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Cardinal Sean O’Malley spoke 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.

Michelle Brennen prepares roses for the memorial commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Delta crash at Logan Airport that took the life of 89 people, including her father.

Fifty years later, families reflect on Logan plane crash that killed 89 people

In a moment, the crash of Delta Flight 723 upended many New England families' lives forever. This weekend, some will meet one another for the first time.

Lavonta Williams, of Wichita, Kansas NAACP Chapter, arrives at the "community activation" event for NAACP convention held at the Freedom House in Dorchester in Boston.

NAACP leaders tour Boston’s majority-Black neighborhoods, talk civic engagement

“Black excellence isn’t just going to a convention downtown in the Seaport — this is Black excellence right here,” Tanisha Sullivan, president of NAACP’s Boston branch, told the group at the Freedom House stop.

RED SOX 3, GIANTS 2

Triston Casas was right at home in San Francisco, delivering a Red Sox win over the Giants
Casas doubled home Boston's first run in the second inning and added a solo home run in the fifth.

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.

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

Other commissioners appeared to be caught off-guard by the move, at a time when the board is in the midst of implementing the state’s new cannabis equity law.

Studies retracted after Harvard professor who researches honesty faces allegations of fraud

The allegations against Francesca Gino have been detailed in recent reports, raising fears in academia that the alleged data tampering may involve a larger body of scholarship.

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.

The UFO congressional hearing was ‘insulting’ to US employees, a top Pentagon official says

NAACP Convention in Boston

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

Who will be in Boston for the NAACP Convention?

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

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

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.

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.

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

A new hub for the humanities in Manchester
Saint Anselm College President Joseph A. Favazza said the Gregory J. Grappone Humanities Institute will be a center for students and the broader community

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’

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Body cam footage shows Massachusetts State Police officers inspecting the back of a U-Haul truck, allegedly used by members of the Patriot Front to transport shields, flags, a drum, poles, and a megaphone.

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.

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?

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.

‘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.

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

A new hub for the humanities in Manchester

Saint Anselm College President Joseph A. Favazza said the Gregory J. Grappone Humanities Institute will be a center for students and the broader community

NAACP leaders tour Boston’s majority-Black neighborhoods, talk civic engagement

“Black excellence isn’t just going to a convention downtown in the Seaport — this is Black excellence right here,” Tanisha Sullivan, president of NAACP’s Boston branch, told the group at the Freedom House stop.

One man arrested, second man sought, for May murder in Waltham

Josh Pierre, 21, of Waltham, is wanted in connection with the murder of Shelson Jules on May 22. Pierre is considered to be armed and dangerous, and the public should call police instead of approaching him, officials said.

Amherst community rallies in support of LGBTQ+ students

Demonstrators plan to rally to demand transparency from leaders about an ongoing investigation into whether district employees discriminated against transgender students.

Sports

Triston Casas (right) was right at home in San Francisco, homering and knocking in another run with a double.

RED SOX 3, GIANTS 2

Triston Casas was right at home in San Francisco, delivering a Red Sox win over the Giants

Casas doubled home Boston's first run in the second inning and added a solo home run in the fifth.

Wikelman Gonzalez is an entirely different pitcher than he was in a difficult April, according to one of his pitching coaches.

alex speier | minor details

Red Sox coaches find a way to unlock the talent of pitching prospect Wikelman Gonzalez

The righthander got off to a terrible start this season, but mental counseling and innovative between-starts work have him excelling for Portland.

Shohei Ohtani launched his major-league leading 39th home run Friday night.

BLUE JAYS 4, ANGELS 1

Shohei Ohtani leaves the yard, then leaves the game with leg cramps as Angels fall to Blue Jays

Matt Chapman, Danny Jansen, and Whit Merrifield homered for the Blue Jays, who are 24-11 when they hit two or more home runs.

Lee Hodges expands 3M Open lead to four strokes after 36 holes; Justin Thomas misses cut

Franklin 6, Shrewsbury 5

Franklin Post 75 walks off with second consecutive Massachusetts American Legion baseball championship

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

How the Red Sox are feeding the confidence of Jarren Duran and their young foundation

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

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, with a block party, career fair, and more

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

Studies retracted after Harvard professor who researches honesty faces allegations of fraud

sports

New Broncos coach Sean Payton's focus on the field Friday was solely on his own team.

Sean Payton apologizes for disparaging remarks aimed at his Broncos predecessor and team staff

Whether he’s wearing skates or cleats, Red Sox minor leaguer Eddy Alvarez has found his way to the top

Champion Chiefs put pads on at practice for first time but without holdout defensive star Chris Jones

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

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, on July 28.

Trump and his top 2024 primary rivals mostly ignore the case against him during key Iowa GOP event

Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall

The UFO congressional hearing was ‘insulting’ to US employees, a top Pentagon official says

Nation

Onta Williams was led by police officers from a federal building in New York, in 2009, after being arrested by the FBI on charges related to a plot to bomb targets in the Bronx.

Judge orders release of 3 of ‘Newburgh Four’ and assails FBI’s role in a post-9/11 terror sting

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

World

Afghan women wait to receive cash at a money distribution point organized by the World Food Program, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Nov. 20, 2021.

UN says it’s forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis

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

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