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Chris Gosline, 45, on the steps of his home in Manchester-by-the-Sea. Diagnosed a year ago with stage 4 colorectal cancer, but determined to thrive, he goes out for runs after his chemotherapy.

Rise in cancer among younger people worries and puzzles doctors

An array of cancers are striking people younger than 50 at higher rates than in previous decades, prompting new screening guidelines, new research, and growing concern.

For local leaders, the NAACP’s return to Boston is an opportunity to change the city’s image
More than 8,000 NAACP delegates are expected to arrive by Friday evening for the opening ceremony at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, which will host events, many open to the public, Thursday through Sunday.

Boston NAACP branch hosts day of service ahead of national convention

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Jets didn’t just bring in Aaron Rodgers. They brought his playbook and his hand-picked offensive coordinator, too
Rodgers will be working with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, as well as receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb.

The Vietnamese concentrated on stopping US striker Alex Morgan in their Women's World Cup opener.

John Powers | On Soccer

Although Women’s World Cup field expanded, the competition is tighter than ever

For skeptics who felt that expanding the field to 32 teams would produce mismatches, the early evidence is that the distance between the top and middle tiers has narrowed significantly.

US cakewalk over Vietnam in World Cup opener reveals potential strengths — and weaknesses Your guide to the Women's World Cup

A group of friends, all in Boston for a summer filmmaking program at Emerson College, pose for a portrait on Boston Common before seeing the “Barbie” movie together on Thursday night.

Fans reclaimed ‘girliness’ through fashion at the opening night of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’

At the Boston Common AMC theater, attendees were decked out in sparkles, sequins, studs, and, of course, pink. Some pieces were designer, some were thrifted, and some were from Amazon, but all made up more than just a costume.

Would you take the MBTA if you could drive more easily? Nor would almost anyone else. That’s bad news for the climate.

Few people will choose the train or bus if they have a car that will get them where they need to go more quickly and less miserably. Which is to say: The MBTA’s failures, small and not so small, threaten climate progress.

Woman is freed after her leg is caught between Orange Line train and platform at State Street

Authorities investigate Dennis boat crash that killed 17-year-old girl Friday night

The boat, which was carrying six people, struck a jetty around 9 p.m., according to David Procopio, a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson.

Connecticut pilot who crash-landed at Martha’s Vineyard Airport dies at hospital

Randolph Bonnist was flying a 2006 Piper Meridian airplane when he suffered a medical emergency just before landing at Martha’s Vineyard Airport, Massachusetts State Police said in a statement.

With more pets arriving on their doorstep, shelters struggle to find them homes
Pet adoptions skyrocketed during the pandemic, but they have plummeted since then. The reason is inflation and the brutal housing market.

Driver in fatal crash of Brandeis shuttle in November was speeding, federal records say

Only now, eight months after the Nov. 19 crash, is some clarity about the possible causes of the crash emerging.

Why the Hollywood strike matters for every worker

If the writers and actors can hold off our AI overlords, there’s hope for the rest of us.

Body of missing swimmer recovered from Hopkinton lake Saturday morning

3 dead in listeria outbreak in Washington state

North End restaurant owner who allegedly shot window of Modern Pastry ordered held without bail

Triston Casas tripled and scored to bring the Red Sox within a run in the seventh inning, but was caught looking at a third strike with a pair of runners on base to end the eighth.

Mets 5, Red Sox 4

Red Sox’ struggles in interleague play at Fenway Park continues with loss to Mets in resumption of suspended game

After the Red Sox took an early three-run lead Friday, Kutter Crawford gave up the advantage to New York and the skies opened up. In Saturday's continuation of the game, the Red Sox offense failed to capitalize on its chances.

Peter Abraham: J.D. Martinez has gotten back into the swing with Dodgers

Wilt Chamberlain (13) stood out to generations of NBA fans for his many achievements, including his 100-point game in 1962.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Wilt Chamberlain had a big influence on Kevin Garnett

Garnett's first project as executive producer for Showtime Television is called "Goliath" and is about one of his basketball heroes.

Participants in Camp Harbor View, a free summer camp for Boston middle schoolers, were on paddleboards on the southern end of Long Island in Boston Harbor this week.

Weather | Dave Epstein

Expect clouds and sun on Saturday, and a great day on Sunday

Sunday will see sunny skies, warm temperatures, and low humidity — a great day for the beach.

