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‘A whole different world’: Inside Vance’s transition from senator to running mate

Senator JD Vance speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, July 17, in Milwaukee.

With convention attacks on Biden, Republicans struggle with post-shooting restraint

Republicans say there needs to be an end to inflammatory rhetoric, but they have been undermining their own efforts to take the temperature down.

Vance’s night but Trump’s party, Jan. 6 curtain call, Trump health still under wraps: RNC takeaways from Day 3

Democrats making a fresh push for Biden to reconsider running in runup to their own party convention
President Biden has insisted he is not backing down, adamant that he is the candidate who beat Republican Donald Trump before and will do it again this year.

Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has ‘mild symptoms’

What would make Biden drop out of the presidential race? Here are the four reasons he’s cited.

Prominent Democrat Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw, but party aims to nominate before convention

Why are people getting COVID again this summer? What to know.

COVID infections are on the rise, with levels surging in states around the country. Here’s a refresher on how to prevent infection — and what to do if you do get the virus.

Here's what is happening with COVID in Massachusetts

Nantucket beaches reopen after wind turbine debris littered shore, but frustration remains
At a Nantucket select board meeting Wednesday evening, project developer Vineyard Wind said more debris is falling into the ocean from the damaged blade and the remaining piece of the blade could soon plummet.

Mass. lawmakers reach deal on gun bill that would regulate ghost guns, expand ‘red flag’ law

The agreement came on the heels of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump.

A new bill in the Mass. House aims to ramp up clean energy, but advocates say it falls short

Forecast | Ken Mahan

A welcome change: Sunshine and dry air to settle in today, kicking off ideal summer stretch

Early morning showers will exit, making for for a stunning second half of Thursday.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Is NPR having an existential crisis?
Globe media reporter Aidan Ryan and NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik discuss the future of public media in light of both WBUR and GBH undergoing layoffs and restructuring.

Menendez tells allies he is considering resigning from Senate after conviction, per reports

Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira to face a military court-martial, Air Force says

Nurses union threatens 24-hour strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

A wild decision in her 20s led Tina McMahon-Foley to a 30-year career as a naturalist aboard the Cape Ann Whale Watch. Here, she laughed after spotting a whale on July 10.

The woman and the whales

Seeing humpback whales never gets old for a naturalist who has spent 30 years observing them.

Hometown heroes: Meet the New Englanders competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics
There are some big names, such as Jayson Tatum, looking to add another Olympic gold; some rising superstars that are about to become household names (have you heard about Frederick Richard yet?); and plenty in between.

Read more about the 2024 Paris Olympics

Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones is making hits on the football field and in the music studio
Although music takes the backseat during football season, Jones won’t stay out of the studio for long.

Joe Milton needs to pick his performance up from the spring, but the Patriots liked his talent and potential during the draft, so they may want to keep him on the 53 instead of leaving him exposed on the practice squad.

Here’s our early projection of the Patriots’ 53-man roster

The fact that the Patriots extended and re-signed so many players this offseason makes the roster a little easier to project.

Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens has maintained a steady presence at the Las Vegas Summer League.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Brad Stevens addresses composition of Celtics roster, team’s sale, and player participation at the Olympics

With the title team's roster largely intact, Stevens had little in the way of heavy lifting to do to identify a 15th player.

Paul McCartney. "Self-portraits. Paris," January 1964.

‘It was like being in a very exciting film’: Paul McCartney describes being at the center of Beatlemania

“Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm” is a front-row seat on that film. It runs at the Brooklyn Museum through Aug. 18.

Conan O'Brien, with James Wormworth on drums and Mike Merritt on bass.

Gone from late night, but going to Newport

Conan O’Brien will be playing at the folk festival on July 28.

This secluded property in rural New Hampshire has hosted some of the world’s greatest artists

The city of Boston on Wednesday announced its new Boston Rodent Action Plan to address the ongoing rat problem in the city, informed by a long awaited report the City commissioned from Bobby Corrigan, a leading urban rodentologist.

With the help of the nation’s leading rat expert, Boston unveils new plan to tackle rat problem

The “Boston Rodent Action Plan” outlines a number of priorities the city will be implementing to mitigate rat populations, based on a long-awaited, commissioned report by a leading urban rat expert.

A pedestrian passes One Federal, the building in the center, in Boston on July 17.

The biggest new lease in downtown Boston this year comes courtesy of the state of Massachusetts

Several agencies with the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation will move into One Federal, in the space formerly occupied by Iron Mountain.

