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Why is Olympic surfing in Tahiti? The waves in Teahupo’o are perfect — but also dangerous.

It will be the longest distance between a venue and a host city in Olympic history, and for good reason: Teahupo’o is a highlight of the world surfing circuit.
See the Olympics schedule and medal results
Chad Finn | Sports media

The Olympic opening ceremony on NBC, as grand as it was, was a little, well ... weird

NBC’s emphasis on celebrity during these Games backfired.
Olympic swimming

On their first night in pool, American swimmers do as well as hoped in Paris
tara sullivan

In his Olympic debut, Frederick Richard carried himself with confidence — and carried the US into the team final

Derrick White on his Olympic arrival, reuniting with Celtics, Jaylen Brown’s frustrations, and defending an NBA title
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Trump’s running mate thinks even less of women than he does

JD Vance is like Project 2025 on legs, a walking blueprint for an extremist second Trump term, a man — like the terrifying, 900-page plan for a second Trump presidency — who says the quiet parts out loud.
Trump is returning to Minnesota with Midwesterner Vance to try to swing Democrat-leaning state

JD Vance talked about ‘childless’ women. There are 46 million of them, and even more childless men.
In 2023, an estimated 38 percent of American adults did not have biological children, or roughly 101 million people nationwide, according to a Globe analysis. About 46 million of them were women 55 million were men.

Live updates
Harris holds her first fund-raiser as the likely Democratic nominee in the Berkshires
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared in Pittsfield, Mass. at a fund-raiser, and former president Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an event in Minnesota on Saturday night.

We can all scream now: The Massachusetts Ice Cream Trail is officially live
And it's a delicious way to cap off National Ice Cream Month.

Volunteers search Rumney Marsh for the remains of Harmony Montgomery
Investigators say Adam Montgomery disposed of his daughter's remains in 2020, but he has refused to disclose where he left her body.

Steward pushes for earlier closure of two hospitals

The timeline is almost three months sooner than generally allowed under Massachusetts rules.
Steward closing hospitals in Boston, Central Mass.

Red Sox reportedly finalizing deal to acquire catcher Danny Jansen from Blue Jays
Jansen, 29, is hitting .212/.303/.369 with a .672 OPS in 61 games.

In a growing trend, some Boston students are getting paid to attend summer classes
For many teens in low-income households, the obstacle in taking part in summer classes comes down to economics: They need to earn a paycheck, often to help out with their family’s income.

Do medical errors creep up at hospitals when interns arrive? Yes, but the ‘July effect’ is minimal.
One doctor compared the transition to replacing some experienced football players with less experienced ones during the fourth quarter of a crucial game.

West Nile virus detected in Boston mosquito samples
The samples were taken in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Roxbury, and West Roxbury, the Boston Public Health Commission said.

Strike on Israeli Golan Heights kills 11 and threatens to spark a wider war. Hezbollah denies a role

 Israeli airstrike hits school in Gaza, killing at least 30

The horn was blaring. The radio blasting. Then two black bears destroyed a car in Connecticut.

3-alarm fire in South Boston sends thick black smoke into sunny sky
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

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.

Team USA wins men’s 4x100-meter freestyle relay to secure its first gold medal of the Olympics
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Joe Castiglione’s moment in the spotlight was one of the many memories from Hall of Fame weekend

Castiglione's family and the Red Sox hosted a party to celebrate the radio broadcaster receiving the Frick Award.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Predicting the top sleeper teams and biggest disappointments of the 2024 NFL season

Keep an eye on the Cardinals, but the Eagles might be in for a fall.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Avery Bradley has switched gears to retirement, but his high hopes remain

The former Celtic is now a member of the front office of the Jazz.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Local residents lose in closure of Carney, Nashoba Valley hospitals

Bankrupt Steward Health Care could not find buyers for the two facilities. Now it needs to ensure a plan is in place for patients to transfer their medical records and find new doctors.
Katherine Gergen Barnett

The cost of high food prices — obesity
Catherine D’Amato

Our neighbors are going hungry. Here’s how to care for them.
Michael Walsh and Dorie Seavey

Heat pumps are the pathway to energy affordability
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why mothers often can’t win
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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Three members of Gospel Music Hall of Fame quartet The Nelons among 7 killed in Wyoming plane crash
The plane crash occurred at about 1 p.m. on Friday in Wyoming, killing everyone aboard. Investigators are looking into the cause.

Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about US users, information that has wound up being stored on Chinese servers and accessible to ByteDance employees in China, federal officials said.

