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Tornado touched down in North Brookfield on Sunday morning, as torrential rains pounded Massachusetts

The volatile weather that struck the state Sunday was part of storm activity that soaked the Northeast — from Washington D.C. to Maine, as well as parts of New York and Pennsylvania — with heavy rain and spurred flash flood warnings, according to the weather service.

Addison County latest affected by extreme weather in Vermont

Map: Do you live near a dam that’s at risk of failing?
A federal database cataloging thousands of the region’s larger dams lists 533 of them as being at risk for failure and, if they do fail, causing significant economic loss or death.

Newton man charged in connection with wife’s beating death Saturday night

Richard Hanson allegedly attacked Nancy Hanson, 54, in their home on Brookline Street, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

Jill Biden heads to Mass. to ramp up fund-raising for Biden campaign

The Biden reelection campaign said Friday it raised more than $72 million in the second quarter, which included money given to the Democratic National Committee and their affiliated fundraising committees.

Salisbury officials to decide Monday if Straight Pride Parade organizer should stay on local board
Samson Racioppi, a former state representative candidate whose run in last fall’s Republican primary was seen as a test of the GOP’s support for extremism, is one of two candidates being considered by Salisbury selectmen to serve a five-year term helping to oversee its Housing Authority.

Revere girl, 16, arraigned on assault charge in connection with MBTA Silver Line attack

Traffic on key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland halted amid reports of explosions

Governor Maura Healey took a selfie on the State House steps as drag queens joined politicians and LGBTQ+ Legislative Caucus and members of the community for the first time in the celebration for the raising of the Pride flag last month.

In promoting Massachusetts, Healey has found a foil: Florida and its conservative governor, Ron DeSantis

Governor Maura Healey has regularly promoted Massachusetts as a desirable place to work and live in a bid to stem a perceived loss of residents to lower-cost locales, Florida included. But whether explicit or not, it’s also regularly put her at direct odds with Governor Ron DeSantis.

A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat herself. Then the city changed its rules.
Shortly after a council aide decided to launch her campaign for the nine-member body, city officials enacted a new policy forcing any council employee to either resign or go on unpaid leave while running for elected city office.

Mayor Wu’s affordable housing plan pushes forward, but resistance remains
Housing advocates are asserting that Wu's changes don’t go far enough, while developers warn they will stifle new production.

Jordan Walsh (left) impressed offensively in Las Vegas.

Celtics beat writer's notebook

From Jordan Walsh’s emergence to Joe Mazzulla’s fight night, here are 11 leftover Celtics Summer League nuggets

Walsh’s long-range shooting was the week’s most encouraging development at Summer League.

Kutter Crawford reached back deep into his pitch arsenal to work through six scoreless innings.

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Kutter Crawford delivers another big start as part of shorthanded rotation keeping Red Sox in contention

Crawford — one of only three current Red Sox starters along with Brayan Bello and Paxton Crawford — threw six scoreless innings in a win over the Cubs. “Obviously where we’re at right now, [Crawford’s outing] was huge,” manager Alex Cora said.

Summer film 2023 gif for hp use

Seven Weeks of Summer

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

A late-summer slowdown typically gives viewers time to be more adventurous and try out some film festivals and retrospectives around the city. But this year is different.

Councilor Julia Mejia (right), one of the two No votes, focuses on Boston City Councilor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune May 24, 2023. At the meeting, the Boston City Council votes on a revised redistricting map.

The Boston City Council is a clown show

The councilors are beset by scandal, bitter infighting, wild allegations, and antics that would be laughable if they didn’t mean so many in Boston are without the representation they deserve.

Opinion

This week the Wu administration offered substantial real estate tax breaks to developers willing to take on the complex and costly efforts of converting downtown office building space into apartments or condos.

Vacant after the pandemic, downtown offices might find new life as housing

Wu administration opens a narrow window for tax breaks for developers ready to turn office space into housing.

