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Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, ‘Melania,’ scheduled for this fall
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Harris plans to continue to build presidential momentum in speech to teachers union
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Netanyahu to meet with Harris and Biden
5:01 a.m.
Democratic convention planners are working to pull off a dramatic Biden-Harris role reversal

President Biden, seen through a window of the Oval Office, delivered an address to the nation Wednesday night.

Biden’s speech: Warnings about Trump without naming him, a hefty to-do list, and a power handoff

President Biden delivered a solemn Oval Office address Wednesday that laid out in the clearest terms yet why he abandoned his reelection campaign.

Young voters felt blah about a Biden-Trump rematch. Then came Kamala Harris and ‘Project Coconut.’

Now the likely Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, appears to have a fresh opportunity to rally support among young voters, who have for months indicated they might sit out the election.

Harris is starting to vet potential running mates. Her initial list includes nearly a dozen names.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

It’s not remotely difficult to pronounce ‘Kamala.’ These R.I. politicians feel the vice president’s pain.

Access to needed drugstores dries up

WATCH: Pharmacy deserts are expanding, making medication and health services out of reach for many. Reporter Diti Kohli explains the causes and potential fixes ( Ami Porder )

When drugstores disappear: Why nearly 15,000 Bostonians live in ‘pharmacy deserts’

Many of these dead zones overlap vulnerable communities — already poorer, sicker, and less well-resourced than the rest of the state. Where do they go?

Beth Teitell

Boston could have hosted the Olympics in 2024. But could we have learned to be — gasp — friendly?
Boston’s bid for the 2024 Summer Games notoriously fell apart. But what if we’d hosted? Parisians are being told to be “friendly and genuine.” Would we have faced a similar fate?

Globe Magazine

Photos: A rare look inside Harvard’s collection of 7.5 million insects
Some 35,000 specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology are “primary types,” meaning they are the first used to describe their species. Only the Smithsonian has more.

New Patriots coach Jerod Mayo's greatest strength may be relating with the guys in the locker room.

Ben Volin I On football

Jerod Mayo and the Patriots already are seeing the downside to the player-friendly approach

After 24 years of being ruled by Bill Belichick’s iron fist, the Patriots are trying to create a softer, friendlier atmosphere at Gillette Stadium.

Kyle Shanahan says Bill Belichick turned down an offer to join the 49ers staff

Mariah Kennedy Cuomo and Tellef Lundevall tied the knot at the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port on Saturday. They couple met at Brown University.

Daughter of Kerry Kennedy and Andrew Cuomo weds at Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port

Mariah Kennedy Cuomo and Tellef Lundevall tied the knot at the waterfront Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port on Saturday, celebrating with about 400 friends and family members.

Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from "Don't Look Up."

Massachusetts gave ‘Don’t Look Up’ $46 million in taxpayer-funded credits, the largest for a film in state history

The taxpayer-funded film incentive nearly doubles the previous record of $26.7 million, which the state issued to the 2016 version of “Ghostbusters.”

Migrant children caught in school limbo under new five-day limits on overflow shelter stays

The new policy raises questions about how, and if, children placed in the overflow shelters will be able to get their federally protected educations when the school year begins — particularly for the many newly-arrived children without any existing affiliation with a Massachusetts school district.

Family of Dorchester mom who died in custody of Suffolk sheriff’s office sues

Ayesha Marie Johnson, 35, died in 2021 at the South Bay House of Correction in Boston as she waited for a ride to a court-ordered treatment program.

Man sentenced to probation for role in Cape Cod boat crash that killed 17-year-old girlfriend
David K. Sullivan pleaded guilty in Barnstable Superior Court to charges of boat homicide by negligence and possessing alcohol while under 21.

After Southwick students hold mock slave auction, AG Campbell works to revise district’s policies on racism
Under a new plan, the Southwick-Tolland-Granville District must revise its policies in response to such racist incidents.

Ken Mahan | Forecast

Pattern to shift but may keep the door open for showers and storms

Overcast skies will jostle free today and conditions will begin to change around Boston and nearly all of New England.

Southwest Airlines moves to assigned seats in major policy shift
The airline is ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century.

New Hampshire man pleads guilty to the harassment and intimidation of two journalists, authorities say

Attorneys for Lewiston victims demand new mass shooting investigation

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

John Powers | On the Olympics

The extraordinary Simone Biles is now an ‘old’ favorite for more gold at Paris Olympics
At 27, she is the grande dame of gymnastics, and it is a remarkable status considering what she has been through.

The Paris Olympics opening ceremony is making history. Here’s what to know and how to watch. Tara Sullivan | Fencer Eli Dershwitz brings a special inspiration with him to Paris Olympics See more coverage from the 2024 Olympics

The crown jewel of the 2024 Boston Olympic bid was a temporary stadium at Widett Circle, and later the creation of a new neighborhood between South Boston and the South End.

