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Bernie Sanders: Kamala Harris will struggle to win unless she speaks to the ‘long-neglected working class’
The independent senator from Vermont, who won New Hampshire’s 2016 Democratic presidential primary, said economic inequality is the top concern facing the country — and the new presumptive Democratic nominee needs to address it.

In R.I., Ocasio-Cortez backs Harris, cites climate
James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Four policy questions Harris must answer ASAP to avoid being defined by Trump

Now that Vice President Kamala Harris is leading Democrats, where will she be different from Joe Biden?
Live updates

FBI says Trump was indeed struck by a bullet during the assassination attempt

 Trump says he’s ‘recovered well’ from shooting

Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass.

Carney Hospital in Dorchester and Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer will shut down, the bankrupt company said on Friday.
Here’s what we do and don’t know about the Steward closures More coverage of the Steward Health Care crisis

Brief court hearing held for Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury woman charged with killing her three children

Her lawyer said he will argue at trial that Clancy should not be held criminally responsible for her actions because of her mental illness.

North End restaurant owner pleads guilty to shooting at neighbor

Patrick Mendoza was accused of firing a gun at a neighborhood foe, missing the man but hitting the front window of Modern Pastry last year.

Blind man says Boston officer struck by vehicle was helping him cross ‘very dangerous intersection’ in North End

Scott Hartmann credits the officer with saving his life in a notoriously busy and dangerous intersection as he walked home with his guide dog.

Vermont man arrested for allegedly murdering 82-year-old woman, officials say

EV charging company picks Boston for East Coast headquarters
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

Tara Sullivan
Paris navigates many challenges to put on an Opening Ceremony honoring sports and culture
The years of planning, the months of rehearsal, the money, the manpower, the belief, all of it came together in the extraordinary effort to stage the first Opening Ceremony outside of the traditional stadium setting.

Photos from the opening ceremony See highlights from the opening ceremony See this weekend's Olympics schedule
DEVRA FIRST

Where to eat like you’re at the Olympics (without leaving home)

10 French cafes, restaurants, and bakeries to transport your taste buds from Boston to Paris

Wildfire smoke from Pacific Northwest and Canada may cause some hazy skies in New England

These pockets of haze we'll see this weekend won’t affect the air quality throughout the region.
California’s largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

Drake Maye is doing a good job of turning rookie mistakes into learning experiences

Bouncing back from bad plays and not making the same mistake twice is all part of the process for the Patriots quarterback.
Patriots and Jabrill Peppers agree to three-year contract extension
Style Watch

Tips for making a kitchen with no direct sunlight seem bright and airy

Warm touches channel a New England aesthetic in a Cape Cod home for empty nesters.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why mothers often can’t win

No matter what, it seems like working mothers — expecting mothers, stepmothers, adoptive mothers — can’t win.
Michael Walsh and Dorie Seavey

Heat pumps are the pathway to energy affordability
Mike Rombach

Protect consumer choice on electric suppliers

Daniel J. Swift

Why Wu’s business tax hike plan is bad policy
Joan Wickersham

The hottest, coolest summer movie ever
Best of the Best

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

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More recent News

A turkey badly damaged a Boston woman’s car. A video of the attack has gone viral: ‘Without proof, it sounds insane.’
For about a year, Alicia Mastroianni and the wild turkeys of Boston lived together in peace. That ended last week.

Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside
Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the home in Winstead, a town in the state's northwest corner, not far from Massachusetts.

A look at ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody

Zambada and Guzmán's son, Joaquín Guzmán López, were arrested in Texas on Thursday after they arrived aboard a private plane. Zambada was being held without bond Friday after entering a plea of not guilty to a string of drug trafficking charges in federal court in El Paso.
Powerful cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada was lured onto airplane before arrest in US

Two 15-year-old boys facing charges after allegedly robbing 9-year-old at Dorchester park

The two teens were arraigned Friday in West Roxbury Juvenile Court on robbery charges and for making threats to commit a crime. They were ordered held, pending dangerousness hearings.

