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Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died, Russian media report
Mikhail Gorbachev, who as the last leader of the Soviet Union waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire but produced extraordinary reforms that led to the end of the Cold War, has died, Russian media reported.

State’s largest insurer appoints Sarah Iselin as CEO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced the move on Tuesday, saying Iselin will be the first female CEO in the company’s history.

Quentin Palfrey exits attorney general’s race, endorses rival Andrea Campbell

Palfrey's exit leaves a tight two-person primary race between former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell and prominent labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

Beacon Hill has a money problem: too much of it
The state’s budget surplus and "rainy day fund" are at record levels, but the Legislature has failed to take action.

Appeals court vacates sentence of man convicted of building bomb that killed Boston Police officer in 1991

She’s back: Shannon O’Brien rejoins Mass. government as top marijuana regulator

Two hikers rescued from same trail in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

Boston hits 91 degrees Tuesday; 11th day in August temperature eclipsed 90 degrees

Jennifer Federhen Benoit is shown in a wooded area that she says is private property where her guests were awakened Sunday morning by police: "They didn't do it nicely."

Wedding guests are mistaken for LIV protesters, and a Lancaster family is ‘livid’ at the host golf club

Guests were camped out in woods abutting The International in Bolton, site of this week's LIV golf event, and the club called police.

World No. 2 Cameron Smith joins LIV Golf and will debut at Boston event this week

Patriots cuts tracker: DL Henry Anderson, ST Justin Bethel, and RB J.J. Taylor released, according to a report
Linebacker Harvey Langi and rookie running back Kevin Harris have also been let go.

Does Bill Belichick know something we don't know? It wouldn't be the first time.

The Patriots have been in a state of uncertainty before, and things tended to work out

This preseason has been uneven, to be sure, but Bill Belichick's mood seems to indicate that things will be remedied by the opener.

In a Suffolk DA race rocked by controversy, another question remains: Who has the right experience for the job?
Most of Ricardo Arroyo’s legal work was relatively brief and below the radar, a point incumbent Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden has repeatedly raised in the lead-up to the Sept. 6 primary election for the position.

‘It sounds like I don’t want to vote for either of them’: Controversy defines Suffolk DA’s race

George Warren, chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School, talked to Yasmina Belatreche of Malden, a parent who has children at the school. She told Warren that as a teacher herself she was concerned to see Mystic Valley students losing trust in their own school.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

After Malden’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School handling of student’s hijab, questions swirl over why such incidents continue to occur

Tensions ratcheted higher this month after a Muslim student and her family complained publicly about the way the school handled the eighth-grader’s decision to wear a hijab, a traditional religious head covering.

Dorchester restaurant pillar Pho Hoa has been serving Vietnamese food since 1992. Current co-owner Tam Le (center) took over from his recently retired father Thanh Le (left), after growing up in the restaurant since he was 11 years old. Also pictured are his father-in-law Khau Huynh (right) and his own children Thompson Le, 2, and Madeline Le, 6.

For 30 years, they’ve served Vietnamese culture and cuisine

At Pho Hoa and Pho Hien Vuong, it’s not just noodles. It’s a legacy.

FILE - Central Maine Power utility lines are seen on Oct. 6, 2021, in Pownal, Maine. Maine's highest court on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, breathed new life into a $1 billion transmission line that aims to serve as conduit for Canadian hydropower, finding part of a statewide vote rebuking the project unconstitutional, and sending it back to a lower court to decide. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Maine court finds part of referendum blocking transmission line to Massachusetts unconstitutional

Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that a referendum effectively blocking a transmission line that would bring hydroelectric energy to Massachusetts was unconstitutional.

Opinion

A voter filled out his ballot at the early voting location at North Quincy High School in Quincy on Aug. 27.

Thoughts and murmurs in the run-up to primary day

How to improve the Governor’s Council, a reason for independents to vote in the Republican gubernatorial primary, and other primary reflections.

The unstoppable grace of Serena Williams

MARCELA GARCÍA

What if busloads of migrants from Texas came to Boston?