Opinion

Satellite photo of the Baltic Sea surrounding Gotland, Sweden, with algae blooms swirling in the water.

IDEAS | BENJAMIN TWINING

Using the ocean as a carbon sink may be our best hope against climate change

Reducing our carbon emissions to slow global warming is no longer enough. The ocean may be our best bet to store the excess carbon already in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Shira Schoenberg

How colleges should prepare to counter antisemitism, Islamophobia

Universities need to leave DEI behind

David D’Alessandro

The real reason business is mad at Wu? She doesn’t cater to our ego.

Readers weigh in on Biden: Please go, Joe

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Boston hotel workers rally for higher wages, announce vote to authorize strike
The efforts come as negotiations for labor contracts are under way at many hotel chains.

What consumers should know about the FTC’s upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices
For more than two years, the Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether pharmacy benefit managers steer patients away from more affordable medicines, particularly with insulin.

Offering pause, a Jewish summer camp welcomes Israeli girls to Boston
Since July Fourth, Camp Gan Israel Shaloh House in Brighton has welcomed 10 girls from an Israeli town close to Gaza.

Far-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site, threatening Gaza cease-fire talks

The move threatens to disrupt sensitive talks aimed at reaching a cease-fire in the 9-month-old Israel-Hamas war. Israeli negotiators landed in Cairo on Wednesday to continue talks.

Money, Power, Inequality

What if land wasn’t used for profit? ‘Free the Land’ explores this reality.

We talked to Audrea Lim about what she found while reporting on a local community land trust and how land can be used to address the issue of inequality.

Allston man dies in apparent drowning at Walden Pond, DA says

The 62-year-old man, who was not immediately identified, died at Concord Hospital Wednesday after being pulled to shore by lifeguards, officials said.

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Crime in Boston broken down by different types of crime.

Is crime down in Boston? Charts show detailed trends and breakdowns.

Perhaps the most remarkable shift in the last several years has been the major decline in homicides.

Weather Focus | Ken Mahan and Ivy Scott

Remember when it used to cool down at night? Here’s why we rarely see cooler evenings anymore.
It used to be that summer evenings provided a much-needed break from the heat. But now the days are getting hotter and more humid.

Beth Teitell

Karen Read case is over for now, but the diehards haven’t given up
The mistrial triggered a cliffhanger — and in some, an even deeper obsession.

Boston police’s use of ‘undercover’ Snapchat accounts at issue in SJC case
The case will weigh the Police Department’s argument the release of the information will expose sensitive investigative techniques against civil liberty groups’ concerns about racial profiling and discriminatory tactics.

Culture & Lifestyle

Natalie Portman with "Lady in the Lake" writer-director Alma Har’el.

One city, two murders, a very different time: Natalie Portman talks ‘Lady in the Lake’

The cover of “The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia” and author Juliet Grames.

‘The Lost Boy of Santa Chionia’ reveals an Italian village’s deadly secrets

Simone Biles in "Simone Biles Rising."

Netflix gets up close and gymnastic with Simone Biles in new documentary series

The crowd at the NorthBeast Poetry Slam in 2023.

Slam poets unite at second annual NorthBeast Poetry Slam

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

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Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

"This doesn’t mean Caesarist leaders are less dangerous than fascist ones," the author writes. "They’re actually more threatening in one sense."

IDEAS | Elizabeth Svoboda

Trump isn’t a fascist. He’s a Caesarist.

The statue "Contemplation of Justice" outside the Supreme Court in Washington, July 1.

A dangerous decision by an erratic judge

A campaign sign gets hung up on the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

JD Vance is Trump’s victory lap

IDEAS | RAVI IYER

The surgeon general has new social media guidelines. Minnesota already made some of them into law.

White House staff members carried boxes to Marine One before President Donald Trump left the White House, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. Trump was en route to his Mar-a-Lago resort.

Judge Cannon, who dismissed Trump documents case, follows Justice Clarence Thomas’s unethical lead

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

FringePVD brings ‘all things weird and wonderful’ to R.I.

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Wilbury Theatre Group founder Josh Short talks about the 300 artists performing dance, theater, music, mixed media, and “a mashup of all of those great things,” at Providence's Fringe Festival.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

A welcome change: Sunshine and dry air to settle in today, kicking off ideal summer stretch

Early morning showers will exit, making for for a stunning second half of Thursday.

