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Video shows U-Haul tracked from Patriot Front demonstration in Boston getting pulled over

Body worn-camera footage shows State Police stop of U-Haul from Patriot Front demonstration in Boston. (Video courtesy of Massachusetts State Police)

Body camera footage shows State Police stop of U-Haul from Patriot Front demonstration in Boston

Recently released footage from State Police body-worn cameras has shed new light on efforts by law enforcement to catch up with Patriot Front organizers after they paraded through Boston last July.

innovation economy

Fewer reports. More action. Mass needs to step up its startup game in the post-COVID economy.
The state needs to present a more unified message on why this is a good place for entrepreneurs.

Beth Teitell

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

The summer splendor of the outdoor shower on the Cape
Once merely a mainstay to rinse off after a day at the beach, they’ve become more creative — with each owner adding personal touches.

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.

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.

Donald Trump faces new charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. Here’s what to know.

Senator Dianne Feinstein appears confused during vote, prodded to say ‘aye’

Feinstein appeared to get confused during a committee vote Thursday, adding to concerns about whether the 90-year-old lawmaker can perform her duties despite her physical decline.

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.

Sullivan’s Castle Island outdoor seating closed because of aggressive - and hungry - 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.

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

Three women pulled from water at Mayflower Beach in Dennis

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

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’

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘In lieu of bringing me flowers, he made a donation to a wildflower organization’

Will this dater’s romantic gesture charm his date?

The writer, right, and her twin sister, Jan, in 1959.

CONNECTIONS

Since my sister’s death, I wonder if I should introduce myself as a ‘twinless twin’

Take it from me, it’s always kind to also be mindful of parentless children, partnerless partners, and petless pet owners.

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

People transported bananas along a street in Havana on July 18.

IDEAS | JOHN R. BAWDEN

Ten years of watching Cuba change — and stay the same

For a periodic visitor like me, the situation feels strikingly different from not long ago, yet so much of the economic hardship remains.

EDITORIAL

Flooding ravaged Massachusetts farms. The state should help farmers recover.

NEWSLETTERS

The crisis of missing Black women in America is not a hoax

IDEAS | ELAN BABCHUCK AND WENDY CADGE

America has a loneliness epidemic. How about religious faith as part of the solution?

SCOT LEHIGH

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

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

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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.

Artists prepare for International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach
Fifteen sculptors from around the world have gathered to compete for a cash prize, which will be awarded Saturday 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.

Swansea man arrested for alleged actions on Jan. 6: ‘We need everybody, let’s get in the Capitol’
Michael St. Pierre, 46, is the 29th person arrested from the region in connection to the Capitol incident, said Kristen Setera, spokeswoman for the Boston division of the FBI Boston.

‘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.

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.”

Seven wonders of the sports world

Fenway Park

A love affair spawned from the ‘Impossible Dream’

First six months of the state’s mental health overhaul reveal promise and challenges

A new help line and urgent care centers win praise for helping in crises, but ongoing care remains a challenge amid workforce shortages.

‘If you don’t take the bus and train, you don’t understand’: Months later, many T slow zones remain — to passengers’ chagrin
Governor Maura Healey vowed to get to the bottom of the commute-warping problem quickly. That was in April.

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 City Councilor Kendra Lara is facing criminal charges. Will it cost her an election?
As she runs for a second term, receiving the same backing from two years ago is an open question.

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

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

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

EDITORIAL

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.

RENÉE GRAHAM

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.

JEFF JACOBY

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

Sullivan’s Castle Island outdoor seating closed because of aggressive - and hungry - 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.

RI BUSINESS

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

A National Cancer Institute designation would increase access to care in Rhode Island and elevate Lifespan’s and Brown’s cancer centers to the same elite level as those in Boston and New York.

RI HEALTH

One R.I. man’s battle with Stage 4 colon cancer: ‘You’re going to die no matter what. So fight this thing and beat it.’

Five years ago, Ward Thrasher was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. Clinical trials and advanced care accessible to him in Rhode Island have kept him alive and his quality of life high.

The summer splendor of the outdoor shower on the Cape

Once merely a mainstay to rinse off after a day at the beach, they’ve become more creative — with each owner adding personal touches.

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.

Golf roundup

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.

NFL

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.

Boxing

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

NFL notebook

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow carted off the field at practice

red sox

Why do the Red Sox wear yellow jerseys?

Business

RI BUSINESS

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

A National Cancer Institute designation would increase access to care in Rhode Island and elevate Lifespan’s and Brown’s cancer centers to the same elite level as those in Boston and New York.

