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Massachusetts primary elections

Evan Mackay addresses volunteers during their election night party in Cambridge.

Recount possible in Mass. House primary race as unofficial results show MacKay leading incumbent Decker by 40 votes

Every two years, all 160 Massachusetts House districts and 40 Senate districts are up for reelection. This year, just a sliver of voters had the chance to cast ballots in a contested primary election.

See results from key Massachusetts’ state primary races

Attorney John Deaton, Republican contender in Senate race, embraced a supporter after he delivered his victory speech in Boston.

Crypto advocate John Deaton emerges as Elizabeth Warren’s GOP opponent, in one of few contested Mass. primary races

Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy and first time candidate Allison Cartwright went head-to-head to be the next clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County.

Cartwright declares victory in race for Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County clerkship over Murphy

dan shaughnessy

He’s not on any team’s sideline, but Bill Belichick looms large over the NFL this season
Belichick is ubiquitous. He’s on TV, radio, and social media. And he will be rumored as the next coach for any high-profile team that loses a couple out of the gate.

The Globe staff makes its predictions for the NFL season and how the Patriots will fare Meet the 2024 Patriots: A player-by-player look at the initial 53-man roster

"American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez," a new limited series on FX, chronicles the rise and unthinkable fall of the former Patriots player.

I went behind the scenes of ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’. Here’s what I learned.

The editor who oversaw who oversaw the Spotlight Team’s series on the fallen Patriots star gets a glimpse of how FX adapted the Globe investigation for TV.

From left: Marcos Sanchez, Danielle Ayer, and Conor Dennehy team up to open Fallow Kin, a vegetable-focused restaurant in the former Craigie on Main space.

10 restaurant openings to know about this fall

Vegetable omakase, post-pickleball pasta, handmade Korean dumplings, and other autumnal delights are coming our way. Here's a look at these and others.

Ralph de la Torre in 2011.

Globe Spotlight

Inside the secret financial dealings of Steward CEO Ralph de la Torre

A new Spotlight investigation reveals that as Steward Health spiraled toward bankruptcy, the CEO used its bank account as his own.

Spotlight: Steward spent millions on surveillance of its critics — even amid financial crisis Adrian Walker: After the closing of Carney Hospital, residents wonder who is to blame

Dana-Farber’s Laurie Glimcher is leaving on her terms. Too many leaders can’t let go.

Like Nancy Pelosi, Dana-Farber's Laurie Glimcher knows when it's time to go.

Dana-Ferber CEO Laurie Glimcher to step down next month

Harris to visit New Hampshire Wednesday. Trump hasn’t been there since January. Is the state still a battleground?

Granite State Republicans once bullish about a Trump victory now feel more apprehensive.

See live updates from the 2024 campaign trail

Under new program, low-income MBTA riders now eligible for half-price fares
The debut of the long-awaited reduced-fare program expands access to more than 60,000 residents across Massachusetts’ transit system.

Mother identifies her son as victim of Dorchester barbershop shooting; neighbors shaken by ‘execution-style’ attack
Elijah Clunie, 20, was fatally shot around 12;55 p.m. Monday inside Exclusive Barber Shop on Washington Street.

Bill to add 225 new liquor licenses in Boston poised to pass Legislature this week

The agreement ends weeks of closed-door talks between House and Senate leaders.

Hotel strikes a headache for guests, hotels, and workers alike
A three-day strike at four Boston hotels disrupted services and woke up guests. More actions may follow.

Mass. public health officials confirm 2 more human cases of West Nile virus for a total of 6

Risk levels for the mosquito-borne virus have been elevated in several communities throughout the state, the state Department of Public Health said.

Hospitalized N.H. man has three mosquito-borne illnesses, family says in fund-raising appeal

Missing Lawrence woman found dead at Winnekenni Park in Haverhill

Ukraine’s foreign minister Kuleba resigns as Russian strikes kill 7 people in Lviv

A ProPublica investigation found that rents in buildings that use RealPage’s AIRM software (formerly YieldStar) rose dramatically in some markets across the nation.

Massachusetts landlords face lawsuits over pricing algorithm

Justice Dept., eight states, and tenants allege that RealPage software violated antitrust statutes and drove up rents.

Rafael Devers went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.

