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A wildfire on Maui kills at least 6 as it sweeps through historic town, forcing some into the ocean
Wildfires have devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui, killing at least six people, damaging or destroying over 270 structures and reducing most of a historic town to ash.

See photos and videos of the wildfires that devastated parts of the Hawaiian island of Maui What’s driving Maui’s devastating fires, and how climate change is fueling those conditions

Rejection of Ohio ballot measure signals democracy remains powerful motivator for voters

The result could be a warning sign to national Republicans.

Utah man suspected of threatening President Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

Special agents were trying to serve a warrant on the home of Craig Deleeuw Robertson in Provo, south of Salt Lake City, when the shooting happened at 6:15 a.m., the FBI said in a statement.

Biden issues an executive order restricting US investments in Chinese technology

The order covers advanced computer chips, micro electronics, quantum information technologies and artificial intelligence.

Boston receives ‘go sign’ from state for Long Island bridge project
Boston is one step closer to reconstructing a 35-acre recovery campus on Long Island for people struggling with addiction after state authorities issued a key permit for the city to rebuild the Long Island bridge, city officials announced Wednesday.

Special counsel Jack Smith got a search warrant for records on Trump’s Twitter account, documents say

The filing says prosecutors got the search warrant directing Twitter to produce information on Trump’s account after a court “found probable cause to search the Twitter account for evidence of criminal offenses.”

Two more arrested in Alabama riverfront brawl more that drew national attention

Flood warning issued for Shawsheen River in Essex County after heavy rains

Contested ‘Wounded Indian’ sculpture heading back to Boston after quarter-century dispute with Norfolk’s Chrysler Museum

“These ragtag guys up in Boston aren’t going away,” said the president of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. “We’re a small organization compared to the Chrysler, but we were dead serious that we wanted this back.”

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80
Besides their successful run backing Bob Dylan, The Band reshaped and influenced American music with Robertson-written classics such as “The Weight,” “Up on Cripple Creek,” and “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down."

Robbie Robertson and The Band’s greatest moments, from touring with Bob Dylan to ‘The Last Waltz’

YVONNE ABRAHAM
In our immigrant crisis, an opportunity
Welcoming the immigrants is also the smart thing to do. They’re good for Massachusetts, and we desperately need them.

RED SOX 4, ROYALS 3
Nick Pivetta provided the Red Sox with exactly what they needed to beat the Royals
Making his second start since returning to the rotation, Pivetta drew 16 swings and misses in five innings. Of his 10 curveballs, a whopping seven of them ended with a whiff.

Red Sox still held Kiké Hernández bobblehead night two weeks after trading him Masataka Yoshida got an up-close look at one of the strangest ground-rule doubles in Fenway Park history
ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox deny deadline disappointment has led to August slump

Justin Turner noted that other teams who were buyers at the deadline — most notably, the Angels — have gone into funks in the aftermath of deals.
DEVRA FIRST

20 of the best ice cream stands in Massachusetts

There are worse ways to get a tour of the state than to visit its dairy bars, and with vacations and camp in the rearview, late summer is a fine time to do so. Here is a guide to some of the state's best.

Predatory fish could lose 40 percent of habitat by 2100, with Northwest Atlantic a hot spot, study finds

Findings from the study, conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and published in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday, could have far-reaching impacts for New England fisheries and consumers, experts say.
Globe Magazine

These libertarians want to take over New Hampshire. But first, a clothing-optional gun show.

My wild week inside the Free State Project’s PorcFest, the largest libertarian festival in the world.
Opinion
Bill Achtmeyer

Waiting, watching delegates at Republican National Convention

When the Republican National Convention rolls around in mid-July in Milwaukee, Donald Trump’s fate in two trials will probably be known.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

How Biden can put an end to Trump’s threat to democracy
JEFF JACOBY

Ayotte isn’t wrong about New Hampshire and Massachusetts
EDITORIAL

Body cameras can bring light to prison’s dark side
RENÉE GRAHAM

Lizzo should remind us all that we never really know the celebrities we admire

More recent News

A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been shot and killed at campaign event
Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot and killed by unidentified gunman while at a political rally in the country’s capital of Quito, President Guillermo Lasso said.

