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Massachusetts mother drowns while trying to save son near Franconia Falls in White Mountains

A summer’s day hike into the White Mountain National Forest turned tragic for a Massachusetts family on Tuesday.

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.

Trump’s 2024 calendar will run through multiple courthouses

Trains may still be slow, but MBTA stations’ countdown clocks are improving
Predicted arrival times shown on the Red, Orange, and Blue lines' digital clocks can usually be trusted, even when they deliver bad news.

In court filing, Kendra Lara’s attorney argues for dismissal of JP car crash case

Kendra Lara faces multiple charges in connection with a June crash where police say she slammed an unregistered and uninsured car into a Jamaica Plain home, injuring her 7-year-old son.

Dorchester woman pleads guilty to stealing $100,000 by overcharging tenants

A Dorchester woman pleaded guilty to larceny Friday for stealing more than $100,000 over the course of a year from Alliance Realty.

CLF sues Quincy chemical plant along Weymouth Fore River, alleging air and water pollution

Twin Rivers Technologies, which owns a glycerin manufacturing facility in the shadow of the Fore River Bridge, has been sued by CLF for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

Woman, 93, drowns off Castle Island in South Boston

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

Drunk American tourists spent a night in the Eiffel Tower, prosecutors say

After watching Mac Jones (right) and the offense through training camp and the first preseason game, Bill Belichick added to the unit with the signing of Ezekiel Elliott.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

By signing Ezekiel Elliott, Bill Belichick acknowledges the offensive disaster of last season even if he never has to say so

This was an acknowledgment that he left the running back cupboard perilously bare behind Rhamondre Stevenson. We’ll call that progress.

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.

Tell us: What tips do you have to prevent basement flooding?

Music Review

Jonas Brothers, in it for the long haul last night at TD Garden
Their three-hour set retraced the band’s evolution from floppy-haired heartthrobs to mainstays on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bruins jerseys through the years, arranged in the team's locker room at TD Garden.

As 100th season approaches, Bruins outline plans to celebrate

The start of this coming season will kick off more than a year of festivities around the team’s centennial — the first of any NHL team in the United States.

Signs on telephone poles and light posts throughout Providence are puzzling residents.

What’s the deal with those ‘Write-in Larry’ signs scattered around Rhode Island?

In black, block letters that are centered on white sheets of paper, the signs read, “Write in Larry” or “Larry 2024.” So, who is Larry?

Mayor Michelle Wu and BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper led a recent tour of the West Roxbury Education Complex, a proposed site for the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

How Mayor Wu’s high school plan could lead to closures

Among the questions left unanswered: Which schools will close to accommodate the staggering growth of both of those schools?

England star Lauren Hemp (left) broke a 1-1 tie with this shot that beat Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold in the 71st minute.

frank dell'apa | on soccer

World Cup 2023: A well-balanced, well-coached England team spoils the party for Australia

Under coach Sarina Wiegman, the Lionesses have sustained only one loss (30-1-8) and now they have their eyes on the World Cup championship.

We’re newcomers to a beach town, and we don’t feel welcome

Plus, a favor for a neighbor causes friction for one couple.

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

Marine recruits listen during a medal ceremony on March 26, 2022 at the Marine base on Parris Island, South Carolina.

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.

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

CLF sues Quincy chemical plant along Weymouth Fore River, alleging air and water pollution
Twin Rivers Technologies, which owns a glycerin manufacturing facility in the shadow of the Fore River Bridge, has been sued by CLF for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

Man having mental health crisis accidentally cuts self at Kendall MBTA station, alarming riders
The man, whose identity was not released, “was behaving erratically and perhaps having delusions regarding people after him,” and he struggled with another traveler and threatened violence against him, officials said.

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.

Survivors of Maui fires face power cuts and poor cell service as teams work to find and ID the dead

With the death toll already at 106, a mobile morgue unit with additional coroners arrived in Hawaii on Tuesday to help with the grim task of sorting through remains. The governor warned that a new storm could complicate the search and recovery.

In N.H., undecided voters, libertarians, and the ‘mass layoffs’ candidate
Thoughts from a quintessential undecided New Hampshire voter.

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.

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.

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 Jonas Brothers (left to right) Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas, and Joe Jonas at TD Garden Tuesday night.

Jonas Brothers, in it for the long haul last night at TD Garden

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

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

In court filing, Kendra Lara’s attorney argues for dismissal of JP car crash case

Kendra Lara faces multiple charges in connection with a June crash where police say she slammed an unregistered and uninsured car into a Jamaica Plain home, injuring her 7-year-old son.

