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The dam near Montpelier held. As climate change brings stronger storms, experts fear many won’t.

Hundreds of dams across New England that could cause significant economic loss or death are at risk for failure, according to federal data.

Warren, McGovern visit farms affected by flooding

Vermont farmers devastated by the damage done to their crops
“Emotionally, it’s the lost work that hits me in the heart, not the money. But at a certain point, it’s like, I have to pay rent,” said Dylan Zeitlyn, co-owner of Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm, who had to lay off five crew members.

Map: Do you live near a dam that’s at risk of failing?
A federal database cataloging thousands of the region’s larger dams lists 533 of them as being at risk for failure and, if they do fail, causing significant economic loss or death.

Authorities search for man suspected of killing 4 people in Georgia
Authorities in Georgia hunted Saturday for a man who remained at large hours after he was suspected of gunning down three men and a woman in a suburban neighborhood south of Atlanta.

Single-engine plane crash lands at Martha’s Vineyard Airport

A man and a woman from Connecticut were injured when their single-engine plane crashed while trying to land at Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Saturday after the man suffered a medical issue and the woman took control of the aircraft, officials said.

17-year-old boy drowns in Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester

The boy's body was found in six feet of water off Shannon Beach Saturday evening by a dive team from the Stoneham Fire Department, State Police said

Jewish, Chinese groups condemn Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments that COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’

Thomas Develin.

‘The single biggest threat to the security of the country’: Extremism in the military is alarming experts

In the last five years, at least 82 current and former military service members have been arrested and exposed as harboring far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi ideologies, according to a Globe analysis of court documents, media reports, and studies compiled by independent researchers.

As bans on transgender care for minors grow, a migration of sorts is underway
For families who have fled states where Republican-dominated legislatures have blocked access to gender-affirming care, Massachusetts is something of a safe haven.

Madison Park valedictorian is first in family to go to college — and to graduate high school
Lourdjinia Louis came here five and a half years ago from Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, bewildered by US culture and speaking no English as she enrolled in Boston Public Schools. Last month she graduated at the top of her class.

Councilor Julia Mejia (right), one of the two No votes, focuses on Boston City Councilor At-Large Ruthzee Louijeune May 24, 2023. At the meeting, the Boston City Council votes on a revised redistricting map.

Regrettable regression

The Boston City Council is beset by scandal, bitter infighting, and wild allegations.

The bone collectors: A look inside the macabre culture of dealing in human remains
The Harvard morgue scandal revealed a community of oddities collectors.

AL All-Star Shohei Ohtani of the Angeles stands alone in his value to a team. He’s a cleanup hitter and ace starter.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani’s future is the biggest story in baseball

Ohtani, the biggest box-office draw in the game, expressed similar sentiments about Yankee Stadium.

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Seven Weeks of Summer

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

A late-summer slowdown typically gives viewers time to be more adventurous and try out some film festivals and retrospectives around the city. But this year is different.

With ex-Patriot Jermaine Wiggins among its co-hosts, "The Greg Hill Show" had a strong end to the spring.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

‘Toucher & Rich’ still owns morning drive, but WEEI’s ‘Greg Hill Show’ is creeping into the rearview mirror

After the Sports Hub's flagship program buried its competitor early in the spring book, WEEI's morning show made a strong return heading into the summer.

Opinion

This week the Wu administration offered substantial real estate tax breaks to developers willing to take on the complex and costly efforts of converting downtown office building space into apartments or condos.

Vacant after the pandemic, downtown offices might find new life as housing

Wu administration opens a narrow window for tax breaks for developers ready to turn office space into housing.

The Supreme Court’s open door to discrimination widens

What Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment gets right

Christine M. Pink

When it comes to donating bodies for research, the living must advocate for the dead

Anatomical donor programs are crucial to training the next generation of physicians

More recent News

Candidates compete in special election for Beacon Hill council seat
An experienced Boston political hand and a longtime prosecutor in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office are competing in a special election this summer for a Boston City Council district that stretches from Beacon Hill to Mission Hill.

3 injured in stabbing near Mass. and Cass, police say

One of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries in the stabbing that was reported at 11:38 a.m. Saturday near 112 Southampton St., police said.

CUBS 10, RED SOX 4

Bad formula leads to end of Red Sox’ six-game winning streak
Cubs benefit from the Red Sox finding a way to lose. James Paxton gave up a season-high six runs in the third inning, matching the starter's total yield from his prior five outings, and Cody Bellinger crushed a grand slam for Chicago in the fateful frame.

Masataka Yoshida a big hit alongside Ted Williams in Red Sox annals

Older brother pleads not guilty to gun charges related to 12-year-old’s shooting death in Mattapan
As relatives wept, the older brother of a 12-year-old Mattapan boy who was fatally shot in his home was arraigned Friday in Dorchester Municipal Court for allegedly improperly storing the firearm that discharged, killing the child.

Alabama woman who went missing after claiming to help a child on a highway is found

A 25-year-old woman in Alabama who was reported missing Thursday night after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking along the side of an interstate and would pull over to help was found late Saturday, according to police.