Local SAG-AFTRA members rally on Boston Common against ‘greedy, greedy network executives’
The rally was the second held on Boston Common since SAG-AFTRA announced its strike on July 13.

Mass. dad cleared of fraud in college admissions scandal wants $1 million he paid to scheme’s mastermind back
Private equity investor John B. Wilson argues that since he was cleared by an appeals court of paying bribes to get his twin daughters into Harvard and Stanford, the government should return the $500,000 he paid in fees for each child.

Paul Brodeur, environmental writer who exposed dangers of asbestos, dies at 92
Mr. Brodeur's investigative reporting "can be credited for saving thousands of lives," wrote Richard Lemen, a retired assistant US surgeon general.

Maine native killed in action fighting with Ukrainian military, father says
The death of Jeffrey Judd Jones, 48, was confirmed by the US Embassy in Kyiv and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, according to his father, Howard F. Jones Jr.

Healey signs $56 billion state budget more than a month into fiscal year
In signing the budget, Massachusetts becomes one of the last states in the country to approve a spending plan for the fiscal year that began 39 days ago.

Recommended reads

Mass. guarantees workers up to 26 weeks of paid medical leave. But many don’t know that.

Some companies are punishing employees for taking time off for health or family reasons, even though the state guarantees workers up to 26 weeks of paid time off.

Even as Boston tourism rebounds, small vendors struggle through the summer season
Hawkers of keychains, sunglasses, balloons, and local tours are blaming inflation and a stronger focus on big-ticket experiences for their slump in business.

Thousands with complicated disabilities languish as Massachusetts struggles with staff shortages at care programs
The people with the most extensive need for services are those most likely to be told they cannot return to the MassHealth-funded program.

‘Right-to-shelter’ law is unique to Massachusetts. It has a long history.
The requirement, which is unique to Massachusetts, has pushed the overburdened shelter system to the brink.

Culture & Lifestyle

An extraordinary view from ‘Golda’s Balcony’

Page-turning middle-grade books to get them reading before school starts up

Documentary about Gazmine Mason, professional Black bowler from Cranston, to premiere at Rhode Island film festival

‘Jules’: Close encounters of the head-scratching kind

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

SCOT LEHIGH

Your thoughts, please, on climate change
MARCELA GARCÍA

Meet the Latina using Instagram to translate bureaucracy for Bostonians
Josh Grossman, Sabina Tomkins, Lindsay Page, and Sharad Goel

Harvard isn’t Hogwarts. Merit, not parentage, should be key to admission.
EDITORIAL

As Springfield factory gets more time to finish subway trains, T riders deserve more information
Jerome Adams

Ignoring COVID-19 is still not an option for most Americans
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Little League World Series

Rhode Island team is one game away from the Little League Baseball World Series

After losing to New York in the first game of the Little League Metro Region tournament, Smithfield beat Connecticut and New Jersey and will face New York again in the finals.

Rodriguez, a singer and a salve to a nation in turmoil, dies at 81

The Detroit musician never found much of an audience in the United States, but his songs of protest and stark imagery resonated in Australia and South Africa, leading to a late-career resurgence captured in the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man."
DEVELOPMENT

Tidewater stadium developer says it has raised funds to finish building in Pawtucket

The developer behind the Tidewater Landing soccer stadium project in Pawtucket said Wednesday it has completed raising the private funding needed to finish building it, with additional upfront funds from investors, rather than new loans.
RI POLITICS

Providence officials ignored warnings against controversial tax breaks for wealthy developer, court documents say

The City Council has filed a legal action against the 2021 agreement with Arnold “Buff” Chace.

Sports

WHITE SOX 9, YANKEES 2

Spiraling Yankees chewed up by White Sox’ Mike Clevinger

The Yankees have now lost seven out of their last 11 games.
Little League World Series

Rhode Island team is one game away from the Little League Baseball World Series

After losing to New York in the first game of the Little League Metro Region tournament, Smithfield beat Connecticut and New Jersey and will face New York again in the finals.
CARDINALS 6, RAYS 4

Paul Goldschmidt and Cardinals cool down Rays

The Rays are 6-3 over their last nine games, but have dropped 14 of 22 at home.
BLUE JAYS 1, GUARDIANS 0

George Springer’s home run is the difference for Blue Jays in pitcher’s duel vs. Guardians
Red Sox

Red Sox still held Kiké Hernández bobblehead night two weeks after trading him
RED SOX 4, ROYALS 3

Nick Pivetta provided the Red Sox with exactly what they needed to beat the Royals

Business

A yearlong slowdown in US inflation may have stalled in July

Inflation in the United States likely rose in July for the first time in 12 months, driven higher by more expensive gasoline and suggesting that the fight against rising prices may prove bumpier in the months ahead.

