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James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Who might Kamala Harris pick for VP? Here’s a shortlist of candidates.
Harris’s vice presidential pick will be a clean, cold political calculation — who can help her get across the finish line first in November.

Harris has support of enough delegates to become party’s nominee, according to AP survey

Democratic delegate tracker: Which delegates are backing Kamala Harris?

James Pindell: What Democrats and Republicans must do to win

WATCH: President Biden bowing out shakes up the race for president. The Globe’s political reporter breaks down the path to victory for both sides.

Quashing doubt, Massachusetts’ Democratic delegates vote to endorse Harris as nominee

‘She has lit a fire under Democrats’: Money for Kamala Harris pours in from Massachusetts donors

Abortion access advocates are counting on Kamala Harris to energize voters on reproductive rights

Democrats’ emotions went from ‘howls of pain and distress’ to ‘relief, joy, enthusiasm’

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu pregnant, expecting third child in January

Wu, 39, emphasized that her pregnancy would not influence her decision to run for reelection next year.

Prominent Harvard scholar criticized by conservative lawmakers is leaving for Princeton
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is frustrated with Harvard leadership for not defending him against criticism that his teachings help fuel antisemitism.

Judge in Karen Read case sets January date for new trial
Judge Beverly J. Cannone, who declared a mistrial on July 1 after jurors said they remained deadlocked, scheduled Read's retrial for Jan. 27.

Mayor of Taunton charged with attacking husband in domestic dispute Friday

Shaunna L. O’Connell, 54, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and battery on a household member and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Stray shower possible during the morning commute as storm system exits

The heaviest of the rain is behind us, leaving New England with muggy conditions.

Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says: ‘We failed’

The assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump was the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades, Director Kimberly Cheatle told lawmakers as calls mounted for her to resign.

Donald Trump’s lawyers urge New York appeals court to overturn ‘egregious’ civil fraud verdict

Mass General Brigham ‘fully operational’ after CrowdStrike outage; Logan passengers still seeing delays, cancellations

Srikanth Sundaresan left his apartment garage with his son Vikas off on their morning commute in Jamaica Plain too daycare in Brookline and then to his work.

More Bostonians are biking as bike lanes boom, but barriers remain

The city aims to expand the bike lane network so that by the end of next year, half of residents live within a 3-minute walk of a safe and connected bike route.

KARA BASKIN

The top 7 new school lunch foods coming this fall
I attended a massive cafeteria food taste test. Here are the dishes that made the grade.

Alex speier | on baseball

With trade deadline approaching, this is a bad time for the Red Sox to be struggling
After three straight losses to the Dodgers, the Sox failed in their attempt to correct course against a last-place Rockies team in Colorado.

Red Sox lose to Rockies, 9-8, in extras as slide continues

Suni Lee (Auburn), Jade Carey (Oregon State), and Jordan Chiles (UCLA) are part of a new generation of gymnasts who find college competition valuable in preparing for the international stage.

Tara Sullivan

College athletes are the lifeblood of Olympic sports. But there is a threat on the NCAA landscape.

Seventy-five percent of athletes on this US roster competed collegiately, and 15 teams are made up entirely of athletes who played in college. But the forces shifting the NCAA could spell the end for "non-revenue" sports.

Get text updates from Globe reporters at Paris Olympics

PERSPECTIVE

I’m a die-hard Boston sports fan. Can the WNBA get me to root for New York?

The WNBA presents a problem for people like me: There is no Boston team.

Tyler (left Glen Powell) and Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) in the summer blockbuster "Twisters."

From CGI to storm chasing, ‘Twisters’ thrills. But did they get it right?

Here’s why this summer blockbuster of Mother Nature’s most feared storms is a weather enthusiast’s must see.

Emma Hardigan with Barbara Fortier, chief executive officer of Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.

Yarmouth 8-year-old is top Girl Scout cookie seller in Eastern Mass. for the second year in a row

“You got to put a lot of time into it,” said Emma Hardigan of Troop 64895 in Yarmouth as she recounted the hours spent working at 84 cookie booths from December to March.

Lily Hevesh attends the AAPI YouTube Creator Collective 5.9 Meet Up on May 09, 2024 in New York City.

A colorful feat of engineering by domino artist Lily Hevesh

The New Hampshire native’s art installation at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., is expected to go down with a chain reaction that will last eight full minutes.

Opinion

Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance of Ohio arrived on the floor during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, July 15, in Milwaukee.