Peter Abraham | METS 7, RED SOX 2

Slumping Rafael Devers has no answers — he wouldn’t respond to questions — as Red Sox continue slide

Devers has one hit in 21 at-bats since he returned from a three-day break to get treatment on two sore shoulders.

Like the Red Sox offense, Devers quiet following loss

Marie Kasongo, valedictorian at Match Charter Public High School, was photographed at the Boston Public Library. Kasongo immigrated as a child from the Democratic Republic of Congo and is attending Brown University in the fall.

Match High valedictorian is headed to Brown, taking her passion for learning with her

When classes begin Wednesday at Brown University, first-year student Marie Kasongo will be ready.

Opinion

Trump supporters went to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's house to protest the election results on Nov. 7, 2020.

IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Why are you so angry?

Politicians and social media companies want you to be infuriated.

Don’t panic over EEE. But be cautious.

Most climate policies have something in common: They don’t work

Why age is no longer an issue in the presidential election

Trump photo at Arlington National Cemetery was a jarring image

More recent News

Brockton man rescued after being trapped up to his waist in coal for hours inside train car in Bridgewater
The Plymouth County Technical Rescue Team worked with firefighters and others using industrial vacuum equipment to extricate the worker, officials said.

Former substitute teacher at Hingham Middle School faces criminal charge in ‘inappropriate’ text message probe

“The intent behind these messages was to get students who she felt were responsible for her termination outcasted from their peers,” police wrote in a report.

US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 attack in Israel
The criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City includes charges of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death.

Man who fled to Kenya after allegedly killing his girlfriend held without bail
Kevin Kangethe was arrested in Kenya on Jan. 30.

Migrant boat seen trying to make an apparent crossing of English Channel a day after 12 people died
The boat is so laden that some of those aboard, crammed side-by-side on the inflatable tubes, have their legs over the sides.

Mistrial declared in first criminal trial stemming from probe into N.H.’s youth detention facility
A jury deadlocked on 12 charges of aggravated felonious sexual assault against Victor Malavet, who was accused of repeatedly raping a teenage resident of the state-run youth detention center where he worked in 2001.

Recommended reads

Frantz Joseph pulled paperwork from the state’s Family Welcome Center outside the Immigrant Family Services Institute in Mattapan, which is providing assistance to migrants.

Some landlords have vacant apartments for homeless families. The paperwork required by the state is driving some away.

A key program Massachusetts uses to find long-term housing for homeless families is straining to accommodate thousands of them.

Is your water bottle making you sick? Probably. Here’s how to fix it.
Your reusable water bottle is grosser than you think, and studies show that not cleaning it properly is bad for your health.

Kids heading back to school? Here’s how to ditch the plastic and pack more sustainable lunches.
As kids head back to school, eco-minded parents are faced with a challenge: How to pack more sustainable lunches. Experts weigh in with some helpful tips.

Talking Shop

What’s your color? A new studio in Wellesley aims to help you find your perfect palette.
Also: Savage X Fenty and more are coming to the South Shore Plaza.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart at Symphony Hall in May 2024.

Boston Pops springs into fall with September and Halloween mini-seasons

Barry Schneier photographs Anaïs Mitchell, one of the book's featured artists, outside of Passim.

His Passim project: Through portraits, Barry Schneier tells folk history with ‘The Song Is Still Being Written’

Artist Sheida Soleimani posed for a portrait inside her studio where she had created a scene in which to photograph her father to represent the journey he took on horseback when he fled Iran.

Art and environmental activism are birds of a feather for Sheida Soleimani

Arrow Street Arts founder David Altshuler and Georgia Lyman, whose theater group Liars and Believers is curating the 11-day festival celebrating the launch of the Harvard Square multi-use arts space.

11 days, 40+ events: ArrowFest kicks off new beginning for iconic Harvard Square venue

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.

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.

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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

Migrants who were being deported from the United States walked along a bridge that connects El Paso and Mexico, on March 18, 2021.

Michael Ettlinger

Trump’s plan to vaporize the economy

A Conley Elementary School second-grader waited for her bus in Boston, on Sept. 7, 2023.

Is the ‘birth dearth’ a crisis for Boston schools?

Signs and flags are pictured at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn of the Stratton Student Center campus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May.

