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Block Island declares state of emergency after historic hotel goes up in flames

Crews from across Rhode Island battled the fire for more than six hours early on Saturday.

At least four tornadoes reported as storm wreaks havoc across Southern New England
A wet and windy weather system tore a wild path through southern New England on Friday, unleashing at least four tornadoes that brought nickel-size hail and winds that lifted and flipped cars, uprooted massive trees, and generated a waterspout in the ocean off Boston.

See photos and videos of the severe weather that swept through New England Map: See the communities affected by tornadoes Friday

Hurricane Hilary threatens ‘catastrophic and life-threatening’ flooding in Mexico and California
Hilary is expected to plow into Mexico’s Baja peninsula on Saturday night and then surge northward and enter the history books as the first tropical storm to hit Southern California in 84 years.

Democrats livid over Biden’s N.H. primary snub are banking on a write-in win

If the president’s name isn’t on their ballot, party leaders say, voters will add it themselves: “The DNC created a mess, and New Hampshire Democrats are going to have to clean it up.”

Who’s in, who might be out: Eight candidates have qualified for the first Republican debate

Trump reportedly plans to skip GOP debate for interview with Tucker Carlson Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense.

John Powers | On Soccer

For every Women’s World Cup team other than England and Spain, was the trip down under worth it?
What did you come to get? What were your expectations? Did you meet them? Those are the questions for every competitor at this quadrennial kickaround.

New Dia, a so-called "cannabis mall" that opened recently in the Fenway.

Is Boston high on marijuana dispensaries? Four charts that give you a snapshot of the cannabis industry

More than 300 cannabis retailers have opened in Massachusetts in the past five years. Is that too many for the market to bear?

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Predicting the best bounce-back players for the 2023 NFL season
Let’s take a look at the best candidates for a resurgent season.

Pollution is threatening Cape Cod’s famous waters. Its towns are spending hundreds of millions to head off an environmental disaster.
“It may be worse before it gets better,” said Richard Delaney, CEO of the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. “But the correction, the solution, is underway.”

P-Town carnival

Photos: Meet the attendees of the Provincetown Carnival

Since 1978, the weeklong festivities have been a celebration of Provincetown’s queer community as well as an opportunity to welcome new members and allies

Is this the year Yankees ace Gerrit Cole finally wins the Cy Young?

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

The MVP races are pretty much over, but baseball’s other awards are up for grabs

Barring something unexpected, Shohei Ohtani will be voted Most Valuable Player of the AL for the second time and Ronald Acuña Jr. will earn his first MVP in the NL.

Brayan Bello once again delivered against the Yankees, tossing six innings of one-run ball to help the Red Sox to an 8-3 win over their archrivals Friday night in the Bronx.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox have been frustrating, but they’re sure not as maddening as the Yankees

The endlessly discussed playoff odds are not on his team’s side, but Alex Cora has kept the Red Sox engaged. That’s more than can be said for Aaron Boone’s Yankees, who have lost six in a row.

Chip Chop, a sprawling compound on Martha's Vineyard, has hit the market for $24 million.

Chip Chop, Diane Sawyer’s historic home on Martha’s Vineyard, hits market for $24m

A 20-acre waterfront compound on Martha’s Vineyard known as “Chip Chop,” the longtime home of television news anchor Diane Sawyer, hit the market on Thursday for $24 million.

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2023.

The affirmative action ruling is a disaster for college students. This is the path forward.

Colleges can only serve their students and society when they bring together people from varied backgrounds to share and learn from differing ideas.

Harvard, UMass, Tufts update college applications after Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action

The Treasury Department, the US Postal Service, and local police departments have publicly warned of a recent surge in check-washing, and the American Bankers Association has urged consumers to consider switching to electronic payments.

Needham police arrest California man in check-washing scam used to buy gold coins

There has been a recent surge in “check washing,” when a mailed check is stolen and the name of the recipient and the amount of the check are erased and replaced with another name and (much larger) amount.

Opinion

A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

Get kids vaccinated in time for school

Parents, school, and health officials all play a role.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Even liberals like Maura Healey are souring on Biden’s immigration bungling

Imagine fewer cars on the road. It’s tricky, but we’ll try.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How to go viral on TikTok

An old Coast Guard scandal emerges and casts a harsh light on the service’s sexual assault policies

More recent News

Business leaders, some officials support plan to clear Mass and Cass, open recovery campus at Widett Circle
If built, the recovery campus would operate for three or four years until the city reopens its addiction treatment center on Long Island in Boston Harbor.

Maui town ravaged by fire will ‘rise again,’ Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said Friday that what’s rebuilt from the ashes of the devastating wildfires on Maui will be determined by the people.

Parents of Brandeis student killed in bus crash last fall sue driver, bus company
The civil action comes after federal records released earlier this summer found the bus driver traveled at nearly twice the speed limit before crashing off South Street and had worked too many hours while also holding a second job as a school bus driver in Boston.

Coming to a live venue near you: As Hollywood strikes rage on, Bay State brings in some big (and not-so-big) names
As Hollywood writers approach the four-month mark of their strike, live performance venues are scrambling to make room for a growing number of them who are hitting the road.

