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Biden calls on nation to unite in defense of democracy

President Joe Biden warned Thursday night that “equality and democracy are under assault” in the US.

Biden calls on nation to unite in defense of democracy

President Biden charged in a prime-time address Thursday that the “extreme ideology” of Donald Trump and his adherents “threatens the very foundation of our republic,” as he summoned Americans of all stripes to help counter what he sketched as dark forces within the Republican Party trying to subvert democracy.

Ann Coulter waves to the audience after speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington on Feb. 12, 2011.

Once a fan, Ann Coulter takes another swipe at Trump

Conservative media commentator Ann Coulter, once a fan of former Republican president Donald Trump and now a harsh critic, took another swipe at him this week.

Judge grants Arroyo request for access to sex assault files
Embattled City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, whose campaign for Suffolk district attorney has been rocked by revelations that he had been accused of possible sexual assault in two instances as a teenager, though never charged, seemed to fight back tears during an interview on the "Java With Jimmy" show on Thursday.

Prominent doctor faces backlash amid ‘fight over the heart of public health’
The controversy over Dr. Leana Wen reflects the growing rift in public health, and among ordinary Americans, over how the United States moves forward with COVID-19.

CDC recommends updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon

New COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common Omicron strains are set to begin soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the updated shots Thursday.

7,790 confirmed cases and 49 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass. State health officials say another 37 residents diagnosed with monkeypox

Ex-NYPD officer gets 10 years in prison for Jan. 6 attack
A retired New York Police Department officer was sentenced on Thursday to a record-setting 10 years in prison for attacking the US Capitol and using a metal flagpole to assault one of the police officers trying to hold off a mob of Donald Trump supporters.

Lawyers in Trump White House to appear before Jan. 6 grand jury Judge again denies Graham’s effort to skirt Georgia subpoena Oath Keepers’ lawyer arrested in connection with Jan. 6

Jan. 6 panel calls Gingrich to testify, saying he had role in Trump plot

Ginni Thomas emails urged new 2020 electors in Wisconsin

RED SOX 9, RANGERS 8

From dreary to delirium: Red Sox erase five-run hole late to shock Rangers, 9-8

In the third preseason game, against the Raiders, Mac Jones was 9 of 13 for 71 yards with an interception.

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Picking up troubling vibes from Mac Jones, and other Patriots thoughts

No matter how many tepid votes of confidence Jones gives the new offense, his body language is giving him away,

Boston, MA - A bridge on Soldiers Field Road in Allston tore off the roof of a U-Haul moving truck. MassDOT briefly closed the road to inspect the bridge, but found no structural damage. (WCVB)

A moving truck hit an overpass on Soldiers Field Road, the first ‘Storrowing’ of the month

A moving truck had its top ripped off after it hit an overpass on Soldiers Field Road Thursday, unofficially marking the arrival of "Allston Christmas."

Golfers practiced Wednesday in preparation for this weekend's LIV event at The International in Bolton.

If the LIV golf series is an attempt at Saudi ‘sportswashing,’ it isn’t working

Rather than distracting from Saudi Arabia's track record on human rights, the controversial sports venture is bringing even more attention to it.

LIV vs. PGA is a heavyweight battle for the soul of golf Your guide to the LIV Golf Invitational Boston

Opinion

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo participated in a debate with Interim Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden in Boston on Aug. 9.

What if Ricardo Arroyo wins?

Would he remain district attorney for the next four years? Probably. But not necessarily. There are two possibilities that might trip him up.

Gorbachev failed, which is why he was so greatly honored

IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

The medical gamble of my life

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

Health misinformation is making us sick

The Talk | Vidya Krishnan

The ‘model minority’ in the middle no more?
While many Indian American families simply ignore "The Talk" or encourage silence until it is forced, many are now learning to talk about race.

Orange Line shutdown

Representative Seth Moulton calling for ‘top-to-bottom changes’ and ‘a wholesale culture shift’ at the MBTA
US Representative Seth Moulton is calling for “top-to-bottom changes” and “a wholesale culture shift” at the MBTA.

‘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.

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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Woman suffers life-threatening injuries in Roxbury shooting

Police received a report of a person shot near 55 Savin St. about 4 p.m., according to Officer Andre Watson, a Boston police spokesman.

City of Newport releases mugshots of men punched by police during violent arrest

The photographs of Christopher Adam and Dennis Engelson, requested by the Globe, show they both have facial injuries.

Wellesley High volunteer lacrosse coach charged with possession of child pornography

Ryan Cook, 44, of Wellesley, was arraigned Wednesday in Dedham District Court, where a not guilty plea was entered for him, legal filings show. Bail was set at $10,000 cash.

