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Did you wake up sluggish and irritable? Fewer than 1 in 3 Americans get ‘restorative’ sleep, study finds.

Just 28 percent of participants reported high scores of restorative sleep, meaning they woke up with improved alertness, cognitive function, mood, and energy, according to a new study led by physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Armed standoff in Fitchburg ends with fugitive, honored K-9 dead

K-9 Frankie is the first Massachusetts State Police dog killed in the line of duty. He was fatally shot Tuesday by a fugitive identified as Matthew Mack, 38, who then killed himself, State Police officials said.

Mass. police, fire officials pay tribute to K-9 Frankie

Man is convicted of kidnapping and rape of woman after she left Boston bar
A jury on Tuesday convicted a former Charlestown man of abducting a woman as she left a Boston bar in January 2019 then repeatedly raping her over nearly three days while she was confined to his apartment.

Massachusetts is 18th state to ban discrimination based on one’s natural hairstyles
As Governor Baker signed legislation barring discrimination on the basis of a person’s natural hairstyle or hair texture into law in his office Tuesday afternoon, twin sisters Deanna and Mya Cook, 21, smiled with pride and joy.

Justice Department asking witnesses about Trump in its Jan. 6 criminal investigation

Federal prosecutors have directly asked witnesses in recent days about former president Donald Trump’s involvement in efforts to reverse his election loss, a person familiar with the testimony said Tuesday.

Emails shed light on Trump fake electors plan

At Baystate Medical Center, Dr. Durane Walker worries that many cases of sexually transmitted diseases are being missed because people who should be tested are not being screened. "We have to do a lot more to reach certain populations because people are coming back out as we emerge from the pandemic," he says.

Sexually transmitted diseases rise rapidly as precautions wane

Overshadowed by the monkeypox outbreak, sexually transmitted diseases are on the rise in Massachusetts and across the country.

A suffocating sense of unease: Mass. residents are stressed by inflation, Supreme Court decisions, new poll finds
Sharply rising prices and seismic Supreme Court decisions have cast a cloud over the lives of Massachusetts residents even as COVID-19 has begun to fade, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll.

Massachusetts voters continue to sour on Biden as economic concerns drag down approval rating Majority of Mass. voters want to keep driver’s licenses for undocumented residents law, poll says Explore the data: The full Suffolk/Globe poll results

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Charlie Baker is ‘100% prochoice.’ He shouldn’t veto the new reproductive rights bill.
This is the moment for the governor to keep a promise he made eight years ago.

Red Sox base runner Rob Refsnyder is tagged out by the Guardians' Andres Gimenez between first and second in the third inning.

Guardians 8, Red Sox 3

Loss to Guardians drops Red Sox to last place in AL East

Boston has lost six of its last seven. The Sox are 6-16 in July.

Alex Speier: Will the Red Sox buy or sell at the trade deadline?

“I’m just part of a team,” Slaine said. “There are people here who have dedicated their lives to this.” SLAINE

The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place

Knowing his own sobriety depends on it, George Carroll, aka Slaine, and a team of treatment professionals are determined to make recovery treatment available to anyone who wants it.

He wanted a divorce after 26 years of marriage. Now, he wants to reconnect.

It’s getting “emotionally complicated.” Should I back off the friendship?

Opinion

An electric vehicle station in Maynard on April 27, 2022.

Governor should sign climate bill that would end gas-powered car sales in 2035

The climate bill that the Legislature sent to Governor Baker looks very different from the one he submitted. Still, he should sign it.

Trump’s base will not abandon its modern-day Lost Cause

Millionaires tax is unwise and unworthy

Nick Whitney and Greg Skomal

With sharks, treat the beach as the wide-open sea it is rather than a swimming pool

Governor, sign the climate bill

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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GOP lawmaker opposed same-sex marriage, then went to gay son’s wedding

Representative Glenn Thompson, Republican of Pennsylvania, last week voted against federal legislation that would require states to recognize same-sex marriages. Three days later, the congressman attended his son’s same-sex wedding, choosing to focus on the fact that his son "married the love of [his] life.’’

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With no free agent splash this time, the Patriots must improve internally
The 2022 Patriots are banking on internal growth instead of breaking the bank to close the gap with the Bills.

Ben Volin: Patriots are counting on a lot to go right to make them contenders

Truck driver charged in deaths of seven motorcyclists goes on trial in New Hampshire
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, faces 23 charges of negligent homicide, manslaughter, reckless conduct, and aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Read the Pulitzer Prize-winning series 'Blind Spot'

Conservation legislation hits stumbling block over provision allowing developers to pay to dispose of public lands

House and Senate negotiators are split over a provision that would allow developers to pay into a fund when disposing of public land, a move environmental advocates worry could lead to a loss of public lands and hurt environmental justice communities.

