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The picture isn’t perfect for the Red Sox, but the Mets are proof that spending big doesn’t guarantee success

Of the teams with the 10 largest payrolls, only five are within a game of the postseason. The same is true of five of the 10 teams with the 10 smallest payrolls.
Red Sox’ struggles in interleague play at Fenway Park continues with loss to Mets in resumption of suspended game Connor Wong a fixture behind plate for Red Sox after entering year as question mark to be healthy contributor

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.

Remembering Brockton brothers after fatal car crash

The event opened with a special program to remember the Boston brothers, 18-year-old Makhi and 15-year-old Terry Jr., who both died after their car veered off North Main Street in Randolph Tuesday night and crashed into a tree.

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.

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.

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

President Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi, according to an official.

Striped dolphin washes up in Hampton Beach
The striped dolphin found on July 14 was a weanling, meaning she was newly independent from her mother, according to the Seacoast Science Center’s Marine Mammal Rescue.

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.

Body of missing swimmer recovered from Hopkinton lake Saturday morning

3 dead in listeria outbreak in Washington state
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.

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.
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
EDITORIAL

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.
EDITORIAL

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

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.

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.

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.

North End restaurant owner who allegedly shot window of Modern Pastry ordered held without bail
Patrick Mendoza, the owner of Monica’s Trattoria, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including including assault to murder. He will remain in custody until a detention hearing July 26.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

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.

Recommended reads

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

PODCAST | SHIRLEY LEUNG

Introducing Globe Opinion podcast ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’
Paulette Bernd

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

El alto costo de repudiar a los inmigrantes
IDEAS | TIM RITCHIE

The AI doomsaying is counterproductive
IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL

The ageist in the mirror
IDEAS

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

Metro

Remembering Brockton brothers after fatal car crash

The event opened with a special program to remember the Boston brothers, 18-year-old Makhi and 15-year-old Terry Jr., who both died after their car veered off North Main Street in Randolph Tuesday night and crashed into a tree.

Striped dolphin washes up in Hampton Beach

The striped dolphin found on July 14 was a weanling, meaning she was newly independent from her mother, according to the Seacoast Science Center’s Marine Mammal Rescue.

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.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

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.

Sports

brewers 4, braves 3

Former Boston College and Lexington High star Sal Frelick goes 3 for 3 in major league debut, caps Brewers’ rally

Frelick, a 2021 first-round draft pick, drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth and made two outstanding catches in right field as Milwaukee beat Atlanta.
RED BULLS 0, REVOLUTION 0 (4-2 SHOOTOUT)

Red Bulls rally in shootout as Revolution open Leagues Cup play

The Revolution, who play host to Atletico San Luis Wednesday, earned 1 point with the shootout loss.
WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

First US Women’s World Cup game viewed by more than 6 million

The 6.26 million viewers were the largest combined English- and Spanish-language audience for a US women’s group stage match.
mariners 9, blue jays 8

Mariners score five runs in seventh inning to complete comeback against Blue Jays
orioles 6, rays 5

Ryan O’Hearn rescues Orioles in a pinch after they blow five-run lead against Rays
peter abraham | on baseball

The picture isn’t perfect for the Red Sox, but the Mets are proof that spending big doesn’t guarantee success

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
Larry Edelman

Mass. jobless rate falls to a new low of 2.6 percent
magazine
Your Home | Small Spaces

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

CONNECTIONS

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

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

PERSPECTIVE

Hollywood, bring intermission back to super long movies

metro

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

Body of missing swimmer recovered from Hopkinton lake Saturday morning

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

sports

Connor Wong a fixture behind plate for Red Sox after entering year as question mark to be healthy contributor

Tanner Bibee masterful as Guardians throw combined two-hit shutout against Phillies

Lionel Messi took his talents to South Beach, and the whole world is watching

business

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

Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till, the Black teen lynched in Mississippi

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

Nation

Nervous Republicans turn to New Hampshire in hopes of stopping Trump

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

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

World

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

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

‘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

Feeling fancy at the foot of the Catskill Mountains

The best rental car company for every type of traveler

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

Arts

‘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

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

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 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 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

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’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