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Attorney General Merrick Garland says he will appoint a special counsel in Hunter Biden investigation

Garland said he is naming David Weiss, the US attorney in Delaware who has been probing the financial and business dealings of the president’s son, as the special counsel.

A new ranked-choice voting coalition just launched. This time, it’s targeting the Boston City Council.

The Ranked Choice Boston coalition proposes using ranked-choice voting in both the general and preliminary elections.

Judge warns of restraints to what evidence Trump can talk about, agrees to limited protective order

A judge rejected prosecutors’ broader protective order proposal that sought to prevent the public airing of all evidence they hand over to Trump’s defense.

Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Donald Trump in his 2020 election conspiracy case

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Here are the ugly numbers on Boston housing ‘affordability’

With mortgage rates at 7 percent, buying a home is increasingly out of reach.

Everyone wants to work at UPS after union scores $170,000 driver pay
To head off a potential strike, on July 25 UPS agreed to boost starting wages for part-time workers to $21 an hour and improve working conditions, including adding air conditioning in new vehicles.

Woman goes into labor at Fenway during Pink concert, walks to hospital to give birth to baby boy

Angela Mercer was only 31 weeks pregnant, and wasn't expecting her baby to arrive so soon.

MBTA issues new safety rules after worker suffers electrical burns on Quincy Center Red Line tracks

Barnstable County deputy sheriff arrested, placed on leave after alleged road rage incident

Gymnastics coach charged with voyeurism in connection with bathroom camera allegedly found in Vermont center

The author at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., in 2016, when he was a mere 63.

dan shaughnessy

Reflections of a sports columnist upon turning 70, and other thoughts

The players are always young. Fresh new faces replace the ones from last year. But those of us who cover them grow older and older.

How an East Boston couple created a Nordic oasis in the White Mountains
Lumen Nature Retreat, an upscale campground on 20 acres, offers nature with panache.

Preseason: Texans 20, Patriots 9

Keion White shows off his physicality by anchoring Patriots’ pass rush and other observations from the first preseason game
White, drafted in the second round out of Georgia Tech, finished with a quarterback hit and three tackles and came close to registering a sack.

Tell us: What were your takeaways from the Patriots' preseason opener? Patriots quarterback Bailey Zappe starts preseason opener and gets a long look

Malik Cunningham dived into the end zone for the only Patriots touchdown of their first preseason game.

Malik Cunningham, the lone spark in preseason loss, showed why the Patriots took a gamble on him

Cunningham starred at quarterback for Louisville but went undrafted. He had been practicing at wide receiver when training camp began. Can he do enough to make the roster?

The $1.4-billion-plus redevelopment of Boston’s largest public housing complex is finally underway
Even by the standards of large-scale real-estate development, the overhaul of Charlestown’s Bunker Hill public housing complex has been an epic saga.

A Dunkin’ publicist promised more news early next week.

Dunkin’ may soon offer a new kind of buzz with line of spiked caffeinated beverages

Although a rep won’t spill all the beans yet.

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

Here’s an etiquette refresher to help you behave at your favorite shows, because a lot of you don’t.

This week's daters: Nathan and Annie

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There is a TikTok about finding the best cannoli in Boston’

Will these twentysomething history buffs find a future together?

Opinion

Nguyen Thi Thanh, a survivor of a massacre carried out by South Korean troops who fought alongside Americans, pointed out the names of relatives at a memorial in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam in 2021.

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

The biggest Vietnam War story that Americans don’t talk about

South Korea is finally being held to account for the carnage its mercenary troops inflicted on Vietnamese civilians. But no one seems to be reckoning with our complicity in the atrocities.

Baby bonds don’t help enough lower-income families save for college

The crackdown on disinformation research is not about free speech

Advice for culture warrior Ron DeSantis: A satire

‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ are anything but lazy

More recent News

chesto means business

One insurer is pulling back here after Mass. voters said dental insurers must pay more to dentists. Will others follow?
Guardian Life told some 1,500 small businesses in Massachusetts that it will no longer sell policies to companies of their size come January.