Local, state, and US authorities line up against possible plan for releasing treated radioactive waste from Pilgrim plant into Cape Cod Bay

Town councils on Cape Cod and the South Shore have voted to condemn the plan, the state Senate has passed an amendment to prohibit the discharge until the fall of 2024 at the earliest, and the Environmental Protection Agency said that an unauthorized discharge could result in “criminal prosecution.”

‘It needs to rain’: Parks and public gardens adapt to ongoing drought
Parts of the state now face critical drought conditions, drying foliage, and scorching lawns.

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Renting an apartment in the Boston area? Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself and save money.

The brutal mix of high demand and low supply has made renting in Boston more tortuous than ever. From avoiding scams and illegal “discount clauses” to getting your security deposit back, these tips will help you navigate the process.

Staffing shortages temporarily close operating rooms, leaving hospitals short on cash
Depleted by two years of fighting a global pandemic, some of the state’s largest health systems have had to temporarily close their operating rooms due to staffing issues, exacerbating their financial troubles.

Massachusetts’ first heat wave of the summer is finally over. These graphics show what extreme heat is doing to the state.
These graphics show the havoc climate change-fueled heat waves are wreaking on the state.

A first look at Blue Ribbon Sushi in Kenmore Square
Like it or not, Boston, the strip that was once Harkertown is moving on. And the moment I walked through the door, I thought, yeah, OK, I get it. This space makes a perfect sushi bar.

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Karina Canellakis conducts the BSO.

At Tanglewood, bold returns and new beginnings

Speedy Ortiz headlines NICE, a fest on Saturday.

A stacked lineup of local bands for NICE, a fest

Schanaya Barrows (left) and Jada Saintlouis in "can i touch it?"

In Company One’s ‘can i touch it?,’ a battle over a neighborhood’s — and a family’s — identity

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

When Newman met Woodward

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An athlete completes an exercise during a FHSAA Girls Weightlifting Championship in New Port Richey, Fla.

Who needs Title IX now?

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.

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Did you wake up sluggish and irritable? Fewer than 1 in 3 Americans get ‘restorative’ sleep, study finds.

Just 28 percent of participants reported high scores of restorative sleep, meaning they woke up with improved alertness, cognitive function, mood, and energy, according to a new study led by physicians at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Police, fire officials across Massachusetts pay tribute to fallen State Police K-9 Frankie

Frankie, a 10-year-old Belgian Malinois, had been with the State Police for about nine years. He is the first State Police dog to be killed in the line of duty. Tributes posted on social media saluted the highly-decorated K-9 Tuesday night.

Armed standoff in Fitchburg ends with fugitive, honored K-9 dead

K-9 Frankie is the first Massachusetts State Police dog killed in the line of duty. He was fatally shot Tuesday by a fugitive identified as Matthew Mack, 38, who then killed himself, State Police officials said.

Truck driver charged in deaths of seven motorcyclists goes on trial in New Hampshire

Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 26, of West Springfield, faces 23 charges of negligent homicide, manslaughter, reckless conduct, and aggravated driving while intoxicated.

Sports

Franklin starter James Kuczmiec held Milford to three runs in five innings but left in the sixth with the bases loaded and no outs.

american legion baseball | franklin 7, milford 6

Jack Marino drives in winning run in eighth as Franklin needs extra innings to beat Milford

Franklin gave away a 6-1 lead before pulling out the win to remain the only undefeated team in the Massachusetts American Legion Senior Baseball Tournament.

After being named All-Star Game MVP, Giancarlo Stanton went Stanton was 0 for 10 with seven strikeouts against Houston and Baltimore.

Baseball notebook

Yankees may be without Giancarlo Stanton for a few weeks with Achilles’ issues

Stanton, who could return as early as Aug. 3, went 10 for 69 (.156) with five homers in July,

Red Sox base runner Rob Refsnyder is tagged out by the Guardians' Andres Gimenez between first and second in the third inning.

Guardians 8, Red Sox 3

Loss to Guardians drops Red Sox to last place in AL East

Boston has lost six of its last seven. The Sox are 6-16 in July.

Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren leaves door open for more expansion

Fenway fans get their chance to honor David Ortiz before Red Sox-Guardians game

Russian expert at Brittney Griner’s trial discusses use of medical cannabis

Business

China rejects report it tried to obtain Federal Reserve data

The report, citing an investigation by a Senate panel, adds to accusations of Chinese computer hacking and other efforts to steal US commercial and government information.

Over 1,000 Lufthansa flights canceled as staff strikes

About 134,000 passengers had to change their travel plans or cancel them altogether.