As two Democrats seek wide open N.H. congressional seat, one draws heavily on out-of-state cash

Campaign finance filings reveal a difference in where Maggie Goodlander and Colin Van Ostern are getting funds for their contest to see who will have a chance to succeed outgoing Representative Annie M. Kuster.

COMMENTARY | FIONA S. GRIFFIN

Legalize medical aid in dying in Rhode Island, a humane and principled option

A physician in training at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University supports acknowledging a terminal patient’s autonomy over their own life, and urges passage of The Lila Manfield Sapinsley Compassionate Care Act.

Sports

Joe Milton needs to pick his performance up from the spring, but the Patriots liked his talent and potential during the draft, so they may want to keep him on the 53 instead of leaving him exposed on the practice squad.

Here’s our early projection of the Patriots’ 53-man roster

The fact that the Patriots extended and re-signed so many players this offseason makes the roster a little easier to project.

Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones played one of his tracks at the Do Over Dont recording studio in Norwood.

Patriots cornerback Marcus Jones is making hits on the football field and in the music studio

Although music takes the backseat during football season, Jones won’t stay out of the studio for long.

Fourteeen-year-old Cavan Sullivan (left) made history in his MLS debut when he became the youngest player to appear in any of the four North American sports league's with his 85th-minute substitution for Tai Baribo, who scored three goals in a 5-1 victory over the visiting New England Revolution Wednesday night in Chester, Pa.

Union 5, Revolution 1

Cavan Sullivan’s debut at 14, Tai Baribo’s hat trick the highlights as Union blast Revolution back to the cellar

With eight missing due to injury, including all three of their designated players, the Revolution muster little offense in remaining the only team to lose to Philadelphia in the last three months.

Caitlin Clark breaks WNBA single-game record with 19 assists in road loss for her Indiana Fever

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Brad Stevens, enjoying a summer like no other, addresses composition of Celtics roster, team’s sale, and player participation at the Olympics

All-Star Game ratings up 6 percent, but still second-lowest in event’s history

Business

What consumers should know about the FTC’s upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices

For more than two years, the Federal Trade Commission has been investigating whether pharmacy benefit managers steer patients away from more affordable medicines, particularly with insulin.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Is NPR having an existential crisis?

Globe media reporter Aidan Ryan and NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik discuss the future of public media in light of both WBUR and GBH undergoing layoffs and restructuring.

Boston hotel workers rally for higher wages, announce vote to authorize strike

Fed’s Beige Book shows economy, inflation cooling

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The Hall-Whitaker Bridge in Beverly on July 1, 2023.

The bridge in Beverly, my connection from my past to my present

The International Sand Sculpting Festival is the highlight of the Revere Beach summer calendar.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 15-21

metro

Audrea Lim is the author of "Free the Land: How We Can Fight Poverty and Climate Chaos."

What if land wasn’t used for profit? ‘Free the Land’ explores this reality.

What consumers should know about the FTC’s upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices

This secluded property in rural N.H. has hosted some of the world’s greatest artists

sports

The 250-level men's Hall of Fame Open held at The International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I., since 1976 is being dropped from the ATP schedule after this week.

Newport’s Tennis Hall of Fame announces changes for 2025: August enshrinement weekend, men’s and women’s tournaments

Patriots running back preview: Rhamondre Stevenson leads a talented and diverse group

So, you want to buy the Celtics? Here’s what happens when an NBA team goes on the market.

business

Amazon employees worked on Tuesday at a delivery center in South Gate, Calif.

Amazon Prime Day is a major cause of injuries for warehouse workers, Senate review says

State Street said to explore creating stablecoin, deposit token

Trump plans risk spurring US inflation that GOP is pledging to end

politics

Senator Bob Menendez speaks to reporters after he was convicted in his corruption trial.

Menendez tells allies he is considering resigning from Senate after conviction, per reports

Biden tests positive for COVID-19 while campaigning in Las Vegas, has ‘mild symptoms’

Democrats making a fresh push for Biden to reconsider running in runup to their own party convention

Nation

Family, friends, and community attend a candlelight vigil for Corey Comperatore at the Lernerville Speedway in Sarver, Pa., on July 17.

Hundreds attend vigil for man killed at Trump rally in Pennsylvania before visitation Thursday

Alabama set to execute man for fatal shooting of a delivery driver during a 1998 robbery attempt

Heavily armed security boats patrol winding Milwaukee River during GOP convention

World

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich.