RI HEALTH

One R.I. man’s battle with Stage 4 colon cancer: ‘You’re going to die no matter what. So fight this thing and beat it.’

Five years ago, Ward Thrasher was diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer. Clinical trials and advanced care accessible to him in Rhode Island have kept him alive and his quality of life high.

Biden will sign an executive order in Maine encouraging new inventions to be made in the US

innovation economy

Fewer reports. More action. Mass needs to step up its startup game in the post-COVID economy.

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Globe Magazine

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

MISS CONDUCT

Clothes call: What’s appropriate wedding attire?

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

PERSPECTIVE

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

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Body camera footage shows State Police stop of U-Haul from Patriot Front demonstration in Boston

innovation economy Fewer reports. More action. Mass needs to step up its startup game in the post-COVID economy. The state needs to present a more unified message on why this is a good place for entrepreneurs.

Beth Teitell 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.

The summer splendor of the outdoor shower on the Cape Once merely a mainstay to rinse off after a day at the beach, they’ve become more creative — with each owner adding personal touches.

Biden keeps his distance from son’s legal troubles. Congressional Democrats are OK with that — for now.

Donald Trump faces additional charges in classified documents case in Florida

Senator Dianne Feinstein appears confused during vote, prodded to say ‘aye’

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

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

Three women pulled from water at Mayflower Beach in Dennis

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

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

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

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

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

Blind date: ‘In lieu of bringing me flowers, he made a donation to a wildflower organization’

Since my sister’s death, I wonder if I should introduce myself as a ‘twinless twin’

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

Ten years of watching Cuba change — and stay the same

Flooding ravaged Massachusetts farms. The state should help farmers recover.

The crisis of missing Black women in America is not a hoax

America has a loneliness epidemic. How about religious faith as part of the solution?

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

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

More recent News

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.

Artists prepare for International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach Fifteen sculptors from around the world have gathered to compete for a cash prize, which will be awarded Saturday 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.

Swansea man arrested for alleged actions on Jan. 6: ‘We need everybody, let’s get in the Capitol’ Michael St. Pierre, 46, is the 29th person arrested from the region in connection to the Capitol incident, said Kristen Setera, spokeswoman for the Boston division of the FBI Boston.

‘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.

Walk planned to honor Nancy Hanson, slain Newton mother, and shine spotlight on domestic violence

Augusta National

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Lambeau Field

Churchill Downs

Cameron Indoor Stadium

Michigan Stadium

Fenway Park

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First six months of the state’s mental health overhaul reveal promise and challenges

‘If you don’t take the bus and train, you don’t understand’: Months later, many T slow zones remain — to passengers’ chagrin Governor Maura Healey vowed to get to the bottom of the commute-warping problem quickly. That was in April.

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.

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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

Florida’s silver linings guide to slavery

Keep ChatGPT out of the classroom

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

Senate must confirm Marine Corps commandant

America’s summer of fake saviors

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Sullivan’s Castle Island outdoor seating closed because of aggressive - and hungry - seagulls

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

One R.I. man’s battle with Stage 4 colon cancer: ‘You’re going to die no matter what. So fight this thing and beat it.’

The summer splendor of the outdoor shower on the Cape

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

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

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

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?

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Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

One R.I. man’s battle with Stage 4 colon cancer: ‘You’re going to die no matter what. So fight this thing and beat it.’

Biden will sign an executive order in Maine encouraging new inventions to be made in the US

Fewer reports. More action. Mass needs to step up its startup game in the post-COVID economy.

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

Clothes call: What’s appropriate wedding attire?

innovation economy

Fewer reports. More action. Mass needs to step up its startup game in the post-COVID economy.
The state needs to present a more unified message on why this is a good place for entrepreneurs.

Beth Teitell

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.

The summer splendor of the outdoor shower on the Cape
Once merely a mainstay to rinse off after a day at the beach, they’ve become more creative — with each owner adding personal touches.

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.

Artists prepare for International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach
Fifteen sculptors from around the world have gathered to compete for a cash prize, which will be awarded Saturday 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.

Swansea man arrested for alleged actions on Jan. 6: ‘We need everybody, let’s get in the Capitol’
Michael St. Pierre, 46, is the 29th person arrested from the region in connection to the Capitol incident, said Kristen Setera, spokeswoman for the Boston division of the FBI Boston.

‘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.

‘If you don’t take the bus and train, you don’t understand’: Months later, many T slow zones remain — to passengers’ chagrin
Governor Maura Healey vowed to get to the bottom of the commute-warping problem quickly. That was in April.

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 City Councilor Kendra Lara is facing criminal charges. Will it cost her an election?
As she runs for a second term, receiving the same backing from two years ago is an open question.