Nurse charged with sexually assaulting nursing home resident in Rhode Island

A nurse was charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a patient at Bayview Rehabilitation at Scalabrini nursing home in North Kingstown in December 2023.

Boy, 16, shot in Lawrence, injuries non-life threatening

The boy was found injured in the area of Howard Street, where officers responded Friday afternoon to a report of shots fired, the department said.

Recommended reads

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

In Maine, a case of poisoned trees brings angry phone calls and a quest for criminal charges

Fear and loathing in vacationland: Maine’s poisoned-tree case has brought angry phone calls and a quest for criminal charges.

Where have the students gone? New reports lay out causes of Boston’s enrollment losses.
Boston has lost more than 20 percent of its students across all school sectors over the last three decades.

‘Murder in Boston’ earns three Emmy nominations, including a nod for best documentary
The documentary on the Charles Stuart case presented by HBO in association with the Globe is nominated for a trio of Emmy Awards this year.

Blind date: ‘At the end of the evening he pulled out a package of Pop Rocks for me’
Will these daters connect over a sweet surprise?

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Book Festival to kick off with Malcolm Gladwell

At the Farnsworth, a rare look at Andrew Wyeth’s forays into abstraction

Going for the gold and also going for some laughs

Matt Damon belts out ‘Sweet Caroline’ in ‘Tonight Show’ duet with Jimmy Fallon

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 | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Anointing Kamala Harris was a mistake
SCOT LEHIGH

Trump’s and Netanyahu’s myopic stance on the Iran nuclear deal has left the world in a worse place
RENÉE GRAHAM

A hint of unexpected hope at a memorial service on Cape Cod
Jules Boykoff

How Boston said no to the 2024 Summer Olympics
IDEAS | JAKE BERRY ELLISON JR.

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

The River Seine is open to Olympic swimmers. Could that work in the Charles?

For decades, the Charles has been a punch line, its “Dirty Water” memorialized in the rock song and known as something most would consider jumping in only on a dare.

Black bear and cub destroy car in Connecticut after getting trapped inside

Trapped inside a car, the adult black bear and cub thrashed about. The horn was blaring and the radio blasting. Outside the car, a second cub ran around in apparent distress by the home in Winstead, a town in the state's northwest corner, not far from Massachusetts.

North End restaurant owner pleads guilty to shooting at neighbor

Patrick Mendoza was accused of firing a gun at a neighborhood foe, missing the man but hitting the front window of Modern Pastry last year.
POLITICS

Bernie Sanders: Kamala Harris will struggle to win unless she speaks to the ‘long-neglected working class’

The independent senator from Vermont, who won New Hampshire’s 2016 Democratic presidential primary, said economic inequality is the top concern facing the country — and the new presumptive Democratic nominee needs to address it.

Sports

Red Sox 9, Yankees 7

Wilyer Abreu, Masataka Yoshida rally Red Sox in the eighth inning of come-from-behind win vs. Yankees

Abreu tied it with his pinch-hit RBI double then Yoshida put the Red Sox ahead to stay with a 2-RBI single to highlight a three-run outburst in the eighth of a Fenway Park electrifying 9-7 victory over the Yankees.
Peter Abraham | On baseball

It was no secret Alex Cora’s ‘dream job’ was to remain as manager of the Red Sox

'We all fell in love in with the city and we all fell in love with everything that comes with the territory,' Cora said, after signing a three-year, $21.75 million extension through 2027.

The River Seine is open to Olympic swimmers. Could that work in the Charles?

For decades, the Charles has been a punch line, its “Dirty Water” memorialized in the rock song and known as something most would consider jumping in only on a dare.
NFL

Dolphins reportedly agree with QB Tua Tagovailoa on a 4-year, $212M contract extension
GOLF

K.J. Choi takes two-shot lead after two rounds of the Senior British Open at Carnoustie
GOLF

American Lauren Coughlin holds onto CPKC Women’s Open lead

Business

RI BUSINESS

IGT Gaming to be purchased by Apollo Global Management in $6.3b deal

An IGT spokesman told the Globe the company “does not envision any significant job cuts," and that he “cannot predict” if the company would renew its lease for office space in downtown Providence.
POLITICS

‘Running as a woman of color and you’re a first is enormously challenging’: In R.I., Ocasio-Cortez backs Harris, cites climate

The New York congresswoman, along with other Congressional Democrats, was in Rhode Island Friday to talk about wind energy.

Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass.

EV charging company picks Boston for East Coast headquarters
magazine
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

Shake up your burger game. Try chicken, quinoa, or a beef-pita version with crisped cheese.

metro

Brief court hearing held for Lindsay Clancy, Duxbury woman charged with killing her three children

IGT Gaming to be purchased by Apollo Global Management in $6.3b deal

Weather mailbag: We’re talking summer wind, mountain tornadoes, and more

sports

Report: Packers QB Jordan Love agrees to terms on four-year extension worth $220 million

Canadian Taylor Pendrith leads the 3M Open in pursuit of his second victory of the year

Justin Slaten hopes his cautious recovery gets him back with the Red Sox sooner than later

business

Here’s what we do and don’t know about the Steward closures

Harris will carry Biden’s economic record into the election. She hopes to turn it into an asset.

‘The soundtrack of our lives’: Voices of Black Boston reunite to celebrate the legacy of WILD 1090 AM

politics

FBI says Trump was indeed struck by a bullet during the assassination attempt

Trump, honing attacks on Harris, casts her as a far-left threat

Trump says he’s ‘recovered well’ from shooting, bandage is gone

Nation

California’s largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West

A look at ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the kingpin of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel who is now in US custody

Arizona judge rejects wording for state abortion ballot measure. Republicans to appeal

World

Arson attacks paralyze French high-speed rail network hours before start of Olympics

After Netanyahu’s meeting with Harris, pressure for cease-fire grows

As starvation spreads in Sudan, military blocks aid trucks at border

opinion

Why Jack Connors was extraordinary

Come November, remember what JD Vance stands for

Term limits would make our republic worse

lifestyle

I love my dogs more than my (ex-)husband

Five ways to have a ‘brat’ summer in Boston

Meet Tyler George, our very own local KIDZ BOP star

food & dining

Where to eat like you’re at the Olympics (without leaving home)

We can all scream now: The Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail is officially live

Imitation beef? Wahlburgers sues California barbecue company, claiming trademark infringement.

travel

What’s new on Martha’s Vineyard: From burgers to boutiques

JetBlue to fly out of N.H. and R.I., officials said, increasing flights in New England

Southwest Airlines plans to start assigning seats, breaking with a 50-year tradition

Arts

At the Farnsworth, a rare look at Andrew Wyeth’s forays into abstraction

He heard America singing: A show at Harvard’s Carpenter Center celebrates Harry Smith

In East Boston, Atlantic Works Gallery artists share immigration stories, community

Books

Boston Book Festival to kick off with Malcolm Gladwell

How college radio taught me to be a writer

Beacon celebrates Baldwin, Massachusetts Book Awards expand, and a new bookstore for romance

Movies

Five things to do around Boston, July 29-Aug. 11

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

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

Television

‘Presumed Innocent’ is guilty of excess

Jennifer Aniston condemns JD Vance for his ‘childless cat ladies’ comments

What viewers watch can say a lot about their politics

music

Five ways to have a ‘brat’ summer in Boston

‘The soundtrack of our lives’: Voices of Black Boston reunite to celebrate the legacy of WILD 1090 AM

Meet Tyler George, our very own local KIDZ BOP star

Theater/Dance

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company embraces the discord in ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Shakespeare & Company presenting world premiere of ‘The Islanders’

Ethan Slater plays Marcel Marceau, brings work in progress to Williamstown Theatre Festival

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

Martin S. Indyk, diplomat who sought Middle East peace, dies at 73

Bernice Johnson Reagon, a musical voice for civil rights, is dead at 81

Lewis Lapham, editor who revived Harper’s magazine, dies at 89