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In a summer of severe flooding in New England, a 1,000-year storm hit Connecticut. Here’s how.

Weather models didn’t catch it until “training” storms and surging rain quickly converged to pummel the region with flooding rains.
Gilma becomes 2nd hurricane of eastern Pacific season and is forecast to strengthen away from land

Democratic National Convention

A double dose of Obama firepower, a doting spouse, and a dance party: Takeaways from Day 2 of the DNC

If the Republican convention was all about Donald Trump, the Democrats on Tuesday wanted to put Kamala Harris in a pantheon with past presidents.
Tim Walz expected to accept the party’s nomination for vice president at Day 3 of the DNC What to watch on the Democratic National Convention’s third day in Chicago

Here’s a rundown of the best zingers at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night

The Obamas and Doug Emhoff delivered remarks sprinkled with jabs at former president Donald Trump.
Got the DNC roll call music stuck in your head? Here’s a playlist of the New England songs.

The question lingering over the DNC all week: What will Harris say about Gaza?

‘It can be quite heartbreaking:’ Michelle Wu shares new details about her pregnancy as she makes the case for Harris-Walz
PERSPECTIVE

Traveling in Maine with my kids, I was Vacation Dad. What could go wrong?

What I learned about myself while traveling solo with my kids.
How to avoid the worst of jet lag and maximize your travel time

From the World Shaving Headquarters to something new. Gillette launches redevelopment of its Fort Point campus.
Shaving giant kicks off city review of redevelopment plan for its longtime home along Fort Point Channel.

SOUND CHECK

Still seeing green: Charli XCX’s ‘brat summer’ is about to become ‘brat fall’

A stream of Charli-centric events will carry her album’s hype well into September, if not further.

MIT says incoming class is less diverse as a result of Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action

The Cambridge university is one of the first major universities to release demographic data of its incoming class since landmark ruling.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The state says it can’t save Steward hospitals in Dorchester, Central Mass. Why?

The governor’s deal to save six Steward hospitals has been overshadowed by her decision to stand aside while the bankrupt company shuts Carney Hospital and Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
State’s Steward exit plan is no sure thing, as landowners, creditors push back

Meredith Goldstein
‘Bennifer’ is officially done. Again. Is it ridiculous to care?
There’s sympathy, blame, and strangely, even anger. Psychologists explain why.

Jennifer Lopez files for divorce from Ben Affleck after 2 years of marriage

‘It’s a part of our lifestyle. It’s what we do.’ A good athletic program was a priority for this family’s move.
The Yarboughs left their home in Bristol, R.I., and settled down in Somerset in part because of the local sports programs.

Money, Power, Inequality

‘I didn’t have the words’: Genealogists link woman to Elizabeth Freeman, who helped end slavery in Mass.

Genealogists have located a direct descendant of Elizabeth Freeman, a formerly enslaved woman whose 1781 freedom lawsuit helped abolish slavery in Massachusetts.

Boston mayors have tried to rein in police overtime for decades. Why won’t it stick?

Last year police overtime costs soared to $88.5 million — more than 20 percent of the department’s overall budget.

Man arrested after allegedly chasing person with hunting knife near theater district

Boston classic rock station 92.9 FM to start broadcasting Bloomberg Radio business news
innovation economy

Do water and electricity mix? Rhode Island company bets that formula is the future of boating.

Flux Marine has developed a clean, quiet battery-powered outboard motor that it hopes will convince boaters to give up their gas guzzlers. But electric boats face many of the same challenges as electric vehicles.
TV CRITIC’S CORNER

Laughter lost — and found — in translation

Four foreign comedies on Netflix offer laughter in translation.
TV review: White hat or black? New Netflix docuseries about Wyatt Earp takes aim at an icon.
ben volin | on football

The Patriots will soon cut the roster to 53. Who’s staying, who’s going, and why are they looking for reinforcements?

NFL teams must make their cuts by 4 p.m. Tuesday, so it’s a crucial time for the Patriots, who have the No. 3 waiver priority.
Opinion
IDEAS | ANDRE DUBUS III

The town I swore I’d never go back to is now the town my children want to come home to

One coastal town’s many lives turn out to mirror a few of my own.
EDITORIAL

Good riddance to Steward — but now what?
SCOT LEHIGH

Joe Biden owes Nancy Pelosi a thanks, not a freeze-out
JEFF JACOBY

An Israeli hostage deal with Hamas only guarantees future atrocities

LETTERS

Eased path to college still needs clear markers to point the way
Best of the Best

Boston’s best restaurant deals: 22 places to grab a bite for $20 or less

Live the high life at Boston’s 6 best rooftop bars and restaurants

Check out these 13 hotspots for the best nightlife in Boston and Cambridge

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Marlo Thomas thanks fans for the ‘love and support’ following husband Phil Donahue’s death
Thomas, 86, who was married to Donahue for 44 years, paid tribute to her late husband on Instagram.

