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Kate Price remembers something terrible

An authority on child sex trafficking, she spent decades trying to understand whether the unthinkable happened to her, too.

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It’s unlikely that you’ll catch monkeypox on the T: Answering questions about the virus
The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency. We spoke to experts to find out who’s most at risk, where to get tested, and what else the public needs to know.

Africa, where monkeypox is endemic, gets no vaccines

These photos show the effect of the drought in parts of Massachusetts
Crops withering on the vine. Lush green fields morphing into a shade of golden brown. Cracked river beds due to receding water levels. The rippling effects of a significant drought are clear statewide.

In a surprise, Baker says taxpayers could receive ‘north of $2.5 billion’ in tax relief under little-known law

With state coffers overflowing, Massachusetts taxpayers could be in line to receive billions in tax help under an obscure 36-year-old law, Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday.

Meeting on future of Gunstock erupts into uproar; resignations demanded
A meeting of the board that oversees the ski area erupted Tuesday with calls for two members to resign after the mountain's entire management team quit in protest last week.

US economy shrank at a 0.9 percent rate from April through June, 2nd straight quarterly contraction

The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed a 1.6 percent annual drop from January through March.

It’s not officially a recession until this Cambridge-based group says so Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week

‘Please do not erase’: A treasured whiteboard at Boston Children’s Hospital has not been touched for 15 years
Preserved for posterity on the 12th floor of a research building, the board captures notes from the former chief of surgery’s transformative cancer research.

Elton John performs at the first of his two Gillette Stadium shows in Foxborough Wednesday night.

A glittering goodbye from Elton John at Gillette Stadium

John kicked off his 2½-hour concert, the first of two Foxborough dates on his farewell tour, with a boisterous rendition of “Benny and the Jets” before diving into a string of hits and deep cuts from his five-decade-plus career.

10 exciting boundary-stretchers at this weekend's Newport Jazz Festival

WS Development is planning to turn a long-vacant movie theater on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill into shops, restaurants, gathering spaces, and offices.

New life for an old cinema: Developer plans to turn former Chestnut Hill theater into restaurants, shops, gathering spaces

The renovation project aims to revitalize a key building at The Street Chestnut Hill, a shopping center on Route 9 in Newton.

See "the world’s largest rubber duck,” according to organizers of Michigan’s 2022 Fest of Sail, running Aug. 12-14 on the shores of Lake Superior in Marquette. Mama Duck (pictured here) weighs 31,500 pounds and measures 61 feet high, 69 feet wide, and 79 feet long.

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

Art in Brattleboro, music and laughter in Portland, and the world’s largest rubber duck in Michigan

Travel news (and gadgets) you can use.

Staycation Nation: How to capture that resort-y vibe — in Cambridge. For real.

Opinion

It's possible for policymakers to embrace the red-hot labor market rather than undermine it.

IDEAS | ABDALLAH FAYYAD

A recession, if we choose

An obsession with tamping down inflation at any cost will hurt low-wage workers the most.

Pike project, Harvard agreement signal big changes ahead for Allston

IDEAS | ANA TASIC AND MATJAž KRIVIC

Otherworldly beauty in the balance in the Galapagos of the Middle East

Joan Wickersham

An empty nest story

David Ortiz owns this city

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

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Man recalls finding teenage boy dying on a Dorchester street
Sanders was in the living room of his home on Ellington Street in Dorchester around 7:25 p.m. Wednesday night when he heard about 10 gunshots. He stepped outside and looked toward adjacent Erie Street - and spotted a teenager collapsed in the street.

Woman and three children found dead at home in Connecticut
Officers found the three children dead in the house and a woman dead in a shed. They said it appeared to be an isolated incident and there was no immediate threat to the public.

Shakeup at the State Police academy after trainees are ordered to do bear crawl
The head of the State Police has ordered a staff shakeup at the State Police academy and opened an internal affairs investigation after trainees blistered their hands doing bear crawls, an unauthorized exercise, State Police said.

5 passengers rescued from sinking boat in Boston Harbor
Around 3:56 a.m., United States Coast Guard Base Boston deployed their 45-foot response boat to a sinking 29-foot sailboat in the Boston Harbor, near Snake Island between Winthrop and Logan Airport, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Ryan Noel said.