Credit Suisse CEO resigns as bank posts 2Q loss

No one wins Mega Millions, jackpot now over $1 billion

magazine

This week's daters: John Q. and Jon G.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I tried not to fangirl too hard but I don’t think I succeeded’

Explore a 300-pound block of ice at the Discovery Museum in Acton.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 25-31

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?

metro

A 15-year-old boy from Quincy was arrested on several firearm charges Monday afternoon, Boston police said.

Quincy teen arrested for carrying loaded gun on school grounds in Roxbury, police say

‘Everybody got out safely’: Mobile crane topples over at construction site in Dorchester

Sexually transmitted diseases rise rapidly as precautions wane

sports

“We haven’t had any discussions internally or with any other club about [Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers],” chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom said on NESN. “We don’t plan to.”

Will the Red Sox buy or sell at the trade deadline?

Julio Jones reportedly signing with Buccaneers, giving Tom Brady another weapon

Alex Cora tries to look on the bright side concerning Red Sox injuries: ‘At least we know who’s hurt’

business

3M to spin off health care division

Led by a bartender herself, Kimi’s Bar is Providence’s newest jewel

GE tops estimates after aviation sales surge

politics

Republican Joe Kent.

GOP’s links to extremism surface in congressional primary

US military making plans in case Pelosi travels to Taiwan

Hawley, Cruz escape Jan. 6 probe, have no regrets over role

Nation

Expanding the scope of those able to register and vote began on Wednesday, the State Board of Elections said.

Thousands of North Carolina offenders can now register and vote

No one wins Mega Millions, jackpot now over $1 billion

Records fall as Northwest swelters under multiday heat wave

World

Ukrainian soldiers install the state flag on Snake island, in the Black Sea.

Ukraine uses new artillery to hit key bridge for Russians

Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys

Strong quake kills 4, injures dozens in northern Philippines

opinion

An athlete completes an exercise during a FHSAA Girls Weightlifting Championship in New Port Richey, Fla.

Who needs Title IX now?

Harvesting horseshoe crabs for their blue blood has readers seeing red

Joe Manchin leaves underserved out in the heat during climate crisis

lifestyle

Make potential new pottery friends at one of Clay Lounge's one-time workshops.

Getting a little too close with your computer screen? Check out our guide to making friends in Boston.

‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ star Maia Reficco talks new series, original influences

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

food & dining

Kimi Rich, owner of Kimi's Bar, poses for a photo inside her establishment. Kimi's Bar is a new industry and woman owned bar in the West End neighborhood of Providence.

Led by a bartender herself, Kimi’s Bar is Providence’s newest jewel

Tofu press makes it a breeze to squeeze

Give your G&T a rosy tint

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

The Boston Common is one popular place to read a book around Boston.

Here are 10 of the best spots to read a book around Boston, according to readers

‘An Honest Living’: A modern noir

He reads poetry to his fiction students

Movies

From left: Clint Obenchain, B.J. Novak, and Boyd Holbrook in "Vengeance," written and directed by Novak.

Crime and podcasting collide in B.J. Novak’s ‘Vengeance’

‘Goodfellas,’ ‘Law & Order’ actor Paul Sorvino dies at 83

‘Titanic,’ ‘The Omen’ actor David Warner dies at 80

Television

The original cast of the "Leave It To Beaver," from left: Ken Osmond, Mr. Dow, Barbara Billingsley and Jerry Mathers.

Tony Dow’s wife incorrectly reported that he had died, family says

Cancellation of ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’ robs late-night TV of a vital voice

This week’s TV: Grief and ‘The Bear,’ a mysterious ‘Resort,’ and Neil Patrick Harris gets ‘Uncoupled’

music

Karina Canellakis conducts the BSO.

At Tanglewood, bold returns and new beginnings

A stacked lineup of local bands for NICE, a fest

A surprise Joni Mitchell serenade closes the Newport Folk Festival

Theater/Dance

Schanaya Barrows (left) and Jada Saintlouis in "can i touch it?"

In Company One’s ‘can i touch it?,’ a battle over a neighborhood’s — and a family’s — identity

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

globe local

An aerial view of Bressingham Garden at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Gardeners are attempting to balance responsible water use with the need to keep plants vibrant.

‘It needs to rain’: Parks and public gardens adapt to ongoing drought

Newton’s new fire chief sworn in during City Hall ceremony

Donut Villa to bring brunch, cocktails to Newtonville

Obituaries

The original cast of the "Leave It To Beaver," from left: Ken Osmond, Mr. Dow, Barbara Billingsley and Jerry Mathers.

Tony Dow’s wife incorrectly reported that he had died, family says

Tim Giago, founder of first independent Native American newspaper, dies

David Trimble, architect of N. Ireland peace deal, peace prize recipient dies at 77