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A gate at Mar-a-Lago, the residence of former president Donald Trump, in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.

FBI affidavit shows concerns about documents at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

Fourteen of the 15 boxes recovered from former president Donald Trump’s Florida estate early this year contained documents with classification markings, including at the top secret level, according to an FBI affidavit released Friday.

Documents: Read the redacted affidavit in the Trump search warrant case

Four takeaways from the redacted affidavit used for the Mar-a-Lago search

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails
Nearly everything about Boston has changed in the past few decades, yet the T has the same big problem — a failure to prioritize the rider experience above all.

Ideas | Doug Most: The deep history of the T Ideas | Alan Wirzbicki: What is the T for, anyway?

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Examining an ‘amazing’ statement by David Ortiz, and other thoughts
Regarding the suspension of steroid user Fernando Tatis Jr., Ortiz said MLB shouldn't "kill our product" this way.

Goodbye to the gold watch. Why many are resisting the notion of retirement.
Middle-class visions of an earlier era — the gold watch, golfing and fishing, and padding about a gated community in Florida — now seem hopelessly dated.

Fed’s Powell says inflation fight is not over, warning it will ‘bring some pain’

The eagerly anticipated comments sent major stock indexes plummeting as investors anticipated the Fed would continue its aggressive interest rate hikes.

‘Damaging straight-line wind gusts, localized flooding.’ Forecasters warn of thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.
Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible on Friday, according to the National Weather Service. A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont until 8 p.m. Friday.

These maps show what to expect from potential storms on Friday

Student loan forgiveness application coming in October, White House says

The White House said Friday that student loan borrowers will be able to apply for debt cancellation this fall and receive relief within four to six weeks.

The White House slammed Republicans who criticized student loan relief in viral tweets. Here was the reaction.

In six blunt tweets, the official White House account noted that a number of Republicans who blasted Biden’s debt-relief plan had borrowed through the federal Paycheck Protection Program — or PPP — during the pandemic and had those loans forgiven.

The Patriots have been engaged in joint practices with the Raiders this week, and on Friday night, the teams will wrap up their preseason slates with a game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

patriots at raiders | 8:15 p.m. (Ch. 4)

What to watch for in the last Patriots preseason game Friday night

This is the last chance for bubble players to state their case for sticking around after Tuesday’s cut-down to the 53-man roster.

Chad Finn: Four thoughts on the Patriots as the preseason winds down

The writer and her husband in Hawaii in August 2021.

As a 25-year-old widow, here’s what I wish I could tell my late husband

It was a message I later found in his e-mail that helped me find a way forward.

Boston police officers rescued a 76-year-old man and his son from the harbor after their boat sank near Graves Light, police said.

Video: Boston police rescue father and son clinging to a cooler after boat sinks near Graves Light

A 76-year-old man and his son who were lobstering in Boston Harbor were rescued by Boston police after their boat sank near Graves Light Wednesday evening, according to the department.

Opinion

People in support of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, attended a press conference in San Juan, Texas, in July.

MARCELA GARCÍA

DACA has been a socioeconomic success. So why are Dreamers still in limbo?

The failure of Congress to pass federal legislation that would legalize the immigration status of hundreds of thousands of Dreamers is another reminder that polling data and statistics take a backseat when it comes to immigration policy.

Trump sycophant seeks shelter from grand jury probe

IDEAS | ALAN WIRZBICKI

What is the T for, anyway?

IDEAS | DOUG MOST

Born broken: The deep history of the T

Potential political surprises ahead in state Democratic primary races

Education | Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Biden’s student loan debt relief isn’t just fair, it’s a good first start
There is a reason White parents pay much more tuition or student loans as Black parents: Because they can.

Orange Line shutdown

During first week of Orange Line shutdown, officials highlight obstacles cyclists often face
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge City Councilor Alanna Mallon took to Twitter this week to highlight common safety issues cyclists face.

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.

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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Massachusetts likely to ban new gas-powered cars, thanks to California

California’s newly announced ban on sales of fossil-fuel-burning cars and small trucks starting in 2035 has cleared the way for a similar ban in Massachusetts.

Tom Brady is expected to make preseason debut in Buccaneers’ finale Saturday
It's Brady vs. Matt Ryan, the quarterbacks who finished the 2016 season in a memorable Super Bowl — for the Patriots.

IRobot agreed to be acquired by Amazon years after rejecting its first offer
According to a regulatory filing, Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal to buy Bedford-based iRobot came together in less than three months this summer.

The times are different. The secretary of state is the same. Can Tanisha Sullivan unseat William Galvin?
Sullivan, a 48-year-old attorney and president of the NAACP’s Boston branch, promises to expand the office into a more proactive hub for democracy. Galvin, seeking his eighth term, says his experience in overseeing elections is both unmatched and needed ahead of a likely contentious 2024 vote.

