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GOP long game in New Hampshire

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A breakdown of the GOP long game in New Hampshire

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Body of missing Obama employee recovered from Martha’s Vineyard pond

A missing paddleboarder whose body was recovered from a pond on Martha’s Vineyard on Monday was identified as an employee of former president Barack Obama who was visiting the island while the Obamas were not at their home there, according to State Police.

Recent outbreak at Everett migrant hotel shelter shows dueling crises ‘coming to a head,’ advocates say

Boston's housing shortage can't keep pace with the city's growing population of asylum-seeking migrants, who are at greater risk of falling ill while living in close quarters in emergency shelters, advocates say.

Healey administration opposes release of waste water from decommissioned Pilgrim nuclear power plant into Cape Cod Bay

But legal experts said that the federal government, not state authorities, may have the final say.

Berklee College of Music announces President Erica Muhl will not return
Hired in 2020, Muhl was the first female president of the 78-year-old institution.

Kelly Ayotte running for New Hampshire governor in 2024
The former US senator’s entrance sets up a contest among multiple conservative GOP candidates.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Heat wave likely this week as high pressure builds off the Atlantic seaboard
Another weather system approaches Tuesday with mostly sunny skies but a chance for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm, mostly away from the coastline.

DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Black people benefited from slavery

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is intensifying his efforts to de-emphasize racism in his state’s public school curriculum.

Four stranded horse riders rescued in White Mountains

The Nantucket Board of Health has issued a condemnation order for a Nantucket beach house on Sheep Pond Road.

Nantucket oceanfront home condemned after erosion strips away 35 feet of dune since November, official says

The Nantucket Board of Health issued an emergency condemnation order for a home at 21 Sheep Pond Road last week, citing the precarious position of the structure on the beach and violations of state sanitary codes.

Boston--7/12/99--During Home Run Derby, fans on both sides, in and out. LIBRARY TAG 07131999 NATIONAL - SPORTS - PAGE ONE

Seven wonders of the sports world

The story of a 50-year love affair with Fenway Park

Globe journalist Stan Grossfeld traveled across America to capture the venues that have captured our hearts.

Augusta, Ga- 4/ 06/23- Globe staff photo by Stan Grossfeld- hold for project—The Masters Tournament-
Patrons cross the fairway as a golfer and caddie head into the fog.

If you’re lucky enough to get inside Augusta National, you’ll understand why they call it ‘heaven’

The Masters is on every sports fan's bucket list. And they'll all tell you it's worth it.

Tell us: What’s the greatest sports venue in America? In the world?

Lambeau Field

Churchill Downs

Michigan Stadium

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Cameron Indoor Stadium

SHORE ACCESS

The story behind the R.I. shoreline confrontation you may have seen on TikTok

Cheyne Cousens, 40, often used a public shore access point in Middletown when he was growing up nearby. He recently returned to the spot to take a swim, and is now facing a trespassing charge.

Fred McGriff (left) and Scott Rolen were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday.

Dan Shaughnessy

Danny Ainge almost returned to baseball after the Celtics traded him, and other discoveries from a weekend at the Hall of Fame

Plus, an interesting conversation over breakfast with Johnny Bench.

Bill Cummings and his wife, Joyce, held a party at the TradeCenter 128 Atrium in Woburn last month to honor the recipients of $30 million in grants.

‘What else are you going to do with it?’: Developer Bill Cummings is giving away his fortune.

How a hard-working fruit punch salesman built a suburban real estate empire — and why he’s now focused on turning it into game-changing donations.

Jay Strother paused to view the Boston skyline while hiking atop Peters Hill in the Arnold Arboretum.

A 27-mile community-made trail brings urban hiking to Boston

The Walking City Trail, spanning 17 neighborhoods, marries the city’s green spaces and urban landscapes to create an immersive experience for locals and tourists.

A sign posted at Obear Park Beach in Beverly last week warned that swimming was not allowed.

Here’s why you don’t want to ignore that ‘No Swimming’ sign these days

It might seem harmless just to jump in the water at a beach closed for swimming. But you should think twice, officials say.