JOAN VENNOCHI

JD Vance is going after higher ed despite benefiting from it

His attack is Vance at his absolute worst and at his most hypocritical.

Tevi Troy

Beware if Taylor Swift and Oprah help Democrats find a candidate

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Real Democratic unity requires more than words

IDEAS | RACHEL LEOPOLD ROBINSON

How I learned to live with OCD

LETTERS

‘Unity’? ‘Healing’? Trump and GOP are unfit for normalization.

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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AS I SEE IT

Made in the shade
Get away from the summer heat and headaches under The Pier at Old Orchard Beach in Maine.

Aly Raisman reveals she’s been hospitalized twice for paralysis and ‘stroke-like symptoms’
The Olympic gold medalist and Needham native said that, during the episodes, she couldn’t move her arms or legs, remember her name, or speak coherently.

Entangled 400 lb. leatherback sea turtle rescued off Cape Cod
Staff from the New England Aquarium in Boston and the Barnstable harbormaster's office responded last Thursday and removed a rope from the shoulder region of the turtle's right front flipper.

Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Black woman who called 911 for help

One video from July 6 shows a tense moment in which former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson yelled at 36-year-old Sonya Massey over moving a pot from the stove.

Netanyahu is in Washington at a fraught time for Israel and the US. What to know about his visit.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a particularly fraught one between two allies.

Harris will meet with Netanyahu this week, but will miss his address to Congress

Malden teen charged with murder during Chelsea brawl

Joksin Briones-Blandon, 18, was ordered held without bail for the stabbing death of Santos Cartegena, 44, during a large brawl in Chelsea Saturday night, prosecutors said Monday.

Flooding, bacteria, hostility: So much for Walden Pond’s tranquility

Swimmers vs. fishermen. Crowds vs. Mother Nature. In summer, tensions can simmer at Thoreau’s beloved retreat.

THE FINE PRINT

When a hurricane upends travel plans, what do airlines owe consumers for a flight not taken?
Airline practices give passengers perverse incentives to fly in potentially dangerous weather, some customers say.

Of the 20 highest-paid Boston police officers, nearly half have disciplinary records
The complaints involved infractions related to details, untruthfulness, warning shots and signals, negligent duty and unreasonable judgment, conduct unbecoming, and conformance to laws, records show.

Dave Epstein

A plantsman and mentor: Reflecting on the gift of Wayne Mezitt
His death is a loss for the entire horticultural community, but it’s also a loss that hits me personally.

Culture & Lifestyle

Dan Taberski's new podcast is "Hysteria."

Could mass hysteria explain these mysterious outbreaks, from Havana syndrome to hiccups?

Select's pop-up vintage market on March 31.

This week’s freebies, deals: Vintage clothing pop-up, orchestra, and half-priced arcade games, and more

Kane Brown performing Saturday night at Fenway Park.

Kane Brown’s country-rock fusion transforms Fenway into Nashville North

Fiber artist Andy Li in his South Boston studio.

Andy Li handcrafts positivity, one pennant at a time

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.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The author, age 3, and her father wash the family car in the driveway of her childhood home in Evanston, Ill., in 1979.

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

A pedestrian passed a mixed-income housing project in progress at Washington Street in Nubian Square in Roxbury in 2023.

EDITORIAL

Lawmakers should send housing bond bill to governor’s desk

"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.

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

NH ARTS

A colorful feat of engineering by domino artist Lily Hevesh

The New Hampshire native’s art installation at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., is expected to go down with a chain reaction that will last eight full minutes.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Stray shower possible during the morning commute as storm system exits

The heaviest of the rain is behind us, leaving New England with muggy conditions.

More Bostonians are biking as bike lanes boom, but barriers remain

The city aims to expand the bike lane network so that by the end of next year, half of residents live within a 3-minute walk of a safe and connected bike route.

Live updates

Harris has support of enough delegates to become party’s nominee, according to AP survey

Aiming to put weeks of intraparty drama over President Biden’s prospects behind them, prominent Democratic elected officials, party leaders and political organizations quickly lined up behind Harris.

Sports

PERSPECTIVE

I’m a die-hard Boston sports fan. Can the WNBA get me to root for New York?

The WNBA presents a problem for people like me: There is no Boston team.

Tara Sullivan

College athletes are the lifeblood of Olympic sports. But there is a threat on the NCAA landscape.

Tanner Houck was left to collect himself after serving up a two-run homer as part of a four-run Rockies third inning.

