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Lazara Wilson poses for a portrait at home. Wilson was eligible for Social Security benefits when she was a teenager in state care, but did not learn until she turned 18 that she qualified or that the state was collecting that money.

The state has long collected federal benefits meant for children in its care. Some lawmakers want to change that.

“I needed help, I was struggling,” Marissa Pike told the Globe. “If they had set that money aside for me, it would have turned my life around.”

Torrents of rain raise river levels, fears across Vermont and other locations in New England
All over New England and the Northeast, a slow-moving storm system dumped torrents of rain, bringing floods that closed streets, took out bridges, and burst at least one dam.

Heavy rain to become more frequent with climate change, experts say Flooding expected on Connecticut River in Western Massachusetts

A man watched as heavy rain sent mud and debris down the Ottauquechee River in Vermont.

See photos and videos of ‘life-threatening’ flooding in Vermont amid torrential rains

Surveillance footage of flooding inside the kitchen of Sam's Steakhouse in Ludlow, Vt.

Vermont chef: ‘My restaurant is literally underwater’ from flash floods in town of Ludlow

Ben Volin I On football

Mac Jones apparently is a lot tighter with the Krafts than we realized. That could be trouble for Bill Belichick.
The Belichick-Jones relationship got off to a solid start in 2021, but went sideways in 2022, as the Patriots struggled to 8-9 and Jones’s stats dipped across the board.

How universities are addressing ongoing collegiate mental health difficulties

Schools have taken more active measures to meet the growing demand for comprehensive mental health services, including expanding free-of-charge counseling.

Warren raises $1.2 million for reelection, while helping abortion rights groups in red states
Senator Elizabeth Warren used her online fund-raising list to raise money for Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom and Floridians Protecting Freedom, which are both working to get a question on the 2024 ballot to bolster abortion rights in the red states.

Wu administration will offer tax breaks to turn office buildings into housing
Boston is set to launch a pilot program to encourage residential conversions amid struggles in the office market and the city’s ongoing housing crunch.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

The warning came in the New York Times. Nearly six years later, its sports department is gone, and the Athletic is here to stay.

On Monday, the Times announced it was disbanding its sports department and would now rely on The Athletic, which it had purchased in January 2022 for $550 million.

More than 50 Massachusetts beaches are closed to swimming due to bacteria or algae

Water quality was unsafe at 53 beaches, ranging from the coastline and the Cape to freshwater beaches further inland, the state said Monday.

Trump lawyers ask judge to postpone trial without setting a date in classified documents case

James Lewis, longtime suspect in 1982 Tylenol poisonings of seven people, dies in Cambridge, officials say

Damian Lillard is trying to force his way out of Portland.

Damian Lillard is the latest star to demand a trade, while handcuffing his own team in the process

With Lillard trying to force his way to Miami — a team without the assets to acquire him — what are general managers like Portland's Joe Cronin meant to do?

Jarren Duran's athleticism has been on display at Fenway Park all season.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Baseball is being launched into its future by a new generation of uber-athletes

With budding stars such as Ronald Acuna, Corbin Carroll, Julio Rodriguez, Elly De La Cruz, and the Red Sox' own Jarren Duran, the future of the game has arrived quickly.

MLB Draft 2023: See the Red Sox’ picks on Day 2

The nonprofit National Trust for Local News has entered into a purchase agreement to take over the lion’s share of Maine's media ecosystem in a sweeping deal covering five daily newspapers and 17 weeklies, including the Portland Press Herald.

In sweeping deal, national nonprofit to acquire most of Maine’s newspapers

The National Trust for Local News has entered into a purchase agreement to take over five daily newspapers and 17 weeklies in the Pine Tree State.

Opinion

A Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower rocket launcher, captured by a Ukrainian army battalion, fired toward the Russian positions on the front line near Kreminna, Luhansk region, Ukraine, on July 7, 2023. The writing on its body reads "Da Vinci," a code name of the battalion commander Dmytro Kotsiubailo, who was killed in battle.

Ukraine should join NATO — eventually. For now, focus on supporting its defense against Russian invasion.

When they gather in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, leaders of NATO should commit to long-term support for Kyiv.

