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Marti Gruhn, a resident of Barnstable Village, stepped across the goldfish pond in her outdoor shower on Thursday. Gruhn got the inspiration for her shower while visiting the island of Bali in 1996 during a six-month trip around the world.

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.

Tell us about your experience with outdoor showers

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.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley speaks to Antoine Andrie, his wife, Dilonisa Andrie, and their daughter, 1-year-old Saieqea Andrie, during an ice cream social at the Catholic Charities Inn, the largest emergency assistance shelter run by Catholic Charities of Boston.

‘This is completely different’: Hotel shelter housing over 40 migrant, homeless families reflects growing need

Massachusetts has had to rapidly expand its emergency assistance shelter program, given the simultaneous housing crisis and migrant influx of families from places like Haiti and Central and South America.

Dan Shaughnessy

Here’s a vote of confidence for Bill Belichick, and other hot summer thoughts
The Patriots will be better than you think and all this nonsense about Belichick's job being in jeopardy will be dust in the wind.

Sports fans around here may tend to think that championships (and duck boat parades) are expected, but it doesn't work that way.

For any New England fans distressed about a championship ‘drought,’ here’s a little perspective

After a giddy start to the 21st century — with a dozen championships in four sports — our sporting life is acting more normal.

Dax Shepard, left, and Kristen Bell in 2014.

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard camp on floor at Logan airport during delay: ‘We made quite a home here’

The famous family faced hours of delays at Boston's airport, prompting them to set up a spread of blankets and neck pillows on the airport floor.

Cancer treatment could halt Lyme disease in its tracks, UMass Amherst researchers say

A type of drug used to treat some cancers could be effective in halting symptoms of tick-borne Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that sickens nearly half a million Americans each year, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Storm damage reports: severe winds topple trees, South End lightning strike sends bricks tumbling to sidewalk during thunderstorms
Thunderstorms packing high winds took down trees and powerlines in many communities as an intense weather system rolled across Massachusetts Thursday.

26heatkit - Urine color chart to assess hydration. - (The Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit)

How to tell if you are dehydrated in the extreme heat this week

Somerville man who sat in Senate chamber during Jan. 6 insurrection sentenced to a year in prison
A Somerville man who participated in the takeover of the US Senate chambers during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol and tried to cover up a security camera was sentenced to one year in federal prison, records show.

New Hampshire Attorney General’s office investigating alleged attack on gay couple
The couple, who operate the Wm. Poole Confections shop in Somersworth, reported they were injured in an attack by a group of juveniles who shouted homophobic taunts.

As McConnell tries to convey business as usual, his future is in doubt
Senator Mitch McConnell’s freeze-up at a news conference, as well as new disclosures about other recent falls, have intensified quiet discussion about how long he can stay in his position.

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

Lawmakers weigh bill to end life without parole in Massachusetts

Three women pulled from water at Mayflower Beach in Dennis

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

NAACP Convention in Boston

Set up for The NAACP National Convention began at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center on Wednesday. Materials were being unpacked in the lobby.

NAACP festivities kick off at The Hub Friday, with a block party, career fair, and more, open to the public

‘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

The new Bluebikes rental station on Derby Street in Salem.

Bluebikes peddles on, expands with new stations

The fact that the MBTA is anything but well-functioning these days makes the Bluebikes alternative all the more vital.

This week's daters: Matt and Leanne.

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?

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

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. Signs warned diners to cover their food and “beware” of seagulls at Sullivan's Castle Island.

Opinion

Books, toys and educational materials line the walls of Brown Bear Excel Early Learning Center, a home-based day-care center in Boston.

MARCELA GARCÍA

In Revere, opening a day care in your home is harder than it should be

Revere’s regulations for family child-care businesses are more restrictive than the state’s standards. That’s a problem.

Carol Rose, Rebecca Hart Holder, and Nate Horwitz-Willis

Legislature needs to ban the sale of cellphone location data

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 groups as part of the solution?

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

More recent News

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.

What to know about the new charges against former president Trump

john powers | on soccer

For the US women in the World Cup, the mandate is clear: Finish the job around the net
Scoring has been an issue, and goal differential will be a factor in determining their path forward.

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

Donald Trump and rival Ron DeSantis will appear for the first time at the same campaign event in early voting Iowa at a pivotal moment for the Republican presidential candidates.

Tim Scott criticizes Ron DeSantis over his support for Florida’s slavery curriculum

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.

Biogen to bulk up rare disease treatments with $7 billion acquisition of Texas firm
The deal to buy Reata Pharmaceuticals caps a week in which the Cambridge biotech also announced job cuts in advance of its Alzheimer’s drug rollout.

Hollywood strike reportedly delays Emmy Awards for the first time in decades
Multiple outlets are reporting that the 75th annual ceremony’s originally scheduled air date of Monday, Sept. 18 will push to a new date, yet to be announced.

Listen to 'Say More'

The chatbot will see you now
Here are five takeaways from a new book on the AI revolution in medicine by Microsoft’s research head, a Harvard Medical School professor, and a Boston health journalist.

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

Retired Boston police detective Joe Leeman conducted a tour of various crime scenes in the city of 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.

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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

In some TV series, a show’s locale has its own starring role

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

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

Who will be in Boston for the NAACP Convention?

Tunes from DJ Jazzy Jeff will be among the highlights Friday at the NAACP National Convention's Hub Block Party.

