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Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo was twice investigated in possible sexual assaults. He says he was never informed.

Ricardo Arroyo, a Boston city councilor currently locked in a heated campaign to be district attorney, said that he only learned of the accusations and the investigations when he was questioned by the Globe.

Prisoners knew ‘Whitey’ Bulger would be arriving in 2018 and quickly plotted to kill him, prosecutors allege

Prosecutors offered details about Bulger’s slaying that had not been publicly disclosed, including a timeline of the attack and a summary of two prison phone calls related to Bulger, according to a transcript of the court hearing.

Tuesday storms bring downpours, flash flooding to Southeastern Mass., R.I.

Nearly 7 inches of rain fell in Rehoboth, and a highway was flooded in East Providence, R.I. as thunderstorms moved slowly across the region on Tuesday, bringing torrential downpours, hailstorms, downed trees, and flash flooding to some areas

This map shows the drought status in Massachusetts as of Aug. 9.

Concerns mount as summer drought deepens in Massachusetts

Two men shot and killed in Lynn, officials say

Lynn police responded Tuesday afternoon to 98 Rockaway St., where two men were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds, officials said.

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

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

Twelve wildfires currently burning in Mass., officials say

Outside Moëca at 1 Shepard St. in Cambridge.

Giulia won a neighborhood’s heart with Italian fare. Can Moëca do the same with seafood?

Run, don’t crawl, to the Cambridge restaurant named for an invasive — but resilient! and tasty! — crab.

I tried every mochi doughnut shop in Boston. Here’s what you need to know.

An empty Boston Public School bus.

Mayor Wu and BPS announce busing solutions for students during Orange Line shutdown

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

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

Dorchester bicyclist endures ‘scary’ ride through Boston; says traffic volume on rise

Megan Beck has ridden her bicycle through Boston for years, but even that experience really did not prepare her for what she faced during her journey Tuesday.

dan shaughnessy

Some suggestions on how to fix the broken Red Sox for 2023
If the Red Sox choose to act like a big-market team again, there are players they should re-sign and free agents they should pursue.

Chad Finn: There’s no way the Red Sox make the playoffs Red Sox place Eric Hosmer and Nate Eovaldi on injured lists

The Zoning Board of Appeal has signed off on plans for 134-room hotel at 42 Cross St. in Boston's North End, shown in an artist's rendering.

Plans for North End hotel clear ZBA despite neighborhood concerns

The project generated hundreds of letters, both against and in favor of it.

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”?

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 Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted Aug. 15 on a proposal to raise the standardized MCAS state test scores needed for students to graduate high school.

A haughty lecture from new teachers’ union head

Those interested in state education policy owe it to themselves to lend his testimony, which shows how far left leadership has lurched, a listen.

It’s the democracy, stupid

MARCELA GARCÍA

Fear and loathing of immigrants drives license ballot question

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.

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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150 years of The Boston Globe

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

More recent stories

Transit Police arrest suspect in rape at Tufts Medical Center MBTA station
Steven Wade Coffey, 27, was arrested for allegedly raping someone at the Tufts Medical Center T stop on Aug. 4, the MBTA Transit Police said Tuesday. He was ordered held without bail at his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court.

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.

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.

patriots

Patriots place linebacker Ronnie Perkins on season-ending injured reserve
Perkins, whose injury was not disclosed, will not play for a second straight season.

State awards $2 million to scale up early college programs
Early college programs allow high school students to earn college credits while attaining their high school diploma, and some students earn enough to earn an associate degree. The $2 million awarded to high schools on Monday is part of a broader investment into these programs by the state.

INNOVATION BEAT

How spilled coffee inspired a Boston sperm-testing startup
Legacy aims to offer sperm testing and storage at much lower prices than typical sperm banks.

Recommended reads

Shannon Liss-Riordan in her office.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

Special Projects

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

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

Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1970, not long after the song "Bad Moon Rising" generated a remarkably common mondegreen.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

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

A window damaged during the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol in Washington.

Claudine Schneider

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

Mayor Michelle Wu on the Green Line at Government Center on Monday.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

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

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

Peniel E. Joseph

America’s third Reconstruction

IDEAS | COLIN WOODARD

The new United States of New England

Metro

Mayor Wu and BPS announce busing solutions for students during Orange Line shutdown

The agreement between Boston Public Schools, the city, and the district’s bus drivers union includes contracting with additional companies to drive 70 transport vans to serve students who travel to schools outside of the city.

Estranged wife of Senate candidate claims her signature was forged

Michael Carreiro, a Democratic candidate for a state Senate seat in Warwick, signed a document saying he witnessed his wife’s signature on nomination papers.

Tuesday storms bring downpours, flash flooding to Southeastern Mass., R.I.