See where beaches are closed in Mass. All Plum Island beaches reopen after drop in bacteria levels

BETH TEITELL | COMMENTARY

Welcome to the grievance-packed world of electric vehicle charging

EV drivers are hogging chargers. Motorists driving gas-powered cars are trying to reclaim parking spots lost to EV charging.

The US players ran through drills at practice Sunday ahead of Wednesday's game vs. the Netherlands.

frank dell'apa | on soccer

US women a strong favorite in 2019 World Cup final rematch vs. the Netherlands on Wednesday

The Americans will be the intimidators against the Dutch, who do not appear able to match them physically, in terms of strength or speed.

Opinion

Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara left West Roxbury District Court on July 19 after her arraignment on charges related to her recent car crash.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Kendra Lara must hold herself to the same standard as everyone else

Her constituents have to decide whether she represents their interests or merely her own when she ignores laws others are expected to follow.

Tom Keane

The deadly motorcycle accident. And the other vehicle.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Texas’s barbaric treatment of migrants

IDEAS | SUZANNE MATSON

My Barbie, my self

JEFF JACOBY

When the minimum wage rises, does homelessness rise too?

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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.

Authorities probing why police dog was deployed on Ohio man who was surrendering

An investigation has been launched into why an Ohio officer allowed his police dog to attack a truck driver who was surrendering with his hands raised, despite State Highway Patrol troopers urging the officer to hold the dog back.

Alnylam signs $2.8 billion deal with Roche to advance Cambridge biotech’s injection for high blood pressure
If approved, the drug could change the way hypertension is treated, according to the companies.

Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants
The lawsuit asks a court to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot line of bright orange buoys that the Biden administration says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Chatbots are coming for the journalism industry
A new generation of artificial intelligence systems promise to do what journalists do — but they have their limitations.

What’s in Israel’s judicial overhaul, and why is it so divisive?

Here’s a look at what the overhaul is — and why it has drawn the most sustained and intense demonstrations the country has ever seen.

Israeli parliament approves key part of Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul

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.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Twisted Metal’ premieres, ‘Dark Winds’ returns, and ‘Big Brother’ endures
I never saw “Big Brother” lasting almost a quarter of a century, but here we are. CBS is celebrating that milestone this week. Meanwhile, another video game comes to TV — the PlayStation demolition derby franchise “Twisted Metal.”

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.

Don’t let inflation eat your lunch: Investing pros say to diversify amid uncertainty
Even as the economy seems uncertain, financial experts recommend playing the long game.

Culture & Lifestyle

The cast of "The Boy Who Kissed the Sky," including Errol Service Jr. (third from right) as The Boy.

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

Luke Combs performs at Gillette Stadium Saturday in the second of his two weekend concerts there.

After a rain-shortened first night, Luke Combs makes a splash at Gillette

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

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

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

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, 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

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’

A sign advertising the NAACP convention was seen from the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on July 17.

RENÉE GRAHAM

With the NAACP convention, Boston looks to repair its reputation

A view of the emergency entrance to the emergency room in Weymouth. Burnout is a major problem among workers throughout health care, leading to retirements and quitting.

EDITORIAL

Want to fix health care burnout? Improve work conditions for doctors and nurses.

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.

EDITORIAL

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

Jim Caviezel in Angel Studios' "Sound of Freedom."

IDEAS | MATTHEW REMSKI

America’s summer of fake saviors

Metro

RI ENVIRONMENT

Boy spots rare blue frog in Rhode Island

Jack Ragosta was “over the moon” his mother said, after finding the glistening blue frog and researching the unusual find.

Body of missing Obama employee recovered from Martha’s Vineyard pond

SHORE ACCESS

The story behind the R.I. shoreline confrontation you may have seen on TikTok

Cheyne Cousens, 40, often used a public shore access point in Middletown when he was growing up nearby. He recently returned to the spot to take a swim, and is now facing a trespassing charge.