Weekend brings free music and entertainment to Seaport during the 114th NAACP National Convention

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

The ruined potato field at the Smiarowski Farm in Hatfield on July 19.

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

What started out as a fundraiser and birthday party — to be hosted by PR executive George Regan at his Mashpee home — instead turned into a botched plot to launch a “3-year mission to save the City of Boston from the negative impacts of the ultra-progressives policies (that) dominate the current City Council and current administration of Boston City Hall.”

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

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

IDEAS | LIZ SHULMAN

Keep ChatGPT out of the classroom

Teacher Ivone Dossantos read to toddlers at the Ellis Early Learning center in the South End on March 3.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

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

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

IDEAS | Fredrik deBoer

The hubris of AI hype

Metro

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard camp on floor at Logan airport during delay: ‘We made quite a home here’

The famous family faced hours of delays at Boston's airport, prompting them to set up a spread of blankets and neck pillows on the airport floor.

‘This is completely different’: Hotel shelter housing over 40 migrant, homeless families reflects growing need

Massachusetts has had to rapidly expand its emergency assistance shelter program, given the simultaneous housing crisis and migrant influx of families from places like Haiti and Central and South America.

‘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.

The latest political news in Rhode Island

Endorsements, campaign announcements, and more leading up to the special election for R.I.’s First Congressional District

Sports

The Americans (in white) scored three goals in their win over Vietnam — but they probably should have scored more.

john powers | on soccer

For the US women in the World Cup, the mandate is clear: Finish the job around the net

Scoring has been an issue, and goal differential will be a factor in determining their path forward.

Kutter Crawford will face the Giants for the first time Friday night.

Red Sox at Giants | 10:15 p.m. (NESN)

Game 103: Red Sox at Giants lineups and notes

Kutter Crawford will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series with San Francisco at Oracle Park on Friday.

Bill Belichick is beginning his 24th season as Patriots coach.

Dan Shaughnessy

Here’s a vote of confidence for Bill Belichick, and other hot summer thoughts

The Patriots will be better than you think and all this nonsense about Belichick's job being in jeopardy will be dust in the wind.

For any New England fans distressed about a championship ‘drought,’ here’s a little perspective

Ice Cube’s Big3 returns to Boston, bringing a 3-on-3 basketball spectacle to TD Garden

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

Business

Closely tracked inflation gauge falls to its lowest level in more than 2 years

A measure of consumer prices that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve fell last month to its lowest level since March 2021, the latest sign that inflation in the United States is steadily cooling from its once-painful highs.

Biogen to bulk up rare disease treatments with $7 billion acquisition of Texas firm

The deal to buy Reata Pharmaceuticals caps a week in which the Cambridge biotech also announced job cuts in advance of its Alzheimer’s drug rollout.

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.’

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

A tick is displayed in Plainville in this 2017 file photo.

Cancer treatment could halt Lyme disease in its tracks, UMass Amherst researchers say

Sabina Matos signatures investigation: Here’s what you need to know

Somerville man who sat in Senate chamber during Jan. 6 insurrection sentenced to a year in prison

sports

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

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

business

Main Street in Cambridge's Kendall Square on June 8, 2022. Several things are causing discontinuity in the world of startups — a clear break from how things worked before COVID. And many of them threaten to rot the laurels that we love to rest on here in Massachusetts.

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

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

Beverly Starbucks workers petition to unionize

politics

Republican presidential candidate Senator Tim Scott spoke to guests during a town hall meeting on Thursday in Ankeny, Iowa.

Tim Scott criticizes Ron DeSantis over his support for Florida’s slavery curriculum

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

As McConnell tries to convey business as usual, his future is in doubt

Nation

A tuber floats on the Comal River, July 26, in New Braunfels, Texas, as the area continues to feel the effects of triple-digit temperatures.

Nearly 200 million people in US are under heat or flood advisories

As illegal crossings drop, the legal challenges over Biden’s US-Mexico border policies grow

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

World

Bangladesh Nationalist party (BNP) activists take part in a rally in Dhaka on July 28, 2023, to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and a general election under a neutral caretaker government.

Bangladesh’s ruling and opposition parties hold rallies over who should oversee the next election

As more migrants go missing at sea, many say bodies end up on Senegal’s beaches in unmarked graves

Fierce winds caused panic on ferry that capsized in Philippines, killing at least 26, officials say

opinion

A woman shields herself from the sun as she walks along Dorchester Avenue in South Boston.

Climate change is exacerbating racial inequities. Boston is trying to change that.

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

The hubris of AI hype

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

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

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

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

travel

Dax Shepard, left, and Kristen Bell in 2014.

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard camp on floor at Logan airport during delay: ‘We made quite a home here’

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

Savoring the best 15 minutes in art history

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

Dax Shepard, left, and Kristen Bell in 2014.

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard camp on floor at Logan airport during delay: ‘We made quite a home here’

When they reminisce over you: Hip-Hop turns 50

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

Television

Dax Shepard, left, and Kristen Bell in 2014.

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard camp on floor at Logan airport during delay: ‘We made quite a home here’

In some TV series, a show’s locale has its own starring role

Post-‘GoT’ retirement ends for Jack Gleeson

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

In the musical hit "A Chorus Line," actress Pamela Blair sings "Dance-Ten, Looks-Three," a song extolling the benefits of hormones, silicone, and plastic surgery in furthering the career of aspiring dancers.

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

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

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