The Supreme Court’s open door to discrimination widens

What Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment gets right

Don’t let Trump run out the clock on justice

Christine M. Pink

When it comes to donating bodies for research, the living must advocate for the dead

More recent News

Patriots free agent target DeAndre Hopkins signing with Titans
The five-time Pro Bowler had met with New England in June, but is opting to head for Tennessee instead.

Authorities identify 17-year-old boy who drowned in Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester

Luis Tejeda was swimming Saturday about 100 yards off Shannon Beach, which is “well past the safe swimming barriers,” when a family member swimming with him noticed he was no longer visible above the surface of the water, State Police said

Pair of dirt bike riders killed in Saturday night crash in Wareham
Neither victim was wearing a helmet, and the Kawasaki dirt bike they were riding on had no front or rear lights, according to the district attorney’s office.

Suspect in 4 Georgia deaths is killed in shootout with police, 3 officers wounded, authorities say
Authorities say officers killed a man in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest the suspect in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta.

Vermont woman, 25, found dead after apparently falling into Huntington River, authorities say

Katie Hartnett, of Burlington, Vt., was found to be missing after State Police received a phone call reporting a vehicle parked for hours alongside Dugway Road in Richmond, Vt., at about 9:30 p.m. Friday, State Police said.

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts
Fans who grew up in the era of Blockbuster, Beanie Babies, and AOL Instant Messenger can now travel down memory lane thanks to podcasts devoted to the classic series they grew up watching.

Recommended reads

Chris Martiello holds a lightbulb with the skull of a mouse that has gone through the process of diaphonization.

The bone collectors: A look inside the macabre culture of dealing in human remains

The Harvard morgue scandal revealed a community of oddities collectors.

‘The single biggest threat to the security of the country’: Extremism in the military is alarming experts
In the last five years, at least 82 current and former military service members have been arrested and exposed as harboring far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi ideologies, according to a Globe analysis of court documents, media reports, and studies compiled by independent researchers.

As bans on transgender care for minors grow, a migration of sorts is underway
For families who have fled states where Republican-dominated legislatures have blocked access to gender-affirming care, Massachusetts is something of a safe haven.

Madison Park valedictorian is first in family to go to college — and to graduate high school
Lourdjinia Louis came here five and a half years ago from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, bewildered by US culture and speaking no English as she enrolled in Boston Public Schools. Last month she graduated at the top of her class.

Culture & Lifestyle

Actor Scott Patterson — who played Luke Danes on "Gilmore Girls" — revisits Stars Hollow and the early 2000s series (plus the follow-up miniseries, pictured) with his podcast "I Am All In." (We'd tell you the reference, but no spoilers.)

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts

Summer film 2023 gif for hp use

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Gauthier Dance performing "Minus 16," choreographed by Ohad Naharin, at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

Fran Drescher, actress and president of SAG-AFTRA, speaks about the vote to strike during a news conference in Los Angeles.

The Hollywood strikes explained — and how they could affect you

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Anatomical donor programs are crucial to training the next generation of physicians

Migrants rest on the pier after disembarking from a 'cayuco' (wooden boat) following a rescue operation on July 4 at the port of Los Cristianos, in the municipality of Arona, in the south of Tenerife, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife.

El alto costo de repudiar a los inmigrantes

Migrants rest on the pier after disembarking from a 'cayuco' (wooden boat) following a rescue operation on July 4 at the port of Los Cristianos, in the municipality of Arona, in the south of Tenerife, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife.

The high cost of rejecting immigrants

Latinos are not well-represented in higher education — only 4 percent of master’s degree holders and 1 percent of PhD holders are Latino.

Latinos aren’t represented in higher education. Here’s how to fix that.

IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL

The ageist in the mirror

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

Tornado touched down in North Brookfield on Sunday, as torrential rains pounded Massachusetts

The volatile weather that struck the state Sunday was part of storm activity that soaked the Northeast — from Washington D.C. to Maine, as well as parts of New York and Pennsylvania — with heavy rain and spurred flash flood warnings, according to the weather service.