Ballard’s owner Steven Filippi faces new challenge in his bid for a town council seat on Block Island

Another Block Island business owner, Neal P. Murphy, has announced he will run as a write-in candidate for the New Shoreham Town Council, which also serves as the area’s Board of License Commissioners.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was like, “Damn, this girl’s way cooler than me!’”
Will these daters recover from jumbled digits?

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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.

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID vaccine patents
The lawsuit marks the biggest legal battle yet over who owns key inventions used in mRNA technology.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

Michelle Wu takes on the T’s troubles
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.

Suffolk DA candidate Arroyo could face scrutiny for alleged omissions on bar application
“I had never been told that I was under investigation,” said Arroyo, a 34-year-old Boston city councilor from Hyde Park.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A 2018 photo of a MoviePass card. The ticket service went bust the following year.

MoviePass rises from the rubble. You have until Monday to sign up.

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, pictured earlier this month in California.

Resolute in the face of health challenges, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to Tanglewood

Artist Steve Locke has won the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum's Rappaport Prize.

Artist Steve Locke awarded Rappaport Prize by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum

Wesley Jones (seated) and Francis Jue in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" at Signature Theatre.

In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ the voices of a shattered city

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Massachusetts Democratic attorney general candidates Andrea Campbell, Shannon Liss-Riordan, and Quentin Palfrey participate in a debate held at WBUR on Aug. 10.

Potential political surprises ahead in state Democratic primary races

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson spoke during an event at the White House in April. Jackson was sworn in as the first Black woman Supreme Court justice in June.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

In Vogue, Ketanji Brown Jackson makes a choice to define herself

Massachusetts Secretary of the State Bill Galvin in March 2020.

A final term for Bill Galvin

Ashley Solis, the first woman among 24 plaintiffs to file lawsuits accusing Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault or harassment, exited the room after a news conference to give an update to the lawsuits Thursday, Aug. 4, in Houston.

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

Suffolk County District Attorney candidate Ricardo Arroyo said he’s innocent of all the allegations — which he may be. But he also said he knew nothing about them — which is hard to believe, given his effort to contact one alleged victim.

Will progressives stick with Ricardo Arroyo after sexual assault allegations?

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails

Metro

Pine Street Inn eyes Dorchester hotel for new affordable housing development

Pine Street Inn plans to convert the 130-room Comfort Inn hotel into between 105 and 110 single-occupancy apartments.

Howard Rosenthal, who quantified partisanship in Congress, dies at 83

Professor Howard Rosenthal, a political scientist whose pioneering research confirmed quantitatively that Congress is more politically polarized than at any point since Reconstruction, died July 28 at his home in San Francisco.

Steven Hoffenberg, debt baron who ran a vast fraud, dies at 77

A brash New York debt mogul, Steven J. Hoffenberg spent 18 years in federal prison after admitting to running a fraud scheme that prosecutors said was then among the largest such crimes in US history.

How tree rings help make a case that a 19th century shipwreck in Argentina could be a ship built in Warren, R.I.

“I was really excited,” said researcher Ignacio Mundo. “The last ring corresponds to 1849, and knowing the Dolphin was launched in 1850 — you say, okay, we are really close.”

Sports

Punter Matt Araiza, 22, was with the Bills for their preseason finale at Carolina on Friday night.

Bills’ ‘thorough investigation’ of punter Matt Araiza didn’t include contacting alleged victim’s attorney

The attorney said he has not heard from team officials since informing them of the allegations against Araiza in late July.

Tom Brady has not spoken to the media since his 11-day hiatus during training camp.

Tom Brady is expected to make preseason debut in Buccaneers’ finale Saturday

It's Brady vs. Matt Ryan, the quarterbacks who finished the 2016 season in a memorable Super Bowl — for the Patriots.

Building up their mileage after Top 20 finishes at last year's All-State meet, Marshfield sophomore Eleanor Angeles-Whitfield (left) and senior Ava LoVuolo paced a team workout along Canal Street en route to Duxbury Beach early Friday morning.

GIRLS' CROSS-COUNTRY

Defending D1 champions from Marshfield hit the beach running

The Rams prepared for new season with long runs at Duxbury Beach.

‘Do it Jules’: Rob Gronkowski is all for a Julian Edelman comeback

MLS playoff race is tight, but Revolution have three straight home games to gain ground

Rays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (Apple TV+)

Game 126: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Business

Student loan forgiveness application coming in October, White House says

The White House said Friday that student loan borrowers will be able to apply for debt cancellation this fall and receive relief within four to six weeks.

IRobot agreed to be acquired by Amazon years after rejecting its first offer

According to a regulatory filing, Amazon’s $1.7 billion deal to buy Bedford-based iRobot came together in less than three months this summer.

Massachusetts likely to ban new gas-powered cars, thanks to California

Software firm Everbridge is exploring potential sale

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

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

The writer and her husband in Hawaii in August 2021.