Downpours cause flooding, washouts as thunderstorms rumble across Massachusetts

Opinion

Boston police were on scene after a body was found in Dorchester on July 11. Mayor Michelle Wu rightly called budget cuts to the police department proposed by the City Council “illusory.”

City Council’s exercise in budgeting ends in a whimper

Voters in 2021 gave the council more powers over the city budget — but so far the squabbling body has failed to make use of them.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Have an extra room in your home? Host a migrant.

Boston’s student athletes deserve a first-class playing field

A vigilante’s anthem and ‘colored people’ — the normalization of white nationalism

Shira Schoenberg

To combat book bans, strengthen school libraries

'Barbenheimer'

Odie Henderson review | ★★★★

Don’t even try to put this ‘Barbie’ in a box
Greta Gerwig’s surreal satire starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is one of this year’s best films.

Odie Henderson review | ★★1/2

‘Oppenheimer’ brings out the best and worst in Christopher Nolan
This biopic of the “father of the atomic bomb” is visually stunning but emotionally empty.

Seven Weeks of Summer

Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’

More recent News

Tony Bennett left a piece of his heart in Boston, too
Locally, friends recall the singer's kindness, generosity, and singular talent.

8 must-watch Tony Bennett performances

Meet the MBTA’s very happiest passengers. (Hint: They’re not on the subway.)
Ferry service accounts for about half a percent of all MBTA ridership, or around 4,000 trips per weekday. But that tiny minority may just be the T’s most content riders.

Boston Police release body-camera video showing aftermath of Councilor Kendra Lara’s car crash
The footage that features interviews with both Lara and the man who she said she swerved to avoid in the minutes following the crash.

Former State Street vice president accused of four rapes allowed to spend time on Cape Cod with family

A Quincy man charged with raping two women and two children at knifepoint will be allowed to spend time on Cape Cod with his family and help his son move into college, according to court records.

At 84, he’d traveled the entire Amtrak map — except Boston to Brunswick. It was time to finish.
On Friday, Nat Read rode the Amtrak 681 Downeaster train from North Station to Brunswick, Maine, completing his 21,400-mile journey over decades.

Religious exemptions from required child vaccinations under debate in Mass. legislature

Religion would no longer be an accepted reason to exempt a child from mandatory vaccinations in Massachusetts, under legislation seeking to tighten current law.

Recommended reads

Cynthia Laine tried to encourage her son Luke, 11, to go down the slide while visiting Coggshall Park in Fitchburg.

‘We can never let our guard down’: After recent deaths, families of autistic children say wandering is constant concern

Drowning is a leading cause of death for all children. But children with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than neurotypical kids, according to a 2017 study.

MATTHEW GILBERT

After six months of Hollywood strikes, Peak TV would become Bleak TV
For viewers accustomed to abundance, imagining what would happen if Hollywood remains idle isn't a pretty picture.

RI POLITICS

‘We were victim to someone we trusted,’ Matos said of suspect nomination signatures
The Board of Elections voted Friday to refer all of Sabina Matos’ nomination signatures to the attorney general for a full investigation.

Larry Edelman

Mass. jobless rate falls to a new low of 2.6 percent
The drop in June unemployment came as employers shed jobs and the labor force shrank.

Culture & Lifestyle

Dorrance Dance in "45th & 8th" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Dorrance Dance an engaging treat for eyes and ears at Jacob’s Pillow

Idris Elba plays a passenger on a London-bound flight in the Apple TV+ series "Hijack."

At 30,000 feet, airborne thrillers are the height of drama

Edward Hopper, “Freight Cars, Gloucester,” 1928.

For Edward Hopper, Gloucester was a last chance and a fresh start

Thomas Wilkins leads a program of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Duke Ellington, and Jeff Midkiff July 23 at Tanglewood. In addition, Wilkins hosts a Saturday morning kid-friendly concert July 22.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

PODCAST | SHIRLEY LEUNG

Introducing Globe Opinion podcast ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’

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

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee oversight hearing on May 16 that "if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong."

IDEAS | TIM RITCHIE

The AI doomsaying is counterproductive

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

Boston NAACP branch hosts day of service ahead of national convention

The organization's national convention is returning to Boston this summer for the first time since 1982.