NH POLITICS

Kelly Ayotte running for New Hampshire governor in 2024

The former US senator’s entrance sets up a contest among multiple conservative GOP candidates.

Sports

St. Mary's football coach Sean Driscoll didn't take long to find a new Thanksgiving day foe, and won't have to take a long trip to get there — venturing just seven miles away to face Everett.

Schools Notebook

St. Mary’s, Everett football to square off on Thanksgiving for the first time

St. Mary’s announced that the Spartans would travel to Everett Memorial Stadium to take on the Crimson Tide in a one-year Thanksgiving game deal, set for Nov. 22.

Joe Burrow threw for 375 yards and three touchdowns last December in a win over the Patriots, who intercepted the Bengals' quarterback twice.

NFL NOTEBOOK

Joe Burrow reports to Bengals training camp without long-term contract extension in tow

Cincinnati picked up the fifth-year option on Burrow’s rookie contract in April ahead of an expected megadeal, which, based on what other top quarterbacks are making, could put him in the range of $50 million a season.

Much to the chagrin of special teams captain Matthew Slater (left), Nyheim Hines took the opening kickoff back for a touchdown in the Patriots' 2022 season finale.

NFL

Report: Bills lose running back and Patriots nemesis Nyheim Hines for season after jet ski accident

Hines returned two kickoffs (96 and 101 yards) for touchdowns in Buffalo's regular season-ending win over the Patriots in January. The Bills were counting on Hines for an expanded offensive role as well as on special teams.

High school wrestling

Jaclyn Dehney wins elusive national wrestling title at Fargo, N.D., meet

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP

Alexandra Popp back on the mark, powers Germany to rout of Morocco

red sox

This recent surge by the Red Sox’ Triston Casas is all part of the process

Business

Key question as Federal Reserve meets: Can the central bank pull off a difficult ‘soft landing’?

Yet even though the Fed is poised to raise its key rate on Wednesday for the 11th time since March 2022, to its highest point in 22 years, no one is panicking.

Nantucket oceanfront home condemned after erosion strips away 35 feet of dune since November, official says

Alnylam signs $2.8 billion deal with Roche to advance Cambridge biotech’s injection for high blood pressure

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

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GLOBE MAGAZINE

Why ACL injuries are hanging over the Women's World Cup

A bunk inspired by sailboats creates two distinct spaces for the teenagers who share the bedroom.

Your Home | Small Spaces

To split a room for siblings, they borrowed from sailboat design

Chicken Salad With Romaine and Tahini-Herb Dressing

COOKING

Recipes: Stay cool with fresh summer salads

Learn how watercolor techniques have evolved over the years at Gallery Talk: American Watercolors, 1880 – 1990: Into the Light, at the Harvard Art Museums.

Your Week Ahead

A breakdown of the GOP long game in New Hampshire

Body of missing Obama employee recovered from Martha’s Vineyard pond

Recent outbreak at Everett migrant hotel shelter shows dueling crises ‘coming to a head,’ advocates say

Healey administration opposes release of waste water from decommissioned Pilgrim nuclear power plant into Cape Cod Bay

Berklee College of Music announces President Erica Muhl will not return Hired in 2020, Muhl was the first female president of the 78-year-old institution.

Kelly Ayotte running for New Hampshire governor in 2024 The former US senator’s entrance sets up a contest among multiple conservative GOP candidates.

Forecast | Dave Epstein Heat wave likely this week as high pressure builds off the Atlantic seaboard Another weather system approaches Tuesday with mostly sunny skies but a chance for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm, mostly away from the coastline.

DeSantis doubles down on claim that some Black people benefited from slavery

Four stranded horse riders rescued in White Mountains

Nantucket oceanfront home condemned after erosion strips away 35 feet of dune since November, official says

The story of a 50-year love affair with Fenway Park

If you’re lucky enough to get inside Augusta National, you’ll understand why they call it ‘heaven’

The story behind the R.I. shoreline confrontation you may have seen on TikTok

Danny Ainge almost returned to baseball after the Celtics traded him, and other discoveries from a weekend at the Hall of Fame

‘What else are you going to do with it?’: Developer Bill Cummings is giving away his fortune.