How the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling strengthens diversity and equity

The Sumner Tunnel closure’s silver lining

IDEAS | REGINA HANSEN

The apex predator we just can’t get enough of

MARCELA GARCÍA

The perils of amateur — and illegal — fireworks

More recent News

Judge declares mistrial in case of man accused of killing Weymouth Officer Michael Chesna and woman in 2018

Lopes was facing two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of Weymouth Police Officer Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams and will be retried in court at a later date.

During visit to Boston RMV, Healey touts success of law allowing licenses for undocumented immigrants

The new law allows people without legal immigration status to obtain a driver’s license by providing two documents that prove their identity, such as a foreign passport, birth certificate, or marriage certificate.

Smuggling arrest in N.H. renews political wrangling over border enforcement

The federal indictment of a New York man who’s accused of helping to smuggle nine people across the Canadian border into New Hampshire last month has renewed political debate over how the state should respond to border enforcement concerns.

Body of missing Lowell girl, 7, found in Merrimack River in Tewksbury

The body of a 7-year-old girl who went missing Sunday in Lowell was found Monday, officials said, bringing a tragic end to a desperate search.

Campus visits and travel by Supreme Court justices put them in the company of big money donors

Records obtained by The Associated Press show that Supreme Court justices have attended publicly funded events at colleges and universities that allowed the schools to put the justices in the room with influential donors, including some whose industries have had interests before the court.

Shark sightings prompt swimming ban at Nantucket wildlife refuge
At least four seals were reportedly killed by great white sharks over the past few days, prompting the swimming ban.

Recommended reads

Early adopters of AI chatbots are finding creative ways to make the most out of the buzzy technology.

13 ways people in the Boston area are using artificial intelligence right now

From an AI-generated beer recipe to meal-planning for Marathon training, local early adopters are finding new ways to make the most out of the buzzy technology.

A technophobe’s guide to AI chatbots

GLOBE MAGAZINE

I spoke about climate change as a TV meteorologist. Then came the death threat.
After a torrent of harassing e-mails, a scientist reimagines his role in fighting for the environment.

shirley leung

Time, money, tax breaks. What Boston can learn about creating a downtown that never sleeps.
The commercial real estate industry is looking at how the world’s most famous Financial District became a 24-7 neighborhood and whether the strategy of converting office buildings to housing can be replicated in other cities.

From athletes to clarinetists: Who gets preferential treatment in top college admissions?
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to end race-based affirmative action in the college admissions doesn’t impact those who benefit most from preferential treatment at elite schools: the children of donors, alumni and faculty and, most especially, recruited athletes.

Culture & Lifestyle

Alicia Keys onstage at TD Garden Sunday night.

Alicia Keys has a bonding experience at TD Garden

From left, soprano Julia Bullock, BSO music director Andris Nelsons, and composer Jessie Montgomery at Tanglewood's Koussevitzky Music Shed on Sunday afternoon.

BSO opens its 85th summer at Tanglewood

From left: Sadiyah Dyce Janai Stephens, Cheryl D. Singleton, and Janelle Grace in "Stew" at Gloucester Stage Company.

Cheryl D. Singleton’s skill is key ingredient in Gloucester Stage’s ‘Stew’

Rashid Johnson, “Antoine’s Organ,” 2016. Black steel, grow lights, plants, wood, shea butter, books, monitors, rugs, piano.

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this summer, art that lives and grows

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

rosenthal

Don’t let an assault weapon end another life. Ban them.

Demonstrators in favor of canceling student debt marched from the Supreme Court to the White House in Washington, June 30.

More can be done to ease the heavy burden of student debt

The leader of Spain's Vox party, Santiago Abascal, gave a thumbs up as he arrived for a meeting in Madrid on June 24.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Polarization will put Spain’s young democracy to the test

A bicyclist made their way down the bus lane on Boylston Street between Exeter Street and Dartmouth Street on June 27.

Make way for bicycles on Boylston

Those asking for rent control and help with housing demonstrated on the front steps of the State House on June 1.

Why should state legislators control the fate of rent control in Boston?

