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Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

During one of the events, the vice president said Democrats “must be clear-eyed about what is afoot,” and reminded them of how they organized voters to turn out amid a global COVID-19 pandemic.

Republicans wanted a special counsel investigation of Hunter Biden. Now many oppose it.
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named a special counsel to investigate Hunter Biden, the president’s son, over his business dealings. Republicans had a range of reactions.

‘One big legal circus’: Hunter Biden special counsel pulls the Justice Department even more deeply into the 2024 election Analysis: For Biden, a political liability that may not go away after all

At the Iowa state fair, DeSantis can’t seem to catch a break

Death toll rises to 80 in Maui wildfires as survivors begin returning to communities in ruins
Survivors witnessed a surreal landscape of flattened homes, blackened hulks of burned-out cars, and ashy lots where buildings once stood as they took stock in the aftermath of a fast-paced wildfire on the Hawaii island of Maui.

Maui before and after wildfires: Photos and videos capture the devastating destruction FEMA estimates it will take $5.5 billion to rebuild areas of destruction in west Maui

Law student from Carver swims off Castle Island to raise cancer research money in honor of his mother
Dalton Sousa organized a team to participate in Swim Across America's annual charity event to honor his mother, Toni, who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January.

Haverhill sinkhole causes $1 million in damage to sewer pipe; mayor declares state of emergency

Healey administration appeals to Mass. residents with ‘an extra room or suite’ to consider hosting migrant families

MBTA Green Line faces hour-plus delay Saturday due to stopped trolleys at two stations
Tara Sullivan

Of all the questions facing the Patriots, there is none bigger than the fate and performance of Mac Jones

The Patriots have to figure out if Jones is worth the long-term commitment of a fifth-year option, with that decision looming next May.
Chad Finn: Jets on ‘Hard Knocks’ was not riveting, but it would be if it continued through the entire season Patriots set to sign running back C.J. Marable, a star in the USFL
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Chris Sale is back in pitching mix for Red Sox, with Tanner Houck and Garrett Whitlock soon to follow

While Houck will return as starter, potentially next week in Houston, Whitlock is set to join the bullpen Sunday for the series finale against the Tigers.
For the Royals’ Bobby Witt Jr. and the Witts of Canton, Fenway series was like a family reunion

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.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: The Supreme Court scandal is going to get worse
The shocking revelations surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas come as no surprise to the Rhode Island senator.

More than a year after T cut service because of overworked dispatchers, MBTA remains short of hiring goals in Operations Control Center

Growing pains inside the Operations Control Center hit an inflection point during an overnight shift in April, when dispatcher errors caused three safety incidents on the tracks.
Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

Australia, on the brink of elimination in group play, has gotten physical en route to the Women’s World Cup semifinals, and other observations

France was the third European foe the Aussies have gone through, and they will face another when they meet England Tuesday.

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.
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.
Opinion
IDEAS | BOB REGAN

Notes from the burn scar

Scorched and renewed — in life as in wildfires.
EDITORIAL

Healey’s big chance to reshape Parole Board to her values
Renée Graham

The old woman and the kindness of a stranger
IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

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

Advice for culture warrior Ron DeSantis: A satire

More recent News

Boston celebrates 50 years of hip-hop in style
"Hip-hop is at the epicenter of everything. Its impact is unmatched, " said Billy Dean Thomas,cq 32, Boston’s City Hall Plaza engagement manager.

sports
Why shrinking Catholic schools are partnering with a youth hockey business to bolster the bottom line
Boston Hockey Academy had partnered with Cambridge Matignon to enroll dozens of hockey recruits. With the closure of the school, BHA has found a new partner — and it appears it is a win-win for both sides.

As Cape Cod aims to expand its underused airport, some residents wonder why
Passenger traffic has plunged at the Hyannis airport in recent years. Now, its operators want to lengthen the runway to handle bigger new planes from New York.

State reaches $7 million settlement with four victims of foster parents who oversaw Oxford ‘house of horrors’
The lawsuit included allegations against 17 state workers who it alleged did not react to clear signs of abuse in the home.

For whom the jingle bell tolls: Remaining Christmas Tree Shops shutter for good today
The much-loved (but apparently not loved enough) discount store chain will close for good on Saturday.

LOVE LETTERS
He dumped me over email
After a year!

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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.

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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.

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

In Barrington Stage’s gripping ‘Faith Healer,’ truth is a slippery thing

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

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

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

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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

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
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Meet the Latina using Instagram to translate bureaucracy for Bostonians
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Ignoring COVID-19 is still not an option for most Americans
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‘Lazy Girl Jobs’ are anything but lazy

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My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

During one of the events, the vice president said Democrats “must be clear-eyed about what is afoot,” and reminded them of how they organized voters to turn out amid a global COVID-19 pandemic.

