WooSox in Polah Pahk? PawSox headed to a new home

The Pawtucket Red Sox have concluded a lengthy search for a new home by choosing Worcester for a modern ballpark, leaving its long-time home of Pawtucket, R.I.

The Boston Red Sox logo is seen on first base coach Ruben Amaro Jr's jersey during a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Baltimore, Saturday, April 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Here?s a look at the renderings of the Triple A Red Sox ballpark in Worcester

The new ballpark will be called Polar Park.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_larrylucchinomccoystadium_business114.jpg In Pawtucket, news of beloved team?s planned move hits hard

News that the Red Sox farm team intends to leave its longtime home in Pawtucket for Worcester was a heavy blow for baseball fans and residents of this old mill town.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/1ef937858de24b65920fe18680cb40e1-1ef937858de24b65920fe18680cb40e1-0.jpg New home for ?WooSox? has long history

Worcester?s Canal District was founded around industry but now boasts a lively nightlife scene.

David Hogg, co-author of #NeverAgain, discusses the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School during an interview in New York, Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Fourteen students and three staff members were fatally shot and multiple others wounded during the school massacre, on Feb. 14, 2018, in Parkland, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NAMES

Maureen Dowd, David Hogg, Joi Ito announced as speakers for HUBweek 2018

The New York Times columnist, Parkland shooting survivor, and MIT Media Lab director are just three of the notable figures slated to appear at this year?s event.

Commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/editorialpresshero3.jpg Finding a collage of passion, struggle, and patriotism in editorials about the free press

They are written by those who have answered a calling, a public service, and continue at it, regardless of financial pressures, technological changes, and political cross-currents that buffet them daily.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/cb1-8691.png Colbert weighs in on Globe-led #FreePress editorials

Late night host Stephen Colbert weighed in on a Boston Globe-led drive of newspapers across the country to support the free press -- and had a chance to try out his Boston accent, too.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/d1bcac9f325646bab27ae3133bab1433-d1bcac9f325646bab27ae3133bab1433-0.jpg President Trump suspects he?ll revoke Ohr?s clearance ?very quickly?

Trump tweeted that it was a ??disgrace?? for Bruce Ohr to be in the Justice Department.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/dca5dd0712c54230ae8f385fb231db9f-dca5dd0712c54230ae8f385fb231db9f-0.jpg Manafort judge says he?s received threats, won?t name jurors

The judge in former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort?s fraud trial refused Friday to release the names of jurors, saying he has received threats and fears for their safety as well.

RODRIGO CORDEIRO

HELP DESK

How to get over a bad vacation

Here are some tips from workplace and travel experts to help you avoid feeling cheated out of some much needed time away, and to ease into a busy week without feeling more harried than usual.

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Rachelle Bond received probation last year for her role in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, Bella, whose remains washed ashore on Deer Island in 2015.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1016131647MA_ENT_rescue9.jpg Four residents, cat rescued from Brockton house fire

Seven people suffered minor injuries as firefighters rescued four residents and a cat from a blaze in a Brockton home Friday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/shark1-19431.png Beaches closed in Eastham, Barnstable after great white shark sightings

Coast Guard Beach in Eastham was closed to swimmers for an hour Friday afternoon after a great white shark was spotted swimming 50 yards offshore.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Cash_1.jpg Former state representative gets 5 months added to embezzlement sentence for hiding $2.5m

A former state representative and Dartmouth selectman who?s currently serving a 70-month federal prison term for embezzlement was sentenced Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-19465.jpg 2nd State Police trooper to plead guilty in overtime fraud case

Kevin Sweeney, 40, of Braintree allegedly stole $11,103 in overtime.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/weather1.png Thunderstorms rumble across Mass., and Saturday looks wet, too

Around 4 p.m., a severe thunderstorm was rumbling northeast from Acton, with wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour and quarter-sized hail.

An ?ugly incident? when Revere man indecently assaults young girl on Orange Line, police say

A male bystander prevented the man from fleeing the scene, police said in a statement.

Three Republicans seeking to challenge Elizabeth Warre  are John Kingston(left), Beth Lindstrom (center) and Geoff Diehl.

