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State budget remains in limbo, as lawmakers pass another stopgap bill to keep government running

The House and Senate moved quickly to advance a $6 billion interim spending bill just hours after Governor Maura Healey filed it and just days before an initial stopgap measure was due to run out.

Three women pulled from water at Mayflower Beach in Dennis

First responders arrived around 3 p.m. Thursday to find the women had already been pulled from the water and were “in various stages of medical distress,” police said.

Can a tick new to the Cape (but infamous elsewhere) really make you allergic to red meat? Hint: yes.
It’s called the Lone Star tick, and a bite can trigger Alpha-gal Syndrome.

Preventing tick bites — and what to do if you see a tick on you

Sullivan’s outdoor seating closed due to seagulls
On Thursday, orange traffic cones sat on top of the picnic tables with yellow caution tape strung between them and signs nearby warned diners to cover their food and “beware” of seagulls at Sullivan's Castle Island.

Now arriving from New York: ‘Reinforcements’ to bolster MBTA executive ranks

Phillip Eng announced new top hires who will be responsible for some of the most troubled areas of the T, including its crumbling stations and faulty tracks.

Mass. inspector general rips T, says basic and routine business functions ‘were so poorly managed’

Marblehead School Committee calls off vote on early termination of superintendent

Donald Trump

Donald Trump faces additional charges in classified documents case in Florida

The new indictment includes extra charges of obstruction and willful retention of national defense information, adding fresh detail to a criminal case issued last month against Trump and a close aide.

Trump says his lawyers have met with prosecutors ahead of possible 2020 election indictment Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here’s what to know.

Biden keeps his distance from son’s legal troubles. Congressional Democrats are OK with that — for now.
Republicans have been hammering away at Hunter Biden in hopes of inflicting political damage as the 2024 campaign begins.

‘I just followed the blood trail’: A look at the grisly market of Boston crime tours
Over the course of an hour-and-half tour, retired Boston Police lieutenant Joe Leeman narrates a mix of revolutionary history you learn in school with chronicles of the city’s underworld.

A line of storms is forecast to push southeast Thursday afternoon.

Severe thunderstorms hit central and Western Mass. hard, report of possible tornado in N.H.

Lighting sparked a fire at an academic building at American International College in Springfield. "Springfield was definitely hit hard," Frank Nocera, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.

NAACP Convention in Boston

‘Boston had always been a hotbed’: A peek into the history of the Boston NAACP

A sign advertising the NAACP convention, seen from the Boston Convention Center.

The NAACP convention in Boston kicks off this week. Here’s what you need to know.

Kyle Denny, 17, at his home in Milton with the chemistry project he is entering in the NAACP ACT-SO competition. ACT-SO is a program meant to showcase the scholastic and artistic achievements of Black high school students. Denny's project demonstrates how activated charcoal can be used to filter dangerous emissions from household appliances.

‘African American students deserve to be celebrated’: Mass. students compete in NAACP’s annual ACT-SO competition

Ricardo Pierre-Louis owns Privé Parking. He won a $280,000 contract to provide transportation services for the NAACP convention.

For Black businesses in Boston, NAACP convention is ‘a game changer’

In this April 26, 2021 file photo, workers for Northern Clearing pounded stakes to mark land on an existing Central Maine Power power line corridor that was widened to make way for new utility poles, near Bingham, Maine.

After delays, cost of Maine hydropower line soars, and Mass. will likely pay for it.

Avangrid says the cost to build its hydropower line from Quebec to Massachusetts has jumped 50 percent, and is asking Mass. ratepayers to cover the difference.

With Justin Turner starting at second base, the Red Sox won their second straight over the Braves Wednesday night.

dan shaughnessy

The Red Sox are the hottest team in baseball, but they still should be sellers at the deadline

This recent success is not sustainable — the Sox are not built to win in the postseason — so they should act in their long-term interests.

Sandra “Sandy” Sikorski found a pearl in a clam at the the Bridge Restaurant in Westerly, left, and had it made into her engagement ring, right.

R.I. woman turned pearl found in a clam into her engagement ring

Sandra “Sandy” Sikorski found a pearl in a plate of clams she was savoring with her fiance Ken Steinkamp at a Westerly restaurant. The couple made it the centerstone of her engagement ring.