Andrea Campbell for attorney general

Is Massachusetts prepared for COVID-19 safety in the classroom?

The Talk | Rebecca Cokley

Pointing out meaningful representation for children with disabilities
Having been part of the 20% of disabled people who are not the only people in their family with their condition, my parenting has benefited tremendously from the example set by my parents.

Orange Line shutdown

‘It was helplessly funny’: Amid frustrating Orange Line shutdown, some shuttle drivers provide positivity
From telling jokes to playing music over the speakers, some riders have been praising the upbeat attitudes of the shuttle bus drivers who have come to Boston during the Orange Line shutdown.

Orange Line work on schedule, 37 percent complete as governor tours State Street station
Governor Charlie Baker toured State Street station on Sunday to get a better picture of the progress on the Orange Line.

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.

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.

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Actor Bill Murray dines at Mattapoisett restaurant, shares laughs with staff and customers
“He decided to eat the swordfish with his chopsticks, even though we provided him with silverware, and he said, ‘Why dirty the silverware? These work just fine,’” said waitress Kimberly McCarthy.

Lizard Lounge announces a reopening date, 30 months after COVID shut it down
In the latest sign nightlife is bouncing back to some sort of pre-pandemic normalcy, a favorite indie music spot plans to reopen in September.

President Biden to visit Boston on Sept. 12 to tout infrastructure law
President Biden will travel to Boston on Sept. 12 to discuss the investments being made under the bipartisan infrastructure law he signed last year, according to a White House official.

Worker cleaning MBTA train at Alewife station suffers traumatic leg injury

A worker cleaning a train suffered a traumatic injury when her leg got stuck between the train and platform at Alewife station in Cambridge on Tuesday.

New Jersey man sentenced to three years in prison for Tom Brady Super Bowl ring scam

A New Jersey man was hit with a three-year federal prison term Monday for posing as a former New England Patriots player so he could buy family versions of the team’s 2016 Super Bowl ring, purportedly as gifts to Tom Brady’s relatives, authorities said. One of the rings later sold at auction for six figures.

INNOVATION BEAT

‘No cell service’ could be a thing of the past with satellites

T-Mobile and SpaceX announced last week that smartphones on the carrier’s network would soon gain the ability to send texts in areas with no cellular coverage, thanks to connections to satellites.

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Narjes Jaafar folds up cardboard boxes while packing her things for a move on Sept. 1.

Surging rents, tight inventory could make moving day worse this year: ‘The whole thing is a thorn in the side of Boston’

This season, between Boston’s red-hot housing market and the snarled-up roads and rails, the annual Great Beantown Move could be even worse than usual.

A right-wing agitator who attended Jan. 6 riot is running for the Mass. House, testing state GOP’s appetite for extremism
Nominating Samson Racioppi would solidify the MassGOP’s hardline position in a year when some of its endorsed candidates for statewide office have embraced Trump’s falsehoods about election fraud and made vulgar, baseless claims about sex education in public schools.

How it started vs. how it’s going: What we’ve learned about COVID-19
As the sun sets on the third summer of the pandemic, here are a few things we thought we knew about COVID-19 at the start — and how they compare to with what we have learned since.

‘He inspired many on that bike.’ Mourners post tributes to Kenyan cyclist killed in crash during Vermont race.
Prominent figures in the worlds of cycling, entertainment, and politics took to social media over the weekend to mourn the death of Sule Kangangi, the Kenyan cyclist who was killed in a crash during the Vermont Overland gravel race on Saturday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the BSO in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

Director Rebecca Taichman, shown during a break in rehearsal of "Sing Street" at the New 42 Street Studios in New York City.

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Mass Cultural Council, with OrigiNation artistic director Shaumba Dibingae during a tour of the OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center at Forest Hills earlier this year.

Mass Cultural Council poised to distribute nearly $75 million to state’s cultural sector

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

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

Manuel Castro, New York City’s immigrant affairs commissioner, spoke to the press before the arrival of migrants from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York on Aug. 17, 2022.