Seven-year-old may have been injured by BB gun pellet at Barnstable playground, police say
The child was taken to and treated at Cape Cod Hospital “for an apparent entry and exit wound in the area of their shin,” Barnstable police said Saturday.

Life and death in the heat. What it feels like when Earth’s temperatures soar to record highs.
As the warming Earth sizzled through a week with four of the hottest days ever measured, the world focused on cold hard numbers that showed the average daily temperature for the entire planet.

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.

Recommended reads

Off the field, media interns at the Cape Cod Baseball League are the heavy hitters

Just like the players, the media interns are all college students who flock to the Cape for unpaid roles every summer to run the media operations of all 10 teams — and gain key experiences for a dream career in sports journalism.

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.

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.

How the US captured one of Mexico’s biggest drug lords
It sounded like a story ripped from a narco thriller: One of the biggest drug lords in Mexico was lured onto an airplane, flown across the border, and presented to US federal agents by the son of his former partner in crime.

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

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
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
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Volunteers search Rumney Marsh for the remains of Harmony Montgomery

Investigators say Adam Montgomery disposed of his daughter's remains in 2020, but he has refused to disclose where he left her body.

3-alarm fire in South Boston sends thick black smoke into sunny sky

The fast-moving blaze engulfed the rear and back deck at 587 East Broadway Saturday afternoon before spreading to an adjacent building, said Firefighter Brian Alkins, a department spokesman.

West Nile virus detected in Boston mosquito samples

The samples were taken in Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, Roxbury, and West Roxbury, the Boston Public Health Commission said.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Trump’s running mate thinks even less of women than he does

JD Vance is like Project 2025 on legs, a walking blueprint for an extremist second Trump term, a man — like the terrifying, 900-page plan for a second Trump presidency — who says the quiet parts out loud.

Sports

tara sullivan

In his Olympic debut, Frederick Richard carried himself with confidence — and carried the US into the team final

The Stoughton gymnast has officially reached a dream: He is an Olympian. Now, can he medal? We'll find out Monday.
Red Sox

Red Sox reportedly finalizing deal to acquire catcher Danny Jansen from Blue Jays

Jansen, 29, is hitting .212/.303/.369 with a .672 OPS in 61 games.
olympics

American women on Olympic basketball rosters: See which players are competing for other countries

Only twelve players will represent Team USA. But the list of Americans competing in basketball does not stop there.
Olympic swimming

On their first night in pool, American swimmers do as well as hoped in Paris
olympics

The NBA’s fingerprints are all over Olympic basketball. See which pros are on foreign rosters.
yankees at red sox | 7:15 p.m. (FOX)

Game 103: Yankees at Red Sox lineups and notes

Business

Harris freshens up her message on the economy as Trump and Republicans go after her on inflation

Since President Biden left the White House race, Vice President Kamala Harris has begun to craft her own narrative around the economy.

Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

TikTok employees used Lark to send sensitive data about US users, information that has wound up being stored on Chinese servers and accessible to ByteDance employees in China, federal officials said.

TikTok Data Collection is National Security Threat, DOJ Says

Kamala Harris focuses on three potential running mate candidates
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

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

Photos: A rare look inside Harvard’s collection of 7.5 million insects
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘At the end of the evening he pulled out a package of Pop Rocks for me’
PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

Cities are razing homeless camps across US. Advocates want New Bedford to build one.

In a growing trend, some Boston students are getting paid to attend summer classes

JD Vance talked about ‘childless’ women. There are 46 million of them, and even more childless men.

sports

The US men’s basketball team is stacked and looking for a fifth straight gold medal. See the Olympic roster.

Australia’s Ariarne Titmus defends 400-meter free Olympic crown, besting American great Katie Ledecky

Decades later, memories make these baseball coins priceless

business

Steward pushes for earlier closure of two hospitals

Smart spending tips for your next international getaway

Justice Dept. defends TikTok law that forces app’s sale or ban

politics

Harris holds her first fund-raiser as the likely Democratic nominee in the Berkshires

Harris freshens up her message on the economy as Trump and Republicans go after her on inflation

Justice Department says TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control

Nation

Harris holds her first fund-raiser as the likely Democratic nominee in the Berkshires

Firefighters get some help from cooler temperatures after California’s largest wildfire explodes

TikTok Data Collection is National Security Threat, DOJ Says

World

The US and China air global differences as their top diplomats meet for sixth time since last year

Israeli airstrike hits school in Gaza, killing at least 30

Strike on Israeli Golan Heights kills 11 and threatens to spark a wider war. Hezbollah denies a role

opinion

The unacceptable, growing risk of nuclear war

The hottest, coolest summer movie ever

A peaceful farewell for pets

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