The Boston Globe

Fantasy sports scores, winning legalization and a Mass. tax break

Other states levy taxes on fantasy sports games, in which players can win money based on the performance of real-life athletes they select. But not Massachusetts.

Many of us walk the sidewalks of Boston only thinking about ourselves. — Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Nestor Ramos

Hey Boston, let?s try to be a little nicer to one another

It?s as if the way we treat each other online has seeped into our face-to-face lives.

?Pressure to work in pain.? A quarter of opioid deaths are in construction

Construction workers, farmers, fishermen, and others employed in workplaces where injury is common die of opioid overdoses at rates five or six times greater than the average worker.

David Epstein

We?re going to be sweltering until we get a brief break on Friday

Unfortunately, the humid stuff will lurk just offshore and likely come back later this weekend.

500 parking spots at Alewife closed Thursday after concrete falls on car

The entire second floor of the garage will be closed for parking on Thursday as crews complete the repairs.

Even as donations flow, Third District candidates turn to their own checkbooks for help

Candidates in the Third Congressional District have put from $50,000 to $325,000 of their own money into their campaigns, a sign many said of their seriousness.

Video captures bloody aftermath of shark attack on seal

Last week, researchers spotted a shark eating a seal off Wellfleet and found themselves up close with the bloody aftermath.

Are Mass. elections safe from hackers? It depends on whom you ask

Warnings that Russia could attempt to influence the 2018 election have prompted reviews of voting security across the country, including in Massachusetts.

Dog abandoned in South Boston condo building

The dog, which a medial team named Matt, was covered with fleas and maggots, indicating he had been neglected for a considerable amount of time.

Suffolk DA candidates face police officers after focusing on criminal justice reform

During a forum Wednesday the six candidates responded to inquiries on a range of topics, including dangerousness hearings and police body cameras.

Alleged drug dealer bites Boston cop?s thumb while being booked

Police said the suspected drug dealer explained his behavior by stating, ?He got too close so I bit him.?

TORONTO, ON - AUGUST 8: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox is congratulated by Eduardo Nunez #36 after hitting a two-run home run in the sixth inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre on August 8, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) — Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images

NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

110 wins? 115? The ceiling is high for these Red Sox

Given the state of baseball, there?s no doubt the Red Sox could break the club record for victories in a season.

RED SOX 10, BLUE JAYS 5

Red Sox pound Blue Jays in Toronto

Rafael Devers hit a home run in his first game back off the disabled list.

Jerry Remy says latest cancer diagnosis ?hit me hard?

The NESN analyst was blindsided because his recent checkups had yielded good results.

Mookie Betts and his girlfriend are expecting their first baby

Mookie Betts of the Red Sox and his girlfriend Brianna Hammonds are expecting in mid-November.

Amrheins in Southie up for sale; could go for $20 million

The iconic property on West Broadway has been on the market for about a month and is expected to fetch a pretty penny once a buyer closes on the site sometime in the fall.

TECH LAB

Among Russia?s Twitter trolls, Senator Warren?s a favorite target

Donald Trump is not the only American politician with a big following in Russia. Senator Elizabeth Warren is also a favorite in St. Petersburg ? for all the wrong reasons.

Boston Beer boss tells Trump that tax cut helps his company ?kick ass?

Jim Koch and a number of other CEOs met with President Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Hopedale, MA--7/29/2018-- A bicyclist passes by Draper Mill in Hopedale, which the town has targeted for redevelopment after many previous failed attempts. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 31hopedale Reporter: — JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF

A small town?s big eyesore: Hopedale officials again seek to develop vacant factory

Hopedale was once a mill town, and in some ways, still is. The giant mill in the center of town, built in the 19th century, just won?t budge, despite longtime efforts to redevelop it.

Charles W. Collier, a philanthropic adviser who considered adversity ?a gift,? dies at 70

The former philanthropic adviser at Harvard University made public his diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer?s to encourage discussion about the illness.

Woman charged with drunk driving tells police she?s a ?clean, thoroughbred, white girl?

A woman seen speeding through a stop sign at 60 mph told South Carolina officers they shouldn?t arrest her because she?s a ??very clean, thoroughbred, white girl.??

Clinic to pay back patients illegally charged cash for Suboxone

The owners of the Center for Psychiatric Medicine, a North Andover mental health practice, will pay $612,000 in restitution to 232 patients.

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In Spike Lee?s latest, the KKK gets hoodwinked

Historical fact is stranger than racial fiction in ?BlacKkKlansman.?

