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Investigators on site at a plane crash in Stow on Taylor Road near the Minute Man Air Field.

‘It didn’t seem real’: Three onboard plane injured in Stow crash between two homes Sunday

Authorities at the scene Sunday said a single-engine Cessna with three people aboard had just taken off from Minute Man Air Field before it went down around 1 p.m.

City Councilor Michael Flaherty says colleague Kendra Lara should have resigned
“That councilor should have taken her own inventory, looked at the facts,” Flaherty said.

Woman found dead after grizzly bear encounter near Yellowstone National Park
A woman was found dead in Montana on Saturday after coming into contact with a grizzly bear on a trail west of Yellowstone National Park.

‘Our school community is devastated and heartbroken:’ Teen killed in Dennis boat crash Friday identified as Dover-Sherborn high school student

Sadie Mauro was among six people onboard a boat when it struck a jetty off the coast of Sesuit Beach around 9 p.m. Friday.

Four rescued from sinking boat in Boston Harbor, State Police say

Two men and two women were on a 41-foot cabin cruiser when it began taking on water near the north side of Peddocks Island and sent out a mayday broadcast at 4:50 p.m., officials said.

Swimmer, 19, dies after being pulled from water at Sandy Pond Beach in Ayer

Search underway for missing paddle boarder on Martha’s Vineyard pond

Kate Law of Westbrook, Maine sewed an "original Maine flag" at the Maine Flag Company production facility she manages in Portland, Maine. The campaign to change the state flag of Maine back to this style that flew between 1901 and 1909 is probably going to be decided by voters by referendum.

Behind the Maine flag debate, an identity crisis

The decision on the future of the flag likely will be decided by voters in a November referendum. But Mainers appear very divided on the idea.

shirley leung

‘Black companies do not get the opportunity.’ NAACP convention is a chance for change
The civil rights organization has hired dozens of local Black-owned businesses as vendors, for services like event planning, public relations, and transportation.

Boston NAACP branch hosts day of service ahead of national convention

NAACP convention attendees gathered at the Hynes Auditorium in Boston on June 29, 1982.

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.

Innovation economy

PTC in the Seaport offers an unusual employee benefit: dock space
The perk was first proposed in 2020 as a way to bring people back to the office.

Rafael Devers (left) was greeted by Triston Casas after hitting a home run in the seventh inning.

red sox 6, mets 1

Red Sox feast on Mets’ pitching, rack up 15 hits to win series finale

Boston has pulled within two games of Toronto for the third wild-card spot after winning four of five series this month.

It took seven pitchers to beat the Mets, but the Red Sox survived another bullpen game

Sophia Smith has won an NWSL MVP award and championship, and now has her sights set on the Women's World Cup.

We’re witnessing an ascent to greatness from Sophia Smith in the Women’s World Cup

The soon-to-be 23-year-old forward stamped herself as the future of the women’s game with two goals against Vietnam.

A family walked along the beach at Houghton’s Pond where swimming was closed due to high levels of bacteria.

Beach closing tracker: See where beaches are closed in Mass.

Is the water at your favorite beach safe? After a heavy rainfall, it’s common to find beaches around Massachusetts closed to swimming.

Elisa Abelson of Worcester got a close-up look and smell of Whiff, the Wheaton College corpse flower.

Rare sight, rare smell: Corpse flower blooms at Wheaton College in Norton.

Amorphophallus titanum blooms only once every few years and is known for its strong stink. The rare flower's bloom lasts only one to two days.

Opinion

A doctor used a hand-held Doppler probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus in 2021, in Jackson, Miss. Long-term, it will be important to diversify the workforce — including hospital boards and C-suites — by recruiting and training professionals who can relate ethnically, culturally, and linguistically to their patients.

To save mothers’ lives, reduce racism in obstetrical care

Racial disparities in maternal health are trending in the wrong direction.

When the minimum wage rises, does homelessness rise too?

The vexing blueprint of ‘celebrity’ presidential politics

IDEAS | HOWARD MANSFIELD

Losing NASA — and finding it again

City Council’s exercise in budgeting ends in a whimper

'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

‘Barbie’ box office to the world: The pandemic is officially over
The blockbuster turnout signaled that Hollywood has finally bounced back from the pandemic.

Camp Harbor View steels kids to become leaders -- while leading them to have fun!
The campers take a ferry to and from Long Island where they practice leadership skills while learning how to rock climb, sail, paddleboard, and participate in other traditional summer camp activities.

20-year-old man arrested in connection with shooting of New Bedford police detective

Cheybane Vasconcelos-Furtado was arrested by New Bedford police and other law enforcement officials at a home on Worcester Street on Sunday afternoon following the July 17 shooting of Detective Lavar Gilbert, officials said.

Patriots positional outlook: Linebacker corps will strike fear into foes
With training camp set to start at the end of the month, we’ll provide a position by position breakdown of where the Patriots stand heading into late July. Now, it’s time for the linebackers.

What’s next as women’s professional hockey regroups and realigns for the future?
Details of the new league — how many teams, will Boston be one, what's the name of the league, etc. — are being held close to the vest until a press conference scheduled for August.

LOVE LETTERS

Can I be happy with someone who’s a full-time caregiver?
She’s always with her elderly mother.

Recommended reads

Passengers framed in a ladder on the stern of the Ava Pearl Ferry during a pilot program for the Lynn Ferry, which is running this summer.

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.

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

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.

After fighting to obtain Trump’s taxes, Richard Neal is on the other side of an IRS battle involving Hunter Biden
As the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, Neal has become a key player for his party in a high-stakes tax fight that could reverberate in the presidential election.

