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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.

Patriots’ Rhamondre Stevenson is out to run down an elusive target Bob Ryan: For any New England fans distressed about a championship ‘drought,’ here’s a little perspective

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.

‘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.

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.

Long a sore spot for riders with disabilities, service on the RIDE has gotten worse because of staffing shortages

Delays on the MBTA's paratransit service can make a simple trip a lengthy headache, but riders say they couldn't live without it.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

You’ve heard it before: it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity

In July 2023, Boston has experienced more days in a row with a dew point above 65 than has ever been recorded here before.

This maps shows the expected excessive heat risk on Friday.

As ‘dangerous heat’ in Mass. continues, here’s what residents can expect going into the weekend

Somerville man who sat in Senate chamber during Jan. 6 insurrection sentenced to a year in prison
Noah Bacon, who participated in the takeover of the US Senate chambers during the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, was sentenced to one year in federal prison, records show.

Governor Maura Healey moving to partner’s Arlington home
Healey quietly moved to Porter Square last July, months before her election victory. The relocation was kept under wraps.

Mass. Cannabis Commission ‘in crisis,’ chair says, in announcing executive director’s exit

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

One dead in crash on I-95 in Topsfield

Aunt and two nieces rescued from Mayflower Beach in Dennis, officials say

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

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.

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown answers questions after his supermax contract extension signing on July 26, 2023.

After $304 million supermax extension, Jaylen Brown’s personal life gets supermax attention from the tabloids

The Boston Celtics star has been linked a fashion influencer and entrepreneur who boasts more than seven million Instagram followers, according to reports.

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?

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

Revere is clueless about home-based day care

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

Andre M. Perry and Jordan Fields

Boston Task Force on Reparations is setting a precedent for other states to follow

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?

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

Legislature needs to ban the sale of cellphone location data

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

Actor Max Greenfield urges studio CEOs to ‘be the heroes’ and make a deal in Hollywood strikes
The co-star of the CBS sitcom “The Neighborhood” is urging the studios and their CEOs to return to the bargaining table two weeks into the Hollywood actors strike.

TV Critic's Corner: Hollywood strikes reportedly force postponement of the Emmys

Senator McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health

In a statement, his office said McConnell appreciates the continued support of his colleagues and “plans to serve his full term in the job they overwhelmingly elected him to do.”

In Maine, Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down

Standing in a textile manufacturing facility in Auburn, President Biden pointed to inflation statistics that showed the US has the lowest rate of price increases among the world’s biggest economies.

COMMENTARY | Carolyn Dever and Olivia Gentile

Help Wanted in N.H.: Journalism without sexism
A local columnist lauded Dartmouth’s 19th president for his accomplishments, but when writing about the school’s first female president he focused on housework — and accused her of shirking it, another journalist and the school’s former provost note.

chad finn

With his grace and talent, Patrice Bergeron was a modern-day John Havlicek
Bergeron was not as accomplished individually or in terms of team achievement as Hondo, but he is comfortably in the gallery of Boston sports gods.

Lawmakers weigh bill to end life without parole in Massachusetts
The legislation would not automatically guarantee release from prison, but rather give every person sentenced to life in prison an opportunity to go before a parole board after serving 25 years.

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.

Nearly a month past July 1 deadline, Mass. House, Senate budget leaders announce budget agreement
While Massachusetts legislative leaders did not announce any details, they said they are confident they will be able to vote on the state's fiscal year 2024 budget on Monday.

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

Sophie Wilde plays Mia in the Philippou brothers' new horror-drama "Talk to Me."

In ‘Talk To Me,’ RackaRacka YouTubers and first-time directors Danny and Michael Philippou conjure the terrors of teenhood

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit perform at Roadrunner in Boston.

At Roadrunner, Jason Isbell and his versatile band bring heat and heart

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

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

Fireworks at Revere Beach’s International Sand Sculpting Festival postponed to Sunday

The firework show, initially scheduled for Saturday, will now be on display Sunday at 9 p.m.

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

A 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.

What happens on college campuses over summer vacation? A lot, it turns out.

Many colleges use their campuses to host summer conferences, weddings, and special programs to help bolster their reputations or make extra money.

Long a sore spot for riders with disabilities, service on the RIDE has gotten worse because of staffing shortages

Delays on the MBTA's paratransit service can make a simple trip a lengthy headache, but riders say they couldn't live without it.

Sports

Six-time Pro Bowl cornerback Jalen Ramsey was lost to the Dolphins for the start of the season.

Jalen Ramsey vows to be back with Dolphins sooner than timeline doctors lay out for him after knee surgery

After suffering the injury Thursday, the All-Pro cornerback addressed his teammates. “It really moved a lot of people,” Miami coach Mike McDaniel said Friday.

