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Impact of the NAACP convention on Boston

WATCH: Correspondent Maliya Ellis recaps the major outcomes from the NAACP convention and explains its potential impact on the city.

What was the effect of the NAACP convention on Boston?

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Man wanted in hit-and-run death of 4-year-old Hyde Park boy turns himself in to police

Boston police on Monday identified a suspect who later turned himself in to authorities in the July 18 hit-and-run crash in Hyde Park that killed a 4-year-old boy.

Mass. House, Senate send $56.2 billion budget to Governor Healey’s desk

The compromise budget includes top priorities of both Massachusetts House and Senate leaders, including tuition for students attending community college nursing programs, and a program that would make undocumented high schoolers eligible for in-state tuition.

Boston police watchdog agency at crossroads as directors leave, first sustained complaint rejected

Two years after it was first created, the Office of Police Accountability and Transparency’s Civilian Review Board sustained an allegation against a police officer. The finding was almost immediately rejected by Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox.

Paul Reubens, comic actor behind Pee-wee Herman character, has died
Mr. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a statement.

Attorney general files public records lawsuit against Malden charter school

The lawsuit against the charter was filed in the state Superior Court on Monday by the AG’s Division of Open Government, which has the authority to enforce open meeting and public record laws in the state.

Jason Aldean cites Marathon bombing before performing his controversial ‘Try That in a Small Town’ at the Xfinity Center

Addressing his fans Saturday, Aldean defended “Try That in a Small Town,” calling it a “really cool song” whose message has “completely gotten overshadowed."

Two killed, one injured in Sunday night shootings in Boston; three others stabbed

Woman attacked in Waltham, walking along Charles River, State Police say

The Vantage Travel cruise ship Ocean Explorer docked at the Gloucester Cruiseport on April 27, 2023.

Bankrupt Vantage Travel used expensive ships. Why aren’t they listed as assets in court?

One might think that those vessels would be a target of former customers owed a staggering $108 million for trips never taken.

What’s being fixed in the Sumner Tunnel? These are the key upgrades.
The Globe spoke to officials at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation to learn about the biggest changes to the nearly 90-year-old Sumner Tunnel.

DeSantis talks economic priorities in N.H.: ‘The elites in this country have failed’
Florida governor Ron DeSantis tried to revive his sluggish campaign by calling for “economic independence” and railing against president Biden, Congress, and socially conscious business practices.

Analysis: What the Obama-Clinton 2008 primary has to do with the 2024 Trump-DeSantis contest

Cape DA demands US attorney general investigate DeSantis for Martha’s Vineyard migrant crisis

“The United States is one of the greatest powers in the world,” said midfielder Kika Nazareth. “But we believe and we’re going to do it.”

John Powers | On Soccer

While Portugal has nothing to lose, the United States women’s soccer team faces danger at every turn

Not only have the Portuguese never beaten the United States women's team in 10 meetings, they’ve never scored, while allowing 39 goals.

A doctor used a probe on a pregnant woman to measure the heartbeat of the fetus in Jackson, Miss. Rates of severe maternal health complications nearly doubled in Massachusetts from 2011 to 2020, with Black women experiencing the highest rates of labor and delivery problems.

Tell us: How is the maternal health crisis affecting your decision to have children?

If you identify as Black or Indigenous, has seeing, hearing about, or experiencing poor maternal outcomes affected how you think about motherhood or childbirth? Tell us in this survey.

NAACP Convention in Boston

People waited in line to pick up their credentials for the 114th National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) National Convention in Boston on July 28, 2023.

At the NAACP Convention, a day of policy discussions and recognizing progress

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft spoke with rapper Meek Mill during a Boston Celtics game in 2018.

Robert Kraft, Meek Mill tell NAACP convention that Jewish, Black communities must combat hate together

NAACP President Derrick Johnson spoke at the national convention on Friday.

‘We cannot rest on our laurels’: NAACP president urges unity and mobilization in face of threats to racial equity

A group of young people, who attended the convention through funding from the NAACP New England Area Conference, posed for a photo Saturday.

Young NAACP convention attendees want to help, to make a difference

Bluegrass star Billy Strings performs the closing set at Newport Folk Festival Sunday.

At Newport Folk Fest, a little help from many friends

One of the festival’s calling cards is the appearance of unannounced collaborations or guest appearances. On Sunday, there was plenty of the unexpected to enjoy.

As of Monday, Justin Turner was leading the Red Sox in hits and runs.

Whatever the Red Sox do at this deadline, they shouldn’t trade Justin Turner

Turner delivers in big moments. He prioritizes camaraderie, being a good teammate, and connecting with the fans. The Sox need more like him.

Sandro and Alix Dorsainvil work for the nonprofit El Roi Haiti in Port-au-Prince, where Alix was abducted with their child on Thursday, the organization said.

