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Mid-century ‘urban renewal’ tore Boston apart. Air rights projects are starting to sew it back together again.

Boston is slowly putting itself back together, patching past wounds, and restoring the downtown core to human scale.

Housing? Or nature? Fight over Crane Ledge is heading to court.

Developers and a prominent Black church are suing the BPDA for the right to build apartments on a contested site in Hyde Park.
Is Greater Boston’s red-hot housing market starting to mellow?

Democratic National Convention

Politics has changed since 2016. Look no further than the three powerful Mass. women taking center stage Thursday at DNC.
Many events at the convention this week have focused on female leadership and highlighted core policy debates once dismissed as “women’s issues.”

The white pantsuit is back at the 2024 DNC. See photos of the 19th-century suffragettes that inspired the look. What to watch on the Democratic National Convention’s fourth and final day in Chicago

‘This genuine guy who cares’: In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris finds an enthusiastic hype man

In the days leading up to Walz's DNC speech, what struck many delegates about his quick rise was his embrace of being number two to a candidate who could become the first female president of the United States, a role not every man in politics might be suited to.
IVF has become a hot topic at the DNC. In Mass., more couples use it to conceive Analysis: With Harris, Democrats finally move on from an Iraq War vote that has split the party for six elections

Who is Gus Walz, the son who tearfully cheered on his dad at last night’s DNC?

Gus Walz sat in the front row for the biggest moment of his father’s life, and his pride exploded out of him.
‘Go Jayson Tatum! Ben Affleck, hang in there!’ Mindy Kaling shouts out Mass. at DNC
Ben Volin | On football

Patriots aren’t really going to make Drake Maye the Week 1 starter, are they?

Coach Jerod Mayo says now the job is an open competition after saying for several weeks Jacoby Brissett was the starter.
Left tackle Vederian Lowe exits with apparent injury, further complicating offensive line situation
ODIE HENDERSON REVIEW | ★½

‘Blink Twice,’ groan repeatedly

Channing Tatum is woefully miscast. He just can’t give good sicko. This movie cast Magic Mike when it needed Marky Mark.

Killington Ski Resort, New England’s largest, to be sold to group of local investors

The Vermont ski area has been owned by POWDR, which operates a handful of other resorts, since 2007.

Sea levels reached new high in 2023, Earth ‘shatters’ several climate records, new report finds

The American Meteorological Society’s comprehensive review is a sort of “annual physical” for the Earth. She’s unwell.

Body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered from yacht wreckage, officials say

The bodies of Lynch and four others were recovered by rescue crews. One woman remains missing.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Staying on the cool side today with mostly sunny skies. But these temps won’t last long.

The cool Canadian air mass over us the past few days will slowly begin to retreat tomorrow.
Dave Epstein: This weekend kicks off a warming trend with lots of sunshine across New England

Steward landlord rejects state’s offer for St. Elizabeth’s, setting up legal showdown

A lawyer for Apollo Global Management said that the state’s $4.5 million proposal to take the property through eminent domain “significantly undervalues the real property underlying St. Elizabeth’s.”
Trendlines: The state says it can’t save Steward hospitals in Dorchester, Central Mass. Why?

WEEI shakes up its daytime lineup, dismissing Andy Gresh and Christian Fauria
Adam Jones and Rich Keefe will replace Gresh and Fauria in middays.

Alex Speier | On baseball
These Zombie Red Sox continue to defy expectations of their demise
The Sox have repeatedly defied pronouncements of their doom; witness a series-clinching win over the Astros.

Jason Kidd explains his ‘best player’ comment about Jaylen Brown during NBA Finals

Level 3 sex offender allegedly approaches teen girl jogging in Marshfield; man sought for failing to register in town

Company behind N.H. robocalls spoofing Biden’s voice to pay $1 million fine, FCC says

State correction department closing Old Colony Correctional Center minimum security wing in Bridgewater

‘Pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

The 25-year-old Worcester native announced that he will be competing in the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars” on “Good Morning America” Thursday.
LOVE LETTERS

I’m in my 50s and have a crush on a co-worker

How do I get over the anxiety and ask her out?
MISS CONDUCT

None of my friends got me a housewarming gift. Is it because I’m single?