Why the Hollywood strike matters for every worker

If the writers and actors can hold off our AI overlords, there’s hope for the rest of us.

For local leaders, the NAACP’s return to Boston is an opportunity to change the city’s image

More than 8,000 NAACP delegates are expected to arrive by Friday evening for the opening ceremony at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, which will host events, many open to the public, Thursday through Sunday.

Body of missing swimmer recovered from Hopkinton lake Saturday morning

Wilinson J. Orbequito went for the swim with a friend at the town’s Sandy Beach and when the friend returned to shore around 8 p.m., as storms were sweeping through the area, he saw that the victim had not come back onto the beach, according to a fire department spokesman.

Sports

England's Alex Greenwood (left) elevates to battle for the ball with Haiti's Louis Batcheba.

WORLD CUP NOTEBOOK

England barely survives spirited Haiti effort, Denmark slips past China, and Japan runs away with its opener

“We’re very proud of our performance,” Haiti coach Nicolas Delépine said. “We’ve worked very hard and it was a huge test for us."

Sal Frelick played for Italy in the World Baseball Classic earlier this year.

Former Boston College star Sal Frelick slated to make major league debut with Brewers Saturday night

Milwaukee designated former Red Sox outfielder Raimel Tapia for assignment in order to make room for Frelick, a 2021 first-round draft pick.

Alex Fitzpatrick got down to business in the third round, moving up 30 places with his round of 6-under 65.

British Open notebook

This time, it’s Alex Fitzpatrick’s turn in the family spotlight — though brother Matt doing well at British Open, too

Alex, in his first appearance at a major championship, shot 6-under 65 and move into a tie for ninth place, while brother Matt was two shots behind him after his 67.

Brian Harman steadies himself, keeps 5-shot lead over Cameron Young at British Open

WFA Championship | Boston Renegades 35, St. Louis Slam 7

Boston Renegades rally to capture their fifth consecutive Women’s Football Alliance title

Follow along with the Women’s World Cup with our day-by-day schedule and live results

Business

Oklahoma governor’s feud with Native American tribes continues over revenue agreements

Tribal casinos alone paid nearly $200 million to the state last year under agreements giving tribes the exclusive right to offer casino gambling.

UN agency that governs international waters mired in grueling debate over deep sea mining

Members of a U.N. agency that governs international waters are locked in a fierce debate amid disagreement over whether to allow deep sea mining and set a new deadline for proposed regulations still stuck in draft mode

Reality TV performers need a union, ‘Housewives’ star says

Mass. jobless rate falls to a new low of 2.6 percent

magazine

A Rakks shelving system is an economical solution for storing the homeowner’s book collection in the living room, where simple lights don’t interfere with the leafy view.

Your Home | Small Spaces

How a Roxbury home uses Japanese design principles to feel larger than it is

While searching for my lost cat, I found friends in my new neighborhood

This week's daters: Cleo and Cam

Dinner with Cupid

‘I discovered he is an avid soccer fan and I told him about the ... team I’m organizing’

Hollywood, bring intermission back to super long movies

metro

Evariste Pestourie brought his own syringe with him to receive his first COVID-19 vaccine at the Newton Early Childhood Program. Proposed state legislation is expected to prompt intense debate over parents' access to immunization exemptions.

Religious exemptions from required child vaccinations under debate in Mass. legislature

Henriette loves music and sports

Would you take the MBTA if you could drive more easily? Nor would almost anyone else. That’s bad news for the climate.

sports

Triston Casas tripled and scored to bring the Red Sox within a run in the seventh inning, but was caught looking at a third strike with a pair of runners on base to end the eighth.

Red Sox’ struggles in interleague play at Fenway Park continues with loss to Mets in resumption of suspended game

US cakewalk over Vietnam in Women’s World Cup opener reveals potential strengths — and weaknesses

Although Women’s World Cup field expanded, the competition is tighter than ever

business

General Motors Co. 2019 Chevrolet Blazer vehicles are displayed at a car dealership in Tinley Park, Illinois on Sept. 30, 2019.

National ‘right-to-repair’ deal not good enough, say backers of Mass. law

Crypto heist couple set for US plea deal over Bitcoin laundering

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Jacksonville, Fla., on July 21.

