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Laiying Yan attempted to cool off with a towel soaked in ice water in her room in Boston's Chinatown.

In Boston’s hottest neighborhood, heat waves exact a cost, in the wallet and on the nerves

This past week’s extreme heat has been friendly to no one. But in Chinatown, it has been particularly unbearable.

Scorching heat makes the city sweat and strains its systems More weather news and resources Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

Campers at Camp Harbor View on Long Island in Boston Harbor dumped water on their councilors.

Heat hacks: 12 tips and tricks to keep your house cool

We’ve compiled some tips on how to beat the heat and keep your home as cool as possible.

Blue Jays 4, Red Sox 1

Red Sox left to lick their wounds after absorbing another blow against Blue Jays
Bobby Dalbec's solo homer in the third inning for a 1-0 lead provided the Sox with their only glimmer of hope.

Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers placed on 10-day injured list with hamstring inflammation

DAVID ORTIZ | HALL OF FAME 2022

‘He’s the player who changed everything’: David Ortiz’s entry into Hall immortality has finally arrived
As of Saturday, 52 of the 75 living Hall of Famers are expected to attend Ortiz's Hall of Fame induction ceremony, after which the Red Sox designated hitter will join them in the game's most hallowed circle.

A giant in Red Sox history, David Ortiz remains a huge figure in sports and life after baseball See more on David Ortiz's Hall of Fame induction

The far-right Patriot Front is getting bigger, and more visible, in New England

Long before its members marched — masked, uniformed, and 100-or-so deep — through downtown Boston early this month, Patriot Front had been quietly making its presence felt in New England.

Masked men chanting name of neo-Nazi group demonstrate outside JP venue hosting drag queen story hour
The men shouted NSC-131, which is an abbreviation for Nationalist Social Club 131. Last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center listed NSC-131 as a neo-Nazi group.

Monkeypox is a global emergency, UN health agency chief says

The chief of the World Health Organization said the expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that now qualifies as a global emergency.

Man arrested in nonfatal shooting that caused lockdown at Museum of Fine Arts

A man called Boston police from a nearby parking lot at 11:11 a.m. to report he’d been shot in his leg, Boston police said.

It’s not officially a recession until this Cambridge-based group says so, and making that call is a little like ‘Fight Club’

There’s a good chance the US Commerce Department will report Thursday that the economy shrank from April through June, a second-straight quarterly contraction that would mean the nation is in a recession.

Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain, doctor says
President Biden likely contracted the highly contagious BA.5 variant of the coronavirus, and has body aches and a sore throat, according to an update from his doctor on Saturday.

Main Street in downtown Pepperell, which will choose a new state representative this fall.

‘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.

An Orange Line car caught fire on a bridge over the Mystic River Thursday, leading some of the terrified passengers to break windows to escape.

Nobody was hurt. Still a catastrophe.

Thursday’s dramatic fire on the Orange Line was the latest in a string of deadly and potentially deadly mishaps on the MBTA. Its effects reach far beyond the poor passengers on that train.

Orange Line train catches fire on bridge. Chaos ensues. It’s the latest T nightmare.

A firefighter extinguishes flames as the Oak Fire crosses Darrah Rd. in Mariposa County, Calif., on Friday, July 22, 2022. Crews were able to to stop it from reaching an adjacent home.

Thousands ordered to flee California wildfire near Yosemite

A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses.

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

With smartphone ban, Mass. school might just put its finger on a new approach

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

Mass. man pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of Rochester, N.Y., police officer

Kelvin Vickers, 21, was ordered held without bail in a brief appearance in a Rochester courtroom after pleading not guilty to second-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and weapons charges, the Associated Press reported.

Boy charged with murder in 14-year-old Maine girl’s death
Brooke McLaughlin and the boy charged in her death knew each other, according to a statement Saturday from the Maine Department of Public Safety.

1 woman dead, another injured after sedan collides with dump truck on Route 24 in Avon
Damiah Bosden-Wigfall, 26, of Stoughton, was driving a 2015 Hyundai Elantra northbound when the car struck the rear of a 2017 Peterbilt dump truck driven by a 67-year-old Lunenburg man at about 2:20 a.m., State Police said in a statement.

Dorchester man charged with shoplifting, dealing drugs in Macy’s in downtown Boston
Edison Arias, 29, is charged with larceny under $50, trafficking of class A drugs, and distribution of class A drugs, Boston police said in a statement Saturday.

Marvel teases new Avengers movies, ‘Black Panther’ sequel

Marvel Studios unveiled the first trailer for “ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ” — set to “No Woman No Cry” — to fans at Comic-Con on Saturday in San Diego.

At this clam shack, generations of women make the trains — and the Fry-o-later — run on time
Ceal’s Clam Stand in Seabrook, N.H. has been serving fresh seafood for generations.

Recommended reads

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.

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

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.

Has Florida Man finally met his match? Meet Florida Sheriff
The Sunshine State has become internationally notorious for the oddball miscreants who populate its police blotters and local news reports. But an equally eccentric cast of hard-boiled sheriffs make a career of going after these guys. Florida Man, meet Florida Sheriff.

