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‘She didn’t deserve this;’ friend recalls Harvard woman found dead in Vermont as a ‘beautiful soul’

Mary Anderson broke off her engagement to Matthew Davis last November, a rejection the 34-year-old man refused to accept, a friend of the woman said.

‘I didn’t want to die, so I just let him,’ victim testifies in kidnapping, rape case
The woman who was allegedly abducted by Victor Peña, a former Charlestown resident charged with kidnapping her after she left a Boston bar in January 2019 and repeatedly raping her in his apartment over multiple days, told jurors that she stopped resisting the sexual assaults because she “didn’t want to die.”

EPA report card on Charles, Mystic, and Neponset rivers shows some good grades, but trouble spots earn C’s and D’s

The report pointed to heavier rainfall events and extreme weather as contributors to more storm water runoff and combined-sewer overflows.

Biden to talk climate change in Somerset’s Brayton Point

President Biden is visiting Somerset’s shuttered coal-fired power plant Wednesday afternoon to attempt to breathe new life into his besieged climate agenda after setbacks from the courts and Congress.

A super PAC for . . . Mass. lieutenant governor??? Strange but true, despite the position having little power.

A super PAC created to back Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll’s bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor is wading into the little-watched race for Massachusetts government’s No. 2 role.

Carl Yastrzemski plans to be at Fenway Park to celebrate David Ortiz when he is honored by the Red Sox in a pregame ceremony next Tuesday.

Dan Shaughnessy

With David Ortiz headed into the Hall of Fame, we asked Yaz: Who was the better hitter?

Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski is secure in saying that Big Papi, who will be inducted into Cooperstown on Sunday, is the second greatest slugger in Red Sox history.

The typical house in Greater Boston now costs $900,000. Here’s what that’ll buy you in the rest of America.
Home buyers with almost a million to spend can get more space in Denver and Philadelphia — or a high-rise studio apartment in Brooklyn.

Raymond Champagne, who served 41 years for wrongful conviction, died 30 months after winning freedom
“It just seems so unfair,” said his wife, Mary “Molly” Baldwin. “Since he got out, he actually had a really full 30 months. It’s not fair it wasn’t longer.”

Daniel Kaluuya on horseback. dwarfed by the western landscape, in "Nope."

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★

‘Nope’: Close encounters of the scary kind

Writer-director Jordan Peele’s latest mixes sci-fi, horror, and, yes, western. From start to finish, you don't know what's coming next.

Aleena Parenti, left, and Miles Taylor, right, in Evanston, Wyoming.

3,792 miles, 4½ days, and 16 states: Boston transit enthusiast chronicles journey across the US by bus

Earlier this month, Miles Taylor embarked on yet another epic journey, this time from South Station to Seattle.

Rapid antigen test kits for COVID-19 were handed out free at the South Boston branch of the Boston Public Library on Dec. 22, 2021.

Can you still use an at-home COVID-19 test past its expiration date? It depends.

The FDA has recently extended the shelf-lives of several popular test kit brands.

Charts: The status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mass.

Opinion

A passenger boards an MBTA bus in 2021.

Cutting the working poor a break on T fares

Senate looks to ease the burden of transit costs on those can least afford them.

Is age of consent on the Republican chopping block?

Country before party. GOP before Trump.

A Nobel laureate’s polite plea to the Fed: Go slowly in fighting inflation

Pediatrician’s parting note to parents: Set your phone aside — you’re missing out

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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For one South Shore family, a nightmare, and a killer, that won’t go away
The family of Leslie Haynes has appeared before the Massachusetts Parole Board to oppose the release of her murderer so many times, they could find their way there in their sleep.

State Police identify man who took his own life while barricaded in vehicle during standoff on Interstate 495 in Andover

State Police on Wednesday identified the 49-year-old Quincy man who authorities said took his own life while barricaded in a vehicle during an hours-long standoff Tuesday with troopers on Interstate 495 in Andover.