Ty Burr

An Oscar category for ?popular?? Bad idea.

Every couple of years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences does something so deeply screwy that those of us who care find ourselves doing a classic spit-take.

Barack Obama wasn?t the only celebrity visiting Martha?s Vineyard

A pair of actors was also spotted on the island recently.

Epic California fire is 10 times the size of Boston

The wildfire raging in California ? the largest in that state?s history ? has burned more than 457 square miles.

Bostonians read 1.6 million minutes . . . and counting

Bostonians of all ages have collectively read 1.6 million minutes so far this summer, surpassing the goal of 1 million minutes the Boston Public Library set for its summer reading program.

Love Letters

Do I tell my dates about my toddler?

A lot of men seem turned off when they find out I?m a single mom.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

Fatal encounters with police should be documented nationally

Four years after protesters filled the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to protest police violence, a database shows that about three people a day are killed by police nationwide.

Special reports

TSA tracking travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance program

Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.

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STAT

Drug prices could be a winning issue for Dems ? if only they had a plan

With the midterms ahead, candidates still haven?t figured out the best way to talk about high drug prices.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Globe must-reads

(Wellesley, MA 07/25/18) American Ninja Warrior emerging star Casey Rothschild trains at Action Athletics. (Photo by John Wilcox for the Boston Globe)

Wesleyan woman is a rising star in the sport of ninja

The Northern Avenue Bridge has been closed to vehicles since 1997 and to pedestrians since 2014.

A debate about Northern Avenue Bridge

Dr. Michael Apkon, new CEO of Tufts Medical Center.

Tufts Medical Center names new CEO

Restaurateur Garrett Harker (above at Row 34 in 2015) closed Les Sablons last week. The Cambridge restaurant had been open about a year.

Shirley Leung

Are there too many restaurants in Boston?

The author with her family. From left: Lily, 14; Wyatt, 12; the author; her husband, Rob; Rory, 12; and Sam, 17.

Globe Magazine

Happier parents do these 10 things

OAK BLUFFS, MA - AUGUST 25: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Barack Obama goes to lunch at Nancy's Restaurant while vacationing on Martha's Vineyard with his family August 25, 2010 in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. The Obama's are heading into their last weekend on the island before returning to Washington on Sunday. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)

?Obama! Obama!?: Barack Obama is back on Martha?s Vineyard

Trees were felled on Chase Avenue during the Webster tornado.

Dramatic video shows strength of Webster tornado

A Katz?s Deli hot pastrami sandwich at DeKalb Market.

FOOD & TRAVEL

A food hall tour of the Big Apple

Becca Kufrin (right) and fiancé Garrett Yrigoyen spoke Tuesday.

?Bachelorette,? fiancé address Instagram controversy

Wayfair cofounders Steve Conine (left) and Niraj Shah posed near their desks at the Internet retailer?s Back Bay headquarters.

Is Boston?s Wayfair the next Amazon?

The New Hampshire Democratic Party?s fund-raising dinner will no longer be named after Bill Clinton.

N.H. Democrats take Clinton?s name off fund-raiser

Rick Porcello is 3-0 with a 2.18 ERA, 20 strikeouts, and two walks in 20 2/3 innings.

Alex Speier

Rotation carrying the Red Sox since All-Star break

Sports

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Craig Kimbrel has allowed five runs in 6? innings (7.71 ERA) with nearly as many walks (5) as strikeouts (7), while opposing hitters have bashed him for a .292/.433/.583 line since the All-star break.

ALEX SPEIER

Inside the numbers of Craig Kimbrel?s recent struggles

Compared with his otherworldly 2017 season, his velocity is down slightly and his curveball is dipping more.

Metro

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The exterior of the Braintree Police Department.

No criminal charges after AG probe into Braintree police evidence room scandal

A Braintree police officer stole guns, drugs, and cash from the department?s evidence room, an attorney general?s investigation has found.

Politics

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03vermont -- Brooke Paige at the VPR Studio. (Handout)

He?s running for six different elected offices on the same ballot (and yes, that?s legal)

Before you dismiss H. Brooke Paige, consider this: he is all but guaranteed to be the GOP?s nominee for four of the positions because he is running unopposed in the primary.

Nation & World

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Yes, firenados exist, and one hit England this week. This video shows it happening

As firefighters were battling a blaze at a recycling center about 120 miles north of London, they witnessed a rare fire whirl, also known as a ?firenado.?