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Omicron booster shots could be ready next month. Here’s what you need to know.

Pfizer and Moderna have submitted their updated COVID vaccines to the FDA, but questions remain about how well they work.

WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase

Lynn man, 21, killed in multi-vehicle crash in Newburyport

A 21-year-old Lynn man was killed when he was thrown from his motorcyle and then run over during a multi-vehicle crash in Newburyport on Wednesday night, State Police said.

Behind flag controversy at Worcester school, a debate about Catholic identity
When students return to the Nativity School of Worcester in the fall, they will be greeted by a familiar sight: Pride and Black Lives Matter flags fluttering in the breeze above the school, tucked just off Interstate 290 near downtown.

Justice Department provides judge with redacted Trump affidavit
The Justice Department on Thursday submitted to a judge a redacted version of the affidavit it relied on when it federal agents searched the Florida estate of former President Donald Trump to look for classified documents.

Woman drove from Providence to Easton, Mass. and discovered a naked man in the back seat of her vehicle

The woman told police she left her home in Providence, listened to a podcast on her commute, and didn’t discover the nude stowaway in the back seat until she arrived at her job in Easton.

‘No child should fear going to school in the morning.’ Baker unveils $40 million school safety plan.

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday unveiled a sweeping $40 million plan to bolster school safety in Massachusetts, telling reporters the May mass shooting in Uvalde, Tex. made it “crystal clear” that officials must redouble their efforts.

15 treats from Boston restaurants that taste as good as they look, for $20 or less

Two foodies who chronicle their finds on Instagram and TikTok share their picks for fabulous — and affordable — food and drinks around Boston.

Singing has worked just fine for James Taylor
Ahead of his two Boston shows Monday and Tuesday, Taylor talked with the Globe about his start in the music business, kicking heroin, reassessing his priorities during lockdown, and thoughts about retirement.

Inside Steve Pagliuca’s bid for Chelsea, his new Italian team, and what’s next for the Celtics co-owner
With billions of dollars in capital that were not spent on Chelsea waiting to be deployed, Pagliuca exudes “when, not if” energy about building a network of European soccer teams.

Lynn Hunt, who took out between $45,000 and $50,000 in student loans and was a Pell Grant recipient, uses colored pencil to fill in a sketch at home in Beaverton, Ore., on Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022.

What’s a Pell grant? How it affects student loan forgiveness.

Roughly 27 million recipients of Pell grants will now be eligible for loan forgiveness. But for some, the $20,000 will hardly make a dent.

6 charts sum up the burden of student loan debt in the US Biden’s student loan debt plan injects more uncertainty into midterm elections

The iPhone 13.

The default tech settings you should turn off right away

Apple, Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft generally want us to leave some default settings on. But unnecessary data sharing isn’t always in our best interest.

Time and again, Bill Belichick has demonstrated that he is one step ahead of everyone else.

Four thoughts on the Patriots as the preseason winds down

The offense's struggles in training camp may have some people worried, but there's a good reason not to fret.

Shark Thumb from vid

Watch: Maine woman’s video of great white shark eating porpoise in Casco Bay

A Maine family was visiting islands in Casco Bay last Friday when they witnessed something they’ve “never seen anything like” before: a great white shark feasting on a harbor porpoise off nearby Cliff Island.

Opinion

Massachusetts Secretary of the State Bill Galvin in March 2020.

A final term for Bill Galvin

The Globe endorses the seven-term incumbent in the Democratic primary for secretary of state.

Joan Wickersham

Back to school with Kid A, Kid B, and a gun

I’m a massage therapist. I know how chilling it is to be alone with an inappropriate man.

Will progressives stick with Ricardo Arroyo after sexual assault allegations?

Your takes on the T: paying for privatization; crowd gets creative

The Big Picture | Brandon Hasbrouck

Checked and balanced: North Carolina Supreme Court clinches a win for democracy
North Carolina NAACP v. Moore provides a blueprint to advocates for democracy to challenge similar laws in their own states’ courts, where many more voting rights cases will be tried.

