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Rachael Rollins faces ethics probe for attending Democratic fund-raiser

A federal watchdog agency is investigating whether US Attorney Rachael Rollins violated an ethics law when she appeared at a Democratic fundraiser in July to greet First Lady Jill Biden, according to an email reviewed by the Globe.

Democrat Mary Peltola wins Alaska House special election, defeating Republican Sarah Palin

Democrat Mary Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only US House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was once governor.

Boston’s college students are back. The pandemic measures are not.
Boston’s colleges and universities have, by-and-large, scrapped surveillance testing and mask mandates and done away with isolation housing.

Here are the 24 findings the FTA made in its scathing report on the T
In its 90-page report, the FTA made 20 findings about the MBTA, and four on the Department of Public Utilities, and issued dozens of required actions.

After blistering report from federal inspectors, MBTA has its work cut out for it

Trump team may have hidden, moved classified papers, Justice Department says

Former president Donald Trump's legal team fired back Wednesday night, saying prosecutors "significantly mischaracterized" some of their interactions with Trump's representatives, without elaborating.

Trump’s legal jab left him open to Justice Department strike A timeline of the investigation into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago docs

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting

The LIV Golf Boston Invitational opened at the International golf course. Golfers(left to right) Harold Varner lll, James Piot, Bubba Watson, Hudson Swafford, and Turk Pettit pose for a team photo in front of a sand trap.

LIV vs. PGA is a heavyweight battle for the soul of golf

The controversy stirred by the upstart Saudi-backed series has arrived at our doorstep with this week's LIV Golf Invitational Boston.

World No. 2 Cameron Smith resolute in his decision to leave PGA Tour LIV golfers, descending upon Bolton, are becoming increasingly unapologetic about taking the money

Here’s a guide to the LIV Golf Invitational Boston

Boston City Council meeting turns chaotic in wake of sexual assault allegations against Arroyo
Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo on Wednesday made his first public appearance since major backers withdrew their support of his candidacy for Suffolk district attorney at a contentious City Council meeting.

Wu, Warren, Markey, Pressley, and others pull their support of Arroyo in Suffolk DA’s race Woman who accused Arroyo of sexual assault breaks silence: ‘The lies. ... It makes me sick’

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden (left) and Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo at a debate early in August.

A sad and spreading mess

Best of luck to the good people of Suffolk County, who were faced with two way-less-than-stellar choices for the top prosecutor’s job even before the Globe reported on high-school allegations of sexual assault against one of them.

Tara Sullivan

Serena Williams not ready to walk away just yet: ‘There’s a little left in me. We’ll see.’
Add another page to the best fairytale going on in sports, with Williams as its author.

Serena Williams defeats Anett Kontaveit, keeps rolling at US Open

Owain Arthur in a scene from "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is epically OK

Call “The Rings of Power” a TV series if you like, but it has the attitude and comportment of a big-screen feature, stretched out.

An audience member raises his hand as Christian rock band Crowder performs from the SoulFest stage.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

At a Christian music festival, a message of hope and healing has a flip side

At SoulFest, people of faith offered support and fellowship. Then one of the festival's headliners took the stage, and promises of salvation suddenly sounded like a call for a radical kind of obedience.

Xander Bogaerts (right) launched a grand slam in the third inning, before J.D. Martinez made it back-to-back homers to give the Sox an early lead.

Red Sox 6, Twins 5

Xander Bogaerts’s grand slam broke the game open early, but the Red Sox didn’t make it easy in avoiding a sweep

A five-run third inning gave the Sox a big early lead, and the bullpen managed to close things out despite a nervy finish.

Arianna Huffington wrote that quiet quitting is "a step toward quitting on life."

‘Quiet quitting’ is a serious threat to our way of life. Just ask Arianna Huffington.

With worker productivity slipping and a near-record number of unfilled jobs, the economy can ill afford a tsunami of slacking.

Opinion

On the clinical front lines, the COVID-19 public health emergency has radically shifted the way we can practice outpatient medicine.

Katherine Gergen Barnett

The digital divide will grow when Medicare ends some telehealth benefits

While many may welcome the news that HHS may be winding down the COVID-19 public health emergency, I’m worried about what this will mean for my patients and people like them.

IDEAS | Alaina D. Boyle & Jennie C. Stephens

Higher education needs a new mission. How about climate justice?

