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The Georgia indictment could be the most serious for Trump. It’s also the most public.

Georgia allows court proceedings to be televised, unlike in his other criminal cases.

Georgia’s RICO law is broad, giving prosecutors more latitude to pursue conspiracy charges

Trump’s 2024 calendar will run through multiple courthouses

Here’s a primer on the warren of cases and where things might proceed from here.

Live Updates

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Georgia clerk says ‘mishap’ caused erroneous release of list of Trump charges
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Georgia indictment puts Trump at the top of an organized crime ring
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Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story.

Fenway Health staff and managers clash as iconic agency plots future

Fenway Health, long a linchpin of care for the LGBTQIA+ community, has faced a spate of challenges in recent years, from a protracted scandal involving one of its staff to issues of racial equity.

After rocky departure from Harvard, prominent disinformation expert Joan Donovan heads to BU

She will teach journalism classes and continue researching how politicians use social media to make false claims.

‘It’s a clear message of intimidation:’ Everett candidate targeted by racist, sexist effigy
Guerline Alcy, who is Haitian American and a Everett resident for nearly three decades, said she considers the incident a threat.

Three teenage boys charged with randomly assaulting a person at Downtown Crossing

The Defense Department created a standard screening questionnaire meant to solicit information from recruits about their current or former affiliations with extremist ideologies. The audit found that recruiters did not report asking the question in 41 percent of interviews.

Pentagon watchdog finds lax oversight and screening of military recruits with extremist ties

Screening lapses can have dire consequences. A recent Globe investigation revealed that at least 82 current and former military service members with far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi views were arrested in the last five years.

This New England neo-Nazi group is getting bigger and scarier, experts say. Most troubling: Military vets fill its ranks.

A side effect of intense rainfall? More basement flooding. And pricey basement repairs.
This summer has been one of the rainiest on record, and local homeowners are paying the costs.

Funny Bridgeness: Your questions about the Cape Cod bridges, answered
Sorry, we don't know when summer traffic will be better or when the new ones will be built.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘It’s almost like you’re feeding one child and letting the other starve’: Boston’s plan for Madison Park and the O’Bryant will come at a cost for other high schools
Among the questions left unanswered: Which schools will close to accommodate the staggering growth of both of those schools?

Brady (seated at right) celebrated with Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner (left) and CEO Garry Cook (center) following the team's 1-0 victory over Leeds United Saturday.

Owner or paid pitchman? A closer look at Tom Brady’s entry into the world of team ownership.

One expert is skeptical that Brady's involvement with Birmingham City is anything more than a PR move. Supporters such as Cliff Horrocks are just thankful the club's new American owners seem to care.

Alex Verdugo (right) celebrates his leadoff homer off Josiah Gray with third base coach Kyle Hudson in Tuesday night's interleague contest against the host Washington Nationals.

Red Sox 5, Nationals 4

Alex Verdugo, bullpen help the Red Sox start longest road trip of the season on a winning note vs. the Nationals

Verdugo's leadoff homer set the tone and five relievers combined for 4.2 scoreless innings as the Sox (63-56) opened a 10-day road trip with a 5-4 victory over the Nationals, their fifth victory in five games.

We broke up but still hang out. Should we should we get back together?

Am I looking back toward my ex because I’m unsatisfied with being single, or are we meant to be together?

Opinion

The Globe building in 1958.

IDEAS | Leif Weatherby

How our ‘Boston Globe’ led to ChatGPT

The name of your favorite newspaper is the kind of thing that used to trip computers up.

Georgia indictment puts Trump at the top of an organized crime ring

Joe Biden needs to address queries about his son Hunter

Don’t call them ‘mistakes.’ Unjustified police encounters are acts of anti-Black terror.

Dennis Aftergut

The Georgia indictment against Trump: Five reasons why it matters

More recent News

Springfield man killed grandmother, wounded two children before taking own life, DA says
It is not clear what might have motivated the attack or whether the three grandchildren lived with the 52-year-old grandmother.

Add wedding cake to the Kowloon’s menu: Restaurant closing for a private event for the first time in history
Kayla and Jon will celebrate the institution of marriage inside an institution of another kind. Congrats, you two!

Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 106, as county begins releasing names
Maui County released the names of two people killed in the wildfire that all but incinerated the historic town of Lahaina Tuesday evening, as the death toll rose to 106.

Woman, 93, drowns off Castle Island in South Boston
The woman was on a supervised trip to the beach run by a private adult day care program on Monday when she swam out too far, State Police said.

‘Hot people and hot places.’ Boston task force eyes targeted approach to gun violence reduction.

The 15-member task force, which met for the first time Tuesday, will focus specifically on the people pulling the trigger and the handful of small locations where an outsized amount of street violence happens, officials said.

‘It felt like a win-win-win.’ Boston to launch e-bike delivery program.

Allston is trying to say goodbye to double-parked delivery vehicles and hello to e-bikes with a new city program launching next month.

Recommended reads

Hellmann’s mayonnaise is stored in a pantry at Little Whale in Boston.