Beach closing tracker: See where beaches are closed in Mass.
Is the water at your favorite beach safe? After a heavy rainfall, it’s common to find beaches around Massachusetts closed to swimming.

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

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.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Island life in Maine: Fine dining, fog, and ferries
The Casco Bay islands are minutes from Portland, but they have a personality all their own.

‘One of those wicked problems’: Many Cape Cod firefighters can’t afford to live in the towns they cover
As the cost of housing climbs, many firefighters can no longer afford to live in the towns they serve, meaning they can’t help as readily in emergencies.

Culture & Lifestyle

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It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Gauthier Dance performing "Minus 16," choreographed by Ohad Naharin, at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

Fran Drescher, actress and president of SAG-AFTRA, speaks about the vote to strike during a news conference in Los Angeles.

The Hollywood strikes explained — and how they could affect you

Mattel; Adobe stock

Excited for the ‘Barbie’ movie? Celebrate the dolls that started it all.

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

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's refusal to make public the names of the donors to a tax-exempt group created to finance her transition into the governor’s office is a serious blow to transparency.

Governor Healey must do better on transparency

Latinos are not well-represented in higher education — only 4 percent of master’s degree holders and 1 percent of PhD holders are Latino.

Latinos aren’t represented in higher education. Here’s how to fix that.

Great Captain Island, also known as Great Captain's Island, is off the coast of Greenwich, Conn.

The island that time forgot

AI's potential for disinformation is high. Eliot Higgins used a widely accessible program to create realistic-looking images of a fictitious skirmish between Donald Trump and police officers.

IDEAS | Jacqueline Harding & Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini

AI’s future worries us. So does AI’s present.

IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL

The ageist in the mirror

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

Metro

Vermont farmers devastated by the damage done to their crops

“Emotionally, it’s the lost work that hits me in the heart, not the money. But at a certain point, it’s like, I have to pay rent,” said Dylan Zeitlyn, co-owner of Diggers’ Mirth Collective Farm, who had to lay off five crew members.

Warren, McGovern visit farms affected by flooding

After a rain-filled week estimated by the state to have damaged more than 1,000 acres of crops, more rain is predicted for Sunday.

Melvin Wulf, transformative civil liberties lawyer, dies at 95

Melvin Wulf, a constitutional lawyer who reshaped the American Civil Liberties Union into a more aggressive litigator, argued 10 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Evelyn Boyd Granville, barrier-breaking mathematician, dies at 99

One of the first Black women to receive a doctorate in mathematics from an American university, Evelyn Boyd Granville's groundbreaking work in computers included helping calculate orbit trajectories and lunar-landing scenarios for the space program.

Sports

Giancarlo Stanton surpassed 1,000 career RBIs with four on Saturday night.

YANKEES 6, ROCKIES 3

Giancarlo Stanton blasts fourth homer in four games as Yankees power past Rockies

Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt (5-6) gave up two runs and three hits in six innings while tying a career high with eight strikeouts.

Brittney Griner (left) of Team Stewart dunks ahead of Jackie Young of Team Wilson during the first half Saturday's 2023 WNBA All-Star Game in Las Vegas.

WNBA All-Star Game | Team Stewart 143, Team Wilson 127

Brittney Griner celebrates her return to WNBA’s All-Star showcase in Team Stewart’s victory over Team Wilson

After she was absent from last year's game because of her detainment in Russia, Griner had 18 points and 13 rebounds in the league’s All-Star Game on Saturday night. Jewel Loyd was named MVP after scoring a record 31 points.

Gunnar Henderson and the Orioles are putting pressure on the Rays atop the AL East.

ORIOLES 6, MARLINS 5

Orioles rally past Marlins for seventh straight victory

The Orioles are only two games behind Tampa Bay atop the AL East, even through the Rays swept a doubleheader at Kansas City.

REVOLUTOIN 4, D.C. UNITED 0

Carles Gil, Gustavo Bou combine to power Revolution to blowout victory

Stephen Curry drains one from deep for hole-in-one at American Century Championship celebrity tournament

Lionel Messi makes it official by signing with Inter Miami and Major League Soccer

Business

Powerball prize grows to $900 million after no jackpot winner drawn

Another Powerball drawing ended with no winner Saturday night, sending the jackpot soaring to an estimated $900 million.

Musk says Twitter is losing cash because advertising is down and the company is carrying heavy debt

In a reply to a tweet offering business advice, Musk tweeted Saturday, “We’re still negative cash flow, due to (about a) 50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load.”

South Korea to expand support for Ukraine as President Yoon Suk Yeol makes a surprise visit

Mega Millions jackpot grows to $640 million, among highest in lottery game’s history

magazine

The Cars in 1979, from left: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, and David Robinson

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

Marcos the fisherman on one of his daily visits.

Twenty years ago, I had an epiphany and made a big life change

This week's daters: Lindsey and Joshua

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘After we talked for a bit, the nerves went away’

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

metro

Chris Martiello holds a lightbulb with the skull of a mouse that has gone through the process of diaphonization.

The bone collectors: A look inside the macabre culture of dealing in human remains

Extending the school day puts children first

Madison Park valedictorian is first in family to go to college — and to graduate high school

sports

Mery Andrade played college basketball at Old Dominion.