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How Black Thought from The Roots became a venture capitalist
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Tiverton, R.I., restaurant shares antisemitic meme, drawing backlash
After a flood of complaints, Yelp has suspended reviews of the Atlantic Sports Bar and Restaurant, which posted about the heat wave on Facebook with an image of Holocaust victim Anne Frank.

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Jose Gonzales shut his eyes while he waited for the Orange Line to arrive at Downtown Crossing on June 20.

‘For a major city to not have reliable public transportation is a huge problem.’ Rider frustration with T cuts is palpable.

The MBTA slashed service on the Blue, Red, and Orange lines last month by more than 20 percent in response to safety edicts from the federal government.

Over three-quarters of Massachusetts residents say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, poll finds
In the new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll, 78 percent of Massachusetts respondents said abortion should be legal in all or most cases, a decisive majority that substantially exceeds the national trend.

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Don’t mess with us, Texas
The throwback justices on the US Supreme Court and rabid anti-choicers in half the country may have reversed Roe and enacted a mountain of state laws restricting abortion access, but this isn’t 1972.

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Dunkinflation: Even Boston’s go-to breakfast spot has gotten pricier
You’re not imagining things. Your coffee and hash browns cost more than they used to.

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Americans are feeling burnout, but almost half say they aren’t using all of their vacation days, a new study finds.

A third of Americans feel guilty about taking vacation, new study finds

The Bacon Brothers, Michael (left) and Kevin, perform two shows in Massachusetts in August.

The Bacon Brothers talk ‘forosoco’ music and Boston connections ahead of shows in Mass.

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

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

Mitski performs at Roadrunner Tuesday night.

Mitski does it her way in a luminous show at Roadrunner

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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.

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Man recalls finding teenage boy dying on a Dorchester street

Sanders was in the living room of his home on Ellington Street in Dorchester around 7:25 p.m. Wednesday night when he heard about 10 gunshots. He stepped outside and looked toward adjacent Erie Street - and spotted a teenager collapsed in the street.

Where do R.I. candidates for governor stand on shoreline access?

With Governor’s Bay Day this weekend, what do the Ocean State’s gubernatorial candidates say about the boundary between public access and private rights?

It’s unlikely that you’ll catch monkeypox on the T: Answering questions about the virus

The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak a public health emergency. We spoke to experts to find out who’s most at risk, where to get tested, and what else the public needs to know.

In a surprise, Baker says taxpayers could receive ‘north of $2.5 billion’ in tax relief under little-known law

With state coffers overflowing, Massachusetts taxpayers could be in line to receive billions in tax help under an obscure 36-year-old law, Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday.

Sports

Kutter Crawford is 1-1 with a 2.82 ERA in his last four outings.

Guardians at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 100: Guardians at Red Sox lineups and notes

Kutter Crawford will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to salvage a split with Cleveland.

Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder.

Commanders owner Dan Snyder testifies before House committee

A spokesperson for the. House Committee on Oversight and Reform confirmed Dan Snyder began giving his deposition Thursday morning virtually and in private. The hearing is not public.

The Sox fell again on Wednesday, but Bobby Dalbec did all he could to keep them in it.

Bobby Dalbec’s bright night couldn’t save the Red Sox, but he seems to be finding his summer rhythm again

Dalbec got hot after the All-Star break last season, and he'll hope Wednesday is the start of another strong second half.

Yankees acquire outfielder Andrew Benintendi for three minor league pitchers

Guardians 7, Red Sox 6

It’s one mistake after another by Franchy Cordero, and now the Red Sox are below .500

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Ace Jacob deGrom looks ready to return to Mets

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How Black Thought from The Roots became a venture capitalist

It’s an interesting development, given that the musician wasn’t thinking about things like term sheets or return on investments for most of his career.

Housing has become less affordable in much of New England, new report finds

Minimum wage earners in R.I. need to work 79 hours weekly to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment, according to the new Out of Reach report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition. In Mass., it would take 107 hours of work to afford the fair market rent.

Fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week

Pear Therapeutics is latest Boston tech firm cutting workers

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An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

Kate Price remembers something terrible

As a senior, I wanted to fight ageism. I had to look in the mirror first.