I’m disappointed that people whose weddings, babies, graduations, and new homes I have celebrated generously through the years have not reciprocated.
Opinion
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

A surprising thing Walz and Vance have in common

Both VP candidates have unorthodox views on foreign policy — and one of them may actually get a chance to be influential.
SCOT LEHIGH

The Obamas offer a refreshing dose of dignity
WILL AUSTIN

The case for sending every kid to summer school
James K. Galbraith and Isabella Weber

Harris’s fight against price gouging is good economics
Julia Mejia

Why isn’t Steward complying with state regulations on Carney Hospital closure?
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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PBS travel guide Rick Steves reveals prostate cancer diagnosis
The famed travel writer and TV personality posted that “there is a clear path forward to getting healthy."

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
The summer pop went to Camp with a capital C
August is almost over, but Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, and Charlie XCX are just getting started.

Sound Check: Charli XCX’s ‘brat summer’ is about to become ‘brat fall’

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure
The ruling dashed the hopes of organizers, who submitted the petitions, of getting the constitutional amendment measure on the ballot in the predominantly Republican state.

Taylor Swift calls cancellation of Vienna shows ‘devastating’ and explains her silence
“The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows,” she wrote in a statement posted to Instagram on Wednesday.

Biden speaks with Netanyahu as US prods Israel and Hamas to come to agreement on cease-fire deal

Hamas and Israel have signaled that challenges remain amid significant differences over the presence of Israeli troops in two strategic corridors in Gaza and other issues, dimming President Biden’s hopes that a deal can soon be reached.
The war in Gaza is making thousands of orphans

Botswana says a huge 2,492-carat diamond has been uncovered at a mine
The Botswana government believes the huge 2,492-carat stone is the biggest discovered in the country, and the second-biggest ever brought out of a mine.

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Money, Power, Inequality

Elizabeth Warren, Angus King among Congress members whose net worth linked to slaveholder ancestry, study finds

Researchers coupled genealogy data with financial disclosure reports from members of the 117th Congress.

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.

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 people have reduced symptoms over time.

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

Culture & Lifestyle

Heavy music fest Somergloom returns to Somerville this weekend. It might just lift you up.

The world as ‘Ballroom’ at PEM

When masks reveal as well as conceal

Boston Ballet announces roster for 2024-2025 season

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

Republicans don’t have a monopoly on patriotism
RENÉE LOTH

The power of Harris’s ‘We’re not going back’
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
IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Ballot measures for abortion rights are becoming tests of democracy
Joan Vennochi

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Housing? Or nature? Fight over Crane Ledge is heading to court.

Developers and a prominent Black church are suing the BPDA for the right to build apartments on a contested site in Hyde Park.

‘Pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

The 25-year-old Worcester native announced that he will be competing in the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars” on “Good Morning America” Thursday.

Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old

Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said Thursday.
RHODE MAP

The uncertain future of the Providence schools takeover

The Providence school board voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend a return to local control, but state Education Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green is stull mulling her recommendation.

Sports

Bruins

Consistency will be a focus for Johnny Beecher in his second season with Bruins

Beecher exceeded expectations as a valuable cog on the checking line year, and he could have a couple of bruising new linemates this season.

‘Pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

The 25-year-old Worcester native announced that he will be competing in the upcoming season of “Dancing with the Stars” on “Good Morning America” Thursday.
Bruins

If the Bruins are looking for bargain-bin scorers, here’s 5 possible candidates

Blake Wheeler could be a possible PTO candidate for the Bruins during training camp.
Revolution

Are the injury-riddled Revolution getting healthy just in time for a playoff push?

celtics

Jason Kidd explains his ‘best player’ comment about Jaylen Brown during NBA Finals
skiing

Killington Ski Resort, New England’s largest, to be sold to group of local investors

Business

Housing? Or nature? Fight over Crane Ledge is heading to court.