Orange Line shutdown

Subway service cuts will remain in place for the fall; bus service to be further reduced, T says
Service cuts on the MBTA’s Red, Blue, and Orange Lines meant to last until the end of the summer will now remain in place through the fall, T officials said Wednesday, and bus service will be further cut starting Aug. 28.

Less sleep, long walks, multiple transfers: Chinatown braves Orange Line shutdown
All in all, advocates and workers in Chinatown said the Orange Line shutdown is not as bad as they thought it might be. Still, they hope communication and shuttle bus service can improve when the roads become more congested in September.

Civil rights organization asks federal authorities to review Orange Line closure
Among the MBTA's shortcomings are issues with communicating details of the shutdown to the Orange Line’s non-English speaking riders, they wrote.

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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TECH LAB

MIT device senses breathing patterns to spot Parkinson’s disease
The new system could become a vital tool for helping scientists and drug companies develop better treatments for the severe and incurable disease of the nervous system.

MFA exhibit features actress Claudette Colbert’s starfish brooch
The MFA has on display a brooch once owned by the legendary actress Claudette Colbert, who occupied a unique place in the female firmament of Studio Era Hollywood.

MISS CONDUCT

My guest wants to take me to dinner, but I want to cook. Who decides?
I want to be polite but I really don’t want to eat out three days in a row.

Amid criticism and dropped endorsements, DA candidate Arroyo pushes back on revelation of past sex assault investigations

Boston city councilor Ricardo Arroyo said “this campaign is going to continue,” even as some supporters rescinded their endorsements.

Most of Mass. still in severe drought, officials say

Nearly all of Massachusetts remained under severe or extreme drought Thursday, according to weekly readings put out by the US Drought Monitor, as wildfires continued to rage across the state.

Two teenagers rescued by first responders after getting lost in Easton swamp
Two 16-year-old boys were rescued by emergency crews after they were “lost and endangered” in the woods in the Hockomock Swamp in Easton Wednesday evening, according to police.

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Mon Lun pulled a strap to his water stalled car before towing it out of receding flood waters in Dallas on Monday.

Climate disasters are unfolding all over the planet. Here’s a look at some of them.

Torrential downpours in Texas. Historic heat in China. Europe’s worst drought in 500 years. Glacial melting in Antarctica. Each of these events bear the fingerprints of climate change, providing yet more evidence that this crisis isn’t some far-off threat.

THE FINE PRINT

Online car dealer Carvana admits mistakes, repays Maine woman, and apologizes
The online retailer of used cars apologized to Lauryn Smith for the month-long ordeal it put her through after the car she bought from them broke down. She actually ended up making a little extra money.

DeSantis fighter jet ad draws comparisons to Dukakis tank photo op
The political spot released by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis immediately drew comparisons to the infamous tank ride taken by Michael Dukakis at a campaign stop during his 1988 presidential bid.

Local filmmaker examines Boston’s ‘uniquely malevolent bird’ in ‘Turkey Town’ documentary
More than a year after a local filmmaker solicited videos and stories from residents for a documentary about local turkeys, the finished project — called “Turkey Town” — is coming to Coolidge Corner Theatre.

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Culture & Lifestyle

At the annual African Festival of Boston, vendors have sold traditional food from dozens of African countries.

African Festival of Boston seeks to unite the city’s wide-ranging African diaspora

A crowd gathers in front of a projection of Michelangelo's "The Last Judgment" at "Immersive Vatican."

The latest immersive art show to come to Boston? A trip to the Vatican.

James Taylor will be playing a pair of shows at the new MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

Singing has worked just fine for James Taylor

Take a trip back to school with these 10 novels set on campus

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

As helicopters flew overhead, people hoping to flee Afghanistan gathered in a field outside the military side of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Aug. 23, 2021.