As a 25-year-old widow, here’s what I wish I could tell my late husband

This week's daters: Winn and Carrie

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was like, “Damn, this girl’s way cooler than me!’”

metro

Miya Brophy-Barrmann and her older brother, Belamy Brophy-Barrmann.

Two men charged in drive-by slaying of woman in Providence in 2021

Oct. hearing scheduled for $14 million settlement in drug lab scandal

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

sports

Phil Jurkovec and the Eagles begin the season with a home game against Rutgers Sept. 3.

Quarterback Phil Jurkovec feels reborn at Boston College: ‘They taught me to love the game again’

Examining an ‘amazing’ statement by David Ortiz, and other thoughts

Despite recent setbacks, Kutter Crawford remains confident he has major league stuff

business

Steve Filippi, owner of Ballard's Beach Resort walk towards town hall for a town council show-cause hearing on the resort in New Shoreham, Rhode Island on Block Island on August 22, 2022. The resort is facing show-cause hearing following multiple alleged incidents of fighting, sexual assault and underage drinking. (Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe)

Ballard’s owner Steven Filippi faces new challenge in his bid for a town council seat on Block Island

Despite LastPass hack, cybersecurity experts say to stick with password managers

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over COVID vaccine patents

politics

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell (right) walked with with Federal Reserve Vice Chair Lael Brainard, and John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, at the central bank's annual symposium in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming on Friday.

Fed’s Powell says inflation fight is not over, warning it will ‘bring some pain’

The White House slammed Republicans who criticized student loan relief in viral tweets. Here was the reaction.

White House snaps back at Twitter critics of student loan relief

Nation

Thursday's decision came in a case brought last year by a gun rights advocacy group and a man and woman who argued they should be able to carry handguns for protection despite being under 21.

Federal judge strikes down Texas handgun age restriction

US data reveals racial gaps in monkeypox vaccinations

Ghislaine Maxwell’s own lawyers are now suing her over unpaid bills

World

The conflict has settled into a war of attrition, with little movement along the front line in recent weeks, even as both Zelenskyy and Putin face growing political pressure to show results on the battlefield.

Russia and Ukraine Brace for a War of Attrition

Ukraine plant is back online, but humanitarian woes and nuclear fears persist

UN expert offers plan for improving human rights in Cambodia

opinion

Massachusetts Secretary of the State Bill Galvin in March 2020.

A final term for Bill Galvin

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

Story on Liss-Riordan’s class-action work presents unfair picture

lifestyle

The Huntington entrance of the Museum of Fine Arts.

Heading back to school? Here’s where you can use your student discount around Boston

We met while tailgating

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

food & dining

Grilled lobster at Rochambeau, which is offering a Wednesday date night deal for art fans in September.

Puritan plans an oyster bar, and old-school Italian counter service comes to Charlestown

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

travel

Allen Island in Maine.

‘Worst Maine travel piece of the year’: Bangor newspaper slams New York Post column

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

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

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin.

Gabino Iglesias and reading for the ‘controlled chaos’ of scary books

Transcending the mundane in “Rabbit Hutch”

Retelling the story of the first superstar in ‘Path Lit by Lighting’

Movies

Kevin Hart (left) and Mark Wahlberg in Netflix's "Me Time."

‘Me Time’? Make that ‘Flee Time’

John Boyega makes ‘Breaking’

MoviePass rises from the rubble. You have until Monday to sign up.

Television

Paddy Considine (background, as King Viserys Targaryen) and Milly Alcock (as young Rhaenyra) in "House of the Dragon."

HBO renews ‘House of the Dragon’ for second season

With warm regards, a look back on summer’s best TV shows and performances

Pete Davidson draws Joe Pesci back to TV for ‘Bupkis’

music

Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, pictured earlier this month in California.

Resolute in the face of health challenges, Michael Tilson Thomas returns to Tanglewood

For decades, they’ve been trading their free time for free music

Singing has worked just fine for James Taylor

Theater/Dance

Wesley Jones (seated) and Francis Jue in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" at Signature Theatre.

In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ the voices of a shattered city

Jacob’s Pillow festival closes with mighty Miami City Ballet

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

globe local

The Remond family’s suffrage trail marker is unveiled in Salem by Michael Selbst, to the delight of Adelaide Solomon-Jordan, a relative of the Remond family, and her son, Ross Stanton Jordan.

Markers give suffragists their due: ‘If they did it back then, we can do it now’

Should Massachusetts enact a junk food tax?

Two ducks are let loose in a cemetery

Obituaries

An undated photo provided via the Rosenberg family shows professor Howard Rosenthal, who taught at Princeton University, Carnegie Mellon University and New York University.

Howard Rosenthal, who quantified partisanship in Congress, dies at 83

Steven Hoffenberg, debt baron who ran a vast fraud, dies at 77

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