TABLES

Davis Square welcomes a sandwich sensation
Shirley you won’t find a better lunch anywhere.

Gary Washburn

Latest racial incident does not help Utah’s reputation or help the cause
Instead of dismissing these episodes as “one bad apple" exceptions, we need to understand why they keep happening and acknowledge that racism and sexism still exist.

MATTHEW GILBERT

I just want to watch a TV show. Please don’t make me work for it
The need to prep has become increasingly common on TV. Series now arrive with long-established mythologies and worlds that have already been laid out, expanded, and sometimes twisted around in books, comics, and movies.

Matthew Gilbert: Will ‘SNL’ experience addition by subtraction?

Recommended reads

A trial run of the subway was taken from Boston's Park Street Station before the 1897 opening of the first subway in the United States.

America’s first subway opened in Boston 125 years ago on Sept. 1

On Sept. 1, 1897, America’s first-ever subway tunnel opened for service.

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.

Here are the 24 findings the FTA made in its scathing report on the T

‘It’s been strange.’ The Massachusetts primary election is unprecedented and subdued all at once.
A bizarre and mostly sleepy state primary is inching toward a close in Massachusetts, where nearly every constitutional office is up for grabs, yet large swaths of the electorate remain undecided, or unenthused, and without choices in races for some of the state’s most consequential offices.

Larry Edelman

‘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.

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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

A collage of artists coming to Boston-area venues in September. Clockwise from top left: Van Morrison, Diana Ross, My Chemical Romance, Aerosmith, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Bruno Mars, and the Wu-Tang Clan.

One month, so many concerts

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

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

Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, in Bonn, West Germany, on June 13, 1989.

Gorbachev failed, which is why he was so greatly honored

City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, left, participates in a debate with Interim Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden at More Than Words Bookstore in Boston on Aug. 9.

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

Before the Globe published an interview with one of Ricardo Arroyo’s accusers, Senator Elizabeth Warren gave some insight into why she had not withdrawn her endorsement as of Tuesday.

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

This aerial view of construction in Allston has Harvard's new Science and Engineering Complex in the foreground.

IDEAS | Alaina D. Boyle & Jennie C. Stephens

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

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

Mikhail Gorbachev, a too-trusting statesman

“My ovaries, like me, are only 37, still working hard to regulate my mood, metabolism, and sleep cycle. I’d like to hang on to them for as long as possible.”

IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

The medical gamble of my life

Metro

Flooding in Pakistan

Friends and family back home sent videos to Watertown resident Anwar Khan showing devastating flooding in Pakistan's Swat district.

Amy Stechler, documentarian who helped define a style, dies at 67

After helping to establish Florentine Films, she went on to make an Emmy-nominated documentary of her own on artist Frida Kahlo.

TRAVEL | CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Plan to launch Montreal-to-Boston train service gains steam

The overnight sleeper train would also make stops in Portland, Old Orchard Beach, and Durham, N.H. But first: Track repairs and getting Massachusetts on board.

City of Newport releases mugshots of men punched by police during violent arrest

The photographs of Christopher Adam and Dennis Engelson, requested by the Globe, show they both have facial injuries.

Sports

Rob Refsnyder (center) is mobbed by his teammates after he delivered the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat Texas.

RED SOX 9, RANGERS 8

From dreary to delirium: Red Sox erase five-run hole late to shock Rangers, 9-8

Boston trailed, 8-3, when the bottom of the eighth began. The Sox scored two, but left the bases loaded and looked like they'd come up just short. Not so, as Rob Refsnyder capped a crazy ninth with the winning hit.

Venus and Serena Williams bowed out, 7-6 (5), 6-4, at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Serena, Venus Williams lose in first round of US Open doubles

It was their fourth first-round doubles defeat at a Grand Slam event, and first since the 2013 French Open.

Edwin Díaz was exultant after struck out Gavin Lux to get out of the eighth inning on Thursday in New York, a key moment as the Mets beat the Dodgers.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Mets win showdown series with NL-leading Dodgers

The Mets were held to one hit in five innings by Clayton Kershaw, who made his first start since Aug. 4, but came through late in another strong statement in what's shaping up to be a special year in Queens.

LIV is making a loud entrance with its pomp, but golf competition eventually will be what matters most

GIRLS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Samantha Tam and Isobel Streeper eager to lead Needham to a three-peat title

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

‘Good chance’ Tanner Houck’s back will end his 2022 Red Sox season early

Business

CDC endorses updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon

New COVID-19 boosters that target today’s most common Omicron strains are set to begin soon after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the updated shots Thursday.

Comcast looks to cut up to $1 billion from budgets at its TV networks

NBCUniversal chief executive Jeff Shell has asked his top deputies to find savings at its legacy cable and broadcast TV networks, said the people.

