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The most powerful person on Democrat-heavy Beacon Hill may be the lame-duck Republican governor

Here’s why Charlie Baker’s in charge.

‘You are not welcome here.’ Rollins to launch dedicated number to report neo-Nazi activity in Mass.

Amid a surge in neo-Nazi activity across Massachusetts, US Attorney Rachael Rollins said Sunday she was planning to launch a hotline for people to report white supremacist activities, and pledged federal resources to assist law enforcement.

Jan. 6 committee sounds a warning for democracy

Experts in democracy warn that even if the hearings ultimately damage Trump, it is not clear how much they will do to slow the march of the like-minded candidates whom he has inspired.

Fire breaks out in Concord home, six alarms struck due to heat wave

One firefighter was taken to Emerson Hospital for suspected heat exhaustion, the Concord Fire Department said in a statement. No other injuries were reported.

‘I was called to be the DA’: Teenage wish propelled Kevin Hayden to attain dream job
Known for his measured tone and judgment, Hayden is praised by supporters for a strong moral compass and substantive beliefs.

Moving to Maine? A native tells you how to fit in.

BLUE JAYS 8, RED SOX 4

‘We’re back to where we were in April,’ laments Alex Cora after Red Sox swept by Blue Jays

7 hurt in shooting at Los Angeles park, police say

David Ortiz during his Hall of Fame induction speech on Sunday.

In a heartfelt Hall of Fame induction speech, Red Sox great David Ortiz touched ‘em all

An estimated 35,000 people gathered for the Hall of Fame induction on Sunday, the vast majority there to pay tribute to the player known as Big Papi, who, in a 19-minute speech as emotional as one of his walk-off home runs, rewarded their journey.

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Dan Shaughnessy

David Ortiz already achieved baseball immortality in Boston, and now the Hall of Fame has made it official

“I will always love Boston,” Ortiz said during a 19-minute speech in which he alternated between English and Spanish. “I will always be there for you, Boston.”

How it happened: David Ortiz’s Hall of Fame speech caps special day in Cooperstown
The Red Sox legend is the fourth player from the Dominican Republic to earn baseball immortality, and he acknowledged his roots by weaving from English to Spanish during his 18-minute speech.

Mark Bernotas polishes the Baseball Hall of Fame plaque of David Ortiz, finished and ready for delivery to Cooperstown, N.Y., after its manufacture at Matthews International in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Crafting a Hall of Fame plaque: Go behind-the-scenes as David Ortiz’s hardware was created

In a nondescript factory in Pittsburgh, expert molders and sculptors have been making Hall of Fame plaques since 1983.

Photos: How a Baseball Hall of Fame plaque is created

Whale breaches, lands on small boat in Plymouth Harbor
A video taken by a nearby boater shows the whale pop up and knock the bow of the boat below the water’s surface before going back down.

‘They take up every parking space’: Whale watchers have been flocking to this spot in Plymouth

Math and science teacher Caitlin Gaffny at Boston's Tobin K-8 School on Jan. 13, at the height of a COVID-19 wave that took half her students and a third of the school's staff out of school. (Michael Gordon for The Boston Globe)

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Nearly one-third of Massachusetts students were chronically absent last year

Chronic absenteeism has more than doubled statewide since before the pandemic. In Boston and other large urban districts, over 40 percent of students missed 10 percent or more of the last school year, according to data through March 2022.

‘Fix something, Charlie.’ ‘A failing T fails everyone.’ We asked readers to make protest signs for the T. Here’s what they said.

Taken as a whole, the messages reflect a plaintive cry from beleaguered riders who merely want a reliable transit system, one in which buses and trains show up when they are supposed to without breaking down or catching on fire.

Cars and trucks entering downtown Boston on the Zakim Bridge last summer.

More tolls? Congestion pricing? Mass. lawmakers set to launch study on new road fees.

The state Legislature wants to appoint a commission charged with recommending new “roadway pricing” opportunities across the state. Or, to put it another way: more tolls.

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

Police gather outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

Consolidate the police

New details on the failures of law enforcement’s response to the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, underscore a central problem in American policing: There are far too many police departments in the United States.