At least 55 people died on Maui. Residents had little warning before wildfires overtook a town.
Hawaii emergency management records show no indication that warning sirens sounded before people ran for their lives from wildfires on Maui that killed at least 55 people and wiped out a historic town.

See photos and videos of the destruction from the wildfires that devastated Maui

john powers | on soccer

World Cup 2023: A first-time champion will be crowned, and this finally could be Sweden’s time
The Swedes ousted Japan — the last former champion in the field — to advance to the medal round for the fifth time.

Civil Rights office investigating New Bedford charter school bullying incident
Leida Rodrigues made the complaint in June after a video surfaced on social media of her 10-year-old son being struck in the face by another student while on the school bus.

Air pollution can increase risk of several cancers for older adults, even at low exposures, Harvard study says

Researchers using data from millions of Medicare recipients found that exposure to fine particulate air pollutants and nitrogen dioxide in the atmosphere over a decade increased the risk of developing several cancers.

Proposed COVID and flu vaccination rules for health workers allow many exceptions
Hospital leaders say generous exemptions may drive down vaccination rates, but nursing homes, struggling with short staffing, welcome the proposal.

Recommended reads

Jeremy Wertheimer has been an essential figure on the Boston AI scene for decades, first at his flight-shopping company ITA Software, then at Google in Cambridge, and now mentoring and funding new AI startups here.

This tech founder built one of Boston’s biggest AI companies. But he says the West Coast approach is the future.

If you want to understand the changing landscape of artificial intelligence — and Boston’s place in it — talk to Jeremy Wertheimer, the former Google exec and cofounder of ITA Software.

Teacher of the Year was supposed to be an honor. Then politics intervened.
As the culture wars have come for public education in the United States, the Teacher of the Year contest has become yet another battlefield.

Surgeon in MGH double-booking controversy reprimanded for ‘substandard care’ in other, unrelated cases
A former Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon whose back operation on former Red Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks led to a $5.1 million malpractice settlement has been reprimanded by state regulators for care he provided to two other patients.

After latest attacks on liberal arts education, New England college presidents double down
College enrollment in the humanities has been falling for years, as families and prospective students opt for majors that lead to higher starting salaries.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliot, and Jeremy Allen White in "The Bear," which is up for Emmy nominations in the comedy categories.

Is it a drama? A comedy? That question may be as dated as those labels.

August Wilson in 2005. The great playwright died later that year.

August Wilson’s biographer, on illuminating a playwright who illuminated America

Boston's STL GLD will perform at the GLD FSTVL at City Hall Plaza on Saturday. The band is (from left) Moe Pope, Janos “The Arcitype” Fulop, Christopher Talken, Tim Hall, and Jonathan Ulman.

Free festival at City Hall Plaza will celebrate 50 years of hip-hop

Taylor Zakhar Perez as Alex Claremont-Diaz and Nicholas Galitzine as Prince Henry in “Red, White & Royal Blue.”

‘Red, White & Royal Blue’: A queer rom-com takes on US-British relations

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

A damaged saguaro cactus stood with a recently fallen arm resting on the sidewalk on Aug. 2, 2023, in Mesa, Ariz. The cacti, which normally live as long as 150-200 years, are threatened by a number of issues linked to climate change and are under increased stress from extreme heat during Arizona’s brutal summer heat wave.

Your thoughts, please, on climate change

Collage of Elizabeth Amador Instagram posts

MARCELA GARCÍA

Meet the Latina using Instagram to translate bureaucracy for Bostonians

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s ban on affirmative action, former Harvard University president Lawrence H. Summers has called for elite universities to eliminate legacy preferences.

Josh Grossman, Sabina Tomkins, Lindsay Page, and Sharad Goel

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

A production worker at the the CRRC MA railcar facility in Springfield.

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

Elizabeth Gillander, 78, receiveed a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile clinic set up at Fircrest Senior Living in McMinnville, Ore., on Oct. 6, 2021.

