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Driver in fatal crash of Brandeis shuttle was speeding, federal records say

Only now, eight months after the Nov. 19 crash, is some clarity about the possible causes of the crash emerging.

North End restaurant owner who allegedly shot window of Modern Pastry ordered held without bail
Patrick Mendoza, the owner of Monica’s Trattoria, pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including including assault to murder. He will remain in custody until a detention hearing July 26.

Woman is freed after her leg is caught between Orange Line train and platform at State Street
Emergency responders rescued the woman, who slipped between the platform and the train on Friday afternoon. They said her injuries were not serious.

Weather | Dave Epstein

Expect clouds and sun on Saturday, and a great day on Sunday
Sunday will see sunny skies, warm temperatures, and low humidity — a great day for the beach.

Downpours cause flooding, washouts as thunderstorms rumble across Massachusetts

Meet the MBTA’s very happiest passengers. (Hint: They’re not on the subway.)
Ferry service accounts for about half a percent of all MBTA ridership, or around 4,000 trips per weekday. But that tiny minority may just be the T’s most content riders.

Former State Street vice president accused of four rapes allowed to spend time on Cape Cod with family

A Quincy man charged with raping two women and two children at knifepoint will be allowed to spend time on Cape Cod with his family and help his son move into college, according to court records.

MIAA hands Bishop Fenwick a one-year postseason ban after ‘serious, egregious and repeated’ rules violations

Man arrested after Taunton man fatally shot in Jeep parked in driveway

Venice, right, a stray puppy transported from Alabama, tried to make new friends with Milo and Highway at the Animal Rescue League of Boston.

With more pets arriving on their doorstep, shelters struggle to find them homes

Pet adoptions skyrocketed during the pandemic, but they have plummeted since then. The reason is inflation and the brutal housing market.

The Jets have surrounded Aaron Rodgers (center) with players and coaches he is familiar with from Green Bay.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Jets didn’t just bring in Aaron Rodgers. They brought his playbook and his hand-picked offensive coordinator, too

Rodgers will be working with offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, as well as receivers Allen Lazard and Randall Cobb.

Patriots positional outlook: Defensive line has equal measures of upside and question marks

Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

US cakewalk over Vietnam in World Cup opener reveals potential strengths — and weaknesses
An easy win over Vietnam was not a bad way to kick off the ninth Women’s World Cup in Auckland, but the US will have to improve when it meets European foes.

Your guide to the Women's World Cup

Fans reclaimed ‘girliness’ through fashion at the opening night of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’
At the Boston Common AMC theater, attendees were decked out in sparkles, sequins, studs, and, of course, pink. Some pieces were designer, some were thrifted, and some were from Amazon, but all made up more than just a costume.

At 84, he’d traveled the entire Amtrak map — except Boston to Brunswick. It was time to finish.
On Friday, Nat Read rode the Amtrak 681 Downeaster train from North Station to Brunswick, Maine, completing his 21,400-mile journey over decades.

J.D. Martinez (right) is happy to have reconnected with Mookie Betts in Los Angeles.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

J.D. Martinez has gotten back into the swing with Dodgers

Martinez said he was open to staying with the Sox. But they turned to former Dodger Justin Turner instead.

Dan Shaughnessy: Looking forward to voting for some slam-dunk Baseball Hall of Fame candidates in the coming years

Wilt Chamberlain (13) stood out to generations of NBA fans for his many achievements, including his 100-point game in 1962.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Wilt Chamberlain had a big influence on Kevin Garnett

Garnett's first project as executive producer for Showtime Television is called "Goliath" and is about one of his basketball heroes.

Tony Bennett in a private concert at the Picasso Ballroom at Encore Boston Harbor Hotel and Casino in Everett in 2019.

Tony Bennett left a piece of his heart in Boston, too

Locally, friends recall the singer's kindness, generosity, and singular talent.

Tony Bennett, ‘the best singer in the business,’ has died at 96 8 must-watch Tony Bennett performances

Opinion

Boston police were on scene after a body was found in Dorchester on July 11. Mayor Michelle Wu rightly called budget cuts to the police department proposed by the City Council “illusory.”

City Council’s exercise in budgeting ends in a whimper

Voters in 2021 gave the council more powers over the city budget — but so far the squabbling body has failed to make use of them.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Have an extra room in your home? Host a migrant.