Globe Staff

There are many paths to defeat Elizabeth Warren (or at least her opponents hope so)

Shaped by money, style or both, the GOP?s US Senate primary has become a study in contrasting campaign trails among the three Republicans vying to face Elizabeth Warren.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/f44b3ce01a174ff0a2c03033d4ef0c14-f44b3ce01a174ff0a2c03033d4ef0c14-0.jpg Joe Biden cancels Friday Vineyard appearance; group says he?s under doctor?s orders to avoid travel

Any health issues for Biden, 75, would be significant, since his name has been floated as potential candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/iceharvesting013-1841.jpg ?Ice King? Frederic Tudor was one cool character

In the 19th century, a Boston entrepreneur who put the frozen cubes into your Cuba Libre ?failed his way to success.?

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/asians-studio-2d7339da-a0b1-11e8-93e3-24d1703d2a7a-8640.jpg We waited a long time for a movie like ?Crazy Rich Asians? ? and that?s too bad

Asian-Americans want to send a message to Hollywood: Our stories are as universal and enduring as anyone else?s, and the proof will be at the box office.

Channel 7?s Bri Eggers has a new forecast: Idaho

The WHDH meteorolgist announced in a Facebook video Friday that she and her family are moving ?Idahome,? as she calls it.

Brady the beagle at Wollaston Beach in Quincy.

John Semerjian

Globe Magazine

See what #GlobeDogs have been up to this summer

Dog-friendly days spent under the sun at parks, beaches, and breweries.

Dinner With Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/15/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cupid0819comp.jpg Blind date: ?I appreciated that he was reading on his Kindle?

They share an alma mater, liberal politics, and an interest in law. But are they too much alike?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/6f9b152e05ae4ee7bc62cf4f21256b1b-6f9b152e05ae4ee7bc62cf4f21256b1b-0.jpg Red Sox place Rafael Devers on DL, activate Ian Kinsler

Devers has a left hamstring strain. Kinsler returns after missing 11 games with a left hamstring strain.

Ideas | Jane Solomon

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Millennial-illo.jpg How ?millennial? got skunked

A ?skunked term? means different things to different people, because its meaning is ambiguous or has changed over time.

Opinion | Eric P. Lesser, Eric Paley, and Shirley Paley

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/Boghosian_29convention38_MET.jpg Governor Baker turns his back on the innovation economy

Massachusetts will be one of the last states without patent troll protections.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_18F5KF.jpg MTV VMAs working to craft tribute for Aretha Franklin

The MTV Video Music Awards plan on honoring the legacy of Aretha Franklin ? they?re just not sure how they will do it.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial Board

Journalists are not the enemy

A central pillar of President Trump?s politics is a sustained assault on the free press. Journalists are not classified as fellow Americans, but rather ?the enemy of the people.?

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner051518METRO07chelseabus505-19204-U832996319084rWB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg This MBTA route showcases all of the T?s bus problems

The 111 is a rolling case study of all that ails MBTA bus service: overcrowding, delays caused by traffic and passengers who pay in cash, and frequent cancellations.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/CF3A0977.jpg A women?s health firm pitched a much-needed drug. Men didn?t get it

Antiva Biosciences is getting a front-row view of the challenges involved in pitching a company focused on women?s health.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg 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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg 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.

Real Estate

Peek inside Olivia Culpo?s airy, chic Los Angeles loft

Rhode Island native Olivia Culpo lives on the West Coast these days, but she still brings a bit of ?East Coast prep? to her Los Angeles loft. That?s according to interior design company Homepolish?s magazine, for which Culpo recently showed off her elegantly decorated Los Angeles space.

Cars

Search This Week's Specials

SEC is said to subpoena Tesla after Elon Musk's tweet

Federal securities regulators have served Tesla with a subpoena, according to a person familiar with the investigation, increasing pressure on the electric car company as it deals with the fallout from several recent actions by its chief executive, Elon Musk.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Summertime festivals around the world

Photographers capture communities gathering at events organized to celebrate a variety of cultural observances.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.