We need a new narrative for the Afghanistan War

Pro-life demonstrators hold signs as they stage a counterprotest to a protest in favor of abortion rights at the University of California Berkeley campus on March 8.

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

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

The Flames score a late goal against Assabet during a game at Valley Sports Arena in Concord.

Youth hockey remains a world of parents beware

Kate Bush fans danced in Sydney, Australia, on July 30 to celebrate the Most Wuthering Heights Day — a recreation of Bush's 1978 "Wuthering Heights" music video, which was inspired by Emily Bronte's 1847 novel.

IDEAS | MARC HIRSH

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

IDEAS | COLIN WOODARD

The new United States of New England

Metro

‘No child should fear going to school in the morning.’ Baker unveils $40 million school safety plan.

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday unveiled a sweeping $40 million plan to bolster school safety in Massachusetts, telling reporters the May mass shooting in Uvalde, Tex. made it “crystal clear” that officials must redouble their efforts.

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.

Most of Mass. still in severe drought, officials say

Nearly all of Massachusetts remained under severe or extreme drought Thursday, according to weekly readings put out by the US Drought Monitor, as wildfires continued to rage across the state.

VIDEO: White shark eats a porpoise in Casco Bay in Maine

Sports

Kendall Coyne Schofield, who played college hockey at Northeastern, will make her 10th appearance at the world championships.

Meet the players with New England connections who will be playing in the women’s hockey world championship

Forty players with ties to the New England region are on national team rosters for the event that began Thursday in Denmark.

Time and again, Bill Belichick has demonstrated that he is one step ahead of everyone else.

Four thoughts on the Patriots as the preseason winds down

The offense's struggles in training camp may have some people worried, but there's a good reason not to fret.

Novak Djokovic reached the championship match of the 2021 US Open but fell short in the final to Daniil Medvedev.

Unvaccinated Novak Djokovic out of US Open; can’t travel to States

Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.

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

Game 125 lineups and notes: Can the Red Sox avoid being swept by the Blue Jays?

Why ABCD’s ‘Hoop Dreams’ is such an important event

sports business

Inside Steve Pagliuca’s bid for Chelsea, his new Italian team, and what’s next for the Celtics co-owner

Business

Millions in COVID aid went to retrain veterans. Only 397 landed jobs.

There were broader problems with the $386 million Veteran Rapid Retraining Assistance Program, or VRRAP. Many schools proved unable to attract students or deliver promised services.

Paul Newman’s daughters sue late actor’s charity foundation

The daughters, Susan Kendall Newman and Nell Newman, allege their own charity organizations are both supposed to receive $400,000 a year from the Newman’s Own Foundation under a mandate by their father, but the foundation has cut those payments in half in recent years.

Biden to sign order to begin implementing $52 billion chip-manufacturing law

MIT device senses breathing patterns to spot Parkinson’s disease

magazine

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

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

They both have children – on opposite sides of the country

Your next job might be in the metaverse

Hoisin-Glazed Baby Back Ribs

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

metro

A photo of Johanna Fernandez, a historian at Baruch College, who had been storing Mumia Abu-Jamal's archive since he left death row in 2012, at Brown University in Providence, Aug. 11, 2022. The watercolor of her at right is by Abu-Jamal.

Brown University acquires personal archive of Mumia Abu-Jamal

A look at student loan debt in Rhode Island

R.I. public health expert received threats for serving transgender people

sports

Connecticut Sun forward DeWanna Bonner (center) drives for a layup past Dallas Wings guards Veronica Burton (left) and Marina Mabrey during the second half of Game 3 of a WNBA first-round playoff series.

Sun beat Wings to reach WNBA playoffs semifinals

Rookie pitcher Brayan Bello was impressive, but the Red Sox just couldn’t provide enough support

Watch: Texas outfielder delivers web gem at Little League World Series

business

The iPhone 13.

The default tech settings you should turn off right away

Omicron booster shots could be ready next month. Here’s what you need to know.

