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The good news for Alex Verdugo and Red Sox fans? The Blue Jays were just about done with their offensive assault by the end of the sixth inning at Fenway Park.

BLUE JAYS 28, RED SOX 5

They’re history: Red Sox embarrassed, 28-5, by Blue Jays to open second half

Beginning a 10-game homestand that will just about get the Red Sox to the Aug. 2 trade deadline, and perhaps decide their approach to it, Toronto scored the most runs ever by a Red Sox opponent in the franchise's 122-year history.

One for the books: Toronto’s Raimel Tapia hits inside-the-park grand slam at Fenway Park
Amid what was already a slew of Toronto runs to begin a pivotal three-game series and 10-game Boston homestand, Jarren Duran appeared to never see the fly ball off the bat.

Red Sox make history, but not the good kind, in loss to Toronto
From the franchise's most runs allowed to a -47 run differential over their last three games, the Red Sox claimed several dubious marks on Friday night.

‘They take up every parking space’: Whale watchers have been flocking to this spot in Plymouth
The arrival of humpback whales off of Plymouth has led to some headaches for local officials and business owners, who say the increase in public interest has clogged roads and jammed the parking lot of a nearby restaurant.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ families to gather in Provincetown for Family Week Heading to Nantucket this summer? Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s happening.

B.J. Novak isn’t who you think he is
Newton-raised, Harvard-educated, "Office"-famous. Yeah, he’s all that, but like his sense of humor — and his feature directorial debut, ‘Vengeance’ — he’s also hard to classify.

‘A little red pocket on the New Hampshire border’: The national fissures splitting a competitive Mass. state rep. race

The contest for the GOP nomination between a hard-line and a moderate Republican is a brass-knuckle brawl of a reminder that national divisions — over whether the 2020 election was stolen, for instance — can still split the most local contests, even in a state like Massachusetts.

Steve Bannon convicted of contempt of Congress charges in Jan. 6 case

Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former president Donald Trump, faces up to two years in federal prison when he’s sentenced on Oct. 21.

Jan. 6 probes: Here’s what’s next for Congress and criminal cases Melania Trump: ‘I was unaware’ of Jan. 6 violence Video of Senator Josh Hawley fleeing Jan. 6 rioters sparks memes

These maps show what to expect from this weekend’s heat and humidity
Boston could reach 100 degrees on Sunday, while Lawrence and Springfield are forecast to hit 103.

More weather news and resources Boston Triathlon director says ‘historic weather conditions’ caused postponement

Hospitals feel the heat as climate change bakes Boston

How are they treating patients? "Big tubs of ice."

COMMENTARY

Kylie Jenner’s 17-minute private jet trip is a climate disaster
Private jet trips were responsible for nearly 34 million metric tons of carbon pollution in 2016, according to one 2020 study, which is more than some countries emit in an entire year.

For the first time in its 86-year history, Gunstock is bereft of a management team. Above is the zip line at the New Hampshire theme park.

Trouble on the mountain: A look at a tumultuous week at Gunstock

A long-simmering power struggle at New England’s only county-owned mountain came to a head this week.

Globe Magazine: How it all snowballed into an ugly battle for the future of Gunstock ski resort

D'Angelo Ortiz (front row, left) poses with his father, David, before a June Red Sox game.

D’Angelo Ortiz pens letter to father David ahead of Hall of Fame induction

“Your ability to withstand the change and be a leader is something I take pride in," the younger Ortiz wrote.

‘He’s my hero’: Boston’s Dominicans cheer David Ortiz’s entry into Hall of Fame More on David Ortiz's Hall of Fame induction

A worker this summer on the Green Line.

Advocates want governor, Legislature to treat T problems like 10-out-of-10 crisis

One day after an Orange Line train caught fire, advocates on Friday called on political leaders to take urgent action aimed at preventing the next T catastrophe.

Lynn rail station closure for renovations paused until fall, officials say

CAPE COD CAPERS | Christopher Muther & Devra First

Colorful, wild, and occasionally quiet. The Outer Cape puts on a show.
This is the fourth and final installment of our seaside summer exploration of Cape Cod, and we end with a bang. (And a shark sighting!)

A seal pops its head out of the water off Monomoy Island on Cape Cod.

Mixing and mingling with the upper class of the Lower Cape

The sun sets behind the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

Fishing at sunset on the beach in West Falmouth.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

Opinion

A supporter holds up a sign calling on Latinos to vote for Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for US Senate during a rally in Lilburn, Ga., Dec. 7, 2020. The rally was part of an effort to register and mobilize voters in Georgia's growing Latino population.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latino voters may determine control of the US Senate

A sizeable chunk of the Latino electorate is persuadable. Democrats had better wake up and act accordingly.

The Jan. 6 committee has not made the case against Donald Trump

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Neutralism returns — and gets more powerful

Why ‘it’ matters

Lawmakers shouldn’t wait for history to judge Trump

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.

More recent stories

Boston man, 21, charged with murder in Rochester, N.Y., police officer’s fatal shooting; 2 others injured

Authorities in Rochester, N.Y., say 21-year-old Kelvin Vickers fired 17 rounds on an unmarked police vehicle, killing one of the officers inside and injuring another.