New online dashboard helps flyers with delays, cancellations

Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week

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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

metro

Rebekah Shore played a banjo she found while rummaging through a dumpster for discarded items for her church thrift store at the Brighton Allston Congregational Church. Rev. Nikira Hernandez, left, joined the search.

Christmas in August

Woman suffers life-threatening injuries in Roxbury shooting

Famous Maine sailboat Victory Chimes put up for sale

sports

Senior Ella Gizmunt has put together three stellar seasons on the court for Lynnfield High.

10 EMass girls’ volleyball players to watch this fall

While the focus is on Serena Williams, world No. 1 Iga Swiatek is advancing quietly at US Open

Quarterback Russell Wilson signs five-year, $245 million contract extension with Broncos

business

Twitter announced Thursday that employees internally are testing the ability to edit a tweet shortly after it’s posted. The feature will expand later this month to subscribers of Twitter’s premium service, called Twitter Blue.

Twitter is finally testing an edit button

Abortion rights loom larger in investment decisions

Danish drug maker Novo Nordisk buys Watertown biotech Forma for $1.1b

politics

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the US House of Representatives, speaks during the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda summit in Washington, D.C., US, on Monday, July 25, 2022.

Jan. 6 panel calls Gingrich to testify, saying he had role in Trump plot

Once a fan, Ann Coulter takes another swipe at Trump

Trump documents probe: Judge appears open to special master

Nation

President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia.

Biden calls on nation to unite in defense of democracy

Biden calls on nation to unite in defense of democracy

CDC recommends updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon

World

Police work behind a security cordon after man pointed a gun at Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner outside her residence in Buenos Aires on Sept. 1, 2022.

Argentina’s Vice President Unharmed After Failed Assassination Attempt

Will a renewed Iran nuclear deal mean cheaper energy?

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting

opinion

Andrea Campbell (left) and Shannon Liss-Riordan, vying for attorney general, during the Framingham Dems BBQ in Framingham on Aug. 27.

Dueling endorsements in the hotly contested race for state AG

Therapy program gave her the tools to survive and move forward

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

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

A tomato and camembert sandwich with a hint of salt from Shirley.

Davis Square welcomes a sandwich sensation

Cocktails are the mane attraction at the retro-themed Wig Shop; hunt big game on Beacon Hill

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

travel

François Rebello, a former Québec politician and rail enthusiast, has been working with Fondation Trains De Nuit to get the project in motion.

Plan to launch Montreal-to-Boston train service gains steam

A Southern California road trip in the summer? I surprised even myself.

Dancing in the street in Cambridge, saying cheese in Maine, and extending the summer in Bermuda

Arts

Amy Heller, "Horseshoes vs Skates," LED mixed-media cyanotype on silk, in "Out of the Blue" at PAAM.

Tangled up in blue at Provincetown Art Association and Museum

At the MFA, the liveliness of ‘Stillness’

Zainab Sumu’s fibers of being

Books

A young duchess, an angry husband, a murder?

A good man is hard to find

Reading aloud, to children and adults

Movies

The Luna Theater at Mill No. 5 in Lowell is one of more than 20 area movie theaters participating in National Cinema Day.

Coming soon: $3 tickets for National Cinema Day

‘Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul’ ministers to the faithful

Game, set, ‘McEnroe’

Television

Ms. Stechler, editing the documentary “Brooklyn Bridge” in the home studio that she shared with Ken Burns in New Hampshire.

Amy Stechler, documentarian who helped define a style, dies at 67

I just want to watch a TV show. Please don’t make me work for it

Will ‘SNL’ experience addition by subtraction?

music

Steven Tyler onstage at Fenway Park in August 2014. The band returns to the ballpark for their twice-delayed 50th anniversary show Sept. 8.

Aerosmith all-timers: 10 favorite shows from decades of covering the band

Campfire festival blazes again at Passim this weekend

The familiar voice of Dan Tyminski returns to bluegrass

Theater/Dance

Wesley T. Jones (left) as Keith Watson and Elena Hurst as Hector Tobar in "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992," at American Repertory Theater.

In a riveting ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992,′ a disparate community speaks its truths

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

globe local

MetroWest residents attending a job and resource fair at South Middlesex Opportunity Council, in Framingham.

MetroWest: A region with prosperity and inequity

Turning a botanic garden into an enchanted forest

Will Massachusetts benefit from sports betting?

Obituaries

Ms. Stechler, editing the documentary “Brooklyn Bridge” in the home studio that she shared with Ken Burns in New Hampshire.

Amy Stechler, documentarian who helped define a style, dies at 67

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