Addison County latest affected by extreme weather in Vermont

Vermont had a handful of localized road washouts Sunday, as rivers began to rise, but nothing near the devastation brought upon the state last week, according to Robert Haynes, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s Burlington office.

Newton man charged in connection with wife’s beating death Saturday night

Richard Hanson allegedly attacked Nancy Hanson, 54, in their home on Brookline Street, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s office.

Will the rainy weather raise the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses in New England this summer?

As the rainy weather continues, it may heighten another summer hazard: mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus and Eastern equine encephalitis.

Sports

Masataka Yoshida (right) flexed his power swing against the Cubs, with a homer, a triple and six RBIs.

Red Sox 11, Cubs 5

Red Sox hitters Masataka Yoshida and Rafael Devers defy convention to take down Justin Steele and the Cubs

Steele had allowed only three extra-base hits to lefties this season before Devers and Yoshida took him deep.

Lionel Messi (in white) holds his new Inter Miami team jersey as he poses with team co-owners Jorge Mas (left), Jose Mas, and David Beckham (far right) during the superstar's unveiling Sunday night at DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Lionel Messi introduced by Inter Miami and Major League Soccer

Inter Miami — after years of plotting, pleading and hoping — introduced arguably soccer's biggest star on Sunday night, presenting their new franchise player with his pink No. 10 jersey that millions of people will be buying over the coming weeks and months.

Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry plays with his son behind his newest trophy, after capturing the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament on Sunday at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Nevada.

Stephen Curry drains another big shot to win American Century Championship

The Golden State Warriors star guard made an 18-foot putt for eagle on the final hole to win the American Century Championship on Sunday, his first title in the celebrity tournament.

ROCKIES 8, YANKEES 7 (11 innings)

Yankees rally to tie in ninth inning, then lose in 11th on a pair of Rockies home runs

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Kutter Crawford delivers another big start as part of shorthanded rotation keeping Red Sox in contention

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Nick Pivetta won’t be starting for the Red Sox, but manager Alex Cora considers him part of the rotation

Business

Meet Denise Chisholm, Fidelity’s guru of quant research

Chisholm, who's based in Boston, does not invest a single dollar at the company, but her work informs the views of its 150 portfolio managers who run 450 or so mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

Mayor Wu’s affordable housing plan pushes forward, but resistance remains

Housing advocates are asserting that Wu's changes don’t go far enough, while developers warn they will stifle new production.

Powerball prize grows to $900 million after no jackpot winner drawn

Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debt

magazine

The Cars in 1979, from left: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, and David Robinson

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

Marcos the fisherman on one of his daily visits.

Twenty years ago, I had an epiphany and made a big life change

This week's daters: Lindsey and Joshua

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘After we talked for a bit, the nerves went away’

I spoke about climate change as a TV meteorologist. Then came the death threat.

metro

A 17-year-old and 20-year-old were killed after their dirt bike and an SUV collided on Marion Road in Wareham Saturday night.

Pair of dirt bike riders killed in Saturday night crash in Wareham

A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat herself. Then the city changed its rules.

Salisbury officials to decide Monday if Straight Pride Parade organizer should stay on local board

sports

All-Star third baseman Josh Jung follows through with the swing that produced a two-run single in the eighth inning for the Rangers.

Josh Jung contributes to eighth-inning rally by Rangers that secures sweep of Guardians

Bobby Witt Jr. empowers Royals to overthrow Zach Eflin, American League-leading Rays

Blue Jays complete sweep with nail-biter of a win over Diamondbacks

business

In this photo provided by the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, centre, First Lady Kim Keon-hee, right, and Prosecutor General of the Ukraine Andriy Kostin, left, talk in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, July 15, 2023.