Boston selected as site for announcement of Earthshot prizes founded by Prince William
Boston is getting the royal treatment in December when the city hosts the second annual awards ceremony for the Earthshot Prize, an honor founded by Prince William of Britain to highlight and back solutions to climate change and other pressing environmental challenges, prize officials said.

Here’s the column that caused the chaotic shutdown of MBTA service in June
The MBTA shared an image of the water-damaged support column inside subway tunnels near Haymarket station that prompted a shutdown of Orange and Green Line service there last month.

Giuliani ordered to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe
A judge in New York has ordered Rudy Giuliani to appear next month before a special grand jury in Atlanta that’s investigating whether former president Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 general election in Georgia.

Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment
Trump officials tried to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census in a move experts said would benefit Republicans despite initial doubts among some in the administration that it was legal, according to an investigative report released Wednesday by a congressional oversight committee.

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Single family homes on Wall Street in Arlington. Home prices have soared to record highs: those in Greater Boston registered a new peak in June, when the median selling price of a single-family home hit $900,000 for the first time.

‘Things need to change.’ For the next Massachusetts governor, housing challenges await.

Given the severity of the Boston-area housing shortage and the persistence of local opposition, advocates are calling for statewide solutions and urging the next governor, whoever that might be, to take aggressive action.

Here are 7 highlights from the $52 billion state budget
The budget earmarks $266 million to a reserve fund for the beleaguered MBTA, as well as $187 million already earmarked for the agency.

This disease strips pigment from their skin. Now, a new drug could help restore vitiligo patients’ skin color.
Federal regulators have approved a new cream that may help many patients with the autoimmune condition.

41% of Massachusetts families struggle to afford health care
While the vast majority of Massachusetts residents have health insurance, many continue to struggle with costs, a new survey shows.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Bluesman Taj Mahal will be returning to the Newport Folk Festival for the first time in 34 years.

10 must-see artists at this year’s Newport Folk Festival

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons conducts the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and soprano Ying Fang in Brahms's "A German Requiem" at Tanglewood.

Tanglewood sings with a weekend of opera and choral music

Erin Doherty in "Chloe."

In ‘Chloe,’ social media obsession and a fascinating ruse

Catherine Kirk and Martell Ruffin in Kyle Abraham's "An Untitled Love."

At Jacob’s Pillow, Kyle Abraham’s sensual, joyful love letter to the songs of D’Angelo and The Vanguard

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Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

An employee holds semiconductor chips over a 300-millimeter wafer produced by German engineering and electronics company Bosch at the Bosch semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany.

Computer chips are vital to national security. US needs to make more of them on American soil.

Kevin Outterson and Henry Skinner

Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic

Lights illuminate liquefied natural gas tanker Oak Spirit during the delivery of Poland's first import of US LNG at the Gazoport terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland, in 2019.

Ernest J. Moniz

A way forward on the climate crisis and energy insecurity

A policeman removes the handcuffs from WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia on July 15, 2022.

Time to bring Brittney Griner home

"I am is who I am. And today I am a 60-year-old woman."

On turning 60

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz performs on ‘America’s Got Talent,’ cracks the whip on Simon Cowell

Lepiarz, who goes by the stage name Jack The Whipper, appeared on NBC's “America’s Got Talent” where he stunned all three judges, including Simon Cowell, with his whip-cracking prowess.

McKee’s former chief of staff displayed ‘very poor judgment’ but committed no crimes, attorney general says

Investigation finds Anthony J. Silva’s actions did not violate bribery, extortion, or ethics law, but report says “Rhode Islanders lose” when officials “seek to capitalize on their insider access.”

A super PAC for . . . Mass. lieutenant governor??? Strange but true, despite the position having little power.

A super PAC created to back Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll’s bid for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor is wading into the little-watched race for Massachusetts government’s No. 2 role.