Opinion

IDEAS | Fredrik deBoer

The hubris of AI hype

Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology, but it’s still just a human tool that portends neither deliverance nor apocalypse.

Both parties have conspiracy theory candidates, but it’s only a primary advantage for Donald Trump

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Let’s celebrate Black Women’s Equal Pay Day by bringing an end to it

Israel’s judicial overhaul puts its democracy and economy at risk

The chatbot will see you now

Beyoncé at Gillette

How to prepare for Beyoncé's ‘Renaissance World Tour’ at Gillette

At long last, Beyoncé comes to Gillette Stadium Tuesday. Get ready.

Heading to Gillette Stadium to see Beyoncé? Here’s what you need to know. Critic's notebook: Beyoncé, and the making of a ‘Renaissance’ woman

More recent News

To combat sudden cardiac arrest, Moakley Park gets Boston’s first public defibrillator
“If you don’t have access in a timely manner, your chances of survival are very very low," said Suzanne McKenzie, who hopes to bring additional AEDs to other Boston locations.

Scientists estimate 800 great white sharks visited Cape Cod between 2015 and 2018
“We have generated the first estimate of abundance for the white shark at a new seasonal aggregation site” in the Western North Atlantic, said the study published Thursday.

How to protect yourself from the extreme heat this week
A new toolkit offers a detailed guide to how much water to drink and cost-effective ways to stay cool.

Map: More than half of city-operated public pools in Boston are closed amid heat wave

Walk planned to honor Nancy Hanson, slain Newton mother, and shine spotlight on domestic violence
Organizers of the walk said Nancy Hanson “touched countless lives through her vibrant soul and passion for fitness, fostering a sense of belonging among her students.”

Acton will give $3,000 toward child care costs to each eligible family
The child care subsidy program for the 2023-2024 school year is funded through $40,000 the town allocated out of COVID relief funds it received through the American Rescue Plan Act.

The ‘SNL’ guys — who brought you ‘Three Sad Virgins’ with Pete Davidson and Taylor Swift — play the Wilbur on Sunday
Their comedy act is Please Don’t Destroy, and it caught on with a video about getting the COVID vaccine

Seven wonders of the sports world

Augusta National

Augusta National

There’s a reason they call it ‘heaven’

Churchill Downs

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

From the Brickyard to the Snake Pit

Lambeau Field

Lambeau Field

The windchill is 7 degrees. Who cares?

Churchill Downs

A weeklong party for a two-minute race

Cameron Indoor

Cameron Indoor Stadium

The Crazies are one of a kind

Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium

The fun starts early at The Big House

Fenway Park

Fenway Park

A love affair spawned from the ‘Impossible Dream’

Recommended reads

Kara Coluccio, a managing partner at Perspective Group, says the job market for biotech executives has gotten much tighter.

kara miller | the big idea

The once-hot market for biotech jobs and lab space has cooled. What now?

The carnage in biotech is not just affecting the sector’s workforce — it’s punching a hole in Greater Boston’s real estate market.

boston parks

To combat sudden cardiac arrest, Moakley Park gets Boston’s first public defibrillator
“If you don’t have access in a timely manner, your chances of survival are very very low," said Suzanne McKenzie, who hopes to bring additional AEDs to other Boston locations.

GLOBE NH | MORING REPORT

N.H. Beach Patrol has already rescued about 250 people so far this summer
N.H. State Parks is hosting a water safety day Thursday to educate beachgoers about how to stay safe, including the number one cause behind rescues: rip currents.

In N.H., Nikki Haley is asked if women should be punished for illegal abortions
“In order for us to have a federal law, we’re going to have to have consensus,” she answered. “What does that consensus look like?”

Culture & Lifestyle

Fall Out Boy (pictured during a January performance in Inglewood, Calif.) plays Fenway Park Aug. 2.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Pink goes airborne during a show at Olympiastadion in Berlin last month.

The sky’s the limit for Pink’s acrobatics at Fenway Park

Faran Tahir and Joanne Kelly in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's "Macbeth."

On the Common, a ‘Macbeth’ steeped in misery and madness

Film still from "Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo."

When they reminisce over you: Hip-Hop turns 50

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

Mass General Brigham nurse Marclyn Morice took care of Eleanor McLaughlin at McLaughlin's Needham apartment as part of MGB's Home Hospital program.