Developers and a prominent Black church are suing the BPDA for the right to build apartments on a contested site in Hyde Park.

US applications for unemployment benefits inch up, but remain at historically healthy levels

Massachusetts reported 4,984 “advance” initial claims for unemployment insurance last week.

England rejects new Alzheimer’s treatment by Biogen and Eisai as too pricey
RI FOOD & DINING

Fine dining restaurant manager dishes on drinking less, more casual dining, and keeping Café Nuovo special
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

Share your thoughts: Are student cellphone bans necessary?

IVF has become a hot topic at the DNC. In Mass., more couples use it to conceive

Senator Elizabeth Warren brings in $828,000 for her own reelection bid ahead of DNC appearance

sports

High school football is back at Fenway Park with four games Thanksgiving week. See which teams will play.

Patriots aren’t really going to make Drake Maye the Week 1 starter, are they?

How is Boston College football shaping up for 2024? Here’s a position-by-position outlook.

business

Labor dispute stops Canada’s major freight railroads, could cause major economic disruption in US

Tale of two stores: Target and Macy’s

Ford pulls back its electric vehicle push

politics

Tim Walz accepts VP nomination: ‘Thank you for bringing the joy to this fight’

Arkansas Supreme Court upholds rejection of abortion rights petitions, blocking ballot measure

Politics has changed since 2016. Look no further than the three powerful Mass. women taking center stage Thursday at DNC.

Nation

Biden speaks with Netanyahu as US prods Israel and Hamas to come to agreement on cease-fire deal

Ex-politician testifies he’s innocent in the killing of a Las Vegas investigative reporter

Arrests in fatal Texas smuggling attempt climb 2 years after 53 migrants died in tractor trailer

World

The war in Gaza is making thousands of orphans

Small passenger plane crashes on flight to eastern Thailand, all 9 aboard are believed dead

Zelenskyy visits border area for the first time since Ukrainian forces entered Russia’s Kursk region

opinion

Republicans don’t have a monopoly on patriotism

The power of Harris’s ‘We’re not going back’

Good riddance to Steward — but now what?

lifestyle

I’m in my 50s and have a crush on a co-worker

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?

food & dining

A massive party will take place in a secret location in Providence this month: Le Diner en Blanc makes its debut in R.I.

Fine dining restaurant manager dishes on drinking less, more casual dining, and keeping Café Nuovo special

As summer winds down, memories of Mr. Lemon pour in

travel

PBS travel guide Rick Steves reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

An action-packed royal affair, Michigan’s island treasure, and coolers for chillin’

Lack of staffing causes a missed flight and a mountain of fees

Arts

Picturing a continent in the present tense

Mid-century ‘urban renewal’ tore Boston apart. Air rights projects are starting to sew it back together again.

The world as ‘Ballroom’ at PEM

Books

A move for Porter Square Books, looking at public art, and posthumous poetry of Vermont

Author readings around Boston through Aug. 31

People ask me why I wrote a book about eels. I tell a series of lies about it.

Movies

‘Blink Twice,’ groan repeatedly

‘Between the Temples’: Cringe comedy goes to synagogue

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

Television

PBS travel guide Rick Steves reveals prostate cancer diagnosis

‘Pommel horse guy’ Stephen Nedoroscik to compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’

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

music

See photos from Pink’s high-flying Summer Carnival show at Gillette Wednesday

The summer pop went to Camp with a capital C

Get ready No Shoes Nation, Kenny Chesney returns to Gillette Stadium for a trio of sold-out shows this weekend

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

Hall of Famer Al Attles, one of NBA’s first Black head coaches, dies at age 87

Bill Pascrell Jr., long-time New Jersey congressman, dies at 87

Myron E. Ullman III, executive who remade Macy’s and J.C. Penney, dies at 77