‘She didn’t deserve this;’ friend recalls Harvard woman found dead in Vermont as a ‘beautiful soul’

According to authorities in three states, Anderson was last seen alive Saturday in Hudson, N.H., and was reported missing to her hometown police department by her family Sunday evening, triggering a missing persons search that ended around 1 a.m. Tuesday when Anderson’s body was found in her blue Toyota Tacoma pickup truck parked on a Brattleboro, Vermont street.

Sports

Jake DeBrusk (left) thrived last season while playing with elite linemates such as Patrice Bergeron.

Taking a closer look at how Jake DeBrusk fits into new Bruins coach Jim Montgomery’s plans

Can DeBrusk keep growing his game and maintain that momentum from last season?

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar won Stage 17 but could not significantly cut into the lead of Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (left) in the Tour de France.

Tadej Pogacar wins stage but Jonas Vingegaard moves closer to Tour de France title

Pogacar will have one last chance to unsettle Vingegaard in the mountains during Thursday’s grueling final Pyrenean stage between Lourdes and Hautacam.

Carl Yastrzemski plans to be at Fenway Park to celebrate David Ortiz when he is honored by the Red Sox in a pregame ceremony next Tuesday.

Dan Shaughnessy

With David Ortiz headed into the Hall of Fame, we asked Yaz: Who was the better hitter?

Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski is secure in saying that Big Papi, who will be inducted into Cooperstown on Sunday, is the second greatest slugger in Red Sox history.

Henrik Stenson out as Europe’s Ryder Cup captain because of his involvement with LIV Golf series

American League 3, National League 2

Homers carry American League to 3-2 victory in All-Star Game with plenty of Red Sox flavor

Christopher L. Gasper

Baseball’s All-Star Game used to be a must-see event. Can it ever regain that luster?

Business

The typical house in Greater Boston now costs $900,000. Here’s what that’ll buy you in the rest of America.

Home buyers with almost a million to spend can get more space in Denver and Philadelphia — or a high-rise studio apartment in Brooklyn.

‘Things need to change.’ For the next Massachusetts governor, housing challenges await.

Given the severity of the Boston-area housing shortage and the persistence of local opposition, advocates are calling for statewide solutions and urging the next governor, whoever that might be, to take aggressive action.

Cambridge startup CAMP4 Therapeutics raises $100 million for RNA therapies

Workers at America’s Test Kitchen vote to unionize

magazine

This week's daters: Alex and Georgi.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘It was very hard to hear her’

Our tiny online community was born during the pandemic. We thrived off our mutual solitude.

The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's free production of "Much Ado About Nothing" opens Wednesday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 18-24

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

An old refrigerator is caught in the Tileston & Hollingsworth Dam in Hyde Park on Sept. 22, 2021. The area is part of the Lower Neponset River, which earned a C-plus grade on the annual report card from the EPA.

EPA report card on Charles, Mystic, and Neponset rivers shows some good grades, but trouble spots earn C’s and D’s

Rhode Island political news: July 2022

A ‘2A sanctuary town’ in Rhode Island declares it won’t comply with new gun law

sports

Alison dos Santos of Team Brazil celebrates after winning gold in the Men's 400m Hurdles Final on day five of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 19, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

Alison Dos Santos powers to men’s 400 hurdles win at world track championships, Jake Wightman takes upset gold in 1,500

Patriots rookies open training camp but two are placed on non-football injury list

Rafael Devers standing firm about not talking about contract extension talks

business

50 Binney St. in Cambridge, where Meta Platforms signed a lease for 250,000 square feet of office space in December. The company said this week it aims to pause buildout of the space to redesign it for a hybrid work environment.

In latest blow to office market, Facebook is hitting pause on new space in Kendall

Facebook’s workforce grew more diverse when it embraced remote work

Netflix sees return to growth after million-customer loss

politics

President Biden returns a salute before boarding Air Force One for a trip to Massachusetts. He's expected to talk about climate change but not to declare a national climate emergency.

Why Biden won’t declare a national climate emergency in Mass. today.

Giuliani ordered to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe

Secret Service tells House it’s still seeking lost Jan. 6 texts

Nation

In this May 26, 2022, photo, Uvalde School Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stood during a news conference outside of the Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas.