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

Smuggling arrest in N.H. renews political wrangling over border enforcement

The federal indictment of a New York man who’s accused of helping to smuggle nine people across the Canadian border into New Hampshire last month has renewed political debate over how the state should respond to border enforcement concerns.

Warren raises $1.2 million for reelection, while helping abortion rights groups in red states

Senator Elizabeth Warren used her online fund-raising list to raise money for Ohioans for Reproductive Freedom and Floridians Protecting Freedom, which are both working to get a question on the 2024 ballot to bolster abortion rights in the red states.

His family’s traditional, hand-crafted shoes are catching on in Rhode Island

Through his Bristol-based business, Tigris Handmade, Selahattin Sep sells his culture’s Yemeni shoes, and shares his Kurdish heritage while doing so.

The state has long collected federal benefits meant for children in its care. Some lawmakers want to change that.

“I needed help, I was struggling,” Marissa Pike told the Globe. “If they had set that money aside for me, it would have turned my life around.”

Sports

Patriots ownership, including Robert Kraft, seems to love quarterback Mac Jones.

Ben Volin I On football

Mac Jones apparently is a lot tighter with the Krafts than we realized. That could be trouble for Bill Belichick.

The Belichick-Jones relationship got off to a solid start in 2021, but went sideways in 2022, as the Patriots struggled to 8-9 and Jones’s stats dipped across the board.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. won Monday's Home Run Derby in Seattle

Vladimir Guerrero joins Vladimir Sr. as first father-son Home Run Derby winner

Guerrero defeated Julio Rodríguez 21-20 in the semifinals after the Mariners star hit a record 41 in the first round in front of his hometown fans.

Bob Huggins took over the coaching reins at West Virginia in 2007.

Bob Huggins says he’s in rehab, never resigned as West Virginia’s men’s basketball coach

It’s the latest chapter in what is turning out to be an ugly divorce battle between the university and the Hall of Fame coach.

Northwestern fires football coach Pat Fitzgerald amid hazing scandal

Donning a Red Sox hat will be a full-circle moment for third-round pick Antonio Anderson

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Baseball is being launched into its future by a new generation of uber-athletes

Business

His family’s traditional, hand-crafted shoes are catching on in Rhode Island

Through his Bristol-based business, Tigris Handmade, Selahattin Sep sells his culture’s Yemeni shoes, and shares his Kurdish heritage while doing so.

Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn

Amazon Prime Day is here. And, once again, experts are warning consumers of scams.

Providence continues to push to evict Skyline from Waterplace Park

Waltham startup expected to complete first local biotech IPO of the year

magazine

As a former cop, I know better policing isn’t easy. But it can happen in Boston.

Festival Betances will be held Saturday in the South End.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 10-16

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades, likely longer than anyone alive.

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

Gardeners share their personal battles with groundhogs

metro

A tractor makes its way through a flooded road in after heavy rain Monday in Londonderry, Vermont. Torrential rain and flooding has affected millions of people from Vermont south to North Carolina.

Flooding expected on Connecticut River in Western Mass. after torrential rains upstream in N.H. and Vt.

Baby deer rescued from pipe at Brockton Wastewater Treatment Facility

Black bear spotted in East Bridgewater; latest in string of local bear sightings

sports

After struggling in his final years in Los Angeles, Kenley Jansen is proud to have returned to All-Star form with the Red Sox.

At age 35, this All-Star selection ‘tastes better’ to Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen

Damian Lillard is the latest star to demand a trade, while handcuffing his own team in the process

Disgraced sports doctor stabbed by another inmate at federal prison

business

Linda Dorcena Forry, former state senator and Suffolk Construction executive.

After five years at Suffolk, Dorcena Forry heads back out on her own.

Thousands of L.A. hotel workers are striking again

In sweeping deal, national nonprofit to acquire most of Maine’s newspapers

politics

The Supreme Court.

Book sales, a lure for money, and more takeaways from the AP investigation into Supreme Court ethics

Warren raises $1.2 million for reelection, while helping abortion rights groups in red states

Campus visits and travel by Supreme Court justices put them in the company of big money donors

Nation

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event, July 8, in Las Vegas.