2-alarm fire breaks out at salvage yard in Hyde Park

A two-alarm fire Saturday at Grants Salvage Yard sent plumes of smoke so thick they at one point obscured a Boston Fire Department truck, officials said.

Boston celebrates 50 years of hip-hop in style

"Hip-hop is at the epicenter of everything. Its impact is unmatched, " said Billy Dean Thomas,cq 32, Boston’s City Hall Plaza engagement manager.

Mass. family awaits news on relative missing in Maui fire

Beth McLeod of Rochester is hopeful that a close relative she has not heard from since Wednesday will be located among those who've sought shelter after fires ravaged Maui this week.

Sports

American player Julian Green racially abused in German Cup soccer game

Green, who is Black, was playing for Greuther Fuerth against host Hallescher FC in the first round of the competition. On the Fuerth club website, Green said a spectator racially abused him during the game.
MLB notebook

Guardians’ star José Ramírez has MLB suspension for fighting reduced to two games

Ramirez, who was disciplined for his role in a wild fracas Aug 5 against the White Sox' Tim Anderson, was to serve his suspension in the series vs. Tampa Bay.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Chris Sale is back in pitching mix for Red Sox, with Tanner Houck and Garrett Whitlock soon to follow

While Houck will return as starter, potentially next week in Houston, Whitlock is set to join the bullpen Sunday for the series finale against the Tigers.
Soccer

Tom Brady touches down in England for first home match as minority owner of Birmingham City soccer team
Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

Australia, on the brink of elimination in group play, has gotten physical en route to the Women’s World Cup semifinals, and other observations
Patriots

Patriots sign running back C.J. Marable, a star in the USFL

Business

For whom the jingle bell tolls: Remaining Christmas Tree Shops shutter for good today

The much-loved (but apparently not loved enough) discount store chain will close for good on Saturday.

Massachusetts needs wicked more EV chargers

A new report estimates that the state will need 10,000 of the fastest DC charging connections, up from just 651 today, and 35,000 medium-speed ports known as “Level 2,” up from 5,468 today.

As Cape Cod aims to expand its underused airport, some residents wonder why

DiCaprio-backed film says key beef supplier to the US has a dirty secret
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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

More than a year after T cut service because of overworked dispatchers, MBTA remains short of hiring goals in Operations Control Center

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: The Supreme Court scandal is going to get worse

Law student from Carver swims off Castle Island to raise cancer research money in honor of his mother

sports

Game 117: Tigers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Buffalo company has old-fashioned designs in this pennant race

Jets on ‘Hard Knocks’ was not riveting, but it would be if it continued through the entire season

business

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried jailed in New York; judge says crypto mogul tampered with witnesses

UPS pay hikes for package handlers raise pressure on FedEx

So long, sneakermakers: Footwear firm Wolverine plans to close its Waltham offices

politics

Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

For Biden, a political liability that may not go away after all

Republicans wanted a special counsel investigation of Hunter Biden. Now many oppose it.

Nation

FEMA estimates it will take $5.5 billion to rebuild areas of destruction in west Maui

At the Iowa state fair, DeSantis can’t seem to catch a break

Georgia prosecutor to begin presenting 2020 election case next week to grand jury

World

As a Taiwanese presidential contender visits US, he tries to walk a fine line

Ukraine makes ‘tactically significant’ progress in counteroffensive

Death of porter left behind on K2 sparks debate over high-altitude ethics

opinion

Healey’s cuts to Head Start, early education are ‘unconscionable’

Why not a ferry?

Employers and insurers should do a better job explaining paid medical leave

lifestyle

A celebration of natural curls, locs, and braids at SOulFully Textured on Martha’s Vineyard

He dumped me over email

Uncertainty mounts for occupants of Provincetown dune shacks

food & dining

What to eat at the North End’s Italian feasts this month

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

travel

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

Brice Marden, who rejuvenated painting in the 1960s, dies at 84

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

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

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

DiCaprio-backed film says key beef supplier to the US has a dirty secret

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

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

Television

With Emmy’s bumped, what comes next?

Will satire be a superpower for ‘The Franchise’?

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

music

Jamie Reid, artist for Sex Pistols who defined punk style, dies at 76

Q-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop

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

Theater/Dance

In Barrington Stage’s gripping ‘Faith Healer,’ truth is a slippery thing

For Brenda Withers, ‘The Ding Dongs’ rang true

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

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

John Barrett, hair stylist for the fashionable elite, dies at 66

John Heiss, composer and legendary New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 83

Jamie Reid, artist for Sex Pistols who defined punk style, dies at 76