If Boston had hosted the 2024 Olympics, these were the proposed venues. What has happened there since?

A look back at what the organizers had in mind — and at what has happened at those sites in the intervening years.

With the trade deadline July 30, Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow should be working the phones in the next few days.

alex speier | on baseball

Craig Breslow picks his lane for Red Sox at trade deadline: ‘We’re going to look to improve the team’

With the Sox in the hunt for a playoff spot, the chief baseball officer indicated that he will look to acquire pitching and a righthanded bat.

Red Sox, Alex Cora agree to contract extension

Pending legal action from Warner Bros. Discovery, Amazon Prime Video has become a significant partner in NBA broadcasting beginning with the 2025-26 season.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

NBA formally announces new broadcast deal, which embraces wider access and says goodbye to the Turner networks

“Warner Bros. Discovery’s most recent proposal did not match the terms of Amazon Prime Video’s offer,” the NBA said in a statement, as it announced its new plans with ESPN/ABC, NBCUniversal, and Amazon.

Two brothers filmed the moment that a whale jumped on and capsized a boat off the New Hampshire coast.

Two friends recount moment whale breached onto their fishing boat off N.H. coast: ‘Is this really happening?’

The shocking whale drama was caught on video by two teenagers who were fishing nearby and then jumped into action to rescue Paquette and Kenney from the water.

Opinion

Vice President Harris boarded Air Force Two at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday to go to an appearance in Indianapolis.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Anointing Kamala Harris was a mistake

She may be the Democrats’ best possible candidate. But a contested nomination process would have put that idea to the test.

Jules Boykoff

How Boston said no to the 2024 Summer Olympics

JOAN VENNOCHI

Harris should look to Massachusetts as she responds to immigration crisis

EDITORIAL

Here comes the Beacon Hill logjam

DAVID SHRIBMAN

The year of chaos

Best of the Best

At the best comedy clubs in Boston, big laughs sometimes come in small spaces

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The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

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Can’t drive 55? Route 3 can now oblige.

On Monday, the state Department of Transportation raised the speed limit on Route 3 from 55 miles per hour to 65 miles per hour between Interstate 95 in Burlington and the New Hampshire border.

Boston city councilors discuss regulating extreme heat in workplaces
The regulation would likely require employers that contract with the city to provide workers with adequate water, rest breaks, and adapted hours to avoid the hottest parts of the day.

A bear followed hikers in N.H., and even bluff charged one of them
In three separate incidents, the bears were not afraid of noises that typically scare them away, the USDA Forest Service reported.

National Grid freezes energy-saving benefits to low-income customers in Mass. due to ‘overwhelming demand’

The pause on no-cost home improvements is temporary, according to the company, but there is no estimate for when services will resume.

Brewster police officer arrested, to be arraigned for child pornography charges

A Brewster police officer was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography, officials said.

Healey presses Steward to move forward quickly in selling Massachusetts hospitals

Norwood Hospital, which is temporarily closed, was not included in the sale process.

At Provincetown’s Bear Week, inclusivity, acceptance, and, yes, debauchery

The mood is buoyant and upbeat, and it’s about to become raucous.

She wants you to love greenhead flies. Then smack them.
They appear each year near the end of June, waiting for those sunny, windless, glorious summer days that scream “beach.” Then they attack, buzz-sawing open your capillaries.

Healey administration puts Hurley complex out for redevelopment — again
On Wednesday, state officials announced a new redevelopment effort for the Charles F. Hurley and Erich Lindemann buildings, which sprawl across a massive block between Cambridge and Merrimac streets, with an eye to addressing the “urgent need for housing.”

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution want to release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.

Culture & Lifestyle

A folk sign at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park.

So many notables at Newport Folk Festival this year. Here’s a taste.

Gospel singer Kirk Franklin dances with Vice President Kamala Harris as he performs during a concert marking Juneteenth on the South Lawn of the White House on June 10, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

What might be on Kamala Harris’s campaign megamix?

Actor Izaac Wang and writer-director Sean Wang on the set of "Dìdi," a Focus Features release.

Writer-director Sean Wang gets personal with his feature debut, ‘Dìdi’

Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson, left, and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in "Deadpool & Wolverine."

Can ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ bring back the old Marvel box-office magic?

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's father, Jake Berry Ellison Sr., in 1955, a year after he was discharged from the Navy after serving two years at sea during the Korean War.

IDEAS | JAKE BERRY ELLISON JR.

My elderly father had dementia, anger issues, and many guns. What were we to do?

On Sept. 13, 1993, President Bill Clinton presided over White House ceremonies marking the peace accord between Israel and the Palestinians with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, left, and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, right.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Fading hope for the two-state solution in Israel

Carina Sandoval stood in the freezer July 16 to get relief from the heat as the common space in her Somerville apartment has no air conditioning.