What the Hellmann’s? Mayo is the most popular — and perhaps divisive — condiment.

It’s lobster roll and tomato sandwich season, so we asked New England chefs and foodies to share their thoughts on mayonnaise.

As Healey builds her administration, the executive branch workforce has swelled
The head count at the agencies and departments under the governor’s control has ballooned by hundreds of employees since she took office and by nearly 1,700 in the state fiscal year that ended in June.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

‘Masters of the Air’ follows in footsteps of ‘Band of Brothers,’ ‘The Pacific’
It's the third World War II miniseries from Hollywood history professors Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg.

Legal Sea Foods is leaving its harborfront plant. But the cod will remain.
The new owner of Legal Sea Foods has reached a deal with Stavis Seafoods to turn over a last remnant of the Seaport’s working waterfront.

Culture & Lifestyle

The rap duo Earthgang performs at the GLD FSTVL at City Hall Plaza in Boston. The festival on Saturday was put on to celebrate 50 years of hip-hop.

GLD FSTVL threw hip-hop a 50th birthday celebration on Boston’s new ‘front yard’

Christopher Innvar in Barrington Stage Company's "The Faith Healer."

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

Javier Botet (left) and Corey Hawkins in a scene from "The Last Voyage of the Demeter."

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

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

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

Former Vice President Mike Pence greeted people at a campaign event at American Legion Hall Post 27 in Londonderry, N.H., on Aug. 4.

Suddenly, Mike Pence is acting ‘brand new’

F-15 Eagle fighter jets flew over a beach in Tel Aviv in April to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Israel's creation.

It’s time to end US military aid to Israel — for both countries’ sakes

It is said that in crisis there is opportunity — and the opportunity has never been better for Governor Maura Healey to truly put her stamp on the Parole Board, set it on a path that would keep it out of further legal trouble, and make it function as the gatekeeper it was designed to be.

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

A helicopter dropped water on the Caldor fire in the Lake Tahoe area in September 2021.

IDEAS | BOB REGAN

Notes from the burn scar

Surgeons performed a kidney transplant.

The organ transplant system needs fixing

"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

Georgia indictment

Donald Trump and his allies are facing RICO charges. Follow live updates.

Donald Trump was indicted in Georgia over 2020 election meddling, the fourth criminal case against him. Follow live updates.

Just how rainy has N.H. been this summer?

It isn’t over yet, but it already ranks among the state’s wettest summers on record.

Pentagon watchdog finds lax oversight and screening of military recruits with extremist ties

Screening lapses can have dire consequences. A recent Globe investigation revealed that at least 82 current and former military service members with far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi views were arrested in the last five years.

Fenway Health staff and managers clash as iconic agency plots future

Fenway Health, long a linchpin of care for the LGBTQIA+ community, has faced a spate of challenges in recent years, from a protracted scandal involving one of its staff to issues of racial equity.

Sports

Brady (seated at right) celebrated with Birmingham City chairman Tom Wagner (left) and CEO Garry Cook (center) following the team's 1-0 victory over Leeds United Saturday.

Owner or paid pitchman? A closer look at Tom Brady’s entry into the world of team ownership.

One expert is skeptical that Brady's involvement with Birmingham City is anything more than a PR move. Supporters such as Cliff Horrocks are just thankful the club's new American owners seem to care.

Alex Verdugo (right) celebrates his leadoff homer off Josiah Gray with third base coach Kyle Hudson in Tuesday night's interleague contest against the host Washington Nationals.

Red Sox 5, Nationals 4

Alex Verdugo, bullpen help the Red Sox start longest road trip of the season on a winning note vs. the Nationals

Verdugo's leadoff homer set the tone and five relievers combined for 4.2 scoreless innings as the Sox (63-56) opened a 10-day road trip with a 5-4 victory over the Nationals, their fifth victory in five games.

Inter Miami's Lionel Messi celebrates his first half goal against the Philadelphia Union during their Leagues Cup semifinal Tuesday in Chester, Pa.

Messi scores yet again to lead Inter Miami into Leagues Cup final

The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner scored his ninth goal in six matches with his new team in front of a crowd that pushed 20,000 fans, with ticket prices soaring past $1,000 on the secondary market.

Colts waste little time in naming rookie Anthony Richardson as starting quarterback

A day after Dalvin Cook agreed to terms, Breece Hall’s activation further bolsters Jets at RB

Smith sister trio surges to top of Mass. Women’s Amateur Championship leaderboard

Business

A side effect of intense rainfall? More basement flooding. And pricey basement repairs.

This summer has been one of the rainiest on record, and local homeowners are paying the costs.

Amazon’s pharmacy to automatically apply discounts to insulin

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Solar company says audit finds forced labor in Malaysian factory

UAW to vote on strike authorization next week as president says talks with Detroit 3 moving slowly

magazine

A man who goes by the alias Zero struts down the runway during a clothing-optional gun show at Body Freedom Village, on the fourth day of the Porcupine Freedom Festival, an annual event held by the Free State Project.

These libertarians want to take over New Hampshire

New Hampshire writer Grace Metalious created a stir in 1956 with the publication of "Peyton Place."