Nearly 7 inches of rain fell in Rehoboth, and a highway was flooded in East Providence, R.I. as thunderstorms moved slowly across the region on Tuesday, bringing torrential downpours, hailstorms, downed trees, and flash flooding to some areas

Suffolk DA candidate Ricardo Arroyo was twice investigated in possible sexual assaults. He says he was never informed.

Ricardo Arroyo, a Boston city councilor currently locked in a heated campaign to be district attorney, said that he only learned of the accusations and the investigations when he was questioned by the Globe.

Sports

Arte Moreno made some splashy signings as owner of the Angels, but he doesn't have much postseason success to show for it in 20 years.

Arte Moreno contemplating selling Los Angeles Angels after 20 middling years of ownership

Moreno bought the team for $180 million in 2003 and it's now valued at $2.2 billion, according to Forbes.

Los Angeles Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson could miss the start of the season after undergoing surgery.

Chargers’ J.C. Jackson could miss games after ankle surgery

The former Patriot could miss the first couple games of the season.

Will Zalatoris pulled out last Saturday in the BMW Championship with what he described as a tweak in his back.

Will Zalatoris out of Tour Championship and Presidents Cup with bad back

Zalatoris was the No. 3 seed going into the FedEx Cup finale and the chase for the $18 million prize.

PGA Tour stars unified after meeting, and pushing ideas similar to LIV

Patriots place linebacker Ronnie Perkins on season-ending injured reserve

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Kristen McDonnell shifting courts at Norwood, will coach Mustang girls after run to Division 2 state final with boys

Business

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.

Plans for North End hotel clear ZBA despite neighborhood concerns

The project generated hundreds of letters, both against and in favor of it.

Lachlan Murdoch sues Australian news site after it urged him to do so

Moderna seeks FDA approval of booster against Omicron variants

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

Norwood High School Principal Hugh Galligan was named High School Principal of the Year by the Massachusetts School Administrators' Association.

Norwood High leader is named Principal of the Year

Cats to compete in show at Verve Hotel in Natick

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

sports

Eric Hosmer has started 12 games for the Red Sox at first base since being acquired at the trade deadline.

Red Sox place Eric Hosmer and Nate Eovaldi on injured lists

Game 123: Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Some suggestions on how to fix the broken Red Sox for 2023

business

Steve Filippi, owner of Ballard's Beach Resort on Block Island, walks towards town hall for show-cause hearing in New Shoreham, R.I., Aug. 22, 2022. He is appealing the town's licensing board's decision to suspend Ballard's liquor and entertainment licenses for two weeks.

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

To fight election falsehoods, social media companies ready a familiar playbook

Former security chief claims Twitter buried ‘egregious deficiencies’

politics

US Air Force Staff Sergeant Cody Brown, right, with the 436th Aerial Port Squadron, checked pallets of 155 mm shells ultimately bound for Ukraine in April.

US to send $3 billion in aid to Ukraine as war hits 6 months

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

Former Tennessee Speaker Glen Casada arrested in corruption probe

Nation

The markings left from emerald ash borer larvae are shown on an ash tree at Esopus Bend Nature Preserve in Saugerties, N.Y. The destructive insect has been detected in Massachusetts.

As many as one in six tree species is threatened with extinction in the United States

IRS launches safety review after right-wing threats

‘I don’t feel safe.’ Children fear going back to school in Uvalde

World

Peter Møller, attorney and co-head of the Danish Korean Rights Group, speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.

Danish adoptees call for S. Korea to probe adoption issues

In Vancouver, Indigenous communities get prime land, and power

Large section of smoldering Beirut port silos collapses

opinion

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

America’s third Reconstruction

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

lifestyle

Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Robert Shaw in "Jaws,."

9 shark movies to watch before the end of the summer

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

ADHD and dating apps

food & dining

Outside Moëca at 1 Shepard St. in Cambridge.

Giulia won a neighborhood’s heart with Italian fare. Can Moëca do the same with seafood?

Kids (and chocolate) rule Choco Town

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

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

Author Rebecca Kuang.

Fantasy author R.F. Kuang’s new novel makes magic out of what is lost in translation

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

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

Movies

Javier Bardem (left) and Rafa Castejón in "The Good Boss."

In ‘The Good Boss,’ Javier Bardem takes charge

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

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

Norwood High School Principal Hugh Galligan was named High School Principal of the Year by the Massachusetts School Administrators' Association.

Norwood High leader is named Principal of the Year

Cats to compete in show at Verve Hotel in Natick

Newton may update accessory apartment ordinance to help spur housing creation

Obituaries

Mr. Gaines had a 30-year coaching career but was best known for a four-year stint leading the highly successful program at Odessa Permian.

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

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