Providing hospital-level care at home saves money. The government should allow more of it.

Call Florida’s school curriculum on Black history what it is — a mendacious white nationalist hagiography fostered by the racist, ahistorical, anti-education policies of Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Republican candidate for president.

Florida’s silver linings guide to slavery

“There is no writing process,” a student said. “Boom. It’s done. Like Googling.”

IDEAS | LIZ SHULMAN

Keep ChatGPT out of the classroom

The Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb and the Atomic Bomb Dome at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima.

With the release of ‘Oppenheimer,’ debate over using the atomic bomb on Japan continues

US Marines geared up in front of a sunset before loading into a transport vehicle at Afghanistan's Kandahar International Airport, Dec. 19, 2001.

Jeremy Kofsky and Kael Weston

Senate must confirm Marine Corps commandant

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

IDEAS | MATTHEW REMSKI

America’s summer of fake saviors

Metro

Severe thunderstorms hit central and Western Mass. hard, report of possible tornado in N.H.

Lighting sparked a fire at an academic building at American International College in Springfield. "Springfield was definitely hit hard," Frank Nocera, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service said.

Steamship Authority ferry drifts from dock at Woods Hole

The M/V Sankaty was tied up for the day and was not in service when it broke loose shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday, the Steamship Authority said on Twitter.

Now arriving from New York: ‘Reinforcements’ to bolster MBTA executive ranks

Phillip Eng announced new top hires who will be responsible for some of the most troubled areas of the T, including its crumbling stations and faulty tracks.

State budget remains in limbo, as lawmakers pass another stopgap bill to keep government running

The House and Senate moved quickly to advance a $6 billion interim spending bill just hours after Governor Maura Healey filed it and just days before an initial stopgap measure was due to run out.

Sports

: Lee Hodges plays his shot from the eighth tee during the first round of the 3M Open at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minn.

Lee Hodges has first-round lead in 3M Open in bid to make FedEX Cup playoffs

Hodges got off to a hot start with back-to-back birdies to finish with an 8-under-par 63 for a one-shot lead.

The Dolphins acquired All-Pro cornerback Jaylen Ramsey in a trade with the Rams in March.

Dolphins All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey to undergo knee surgery and may miss start of season

Ramsey will undergo surgery Friday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee.

Polar Park is the venue for one of two pro-am boxing showcases. Punch-Out at Polar Park is scheduled for Aug. 4.

Two outdoor pro-am boxing events set for August in Worcester and Quincy

Pro-am showcases are scheduled at Polar Park and Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Women's World Cup Notebook

Asisat Oshoala seals Nigeria’s upset win over co-host Australia at the Women’s World Cup

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow carted off the field at practice

Why do the Red Sox wear yellow jerseys?

Business

White House rolls out measures aimed at lowering cost of housing, increasing supply

The White House has announced a series of measures that it said would reduce the cost and increase the supply of housing while bolstering protection for renters.

Beverly Starbucks workers petition to unionize

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

After delays, cost of Maine hydropower line soars, and Mass. will likely pay for it.

Norfolk Southern says cost of fiery Ohio derailment doubles to $803 million as cleanup continues

magazine

He was caught trying to defraud a COVID relief fund. Then he vanished.

Clothes call: What’s appropriate wedding attire?

The writer leads a rally for student debt cancellation held near the White House on June 20.

Why I know the NAACP’s next generation is going to accomplish great things

At a time when women’s sports are ready to soar, a lack of science is holding them back

metro

Sullivan’s Castle Island has blocked off its outdoor dining area because of aggressive seagulls.

Sullivan’s outdoor seating closed due to seagulls

Can a tick new to the Cape (but infamous elsewhere) really make you allergic to red meat? Hint: yes.

Providence’s pre-K special education waitlist has increased. The district pledges it will be gone by September.

sports

Patriots linebacker Josh Uche is coming off a breakout season.

Some important contract extensions could be in the works, and other thoughts on Day 2 of Patriots training camp

The Angels said they won’t trade him and Shohei Ohtani celebrated with his first MLB shutout

Three things to know about Mauricio Llovera, the newest Red Sox reliever

business

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 26, 2023, in New York City.

US economy grew at 2.4% rate in second quarter

Tell us: Where is the weirdest place you’ve worked remotely from?