Ignoring COVID-19 is still not an option for most Americans

"This city is special," the author writes, "and Boston, so restrained in emotion, deserves to hear this more often."

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

The sales tax holiday is back again. Here’s what to know

Shop without paying the regular 6.25 percent sales tax on most retail products this weekend as part of the state’s annual sales tax holiday.

Civil Rights office investigating New Bedford charter school bullying incident

Leida Rodrigues made the complaint in June after a video surfaced on social media of her 10-year-old son being struck in the face by another student while on the school bus.

Woman goes into labor at Fenway during Pink concert, walks to hospital to give birth to baby boy

Angela Mercer was only 31 weeks pregnant, and wasn't expecting her baby to arrive so soon.

Celebrating 50 years of hip hop

A Beautiful Resistance: Celebrating 50 years of hip hop

Sports

Jahlani Tavai played college football at Hawaii.

Patriots’ Jahlani Tavai seeks to raise awareness for people of Maui amid wildfires

The linebacker played his college football at the University of Hawaii.

Sweden's Filippa Angeldal celebrated after scoring the deciding goal on a penalty kick in the 51st minute vs. Japan.

john powers | on soccer

World Cup 2023: A first-time champion will be crowned, and this finally could be Sweden’s time

The Swedes ousted Japan — the last former champion in the field — to advance to the medal round for the fifth time.

Salma Paralluelo scored in the 111th minute against the Netherlands to send Spain to its first-ever Women's World Cup semifinal.

World Cup 2023: Follow along here for daily schedule and results

The United States fell short of its goal of a third straight World Cup title, but the field to crown a new champion appears wide open heading into the quarterfinals.

Malik Cunningham, the lone spark in preseason loss, showed why the Patriots took a gamble on him

Red Sox vs. Tigers | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Chris Sale set to start for Red Sox as three-game series vs. Tigers opens Friday (lineups)

dan shaughnessy

Reflections of a sports columnist upon turning 70, and other thoughts

Business

chesto means business

One insurer is pulling back here after Mass. voters said dental insurers must pay more to dentists. Will others follow?

Guardian Life told some 1,500 small businesses in Massachusetts that it will no longer sell policies to companies of their size come January.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Here are the ugly numbers on Boston housing ‘affordability’

With mortgage rates at 7 percent, buying a home is increasingly out of reach.

Henrietta Lacks family files suit against another pharmaceutical company

Everyone wants to work at UPS after union scores $170,000 driver pay

magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades, likely longer than anyone alive.

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

The Cars in 1979, from left: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, and David Robinson

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

A book sitting in the sand with blue skies and water behind it. The pages are blowing in the wind.

Your Summer Beach Bag

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

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

metro

Dalton Sousa and his mother, Toni, posed for a photo at his last Cape Cod Swim Club home meet in 2018.

After mother’s cancer diagnosis, Carver man to swim 2 miles around Pleasure Bay for cancer research

A new ranked-choice voting coalition just launched. This time, it’s targeting the Boston City Council.

Air pollution can increase risk of several cancers for older adults, even at low exposures, Harvard study says

sports

It turns out BC was a canary in the mine shaft when it came to scrambling traditional conference makeups, but the problems in college sports go beyond that.

College sports keep getting less and less recognizable, but can we look away?

Keion White shows off his physicality by anchoring Patriots’ pass rush and other observations from the first preseason game

Malik Cunningham demonstrated potential in the Patriots’ preseason opener. Here are 5 things to know about the rookie.

business

Jher Ortiz, a resident of the Bunker Hill public housing complex in Charlestown, held his 4-month-old daughter, Jhersi.

The $1.4-billion-plus redevelopment of Boston’s largest public housing complex is finally underway

For whom the jingle bell tolls: Christmas Tree Shops welcomes its final bargain hunters

Energy Department announces largest-ever investment in ‘carbon removal’

politics

Former president Donald Trump.

