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In Provincetown, Harris reaffirms support for Biden as he faces pressure to step down

The vice president headlined a sold-out fund-raiser at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum that featured a star-studded roster of national politicians and celebrities.
Here are the Democrats who have called for Biden to drop out of the presidential race More updates from the campaign trail

Trump campaign prepares attack plan for Harris in case Biden withdraws
Donald Trump’s campaign is preparing a major effort to attack Vice President Kamala Harris if President Joe Biden steps aside as the Democratic nominee, including a wave of ads focusing on her record in her current office and in California, according to two people briefed on the matter.

From honor student to the gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump

Migrants in the Boston area rush to secure legal status amid concerns over upcoming election
With the election approaching, migrants in Massachusetts area are scrambling, terrified of what the future could look like under a second Trump presidency.

Behind Biden’s asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked

More than 50 people arrested at illegal car show in Worcester

The police charged 53 people and one juvenile with trespassing on 330 Southwest Cutoff, an office building where the Central Massachusetts Agency on Aging and a labor union are located.

After demotion of BPD deputy superintendent, department’s commitment to reform is questioned
Eddy Chrispin says Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox demoted him after he accepted a position as commissioner for the state agency that certifies law enforcement officers in Massachusetts.

Shooting in Lowell temple parking lot under investigation
Officials said the early-morning shooting Saturday had no apparent connection to the Hindu temple, which later that day went on with a previously planned outside celebration on the site.

Nantucket Triathlon participant dies after being pulled from water, fire department says

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL
Back-to-back bullpen failures coming out of the All-Star break provide Red Sox cause for some alarm
One night after they blew a lead in the eighth inning of a loss to the Dodgers, the Red Sox suffered another agonizing defeat Saturday. The shorthanded bullpen is in need of reinforcements.

Trip down memory lane at Dodger Stadium inspires Red Sox Can you believe it? Joe Castiglione rises to occasion, accepts Ford C. Frick Award for baseball broadcasting.

Travel
The latest TikTok challenge involves doing nothing on an airplane. Are you tough enough to try it?
Is it a digital detox or just dumb? Our travel writer hopes the bizarre trend spreads fast. Here’s why.

From run-down lodging to retro boutique chic: A unique Maine motel gets a second life Exploring Mexico City, a few days at a time
YVONNE ABRAHAM

For one woman allegedly assaulted by a masseur, a long wait for justice

The Middlesex DA initially charged the masseur with rape, then downgraded the charges to indecent assault and battery. “He [could get] only two years, and I have a whole lifetime of this,” the accuser said.

A special day of remembrance at military salute at Patton Homestead

This year's event honored the late Joanne Holbrook Patton, a well-known advocate for military families, the disabled, and others in need, who gifted the 27-acre estate to the town more than a decade ago.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

The Celtics have not been active in free agency. Here’s why.

This is the first summer the Celtics have been affected by repercussions from the second apron of the salary cap.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Patriots’ preseason broadcasts will go unconventional route — without play-by-play person for two games

Scott Zolak and Devin and Jason McCourty will be in the booth for two locally-produced broadcasts on Ch. 4.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

This summer’s Olympics won’t include baseball, but what about 2028 in Los Angeles?

MLB could forgo the All-Star Game that year with players instead joining their nations for an eight-team tournament that could be wrapped up in a few days.
With AI, jets and police squadrons, Paris is securing the Olympics — and worrying critics South Sudan gives US men’s basketball a major scare in advance of meeting at Olympics
Christopher L. Gasper

What is the future of the NFL? Massachusetts’s own Dave Gettleman continues to provide the answer.

Gettleman sees a disconcerting flaw in the player development pipeline — the lack of a dedicated developmental league.
For the Texans, the 2024 season is a rare turn in the NFL’s spotlight
Opinion
JEFF JACOBY

Alas, Trump has already won on the issue of immigration

A majority of Americans now want immigration to be curtailed and all undocumented migrants expelled.
IDEAS | JOHN BENJAMIN

Israel is destroying the Zionism I can support
Carine Hajjar

Donald Trump seems to have united the GOP. Has he?
Seth Moulton

Why Biden should exit the race
EDITORIAL

This election is not over
Best of the Best

The 9 best coffee shops around Boston in 2024

9 of the best seafood restaurants in Boston to try this year

Have a blast at Boston’s best bowling, pickleball, mini golf, and more

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Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after an Israeli strike on Houthi rebels
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian peninsula country.