RENÉE LOTH

Living without air conditioning: The heat is on

Senator JD Vance spoke during the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee on July 17.

JEFF JACOBY

JD Vance dismisses the American idea

IDEAS | RACHEL LEOPOLD ROBINSON

How I learned to live with OCD

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Live updates

Biden says nation’s democracy lies in hands of voters, explains why he ended reelection bid

Biden addressed the nation from the Oval Office after his decision to step down from the 2024 race.

When drugstores disappear: Why nearly 15,000 Bostonians live in ‘pharmacy deserts’

Many of these dead zones overlap vulnerable communities — already poorer, sicker, and less well-resourced than the rest of the state. Where do they go?

PODCAST

A new program at Brown is preparing Providence students for college

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, director Nick Figueroa talks about the Brown Collegiate Scholars Program that brought 30 Providence students to the campus this month.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

It’s not remotely difficult to pronounce ‘Kamala.’ These R.I. politicians feel the vice president’s pain.

You would think that America, and at the very least, the political pundits who get paid to cover the race for president, would have learned to pronounce Kamala Harris' name by now.

Sports

Beth Teitell

Boston could have hosted the Olympics in 2024. But could we have learned to be — gasp — friendly?

Boston’s bid for the 2024 Summer Games notoriously fell apart. But what if we’d hosted? Parisians are being told to be “friendly and genuine.” Would we have faced a similar fate?

Simone Biles could win four gold medals in Paris, just as she did in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro.

John Powers | On the Olympics

The extraordinary Simone Biles is now an ‘old’ favorite for more gold at Paris Olympics

At 27, she is the grande dame of gymnastics, and it is a remarkable status considering what she has been through.

Jacob Stallings of the Rockies took Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta deep in the third inning for a three-run homer.

Rockies 20, Red Sox 7

Red Sox end road trip with ugly loss to Rockies

After an off day Thursday, the Sox begin a three-game series against the Yankees Friday night at Fenway Park.

NBA

AP: Connecticut’s Tom Thibodeau, Knicks agree to three-year contract extension

COLLEGES

Former UMass athletic director Bob Marcum dies days after suffering a stroke

NFL

Kyle Shanahan says Bill Belichick turned down an offer to join the 49ers staff

Business

Southwest Airlines moves to assigned seats in major policy shift

The airline is ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century.

When drugstores disappear: Why nearly 15,000 Bostonians live in ‘pharmacy deserts’

Many of these dead zones overlap vulnerable communities — already poorer, sicker, and less well-resourced than the rest of the state. Where do they go?

A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

US growth likely picked up last quarter after a sluggish start to 2024, reflecting resilient economy

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LOVE LETTERS

I feel like the odd one out: I have celiac disease and I’m single

PERSPECTIVE

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

Best of the Best

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

Cooking

Biden’s speech: Warnings about Trump without naming him, a hefty to-do list, and a power handoff

Young voters felt blah about a Biden-Trump rematch. Then came Kamala Harris and ‘Project Coconut.’

Harris is starting to vet potential running mates. Her initial list includes nearly a dozen names.

It’s not remotely difficult to pronounce ‘Kamala.’ These R.I. politicians feel the vice president’s pain.

When drugstores disappear: Why nearly 15,000 Bostonians live in ‘pharmacy deserts’

Globe Magazine Photos: A rare look inside Harvard’s collection of 7.5 million insects Some 35,000 specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology are “primary types,” meaning they are the first used to describe their species. Only the Smithsonian has more.

Jerod Mayo and the Patriots already are seeing the downside to the player-friendly approach

Daughter of Kerry Kennedy and Andrew Cuomo weds at Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port

Massachusetts gave ‘Don’t Look Up’ $46 million in taxpayer-funded credits, the largest for a film in state history

Migrant children caught in school limbo under new five-day limits on overflow shelter stays

Family of Dorchester mom who died in custody of Suffolk sheriff’s office sues

Man sentenced to probation for role in Cape Cod boat crash that killed 17-year-old girlfriend David K. Sullivan pleaded guilty in Barnstable Superior Court to charges of boat homicide by negligence and possessing alcohol while under 21.

After Southwick students hold mock slave auction, AG Campbell works to revise district’s policies on racism Under a new plan, the Southwick-Tolland-Granville District must revise its policies in response to such racist incidents.

Pattern to shift but may keep the door open for showers and storms

Southwest Airlines moves to assigned seats in major policy shift The airline is ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century.

New Hampshire man pleads guilty to the harassment and intimidation of two journalists, authorities say

Attorneys for Lewiston victims demand new mass shooting investigation

John Powers | On the Olympics The extraordinary Simone Biles is now an ‘old’ favorite for more gold at Paris Olympics At 27, she is the grande dame of gymnastics, and it is a remarkable status considering what she has been through.

