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‘We fight for democracy and a better future’: thousands gather at NAACP convention in Boston Saturday
Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to address the convention Saturday evening.

Watch live: Opening mass meeting at NAACP convention in Boston, with Kamala Harris set to speak

Ahead of thunderstorms, a flash flood warning in effect for Boston area

A flash flood warning is in until 6:45 p.m. Saturday for the Boston area as heavy rain moves through the state, according to the National Weather Service.

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

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

The accusations, concerning four studies Francesca Gino co-authored, have raised fears that the fraud is more widespread.

Music review

A monster set from Hollywood Vampires at the Wang
The rock 'n' roll supergroup featuring Alice Cooper, Joe Perry, and Johnny Depp delivered nearly two hours of timeless rock covers and originals with all the morbid theatrics of a Halloween special.

Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman

President Biden on Friday for the first time publicly acknowledged his seventh grandchild, a 4-year-old girl fathered by his son Hunter with an Arkansas woman, Lunden Roberts, in 2018.

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.

Governor Maura Healey moving to partner’s Arlington home

Dr. Luke Apisa, an emergency medicine specialist, is the first fellow in a new program that trains doctors to care for patients in deep space. Photographed at Massachusetts General Hospital in the emergency department with patient Dora Bard.

To deliver medical care in space, doctors are training in the most remote, austere places on Earth

A new Space Medicine Fellowship by Mass General and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston is preparing for the need for medical care on the verge of a boom in space travel.

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.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Freedom, and soup
Some Boston caterers have joined the army of helpers trying to make Haitian refugees flooding into Greater Boston feel at home.

The Chiefs' Travis Kelce, one of the top five receiving weapons in the NFL, has an average salary of $14.3 million that would rank him 21st among receivers.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

If any NFL position group has a gripe about being underpaid, it’s tight ends

Outside of the quarterback, no player has to know more about the offense, yet tight ends consistently get squeezed in the marketplace when compared with wide receivers.

Patriots’ need for improvement in red zone a hot topic at training camp, but Mike Gesicki plays it cool On Football: Bills are focused on Super Bowl

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.

NAACP Convention in Boston

A group of young people, who attended the convention through funding from the NAACP New England Area Conference, posed for a photo Saturday.

Young convention attendees want to help, to make a difference

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

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

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

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

Who will be in Boston for the NAACP Convention?

With his bat and his glove, Sal Frelick is showing that he is ready for the majors.

After a delayed start, Lexington’s Sal Frelick is cleaning up in the big leagues

A thumb injury undoubtedly cost him an earlier call-up, but the former Boston College star now has arrived with a bang.

If the US finishes second in its group, that means a probable Round of 16 meeting with Sweden, which took a 5-0 victory over Italy on Saturday.

Frank Dell'Apa I On soccer

It’s becoming clear that US three-peat chances at Women’s World Cup will go through Europe

Next up for the US is a must win (or tie) against Portugal Tuesday.

Jaylen Brown signed his new contract with former US Olympic track star John Carlos (right) looking on.

Jaylen Brown has big plans for the future now that he’s finalized his big contract

With a five-year, $304 million deal in hand, Brown expressed his vision for leaving Boston a better city than when he arrived in the summer of 2016

Opinion

State Senator Diana DiZoglio said her office has been “stonewalled.”

Audit Beacon Hill? Yes, but...

Attorney General Campbell can turn this political hot potato into a teaching moment.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Revere is clueless about home-based day care

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

Legislature needs to ban the sale of cellphone location data

IDEAS | ELAN BABCHUCK AND WENDY CADGE

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

Andre M. Perry and Jordan Fields

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

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

Bronny James plays piano, dines out in video, photos emerging days after he suffers cardiac arrest
The 18-year-old plays a brief melody in front of his family, smiled, and got up without speaking in a video posted on his father's Instagram account.

Reluctant to retire, leaders raise a tough question: How old is too old?
After a series of troubling moments this week, an uncomfortable question has become unavoidable, leaving voters, strategists, and even politicians themselves wondering: Just how old is too old to serve in public office?

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.

A reeling DeSantis takes a swing at Tim Scott, now a top rival
Ron DeSantis hit back Friday at one of his leading Republican rivals, Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, accusing the senator of repeating liberal criticisms over Florida’s educational standards for the teaching of slavery.

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.

Cape DA urges state, federal law enforcement to investigate Ron DeSantis over Martha’s Vineyard migrant crisis
Cape and Islands District Attorney Rob Galibois announced he intends to investigate the dropping of dozens of migrants on Martha’s Vineyard last year.

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 showed 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.

Bluebikes pedals 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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Alice Cooper and guitarist Joe Perry perform with their band Hollywood Vampires in Landgraaf, Netherlands, in June.

A monster set from Hollywood Vampires at the Wang

Oona Doherty / OD Works in "Navy Blue" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Oona Doherty brings US premiere of a searching, existential ‘Navy Blue’ to Jacob’s Pillow

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

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.

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

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

IDEAS | Fredrik deBoer

The hubris of AI hype

Metro

Skylher enjoys sports and outdoor activities

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Jean Fagan Yellin, who uncovered a slavery tale’s true author, dies at 92

A historian, Jean Fagan Yellin, spent six years of sleuthing to reveal that what had been presumed to be a 19th-century white author’s fictional account of a young woman’s life as a slave in the American South was, in fact, written by a formerly enslaved woman.