Ricardo Arroyo should quit DA race. If he doesn’t, support Kevin Hayden.

With Ricardo Arroyo and the women who backed him, the #MeToo fever has broken

David D’Alessandro

We need to stop whining and figure out how to fix the broke and broken T

The Talk | Nick Martin

The Talk: A dual reality for Native kids
This unprecedented moment of representation exists in the same reality wherein you still go to a nontribal school and have to sit in a classroom and listen to social studies teachers turn our genocide into a “necessary” evil of progress — if it’s framed as an evil at all.

Orange Line shutdown

‘It was helplessly funny’: Amid frustrating Orange Line shutdown, some shuttle drivers provide positivity
From telling jokes to playing music over the speakers, some riders have been praising the upbeat attitudes of the shuttle bus drivers who have come to Boston during the Orange Line shutdown.

Orange Line work on schedule, 37 percent complete as governor tours State Street station
Governor Charlie Baker toured State Street station on Sunday to get a better picture of the progress on the Orange Line.

During first week of Orange Line shutdown, officials highlight obstacles cyclists often face
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and Cambridge City Councilor Alanna Mallon took to Twitter this week to highlight common safety issues cyclists face.

Your guide to the MBTA’s Orange Line shutdown
The Orange Line is shut down until the morning of Sept. 19. Find shuttle bus routes, schedules, and guides to navigate Boston.

Pick your stops: Find an alternative Orange Line route

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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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MUSIC REVIEW

At MGM Music Hall, James Taylor puts on a career-spanning show with the greatest of ease
Taylor returned to the Boston concert stage following his pandemic-related touring hiatus.

Singing has worked just fine for James Taylor

Mac Jones believes the Patriots have ‘ironed a lot of things out’ on offense
Jones showed some frustration following the Patriots’ slow start against the Raiders last week,

Why undrafted free agent DaMarcus Mitchell was surprised to survive cutdown day with the Patriots

Gas-car ban offers a hybrid loophole — and more options for Mass. drivers
California’s ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 isn’t a total ban after all. The state’s regulators decided to permit certain kinds of plug-in hybrid vehicles, which has implications in Massachusetts and elsewhere.

No masks required for Boston students this school year under new COVID guidelines
The district is planning to schedule COVID-19 and flu vaccination clinics at schools and send home COVID test kits every two weeks.

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

Hudson residents fear a massive distribution warehouse might end up in their backyard
Plans call for building a 1.2 million-square-foot facility on what is now Intel property, adjacent to an over-55 community.

For women of color in care work, racial and economic inequities abound, report shows
A new Boston Foundation report explores the extensive racial and economic injustice experienced by low-paid workers — mostly Black, Latino, and immigrant women — who tend to the needs of young children, older adults, and people with disabilities.

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People sat outside Old Salt’s Pantry in Kennebunkport, Maine.

This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’

The season has been busy, but also unsettling. Hospitality businesses and tourists have had to contend with high prices, labor shortages, and fears of a recession. There’s a sense that COVID may have changed Maine permanently.

Surging rents, tight inventory could make moving day worse this year: ‘The whole thing is a thorn in the side of Boston’
This season, between Boston’s red-hot housing market and the snarled-up roads and rails, the annual Great Beantown Move could be even worse than usual.

‘The race that eclipsed everything.’ In low-key Mass. primary season, Democratic AG contest ending with fireworks
Quentin Palfrey's exit leaves a tight two-person primary race between former Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell and prominent labor attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

After Malden’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School handling of student’s hijab, questions swirl over why such incidents continue to occur
Tensions ratcheted higher this month after a Muslim student and her family complained publicly about the way the school handled the eighth-grader’s decision to wear a hijab, a traditional religious head covering.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A booth at the Vineyard Artisans Festival's Labor Day Weekend Festival.

9 ways to enjoy your Labor Day weekend

In this 2015 file photo, Kimon Kirk performs at Lizard Lounge in Cambridge.

Lizard Lounge announces a reopening date, 30 months after COVID shut it down

Michael Tilson Thomas leads the BSO in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Michael Tilson Thomas closes Tanglewood on a triumphant note

Director Rebecca Taichman, shown during a break in rehearsal of "Sing Street" at the New 42 Street Studios in New York City.