Boston’s student athletes deserve a first-class playing field

A vigilante’s anthem and ‘colored people’ — the normalization of white nationalism

Shira Schoenberg

To combat book bans, strengthen school libraries

'Barbenheimer'

Odie Henderson review | ★★★★

Don’t even try to put this ‘Barbie’ in a box
Greta Gerwig’s surreal satire starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling is one of this year’s best films.

Odie Henderson review | ★★1/2

‘Oppenheimer’ brings out the best and worst in Christopher Nolan
This biopic of the “father of the atomic bomb” is visually stunning but emotionally empty.

Seven Weeks of Summer

Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’

More recent News

MATTHEW GILBERT

After six months of Hollywood strikes, Peak TV would become Bleak TV
For viewers accustomed to abundance, imagining what would happen if Hollywood remains idle isn't a pretty picture.

National ‘right-to-repair’ deal not good enough, say backers of Mass. law

Supporters of the controversial state law say the new arrangement will still give carmakers too much control over the vital data.

Boston Police release body-camera video showing aftermath of Councilor Kendra Lara’s car crash
The footage that features interviews with both Lara and the man who she said she swerved to avoid in the minutes following the crash.

Trial in Trump documents case set for May 2024

The federal judge overseeing former president Donald Trump’s prosecution on charges of illegally retaining dozens of classified documents set a trial date on Friday for May 2024, taking a middle position between the government’s request to go to trial in December and Trump’s desire to push the proceeding until after the 2024 election.

Trump Organization and former fixer Michael Cohen settle his lawsuit over unpaid legal bills

Barack Obama tweets his summer playlist, including songs by SZA, Luke Combs, and Janelle Monae
As usual, it's quite a varied list.

Hiker’s parents are retracing her final steps in N.H. to raise money for safety education programs

Emily Sotelo of Westford, Mass., died in 2022 while hiking in N.H.’s White Mountains. On July 29, hundreds of hikers plan to participate in “Emily’s Hike to Save a Life” in her honor.

Recommended reads

Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal (right), the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, talked with the panel's chairman, Representative Jason Smith, a Missouri Republican, before a hearing in March.

After fighting to obtain Trump’s taxes, Richard Neal is on the other side of an IRS battle involving Hunter Biden

As the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, Neal has become a key player for his party in a high-stakes tax fight that could reverberate in the presidential election.

Punishing heat, flooding, wildfire: Does it seem like weather extremes are everywhere? You’re right.
Here’s a look at some of what’s been going on in recent weeks.

RI POLITICS

‘We were victim to someone we trusted,’ Matos said of suspect nomination signatures
The Board of Elections voted Friday to refer all of Sabina Matos’ nomination signatures to the attorney general for a full investigation.

Larry Edelman

Mass. jobless rate falls to a new low of 2.6 percent
The drop in June unemployment came as employers shed jobs and the labor force shrank.

Culture & Lifestyle

Dorrance Dance in "45th & 8th" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Dorrance Dance an engaging treat for eyes and ears at Jacob’s Pillow

Idris Elba plays a passenger on a London-bound flight in the Apple TV+ series "Hijack."

At 30,000 feet, airborne thrillers are the height of drama

Edward Hopper, “Freight Cars, Gloucester,” 1928.

For Edward Hopper, Gloucester was a last chance and a fresh start

Thomas Wilkins leads a program of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Duke Ellington, and Jeff Midkiff July 23 at Tanglewood. In addition, Wilkins hosts a Saturday morning kid-friendly concert July 22.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

PODCAST | SHIRLEY LEUNG

Introducing Globe Opinion podcast ‘Say More with Shirley Leung’

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

Migrants rest on the pier after disembarking from a 'cayuco' (wooden boat) following a rescue operation on July 4 at the port of Los Cristianos, in the municipality of Arona, in the south of Tenerife, on the Spanish Canary island of Tenerife.

El alto costo de repudiar a los inmigrantes

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee oversight hearing on May 16 that "if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong."

IDEAS | TIM RITCHIE

The AI doomsaying is counterproductive

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

Weather | Dave Epstein

Expect clouds and sun on Saturday, and a great day on Sunday

Sunday will see sunny skies, warm temperatures, and low humidity — a great day for the beach.