Uvalde schools look to fire Chief Arredondo after shooting

Secret memo links citizenship question to apportionment

‘Unusual’: Feds investigate seal deaths off coast of Maine linked to avian flu

World

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

EU draws up energy plan in case of Russian gas cutoff

Pakistan police arrest 2 men accused of gang raping US woman

Italian Premier Mario Draghi sets conditions to remain in office

opinion

Dakota Johnson portrays protagonist Anne Elliot in Netflix's "Persuasion."

Another Austen adaptation, another Lizzy Bennet clone

Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic

Biden’s DOJ is flirting with a dangerous clemency precedent

lifestyle

Actors David Hyde Pierce as Peter Child and Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child in a scene from the first season of HBO Max's "Julia." Season two will return the cast to the Bay State in 2022.

From ‘Madame Web’ to ‘Maestro’ — a look at the Hollywood productions filming in Massachusetts in 2022

Need to beat this week’s heat? Head to one of these 75+ spray fountains, pools, or community centers.

Chris Evans says he’s ‘laser-focused’ on finding a partner

food & dining

Pocky Khamvongsa prepares a bubble waffle cone at Kow Kow, at 120 Ives St. in Providence.

The best ice cream in Rhode Island? Try these 9 great spots

You can see everything that goes into these veggie burgers

On board with a new career, because ‘who isn’t into cheese?’

travel

The Pickering House Inn in Wolfeboro, N.H.

Travel + Leisure’s ‘World’s Best Awards’ are out for 2022, and there’s a lot to celebrate in New England

Actress Elizabeth A. Davis on her favorite vacation destination

Try a city triathlon in Boston, just for fun

Arts

Vladimir Menshchikov, "There Is No God," 1975.

‘Believing Is Bad for You’: At the Museum of Russian Icons, ‘Images of Atheism’

Painting, pattern, and place collide in Bob Dilworth’s tender portraits

At the Clark, proof that Auguste Rodin is still the man

Books

The view from above in ‘Imagine a City’

Jamil Jan Kochai likes to binge different authors

A very bad trip

Movies

Daniel Kaluuya on horseback. dwarfed by the western landscape, in "Nope."

‘Nope’: Close encounters of the scary kind

In ‘The Gray Man,’ it’s lawyers, guns, and money, only without the lawyers and money

The best of the rest of summer movies

Television

Martin Short and Selena Gomez in "Only Murders In The Building."

‘Only Murders’ builds on initial success in season 2

In ‘Chloe,’ social media obsession and a fascinating ruse

Sesame Street amusement park issues apology after video appears to show performer ignoring two Black children

music

Joy Oladokun

Joy Oladokun on Hendrix, hip-hop, hard truths, and her return to Newport

The Linda Lindas just wanna have fun

10 must-see artists at this year’s Newport Folk Festival

Theater/Dance

BU graduate Kobi Kassal, 25, is the president and editor in chief of Theatrely, which he runs out of an office in New York.

Theatrely’s stage reviews, news, and TikToks speak Gen Z’s language

The compassionate, cockeyed comedy of Maria Bamford

In ‘Mr. Fullerton,’ the seduction of Edith Wharton

globe local

Richard Cucchi's granddaughter, Hannah Thomas (center left), joined in on the family tradition by throwing flowers on the statue of the Virgin Mary during the Sunday procession.

‘It is truly a celebration of family.’ Nonantum opens its arms for St. Mary of Carmen Society’s festival and parade

East Bridgewater gets ready for its 200th birthday bash

Newton’s NewMo rideshare service offers free trips through end of July

Obituaries

Mr. Oldenburg, at his studio in New York in 2013, wanted his sculptures to be, as he put it, “just as mysterious as nature.”

Claes Oldenburg dies at 93; pop artist made the everyday monumental

Gerald Shargel, criminal defense lawyer for the mob, dies at 77

Jean Hannon, Red Sox fan with a championship life, dies at 96