New school year should bring new approach to student protests

A girl headed to her elementary school in Brooklyn, New York on the first day of classes in 2021. This year, most schools are treating COVID like the flu or RSV, at the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

IDEAS | Sandro Galea

Is it OK to stop worrying about COVID?

The author's father, Edward Shanahan, in Detroit, where he was a general assignment reporter at the Free Press, writing feature stories from around the state.

IDEAS | MARK SHANAHAN

Writing my father’s obituary with him revealed a man I never knew

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

What makes a ‘great’ summer? We’ve ranked the best of the best in recent memory.

This summer might not have made the cut, but this list captures some of the more enjoyable summers in the past 2 decades.

Citizens Bank ramps up hiring, reiterates commitment to Rhode Island

The Providence-based company is looking to bolster its expanding wealth management business.

Jon Kiper can’t really afford to be a N.H. state lawmaker — so he’s running for governor

The restaurateur from Newmarket will be on the television debate stage alongside Joyce Craig and Cinde Warmington as the clear underdog in the Democratic gubernatorial primary.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Sunshine continues to spread far and wide with a slightly warmer afternoon in store for New England

Loads of sunshine and a shift to a southerly flow will help raise temperatures into the upper-70s.

Sports

Bill Belichick has some unfinished business with his coaching career, but for now his business is providing NFL analysis practically everywhere you look.

dan shaughnessy

He’s not on any team’s sideline, but Bill Belichick looms large over the NFL this season

Belichick is ubiquitous. He’s on TV, radio, and social media. And he will be rumored as the next coach for any high-profile team that loses a couple out of the gate.

"American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez," a new limited series on FX, chronicles the rise and unthinkable fall of the former Patriots player.

I went behind the scenes of ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’. Here’s what I learned.

The editor who oversaw who oversaw the Spotlight Team’s series on the fallen Patriots star gets a glimpse of how FX adapted the Globe investigation for TV.

Will this be the season in which the Lions finally make it to the Super Bowl? Five of our experts think so.

NFL 2024 | predictions

The Globe staff makes its predictions for the NFL season and how the Patriots will fare

Is there any chance of playoff contention or even a winning record for the Patriots? None of our experts sees that happening.

METS 7, RED SOX 2

Like the Red Sox offense, Rafael Devers quiet following loss

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Slumping Rafael Devers has no answers — he wouldn’t respond to questions — as Red Sox continue slide

STORM 71, SUN 64

Storm flip the script on Sun, exact revenge for Sunday loss with Tuesday win

Business

Home of the Week: Rhode Island Cape gets a glow up. Price: $514,900.

Property offers three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a fenced-in yard, and breakfast and dry bars.

Ask the Remodeler: Should you insulate a brick home?

Plus, more tips on getting ride of moss on your roof. Send your home improvement questions to [email protected].

Dana-Farber’s Laurie Glimcher is leaving on her terms. Too many leaders can’t let go.

Massachusetts landlords face lawsuits over pricing algorithm

magazine

Most jobs don’t have mandatory retirement ages. Maybe more should.

Chilean‑Style Pork Sandwiches

Upgrade your sandwich options with fried halloumi and peaches, Chilean style pork, and more

My divorced parents’ drama is causing grief for me and my wife

Beacon Hill Books & Cafe on the left and the Fenway Victory Garden at right.

Best of the Best

We put together a list of the best things to do in Boston. Readers had their own ideas.

metro

A flag on the side of the Gibbons Highway in Wilton, N.H.

Harris to visit New Hampshire Wednesday. Trump hasn’t been there since January. Is the state still a battleground?

Recount possible in Mass. House primary race as unofficial results show MacKay leading incumbent Decker by 40 votes

Under new program, low-income MBTA riders now eligible for half-price fares

sports

Abby Kent maneuvers the ball during a drill at Manchester Essex's field hockey practice Tuesday. A junior midfielder, Kent will be counted upon to provide the Hornets with a scoring threat.

With experienced leadership, Manchester Essex field hockey poised to make a run in Division 4

Sexual assault lawsuit against former Jaguars kicker Brandon McManus dismissed, but plaintiffs vow to refile

Maria Sharapova headlines the ballot for the 2025 Tennis Hall of Fame class

business

Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.

Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy.