MARCELA GARCÍA

What if busloads of migrants from Texas came to Boston?

Candidate for attorney general and former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell.

Andrea Campbell for attorney general

Is Massachusetts prepared for COVID-19 safety in the classroom?

Senator Elizabeth Warren, former Boston acting mayor Kim Janey, candidate Shannon Liss-Riordan, and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu spoke with the media outside the Boston Public Library on Aug. 27. Warren, Janey, and Wu officially endorsed Liss-Riordan, a candidate for Massachusetts attorney general.

Politics and revenge in the race for attorney general

Student loan debt activists rallied outside the White House on Thursday, Aug. 25, a day after President Biden announced a plan that would cancel up to $10,000 — and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients — in student loan debt for those making less than $125,000 a year.

Timothy Scalona

College was my chance to escape poverty. I expect to graduate with $160,000 in student loan debt.

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails

Metro

Uma Pemmaraju, pioneering Indian American in Boston’s TV news and on Fox, dies at 64

"I’m a conduit to help other people," Ms. Pemmaraju said of her work as a TV anchor and reporter.

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32

She also had a recurring role as the assassin Syonide on the DC Comics television series “Black Lightning,” which aired on the CW from 2018 to 2021.

Alyssa Limperis on ‘No Bad Days,’ losing her dad, and the things that make Rhode Island great

The Seekonk native and La Salle Academy grad known for her “mom videos” has a new comedy show on the streaming service Peacock.

Trial begins for Providence police officer accused of assaulting his political opponent

Jeann Lugo was off-duty when he punched his political opponent, Jennifer Rourke, twice in the face at an abortion rights rally. His lawyer says it was in self defense.

Sports

Kendall Coyne Schofield (left) made it 4-2 in the final minutes to just about put the game away for the Americans.

Women's hockey world championships

US beats Canada 5-2 at women’s hockey world championship

The Americans came back from two goals down to rout the Canadians in Denmark.

Justin Verlander, who missed almost two seasons following Tommy John surgery, is tied for the major league lead in wins (16).

Baseball notebook

Astros ace Justin Verlander placed on IL with calf injury

Verlander, 39, lowered his major league-leading ERA to 1.84 by throwing three scoreless innings Sunday before his exit.

Andover star Emma Reilly is headed to Columbia this fall, but she'll lead a title defense in Andover first.

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

Andover field hockey not resting on its laurels after another Division 1 state title triumph

Coach Maureen Noone has her team turning the page as the Golden Warriors look to defend another state championship.

Venus Williams eliminated in first round of US Open

Patriots cuts tracker: DL Henry Anderson, ST Justin Bethel, and RB J.J. Taylor released, according to a report

Red Sox at Twins | 7:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 130: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

Business

Recent union efforts in Mass. part of growing national trend

Recent union efforts across Massachusetts could be part of a national trend — 71 percent of Americans support union efforts, the highest percentage since 1965, according to a report released by Gallup on Tuesday.

Germany upbeat on energy security; Baltics count on wind

Germany is well-prepared to tackle a possible energy shortage due to Russia’s squeeze on European gas supplies, Chancellor Olaf Scholz declared Tuesday, even as fears grow about the rising prices that will hit consumers across the continent this winter.

This remote mine could foretell the future of America’s electric car industry

Musk cites whistle-blower report as reason to scrap Twitter deal

magazine

On Sept. 10, help raise money for the Jimmy Fund at Blooms, Brews & BBQ at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Aug. 29-Sept. 11

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

Summer Tomato Tian

Recipes: Summer tomatoes stand out in these side and salad dishes

metro

Hundreds of Boston law enforcement officers lined the street in front of the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse on April 4, 2007 as family members of slained officer Jeremiah Hurley , who died in a bomb attack in 1991, and officer Francis X. Foley who survived the attack arrived at the courthouse to attend the re-sentencing of Alfred Trenkler the man convicted of the bombing.

