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‘Your building’s on fire! Get out!’ Residents recall Roxbury fire that displaced 50 people

There was no smoke. But there was a fire, one so powerful drivers on the Southeast Expressway could see the flames on the roof of the five-story condo.

US says Warren Buffett’s mortgage company redlined in Philadelphia

A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by Buffett discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what they are calling the second-largest redlining settlement in history.

Emerging from isolation, Biden urges Americans to get shots

President Biden emerged from five days of isolation after contracting the coronavirus, telling Americans that “COVID isn’t gone” but saying serious illness can be avoided with vaccines, booster shoots, and treatments.
Second COVID-19 boosters for those under 50 on hold

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.

Former Minneapolis police officer gets 3 years for violating George Floyd’s rights
Former Minneapolis police Officer J. Alexander Kueng was sentenced Wednesday in federal court to three years in prison for violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the May 2020 killing.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Kate Winslet and HBO: A marriage made in prestige-TV heaven

After winning Emmys for “Mare of Easttown’' and “Mildred Pierce,’' the actress embarks on two more projects with the premium cable channel.
Q&A: Rebecca Hall unravels in ‘Resurrection’
MISS CONDUCT

I wear a special perfume for my husband. Then my mom started wearing it, too.

How do I get her to change to another fragrance without sounding petty?
LOVE LETTERS

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
EDITORIAL

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.
RENÉE GRAHAM

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

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
LETTERS

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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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data once per week. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate percentage. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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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.
Explore the data: The full Suffolk/Globe poll results

Confident Jakub Zboril should have a spot on Bruins defense but must stay healthy
Zboril, who got back on skates in April after an ACL injury ended his season in December, signed a two-year extension after the season.

North Kingstown man sentenced to 4 years, pleads no contest to 3D printing ghost guns
Nicholas Dailey, 30, is sentenced to serve a year at the ACI and three years suspended sentence, the attorney general’s office announced.

AR-15 style guns have brought in over $1 billion in 10 years for manufacturers, House panel finds

Those profits have come as the weapons have been used in mass shootings that have horrified the nation, including one that left 10 people dead at a grocery store in Buffalo and another where 19 children were shot to death in Uvalde, Texas.

Workers at Hadley Trader Joe’s store take union vote
About 80 workers — or crew members in company parlance — at the Hadley store are scheduled to vote Wednesday and Thursday, said Maeg Yosef, a union organizer who has worked at Trader Joe's for 18 years.

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Shirley Leung

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.

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.

KEVIN CULLEN
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.

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

At Tanglewood, bold returns and new beginnings

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JEFF JACOBY

Who needs Title IX now?
Alex Beam

Why ‘it’ matters
EDITORIAL

Lawmakers shouldn’t wait for history to judge Trump
Eugene F. Rivers III

Boston Black leadership has a problem
EDITORIAL

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

COMMENTARY | NEIL STEINBERG

Once lauded, ‘helping professions’ now difficult jobs to fill

To inspire the next generation to step into these professions, we, as a community, must show that we value and respect the people who do these important jobs. Right now, we are not doing enough.
'Shy or Not Shy?'

What you need to know about North Kingstown High School Coach Aaron Thomas and the ‘fat test’ issue

Former NKHS student-athletes say basketball coach Aaron Thomas had them strip naked so he could conduct “fat tests” near their genitals. Now, the attorney general is investigating. Catch up on the story here, with earlier reporting as well as the latest news from the lawyers, school administrators, parents, and victims
RI politics

Rhode Island political news: July 2022

Regular updates about Rhode Island politics and political leaders.
RHODE MAP

Someone polled Gina Raimondo for president

Gina for America? New Hampshire voters aren’t buying it yet.

Sports

bruins

Confident Jakub Zboril should have a spot on Bruins defense but must stay healthy

Zboril, who got back on skates in April after an ACL injury ended his season in December, signed a two-year extension after the season.
Guardians at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 99: Guardians at Red Sox lineups and notes

Nate Eovaldi will be on the mound as the Red Sox continue their series with Cleveland at Fenway.

US basketball star Brittney Griner testifies at Russia drug trial

American basketball star Brittney Griner testified Wednesday at her drug trial in Russia that a language interpreter provided during her questioning translated only a fraction of what was said and officials instructed her to sign documents without providing an explanation.
Guardians 8, Red Sox 3

Welcome to last place: Red Sox bottom out against a depleted Guardians team using an emergency starter
american legion baseball | franklin 7, milford 6

American Legion state tournament: Jack Marino drives in winning run in eighth as Franklin beats Milford
Baseball notebook

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

Business

Workers at Hadley Trader Joe’s store take union vote

About 80 workers — or crew members in company parlance — at the Hadley store are scheduled to vote Wednesday and Thursday, said Maeg Yosef, a union organizer who has worked at Trader Joe's for 18 years.

US says Warren Buffett’s mortgage company redlined in Philadelphia

A Pennsylvania mortgage company owned by Buffett discriminated against potential Black and Latino homebuyers in Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Delaware, the Department of Justice said Wednesday, in what they are calling the second-largest redlining settlement in history.

AR-15 style guns have brought in over $1 billion in 10 years for manufacturers, House panel finds

Fed poised to hike rates by three-quarters of a percentage point to fight inflation
magazine
Dinner with Cupid

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

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

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

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

metro

‘Your building’s on fire! Get out!’ Residents recall Roxbury fire that displaced 50 people

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

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

sports

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

Over 1,000 Lufthansa flights canceled as staff strikes

Credit Suisse CEO resigns as bank posts 2Q loss

politics

Emerging from isolation, Biden urges Americans to get shots

GOP’s links to extremism surface in congressional primary

US military making plans in case Pelosi travels to Taiwan

Nation

Former Minneapolis police officer gets 3 years for violating George Floyd’s rights

Senate poised to pass bill to subsidize US-made semiconductor chips

Obama is out with his book and music lists for the summer. See his picks here.

World

WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox

Ukraine uses new artillery to hit key bridge for Russians

Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys

opinion

Safeguarding the electoral count before it’s too late

Who needs Title IX now?

Joe Manchin leaves underserved out in the heat during climate crisis

lifestyle

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

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

Tofu press makes it a breeze to squeeze

Give your G&T a rosy tint

travel

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

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

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

Review: B.J. Novak proves his chops in directorial debut ‘Vengeance’

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

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

Television

Kate Winslet and HBO: A marriage made in prestige-TV heaven

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

music

At Tanglewood, bold returns and new beginnings

A stacked lineup of local bands for NICE, a fest in Somerville

A surprise Joni Mitchell serenade closes the Newport Folk Festival

Theater/Dance

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

‘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

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