Former WNBA star Mery Andrade is making the most of her opportunity on Celtics summer coaching staff

Masataka Yoshida a big hit alongside Ted Williams in Red Sox annals

Blue Jays stay hot with sixth win in last seven games

business

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo greets Tom Bollenbach, chief technology officer for Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute (ARMI) in Manchester, N.H., on Friday, July 14, 2023, as ARMI founder Dean Kamen, left, Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, and US senators Maggie Hassan and Jeanne Shaheen (not pictured) toured the ARMI facility in Manchester, N.H., to publicize the selection of southern New Hampshire’s BioFabrication Cluster for a $44 million award from the Build Back Better Regional Challenge.

Officials tout $44m federal investment in N.H. biotech industry

State Street stock drops more than 12 percent

Korro Bio absorbs Frequency Therapeutics in reverse biotech merger

politics

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks with supporters after addressing the New Hampshire Senate at the State House in Concord, NH.

Jewish, Chinese groups condemn Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s comments that COVID was ‘ethnically targeted’

Officials tout $44m federal investment in N.H. biotech industry

Efforts to deceive are a top concern among state election officials heading into 2024

Nation

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during the Tennessee Republican Party Statesmen's Dinner, on July 15, in Nashville, Tenn.

DeSantis burns cash, and Pence struggles: 5 takeaways from 2024 filings

In Florida, Trump says DeSantis has no path to victory

Authorities search for man suspected of killing 4 people in Georgia

World

Iranian women make their way along a sidewalk in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 26, 2016.

Iran’s morality police return to streets after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress

Israel’s Netanyahu is discharged from hospital after an overnight stay following a dizzy spell

Russia has ‘sufficient stockpile’ of cluster bombs, says Putin, as Ukraine gets US cluster bombs

opinion

A student leaped over a puddle on Otis Road in Scituate on the way to a school bus stop in March.

30 years later, what does Mass. ed reform have to show for itself?

Governor Healey must do better on transparency

Latinos aren’t represented in higher education. Here’s how to fix that.

lifestyle

When South End couple Noorullah Maqsoodi and Sana Batool's beloved canaries went missing, their neighbors sprung into action to bring the pets home.

How South End neighbors helped two lost ‘engagement canaries’ find their way home

Was I too mean?

A new Harvard report draws a link between parent and teen mental health

food & dining

Devra First mostly eats Cucumbers With Stuff standing at the counter.

‘Girl dinner’ is TikTok’s latest food trend. I’m one step ahead.

Ice cream tacos sweeten High Street Place; Harpoon Brewery opens a popsicle-and-pickleball club

At MarketStreet Lynnfield’s Sushi Ike and Soi 8, two restaurants rolled into one

travel

Cars traverses the auto road that leads to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire on June 12, 2020.

N.H. launches a new safety campaign to reduce speeding

Island life in Maine: Fine dining, fog, and ferries

Wish you were here: Some travel traditions are quickly and quietly fading away

Arts

Edward Hopper, “Gloucester Beach, Bass Rocks,” 1923-24.

The Cape Ann Museum’s Edward Hopper show opens this month, but he wasn’t the only famous artist who painted here

Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine

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

Books

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto,’ a sequel to ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ delves deep into the maelstrom of 1970s Harlem

Journalist Karen Pinchin documents the unusual life and fraught times of the endangered bluefin tuna in ‘Kings of Their Own Ocean’

Leah Myers on Native American authors and fantasy favorites

Movies

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It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt leave ‘Oppenheimer’ premiere to strike

The Hollywood strikes explained — and how they could affect you

Television

Director Steven Soderbergh in New York in 2021.

Soderbergh to release new sci-fi comedy ‘Command Z’ on his own website

Movie stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

TV won’t be taking the rest of the summer off

music

Jon Batiste performs at Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, earlier this month. In the coming weeks, he'll be taking the stage at both the Newport folk and jazz festivals.

Jon Batiste’s musical imagination can’t be contained by one Newport festival, so he’ll play both

17 concerts to sweeten any music fan’s summer

With ‘Seen-Unseen,’ Boston Landmarks Orchestra makes ‘The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women’ visible

Theater/Dance

Gauthier Dance performing "Minus 16," choreographed by Ohad Naharin, at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

Seán Curran and Darrah Carr bring Irish dance with a modern aesthetic to Jacob’s Pillow

Staging ‘Macbeth’ on the Common presents some uncommon challenges

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 a photo provided by Laura Wulf shows, Melvin Wulf in an undated photo. Wulf, a constitutional lawyer who reshaped the American Civil Liberties Union into a more aggressive litigator, argued 10 cases before the United States Supreme Court and supported the future Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in bringing a landmark sex discrimination case, died on July 8, 2023, at his home in Manhattan. He was 95. (Laura Wulf via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY OBIT WULF BY RICHARD SANDOMIR FOR JULY 15, 2023. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --

Melvin Wulf, transformative civil liberties lawyer, dies at 95

Evelyn M. Witkin, who discovered how DNA repairs itself, dies at 102

My Uncle Bob taught me many things. Most of all, he taught me to be an uncle myself.