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Was Trump ‘detached from reality’ or calculating? Jan. 6 committee to cap case against ex-president

Trump’s frame of mind — whether rational or raving — and culpability will be a central component of the hearing Thursday.

‘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.”

Woman pleads not guilty in Texas killing of Vermont cycling star

A woman accused of killing professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson as a romantic rival pleaded not guilty to a murder charge on Wednesday, as her lawyers pressed for a quick trial that the judge then scheduled to start in late October.

President Joe Biden traveled to Somerset, Massachusetts to deliver remarks on tackling the climate crisis and seizing the opportunity of a clean energy future to create jobs and lower costs for families. Biden unveiled the latest efforts during a visit to the former coal-fired Brayton Point power plant, which is shifting to offshore wind manufacturing.

Biden announces new executive action at Somerset’s Brayton Point in attempt to revive climate agenda

President Biden visited 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.

Analysis: Why Biden didn’t declare a national climate emergency in Mass. today

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.

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.

Three-year-old Stella Silva stayed cool during the summer's first heat wave by building a seaweed, rock and mollusk sculpture at Pleasure Bay in Boston on Wednesday.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

First heat wave of the summer season is beginning in New England

Temperatures rose into the 90s on Wednesday in many Massachusetts communities, and conditions will remain hot and humid through the weekend.

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Three top staffers set to depart BPDA, adding to dozens of agency openings

Another round of departures are underway at the city’s powerful development agency, as builders worry about understaffing.

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz appeared on "America's Got Talent" Tuesday night and performed a stunt with Simon Cowell.

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.

Opinion

A text from former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson to Anthony Ornato, assistant director of the Secret Service, appears above members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol on July 12, 2022.

About those deleted Secret Service texts

Completely erasing electronic data is actually very difficult.

What Harvard means by ‘diversity’

IDEAS | Deena Emera

Reproductive choice is at the core of being a female mammal

IDEAS | ELLEN JOVIN

Confounding commas, prickly participles

Jan. 6 hearings are must-see TV

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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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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Senators propose changes to electors law after Capitol insurrection
A bipartisan group of senators agreed Wednesday on proposed changes to the Electoral Count Act, the post-Civil War-era law for certifying presidential elections that came under intense scrutiny after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 election.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon
Pajamas and plenty of coffee aided fans who turned out just before midnight this past Saturday to watch seven movies in 12 hours at the theater’s "Don’t Fall Asleep: A Nightmare on Elm Street Marathon."

State House staffers have to wait months for health insurance to kick in. Their bosses nixed part of a bill to give them coverage on day one.
State senators and representatives, by way of comparison, get health insurance on the day they are sworn in.

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.”

Neiman Marcus sues Copley Place owner Simon Property Group for $50 million over failed tower
The retailer said it has lost sales over Simon’s failure to develop a residential tower above the Neiman Marcus store at the shopping mall several years ago.

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. Driscoll's opponents decried the new group.

Recommended reads

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

Review: ‘Nope’ is deeply strange, and Jordan Peele knows exactly what he’s doing

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.

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.

KEVIN CULLEN

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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The Coolidge Corner Theatre recently hosted a 12-hour marathon of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon

Claudia Jessie (left) and Nicola Coughlan in "Bridgerton."

Filming of ‘Bridgerton’ season 3 underway

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

Special Projects

Back to Boston

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

Transit Police seek person of interest in ‘homophobic’ assault

Around 4 p.m. July 9 on the MBTA’s Park Street Green Line outbound platform, a male assailant used “a homophobic slur” against a female victim and tossed liquid from his cup, hitting the victim and her dog, Transit Police said in a statement.

Robert F. Curl Jr., Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry, dies at 88

Dr. Curl was one of the discoverers of remarkably simple but completely unexpected carbon molecules known as buckyballs.

Four residents displaced after fire in Fenway

A fire on the top floor of a residential building in the Fenway left four residents displaced Wednesday afternoon but was quickly knocked down, according to the Boston Fire Department.

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. Driscoll's opponents decried the new group.

Sports

Serena Williams lost in the first round at Wimbledon last month.

Serena Williams, Novak Djokovic on US Open entry list, but they might not play

The singles entry lists are a formality, but worthy of note in the cases of Williams and Djokovic.

South Carolina's Aliyah Boston was voted the Final Four's Most Outstanding Player and swept the national awards as the game's top player.

women's college basketball

The best player in women’s college basketball was not originally invited to the ESPYS, and was even more hurt by a late request

South Carolina's Aliyah Boston turned down the invitation, saying the offer was even more hurtful than not being asked to attend.