ROCKIES 9. RED SOX 8 (12 INNINGS)

Red Sox rally twice to tie, then lose to Rockies in extras as slide continues

Tanner Houck started for the Red Sox and allowed four runs on 10 hits and three walks in six innings while striking out two. Jamie Westbrook and Connor Wong homered.

Alex speier | on baseball

With trade deadline approaching, this is a bad time for the Red Sox to be struggling

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Twice-traded Tyler O’Neill goes about business ahead of deadline, and sizes up Red Sox’ chances of adding on

UNITED STATES 92, GERMANY 88

LeBron James plays hero again, scores final 11 points as US men’s basketball beats reigning world champion Germany

Business

Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online

The Senate will consider legislation this week that aims to protect children from dangerous online content, moving forward with what could become the first sweeping new regulation of the tech industry in decades.

Investors remember ‘stocks can go down too’ in return to hedging

Hedging is back as investors fret over concerns about everything from the US presidential election to second-quarter earnings, economic growth, and interest rates.

‘She has lit a fire under Democrats’: Money for Kamala Harris pours in from Massachusetts donors

TALKING POINTS

New England states win federal grants for heat pumps

magazine

Last year’s Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts, at City Hall Plaza.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 22-28

Best of the Best

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

Opaline glass and rattan pendants by Mitzi play off the tropical vibe of the bedroom wallpaper by A-Street Prints.

Smaller Space Living

‘It feels palatial!’ Clever home design makes a South End condo live large

LOVE LETTERS

James Pindell | ANALYSIS Who might Kamala Harris pick for VP? Here’s a shortlist of candidates. Harris’s vice presidential pick will be a clean, cold political calculation — who can help her get across the finish line first in November.

Harris has support of enough delegates to become party’s nominee, according to AP survey

Democratic delegate tracker: Which delegates are backing Kamala Harris?

Quashing doubt, Massachusetts’ Democratic delegates vote to endorse Harris as nominee

‘She has lit a fire under Democrats’: Money for Kamala Harris pours in from Massachusetts donors

Abortion access advocates are counting on Kamala Harris to energize voters on reproductive rights

Democrats’ emotions went from ‘howls of pain and distress’ to ‘relief, joy, enthusiasm’

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu pregnant, expecting third child in January

Prominent Harvard scholar criticized by conservative lawmakers is leaving for Princeton Khalil Gibran Muhammad is frustrated with Harvard leadership for not defending him against criticism that his teachings help fuel antisemitism.

Judge in Karen Read case sets January date for new trial Judge Beverly J. Cannone, who declared a mistrial on July 1 after jurors said they remained deadlocked, scheduled Read's retrial for Jan. 27.

Mayor of Taunton charged with attacking husband in domestic dispute Friday

Stray shower possible during the morning commute as storm system exits

Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says: ‘We failed’

Donald Trump’s lawyers urge New York appeals court to overturn ‘egregious’ civil fraud verdict

Mass General Brigham ‘fully operational’ after CrowdStrike outage; Logan passengers still seeing delays, cancellations

More Bostonians are biking as bike lanes boom, but barriers remain

KARA BASKIN The top 7 new school lunch foods coming this fall I attended a massive cafeteria food taste test. Here are the dishes that made the grade.

Alex speier | on baseball With trade deadline approaching, this is a bad time for the Red Sox to be struggling After three straight losses to the Dodgers, the Sox failed in their attempt to correct course against a last-place Rockies team in Colorado.

College athletes are the lifeblood of Olympic sports. But there is a threat on the NCAA landscape.

I’m a die-hard Boston sports fan. Can the WNBA get me to root for New York?

From CGI to storm chasing, ‘Twisters’ thrills. But did they get it right?

Yarmouth 8-year-old is top Girl Scout cookie seller in Eastern Mass. for the second year in a row

A colorful feat of engineering by domino artist Lily Hevesh

JD Vance is going after higher ed despite benefiting from it

Beware if Taylor Swift and Oprah help Democrats find a candidate

Real Democratic unity requires more than words

How I learned to live with OCD

‘Unity’? ‘Healing’? Trump and GOP are unfit for normalization.

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

➔ More from The Boston Globe's Best of the Best

More recent News

AS I SEE IT Made in the shade Get away from the summer heat and headaches under The Pier at Old Orchard Beach in Maine.

Aly Raisman reveals she’s been hospitalized twice for paralysis and ‘stroke-like symptoms’ The Olympic gold medalist and Needham native said that, during the episodes, she couldn’t move her arms or legs, remember her name, or speak coherently.