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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

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, center, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Neutralism returns — and gets more powerful

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Man arrested in nonfatal shooting that caused lockdown at Museum of Fine Arts

A man called Boston police from a nearby parking lot at 11:11 a.m. to report he’d been shot in his leg, Boston police said.

Scorching heat makes the city sweat and strains its systems

As soon as thermometers tick beyond 90, Saturday will become Day 5 of the heat wave that has scorched the city since Tuesday.

Mass. man pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of Rochester, N.Y., police officer

Kelvin Vickers, 21, was ordered held without bail in a brief appearance in a Rochester courtroom after pleading not guilty to second-degree murder, attempted murder, assault, and weapons charges, the Associated Press reported.

Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

With severe weather in the forecast, here’s a look at what to expect, according to Boston-area meteorologists.

Sports

Jorge Mateo scores on a seventh-inning sacrifice fly as part of the Orioles' comeback win over the Yankees.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Steamrolling Yankees hit a snag, losing reliever Michael King to broken elbow, then game to Orioles

The Yankees, who went 1 for 14 with runners in scoring position, have lost 8 of 12 games.

Team USA celebrates its shocking world championship in the 4x100 relay. The Americans entered the race as significant underdogs to the Jamaicans.

WORLD TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS

US women stun Jamaica for 4x100 world championship, while men botch it again

Men struggle with exchange while women blast past favored Jamaicans for surprise gold.

With leading scorer Gustavo Bou missing the game with an undisclosed injury, Jozy Altidore, shown earlier this season, spent the majority of Saturday's scoreless road tie with the Columbus Crew alone up top for the Revolution.

REVOLUTION 0, CREW 0

Amid five-game winless streak, scoreless tie gives Revolution satisfaction

The Revolution and Crew have played to a tie in four of their last five matchups.

Nascar Xfinity series

Noah Gragson holds off Ty Gibbs in thrilling Xfinity race at Pocono

With key players out, Red Sox forced to do a lot of juggling

Matt Porter | Sunday hockey notes

With Matthew Tkachuk trade to Panthers, Flames made the most of a bad situation

Business

FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

Picnics are good. Picnics at magnificent mansions are better.

The Gilded Age ended more than 100 years ago, but a restaurant group in Newport is looking to bring these plush outdoor parties back to the lawns of seaside mansions.

Volkswagen CEO, facing series of setbacks, will step down

Herbert Diess, the Volkswagen CEO whose image had been tarnished in the fallout from the German automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal, is stepping down.

WWE’s Vince McMahon retires amid misconduct probe

Family of deceased construction worker sues Government Center Garage developers

magazine

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

Marchers bearing the insignia of the white supremacist group Patriot Front paraded through Boston Common on July 2.

The far-right Patriot Front is getting bigger, and more visible, in New England

At this clam shack, generations of women make the trains — and the Fry-o-later — run on time

Videos show Patriot Front members spreading their extremist message all over the region

sports

Xander Bogaerts is unable to avert getting hit on his left forearm by Blue Jays reliever Adam Cimber in the eighth inning of the Red Sox' 4-1 loss Saturday at Fenway Park.

Red Sox left to lick their wounds after absorbing another blow against Blue Jays

St. John’s Prep’s Joenel Aguero chooses to continue his football career at Georgia

At the Baseball Hall of Fame, stories about Ted Williams are always a big hit

business

Farming machinery in a barley field in the Mykolaiv region in Ukraine.

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

Mass. job market slows again in June

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

politics

After testifying before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, Cassidy Hutchinson embraced Representative Liz Cheney.

In Jan. 6 hearings, gender divide has been strong undercurrent

It’s not officially a recession until this Cambridge-based group says so, and making that call is a little like ‘Fight Club’

Biden likely has highly contagious COVID-19 strain, doctor says

Nation

Kevin Feige attends a panel for Marvel Studios on day three of Comic-Con International on Saturday, July 23, 2022, in San Diego.

Marvel teases new Avengers movies, ‘Black Panther’ sequel

Thousands ordered to flee California wildfire near Yosemite

Meet the canine officers guarding US agriculture

World

In March, workers at a factory in Odesa, Ukraine, welded hedgehog barriers to serve as anti-tank obstacles.

Russia strikes Odesa port, stirring doubts on deal to export grain

In Japan, Abe suspect’s grudge against Unification Church is a familiar one

UK vacationers gridlocked for second day on route to Europe

opinion

Solar panels at Newton-Wellesley Hospital are atop the employee parking garage.

Hospitals are playing a part in the climate fight

Key gap in med schools: training on treating patients with autism

She has a line or two on fly-fishing

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

Stoneacre Picnics, based in Rhode Island offer packages where you can dine at the Newport mansions like they used to during the Gilded Age.

Picnics are good. Picnics at magnificent mansions are better.

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

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

Perry Rubenstein at his art gallery in Manhattan, on May 12, 2007.

Perry Rubenstein, gallerist convicted of embezzlement, dies at 68

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

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