John Gruden becomes the first outside assistant hired by new coach Jim Montgomery, who according to general manager Don Sweeney is likely to retain Joe Sacco, Chris Kelly, and goalie coach Bob Essensa.

Bruins hire former defenseman John Gruden as assistant coach

Gruden, 52, spent the last four years as an Islanders assistant, his first NHL coaching gig.

Methuen’s Dominic Keegan headlines New England’s 2022 MLB draft class

HALL OF FAME 2022

Your guide to Hall of Fame induction weekend: Who’s getting in, how you can watch, and more

Devils assistant GM Kate Madigan never saw herself as an inspiration, but she is

Business

USPS will make 40% of its new trucks electric, up from 10%

The US Postal Service pledged Wednesday to electrify at least 40 percent of its new delivery fleet, an increase that climate activists hailed as a major step toward reducing the government’s environmental footprint.

Mass Audubon wants more state spending on open space

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Wellesley renewable energy company Vanguard is sold to BlackRock for $700 million

Three top staffers set to depart BPDA, adding to dozens of agency openings

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

Three-year-old Stella Silva stayed cool during the summer's first heat wave by building a seaweed, rock and mollusk sculpture at Pleasure Bay in Boston on Wednesday.

First heat wave of the summer season is beginning in New England

‘I didn’t want to die, so I just let him,’ victim testifies in kidnapping, rape case

Longtime leader of R.I. health care workers union stepping aside

sports

Sixth-round pick Sam Roberts came from a small school but hopes to come up big for the Patriots.

Here are some rookies who could surprise at Patriots training camp and contribute this season

There’s a common thread running through all of the state high school girls’ lacrosse champs

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

business

First lady Jill Biden and Spanish chef Jose Andres of the World Central Kitchen greeted volunteers from the World Central Kitchen association during a visit to a reception center for Ukrainian refugees in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, June 28, 2022.

Fidelity Charitable sets $4.8B record in grants for 6 months

FDA announces overhaul as baby formula shortage continues

Longtime leader of R.I. health care workers union stepping aside

politics

Senator Susan Collins.

Senators propose changes to electors law after Capitol insurrection

Democrats push for first semi-automatic gun ban in 20 years

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

Nation

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon spoke with reporters as he departed federal court on Wednesday in Washington. Bannon, a one-time adviser to former president Donald Trump, faces criminal contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.

Bannon’s team raises question about House subpoena deadline

Judge orders Giuliani to testify in Ga. criminal investigation

After 246 years, Marines set for their first Black four-star general

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

A girl participates in a protest over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Portland, Ore., on June 24.

Is age of consent on the Republican chopping block?

House bill’s nod to stadium robs Mystic River community of a voice

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

lifestyle

WBUR anchor Jack Lepiarz appeared on "America's Got Talent" Tuesday night and performed a stunt with Simon Cowell.

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

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.

food & dining

Glou, a new cocktail and wine bar, opened in late June in Providence's Fox Point.

Glou cocktail and wine bar offers a casual, playful vibe on Providence’s East Side

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

You can see everything that goes into these veggie burgers

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

Try a city triathlon in Boston, just for fun

Actress Elizabeth A. Davis on her favorite vacation destination

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

These recent thrillers will keep the chills coming on your summer vacation.

Ten thrillers to read on your summer vacation

The view from above in ‘Imagine a City’

Jamil Jan Kochai likes to binge different authors

Movies

Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. The Coolidge Corner Theatre recently hosted a 12-hour marathon of "A Nightmare on Elm Street" movies.

At the Coolidge, trying to survive a horror-movie marathon

Review: ‘Nope’ is deeply strange, and Jordan Peele knows exactly what he’s doing

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

Television

Claudia Jessie (left) and Nicola Coughlan in "Bridgerton."

Filming of ‘Bridgerton’ season 3 underway

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

‘Only Murders’ builds on initial success in season 2

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

Katrina Lenk in the current revival of Stephen Sondheim's "Company."

Side by side by side by side

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

The compassionate, cockeyed comedy of Maria Bamford

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

Dr. Curl (far left), with fellow Nobel laureate Steve Weinberg, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, and Texas Instruments CEO Tom Engibous, at a news conference of the Texas Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine, in San Antonio in 2004.

Robert F. Curl Jr., Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry, dies at 88

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

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