South Korea to expand support for Ukraine as President Yoon Suk Yeol makes a surprise visit

Mega Millions jackpot grows to $640 million, among highest in lottery game’s history

Officials tout $44m federal investment in N.H. biotech industry

politics

President Biden boarded Marine One departing from New York City on June 29 after attending two fund-raisers there.

Jill Biden heads to Mass. to ramp up fund-raising for Biden campaign

Jewish, Chinese groups condemn Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments that COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’

Officials tout $44m federal investment in N.H. biotech industry

Nation

Former president Donald Trump.

Judge in Trump documents case under the spotlight as arguments near

Suspect in 4 Georgia deaths is killed in shootout with police, 3 officers wounded, authorities say

Five dead in flash flooding in Philadelphia suburbs

World

US climate envoy John Kerry.

Climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing talks as US seeks to raise China relations from historic low

As Iraq tries to chill critics, its newest target is social media

South Korea’s monsoon rains set off deadly landslides and flooding

opinion

A student leaped over a puddle on Otis Road in Scituate on the way to a school bus stop in March.

30 years later, what does Mass. ed reform have to show for itself?

Governor Healey must do better on transparency

Latinos aren’t represented in higher education. Here’s how to fix that.

lifestyle

Actor Scott Patterson — who played Luke Danes on "Gilmore Girls" — revisits Stars Hollow and the early 2000s series (plus the follow-up miniseries, pictured) with his podcast "I Am All In." (We'd tell you the reference, but no spoilers.)

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts

How South End neighbors helped two lost ‘engagement canaries’ find their way home

Was I too mean?

food & dining

Devra First mostly eats Cucumbers With Stuff standing at the counter.

‘Girl dinner’ is TikTok’s latest food trend. I’m one step ahead.

Ice cream tacos sweeten High Street Place; Harpoon Brewery opens a popsicle-and-pickleball club

At MarketStreet Lynnfield’s Sushi Ike and Soi 8, two restaurants rolled into one

travel

Cars traverses the auto road that leads to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire on June 12, 2020.

N.H. launches a new safety campaign to reduce speeding

Island life in Maine: Fine dining, fog, and ferries

Wish you were here: Some travel traditions are quickly and quietly fading away

Arts

Edward Hopper, “Gloucester Beach, Bass Rocks,” 1923-24.

The Cape Ann Museum’s Edward Hopper show opens this month, but he wasn’t the only famous artist who painted here

Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine

At Marion Art Center, ‘Illuminations’ plays with shadow and light

Books

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto,’ a sequel to ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ delves deep into the maelstrom of 1970s Harlem

Journalist Karen Pinchin documents the unusual life and fraught times of the endangered bluefin tuna in ‘Kings of Their Own Ocean’

Leah Myers on Native American authors and fantasy favorites

Movies

Summer film 2023 gif for hp use

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt leave ‘Oppenheimer’ premiere to strike

The Hollywood strikes explained — and how they could affect you

Television

Director Steven Soderbergh in New York in 2021.

Soderbergh to release new sci-fi comedy ‘Command Z’ on his own website

Movie stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

TV won’t be taking the rest of the summer off

music

Jon Batiste performs at Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, earlier this month. In the coming weeks, he'll be taking the stage at both the Newport folk and jazz festivals.

Jon Batiste’s musical imagination can’t be contained by one Newport festival, so he’ll play both

17 concerts to sweeten any music fan’s summer

With ‘Seen-Unseen,’ Boston Landmarks Orchestra makes ‘The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women’ visible

Theater/Dance

Gauthier Dance performing "Minus 16," choreographed by Ohad Naharin, at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

Seán Curran and Darrah Carr bring Irish dance with a modern aesthetic to Jacob’s Pillow

Staging ‘Macbeth’ on the Common presents some uncommon challenges

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Jane Birkin at the Cannes film festival in 2021.

Actress, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76

Melvin Wulf, transformative civil liberties lawyer, dies at 95

Evelyn M. Witkin, who discovered how DNA repairs itself, dies at 102