With more pets arriving on their doorstep, shelters struggle to find them homes

Pet adoptions skyrocketed during the pandemic, but they have plummeted since then. The reason is inflation and the brutal housing market.

Driver in fatal crash of Brandeis shuttle was speeding, federal records say

Only now, eight months after the Nov. 19 crash, is some clarity about the possible causes of the crash emerging.

Downpours cause flooding, washouts as thunderstorms rumble across Massachusetts

The storm passed through the eastern part of the state late Friday night and had mostly moved off the coast by about midnight, but only after dropping between 1 to 2 inches of rain in communities between Worcester and Boston and areas to the north, according to the National Weather Service.

Sports

James Paxton struggled in his last outing.

METS AT RED SOX | 2:10 (NESN) and 7:10 P.M. (FS1, NESN)

Game 99: Mets at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Sox and Mets will finish up Friday's suspended opener on Saturday afternoon, before a full game in the evening.

Deatrich Wise Jr. (right) had a career-high 7½ sacks last season.

Patriots positional outlook: Defensive line has equal measures of upside and question marks

There are no guarantees Guy will return and Barmore will stay healthy.

Tony Estanguet (center), a three-time gold medalist, serves as president of the Paris 2024 Olympics Organizing Committee.

The Paris Olympic Games are a year away. Can the City of Light work its magic?

The 2024 Summer Olympics will reflect the realities of an anxious world that still is hopeful that the gathering of the world’s best athletes in peaceful competition will send an encouraging message.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Tuning in to latest on Mike Giardi, ‘Hard Knocks,’ and the NBA on ESPN

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Ian Mitchell excited to get a second chance to play for Bruins coach Jim Montgomery

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Wilt Chamberlain had a big influence on Kevin Garnett

Business

UN agency that governs international waters mired in grueling debate over deep sea mining

Members of a U.N. agency that governs international waters are locked in a fierce debate amid disagreement over whether to allow deep sea mining and set a new deadline for proposed regulations still stuck in draft mode

Reality TV performers need a union, ‘Housewives’ star says

Bethenny Frankel, one of the original stars of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York and later a successful entrepreneur, is returning to her roots and calling on reality television stars to unionize.

Mass. jobless rate falls to a new low of 2.6 percent

National ‘right-to-repair’ deal not good enough, say backers of Mass. law

magazine

A Rakks shelving system is an economical solution for storing the homeowner’s book collection in the living room, where simple lights don’t interfere with the leafy view.

Your Home | Small Spaces

How a Roxbury home uses Japanese design principles to feel larger than it is

While searching for my lost cat, I found friends in my new neighborhood

This week's daters: Cleo and Cam

Dinner with Cupid

‘I discovered he is an avid soccer fan and I told him about the ... team I’m organizing’

Hollywood, bring intermission back to super long movies

metro

A bullet hole in the front window of Modern Pastry on Hanover Street from a shooting last week.

North End restaurant owner who allegedly shot window of Modern Pastry ordered held without bail

Two Manchester, N.H., men accused of ‘lewd acts’ in front of children in rowboat on Dorrs Pond

‘We were victim to someone we trusted,’ Matos said of suspect nomination signatures

sports

J.D. Martinez (right) is happy to have reconnected with Mookie Betts in Los Angeles.

J.D. Martinez has gotten back into the swing with Dodgers

The Jets didn’t just bring in Aaron Rodgers. They brought his playbook and his hand-picked offensive coordinator, too

US cakewalk over Vietnam in World Cup opener reveals potential strengths — and weaknesses

business

Crypto heist couple set for US plea deal over Bitcoin laundering

Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and other tech firms agree to AI safeguards set by the White House

Our costly climate future arrives early

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the historic Ritz Theatre in downtown Jacksonville, Fla., on July 21.

Harris says Florida rules on Black history pushed by DeSantis are ‘propaganda’

‘We were victim to someone we trusted,’ Matos said of suspect nomination signatures

Seven AI companies agree to safeguards after pressure from the White House

Nation

Republican presidential candidate former vice president Mike Pence and his wife Karen, left, chat with a patrons during a campaign stop at a diner, on June 9, in Derry, N.H.

Nervous Republicans turn to New Hampshire in hopes of stopping Trump

Trial in Trump documents case set for May 2024

He came face to face with an alleged serial killer. 12 years later, his tip helped crack the case.