Pink is popping in Boston as local businesses embrace Barbie’s resurgence

politics

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks to reporters following a meet and greet at the Hotel Charitone, July 27, in Chariton, Iowa.

Trump, DeSantis and other 2024 GOP candidates set to address Iowa Republicans at Lincoln Day Dinner

Senate passes defense bill with bipartisan support, but clash looms with House over social issues

Donald Trump faces additional charges in classified documents case in Florida

Nation

An aerial view after the first atomic explosion at Trinity Test Site, N.M., July 16, 1945.

US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

Pamela Blair, original performer of comedic ‘Chorus Line’ gem, dies at 73

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, speaks with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin prior to a lunch in Brisbane, Australia, on July 28.

Australian prime minister is confident the US will deliver nuclear-powered submarines

Wooing African nations, Putin casts West as a common foe

On southern front, Ukrainian forces aim to smash through Russian defenses

opinion

Demonstrators waved a large Israeli flag during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, July 24.

Israel is the canary in the coal mine for liberal democracy

‘Save the city’ mission looks like an effort to save old Boston

Let’s celebrate Black Women’s Equal Pay Day by bringing an end to it

lifestyle

Clockwise from top left: Jasmine Guy, Jabari Banks, Marcus Scribner, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Rome Flynn

Who will be in Boston for the NAACP Convention?

Meet the Taylor Swift of kids’ ear-piercing

Should I worry about our sex life?

food & dining

Joe and Jodi Campbell, visiting from Virginia, dine on the deck at ReelHouse Oyster Bar in the Seaport.

Watching the boats glide past at ReelHouse Oyster Bar in the Seaport, it’s easy to get hooked

Bartaco opens in Brookline; HobGoblin is Downtown Crossing’s newest haunt

Jack’s Abby, German brewery Weihenstephan to team up on Oktoberfest-inspired lager

travel

When Candace Welch returns her rental to Budget in Sioux Falls, S.D., the company bills her for hail damage.

Budget bills $2,133 for hail damage that never happened

Savoring the best 15 minutes in art history

Transfixing moments under, in, and above the clouds at Olympic National Park

Arts

Maria Molteni and collaborators Vin Caponigro, Laura Campagna, Ash Capachione, and Laura Ganci stand on Molteni's mural "Gateway to Infinity (An Anti-monument)."

Putting monumentality underfoot on the Greenway

An atelier of her own

Before they went full Hollywood, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles broke the mold in Northampton

Books

The hero of Peter Heller’s ‘The Last Ranger’ stalks the boundary between solitude and society

Susan Casey, veteran journalist of the life aquatic, explores the history and wonder of the subterranean ocean world in ‘The Underworld’

Donovan X. Ramsey, author of ‘When Crack Was King,’ on the lasting influence of poetry and books in childhood

Movies

Film still from "Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo."

When they reminisce over you: Hip-Hop turns 50

Pink is popping in Boston as local businesses embrace Barbie’s resurgence

California Governor Gavin Newsom offers to help negotiate Hollywood strike

Television

Boyd Holbrook (left) and Timothy Olyphant in "Justified: City Primeval." The series revival relocates US Marshal Raylan Givens from rural Kentucky to Detroit.

When a show’s somewhere isn’t just anywhere

Post-‘GoT’ retirement ends for Jack Gleeson

California Governor Gavin Newsom offers to help negotiate Hollywood strike

music

Beyoncé performs onstage during a "Renaissance World Tour" date at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London in May.

Beyoncé, and the making of a ‘Renaissance’ woman

The sky’s the limit for Pink’s acrobatics at Fenway Park

Heading to Gillette Stadium to see Beyoncé? Here’s what you need to know.

Theater/Dance

Faran Tahir and Joanne Kelly in Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's "Macbeth."

On the Common, a ‘Macbeth’ steeped in misery and madness

Huntington Theatre Company names Christopher Mannelli executive director

Go west, theater fans. The Berkshires are beckoning.

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

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor appears at the 31st Annual Grammy Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Feb. 22, 1989.

Sinéad O’Connor, gifted and provocative Irish singer, dies at 56

Rocky Wirtz, third-generation owner of Blackhawks, dead at 70

Johnny Lujack, 1947 Heisman winner who led Notre Dame to 3 national titles, dies at 98