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.

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’

Sergeline, who did not want to give her family's last name, sat on a bed in a hotel room in Boston in early May with her baby, Luna, and her son Fritz, 17. They arrived from Boston Medical Center’s waiting room.

MARCELA GARCÍA

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

Runners competed in the girls 100 meter hurdles at the Boston City League track and field championships at White Stadium on May 16.

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

George M. Johnson is the author of the memoir "All Boys Aren't Blue.”

Shira Schoenberg

To combat book bans, strengthen school libraries

A screenshot of Jason Aldean’s video “Try That in a Small Town.”

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

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

Metro

‘Our school community is devastated and heartbroken:’ Teen killed in Dennis boat crash Friday identified as Dover-Sherborn high school student

Sadie Mauro was among six people onboard a boat when it struck a jetty off the coast of Sesuit Beach around 9 p.m. Friday.

Four rescued from sinking boat in Boston Harbor, State Police say

Two men and two women were on a 41-foot cabin cruiser when it began taking on water near the north side of Peddocks Island and sent out a mayday broadcast at 4:50 p.m., officials said.

‘It didn’t seem real’: Three onboard plane injured in Stow crash between two homes Sunday

Authorities at the scene Sunday said a single-engine Cessna with three people aboard had just taken off from Minute Man Air Field before it went down around 1 p.m.

City Councilor Michael Flaherty says colleague Kendra Lara should have resigned

“That councilor should have taken her own inventory, looked at the facts,” Flaherty said.

Sports

Meghara McManus and the Boston Pride made themselves at home at Warrior Arena, selling out more games than any other PHF team.

WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY

What’s next as women’s professional hockey regroups and realigns for the future?

Details of the new league — how many teams, will Boston be one, what's the name of the league, etc. — are being held close to the vest until a press conference scheduled for August.

July hasn't been kind to Red Sox right fielder Alex Verdugo.

red sox notebook

With Alex Verdugo struggling at the plate, Red Sox opt to give right fielder a night off to regroup

After a torrid June in which he hit .316/.377/.484 with an .862 OPS, Verdugo has struggled in July, batting just .127/.222/.255.

Rafael Devers (left) was greeted by Triston Casas after hitting a home run in the seventh inning.

red sox 6, mets 1

Red Sox feast on Mets’ pitching, rack up 15 hits to win series finale

Boston has pulled within two games of Toronto for the third wild-card spot after winning four of five series this month.

It took seven pitchers to beat the Mets, but the Red Sox survived another bullpen game

Denied last year, Denny Hamlin returns to Pocono victory lane, earns 50th career NASCAR Cup win

We’re witnessing an ascent to greatness from Sophia Smith in the Women’s World Cup

Business

San Francisco-based company that pioneered craft beers open to buyout from employees

Anchor Brewing is open to a purchase offer from its employees but warned that time is running out as the 127-year-old trailblazer of craft beers prepares to cease operations, the San Francisco company said in a statement over the weekend.

Boston-based Temu is suing Shein. Here’s what their lawsuit tells us about ultra-fast fashion.

Temu’s lawsuit lays out some interesting facts about this quickly-evolving industry.

‘Black companies do not get the opportunity.’ NAACP convention is a chance for change

Innovation economy

PTC in the Seaport offers an unusual employee benefit: dock space

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

Elisa Abelson of Worcester got a close-up look and smell of Whiff, the Wheaton College corpse flower.

Rare sight, rare smell: Corpse flower blooms at Wheaton College in Norton.

Camp Harbor View steels kids to become leaders -- while leading them to have fun!

Behind the Maine flag debate, an identity crisis

sports

Was Sunday's win Shohei Ohtani's final home game at Angel Stadium?

Shohei Ohtani homers in last game at Angel Stadium before trade deadline

Scott Rolen, Fred McGriff share the spotlight at Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony

France not panicking despite scoreless tie with Jamaica, while Netherlands and Sweden narrowly avoid upset bids

business

Modelo is the top-selling beer in the United States.

How a Mexican lager became America’s bestselling beer

Blinken says world is seeking a responsible US-China relationship

Musk says Twitter to change logo to “X” from the bird. Changes could come as early as Monday.

politics

First lady Jill Biden.

Jill Biden heads to Paris to help mark US return to UN educational and scientific agency

Drugmakers turn to courts to halt Medicare price negotiations

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

Nation

A vendor bagged psilocybin mushrooms at a pop-up cannabis market on May 24, 2019. On Friday, July 21, 2023, the mayor of Minneapolis ordered police to stop using taxpayer dollars to enforce most laws against hallucinogenic plants, which include psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and mescaline.

Minneapolis backs off arrests for psychedelic plant use

Woman found dead after grizzly bear encounter near Yellowstone National Park

‘Mama bears’ may be the 2024 race’s soccer moms. But where the GOP seeks votes, some see extremism.

World

Rescuers on a rubber boat search for survivors after an overloaded ferry sank off Sulawesi Island, Indonesia, on July 24.

Indonesian ferry capsizes off of Sulawesi island, at least 15 dead and another 19 missing

New Zealand’s justice minister resigns after facing criminal charges in car crash

Conservative party poised to narrowly win Spain’s election but without majority to topple Sánchez

opinion

Sergeline, who did not want to give her family's last name, sat on a bed in a hotel room in Boston in early May with her baby, Luna, and her son Fritz, 17. They arrived from Boston Medical Center’s waiting room.

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

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

To combat book bans, strengthen school libraries

lifestyle

Can I be happy with someone who’s a full-time caregiver?

Should I make this breakup less ugly?

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

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

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

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