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No more outsourcing? Making drugs locally is a key focus of the life sciences industry.

At least 10 biomanufacturing plants have recently opened, expanded, or are under construction across the state.

Before crashing into Jamaica Plain house, Councilor Kendra Lara was driving double the speed limit, police say
Boston police investigators are looking to cite Lara with additional violations, including reckless operation of a motor vehicle, speeding, and a seat belt violation, documents show.

Jonah Hill’s alleged texts sparked a discussion on ‘therapy speak’ — and if it was misused. Here’s what experts had to say.
In a text exchange the actor allegedly laid out the “boundaries” he expected a then-girlfriend to follow to maintain their romantic partnership, prompting a debate over whether he had “weaponized” such language against her.

No deal on Hollywood actors contract, strike vote will be held Thursday morning
The union representing film and television actors says no deal has been reached with studios and streaming services and its leadership will vote on whether to strike later Thursday.

State to expand ‘welcome centers’ for homeless and migrant families amid influx of new arrivals
The news came Wednesday after the Globe reported that Boston Medical Center had adopted a new policy that bars migrant families from sheltering in its emergency department, in some cases even sending them after-hours in Ubers to Logan Airport.

Justice Department to challenge length of prison sentences for Rhodes and other Oath Keepers

Man fatally shot at Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, officials say

Workers cleaned up flood debris at Okemo Marketplace, a shopping center at the base of Okemo Mountain in Ludlow, Vt.

‘It hasn’t set in yet’: Vermonters assess the damage after historic flooding

A crushed home — swept from its foundation by the flood waters and carried the length of a football field — was just one of dozens of strange sights.

Healey tours storm damage in Western Mass.: ‘Some have experienced real, true devastation’ Vermont governor warns rainfall later this week could stress dams and complicate recovery

Vermont family struggles to restore front of property that vanished without warning

‘It’s too important not to get the information out’: Local Vermont newspapers persevere through flooding

See photos and videos of the ‘life-threatening’ flooding in Vermont and destruction left in its wake

Globe Magazine

It seems unnatural to think of cities as part of nature. But environmental resilience depends on it.
Imagining and creating better cities requires seeing cities as nature, not separate from it.

Mayor Wu walks the running track at White Stadium with Boston Public Schools cross country coach Hatim Jean-Louis. The site could get upgrades and potentially become the shared home of a professional women’s soccer team.

White Stadium, a ‘treasure that needs some love,’ could get a $30 million renovation under new proposal

The stadium desperately needs a facelift. And on Tuesday, the city announced that renovation could come from a $30 million injection by an all-women-led group vying to secure a home for a new professional women’s soccer team.

Globe Magazine

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break
Forty-five years ago, The Cars shot to fame, giving Boston (and the country) just what we needed.

If Mac Jones struggles this season, don't be surprised if the Patriots turn to Bailey Zappe at quarterback.

Here are five Patriots position battles we’ll be watching this summer

The Patriots will have multiple starting jobs up for grabs when training camp opens later this month.

Masataka Yoshida answered those who questioned whether he would be able to adjust to the big leagues.

Here’s a review of the Red Sox’ first-half performance

Entering the second half, the Red Sox are 48-43, just two games out of the third wild-card spot, and have a soft schedule immediately after the All-Star break.

MLB Draft 2023: Meet the Red Sox’ newest prospects

Harrison Ford was overlooked by Emmy voters for his supporting turn in the comedy series "Shrinking."

MATTHEW GILBERT

Amid some deserving Emmy nominees, snubs, surprises, and head scratchers

There were surprises and snubs aplenty when nominations were announced Wednesday.

Opinion

Fenway Park will transform itself into a temporary pickleball mecca this summer.

Pickleball: A net gain for Boston (despite the racket)

Yes, it’s noisy. But recreation space should change with the times, and right now many residents want pickleball.

Divyansh Kaushik

The US is losing the AI race because of its immigration policies

IDEAS | JOSHUA KURLANTZICK

The return of the men in green

IDEAS | STUART ROWE

T riders are getting new options while the Sumner Tunnel is closed. Why can’t they be permanent?

The Boston City Council is the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons

More recent News

SHORE ACCESS

In the air and on the ground, new R.I. shore access law is already rolling out
The new shore access law, which passed in June, is prompting towns to figure out what it actually means in practice. Can you set down a towel and chair above the seaweed line?

Chinese hackers targeted Commerce Secretary Raimondo and State Department, US officials say
Chinese hackers tried to penetrate specific State and Commerce Department email accounts in the weeks before Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Beijing in June, US officials said Wednesday.

In West Roxbury, dueling protests over planned ‘road diet’ to create room for bike lane
Motorists encountered a lively protest against a controversial “road diet” that would take away a travel lane on Centre Street and replace it with a bike lane.