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

Spanish tortilla with roasted red peppers

Recipes: Pull together a tasty dinner of Spanish favorites

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A bicyclist biked past grassy fields that have dried to a golden brown at Rock Meadow Conservation Area in Belmont on Wednesday.

These photos show the effect of the drought in parts of Massachusetts

Boston fire department responds to chemical spill in Mattapan

In R.I., labor and environmental groups working together on dual crises of climate and inequality

sports

New York Mets' ace Jacob deGrom pitches for triple-A Syracuse against Omaha in Syracuse, N.Y., Wednesday in what could be his last minor league rehab outing before rejoining New York's rotation.

Ace Jacob deGrom looks ready to return to Mets

Harsh reality of their dire situation may dictate what moves — if any — the Red Sox make at the trade deadline

Rafael Devers, others working their way back from the injured list

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A health professional shows doses of Monkeypox vaccines at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris Wednesday July 27, 2022.

Africa, where monkeypox is endemic, gets no vaccines

Union vote to wrap up at Trader Joe’s store in Hadley

JetBlue, biggest carrier at Logan, buys Spirit for $3.8 billion

politics

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Schumer rallies Democrats over new deal on taxes, health care, climate; Manchin calls it a ‘win-win’

Biden and Xi talk for more than 2 hours at time of US-China tension

Commanders owner Dan Snyder testifies before House committee

Nation

In this image from video provided by Jodi Brown, posted to Instagram on July 16, a performer dressed as the character Rosita waves off Brown's daughter and another 6-year-old Black girl at the Sesame Place amusement park in Langhorne, Pa.

Black family sues Sesame Place, alleging discrimination

Alabama execution set over opposition from victim’s family

Hawaii pair accused of conspiracy, taking IDs of dead babies

World

A health professional shows doses of Monkeypox vaccines at the Edison municipal vaccination centre in Paris Wednesday July 27, 2022.

Africa, where monkeypox is endemic, gets no vaccines

Russia attacks Kyiv area for the first time in weeks

Russia attacks Kyiv area for the first time in weeks

opinion

Riders cycle past vintage Citroen cars parked along a roadside during this year's Tour de France.

Why I love the Tour de France — and why you should too

The James Webb Space Telescope is giving humanity what we need right now

The violence of forgetting

lifestyle

Years later, I’m still curious about his divorce

Actor Tony Dow, known as Wally Cleaver on ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ has died

Bennifer takes Paris: Romantic strolls, lavish dinners, and Ben Affleck’s most iconic nap yet

food & dining

A cheesesteak from Hall Pass.

Cheesesteaks come to High Street Place; Boston Public Market gets a beer truck

Something new for travelers is popping up all over

Upscale, chef-driven, and vegan (without a green shake in sight)

travel

See "the world’s largest rubber duck,” according to organizers of Michigan’s 2022 Fest of Sail, running Aug. 12-14 on the shores of Lake Superior in Marquette. Mama Duck (pictured here) weighs 31,500 pounds and measures 61 feet high, 69 feet wide, and 79 feet long.

Art in Brattleboro, music and laughter in Portland, and the world’s largest rubber duck in Michigan

My Turo rental was repossessed with valuable items inside

Pedaling his message: Conn. cyclist is riding 10,000 miles to raise awareness about distracted driving

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

A still from 'After Antarctica'

Woods Hole Film Festival spotlights films on science and social justice

Where were you in ’82?

The documentary ‘My Old School’ is in a class of its own

Television

Kate Winslet in "Mare of Easttown."

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

Elton John performs at the first of his two Gillette Stadium shows in Foxborough Wednesday night.

A glittering goodbye from Elton John at Gillette Stadium

British saxophonist Nubya Garcia’s view from Newport is about to change

At the Newport Jazz Festival, 10 exciting boundary-stretchers

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

WS Development is planning to turn a long-vacant movie theater on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill into shops, restaurants, gathering spaces, and offices.

New life for an old cinema: Developer plans to turn former Chestnut Hill theater into restaurants, shops, gathering spaces

Essex DA named Prosecutor of the Year by the National District Attorneys Association

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

Obituaries

Dr. Lovelock, with one of his early inventions, a homemade Gas Chromatography device, used for measuring gas and molecules in the atmosphere.

James Lovelock, whose Gaia theory saw the Earth as alive, dies at 103

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

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