World

Children stand next to a bullet-ridden car in which a Palestinian was killed late on July 21 by Israeli forces, in an incident described by the army as a "car ramming attempt" in the town of Sebastia near Nablus in the West Bank on July 22.

Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian motorist after alleged car-ramming attack in West Bank

As Taiwan prepares for anti-invasion exercises, China sends dozens of warplanes toward the island

Over 1,000 air reservists threaten to stop serving, as Israel’s political crisis grows

opinion

OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, told a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee oversight hearing on May 16 that "if this technology goes wrong, it can go quite wrong."

The AI doomsaying is counterproductive

Black and Latino pedestrians face a higher risk of death while walking

Courts must not misread the First Amendment in a way that threatens democracy

lifestyle

Should I make this breakup less ugly?

How to make your home a haven from toxic teenage overachievement culture

Watch the world’s smelliest flower bloom at Wheaton College

food & dining

Monica’s Trattoria in the North End is attempting to remove Patrick Mendoza's status as manager of record, as he remains at large after allegedly firing shots last week.

‘Really unprecedented’: Monica’s Trattoria seeks transfer of management as owner remains at large after alleged shooting

In JP, a controversial brewery turns off the taps. But its owners aren’t blaming the protesters.

Where to watch the Women’s World Cup in R.I.

travel

Rooms at the Chatwal Lodge feature Adirondack- style furnishings.

Feeling fancy at the foot of the Catskill Mountains

A Chatham inn’s makeover, Colorado’s hot springs, and a self-folding travel stroller

The best rental car company for every type of traveler

Arts

Unknown, "Mina Loy Dressed for the Blindman's Ball," 1917.

‘Mina Loy: Strangeness Is Inevitable’ celebrates a remarkable ‘cultural pollinator’

‘Impassioned Destruction’: Exhibit offers new perspective on Boston Tea Party

In ‘Slice,’ Aaron Fink celebrates the sensuality of paint — and the succulence of a famous fruit

Books

In Edith Bruck’s ‘Lost Bread,’ an account of the Holocaust and its aftermath, cruelty continues for survivors even after Auschwitz is closed

Could ‘The Last of Us’ really happen? Emily Monosson details the potential future of fungal pathogens in an ever-warming world

Visual columnist Wendy MacNaughton on books about mortality and drawing

Movies

A group of friends, all in Boston for a summer filmmaking program at Emerson College, pose for a portrait on Boston Common before seeing the “Barbie” movie together on Thursday night.

Fans reclaimed ‘girliness’ through fashion at the opening night of Greta Gerwig’s ‘Barbie’

‘Beetlejuice’ movie set props stolen in Vermont, including 150-pound abstract art statue, police say

‘Stephen Curry: Underrated’ shoots and scores

Television

Bethenny Frankel attended the iHeartRadio Z100's Jingle Ball 2022 Presented by Capital One at Madison Square Garden on December 9, 2022, in New York, New York.

Reality TV performers need a union, ‘Housewives’ star says

Netflix hikes ad-free price for new subscribers

After six months of Hollywood strikes, Peak TV would become Bleak TV

music

Tony Bennett in a private concert at the Picasso Ballroom at Encore Boston Harbor Hotel and Casino in Everett in 2019.

Tony Bennett left a piece of his heart in Boston, too

Dudley Jazz Fest to bring an afternoon of live jazz to Dorchester

Barack Obama tweets his summer playlist, including songs by SZA, Luke Combs, and Janelle Monae

Theater/Dance

Dorrance Dance in "45th & 8th" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Dorrance Dance an engaging treat for eyes and ears at Jacob’s Pillow

Company One’s ‘Boy Who Kissed the Sky’ mythologizes a young Jimi Hendrix’s experience

Amid labor turmoil in Hollywood, Broadway seems to avoid a strike

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

Charles Wurster stands with his son, Erik Wurster (left), and his longtime partner, Marie Gladwish, as he received an honorary degree from Stony Brook University.

Charles Wurster’s fight of a lifetime: Defending the environment, saving the birds

Tony Bennett, ‘the best singer in the business,’ has died at 96

Kevin Mitnick, who eluded authorities during hacking spree, is dead at 59