A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?

A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights.

The most recognizable humpback in New England waters spotted by Martha’s Vineyard
A female who was first seen in New England waters in the 1970s, Salt is known for her speckled white dorsal fin.

Recommended reads

The main bar in Delta's new Sky Lounge in Terminal E at Logan.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Delta adds a touch of luster to otherwise quiet opening week at Logan’s expanded Terminal E

A more festive official launch will occur this fall. We got a glimpse via Delta’s posh new Sky Club, which hugs one side of the curvaceous building. Here's what we saw.

New abortion data for Massachusetts show the impact of recent court rulings
More people from out of state are coming to Massachusetts to end their pregnancies.

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.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

With Sober in the Suburbs, a judgment-free social club for anyone tired of hangovers, headaches, and morning-after regret
Needham’s Kimberly Kearns had three kids, a supportive husband, and a seemingly idyllic life. But she couldn’t stop drinking.

Culture & Lifestyle

Alison Cook-Beatty Dance Company (pictured in 2022) returns to Windhover Center for the Performing Arts Aug. 23-24.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Virgil Ortiz, "The Translator," from the artist’s "Revolt 1680/2180" project, 2015.

Three ways of looking at Pueblo art

Ming Min Hui is Boston Ballet's new executive director.

Boston Ballet announces Ming Min Hui as new executive director

Some New Bedford residents want to remove artist Donna Dodson's sculpture "Seagull Cinderella," which returned this year for the city's 10th anniversary Seaport Art Walk.

In New Bedford, the ‘sexy seagull’ is ruffling feathers once again

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

IDEAS | Hollie Russon Gilman and Amy Eisenstein

It’s like jury duty, but for getting things done

The official US government Medicare handbook for 2020.

IDEAS | Andrew Ryan and David Meyers

How Medicare can save $500 billion

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

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

Prosecutors contest release of N.H. woman charged with taking explicit photos of children at Tyngsborough day care

Lindsay Groves, 39, of Hudson, N.H., was arraigned in US District Court in Boston on Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography.

At least four tornadoes reported as storm wreaks havoc across Southern New England

A wet and windy weather system tore a wild path through southern New England on Friday, unleashing at least four tornadoes that brought nickel-size hail and winds that lifted and flipped cars, uprooted massive trees, and generated a waterspout in the ocean off Boston.

Two Boston men arrested in connection to fatal shooting in Roxbury in July

A Boston man was arrested in connection to a fatal July 30 shooting in Roxbury.

Sports

For Sweden, which won the bronze, collecting a medal of any color was better than flying back to Stockholm emptyhanded.

John Powers | On Soccer

For every Women’s World Cup team other than England and Spain, was the trip down under worth it?

What did you come to get? What were your expectations? Did you meet them? Those are the questions for every competitor at this quadrennial kickaround.

Kutter Crawford will start on the mound against the Yankees Saturday.

Red Sox at Yankees | 1:05 p.m. (FS1 and NESN)

Game 123: Red Sox at Yankees lineups and notes

Kutter Crawford will take the mound for the Red Sox, and Gerrit Cole will pitch for the Yankees.

Ezekiel Elliott doesn't have to be the No. 1 running back with the Patriots.

What can Ezekiel Elliott expect with the Patriots? Just ask LeGarrette Blount.

Like Elliott, Blount came to the Patriots in his late 20s, hoping for a reset after enjoying success early in in the early stages of his career.

Chase Elliott banking on road-course success to make NASCAR playoffs

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Could the retirements of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci be Georgii Merkulov’s big chance with the Bruins?

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Former Celtics center Kendrick Perkins wrote the book, and he’s here to talk about it

Business

Is Boston high on marijuana dispensaries? Four charts that give you a snapshot of the cannabis industry

More than 300 cannabis retailers have opened in Massachusetts in the past five years. Is that too many for the market to bear?

A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?

A central Kansas police chief was not only on legally shaky ground when he ordered the raid of a weekly newspaper, experts said, but it may have been a criminal violation of civil rights.

San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice

magazine

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2023.

The affirmative action ruling is a disaster for college students. This is the path forward.

Fifteen-year-old Peyton Miller controls the ball during practice with the New England Revolution’s B-team, known as Revolution II.

At 15, he’s the youngest soccer player ever signed by the Revolution. Next up, homework.

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

This week's daters: Bhushan and Janice

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I thought, “Oh no, she is going to hate me”’

metro

Sue Sullivan, left, president of the Newmarket Business Improvement District, listens to Stephen Fox, chair of the South End Forum, during a press conference at the Greater Boston Food Bank in Boston on Aug. 18.

Business leaders, some officials support plan to clear Mass and Cass, open recovery campus at Widett Circle

At least three tornadoes touch down in Southern New England as summer of wild weather continues

Parents of Brandeis student killed in bus crash last fall sue driver, bus company

sports

Tight end Darren Waller should give the Giants a big advantage in the red zone.