Appeals court vacates sentence of man convicted of building bomb that killed Boston Police officer in 1991

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Worker cleaning MBTA train at Alewife station suffers traumatic leg injury

sports

New Celtic Malcolm Brogdon (right) works with a young player at a Basketball Without Borders camp in Egypt.

Malcolm Brogdon gets his first assist as a Celtic —with Basketball Without Borders in Egypt

Wedding guests are mistaken for LIV protesters, and a Lancaster family is ‘livid’ at the host golf club

The Patriots have been in a state of uncertainty before, and things tended to work out

business

The Biden administration says it will cancel any federal student loans used to attend the for-profit Westwood College from 2002 through 2015 after officials found that the school exaggerated the job prospects of graduates.

Government will cancel $1.5b in loans for Westwood College students

Job vacancies rose in July, dashing Fed hopes for cooling

Beacon Hill has a money problem: too much of it

politics

President Biden spoke at the Arnaud C. Marts Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.

Biden defends FBI, promotes ban on assault-style weapons

President Biden to visit Boston on Sept. 12 to tout infrastructure law

Watch live: President Biden speaks about plan to reduce gun crime

Nation

People played with a frisbee in New York's Central Park, April 6, 2021. A sweeping new gun law in New York that would require applicants to hand over social media information before they could carry a gun in public while declaring bucolic parks, bustling Times Square, and a long list of other places off limits for firearms is scheduled to take effect on Thursday amid legal battles and lingering confusion.

New York to restrict gun-carrying after Supreme Court ruling

Mississippi’s capital loses water as a troubled system faces another crisis

Safeway employee saved lives by confronting Oregon gunman, police say

World

India's Supreme Court building pictured in New Delhi.

India’s Supreme Court widens definition of ‘family’

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has died, Russian media report

Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq’s Green Zone amid violent protests

opinion

Candidate for attorney general and former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell.

Andrea Campbell for attorney general

Politics and revenge in the race for attorney general

US must take a closer look at nonfatal police violence

lifestyle

Tom Brady stood on the sidelines during an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday in Indianapolis.

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

No one asks me out

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

food & dining

Dorchester restaurant pillar Pho Hoa has been serving Vietnamese food since 1992. Current co-owner Tam Le (center) took over from his recently retired father Thanh Le (left), after growing up in the restaurant since he was 11 years old. Also pictured are his father-in-law Khau Huynh (right) and his own children Thompson Le, 2, and Madeline Le, 6.

For 30 years, they’ve served Vietnamese culture and cuisine

Lizard Lounge announces a reopening date, 30 months after COVID shut it down

Yes, you can assemble your own clambake. This kit can help.

travel

Public art is displayed on Wilton Drive in Wilton Manors, Fla., on Friday.

In Florida, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ is now the law, and LGBTQ+ businesses fear the fallout

‘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

Arts

Imogen Cunningham, "The Unmade Bed," 1957

At the MFA, the liveliness of ‘Stillness’

Zainab Sumu’s fibers of being

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

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 Lightning’

Movies

Ms. Dean appeared at the photo call for the film "Triangle of Sadness" at the 75th international film festival, Cannes, in southern France in May.

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32

‘Me Time’? Make that ‘Flee Time’

John Boyega makes ‘Breaking’

Television

Alyssa Limperis has a new comedy show on Peacock called "No Bad Days."

Alyssa Limperis on ‘No Bad Days,’ losing her dad, and the things that make Rhode Island great

Expect wine, beauty, and jealousy in season 2 of ‘White Lotus’

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

music

Kimon Kirk, shown in a 2015 file photo, performs at Lizard Lounge in Cambridge.

Lizard Lounge announces a reopening date, 30 months after COVID shut it down

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

Jaimie Branch, trumpeter who crossed genre lines, dies at 39

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

Ms. Pemmaraju worked as a news anchor and reporter at WBZ-TV in the 1990s.

Uma Pemmaraju, pioneering Indian American in Boston’s TV news and on Fox, dies at 64

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32

Creator of the Trapper Keeper, E. Bryant Crutchfield, dies at 85