Mass. reports of winged ants track with normal patterns this time of year, state agency says
“Check out the ants swarming this afternoon,” meteorologist Dave Epstein wrote above one crawly clip.

Divers find 4 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily, 2 still missing
Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily have recovered at least one body as the search for more missing passengers persisted and questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly.

LOVE LETTERS
I value my support group. Is revealing my crush on a fellow member too risky?
We are both in a virtual support group for dementia caregivers.

A South Carolina man tried to bring 9 pounds of marijuana onto flight at R.I.’s T.F. Green airport, police say

The man was arrested as he tried to bring the substance onto a Breeze Airlines flight, authorities said.

‘I want to get back to the classroom’: As fall semester approaches, grad workers’ strike at BU grinds on

Around 3,000 students have yet to reach on agreement about their pay and benefits with the institution, less than two weeks before classes begin.

World’s oldest person, whose secret was avoiding ‘toxic people,’ dies at 117
María Branyas Morera was the eighth-oldest person in history, the Guinness World Records said. She also attributed her longevity to “luck and good genetics.”

Montana is the latest state to add abortion to November ballots. What would the measures do?

There have been legal fights across the country on whether to allow voters to decide these questions — and the exact words used on the ballots and explanatory material.

Gilma becomes 2nd hurricane of eastern Pacific season and is forecast to strengthen away from land

The Category 1 storm was located about 965 miles west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Recommended reads

As Alpha-gal syndrome cases increase on the Vineyard, a lack of institutional knowledge creates a ‘twilight zone of information’

There is no treatment for Alpha-gal syndrome, but some have reduced symptoms over time.

NH POLITICS
‘We knew we had to get out’: This family fled N.H. over legislation that would restrict their transgender daughter
“It was destroying us,” said Abi Maxwell, about increasing legislative attempts to reshape her transgender daughter’s day-to-day life.

Five takeaways from the final report on Lewiston mass shooting
The 215-page report focuses on the timeline leading up to, during, and immediately after Robert Card killed 18 people and wounded more than a dozen more at a bar and a bowling alley.

DEVRA FIRST
Is dog-friendly dining a good idea? The Globe’s food critic brought her dog to Boston restaurants to find out.
Here's how it went at a few local spots.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston to celebrate 40 years of New Edition with a mural, street dedication, and concert

Daniel J. Levitin’s ‘Secret Chord’ shows music healing what ails us

‘Between the Temples’: Cringe comedy goes to synagogue

Before there was comment culture, there was Phil Donahue

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

Joan Vennochi

All that applause for Biden was also for his decision to quit the race
RENÉE GRAHAM

At the DNC, Jesse Jackson gets his flowers
Alex Green

Why does Trump hate people with disabilities so much?
Lauren Stiller Rikleen

The hellscape of the emergency department
IDEAS | RACHEL AMENT

Parenting is so hard that I turned to ChatGPT for help
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

MIT says incoming class is less diverse as a result of Supreme Court decision to end affirmative action

The Cambridge university is one of the first major universities to release demographic data of its incoming class since landmark ruling.

Montana is the latest state to add abortion to November ballots. What would the measures do?

There have been legal fights across the country on whether to allow voters to decide these questions — and the exact words used on the ballots and explanatory material.

In a summer of severe flooding in New England, a 1,000-year storm hit Connecticut. Here’s how.

Weather models didn’t catch it until “training” storms and surging rain quickly converged to pummel the region with flooding rains.

Got the DNC roll call music stuck in your head? Here’s a playlist of all the New England songs.

With hits from Taylor Swift and Dropkick Murphys, these were the songs each state chose.

Sports

Bruins

Bruins Mason Lohrei and Johnny Beecher are ready to build on promising rookie seasons

Lohrei and Beecher were two of five players who made their NHL debuts with the Bruins in 2023-24.
lpga

The field is strong for the LPGA’s FM Championship at TPC Boston (but it doesn’t include Nelly Korda)

The Aug. 29-Sept. 1 tournament in Norton will mark the LPGA's first stop in Greater Boston since 1997.
Red Sox at Astros | 2:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 126: Red Sox at Astros lineups and notes

Cooper Criswell will be on the mound this afternoon as the Red Sox look to take the rubber match at Houston.
BASEBALL

In ‘Locker Room Talk,’ Melissa Ludtke takes readers inside her fight for equal access in Major League Baseball
Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Connecticut Sun’s win at TD Garden was a win for the sport, but the WNBA missed a big opportunity
Christopher L. Gasper

Boston gave women’s basketball the stage it deserved on a special night for both players and fans

Business

FAA sent 43 more cases of unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution

US officials say they are referring fewer unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible prosecution than they did during the pandemic, although they say the number of incidents remains too high.