To deliver medical care in space, doctors are training in the most remote, austere places on Earth

A new Space Medicine Fellowship by Mass General and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston is preparing for the need for medical care on the verge of a boom in space travel.

Freedom, and soup

Some Boston caterers have joined the army of helpers trying to make Haitian refugees flooding into Greater Boston feel at home.

Sports

Justin Turner turned in a web gem at second base on Friday night against the Giants.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

The Red Sox’ Justin Turner is proving he’s still a second baseman at heart

“We know that his range is limited,” manager Alex Cora said. “But what he touches, most of the time he turns into outs."

If the US finishes second in its group, that means a probable Round of 16 meeting with Sweden, which took a 5-0 victory over Italy on Saturday.

Frank Dell'Apa I On soccer

It’s becoming clear that US three-peat chances at Women’s World Cup will go through Europe

Next up for the US is a must win (or tie) against Portugal Tuesday.

In five seasons with the Dolphins, Mike Gesicki caught 18 touchdown passes, including five in 2022.

Patriots’ need for improvement in red zone a hot topic at training camp, but Mike Gesicki plays it cool

The tight end, signed away from the Dolphins as a free agent, broke down what needs to be done on offense to produce more touchdowns. In addition to the pass-catchers, the running backs will play a key role in better production.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Jaylen Brown has big plans for the future now that he’s finalized his big contract

Bronny James plays piano, dines out in video, photos emerging days after he suffers cardiac arrest

Game 104: Red Sox at Giants lineups and notes

Business

To wrap, or not to wrap? Hungarian bookstores face fines over closed packaging for LGBTQ+ books

“I consider this such a level of discrimination. This law is an act of force that can hardly be made sense of."

Wall Street returns to rallying following reports on profits and inflation

Wall Street got back to climbing following more encouraging profit reports and the latest signal that inflation is loosening its chokehold on the economy.

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

US proposes 18 percent fuel economy increase for new vehicle fleet from 2027 through 2032

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 group of young people, who attended the convention through funding from the NAACP New England Area Conference, posed for a photo Saturday.

Young convention attendees want to help, to make a difference

A new hub for the humanities in Manchester

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

sports

Katie Ledecky triumphed in the women's 800m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan on Saturday.

Katie Ledecky passes Michael Phelps for most individual golds at world championships

Former Boston College captain Allyson Swaby lifts Jamaica to historic first Women’s World Cup win

Free agent running back Ezekiel Elliott visiting Patriots Saturday

business

Mattel is considering ‘Barbie’ sequel as it plans more Hollywood franchises

Ford recalls 870K F-150 pickups in US because parking brakes can turn on unexpectedly

The Fed’s preferred inflation measure cooled in June

politics

Senator John Barrasso reached out to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell during a news conference on Wednesday.

Reluctant to retire, leaders raise a tough question: How old is too old?

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

Biden openly acknowledges 7th grandchild, the daughter of son Hunter and an Arkansas woman

Nation

A memorial for Brodee Champlain Kingman on the corner of El Camino Real and Santa Fe Drive in Encinitas, Calif. The e-bike industry is booming, but many vehicles are not legal for teenagers, and accidents are on the rise.

‘A dangerous combination’: Teenagers’ accidents expose e-bike risks

A summer spectacle where fireflies are the guiding light

Trump aide Carlos De Oliveira’s journey from failed witness to defendant

World

Ukrainian farmer Yurii Sokolyanskyi and his son, Maksym, worked on a pickup truck that is modified to include a rocket launcher in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, last week.

Russia strikes another grain terminal, extending a campaign against Ukraine’s ports

To wrap, or not to wrap? Hungarian bookstores face fines over closed packaging for LGBTQ+ books

It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US

opinion

In this June 3, 1981, file photo, Philadelphia Phillies' Pete Rose slid to third base during a baseball game against the New York Mets in Philadelphia. Rose said cheating on the field is bad for the game, and the one thing he never did with his bets is change the outcome of a game.

A Rose without thorns

Midwives help ensure better outcomes and should be paid accordingly

Hope on the climate change front

lifestyle

Beachgoers wade in the ocean at Crandon Park, July 28, in Key Biscayne, Fla.

Water is refreshing in the heat, right? In parts of Florida this past week, not so much.

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

I don’t want the marriage to end

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

Alice Cooper and guitarist Joe Perry perform with their band Hollywood Vampires in Landgraaf, Netherlands, in June.

A monster set from Hollywood Vampires at the Wang

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

Beyoncé, and the making of a ‘Renaissance’ woman

Theater/Dance

Oona Doherty / OD Works in "Navy Blue" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Oona Doherty brings US premiere of a searching, existential ‘Navy Blue’ to Jacob’s Pillow

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

Huntington Theatre Company names Christopher Mannelli executive director

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

The historian Jean Fagan Yellin posed for a photo in Sarasota, Fla. on Feb. 4, 2005.

Jean Fagan Yellin, who uncovered a slavery tale’s true author, dies at 92

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

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