Fajitas & ‘Ritas closure leaves one less casual spot downtown
After the beloved Tex-Mex spot closed its doors for good last Saturday, downtown is facing a margarita mug-sized hole in its increasingly upscale dining landscape.

Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography

Christopher Sheerer, 35, made an initial appearance in federal court in Boston Friday and was detained pending a hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said.

N.H. governor signs bill barring transgender girls from girls’ sports, vetoes broader bathroom bill
The governor also signed a bill outlawing gender-affirming genital surgeries for minors, and one that enforces key components of the so-called “parental rights” movement in schools.

Commentary | Jeremy C. Fox
Bob Newhart showed me how to be a man
Four decades ago, what I wanted more than anything was to be Bob Newhart.

Bangladesh’s top court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest killed scores
Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.

Recommended reads

‘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.

From apocalyptic action to vacation comedies, here are 20 hot and cold-themed movies to stream this summer
Beat the heat indoors with these streamable summer movie night recommendations.

Is New England really the hydrangea capital of the US? These are the best spots to see them.
Data collected by nature enthusiasts give us an idea of how often — and where — hydrangeas are grown in Massachusetts and around the country.

tech lab
How errant keystrokes at CrowdStrike led to a global outage of Microsoft networks
The cybersecurity firm issued a software update for computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system, but the update contained a bug so severe that it caused the “blue screen of death.”

Culture & Lifestyle

‘Strongest maestro in the world!’: The conductor who can snuff out a candle with a kick

When composers and scientists join forces, it’s alchemy for the ears

‘It always felt like life was imitating art’: Lee Isaac Chung talks weathering real tornadoes on ‘Twisters’ set

Get free advice. Send your relationship question to Love Letters.

Special Projects

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
HIGH & DRY

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.
Interactive map

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.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | LISA WEISS

My father couldn’t fix everything, but that didn’t keep him from trying
Alex Beam

The dog days are here
SAGE STOSSEL

The Olympics we need
EDITORIAL

Lawmakers should send housing bond bill to governor’s desk
IDEAS | Elizabeth Svoboda

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.

In Provincetown, Harris reaffirms support for Biden as he faces pressure to step down

The vice president headlined a sold-out fund-raiser at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum that featured a star-studded roster of national politicians and celebrities.

After demotion of BPD deputy superintendent, department’s commitment to reform is questioned

Eddy Chrispin says Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox demoted him after he accepted a position as commissioner for the state agency that certifies law enforcement officers in Massachusetts.

A special day of remembrance at military salute at Patton Homestead

This year's event honored the late Joanne Holbrook Patton, a well-known advocate for military families, the disabled, and others in need, who gifted the 27-acre estate to the town more than a decade ago.

Sports

With AI, jets and police squadrons, Paris is securing the Olympics — and worrying critics

The head of the Paris Olympics boldly declared that France’s capital would be “the safest place in the world” when the Games open.
TEAM WNBA 117, TEAM USA 109

Arike Ogunbowale, Caitlin Clark, and Angel Reese team up to lead the WNBA stars past the US Olympic squad

Ogunbowale, the game's MVP, set the WNBA All-Star scoring record at 34 points, Clark had 10 assists, and Reese posted a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds.
ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Back-to-back bullpen failures coming out of the All-Star break provide Red Sox cause for some alarm

One night after they blew a lead in the eighth inning of a loss to the Dodgers, the Red Sox suffered another agonizing defeat Saturday. The shorthanded bullpen is in need of reinforcements.
Dodgers 7, Red Sox 6 (11 inns.)