Harris says Florida rules on Black history pushed by DeSantis are ‘propaganda’

‘We were victim to someone we trusted,’ Matos said of suspect nomination signatures

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards after pressure from the White House

Nation

Migrants spoke with a Border Patrol agent as they to applied for asylum after crossing the border from Mexico in May near Jacumba, Calif.

Lawyers say helping asylum-seekers in border custody is nearly impossible

Oklahoma governor’s feud with Native American tribes continues over revenue agreements

They checked out pride books in protest. It backfired.

World

Work by the artist Said Abu Shakra was displayed in his studio in Umm Al-Fahm, Israel. He is one of five artists whose work is currently on display at the Mishkan Museum of Art in the kibbutz of Ein Harod.

A story of Arab loss comes to life at a kibbutz in Israel

Protesters try to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi flag in Denmark

Migrants face misery in Tunisia. Rights activists fear that the EU deal will make things even worse.

opinion

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee oversight hearing on May 16 that "if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong."

The AI doomsaying is counterproductive

Black and Latino pedestrians face a higher risk of death while walking

Courts must not misread the First Amendment in a way that threatens democracy

lifestyle

Should I make this breakup less ugly?

How to make your home a haven from toxic teenage overachievement culture

Watch the world’s smelliest flower bloom at Wheaton College

food & dining

Monica’s Trattoria in the North End is attempting to remove Patrick Mendoza's status as manager of record, as he remains at large after allegedly firing shots last week.

‘Really unprecedented’: Monica’s Trattoria seeks transfer of management as owner remains at large after alleged shooting

In JP, a controversial brewery turns off the taps. But its owners aren’t blaming the protesters.

Where to watch the Women’s World Cup in R.I.

travel

Rooms at the Chatwal Lodge feature Adirondack- style furnishings.

Feeling fancy at the foot of the Catskill Mountains

A Chatham inn’s makeover, Colorado’s hot springs, and a self-folding travel stroller

The best rental car company for every type of traveler

Arts

Unknown, "Mina Loy Dressed for the Blindman's Ball," 1917.

‘Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable’ celebrates a remarkable ‘cultural pollinator’

‘Impassioned Destruction’: Exhibit offers new perspective on Boston Tea Party

In ‘Slice,’ Aaron Fink celebrates the sensuality of paint — and the succulence of a famous fruit

Books

In Edith Bruck’s ‘Lost Bread,’ an account of the Holocaust and its aftermath, cruelty continues for survivors even after Auschwitz is closed

Could ‘The Last of Us’ really happen? Emily Monosson details the potential future of fungal pathogens in an ever-warming world

Visual columnist Wendy MacNaughton on books about mortality and drawing

Movies

A group of friends, all in Boston for a summer filmmaking program at Emerson College, pose for a portrait on Boston Common before seeing the “Barbie” movie together on Thursday night.

Fans reclaimed ‘girliness’ through fashion at the opening night of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’

‘Beetlejuice’ movie set props stolen in Vermont, including 150-pound abstract art statue, police say

‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ shoots and scores

Television

Bethenny Frankel attended the iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2022 Presented by Capital One at Madison Square Garden on December 9, 2022, in New York, New York.

Reality TV performers need a union, ‘Housewives’ star says

Netflix hikes ad-free price for new subscribers

After six months of Hollywood strikes, Peak TV would become Bleak TV

music

Tony Bennett in a private concert at the Picasso Ballroom at Encore Boston Harbor Hotel and Casino in Everett in 2019.

Tony Bennett left a piece of his heart in Boston, too

Dudley Jazz Fest to bring an afternoon of live jazz to Dorchester

Barack Obama tweets his summer playlist, including songs by SZA, Luke Combs, and Janelle Monae

Theater/Dance

Dorrance Dance in "45th & 8th" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Dorrance Dance an engaging treat for eyes and ears at Jacob’s Pillow

Company One’s ‘Boy Who Kissed the Sky’ mythologizes a young Jimi Hendrix’s experience

Amid labor turmoil in Hollywood, Broadway seems to avoid a strike

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

Charles Wurster stands with his son, Erik Wurster (left), and his longtime partner, Marie Gladwish, as he received an honorary degree from Stony Brook University.

Charles Wurster’s fight of a lifetime: Defending the environment, saving the birds

Tony Bennett, ‘the best singer in the business,’ has died at 96

Kevin Mitnick, who eluded authorities during hacking spree, is dead at 59