Cathay Pacific finds engine component problem on 15 planes

Dana-Farber CEO Laurie Glimcher to step down next month

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris high fives and greets supporters during a campaign rally at Enmarket Arena in Savannah, Ga., on Aug. 29.

Harris to talk small business growth at New Hampshire campaign stop

US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 attack in Israel

Harris is visiting New Hampshire, away from bigger swing states, to tout her small business tax plan

Nation

Law enforcement salute slain Harris County Precinct 4 Deputy Maher Husseini as he is escorted from Ben Taub Hospital after he was shot and killed while off duty on Sept. 3, in Houston.

Texas deputy was fatally shot at Houston intersection while driving to work, police say

As Columbia resumes classes, student activists vow to carry on with protests against Israel

Activists charged with pushing Russian propaganda go on trial in Florida

World

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Ukraine’s foreign minister Kuleba resigns as Russian strikes kill 7 people in Lviv

Migrant boat seen trying to make an apparent crossing of English Channel a day after 12 people died

Lightning damages Rome’s ancient Constantine Arch during a violent thunderstorm

opinion

A sign pushing to keep the hospital open stands outside Nashoba Valley Medical Center in Ayer.

When the market speaks, it does not demand health care equity

Is it OK to stop worrying about COVID?

Closure of two Steward hospitals may mean the loss of 70 inpatient psychiatric beds

lifestyle

Pedestrians in Copley Square looked at their phones while walking.

Do cellphones cause brain cancer? A WHO review of 63 studies finds no link.

Free events in Boston this week: Boston Arts Festival returns, free concert, Seaport movie night

I cheated. He won’t forgive me.

food & dining

From left: Marcos Sanchez, Danielle Ayer, and Conor Dennehy team up to open Fallow Kin, a vegetable-focused restaurant in the former Craigie on Main space.

10 restaurant openings to know about this fall

Kids heading back to school? Here’s how to ditch the plastic and pack more sustainable lunches.

Recipe: Banana muffins with sticky bun topping will be especially welcome after the first days of school

travel

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is hard to miss in Cleveland — and you shouldn’t miss it.

Checking out one of Cleveland’s greatest hits: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Traveling over Labor Day weekend? Have a back-up plan for cancellations and delays, and be patient.

We picked a Florida vacation spot we’d never heard of. Turned out to be the ideal choice.

Arts

Artist Sheida Soleimani posed for a portrait inside her studio where she had created a scene in which to photograph her father to represent the journey he took on horseback when he fled Iran.

Art and environmental activism are birds of a feather for Sheida Soleimani

At Mass MoCA, Steve Locke’s ‘the fire next time’ chills to the bone

New mural in Providence honors lost Chinatown and historic drag queen

Books

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater

When Paris was under siege, its artists turned from war’s horrors to love and light

John Kaag still reads a lot of philosophy books

Movies

A scene from "Hundreds of Beavers."

‘Hundreds of Beavers’ screens at the Somerville

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies

10 movies about work to stream this Labor Day weekend

Television

"American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez," a new limited series on FX, chronicles the rise and unthinkable fall of the former Patriots player.

I went behind the scenes of ‘American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez’. Here’s what I learned.

Before James Gandolfini was Tony Soprano he was Bear, in ‘Get Shorty’

A Netflix documentary about being out and about

music

Barry Schneier photographs Anaïs Mitchell, one of the book's featured artists, outside of Passim.

His Passim project: Through portraits, Barry Schneier tells folk history with ‘The Song Is Still Being Written’

Boston Pops springs into fall with September and Halloween mini-seasons

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies

Theater/Dance

Ian Stuart at the 2022 Portland Maine Comedy Festival.

The Portland Maine Comedy Festival is back to celebrate the city’s wacky and welcoming scene

Still star-cross’d

The way Romeo and Juliet move

Health

Lifespan signed a purchase agreement to take over Morton Hospital in Taunton.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

What happens when AI picks your medical coverage

Obituaries

Mr. Darren, one of the stars of the film "For Those Who Think Young," chatted with Nancy Sinatra (center) and Claudia Martin about their film debuts in 1963.

James Darren, ‘Gidget’ teen idol, singer, and director, dies

George Woodwell, influential ecologist on climate change, dies at 95

Linda Deutsch, AP trial writer who had front row to courtroom history, dies