Entangled 400 lb. leatherback sea turtle rescued off Cape Cod Staff from the New England Aquarium in Boston and the Barnstable harbormaster's office responded last Thursday and removed a rope from the shoulder region of the turtle's right front flipper.

Bodycam video reveals chaotic scene of deputy fatally shooting Black woman who called 911 for help

Netanyahu is in Washington at a fraught time for Israel and the US. What to know about his visit.

Malden teen charged with murder during Chelsea brawl

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THE FINE PRINT When a hurricane upends travel plans, what do airlines owe consumers for a flight not taken? Airline practices give passengers perverse incentives to fly in potentially dangerous weather, some customers say.

Of the 20 highest-paid Boston police officers, nearly half have disciplinary records The complaints involved infractions related to details, untruthfulness, warning shots and signals, negligent duty and unreasonable judgment, conduct unbecoming, and conformance to laws, records show.

Dave Epstein A plantsman and mentor: Reflecting on the gift of Wayne Mezitt His death is a loss for the entire horticultural community, but it’s also a loss that hits me personally.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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

The dog days are here

The Olympics we need

Lawmakers should send housing bond bill to governor’s desk

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

A colorful feat of engineering by domino artist Lily Hevesh

Stray shower possible during the morning commute as storm system exits

More Bostonians are biking as bike lanes boom, but barriers remain

Harris has support of enough delegates to become party’s nominee, according to AP survey

Sports

I’m a die-hard Boston sports fan. Can the WNBA get me to root for New York?

College athletes are the lifeblood of Olympic sports. But there is a threat on the NCAA landscape.

Red Sox rally twice to tie, then lose to Rockies in extras as slide continues

With trade deadline approaching, this is a bad time for the Red Sox to be struggling

Twice-traded Tyler O’Neill goes about business ahead of deadline, and sizes up Red Sox’ chances of adding on

LeBron James plays hero again, scores final 11 points as US men’s basketball beats reigning world champion Germany

Business

Senate to consider bills that aim to protect children and teenagers online

Investors remember ‘stocks can go down too’ in return to hedging

‘She has lit a fire under Democrats’: Money for Kamala Harris pours in from Massachusetts donors

New England states win federal grants for heat pumps

Five things to do around Boston, July 22-28

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Who might Kamala Harris pick for VP? Here’s a shortlist of candidates.
Harris’s vice presidential pick will be a clean, cold political calculation — who can help her get across the finish line first in November.

Prominent Harvard scholar criticized by conservative lawmakers is leaving for Princeton
Khalil Gibran Muhammad is frustrated with Harvard leadership for not defending him against criticism that his teachings help fuel antisemitism.

Judge in Karen Read case sets January date for new trial
Judge Beverly J. Cannone, who declared a mistrial on July 1 after jurors said they remained deadlocked, scheduled Read's retrial for Jan. 27.

KARA BASKIN

The top 7 new school lunch foods coming this fall
I attended a massive cafeteria food taste test. Here are the dishes that made the grade.

Alex speier | on baseball

With trade deadline approaching, this is a bad time for the Red Sox to be struggling
After three straight losses to the Dodgers, the Sox failed in their attempt to correct course against a last-place Rockies team in Colorado.

AS I SEE IT

Made in the shade
Get away from the summer heat and headaches under The Pier at Old Orchard Beach in Maine.

Aly Raisman reveals she’s been hospitalized twice for paralysis and ‘stroke-like symptoms’
The Olympic gold medalist and Needham native said that, during the episodes, she couldn’t move her arms or legs, remember her name, or speak coherently.

Entangled 400 lb. leatherback sea turtle rescued off Cape Cod
Staff from the New England Aquarium in Boston and the Barnstable harbormaster's office responded last Thursday and removed a rope from the shoulder region of the turtle's right front flipper.

THE FINE PRINT

When a hurricane upends travel plans, what do airlines owe consumers for a flight not taken?
Airline practices give passengers perverse incentives to fly in potentially dangerous weather, some customers say.

Of the 20 highest-paid Boston police officers, nearly half have disciplinary records
The complaints involved infractions related to details, untruthfulness, warning shots and signals, negligent duty and unreasonable judgment, conduct unbecoming, and conformance to laws, records show.

Dave Epstein

A plantsman and mentor: Reflecting on the gift of Wayne Mezitt
His death is a loss for the entire horticultural community, but it’s also a loss that hits me personally.