US journalist appears in court in Russia for second hearing on espionage charges that he denies

Student protesters vow ‘complete shutdown’ in Bangladesh after days of violent protest

Far-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site, threatening Gaza cease-fire talks

opinion

"This doesn’t mean Caesarist leaders are less dangerous than fascist ones," the author writes. "They’re actually more threatening in one sense."

Trump isn’t a fascist. He’s a Caesarist.

A dangerous decision by an erratic judge

End the Bay State’s war on happy hour

lifestyle

Celtics star Jaylen Brown spoke after receiving the Best Championship Performance award at the ESPY awards, Thursday, July 11, 2024, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Jaylen Brown spotted at NBA Summer League game with Angel Reese and Kysre Gondrezick

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy rescued by Coast Guard after his boat goes adrift off Nantucket

In 225-square-feet, The Old Baby is a ‘merch booth’ for P-town

food & dining

The alternative protein industry stands to receive a potential boost from the state Legislature in the pending economic development bond bill. Christophe Chantre, cofounder and CEO of Tender Food, shows off his Somerville-based company's plant-based pulled pork bao buns.

Massachusetts poised to invest $10 million in development of meat and milk alternatives

Six weeks after opening, this Boston restaurant was shut down by a fake liquor license

Amar showcases Portuguese cuisine from on high

travel

Francisca Fetuga and Joseph Vanourek embraced as they shouted, “Make them pay” during a rally Wednesday led by the Boston Local 26 union for hotel workers in front of the Hyatt Regency in downtown Boston.

Boston hotel workers rally for higher wages, announce vote to authorize strike

The latest TikTok challenge involves doing nothing on an airplane. Are you tough enough to try it?

These 4 New England hotels rank among the top 100 in the world, according to Travel + Leisure

Arts

Paul McCartney. "Self-portraits. Paris," January 1964.

‘It was like being in a very exciting film’: Paul McCartney describes being at the center of Beatlemania

Beau McCall, a.k.a. The Button Man, blurs the lines between art, fashion, and craft

The Trump photo: clenching a fist, clinching an election?

Books

Mr. Collins also cowrote a book about another New York City mayor, Ed Koch.

Dan Collins, 80, author who rejected view of Giuliani as a 9/11 hero, dies

Author readings around Boston through July 27

JD Vance and I share Appalachian roots. He’s just the latest to exploit the region for personal profit.

Movies

Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones in "Twisters."

‘Twisters’: The answer is blowin’ in the wind

‘If this happened at a bank, you’d be horrified’: Documentary about Louis C.K. scandal spotlights women

From apocalyptic action to vacation comedies, here are 20 hot and cold-themed movies to stream this summer

Television

Emmy statues appear on stage at the 70th Primetime Emmy nominations announcement in Los Angeles on July 12, 2018.

2024 Emmy Awards: From Ayo Edebiri to Tom Brady’s roast, see the full list of nominees

One city, two murders, a very different time: Natalie Portman talks ‘Lady in the Lake’

Netflix gets up close and gymnastic with Simone Biles in new documentary series

music

Megan Stern peforms "Upline: More Than a Show, It's an Opportunity," in 2023 at FringePVD: The Providence Fringe Festival.

FringePVD brings ‘all things weird and wonderful’ to R.I.

Gone from late night, but going to Newport

This secluded property in rural N.H. has hosted some of the world’s greatest artists

Theater/Dance

A blue fly character called The Foreigner guards the mysterious egg that is his prized possession in a scene from Cirque du Soleil's "OVO."

Bugs take the limelight when Cirque du Soleil’s ‘OVO’ returns to Boston

The power of ‘Hoops’

Eight enticing dance events to enjoy before fall

Health

A CVS pharmacy store in San Francisco, Calif.

What consumers should know about the FTC’s upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices

What’s next for Roger Williams Medical Center? CEO warns Boston University could terminate affiliation, court docs show.

Fatal overdoses drop in R.I. for the first time in five years

Obituaries

When Ms. Willens retired in 2021, Yankees' manager Aaron Boone presented to her an autographed photo that she had taken after Yankees pitcher David Cone threw a perfect game.

Kathy Willens, pathbreaking photographer who captured sports and more, dies at 74

Dan Collins, 80, author who rejected view of Giuliani as a 9/11 hero, dies

Joe ‘Jellybean’ Bryant, father of Kobe, dies at 69