Predicting the best bounce-back players for the 2023 NFL season

Why late NFL running back Alex Collins will also be missed by the world of Irish dancing

The MVP races are pretty much over, but baseball’s other awards are up for grabs

business

CVS Health on Friday filed notice in Rhode Island and Connecticut of layoffs it announced earlier this month at corporate offices.

CVS to lay off 1,000 assigned to R.I., Conn. offices

California insurer to drop CVS caremark

Chinese property giant Evergrande files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy

politics

President Trump spoke during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense.

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice

How many of Trump’s trials will happen before the election?

Nation

Community organizer Tiare Lawrence, second from right, is comforted by Archie Kalepa as they sing a song during a news conference with Lahaina, Hawaii, residents affected by a deadly wildfire in Lahaina, Hawaii, Friday, Aug. 18, 2023.

Maui town ravaged by fire will ‘rise again,’ Hawaii governor says of long recovery ahead

Local governments are spending billions of pandemic relief funds, but some report few specifics

James Buckley, conservative politician and US senator, dies at 100

World

Lifeguards at the 72nd Place Lifeguard Station in Long Beach, Calif., on Aug. 18, help residents and community members by filling up sandbags and distributing them ahead of Hurricane Hilary's arrival to Southern California.

Hurricane Hilary threatens ‘catastrophic and life-threatening’ flooding in Mexico and California

Russian missile attack kills 6 in northern Ukrainian city as Zelenskyy visits NATO candidate Sweden

Chinese military launches drills around Taiwan as a ‘warning’ after a top island official went to US

opinion

Haitian migrant Fritz, 17, is reflected in early May in a TV screen in a Boston hotel room where he was staying with his mother, Sergeline, and his baby sister, Luna, 19 months. They had arrived from a temporary shelter at Boston Medical Center.

Holyoke mayor seeks more state support in housing migrant families

For MAGA, Trump’s legal troubles pit harsh realities against easy rationalizations

Another brick in the wall blocking abortion access

lifestyle

P-Town carnival

Photos: Meet the attendees of the Provincetown Carnival

After serial monogamy, I want to be single for a full year

With Sober in the Suburbs, a judgment-free social club for anyone tired of hangovers, headaches, and morning-after regret

food & dining

Chef Andrew Hebert puts the finishing touches on a pepperoni pizza at Gufo Restaurant.

It’s Italian food all day and night at Gufo in Cambridge

The Field & Vine team will open June Bug in Union Square; The Chemist experiments with Downtown Crossing

Here’s why there’s a sign saying ‘I Hate Boston’ in the North End

travel

This shingle-style mansion on Cape Cod Bay was known as Fieldstone Hall, when it was home to three generations of the Nickerson family.

Want to party like it’s 1899 (or need an excuse to wear your croquet costume)? Head to the Cape.

Delta adds a touch of luster to otherwise quiet opening week at Logan’s expanded Terminal E

Patrick Monahan of Train talks about his wife, Italy, and crystals from Sedona

Arts

Virgil Ortiz, "The Translator," from the artist’s "Revolt 1680/2180" project, 2015.

Three ways of looking at Pueblo art

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

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

Books

In William Boyd’s ‘The Romantic,’ an Irish Everyman survives the tumult of global history through luck, wit, and unfettered joy

Laura Trethewey, author of ‘The Deepest Map,’ reveals a literary cult favorite of deep ocean explorers

Jen Soriano traces her fragile nervous system to generational trauma in ‘Nervous’

Movies

Screenshots of Ceara Jane O’Sullivan’s TikTok (@cearajane).

Coming to a live venue near you: As Hollywood strikes rage on, Bay State brings in some big (and not-so-big) names

Leonard Bernstein’s children respond to criticism of Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’

A rendezvous for the night: The Boss at the movies

Television

On Sept. 29, Netflix will end its DVD services, and those red envelopes will be a thing of the past.

Netflix bidding farewell to DVD services

Before ‘Fargo’ returns, a fast ranking of the first four seasons

The violence that we see and the violence that we don’t

music

Bruce Springsteen performs during a concert for folk-music legend Pete Seeger at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 3, 2009.

A rendezvous for the night: The Boss at the movies

‘Mary Climbs In’ authors survey the inner landscape of Springsteen’s women fans

Playing ball: Steve Wynn of the Baseball Project steps up to the musical plate

Theater/Dance

From left: Karl Gregory, Erica Steinhagen, and Nael Nacer in "The Ding Dongs" at Gloucester Stage Company.

‘The Ding Dongs’: When that doorbell rings, watch out

Old and new at the Pillow

Boston Ballet announces Ming Min Hui as new executive director

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

Australia's John Devitt, center, and Lance Larson, of the United States, left, join third place winner Manuel Dos Santos of Brazil at the medal ceremony for the Rome Olympics on Aug. 27, 1960. Devitt was declared winner over Larson in the finals of the disputed 100-meter freestyle Olympic swim race.

John Devitt, champion swimmer with a tarnished gold medal, dies at 86

Dorothy Casterline, who codified American Sign Language, dies at 95

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88