If Boston had hosted the 2024 Olympics, these were the proposed venues. What has happened there since?

Craig Breslow picks his lane for Red Sox at trade deadline: ‘We’re going to look to improve the team’

NBA formally announces new broadcast deal, which embraces wider access and says goodbye to the Turner networks

Two friends recount moment whale breached onto their fishing boat off N.H. coast: ‘Is this really happening?’

Anointing Kamala Harris was a mistake

How Boston said no to the 2024 Summer Olympics

Harris should look to Massachusetts as she responds to immigration crisis

Here comes the Beacon Hill logjam

The year of chaos

At the best comedy clubs in Boston, big laughs sometimes come in small spaces

Boston’s best restaurant deals: 22 places to feast for $20 or less

The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

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

More recent News

Can’t drive 55? Route 3 can now oblige.

Boston city councilors discuss regulating extreme heat in workplaces The regulation would likely require employers that contract with the city to provide workers with adequate water, rest breaks, and adapted hours to avoid the hottest parts of the day.

A bear followed hikers in N.H., and even bluff charged one of them In three separate incidents, the bears were not afraid of noises that typically scare them away, the USDA Forest Service reported.

National Grid freezes energy-saving benefits to low-income customers in Mass. due to ‘overwhelming demand’

Brewster police officer arrested, to be arraigned for child pornography charges

Healey presses Steward to move forward quickly in selling Massachusetts hospitals

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She wants you to love greenhead flies. Then smack them. They appear each year near the end of June, waiting for those sunny, windless, glorious summer days that scream “beach.” Then they attack, buzz-sawing open your capillaries.

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution want to release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.

Culture & Lifestyle

So many notables at Newport Folk Festival this year. Here’s a taste.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

My elderly father had dementia, anger issues, and many guns. What were we to do?

Fading hope for the two-state solution in Israel

Living without air conditioning: The heat is on

JD Vance dismisses the American idea

How I learned to live with OCD

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Biden says nation’s democracy lies in hands of voters, explains why he ended reelection bid

When drugstores disappear: Why nearly 15,000 Bostonians live in ‘pharmacy deserts’

A new program at Brown is preparing Providence students for college

It’s not remotely difficult to pronounce ‘Kamala.’ These R.I. politicians feel the vice president’s pain.

Sports

Boston could have hosted the Olympics in 2024. But could we have learned to be — gasp — friendly?

The extraordinary Simone Biles is now an ‘old’ favorite for more gold at Paris Olympics

Red Sox end road trip with ugly loss to Rockies

AP: Connecticut’s Tom Thibodeau, Knicks agree to three-year contract extension

Former UMass athletic director Bob Marcum dies days after suffering a stroke

Kyle Shanahan says Bill Belichick turned down an offer to join the 49ers staff

Business

Southwest Airlines moves to assigned seats in major policy shift

When drugstores disappear: Why nearly 15,000 Bostonians live in ‘pharmacy deserts’

A neurological disorder stole her voice. Jennifer Wexton takes it back on the House floor.

US growth likely picked up last quarter after a sluggish start to 2024, reflecting resilient economy

I feel like the odd one out: I have celiac disease and I’m single

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

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

Globe Magazine

Photos: A rare look inside Harvard’s collection of 7.5 million insects
Some 35,000 specimens in the Museum of Comparative Zoology are “primary types,” meaning they are the first used to describe their species. Only the Smithsonian has more.

Man sentenced to probation for role in Cape Cod boat crash that killed 17-year-old girlfriend
David K. Sullivan pleaded guilty in Barnstable Superior Court to charges of boat homicide by negligence and possessing alcohol while under 21.

After Southwick students hold mock slave auction, AG Campbell works to revise district’s policies on racism
Under a new plan, the Southwick-Tolland-Granville District must revise its policies in response to such racist incidents.

Southwest Airlines moves to assigned seats in major policy shift
The airline is ditching the free-for-all policy that has been a defining feature of the carrier for more than half a century.

John Powers | On the Olympics

The extraordinary Simone Biles is now an ‘old’ favorite for more gold at Paris Olympics
At 27, she is the grande dame of gymnastics, and it is a remarkable status considering what she has been through.

Boston city councilors discuss regulating extreme heat in workplaces
The regulation would likely require employers that contract with the city to provide workers with adequate water, rest breaks, and adapted hours to avoid the hottest parts of the day.

A bear followed hikers in N.H., and even bluff charged one of them
In three separate incidents, the bears were not afraid of noises that typically scare them away, the USDA Forest Service reported.

She wants you to love greenhead flies. Then smack them.
They appear each year near the end of June, waiting for those sunny, windless, glorious summer days that scream “beach.” Then they attack, buzz-sawing open your capillaries.

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution want to release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.