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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.

Primary takeaways: Abortion politics, DeSantis flexes muscle

The most intense stretch of the midterm primary season ended Tuesday with results that will set up fierce general election contests across the United States.
2 New York Democrats ousted from US House

Maggie Hassan barely won her Senate seat in New Hampshire in 2016. Could a few lucky breaks help her keep it?
A Democratic candidate in purple New Hampshire, Maggie Hassan is battling for survival, raising huge amounts of money, publicly bucking her party at times, and plastering the airwaves with ads.

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.

Four people dead in homicide/suicide in Lynn, officials say

Four people are dead, after a woman allegedly shot and killed two male relatives at a home, before dying by suicide in a car parked in a supermarket lot. Another male relative was later found dead in a car parked on a nearby street, Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett’s office said.
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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.
Red Sox lose to Blue Jays, 9-3, on Tuesday

Julian Edelman needles Eli Manning over the end of Super Bowl XLII: ‘Did you pay the refs, too, after paying Asante Samuel?’

“I swear to God I have nightmares of that,” Edelman said.
DEVRA FIRST

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.
Opinion
IDEAS | MARC HIRSH

Why do we care if other people like the music we do?

I’ve been ecstatic about the resurgence of Kate Bush — even though it really shouldn’t matter at all.
EDITORIAL

Youth hockey remains a world of parents beware
JEFF JACOBY

If you don’t vote the way I do, the answer is no
SCOT LEHIGH

A haughty lecture from new teachers’ union head
RENÉE GRAHAM

It’s the democracy, stupid

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

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 transport vans to serve students who travel to schools outside of the city.

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.

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.

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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Brad Stevens rejects trade talk, backs Jaylen Brown with Celtics: ‘We felt really good about building around these guys that we’ve been building around’
“Since the Brogdon trade, we felt really good about our team,” Stevens said on WEEI on Tuesday.

Plans for North End hotel clear ZBA despite neighborhood concerns
The project generated hundreds of letters, both against and in favor of it.

Concerns mount as summer drought deepens in Massachusetts
Brown lawns, brush fires, and dry riverbeds have become a common sight this summer, and they will continue to be as drought-like conditions persist across the state.

Biden nears decision on canceling $10,000 in student loans as allies feud

The issue has divided Democratic lawmakers and policy experts influential with the administration, putting Biden in a spot in which he is guaranteed to antagonize some supporters.

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

Lawyers for Ballard’s called the two-week suspension of the licenses “a death penalty” that would cause the company irreparable harm. But the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation did not make immediate decision about the appeal during an emergency meeting held Tuesday.

Yarmouth police seek public’s help to identify vehicle that struck 8-year-old boy

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured an 8-year-old boy in West Yarmouth on Saturday morning. The boy remains in a Boston hospital, police said Tuesday.

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Globe Magazine

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.

FOOD
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.)

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

9 shark movies to watch before the end of the summer

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

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

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

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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.
IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Wu’s stubborn optimism is exactly what this transit crisis needs
Peniel E. Joseph

America’s third Reconstruction
IDEAS | COLIN WOODARD

The new United States of New England

Metro

RI BUSINESS

Rhode Island-based Roam Loud speaks volumes with its focus on Black women

Toyin Omisore’s fitness apparel brand has quickly become a national player in the crowded activewear industry.

Hoarding toilet paper, washing groceries, and baking bread: Remembering trends from the early days of COVID-19

Let’s take a pandemic walk down memory lane because hindsight is 20/20.
SHIRLEY LEUNG

Michelle Wu now owns some of the MBTA’s problems

From fighting climate change to getting kids to school on time to jump-starting downtown’s recovery to accessing affordable housing — all of what the mayor wants to achieve revolves around a functioning transit system.

Yarmouth police seek public’s help to identify vehicle that struck 8-year-old boy

Police are asking for the public’s help to identify the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured an 8-year-old boy in West Yarmouth on Saturday morning. The boy remains in a Boston hospital, police said Tuesday.

Sports

Blue Jays 9, Red Sox 3

The Red Sox can’t seem to figure out the Blue Jays, and a disastrous third inning sunk them again Tuesday

An eight-run frame just about sealed the Sox' fate early in the night as they fell to 3-11 against Toronto.
NFL

Jimmy Garoppolo still remains with 49ers after their latest roster cuts

He has spent all training camp working out on his own while San Francisco tries to find a trade partner.
Celtics

Brad Stevens rejects trade talk, backs Jaylen Brown with Celtics: ‘We felt really good about building around these guys that we’ve been building around’

“Since the Brogdon trade, we felt really good about our team,” Stevens said on WEEI on Tuesday.
Red Sox

For Jackie Bradley Jr., returning to Fenway as a visitor for the first time is an unfamiliar feeling
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

Ben Brown stands tall as Concord-Carlisle aims for 39th straight winning season
Patriots

Julian Edelman needles Eli Manning over the end of Super Bowl XLII: ‘Did you pay the refs, too, after paying Asante Samuel?’

Business

SHIRLEY LEUNG

Michelle Wu now owns some of the MBTA’s problems

From fighting climate change to getting kids to school on time to jump-starting downtown’s recovery to accessing affordable housing — all of what the mayor wants to achieve revolves around a functioning transit system.

Julian Robertson, 90, dies; brought hedge funds into the mainstream

The Wall Street investor helped create the modern hedge fund industry.

Thermo Fisher opens manufacturing facility in Tennessee

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

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

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

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

CONNECTIONS

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

metro

Four people dead in homicide/suicide in Lynn, officials say

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

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

sports

Despite a vacancy at first base, the Red Sox aren’t ready to throw Triston Casas into the fire just yet

Patriots training camp report: Kendrick Bourne picks things up a little

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

business

Plans for North End hotel clear ZBA despite neighborhood concerns

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

Moderna seeks FDA approval of booster against Omicron variants

politics

Primary takeaways: Abortion politics, DeSantis flexes muscle

2 New York Democrats ousted from US House in primary losses

Mullin wins US Senate GOP runoff in deep-red Oklahoma

Nation

Biden nears decision on canceling $10,000 in student loans as allies feud

Uvalde school board to consider firing district police chief

Trump kept more than 700 pages of classified documents, letter from National Archives says

World

Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war

Past South Korean governments blamed for abuses, deaths at facility

Thai court orders prime minister suspended from duties

opinion

Ukraine bloodied, not broken on Independence Day

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

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

lifestyle

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

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

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

These landscapes demand a closer look

Rose B. Simpson shapes stories in clay and steel

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

Books

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

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

‘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

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 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 leader is named Principal of the Year

Cats to compete in show at Verve Hotel in Natick

Newton officials consider one-year moratorium, tighter rules on cutting trees on private property

Obituaries

Julian Robertson, 90, dies; brought hedge funds into the mainstream

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

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