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

Special Projects

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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

Mikhail Gorbachev hosted a press conference in 1992 at the Gorbachev Foundation in Moscow.

Mikhail Gorbachev, a too-trusting statesman

A parnassia miner bee and the fen grass-of-Parnassus flower heed nature's call. Watching them inspires meditative focus.

IDEAS | BRYAN PFEIFFER

Fixing my gaze on a duplicitous flower — rather than on life’s distractions

Pedestrians walked past the New York Stock Exchange on July 8.

Sweet lands of liberty

Serena Williams, reacted after defeating Danka Kovinic, of Montenegro, during the first round of the US Open tennis championships on Aug. 29.

The unstoppable grace of Serena Williams

A voter filled out his ballot at the early voting location at North Quincy High School in Quincy on Aug. 27.

Thoughts and murmurs in the run-up to primary day

IDEAS | JOAN VENNOCHI

How the MBTA went off the rails

Metro

COMMENTARY | LAURA BARTSCH, JOE WALSH AND HELEN ANTHONY

Will Rhode Island choose to secure our own renewable energy future?

The federal government pledges great support for those who invest in energy and climate solutions. Rhode Island can realize that benefit or leave it to others; it is up to us.

McGowan breaks down latest debate, polls in 2nd Congressional District race

“Seth Magaziner would have to move out of state to, you know, Wyoming, maybe, to lose this race,” Globe Rhode Island columnist Dan McGowan said on the Rhode Island Report podcast.

After blistering report from federal inspectors, MBTA has its work cut out for it

The Federal Transit Administration ordered the T to staff up, improve communication with frontline workers, and bolster safety checks, among dozens of required actions.

Rachael Rollins faces ethics probe for attending Democratic fund-raiser

A federal watchdog agency is investigating whether US Attorney Rachael Rollins violated an ethics law when she appeared at a Democratic fundraiser in July to greet First Lady Jill Biden, according to an email reviewed by the Globe.

Sports

The LIV Golf Boston Invitational opened at the International golf course. Golfers(left to right) Harold Varner lll, James Piot, Bubba Watson, Hudson Swafford, and Turk Pettit pose for a team photo in front of a sand trap.

LIV vs. PGA is a heavyweight battle for the soul of golf

The controversy stirred by the upstart Saudi-backed series has arrived at our doorstep with this week's LIV Golf Invitational Boston.

Serena Williams will play Friday for a spot in the fourth round. Her opponent will be Ajla Tomljanovic, a 29-year-old Australian.

Serena Williams defeats Anett Kontaveit, keeps rolling at US Open

The 40-year-old extended her legendary career for at least one more round.

Candace Parker nailed a 3-pointer in the second half against the Sun.

WNBA playoffs: Sky 85, Sun 77

Candace Parker scores 22 points as Sky top Sun to tie their WNBA playoff series

Jonquel Jones scored a team-high 23 points for the Sun.

Red Sox 6, Twins 5

Xander Bogaerts’s grand slam broke the game open early, but the Red Sox didn’t make it easy in avoiding a sweep

Serena Williams not ready to walk away just yet: ‘There’s a little left in me. We’ll see.’

Revolution 0, Fire 0

Gustavo Bou’s return does little to spark the Revolution in scoreless draw vs. Fire

Business

Job growth slowed in August

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Bed Bath & Beyond gets rescue loan and says it will close 150 stores

The beleaguered home goods retailer said on Wednesday that it planned to lay off employees and slash spending as it looked to stabilize its business by revamping its operations and raising extra cash.

Snap cuts 20% of employees and restructures

The Wing’s last remaining coworking spaces are shutting down

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On Sept. 10, help raise money for the Jimmy Fund at Blooms, Brews & BBQ at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, Aug. 29-Sept. 11

A humpback whale breaches and is about to land on the writer and his friend paddling in the kayak.

After a whale crashed on top of my kayak, I set out to learn how they communicate

15 treats from Boston restaurants that taste as good as they look, for $20 or less

Summer Tomato Tian

Recipes: Summer tomatoes stand out in these side and salad dishes

sports

Alex Cora will be able to call on a little extra help in September, but not as much as he'd like.