Alive and well and living on death row

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latino voters may determine control of the US Senate

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

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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ADRIAN WALKER

After 51 years in prison, Ramadan Shabazz deserves his freedom
On Tuesday, the Parole Board will hear the petition of Ramadan Shabazz to reduce his charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder.

Boston hits 100 degrees, setting record for the date as heat wave scorches the state
Boston set a temperature record for July 24 as heat continued to bake southern New England.

More weather news and resources

Photos: See creations from the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival
From dinosaurs to a butterfly, participants created an array of figures during the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival on Friday.

LOVE LETTERS

Feeling guilty after ending a long-distance relationship
“One month into long-distance, I couldn’t handle it anymore.”

MUSIC REVIEW

An exhilarating return to (almost) normal at Newport Folk Festival
“You don’t know how happy we are to be here” was the theme of the day at Fort Adams State Park.

Teenage girl dies, four teens seriously injured after stolen SUV crashes into 2 cars in Worcester

The SUV was driving north on Main Street with its headlights off when it ran a red light and crashed into a Honda Accord and Chevrolet Impala that were crossing Main at Chandler Street heading east, police said. The impact pushed the Accord and the Impala into a light pole, according to the statement.

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

The white-nationalist 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.

Neo-Nazi group founder arrested at demonstration outside JP venue hosting drag queen story hour

Nearly $1m over the asking price: What some people are paying for land in the burbs
The Boston suburbs transformed into a cutthroat real estate enterprise during the pandemic, as buyers craved more space outside the city.

TOM FARRAGHER

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.

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.

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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

Daisy Edgar-Jones in West Hollywood, Calif., on June 7.

Why ‘it’ matters

Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol look out from the dais during a July 12 hearing.

Lawmakers shouldn’t wait for history to judge Trump

Javari Toney, 15, enjoys jumping on his pogo stick by his home on Dorchester Ave. on July 6th, after a weekend of multiple shootings in the city.

Eugene F. Rivers III

Boston Black leadership has a problem

WORCESTER , MA - 12/29/2021 Christine Little, Registered Nurse and Nurse Education Safety Specialist, cracks open the door to request more supplies while helping to put in a dialysis line for a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center. As COVID-19 cases spike and the pandemic ravages on, hospitals are faced once again with a shortage of ICU beds.

Nurses are in short supply. The Legislature can do something about it.

Nikola Marincic, founder of Battery Engineering, circa 1978.

IDEAS | CHARLES J. MURRAY

The untold story of the lithium-ion battery’s roots in Boston

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Fire breaks out in Concord home, six alarms struck due to heat wave

One firefighter was taken to Emerson Hospital for suspected heat exhaustion, the Concord Fire Department said in a statement. No other injuries were reported.

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

The director and producer was a central figure of the New Hollywood movement that jump-started American cinema following the 1960s counterculture upheavals.

‘You are not welcome here.’ Rollins to launch dedicated number to report neo-Nazi activity in Mass.

Amid a surge in neo-Nazi activity across Massachusetts, US Attorney Rachael Rollins said Sunday she was planning to launch a hotline for people to report white supremacist activities, and pledged federal resources to assist law enforcement.

Photos: See creations from the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival

From dinosaurs to a butterfly, participants created an array of figures during the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival on Friday.

Sports

Tobi Amusan of Team Nigeria crosses the finish line to set a world record in the women's 100 meter hurdles semifinal at the World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Ore.

World Track and Field Championships

Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan sets world record in semifinal of 100-meter hurdles

The 25-year-old broke the six-year-old record of 12.20 seconds held by Keni Harrison, who was in the same semifinal heat and finished second.

Brayan Bello was again hurt by one bad inning in his start Sunday at Fenway Park. This time, it was a five-run first inning that put the Red Sox in a hole they'd never get out of.

Once again, it’s one inning that dooms rookie Brayan Bello and Red Sox

The team's top pitching prospect strung together three scoreless innings to end his start Sunday, but they came after a five-run first for the Blue Jays.

Even a broken bat couldn't keep Aaron Judge off the bases Sunday, this seventh-inning swing resulting in a single.