What’s a Pell grant? How it affects student loan forgiveness.

politics

Police at former US President Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago property in Palm Beach, Florida, on Aug. 9.

Justice Department provides judge with redacted Trump affidavit

Justice Department provides judge with redacted Trump affidavit

Biden kicks off midterm rally in safely Democratic Maryland

Nation

Doses of the original Moderna COVID-19 booster at a Southern Nevada Health District testing site in Las Vegas.

Omicron booster shots could be ready next month. Here’s what you need to know.

Uvalde fires its school police chief in response to shooting

Trump administration sought to pressure FDA on COVID vaccines and treatment, House panel concludes

World

A doctor poses with a monkeypox vaccine vial at a Centre gratuit d'information, de dépistage et de diagnostic (CeGIDD) in Montpellier, southern France on August 23, 2022.

WHO: Monkeypox cases drop 21%, reversing month-long increase

Death toll from train station attack in Ukraine rises to 25

Japan police chief to resign over Abe shooting death

opinion

Pro-life demonstrators hold signs as they stage a counterprotest to a protest in favor of abortion rights at the University of California Berkeley campus on March 8.

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

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

Rising against threats to gender care providers

lifestyle

Susan Newman (left) and Nell Newman arrive at the SeriousFun Children's Network event at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles in 2015.

Paul Newman’s daughters sue late actor’s charity foundation

Did my mistake warrant this response?

9 shark movies to watch before the end of the summer

food & dining

Halibut steak with seasonal vegetables at Limani in Chestnut Hill.

Limani, a new Greek seafood restaurant in Chestnut Hill, has a dazzling setting

15 treats from Boston restaurants that taste as good as they look, for $20 or less

Wild Harmony Farm celebrates 10 years of sustainable livestock farming in R.I.

travel

Nick Folk with his wife, Julianne, and their children (from left) Davis, Ben, Annabelle, and Gage on a recent trip to San Diego.

Patriots placekicker Nick Folk is ‘go with the flow’ on vacation and hopes to get to Germany with his dad

Pull up a chair: Outdoor dining isn’t going anywhere

A seafood bash, and oyster fest, and an international powwow

Arts

Harvard Art Museums hosts monthly evenings of fun, food, and creative activities. The next one is Aug. 25.

Harvard Art Museums stay open late on Thursday for exploring and mingling

These landscapes demand a closer look

Rose B. Simpson shapes stories in clay and steel

Books

Take a trip back to school with these 10 novels set on campus

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

Movies

The "Starfish" brooch once owned by Claudette Colbert and now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts.

MFA exhibit features actress Claudette Colbert’s starfish brooch

Bottled up, emotionally and otherwise in ‘Three Thousand Years of Longing’

The latest immersive art show to come to Boston? A trip to the Vatican.

Television

Steve Carell (left) and Domhnall Gleeson in "The Patient."

In ‘The Patient,’ it’s heal or be killed

Hulu’s ‘The Murders Before the Marathon’ examines triple homicide in Waltham

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

music

James Taylor will be playing a pair of shows at the new MGM Music Hall at Fenway.

Singing has worked just fine for James Taylor

Jerry Allison, drummer, co-writer with Buddy Holly, dies at 82

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

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

“Krystal (above) is a treasure. I don’t think she realizes what a difference she makes,” said Amie Teixeira, who brings her son to Everett’s salon for haircuts.

When a trip to the hair salon isn’t scary, it’s a beautiful thing

American flags, ballet, and a courtroom drama

Norwood High leader is named Principal of the Year

Obituaries

Mr. Allison performed in Clear Lake, Iowa, on Jan. 30, 2009, to honor the 50-year anniversary of a crash that claimed the lives of rock 'n' roll legends Buddy Holly, J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson, and Ritchie Valens.

Jerry Allison, drummer, co-writer with Buddy Holly, dies at 82

Tim Page, storied Vietnam War photographer, dies at 78

Hall of Fame Chiefs quarterback Len Dawson dies at 87