'Peyton Place' and the inevitable failure of book bans

This week's daters: Nathan and Annie

Dinner with Cupid

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

When I worked nights, my grandpa and I bonded over daily calls

metro

Susan Sforza Nico, 47, of Seabrook, N.H. was an owner the Byfield Greenhouse and Garden Center.

Woman, 71, sentenced for fatal crash at Newbury farm stand

‘Hot people and hot places.’ Boston task force eyes targeted approach to gun violence reduction.

Heavy rains but no flooding reported in Mass. and R.I., forecasters say

sports

Rafael Devers is the unquestioned cornerstone of the Red Sox at this point in his career.

Rafael Devers, a decade into his Red Sox career, continues to adjust to his place at the center of the franchise

Red Sox rest weary left fielder Masataka Yoshida to allow him to regroup

Patriots tight end Mike Gesicki’s shoulder injury reported to be a mild dislocation

business

Americans increased their purchases at retailers last month — for clothing, dining out, online goods, and other areas — in a sign that solid consumer spending is still powering a resilient US economy.

Retail sales rose solidly last month in a sign that consumers are still spending freely

Providence neighbors push back on proposed development, defend ‘quaint and historic’ Fox Point

CBS News names new chief executive

politics

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis spoke during a news conference at the Fulton County Government building on Monday in Atlanta.

Donald Trump and his allies are facing RICO charges. Follow live updates.

Trump enjoys strong support among Republicans. The general election could be a different story.

The Georgia indictment could be the most serious for Trump. It’s also the most public.

Nation

County Clerk Che Alexander, right speaks with Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta.

Georgia clerk says ‘mishap’ caused erroneous release of list of Trump charges

Death toll from devastating Maui fire reaches 106, as county begins releasing names

In Georgia and federal indictments, two vastly different approaches

World

On Tuesday, Russia unleashed a barrage of missiles across Ukraine, killing civilians and damaging infrastructure.

Russia unleashes a countrywide missile barrage on Ukraine as Putin addresses security conference

Dozens reported dead in fire at gas station in southern Russia

The Taliban believe their rule is open-ended and don’t plan to lift the ban on female education

opinion

Luz Amaya received help reenrolling in Medicaid during an event for Texas residents at the Houston Food Bank, on Aug. 2, 2023.

How states can thoughtfully unwind Medicaid coverage

State owes families in need of ‘day hab’ services an explanation

Congress should follow EU’s lead on regulating AI

lifestyle

The restaurant tweeted that it would close for “Kayla and Jon’s Wedding,” marking the first time in history the establishment has closed for a private event. “Only takeout will be available,” they wrote. “Thank you.”

Add wedding cake to the Kowloon’s menu: Restaurant closing for a private event for the first time in history

Tom Brady building palatial bachelor pad in L.A., reports say

How do I pursue the ‘crush of a lifetime’?

food & dining

Baked Fazzoletti at Bar Enza in Cambridge.

A new point of view for Bar Enza

Food For Free works with Pine Street Inn to feed residents and train future cooks

Verde Farms earns Land To Market verification, one of the first beef companies to achieve the standard

travel

The giant troll sculptures are among some 40 works of art at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Take an en plein art walk

Top vacation spots are now threatening bad tourists with jail

Does a Hollywood college essay coach know what it takes to win Gwyneth Paltrow’s Airbnb booking?

Arts

Andrew Mowbray's “Tempest Prognosticator” at the Provincetown Public Art Foundation summer 2023 installation exhibition.

Provincetown Public Art Foundation aims to make town’s ‘artistic soul visible’

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

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

Books

Dr. Waldrop, shown in 2010, received the National Book Award for his “Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy.”

Keith Waldrop, professor and heralded poet, dies at 90

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

Movies

Land was burned for cattle grazing in the Amazon rainforest near Porto Velho, Brazil, on Sept. 9, 2019. Nicaragua’s beef industry is under fresh scrutiny with a documentary that claims ranchers there are illegally decimating rainforests to raise cattle for meat that ends up in US supermarkets.

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

Damian Lewis in "Band of Brothers."

‘Masters of the Air’ follows in footsteps of ‘Band of Brothers,’ ‘The Pacific’

Tom Brady building palatial bachelor pad in L.A., reports say

This week’s TV: The ‘Suits’ phenomenon, a new Arthurian drama, and Harlan Coben’s latest

music

Renée Fleming and Andris Nelsons with the BSO at Tanglewood.

Strauss in the house: Renée Fleming shines at Tanglewood

Musician Will Dailey invites you to listen, really listen

Clarence Avant, ‘Godfather of Black Music’ and benefactor of athletes and politicians, has died

Theater/Dance

Christopher Innvar in Barrington Stage Company's "The Faith Healer."

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

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

Mr. Avant, in "The Black Godfather" documentary, released in 2019.

Clarence Avant, ‘Black Godfather’ of entertainment, and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies

Keith Waldrop, professor and heralded poet, dies at 90

Robert Giles, Nieman Foundation curator who oversaw Kent State shootings coverage, dies at 90