Baseball notebook

Aaron Judge hits 37th homer as Yankees blank Orioles

Judge has seven home runs in his last nine games and leads the majors with 81 RBIs. He also had two hits to raise his batting average to .294.

Alex Speier | On Baseball

As David Ortiz enters the Hall of Fame, questions linger about the future of homegrown stars Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers

Auto racing roundup

Denny Hamlin stripped of a seventh career win at Pocono Raceway after a failed postrace inspection

2022 BASEBALL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY

Watch: David Ortiz delivers his Hall of Fame induction speech

Business

‘Fix something, Charlie.’ ‘A failing T fails everyone.’ We asked readers to make protest signs for the T. Here’s what they said.

Taken as a whole, the messages reflect a plaintive cry from beleaguered riders who merely want a reliable transit system, one in which buses and trains show up when they are supposed to without breaking down or catching on fire.

Yellen downplays US recession as wave of economic data looms

The highest-profile report will likely be Thursday, when the Commerce Department will release its first estimate of the economy's output in the April-June quarter.

More tolls? Congestion pricing? Mass. lawmakers set to launch study on new road fees.

Taunton’s former Silver City mall could soon become a FedEx hub

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

Customers left Houlihan's Restaurant and Bar in Boston in 1984.

The return of happy hour in Mass.? State Senate gives green light; restaurateurs have their doubts.

Whale breaches, lands on small boat in Plymouth Harbor

The most powerful person on Democrat-heavy Beacon Hill may be the lame-duck Republican governor

sports

Matt Barnes made 20 appearances this season for the Red Sox prior to going on the injured list at the end of May. Sunday, he made his second rehab appearance for Worcester, allowing two runs in an inning.

Matt Barnes, rehabbing in Worcester, battling frustration as he works his way back

Former Laker Slava Medvedenko auctioning NBA title rings to help war-torn Ukraine

Texans WR John Metchie III expected to miss season after leukemia diagnosis

business

Customers refuel at a Costco gas station in Concord, California, U.S., on Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

Average US gasoline price falls 32 cents to $4.54 per gallon

Federal Reserve to inflict more pain on economy as it readies another big rate hike

India reports fourth monkeypox case in national capital

politics

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a Save America rally on July 22, in Prescott, Ariz.

Trump v. DeSantis: Young conservatives debate GOP’s future

Jan. 6 panel deepens probe to Trump Cabinet, awaits Thomas

Jan. 6 committee sounds a warning for democracy

Nation

A fixed-wing aircraft drops water on the Clear Fire near Anderson, Alaska, on July 6, 2022.

Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before

Alex Jones’ defamation trial finally set to begin in Texas

7 hurt in shooting at Los Angeles park, police say

World

The eruption of volcano Sakurajima on July 24.

Volcanic eruption in Japan forces evacuations in 2 towns

China adds science lab to its orbiting space station

Milley: China more aggressive, dangerous to US, allies

opinion

Members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol look out from the dais during a July 12 hearing.

Lawmakers shouldn’t wait for history to judge Trump

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

Nurses are in short supply. The Legislature can do something about it.

lifestyle

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Bang on a Can, Mass MoCA will present a vision at full volume for 2022′s LOUD Weekend

Feeling guilty after ending a long-distance relationship

In Canada, Pope Francis will apologize for treatment at church schools

food & dining

Ms. Kennedy, in a scene from the documentary "Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy."

Diana Kennedy, cookbook author who promoted Mexican cuisine, dies at 99

Picnics are good. Picnics at magnificent mansions are better.

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

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

Mr. Rafelson was also a co-creator of "The Monkees" television series.

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

B.J. Novak isn’t who you think he is

The camera loves lava. So did they.

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

Paul Simon makes a surprise appearance during the American Tune Revue set at the Newport Folk Festival.

An exhilarating return to (almost) normal at Newport Folk Festival

Save your tears: The Weeknd was a blast

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

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

Mr. Rafelson was also a co-creator of "The Monkees" television series.

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

Danielle Abrams, performance artist and Tufts professor, dies at 54

Diana Kennedy, cookbook author who promoted Mexican cuisine, dies at 99