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Michael Cohen testifies about history of lies while under cross-examination

Defense lawyers pressed the former attorney on his criminal history and past lies as they worked to convince jurors not to believe the star witness’ pivotal testimony.
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Under cross-examination in Karen Read trial, Colin Albert pressed about appearance of knuckles less than a month after John O’Keefe’s body was found
Albert, the 20-year-old nephew of the couple who owned the home where O’Keefe’s body was found on the front lawn, spoke at the trial on Wednesday.

Tracker: Who has testified and what did they say?

Autopsy concludes Mass. teen died from eating spicy chip as part of social media challenge
The Worcester teen, a 10th grader, died from ingesting a substance containing a high amount of the chili pepper extract capsaicin.

In emotional hearing, family of Maine mass shooter testifies about Lewiston attacks

Family members of the Army reservist who committed Maine’s worst mass shooting began emotional testimony Thursday before a state commission investigating the attack.

Columbia University president hit with no-confidence vote over protests

A group of undergraduate faculty at Columbia University declared they have no confidence in President Minouche Shafik, accusing her of violating academic freedom and students' rights in her handling of pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The stock market is hot again

 Dow hits 40,000 points for the first time

Carlisle man charged with stealing $7m in federal COVID relief funds in Mass.

Supreme Court upholds consumer protection agency’s funding structure, rejecting conservative attack

New study claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

 US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on
Globe Magazine

To meet people in her new town, she wanted to start a book club. She got 200 replies.

After moving to Newburyport, Kim Black posted a note on Facebook to see if anyone was interested in forming a book club. The response was overwhelming.
Eastern Conference semifinals, Game 5: Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98
Christopher L. Gasper

The Celtics are back in the Eastern Conference finals, but this time it feels different
Gary Washburn

Al Horford, the Celtics’ elder statesman, delivered a throwback effort in Game 5
CHAD FINN

Let’s take a moment to fully appreciate six Eastern Conference finals trips in eight years

 Celtics earn the praise of the vanquished Cavaliers: ‘Man, they’ve got some dogs’

Mass. couples reflect on 20 years of same-sex marriage: ‘We don’t have to feel like we’re in the shadows’
Marriage guaranteed something completely revolutionary: the same rights heterosexual couples had under the law.

Watch: How has 20 years of same-sex marriage changed Mass.?

This Mass. city is one of best places to retire, according to Forbes

Hint: It’s the place where author Herman Melville wrote “Moby Dick.” It’s where the first intercollegiate baseball game was played in 1859. And it’s the hometown of actress Elizabeth Banks.
Tech Lab

Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid is about social media users, not China

The Boston-born billionaire is on a crusade to put internet users — people, not corporations — in control of their personal data.

Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, Ernie Adams feature in ‘Good Will Hunting’ Patriots parody

The star-studded cast also paid homage to another classic Boston film in an epic schedule-release video.
On football: The Patriots are now the tomato cans with just one national TV game Analyzing the Patriots 2024 schedule, which opens at Cincinnati Sept. 8

At Vatican conference, Mayor Michelle Wu touts Boston’s energy policies

Wu, the only American mayor to attend a multi-day climate conference, delivered her remarks during a whirlwind trip. So far, it's included a TikTok-worthy public bus ride, and meetings with the Pope and the mayor of Rome.

R.I. bill would ensure ‘kidfluencers’ get paid when featured in parents’ videos on social media

The legislation introduced by Senator Alana DiMario also seeks to provide children with a “right to be forgotten” – allowing them to request that online content be deleted once they’re adults.

A familiar face is among the two finalists for Massport CEO job

Former Mass. Transportation Secretary Rich Davey and Miami transportation chief Eulois Cleckey are in the running to run the agency.

MATTHEW GILBERT | 'SNL' SHOWDOWN

Kate McKinnon wins our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket

Who’s the best "Saturday Night Live" cast member of the past five decades? We asked readers to decide.
Here’s how readers voted in each round

As a political satirist, Kate McKinnon made her biggest impression

Her portrayals of Jeff Sessions, Lindsey Graham, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Rudy Giuliani, and so many more likely played a big role in voters choosing her as the best "SNL" cast member in the show's history.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Concord’s school-naming controversy: Will a Black pioneer be honored?