Verizon hikes prices

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Burlington-based audio-video firm Avid Technology agrees to $1.4b acquisition
RI POLITICS

Providence officials ignored warnings against controversial tax breaks for wealthy developer, court documents say
magazine
Globe Magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

Globe Magazine

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

Globe Magazine

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

metro

In our immigrant crisis, an opportunity

Old friends, new friends: Girl Scout camp turns 100 years old

These 10 locations got the most rain during powerful storm

sports

Phillies’ Michael Lorenzen no-hits the Nationals, the fourth in MLB this season

Red Sox deny deadline disappointment has led to August slump

Masataka Yoshida got an up-close look at one of the strangest ground-rule doubles in Fenway Park history

business

WeWork’s ‘substantial doubt’ about its future marks a stunning fall

Biden issues an executive order restricting US investments in Chinese technology

Biden’s economy is bringing ‘supply chains back home,’ he says

politics

Indictment shows White House lawyers struggling for control as Trump fought to overturn election

Biden welcoming Australian leader to White House for state dinner in October

Rejection of Ohio ballot measure signals democracy remains powerful motivator for voters

Nation

Biden in Utah to mark anniversary of PACT Act expanding veterans benefits

Mar-a-Lago property manager and Trump’s aide are due back in court in the classified documents case

Utah man suspected of threatening President Biden shot and killed as FBI served warrant

World

41 dead in migrant shipwreck according to 4 survivors who set off from Tunisia

Dam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding, and evacuations

A presidential candidate in Ecuador has been shot and killed at campaign event

opinion

Continue successful strategies at Mass. and Cass

Social Studies: Getting used to bad behavior; what the aughts wrought; a boost for science

Lizzo should remind us all that we never really know the celebrities we admire

lifestyle

Page-turning middle-grade books to get them reading before school starts up

GOP primary debates get underway this month in Milwaukee

More than 120 Betsey Johnson vintage designs will walk the runway at Somerville fashion show

food & dining

Your view: What’s the best ice cream stand in the state?

20 of the best ice cream stands in Massachusetts

Beyond Meat revenue plummets in the second quarter due to flagging US demand

travel

The best new camping gear out there

Who needs Disney? We have our own haunted (or just seriously spooky) mansions.

Hip-hop turns 50, and New York is throwing an epic birthday party

Arts

At the Photographic Resource Center: Shanghai, Missouri, and points between

Dominic Killiany’s ‘What I See’ exudes exuberance

At Manchester’s Currier Museum of Art, a focus on doing good

Books

QT Library plans to ‘build a beacon’ in Boston for the queer and trans community

Shakespeare and penguin book get caught in Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws

‘Wicked, shocking, dirty’: ‘Peyton Place’ and the inevitable failure of book bans

Movies

‘Jules’: Close encounters of the head-scratching kind

AMC theaters posts profit, buoyed by top-grossing ‘Super Mario’ movie

Sandra Bullock’s longtime partner died from ALS, family urges donations to Mass. General Hospital

Television

‘Only Murders in the Building’ is dead on with its satire, silliness, and heart

This week’s TV: The return of ‘Only Murders,’ an opioid drama, and endless ads

Actor Mark Margolis, murderous drug kingpin on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ dies at 83

music

Rodriguez, a singer and a salve to a nation in turmoil, dies at 81

Robbie Robertson and The Band’s greatest moments, from touring with Bob Dylan to ‘The Last Waltz’

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80

Theater/Dance

An extraordinary view from ‘Golda’s Balcony’

In a tender ‘Just Another Day,’ memory loss is leavened by laughter

Coming to Jacob’s Pillow: a balletic Bowie joyride

globe local

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

Rodriguez, a singer and a salve to a nation in turmoil, dies at 81

Paul Brodeur, environmental writer who exposed dangers of asbestos, dies at 92

Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80