Elizabeth Holmes’s federal sentence reduction is not unusual, legal experts say

The automatic good time reductions that Elizabeth Holmes has so far received to her federal prison term for duping investors in her blood-testing hoax are par for the course in the Bureau of Prisons system, according to advocates and legal experts.

Federal prosecutors won’t seek death penalty for inmates charged with killing ‘Whitey’ Bulger

In a one-page filing in US District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, prosecutors said they “will not seek a death sentence” if the men are found guilty of federal murder charges that carry a maximum possible sentence of death or life in prison.

Huge Dorchester Bay project wins key approval
The city’s architectural review board approved the master plan for a 21-building complex to rise on the site of the old Bayside Expo Center.

Recommended reads

Severe labor and delivery complications in Mass. nearly doubled over past decade, DPH report finds: ‘Racism — not race — is the risk factor’

Exacerbated by COVID, complications disproportionately affect communities of color and people with disabilities, according to the report.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action could dampen K-12 diversity efforts, experts say
The ruling in late June arrived as school districts across Massachusetts have encountered heated resistance to equity policies, spurring a spate of legal actions.

Amid Ozempic marketing push, demand for weight-loss drugs may increase insurance premiums in Mass. next year
The hikes could threaten to push overall increases in health care spending in Massachusetts beyond the 3.6 percent benchmark set by the state for 2024.

Mass. 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 said. “If they had set that money aside for me, it would have turned my life around.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Ballet artistic director Mikko Nissinen and executive director Meredith Hodges at their South End location in 2016.

Boston Ballet executive director Meredith ‘Max’ Hodges to depart

The Chicago-style Italian beef sandwich at Culinary Delights in Natick.

You watched ‘The Bear.’ Now eat the sandwich that stars in it.

Meredith Leich, "Animated Drawings for a Glacier (Cuttyhunk)."

At Marion Art Center, ‘Illuminations’ plays with shadow and light

Lola Tung as Belly and Gavin Casalegno as Jeremiah in season two of "The Summer I Turned Pretty."

‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ creator Jenny Han on season two’s ties to the Cape, Taylor Swift, and finding forgiveness

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

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

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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

In the air and on the ground, new R.I. shore access law is already rolling out

The new shore access law, which passed in June, is prompting towns to figure out what it actually means in practice. Can you set down a towel and chair above the seaweed line?

From pinball machines to Seabee history, R.I.’s lesser-known museums contain surprises

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Jim Karpeichik, co-producer of “Treasures Inside the Museum” on Rhode Island PBS, talks about what he’s seen in more than 40 local museums.

Community College System of N.H. to increase need-based financial aid for 2023

Chancellor Mark Rubenstein said this will allow the school system to boost aid for 1,000 to 1,500 students at the state’s seven community colleges.

In West Roxbury, dueling protests over planned ‘road diet’ to create room for bike lane

Motorists encountered a lively protest against a controversial “road diet” that would take away a travel lane on Centre Street and replace it with a bike lane.

Sports

If Mac Jones struggles this season, don't be surprised if the Patriots turn to Bailey Zappe at quarterback.

Here are five Patriots position battles we’ll be watching this summer

The Patriots will have multiple starting jobs up for grabs when training camp opens later this month.

Celtics guard JD Davison (11 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 turnover) kept pace with Lakers guard Bryce Hamilton in the first half.

Celtics 95, Lakers 90

Led by Jordan Walsh, Celtics rally to top Lakers in Summer League action

Walsh had 12 points in the third quarter, when the Celtics seized control with a 30-17 run.

US goalkeeper Matt Turner couldn't reach Panama's final goal during the penalty shootout.

Panama 5, US 4 (shootout)

US men’s soccer team stunned by Panama in a shootout in the Gold Cup semifinals

Panama beat the defending champs in shootout after a 1-1 tie to reach the final.

ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale says he has been diagnosed with cancer for a third time

LeBron James says he will play another season with Lakers

At The ESPYS, White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks said he pitched in 2022 with cancer

Business

No more outsourcing? Making drugs locally is a key focus of the life sciences industry.

At least 10 biomanufacturing plants have recently opened, expanded, or are under construction across the state.

Inflation cools sharply in June, good news for consumers and the Fed

Inflation cooled significantly in June, offering some of the most hopeful news since the Federal Reserve began trying to tame rapid price increases 16 months ago — and boosting the chances that the central bank might be able to stop raising interest rates after its meeting this month.

House Republicans set to interrogate FTC’s Khan over ethics, antitrust issues

Venture capital funding for startups is still in decline

magazine

Remember when Walmart was the Evil Empire? Now our whole retail economy is.

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

I want to end my relationship, but I worry about my partner

Raspberry-Cardamom Eton Mess

Cool off with summer desserts including Eton mess

metro

Councilor Kendra Lara apologized to constituents on July 8.