The effort to name a new middle school after Ellen Garrison, an acclaimed Black educator, has roiled the town.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The future of marriage equality
IDEAS | DANIEL CONROY-BEAM

How the incels warped my research
Ronald J. Mariano and John J. Lawn Jr.

Health care in Massachusetts is in need of reform
EDITORIAL

House leaders lard up the state budget with a side of pork
AAPI Heritage Month

MFA reopens its Arts of Japan galleries after six years of closure

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month
COMMENTARY | JEANNIE SALOMON

This AAPI Heritage Month, it’s time to get serious about teaching AAPI history in Rhode Island

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‘I have to convince you I’m not evil’: Some Israeli students feel shunned on college campuses
They fear some classmates and professors will always view them as personally compromised by the actions of their country’s government.

Healey launches political advocacy group to dive in to local housing fights

The governor and the lieutenant governor have set up a nonprofit called One Commonwealth Inc. to provide grassroots support in pro-housing efforts at the town level.

Forecast | Ken Mahan
Pockets of soaking rain will continue into the afternoon
Flood warnings have been issued for Rhode Island and parts of southern Mass. after nearly 5 inches of rain fell through the morning.

sports business

Mayor Wu on the biggest hurdles for White Stadium, Revolution Stadium in Everett

Transportation and access issues are key issues in both the proposed White Stadium renovation and the Revolution venue in Everett.

‘It looks really optimistic’: Boston tourist attractions anticipate strong 2024 summer season
Meet Boston, the city’s visitors bureau, anticipates nearly 2.6 million international visitors in 2024, right behind the prepandemic visitor level of close to 2.7 million people.

Biden approves flooding disaster declaration for Massachusetts, reverses earlier denial by FEMA

President Biden Wednesday night approved a disaster declaration for parts of Massachusetts which suffered major flash flooding last September, reversing an earlier denial from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the White House announced.

Slovak interior minister says ‘lone wolf’ has been charged with shooting prime minister

Prime Minister Robert Fico was in serious but stable condition Thursday, a hospital official said, after the populist leader was hit multiple times in an attempt on his life that shook the small country and reverberated across the continent.
Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting?

North Andover middle school evacuated after ‘strong odor’ detected from construction area at facility
A middle school in North Andover was evacuated Thursday morning after a “strong odor” was coming from a construction site at the school, according to the North Andover Public School’s superintendent’s office.

Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? A judge in Indiana just ruled yes.
A superior court judge wrote in the ruling that tacos and burritos are “Mexican-style sandwiches" under the law.

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Graduation rates declined statewide but remain near all-time highs. See if that’s the case in your school or district.

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Karen Read trial: How the bland and mundane morphed into the dark and dangerous
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How did DCF fail to notice their social worker was attending high school?
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Under cross-examination in Karen Read trial, Colin Albert pressed about appearance of knuckles less than a month after John O’Keefe’s body was found

Colin Albert testified Wednesday that he had left the Fairview Road home before Karen Read and John O'Keefe arrived outside.

At Vatican conference, Mayor Michelle Wu touts Boston’s energy policies

Wu, the only American mayor to attend a multi-day climate conference, delivered her remarks during a whirlwind trip. So far, it's included a TikTok-worthy public bus ride, and meetings with the Pope and the mayor of Rome.
RI POLITICS

R.I. bill would ensure ‘kidfluencers’ get paid when featured in parents’ videos on social media

The legislation introduced by Senator Alana DiMario also seeks to provide children with a “right to be forgotten” – allowing them to request that online content be deleted once they’re adults.

This Mass. city is one of best places to retire, according to Forbes

Hint: It’s the place where author Herman Melville wrote “Moby Dick.” It’s where the first intercollegiate baseball game was played in 1859. And it’s the hometown of actress Elizabeth Banks.

Sports

celtics

Celtics earn the praise of the vanquished Cavaliers: ‘Man, they’ve got some dogs’

With the series wrapped up in five games, former Celtic Marcus Morris was among the Cavaliers who expressed their admiration.
Patriots

Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, Ernie Adams feature in ‘Good Will Hunting’ Patriots parody

The star-studded cast also paid homage to another classic Boston film in an epic schedule-release video.
Rays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 44: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Cooper Criswell will be on the mound as the Red sox look to salvage a split with Tampa Bay in the finale of their four-game series at Fenway Park.
Ben Volin | On Football

The Patriots are now the tomato cans with just one national TV game, and other thoughts on the 2024 schedule
sports business

Mayor Wu on the biggest hurdles for White Stadium, Revolution Stadium in Everett

Business

United Airlines says it has regained some privileges that were suspended after problem flights

The suspension came after a series of incidents, including an engine fire and a tire falling off a plane after takeoff.