September brings some reinforcements for the Red Sox, but it looks like too little, too late

Stephen Curry’s perfect trifecta: joins Davidson Hall of Fame, has jersey retired, graduates

Mac Jones believes the Patriots have ‘ironed a lot of things out’ on offense

business

California’s ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 will permit certain plug-in hybrid vehicles, like electric cars, as pictured at the Motor Show in Essen, Germany, but also have an internal combustion engine that kicks in when the battery is drained.

Gas-car ban offers a hybrid loophole — and more options for Mass. drivers

Hudson residents fear a massive distribution warehouse might end up in their backyard

With Labor Day RTO deadlines, bosses really mean it. Probably.

politics

Mary Peltola, a Democrat, won a special election to fill Alaska's only seat in the US House.

Democrat Mary Peltola wins Alaska House special election, defeating Republican Sarah Palin

A timeline of the investigation into Trump’s Mar-a-Lago docs

Trump’s legal jab left him open to Justice Department strike

Nation

Ebony Brown, whose brother, Isaac E Brown Jr., seen in the photo at left, was shot and killed in 2002, poses for a photo in McDonough, Ga., on Aug. 29.

2 in 10 report experience with gun violence, according to poll

California fails to replace concealed weapon ruling

Reading, math scores fell sharply during pandemic, data show

World

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, right, walks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 31.

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting

Former Malaysian first lady guilty a week after Najib jailed

IMF agrees to provide crisis-hit Sri Lanka $2.9 billion

opinion

Mayor Michelle Wu, right, and City Council President Edward Flynn, left, chatted with former Council member Charles Yancey at the Old South Meeting House on May 5.

Wu gets pay raise bill half right

Sweet lands of liberty

In cancer screening, earlier isn’t always better

lifestyle

How a 12-hour walk can change your life

As gossip about Tom Brady’s 11-day absence continues, one peculiar explanation keeps cropping up

No one asks me out

food & dining

People sat outside Old Salt’s Pantry in Kennebunkport, Maine.

This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’

Cheap eats in R.I.: Where to dine for $15 or less

For 30 years, they’ve served Vietnamese culture and cuisine

travel

People sat outside Old Salt’s Pantry in Kennebunkport, Maine.

This was supposed to be the summer Maine tourism returned to normal. Instead, ‘this year has been the toughest.’

In Florida, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ is now the law, and LGBTQ+ businesses fear the fallout

‘Worst Maine travel piece of the year’: Bangor newspaper slams New York Post column

Arts

Imogen Cunningham, "The Unmade Bed," 1957

At the MFA, the liveliness of ‘Stillness’

Zainab Sumu’s fibers of being

Harvard Art Museums stay open late on Thursday for exploring and mingling

Books

Gabino Iglesias is a writer, journalist, professor, and literary critic living in Austin.

Gabino Iglesias and reading for the ‘controlled chaos’ of scary books

Transcending the mundane in “Rabbit Hutch”

Retelling the story of the first superstar in ‘Path Lit by Lightning’

Movies

John McEnroe in "McEnroe."

Game, set, ‘McEnroe’

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32

‘Me Time’? Make that ‘Flee Time’

Television

Owain Arthur in a scene from "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ is epically OK

‘Sopranos’ convention on tap for December in Los Angeles

Alyssa Limperis on ‘No Bad Days,’ losing her dad, and the things that make Rhode Island great

music

Little Feat will headline the third day of the Rhythm & Roots Festival in Charlestown, R.I.

After a close call, Rhode Island’s Rhythm & Roots Festival is back for another year

Just call her Dr. Joni Mitchell

At MGM Music Hall, James Taylor puts on a career-spanning show with the greatest of ease

Theater/Dance

Wesley Jones (seated) and Francis Jue in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992" at Signature Theatre.

In Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,’ the voices of a shattered city

Jacob’s Pillow festival closes with mighty Miami City Ballet

A Broadway detour brings ‘Sing Street’ to the Huntington

globe local

One of many site-specific and nature-inspired fairy houses of the Enchanted Forest exhibit.

Turning a botanic garden into an enchanted forest

Will Massachusetts benefit from sports betting?

Police say to be wary of bears

Obituaries

Mr. Thomas build a pennant-winning team through trades and free agents for the Philadelphia Phillies.

Lee Thomas, former Sox player, architect of the 1993 Phillies, dies at 86

Uma Pemmaraju remembered as a pioneering Indian American in Boston’s TV news and on Fox

‘Triangle of Sadness’ actor, model Charlbi Dean dies at 32