Aaron Judge is back in the Yankees' lineup and hitting second against the Orioles on Friday night.

The Yankees hope Aaron Judge’s return can lift their listless offense

New York is 30-19 with Judge this season, but 19-23 since he got hurt June 3 in Los Angeles.

Justin Turner (left), Rafael Devers, and the Red Sox have enjoyed a stretch of 15 wins in 20 games to move 1.5 games out of the third wild card spot.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

The Red Sox should lean into a weird season and buy before the MLB trade deadline

Trading Kiké Hernández was a good start, but there needs to be more than that.

Patriots’ Matthew Judon explains why he is easing into things, and other camp observations

MLB Trade Deadline Tracker: Dodgers add Lance Lynn, Joe Kelly, in deal with White Sox

After $304 million supermax extension, Jaylen Brown’s personal life gets supermax attention from the tabloids

Business

Adidas to release second batch of Yeezy sneakers after breakup with Ye

Adidas is releasing a second batch of high-end Yeezy sneakers after cutting ties with rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.

The Fed’s preferred inflation measure cooled in June

The data illustrate that the economy retains substantial momentum 16 months into the central bank’s campaign to slow it down. That could improve the chances of a soft landing.

As temperatures soar, some Mass. workers can’t beat the heat

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

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

Cape and Islands District Attorney Rob Galibois announced Friday that he intends to investigate the dropping of dozens of migrants on Martha’s Vineyard.

Cape DA urges state, federal law enforcement to investigate Ron DeSantis over Martha’s Vineyard migrant crisis

Five people, including a probate judge, charged for roles in alleged thefts from Cranston man’s estate

Nearly a month past July 1 deadline, Mass. House, Senate budget leaders announce budget agreement

sports

Gonzalez’s frame, speed, and instincts offer hope that an already stout New England defense has added a potential No. 1 boundary defensive back.

Christian Gonzalez looking the part as Patriots’ No. 1 corner early in training camp

Patriots’ Rhamondre Stevenson is out to run down an elusive target

Meet the pitchers acquired in the Kiké Hernández trade

business

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

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.’

politics

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell was helped after freezing at the microphone Wednesday.

Biden urged to withhold some aid to Egypt

Trump and DeSantis set to address influential Iowans at GOP dinner as candidates face pivotal moment

In Maine, Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down

Nation

The Florida Department of Education's new set of public education standards on race is one of the reasons why Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation's oldest and largest Black intercollegiate fraternity, is moving their biannual convention meeting place out of the state, according to the fraternity's president.

Oldest Black fraternity moves convention over Florida’s ‘racist’ policies

Actor Max Greenfield urges studio CEOs to ‘be the heroes’ and make a deal in Hollywood strikes

Louise Levy, who was studied for her very long life, is dead at 112

World

Japanese writer Seiichi Morimura delivered a speech in Tokyo in March 2010.

Seiichi Morimura, who exposed Japanese atrocities in WWII, dies at 90

Moscow blames Kyiv for missile attacks in southern Russia as Kremlin forces pound Ukrainian village

Russian and Chinese delegates join North Korean leader Kim at a parade showing his newest missiles

opinion

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer spoke with Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Ed Markey of Massachusetts during a news conference about the Inflation Reduction Act outside the US Capitol on Aug. 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Hope on the climate change front

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

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

lifestyle

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown answers questions after his supermax contract extension signing on July 26, 2023.

After $304 million supermax extension, Jaylen Brown’s personal life gets supermax attention from the tabloids

I don’t want the marriage to end

Who will be in Boston for the NAACP Convention?

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

Sophie Wilde plays Mia in the Philippou brothers' new horror-drama "Talk to Me."

In ‘Talk To Me,’ RackaRacka YouTubers and first-time directors Danny and Michael Philippou conjure the terrors of teenhood

‘More than just film screenings’: Woods Hole Film Festival returns to Cape Cod for its 32nd year

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

Television

Musician Brad Paisley and actors Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield, from left, posed together at the 10th Annual PingPong4Purpose celebrity ping pong tournament hosted by Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and his wife, Ellen, Thursday, July 27, 2023, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

Actor Max Greenfield urges studio CEOs to ‘be the heroes’ and make a deal in Hollywood strikes

Boots and dog tags Alan Alda wore on ‘M-A-S-H’ sell at auction for $125,000 that will go to charity

Hollywood strikes reportedly force postponement of the Emmys

music

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit perform at Roadrunner in Boston.

At Roadrunner, Jason Isbell and his versatile band bring heat and heart

Beyoncé, and the making of a ‘Renaissance’ woman

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

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