spokesperson said.

Biden to unveil long-awaited student debt relief measures on Wednesday

The substance of the announcement is not yet clear and is being closely guarded by the White House.

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Sports

Kevin Durant looks to drive as the Celtics' Jaylen Brown defends him during the NBA playoffs in April.

Kevin Durant will stay with the Brooklyn Nets, team announces

General manager Sean Marks released a statement Tuesday saying they will move forward with their "partnership" with Durant.

Jackie Bradley Jr. has driven in three runs in his last two starts for Toronto.

Blue Jays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 123: Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Jackie Bradley Jr. will be back at Fenway Park this week, this time as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays.

Manager Alex Cora went on a downhill ride in Williamsport over the weekend; his team has been doing the same thing for weeks.

There’s no way the Red Sox make the playoffs

The math says they are alive, but anyone who has been watching knows otherwise. Change is coming in the offseason, and Chaim Bloom had better get it right.

Gary Gaines, coach of ‘Friday Night Lights’ fame, dead at 73

Aaron Boone gets dreaded vote of confidence from Brian Cashman before Yankees top Mets

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Josh Winckowski gets another Red Sox call with Nate Eovaldi not ready

Business

Rick Astley rolls with it, remakes ‘Never Gonna Give You Up’ video at the Harvard Club for an ad campaign

The British pop star’s 1987 hit is now being used to pitch insurance policies.

Biden to unveil long-awaited student debt relief measures on Wednesday

The substance of the announcement is not yet clear and is being closely guarded by the White House.

US new-home sales plummet to slowest pace since early 2016

Former Twitter security chief files whistleblower complaints, according to reports

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

A humpback whale breaches and is about to land on the writer and his friend paddling in the kayak.

After a humpback whale crashed on top of me in my kayak, I set out to learn how they communicate

Hoisin-Glazed Baby Back Ribs

Summer recipes: Baby back ribs and chicken satay for your next cookout

Boaz, the writer's son, is up at bat in one of his summer Little League games at Cassidy Baseball Field Complex in Medway.

At my son’s Little League games, I feel my father’s presence all around me

metro

Fog rolls past Ballard's Beach Resort on Block Island on August 22, 2022.

Ballard’s Beach Resort to lose liquor, entertainment licenses for 14 days after Block Island Ferry brawls

5 total toss-up races to watch in Rhode Island

It’s the small wins that matter at Project ComeBack, where veterans and rescued horses pair up for mutual healing

sports

Rhamondre Stevenson grew up outside Las Vegas, so he's made peace with the desert heat.

Sweltering practices in Las Vegas should condition Patriots for season opener in Miami

Patriots training camp report: Jonathan Jones is on the move in the secondary — that’s how he likes it

Tom Brady ends 11-day break, rejoins Buccaneers for practice

business

The Twitter application is seen on a digital device.

Former Twitter security chief files whistleblower complaints, according to reports

Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’

The Orange Line shutdown puts developers building by the T in a tricky spot

politics

People voted during Primary Election Day at Park Slope Armory YMCA on Tuesday in New York City.

What to watch in Tuesday’s primaries in New York and Florida

Former Tennessee Speaker Glen Casada arrested in corruption probe

DeSantis rival to emerge from high-stakes Florida primary

Nation

Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Two men guilty of conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer

High levels of immunity with COVID-19 vaccines have helped avoid ‘excess mortality’ in Mass., study says

Most in US want stricter gun laws, new poll shows

World

The collapse left the silos' southern part standing next to a pile of charred ruins.

Large section of smoldering Beirut port silos collapses

Malaysia top court upholds ex-PM Najib’s graft conviction

On eve of Ukraine’s national day, fears Russia will pounce

opinion

First grade students line up for lunch at McAuliffe Elementary School in Lowell in May 2022.

Nonprofits need to step up for Boston Public Schools

The closing of Mission Hill School attacks progressive education

State is raising the MCAS bar

lifestyle

Elon Musk.

Elon Musk under fire for reported 9-minute flight from San Jose to San Francisco

ADHD and dating apps

I don’t know what to do after this breakup

food & dining

Rainbow Chard Agrodolce.

Recipe: Cook fresh rainbow chard and other greens Italian-style with sweet and sour flavors

Recipe: Spoon sweet and spicy peach salsa beside grilled chicken or tuck into tacos

Recipe: This unusual method for cooking zucchini with anchovies becomes a sauce for pasta

travel

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

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

Paddy Considine as King Viserys Targaryen in a scene from "House of the Dragon."

‘House of the Dragon’ is a ratings hit for HBO

‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’ premieres on HBO

This week’s TV: Go ‘Bad Sisters,’ a real-life ‘Lasso,’ and the ‘Only Murders’ finale

music

John Williams takes a bow at his 90th birthday celebration at Tanglewood.

At Tanglewood, evocative tributes to two titans: Stephen Sondheim and John Williams

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

Theater/Dance

Bill Burr, shown in his 2022 Netflix special, "Live at Red Rocks."

Bill Burr brings his A game to Fenway Park

‘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

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

Dr. Kay testified about Iraq's weapons capabilities before the Senate Armed Services Committee in 2004.

David Kay, weapons inspector who helped disprove Iraqi WMDs, dies at 82

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

Tom Weiskopf, major champion and golf course architect, dies