The latest political news in Rhode Island

Endorsements, campaign announcements, and more leading up to the special election for R.I.’s First Congressional District

Man having mental health crisis accidentally cuts self at Kendall MBTA station, alarming riders

The man, whose identity was not released, “was behaving erratically and perhaps having delusions regarding people after him,” and he struggled with another traveler and threatened violence against him, officials said.

In N.H., undecided voters, libertarians, and the ‘mass layoffs’ candidate

Thoughts from a quintessential undecided New Hampshire voter.

Sports

England star Lauren Hemp (left) broke a 1-1 tie with this shot that beat Australia goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold in the 71st minute.

frank dell'apa | on soccer

World Cup 2023: A well-balanced, well-coached England team spoils the party for Australia

Under coach Sarina Wiegman, the Lionesses have sustained only one loss (30-1-8) and now they have their eyes on the World Cup championship.

Paxton is coming off a strong start against Kansas City last Thursday, when he allowed six hits and struck out six without walking a batter over 5⅓ scoreless innings

Red Sox at Nationals | 7:05 p.m. (NESN)

Game 120 lineups and notes: James Paxton and the Red Sox look to stay hot vs. Nationals

The Sox, winners of six of their last eight games, remain three games behind Toronto in the race for the final AL wild card spot.

After watching Mac Jones (right) and the offense through training camp and the first preseason game, Bill Belichick added to the unit with the signing of Ezekiel Elliott.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

By signing Ezekiel Elliott, Bill Belichick acknowledges the offensive disaster of last season even if he never has to say so

This was an acknowledgment that he left the running back cupboard perilously bare behind Rhamondre Stevenson. We’ll call that progress.

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

Bonmati wants another championship soccer trophy for Spain. This time a Women’s World Cup title.

As 100th season approaches, Bruins outline plans to celebrate

Business

CLF sues Quincy chemical plant along Weymouth Fore River, alleging air and water pollution

Twin Rivers Technologies, which owns a glycerin manufacturing facility in the shadow of the Fore River Bridge, has been sued by CLF for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act.

A Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children

Researchers in heavily drilled Pennsylvania are adding to a body of evidence suggesting links between the natural gas industry and certain health problems.

As 100th season approaches, Bruins outline plans to celebrate

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

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

New Hampshire hiking is notorious for its roots and rocks as seen here along this trail to Bald Mountain near Franconia.

Mother drowns saving son at N.H. waterfall; father rescues another son trapped by boulders

Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal-human transplants

Man charged in brutal attack on woman in South End due in court for dangerousness hearing

sports

The Metro Region champion Little League team from Smithfield, R.I., rides in the Little League Grand Slam Parade in downtown Williamsport, Pa., Monday, Aug. 14, 2023. The Little League World Series baseball tournament, featuring 20 teams from around the world, starts later in the week in South Williamsport, Pa.

More than you ever needed to know about the Little League World Series 2023

England beats Australia and now will face Spain in Women’s World Cup final

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

business

The Amazon Pharmacy home screen on a smartphone.

Amazon’s pharmacy to automatically apply discounts to insulin

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

politics

New Hampshire voters stood for the Pledge of Allegiance prior to a town hall on May 8 in Manchester, N.H.

In N.H., undecided voters, libertarians, and the ‘mass layoffs’ candidate

Donald Trump and his allies are facing RICO charges. See how the news unfolded.

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

Nation

People raise up their arms during the dedication of a prayer wall outside of the historic Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church in the Greenwood neighborhood during the centennial of the Tulsa Race Massacre, May 31, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. The state of Oklahoma says it is unwilling to participate in settlement discussions with survivors who are seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and that a Tulsa County judge properly dismissed the case in July 2023. The Oklahoma attorney general's litigation division filed its response Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, with the Oklahoma Supreme Court.

Oklahoma’s high court will consider a reparations case from 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre survivors

Survivors of Maui fires face power cuts and poor cell service as teams work to find and ID the dead

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

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 Eiffel tower viewed from Trocadero Square in Paris, France, on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Two Americans, fast asleep in a no-access area of the monument, showcase yet another instance of tourists behaving badly at iconic landmarks and places of national importance.

Drunk American tourists spent a night in the Eiffel Tower, prosecutors say

Take an en plein art walk

Top vacation spots are now threatening bad tourists with jail

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

The Jonas Brothers (left to right) Nick Jonas, Kevin Jonas, and Joe Jonas at TD Garden Tuesday night.

Jonas Brothers, in it for the long haul last night at TD Garden

Strauss in the house: Renée Fleming shines at Tanglewood

Musician Will Dailey invites you to listen, really listen

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

Health

Research nurse Sarah French checks on Rodolfo Almeida of Providence at The Miriam Hospital's new Stephen and Diana Lewinstein Center for Innovative Cancer Research, a clinical area where patients receive investigational cancer treatments.

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

To better understand alcohol addiction, new research is turning to fruit flies

Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research

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