Sand sculptors carve elaborate creations at 18th annual Revere Beach festival
The 18th annual Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival runs from Friday through Sunday.

Flames’ Matthew Tkachuk swapped for Panthers’ Jonathan Huberdeau as part of blockbuster deal
Tkachuk is expected to sign an extension with Florida as well.

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $660 million — 3rd highest in history

Lottery players across New England ― and the nation — are hoping luck is in their favor Friday night as the Mega Millions jackpot has risen to a whopping $660 million, according to the game’s website.

Author Wes Moore wins Democratic race for Maryland governor
Bestselling author Wes Moore won the Democratic primary for Maryland governor on Friday,

LOVE LETTERS

Have I stayed in this relationship too long?
He flirts with other women and gets angry with me.

Recommended reads

On the left: President Donald Trump exited Marine One on arrival at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to be treated for COVID in Bethesda, Md., on Oct. 2, 2020. On the right: President Biden tested positive for COVID one day after a trip to Somerset, Mass., where he gave a climate speech on Wednesday.

Trump and Biden’s COVID experiences could not be more different

On Friday, Biden’s physician reported that his symptoms had improved.

KEVIN CULLEN

In Vermont, a ski mountain goes back to the future
By changing Suicide Six to the original Abenaki name Saskadena, the mountain’s stewards have honored history and Indigenous people while acknowledging one of the nation’s most serious public health matters should be treated seriously.

Orange Line train catches fire on bridge. Chaos ensues. It’s the latest T nightmare.
Governor Charlie Baker called the train fire on the bridge a “colossal failure” — the latest in a year that has seen many. Since two Green Line trains crashed on July 30, 2021, sending 27 people to the hospital, T riders have had to endure a growing procession of safety woes.

Globe Magazine

Magic 8 Balls. Coin flips. Why do we turn to objects to make decisions for us?
Rhode Island’s quirkiest collector knows how to help lighten the load of our overwhelming daily decisions, courtesy of a Japanese toy woodpecker.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward on the set of "Rachel, Rachel," 1968.

When Newman met Woodward

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon in Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back."

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

Limón Dance Company performs "Air for the G String."

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

Keith Urban (pictured at a performance on the "Today" show in June) plays the Xfinity Center in Mansfield July 22.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

Hours from the ocean, a sailboat dream becomes an Internet sensation

Seven years ago, all Steve Denette had was a farm full of trees and a romantic notion. Now, the Arabella is less than a year from completion.

Ocean advocate becomes first to swim the length of Narragansett Bay

Ben Tuff, 42, made it nearly 24 miles in under 15 hours, swimming from Providence to Jamestown and raising nearly $100,000 for Clean Ocean Access, a Middletown environmental nonprofit where he serves as board president.

Mega Millions jackpot climbs to $660 million — 3rd highest in history

Lottery players across New England ― and the nation — are hoping luck is in their favor Friday night as the Mega Millions jackpot has risen to a whopping $660 million, according to the game’s website.

Hospitals feel the heat as climate change bakes Boston

How are they treating patients? "Big tubs of ice."

Sports

Sydney McLaughlin celebrates after winning in world-record time in the final of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.

World Athletics Championships

Sydney McLaughlin obliterates her own world record in 400-meter hurdles

McLaughlin, 22, demolished the field in setting the first world record of these championships.

Jarren Duran's miscue in center field, when he allowed an inside-the-park grand slam when he lost a fly ball in the lights, led to a historic 28-5 loss for the Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday night.

Red Sox make history, but not the good kind, in loss to Toronto

From the franchise's most runs allowed to a -47 run differential over their last three games, the Red Sox claimed several dubious marks on Friday night.

Left wing Matthew Tkachuk is reportedly heading to Florida in a trade that will send Jonathan Huberdeau to Calgary.

Flames’ Matthew Tkachuk swapped for Panthers’ Jonathan Huberdeau as part of blockbuster deal

Tkachuk is expected to sign an extension with Florida as well.

Panthers get Tkachuk from Flames for Huberdeau, Weegar

Baseball notebook

Aaron Judge leaves the yard twice as Yankees slip past Orioles

BLUE JAYS 28, RED SOX 5

They’re history: Red Sox embarrassed, 28-5, by Blue Jays to open second half

Business

WWE’s Vince McMahon retires amid misconduct probe

He will remain as majority shareholder, but is stepping away from his roles as CEO and chairman.

Family of deceased construction worker sues Government Center Garage developers

Family of construction worker who died in Government Center Garage collapse files wrongful death suit.

‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine and Russia sign grain export deal

Mass. job market slows again in June

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Tracy K. Smith photographed at Harvard, where she just completed her first year as a professor.

Can poetry possibly matter in a time like this? Harvard’s Tracy K. Smith knows the answer.

A sample of the decision making devices in Ben Sisto's collection, including a Magic 8 Ball, the Radio Shack Executive Decision Maker, dice, and others.