A 27-mile community-made trail brings urban hiking to Boston

Here’s why you don’t want to ignore that ‘No Swimming’ sign these days

Welcome to the grievance-packed world of electric vehicle charging

US women a strong favorite in 2019 World Cup final rematch vs. the Netherlands on Wednesday

Kendra Lara must hold herself to the same standard as everyone else

The deadly motorcycle accident. And the other vehicle.

Texas’s barbaric treatment of migrants

My Barbie, my self

When the minimum wage rises, does homelessness rise too?

More recent News

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.

Authorities probing why police dog was deployed on Ohio man who was surrendering

Alnylam signs $2.8 billion deal with Roche to advance Cambridge biotech’s injection for high blood pressure If approved, the drug could change the way hypertension is treated, according to the companies.

Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants The lawsuit asks a court to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot line of bright orange buoys that the Biden administration says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines Chatbots are coming for the journalism industry A new generation of artificial intelligence systems promise to do what journalists do — but they have their limitations.

What’s in Israel’s judicial overhaul, and why is it so divisive?

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

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Introducing Globe Opinion podcast ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’

With the NAACP convention, Boston looks to repair its reputation

Want to fix health care burnout? Improve work conditions for doctors and nurses.

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

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

America’s summer of fake saviors

Metro

Boy spots rare blue frog in Rhode Island

Body of missing Obama employee recovered from Martha’s Vineyard pond

The story behind the R.I. shoreline confrontation you may have seen on TikTok

Kelly Ayotte running for New Hampshire governor in 2024

Sports

St. Mary’s, Everett football to square off on Thanksgiving for the first time

Joe Burrow reports to Bengals training camp without long-term contract extension in tow

Report: Bills lose running back and Patriots nemesis Nyheim Hines for season after jet ski accident

Jaclyn Dehney wins elusive national wrestling title at Fargo, N.D., meet

Alexandra Popp back on the mark, powers Germany to rout of Morocco

This recent surge by the Red Sox’ Triston Casas is all part of the process

Business

Key question as Federal Reserve meets: Can the central bank pull off a difficult ‘soft landing’?

Nantucket oceanfront home condemned after erosion strips away 35 feet of dune since November, official says

Alnylam signs $2.8 billion deal with Roche to advance Cambridge biotech’s injection for high blood pressure

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

Why ACL injuries are hanging over the Women's World Cup

To split a room for siblings, they borrowed from sailboat design

Recipes: Stay cool with fresh summer salads

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All Plum Island beaches reopen to swimming after drop in bacteria levels

Healey administration opposes release of waste water from decommissioned Pilgrim nuclear power plant into Cape Cod Bay

Here’s why you don’t want to ignore that ‘No Swimming’ sign these days

sports

Five free agents who could help the Patriots on offense

Berklee College of Music announces President Erica Muhl will not return
Hired in 2020, Muhl was the first female president of the 78-year-old institution.

Kelly Ayotte running for New Hampshire governor in 2024
The former US senator’s entrance sets up a contest among multiple conservative GOP candidates.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Heat wave likely this week as high pressure builds off the Atlantic seaboard
Another weather system approaches Tuesday with mostly sunny skies but a chance for a pop-up shower or thunderstorm, mostly away from the coastline.

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.

Alnylam signs $2.8 billion deal with Roche to advance Cambridge biotech’s injection for high blood pressure
If approved, the drug could change the way hypertension is treated, according to the companies.

Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande buoy barrier that’s meant to stop migrants
The lawsuit asks a court to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot line of bright orange buoys that the Biden administration says raises humanitarian and environmental concerns.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Chatbots are coming for the journalism industry
A new generation of artificial intelligence systems promise to do what journalists do — but they have their limitations.

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.

Don’t let inflation eat your lunch: Investing pros say to diversify amid uncertainty
Even as the economy seems uncertain, financial experts recommend playing the long game.