Divers find 4 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily, 2 still missing

Divers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily have recovered at least one body as the search for more missing passengers persisted and questions intensified about why the sailboat sank so quickly.

From the World Shaving Headquarters to something new. Gillette launches redevelopment of its Fort Point campus.

TJ Maxx owner buys stake in Dubai-based Brands for Less
magazine
Globe Magazine

The heiress at Harvard who helped revolutionize murder investigations — and the case she couldn’t forget
GLOBE MAGAZINE

‘That’s nice!’: Four New England jingles we still can’t get out of our heads
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 19-25
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during the busiest weeks of the year

metro

Mass. reports of winged ants track with normal patterns this time of year, state agency says

Former Holyoke city councilor and US veteran who fled child sexual abuse charges now flies drones for Russia

‘We deserve to feel safe’: Caribbean cultural organizations condemn shooting at Dominican Festival

sports

‘It’s a part of our lifestyle. It’s what we do.’ A good athletic program was a priority for this family’s move.

The Patriots will soon cut the roster to 53. Who’s staying, who’s going, and why are they looking for reinforcements?

Connecticut Sun rise, shine, and close out Sparks in fourth to win first WNBA game at TD Garden

business

Wall Street ticks higher after Target and other retailers top profit forecasts

Do water and electricity mix? Rhode Island company bets that formula is the future of boating.

NASA astronaut Suni Williams runs Falmouth Road Race from International Space Station

politics

Tim Walz is expected to accept the party’s nomination for vice president at Day 3 of the DNC

Here’s a rundown of the best zingers at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night

Fannie Lou Hamer rattled the Democratic convention with her ‘Is this America?’ speech 60 years ago

Nation

Ex-politician to tell jury his story in his trial in killing of Las Vegas investigative journalist

A newsroom expands, and the Onion is out again on paper. Not kidding.

Montana is the latest state to add abortion to November ballots. What would the measures do?

World

Divers find 4 bodies during search of superyacht wreckage after it sank off Sicily, 2 still missing

Key mediator Egypt expresses skepticism of Gaza cease-fire proposal as more details emerge

Moscow sees one of Ukraine’s largest drone attacks as fighting rages in Kursk and eastern Ukraine

opinion

All that applause for Biden was also for his decision to quit the race

May I have a word: The gross thing about birthday parties

Bringing maternal health care into the 21st century

lifestyle

It’s not just IUDs. Gynecologists and patients are focused on making procedures less painful.

‘Bennifer’ is officially done. Again. Is it ridiculous to care?

This week’s free, cheap things to do: JP Porchfest, ‘Footloose,’ and Vinyl Night at the ICA

food & dining

Hospital warns about burns from viral TikTok candied-fruit recipe

Five tips for making a school lunch your kid will actually eat

Moromi soy sauce is pure umami, neither too salty nor overly tangy

travel

Traveling in Maine with my kids, I was Vacation Dad. What could go wrong?

How to avoid the worst of jet lag and maximize your travel time

When he’s not playing Jean Valjean on stage, he’s a busy dad and an organized packer

Arts

Boston to celebrate 40 years of New Edition with a mural, street dedication, and concert

Studio furniture artist Mark Del Guidice practices the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi

Woven wonders at the Portland Museum of Art

Books

Finding the real Christopher Isherwood

Porter Square Books to expand, moving to Lesley University building

Daniel J. Levitin’s ‘Secret Chord’ shows music healing what ails us

Movies

‘Between the Temples’: Cringe comedy goes to synagogue

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 19-25

Television

White hat or black? New Netflix docuseries about Wyatt Earp takes aim at an icon.

Marlo Thomas thanks fans for the ‘love and support’ following husband Phil Donahue’s death

Laughter lost — and found — in translation

music

Still seeing green: Charli XCX’s ‘brat summer’ is about to become ‘brat fall’

Got the DNC roll call music stuck in your head? Here’s a playlist of all the New England songs.

Boston to celebrate 40 years of New Edition with a mural, street dedication, and concert

Theater/Dance

When masks reveal as well as conceal

Boston Ballet announces roster for 2024-2025 season

A new comedy club is set to open inside one of Boston’s historic theaters this fall

Health

Medicaid-funded meal service ships unhealthy food to patients

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.

Obituaries

John Lansing, broadcast executive who led NPR, dies at 67

Harold Meltzer, composer of impossible-to-pigeonhole works, dies at 58

Ruth Colvin, who founded global literacy corps, dies at 107