Judge warns of restraints to what evidence Trump can talk about, agrees to limited protective order

Attorney General Merrick Garland says he will appoint a special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation

Manchin says he’s been thinking seriously about becoming an independent

Nation

A view of the Deer Island waste water treatment plant in Boston.

Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste water

See photos and videos of the destruction from the wildfires that devastated Maui

At least 55 people died on Maui. Residents had little warning before wildfires overtook a town.

World

Lorena Villavicencio, sister of slain presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, embraces her husband outside the morgue where her brother's body is being held, in Quito, Ecuador, on Aug. 10.

Ecuador arrests 6 Colombians in slaying of presidential candidate as violence weighs on nation

Iran transfers 5 Iranian-Americans from prison to house arrest in step toward deal for full release

Ecuador, reeling from a candidate’s assassination, is forever changed

opinion

Jaime Foxx and Jennifer Aniston.

Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Aniston, and the grace owed across cultures

‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ are anything but lazy

Holden wants to hold the line on housing. It mustn’t win that fight.

lifestyle

A scene from Pink's performance at Fenway Park on July 31.

Woman goes into labor at Fenway during Pink concert, walks to hospital to give birth to baby boy

Leaking a secret: Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman

Moved to the beach, met a man

food & dining

A Dunkin’ publicist promised more news early next week.

Dunkin’ may soon offer a new kind of buzz with line of spiked caffeinated beverages

The Great Scott space in Allston might become a Taco Bell Cantina

Bacon prices set to surge anew in threat to more meat inflation

travel

The interior of a lykke-category cabin at Lumen Nature Retreat in Woodstock, N.H.

How an East Boston couple created a Nordic oasis in the White Mountains

Travelers are working out ways to find the best gyms while on the road

When it comes to Provincetown, Donal O’Sullivan is the man with all the answers

Arts

Shelter in Place by Eben Haines.

Big ideas come in small packages in MFA’s ‘Tiny Treasures’

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

Dominic Killiany’s ‘What I See’ exudes exuberance

Books

James McBride, in ‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,’ builds a rich portrait of a Depression-era Black and immigrant community around the mystery of a skeleton in a well

In Lauren J.A. Bear’s debut novel ‘Medusa’s Sisters,’ Greek mythology’s monstrous sisters tell of the cruelty and capriciousness of the Olympian gods in shaping their fate

Steven Millhauser, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, on the pleasures of being an older reader and writer

Movies

SAG-AFTRA member Cari Ciotti, left, lead as striking SAG-AFTRA members picketed with striking WGA (Writers Guild of America) workers outside Paramount Studios on Monday in Los Angeles.

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’: The crime of the ancient mariner

They thought they’d be making a movie right now. Instead, these local film workers are waiting out the strikes.

Television

Armando Iannucci is the creator of "The Franchise," an HBO comedy that will make fun of the making of all the many comic-book movies.

Will satire be a superpower for ‘The Franchise’?

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

Is it a drama? A comedy? That question may be as dated as those labels.

music

A scene from Pink's performance at Fenway Park on July 31.

Woman goes into labor at Fenway during Pink concert, walks to hospital to give birth to baby boy

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

Las Vegas police videos show moments before home is raided in Tupac Shakur cold case

Theater/Dance

Brenda Withers will be appearing onstage in Harbor Stage Company's "The Thin Place" at the same time that "The Ding Dongs," a play she wrote, is being presented at Gloucester Stage Company.

For Brenda Withers, ‘The Ding Dongs’ rang true

August Wilson’s biographer, on illuminating a playwright who illuminated America

Complexions Contemporary Ballet makes debut at Jacob’s Pillow

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 Band, featuring Richard Manuel on piano, Levon Helm on drums, lead guitarist Robbie Robertson (smiling), bass guitarist Rick Danko, and organist Garth Hudson (not shown), take the stage for their final live performance before a crowd of 5,000 at Winterland Auditorium in San Francisco on Nov. 27, 1976. Robertson, The Band’s lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as “The Weight” and “Up on Cripple Creek” mined American music and folklore and helped reshape contemporary rock, died Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023. He was 80.

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

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