This Mass. city is one of best places to retire, according to Forbes

Hint: It’s the place where author Herman Melville wrote “Moby Dick.” It’s where the first intercollegiate baseball game was played in 1859. And it’s the hometown of actress Elizabeth Banks.
Tech Lab

Frank McCourt’s TikTok bid is about social media users, not China

A familiar face is among the two finalists for Massport CEO job
magazine
LOVE LETTERS

My spouse racked up over $2,000 in parking tickets at work. It’s a problem.
MISS CONDUCT

Whose order should a restaurant server take first?

PERSPECTIVE

Marcia Kadish recalls the day she made same-sex marriage history in Cambridge
Cooking

Harissa potato salad and other bold takes on standard picnic sides

metro

Columbia University president hit with no-confidence vote over protests

Autopsy concludes Mass. teen died from eating spicy chip as part of social media challenge

Pockets of soaking rain will continue into the afternoon

sports

The Celtics fed off Al Horford’s vintage performance in beating the Cavaliers

Al Horford, the Celtics’ elder statesman, delivered a throwback effort in Game 5

With a 30-point triple-double Luka Doncic powers Mavericks to 3-2 series lead over Thunder

business

Dow hits 40,000 points for the first time

Healey launches political advocacy group to dive in to local housing fights

Supreme Court upholds consumer protection agency’s funding structure, rejecting conservative attack

politics

Michael Cohen testifies about history of lies while under cross-examination

Michael Cohen pressed on his crimes and lies as defense attacks key Trump hush-money trial witness

US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

Nation

Barge hits a bridge in Galveston, Texas, causing partial collapse and oil spill

Census estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South still dominates US growth

California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year

World

Slovak interior minister says ‘lone wolf’ has been charged with shooting prime minister

China and Russia reaffirm ties as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine

South Korean court rejects effort to block plan that would boost medical school admissions

opinion

How did DCF fail to notice their social worker was attending high school?

The disturbing rhetorical device permeating American politics

The lawyer who led the case for marriage equality in Massachusetts

lifestyle

Bumble ran billboard ads that sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating. Then it backtracked and apologized.

My husband is on Tinder

Juli Min’s ‘Shanghailanders’ transports readers to the root of one family’s fractured relationships

food & dining

Autopsy concludes Mass. teen died from eating spicy chip as part of social media challenge

Are tacos and burritos sandwiches? A judge in Indiana just ruled yes.

At Seamark at Encore Boston Harbor, Michael Schlow resurfaces in a splashy setting

travel

Biddeford — and ‘Maine’s Youngest Downtown’ — is worth a visit

Summer in the Berkshires, skyscrapers made of Legos, and a new dog tracker

Iberia told me to file a chargeback, but now I don’t have a ticket!

Arts

In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history

Museum of Science to unveil major renovation in mid-2026

Magician Asi Wind is up to some new tricks

Books

To meet people in her new town, she wanted to start a book club. She got 200 replies.

In the sad and funny ‘We Were the Universe,’ Kimberly King Parsons hits all the right notes

Mona Awad on reading horror, fairytales, and children’s books

Movies

‘You can illuminate this darkness’: Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston returns

Netflix adaption of Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ films on Martha’s Vineyard

John Krasinski’s kids’ flick ‘IF’ follows a 12-year-old girl on an imaginative adventure around New York City

Television

Julian Edelman, Rob Gronkowski, Ernie Adams feature in ‘Good Will Hunting’ Patriots parody

Kate McKinnon wins our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket

As a political satirist, Kate McKinnon made her biggest impression

music

Lenny Kaye and friends to celebrate the garage rock treasures he unearthed for ‘Nuggets’

The Academy of Country Music Awards are here; Luke Combs leads the nominations

Live from the Museum of Science: It’s David Byrne ... talking about eels

Theater/Dance

With ‘Toni Stone,’ Lydia R. Diamond tips her cap to a baseball trailblazer

George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

Health

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

Obituaries

David Shapiro, who gained fame in poetry and protest, dies at 77

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, has died

Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93