Before crashing into Jamaica Plain house, Councilor Kendra Lara was driving double the speed limit, police say

‘It hasn’t set in yet’: Vermonters assess the damage after historic flooding

Severe labor and delivery complications in Mass. nearly doubled over past decade, DPH report finds: ‘Racism — not race — is the risk factor’

sports

Jesper Boqvist played 70 games with the Devils during the 2022-23 season, and had 10 goals and 11 assists.

Bruins sign Swedish forward Jesper Boqvist to one-year deal

Baseball’s All-Star Game was not must-see TV, with a record low in viewers for the second straight year

Carles Gil proves to be the catalyst for the Revolution in a home win over Atlanta United

business

A picket line at the Neptune Terminal at the Port of Vancouver during a dockworkers strike in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mediator pressured to end Canadian port strike

Bob Iger to remain as head of Disney through 2026

Russia’s threat to pull out of Ukraine grain deal raises fears about global food security

politics

Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission.

House Republicans set to interrogate FTC’s Khan over ethics, antitrust issues

Chinese hackers targeted Commerce Secretary Raimondo and State Department, US officials say

Ukraine wins G7 security pledges but NATO membership remains elusive

Nation

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified as the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol held a hearing on June 28, 2022.

Cassidy Hutchinson, a key witness at Jan. 6 hearings, has a book deal

Jonah Hill’s alleged texts sparked a discussion on ‘therapy speak’ — and if it was misused. Here’s what experts had to say.

Black Lives Matter movement to mark 10 years of activism, renews call to defund the police

World

Members of the Unite union stand on the picket line outside Guys and St Thomas' Hospital during a 24 hour strike in their continued dispute over pay, in London, on July 13.

Tens of thousands of doctors in England start ‘longest’ strike in health system’s history

Kevin Spacey testifies in his own defense in his sexual assault trial at a London court

Record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India this week

opinion

Boston city councilors Michael Flaherty and Kendra Lara discuss redistricting on May 24. When a crop of political newcomers and veterans took the oath of office in January 2022, their diversity was celebrated and there was great hope for what they could accomplish.

The Boston City Council is the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons

A blueprint for addressing growing inequities in the overdose crisis

DCF should stop taking Social Security benefits from foster children

lifestyle

Dana Blumberg and Robert Kraft attend Michael Rubin's 2023 Fanatics Super Bowl Party at the Arizona Biltmore on Feb. 11, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Robert Kraft celebrates July 4 with Hamptons bash featuring Dave Matthews, Grandmaster Flash, media report says

I need a toaster

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

food & dining

Simon Pearce Glass's CEO Jay Benson (left) and founder Simon Pearce surveyed the damage inside the company's flagship location in Quechee, Vt.

Simon Pearce glass shop in Quechee, Vt., to reopen after flooding ‘in the coming days’

Anchor Brewing Co. — ‘America’s first craft brewery’ — closing doors after 127 years

Kristen Kish named new host of Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’

travel

Travelers check in at the Spirit Airlines ticket counter at Manchester Boston Regional Airport, Friday, June 2, 2023, in Manchester, N.H.

The people have spoken: Manchester-Boston Regional voted top domestic airport

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

Arts

Meredith Leich, "Animated Drawings for a Glacier (Cuttyhunk)."

At Marion Art Center, ‘Illuminations’ plays with shadow and light

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

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

The Sphere lights up for the first time on July 4, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 366-foot-tall, 516-foot-wide venue, the largest spherical structure on Earth, features a 580,000-square-foot display, the largest LED screen in the world, and is expected to open later in 2023.

What to know about The Sphere, a jaw-dropping new venue in Las Vegas

A historic Maine movie theater is for sale for $1.3 million. Will anybody save it?

Choose to accept this ‘Mission’

Television

Actor Brian Cox was nominated for best actor in a drama series for his role in "Succession."

‘Succession’ tops Emmy nominations with 27 as ‘Last of Us’ and ‘White Lotus’ give HBO top 3 spots

Amid some deserving Emmy nominees, snubs, surprises, and head scratchers

Kristen Kish named new host of Bravo’s ‘Top Chef’

music

Peter Wolf speaks at the PEN New England Award for Literary Excellence at JFK Library in Dorchester in 2014.

Peter Wolf returns to TD Garden Saturday as part of the Jim Irsay Collection’s (free!) road show

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

Madonna postpones her TD Garden shows, world tour after health scare

Theater/Dance

The Sphere lights up for the first time on July 4, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 366-foot-tall, 516-foot-wide venue, the largest spherical structure on Earth, features a 580,000-square-foot display, the largest LED screen in the world, and is expected to open later in 2023.

What to know about The Sphere, a jaw-dropping new venue in Las Vegas

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

Uri Geller has been bending reality for 50 years

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

In an undated photo from Marianne Barcellona, the documentarian Ellen Hovde.

Ellen Hovde, ‘Grey Gardens’ documentarian, dies at 97

Milan Kundera, Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94

Remains of missing World War II US Army soldier from Mass. identified 79 years later, federal officials say