Tyler O’Neill’s pair of late two-run shots not enough, as Dodgers rally again to dump Red Sox
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Can you believe it? Joe Castiglione rises to occasion, accepts Ford C. Frick Award for baseball broadcasting.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Vaughn Grissom begins rehab stint with WooSox

Business

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.
News Analysis

What happened to ‘digital resilience’?

Only in recent years has the United States gotten serious about the problem.

Fajitas & ‘Ritas closure leaves one less casual spot downtown

Massachusetts moves closer to mandating employers to disclose salary ranges on job postings
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Smaller Space Living

Potted plants help turn a tight Cambridge backyard into a shady oasis

CONNECTIONS

Why my mom devoted herself to teaching kids to swim for the Red Cross and YMCA for 22 years
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Our first order of business was to ask the waitress to move our table’
Best of the Best

9 best craft breweries and taprooms to visit in Greater Boston

metro

For one woman allegedly assaulted by a masseur, a long wait for justice

More than 50 people arrested at illegal car show in Worcester

Shooting in Lowell temple parking lot under investigation

sports

Revolution settle for tie after FC Dallas scores on penalty kick in second-half stoppage time

Lakers have seen enough: Satisfied with guard, Bronny James shut down at Summer League

Trip down memory lane at Dodger Stadium inspires Red Sox, who are only happy to revisit 2018 World Series

business

Broken wind turbine blade, nearly the length of a football field, settles on ocean floor off Nantucket, officials say

Canceled flights, missed meetings, and free coffee: The CrowdStrike glitch reroutes Bostonians’ days

Local agencies, businesses, and organizations impacted by the global technology outage

politics

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

Trump holds first rally after assassination attempt with his new running mate, Vance, by his side

This is how Secret Service protection has changed for presidents over the years

Nation

Amid talk of border chaos, crossings have sharply declined

Behind Biden’s asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked

Secret Service says it denied earlier Trump requests for more federal resources

World

Bangladesh’s top court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest killed scores

Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after an Israeli strike on Houthi rebels

South Korea boosts propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts at border after North Korea flies more balloons

opinion

Las mascotas y el derecho a una muerte digna

Zero hour ... and counting ... for Biden and the Democrats

Trump puts his indelible imprint on the GOP

lifestyle

Get free advice. Send your relationship question to Love Letters.

I want to open my marriage

Kate Pierson of the B-52s is a Cape Codder now

food & dining

Fajitas & ‘Ritas closure leaves one less casual spot downtown

$15 minimum wage for tipped workers headed to ballot

An award-winning chef and a longtime neighborhood restaurant join forces

travel

From run-down lodging to retro boutique chic: A unique Maine motel gets a second life

What it’s like to stay at Hotel Volga in Mexico City

Tomato tasting, coaster thrills, and a handy phone gadget

Arts

Two new curatorial hires at the MFA

‘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

Books

For Marcela Fuentes, it’s fairy tales and books with female villains

A group portrait of Provincetown’s artists, poetry of broken beauty, and a panel on trans writers

Local bestsellers for the week ended July 14

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, July 22-28

‘It always felt like life was imitating art’: Lee Isaac Chung talks weathering real tornadoes on ‘Twisters’ set

Amy Adams films new movie ‘At the Sea’ in Plymouth and Marshfield, leaving fans star-struck

Television

Bob Newhart showed me how to be a man

A Globe critic remembers Bob Newhart, as humble and dry-witted in real life as he was on TV

Amid a bountiful Emmy haul for ‘The Bear,’ her nod stands out

music

‘I’m mean because I grew up in New England’: Noah Kahan was in full force during his star-studded show at Fenway Park

When composers and scientists join forces, it’s alchemy for the ears

At the inaugural Home Alone Fest, Boston artists aim to pack the house

Theater/Dance

At Jacob’s Pillow, Miguel Gutierrez invites the audience to join in grief, and in silliness

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

The power of ‘Hoops’

Health

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

Longtime US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who had pancreatic cancer, has died

Naomi Pomeroy, chef who made Portland a dining destination, dies at 49

Bob Newhart, sitcom legend and Grammy-winning standup comic, has died