Magic 8 Balls. Coin flips. Why do we turn to objects to make decisions for us?

Are you a helicopter dog parent? Then you should read this.

Potato salad with capers, olives, and olive-oil tuna

Recipes: Tuna packed in olive oil makes an easy, satisfying supper

metro

The Bank of America at 6 Tremont St.

Police investigate unarmed bank robbery in Government Center

Black News Hour: Meet Shavel’le Olivier, executive director of Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition

Lynn rail station closure for renovations paused until fall, officials say

sports

Allyson Felix will again be locked in Saturday as she will take part in the US women’s 4x400 relay.

Victory lap awaits: Allyson Felix to run on US women’s 4x400 relay

One for the books: Toronto’s Raimel Tapia hits inside-the-park grand slam at Fenway Park

Red Sox plug Christian Vázquez back at first, highlighting conundrum at corner

business

Electric power lines.

Electricity bills in R.I. could increase by 50 percent come Oct. 1. Here’s why

In latest tech layoff, Whoop’s workforce drops by 15 percent

As temperatures soar, local businesses offer relief from dangerous heat

politics

Maryland Democrat Wes Moore talks to reporters on June 6, in Owings Mills, Md.

Author Wes Moore wins Democratic race for Maryland governor

Steve Bannon convicted of contempt of Congress charges in Jan. 6 case

Jan. 6 probes: Here’s what’s next for Congress and criminal cases

Nation

Chandale Shannon, wearing face mask, and Jesus Campos, mostly blocked at left, sit with their attorneys in Yolo County Superior Court in Woodland, Calif., on July 22.

2 given life sentences in 2016 killing of California teens

Former Trump strategist Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress

New California gun control law mimics Texas abortion measure

World

Farming machinery was seen in a barley field in the Mykolaiv region, Ukraine, on June 30.

Russia agrees to let Ukraine ship grain, easing world food shortage

Sri Lankan Forces Raid Protest Camp at Center of Uprising

UN court rejects Myanmar’s opposition to Rohingya genocide case

opinion

Tom Rosenbauer, the "chief enthusiast" for Orvis, reacted as he hooked a trout while fly-fishing in a stretch of the Mettawee River that runs through his property in Vermont.

She has a line or two on fly-fishing

Neutralism returns — and gets more powerful

Drowning can happen in an instant

lifestyle

Have I stayed in this relationship too long?

Lombardo’s, home of countless proms and weddings, to be sold to Boston real estate company

Meet the BPS teacher who designs sensory-friendly clothes for kids with autism

food & dining

Jay Leno attends the Gershwin Prize Honoree's Tribute Concert in Washington on March 4, 2020.

Jay Leno spotted enjoying classic R.I. Saugy dogs at Newport’s ‘Wally’s Weiners’

The Haven in Jamaica Plain gets bigger digs; Cambridge’s Season to Taste changes locations

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

travel

Buildings along Nantucket Harbor.

Heading to Nantucket this summer? Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s happening.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

Colorful, wild, and occasionally quiet. The Outer Cape puts on a show.

Arts

The 1895 Blue Serpent Clock Egg by Faberge on display at Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery.

An ‘alleged’ Faberge egg was found on a seized Russian yacht. If authenticated, it could be sold with proceeds going to Ukraine

‘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

Books

‘An Honest Living’: A modern noir

He reads poetry to his fiction students

Love and radio in ‘Honey and Spice’

Movies

B.J. Novak wrote, directed, and stars in the film "Vengeance," a dark comedy about a wannabe podcaster enlisted to investigate the death of a young woman he’d hooked up with. It opens in theaters July 29.

B.J. Novak isn’t who you think he is

The camera loves lava. So did they.

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

Television

Jonathan Bailey (pictured in March at a "Bridgerton" premiere in London) will star in “Fellow Travelers.”

Showtime’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ will revisit the McCarthy era

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

Honorees for 45th Kennedy Center gala announced

music

The Weeknd performs Thursday night at Gillette Stadium.

Save your tears: The Weeknd was a blast

Pete Seeger gets own stamp; ceremony planned at Newport Folk Festival

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

Theater/Dance

Limón Dance Company performs "Air for the G String."

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

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

globe local

“The home is just enough for me and my cat Trixie,” said Jack Behan as he set the table in the dining area with the kitchen behind in his manufatured home in Weymouth.

A manufactured home can be where the heart is

Should Massachusetts make Election Day a state holiday?

Paraselene, peignoir, and the mysterious power of words

Obituaries

FILE Ñ Judith Schiff at the Yale University Library, where she ran the archives, in New Haven, Conn. in June 2006. Schiff, who in her many decades as chief research archivist at the Yale library worked with Charles Lindbergh on his archive, explored the papers of Emily DickinsonÕs editor and unearthed all sorts of lore about Yale, died in Hamden, Conn. on July 11, 2022. She was 84. (George Ruhe/The New York Times)

Judith Schiff, who roamed Yale’s vast archive, dies at 84

Werner Reich, who learned magic in Auschwitz, dies at 94

Charles Johnson, former N.E. Patriots receiver, dead at 50