Trump lawyers ask judge to postpone trial without setting a date in classified documents case

A grand jury being seated Tuesday could decide whether Trump is charged over Georgia’s 2020 election

Test scores show American students slipping further behind despite recovery efforts

World

A Thai reporter takes a photo of an empty freezer at the Nong Prue police station in Pattaya, Chonburi province, Thailand, on July 11.

German businessman’s dismembered body found in Thailand freezer with chainsaw and hedge clippers

At least 5 dead after helicopter carrying foreign tourists crashes near Mount Everest in Nepal

NATO summit boosted by deal to advance Sweden’s bid to join alliance

opinion

A view of Centre Street in West Roxbury in November 2019.

Tune out the foes — city has done its homework on Centre Street plan

If you’re not ‘woke,’ you’re not awake

More can be done to ease the heavy burden of student debt

lifestyle

Claire McMillan’s newest novel, "Alchemy of a Blackbird" explores the relationship and creative collaboration of two surrealist masters.

Claire McMillan explores the friendship, rituals, and collaborative artistic process of two female Surrealist masters

Should I tell his family why we split up?

Extremely overdue book returned to New Bedford library 119 years later

food & dining

Prime's caffeine content is in focus.

The FDA is being asked to look into Logan Paul’s energy drink, which has the caffeine of 6 Coke cans

How Chris Viaud returned to his Haitian roots and reshaped NH’s food scene

A Taste of Ethnic Boston returns to Big Night Live

travel

Sand dunes at Cape Cod National Seashore in Provincetown, Mass., May 22, 2023.

This Mass. beach camping site ranked as one of the best in the country

Spotlight on Dover, N.H., as it celebrates its 400th anniversary

Shine bright like a diamond in Rihanna’s neighborhood

Arts

Matthew Wong, "Path to the Sea," 2019 (left) and "Unknown Pleasures," 2019. From "Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances," a retrospective exhibition of the artist's work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

In his scant six years of painting, Matthew Wong built a vision all his own

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this summer, art that lives and grows

John Guthrie’s ‘Evolution’ brings together the unexpected

Books

Novelists Paul Tremblay (pictured) and Mona Awad have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, the makers of ChatGBT, claiming the company used their copyrighted work to train their chatbot.

Authors Paul Tremblay, Mona Awad file lawsuit against ChatGPT creator OpenAI

The prosperous Brookline family of Andrew Ridker’s ‘Hope’ struggles in the aftermath of their own spectacular misjudgments

David Lipsky’s ‘The Parrot and the Igloo’ details the forces behind decades of climate change denial

Movies

Tom Cruise plays Ethan Hunt in "Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One" from Paramount Pictures and Skydance.

Choose to accept this ‘Mission’

‘Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy’ has a lot to say — maybe too much

‘Joy Ride’: Four friends road trip through China in this raunchy comedy

Television

I spoke about climate change as a TV meteorologist. Then came the death threat.

This week’s TV: Emmy nominations, Steven Soderbergh’s thriller, and a Wilt Chamberlain docuseries

Watch for HBO series landing on Netflix

music

Alicia Keys onstage at TD Garden Sunday night.

Alicia Keys has a bonding experience at TD Garden

BSO opens its 85th summer at Tanglewood

At the Levitate Festival, a strong lineup, friendly vibes, and a vibrant Brandi Carlile

Theater/Dance

From left: Sadiyah Dyce Janai Stephens, Cheryl D. Singleton, and Janelle Grace in "Stew" at Gloucester Stage Company.

Cheryl D. Singleton’s skill is key ingredient in Gloucester Stage’s ‘Stew’

Uri Geller has been bending reality for 50 years

Meet the ‘Lehman Trilogy’ cast, three actors juggling dozens of roles

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Mr. Schmidt was flanked by Chris Whittle (left) and Alan Greenberg as the trio announced plans for an Avenues private school in New York City in 2011.

Benno Schmidt Jr., a reforming leader at Yale and CUNY, dies at 81

Judge Edward Ginsburg, whistleblower for Big Dig failings, dies at 90

Peter Nero, pianist who straddled genres, is dead at 89