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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.

Alnylam’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows promising benefits in patients for six months

The Cambridge biotech is a pioneer in medicines that rely on RNA interference, a scientific innovation that “silences” disease-causing genes.

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

Map: Do you live near a dam that’s at risk of failing?

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.

Russia blames Ukraine for attack on key Crimea military supply bridge that kills 2

Traffic on a key military supply bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland came to a standstill Monday after one of its sections was blown up, killing two people and wounding their daughter.
Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It’s a blow to global food security.

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.

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

What’s it like getting to and from Logan Airport at rush hour during the great Sumner Tunnel closure of 2023?

We sent four Globe reporters out on four separate modes of transportation to see what each route was like.
Ideas: T riders are getting better options while the Sumner Tunnel is closed. Why can’t they be permanent?

In promoting Massachusetts, Healey has found a foil: Florida and its conservative governor, Ron DeSantis
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has time and again used Florida — and, by extension, Governor DeSantis — as a foil in highlighting her administration’s agenda and governing values.

Jill Biden heads to Mass. to ramp up fund-raising for Biden campaign
ANALYSIS | JAMES PINDELL

Who is No Labels, the group rallying in N.H. this week, and could they swing the presidential election?

For those just beginning to pay attention to all the political machinations, here’s some background on what it all could mean.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The strikes’ impact, ‘Justified’ returns, and another Soderbergh series

Sooner or later, the Hollywood work stoppage — which already includes the next seasons of “Severance” and “Stranger Things” — will make itself known in all corners of the TV world.

How long will it take for the Red Sox to contend in the AL East again?
Through flashes of impressive and dreadful play, the 2023 Red Sox have been neither great nor bad. But they've got a lot of competition.

Michael Mota, VirtualCons attempts to silence critics may violate R.I. free speech laws

“Facts are not slander, libel, or defamation of character,” one critic noted in her response to a lawyer for the Rhode Island businessman, who threatened to sue her after she was quoted in the Globe.

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.
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.
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

“The infrastructure just isn’t here,” said one of the founders of Papi’s Coquito, which is rebranding, of Rhode Island’s ability to home-grow food and beverage companies.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Does a housing application really need to be 30 pages long?

Securing a spot in an income-restricted unit shouldn’t be so difficult. But in Massachusetts, the application process has become so onerous that it undermines the whole purpose of subsidized housing.
Elissa Ely

A quiet man, an important man
IDEAS | Maja Prijatelj Videmšek & Matjaž Krivic

Bolivia’s Amazon is burning
Miles Taylor

Trump was harsh on immigrants. The next GOP president will be worse.

RENÉE GRAHAM

The Supreme Court’s open door to discrimination widens

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.

Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police 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

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

The Harvard morgue scandal revealed a community of oddities collectors.

No more outsourcing? Making drugs locally is a key focus of the life sciences industry.
At least 10 biomanufacturing plants have recently opened, expanded, or are under construction across the state.

‘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.

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

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

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

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

The Hollywood strikes explained — and how they could affect you

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

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

What Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment gets right
EDITORIAL

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
Eneida Román

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

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

Metro

What’s it like getting to and from Logan Airport at rush hour during the great Sumner Tunnel closure of 2023?

We sent four Globe reporters out on four separate modes of transportation to see what each route was like.
ANALYSIS | JAMES PINDELL

Who is No Labels, the group rallying in N.H. this week, and could they swing the presidential election?

For those just beginning to pay attention to all the political machinations, here’s some background on what it all could mean.
INNOVATOR Q&A

New app allows people with disabilities to report and respond to abuse

R3: Recognize, Report and Respond is a free app developed by a team at the University of Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

“The infrastructure just isn’t here,” said one of the founders of Papi’s Coquito, which is rebranding, of Rhode Island’s ability to home-grow food and beverage companies.

Sports

Red Sox

How long will it take for the Red Sox to contend in the AL East again?

Through flashes of impressive and dreadful play, the 2023 Red Sox have been neither great nor bad. But they've got a lot of competition.
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.
SOCCER

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.

Stephen Curry drains another big shot to win American Century Championship
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

Business

INNOVATOR Q&A

New app allows people with disabilities to report and respond to abuse

R3: Recognize, Report and Respond is a free app developed by a team at the University of Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission.
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

“The infrastructure just isn’t here,” said one of the founders of Papi’s Coquito, which is rebranding, of Rhode Island’s ability to home-grow food and beverage companies.

Russia halts wartime deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain. It’s a blow to global food security.
RI BUSINESS

Michael Mota, VirtualCons attempts to silence critics may violate R.I. free speech laws
magazine
Globe Magazine

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

CONNECTIONS

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

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

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

metro

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

Addison County latest affected by extreme weather in Vermont

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

sports

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

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

business

Alnylam’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows promising benefits in patients for six months

China’s economy grew a lower than expected 6.3 percent in the second quarter, as post-COVID recovery slowed

Meet Denise Chisholm, Fidelity’s guru of quant research

politics

Who is No Labels, the group rallying in N.H. this week, and could they swing the presidential election?

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’

Nation

Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police say

Judge in Trump documents case under the spotlight as arguments near

Five dead in flash flooding in Philadelphia suburbs

World

Russia blames Ukraine for attack on key Crimea military supply bridge that kills 2

Climate envoy John Kerry is in China for talks the U.S. hopes will raise relations from historic low

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

opinion

Deep in a ‘liberal enclave’: Homophobia unaddressed in Amherst schools

Newton homicide case sheds light on key mental health treatment goal

Author Isaac Asimov saw AI’s risks. Now we’re rapidly facing them down.

lifestyle

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

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

‘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

travel

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

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

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

This week’s TV: The strikes’ impact, ‘Justified’ returns, and another Soderbergh series

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

music

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

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

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

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