N.H. school asks for prayers for nurse and daughter kidnapped in Haiti

A Christian school in New Hampshire that taught Alix Dorsainvil, a 31-year-old nurse living in Haiti who was kidnapped with her child last week, issued a call to prayer for her safe return.

Nurse from N.H. kidnapped with her child in Haiti, nonprofit says

Opinion

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted the audience at the NAACP convention in Boston on July 29.

Beyond image, how much will the NAACP convention change Boston?

It’s ironic that the convention is being held in an overwhelmingly white neighborhood, against the backdrop of discrimination charges connected with the convention center where it’s being held.

Parenting in what feels like end times

MARCELA GARCÍA

The simple card that’s changing undocumented immigrants’ lives

One-party rule on Beacon Hill has led to dysfunction

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Angus Cloud, breakout star of ‘Euphoria,’ is dead at 25
The actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on the HBO series “Euphoria,” has died. Angus Cloud was 25.

Beloved ‘gas station dog’ hit, killed at East Providence business where she’d greet neighbors
On July 11, Maple was struck and killed by a driver who cut through the business’s lot, according the dog's owner.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘SNL’ rumors, a Sigourney Weaver drama, and six series begin new seasons
Premiering this week: “The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart,” a miniseries starring Sigourney Weaver, and the true-crime docuseries “Demons and Saviors.” Plus, rumors swirl about Lorne Michaels's eventual "Saturday Night Live" successor.

State opens ‘Welcome Center’ in Quincy for families in need

State officials on Monday marked the opening of a second “Family Welcome Center” in Massachusetts for families experiencing homelessness and for newly arrived migrant families, in an effort to ease the crunch on the state’s overcrowded emergency shelter system.

Memphis, Tennessee, police shoot suspect after he fired shots outside Jewish school

Memphis, Tennessee, police say officers shot a suspect after he attempted to enter a Jewish school with a gun and fired shots after he couldn’t get into the building.

Idaho mom Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced in deaths of 2 children and her romantic rival

Lori Vallow Daybell was found guilty in May of killing her two youngest children as well as conspiring to kill her fifth husband’s previous wife.

Seven wonders of the sports world

Augusta National

Augusta National

There’s a reason they call it ‘heaven’

Churchill Downs

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

From the Brickyard to the Snake Pit

Lambeau Field

Lambeau Field

The windchill is 7 degrees. Who cares?

Churchill Downs

A weeklong party for a two-minute race

Cameron Indoor

Cameron Indoor Stadium

The Crazies are one of a kind

Michigan Stadium

Michigan Stadium

The fun starts early at The Big House

Fenway Park

Fenway Park

A love affair spawned from the ‘Impossible Dream’

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A woman clasped her hands in prayer during a memorial service Sunday at Logan Airport's Our Lady of the Airways chapel for the passengers and crew who were killed in 1973 on Delta Flight 723.

‘Feelings I hadn’t ever processed’: Families mark 50th anniversary of Logan crash with memorial service at airport chapel

Families of those killed on Delta Flight 723 gathered at Logan International Airport’s chapel Sunday morning for a memorial Mass, marking the the 50th anniversary of the worst plane crash in New England’s history.

Fifty years later, families reflect on Logan plane crash

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Academic recovery has stalled, but Massachusetts schools still have over $1 billion to spend in federal funds. What’s going on?
With a year to go to spend the $2.6 billion in total relief funds that went to Mass. schools across three rounds of aid, it’s unclear how far those dollars have gone, and what they have achieved.

Criminals on campus: Student sexual assault survivors seeking justice face murky process under Title IX amid political shifts
Colleges have struggled for decades with a pervasive culture of assault and harassment. But experts say a once imperfect process for holding perpetrators accountable is now broken and in desperate need of repair — and politicians are partly to blame.

If inflation is cooling, why isn’t the stuff you buy getting any cheaper?
Retailers are facing widespread economic uncertainty, and despite inflation and worries of recession, consumers still have money and are willing to spend it.

Culture & Lifestyle

Kayla Shimizu as Ariel (center left) and Davron S. Monroe as Sebastian (center right) with the ensemble of "Disney's The Little Mermaid" at Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham.

A restless daughter makes waves in Reagle’s ‘Little Mermaid’

Bluegrass star Billy Strings performs the closing set at Newport Folk Festival Sunday.

At Newport Folk Fest, a little help from many friends

Oona Doherty / OD Works in "Navy Blue" at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Oona Doherty brings US premiere of a searching, existential ‘Navy Blue’ to Jacob’s Pillow

Sophie Wilde plays Mia in the Philippou brothers' new horror-drama "Talk to Me."

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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.

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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

Although two cannabis companies have opened in Malden, the city has among the state’s strictest zoning.

When local cannabis zoning may be too restrictive

The and old Twitter logos, side by side.

IDEAS | MARK PETERS

X marks a lot of spots: Twitter’s new name has a very long history

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, seen here recently in New Hampshire. Our columnist says the presidential candidate has been waging what seems to be an anti-charm offensive on the campaign trail.

The biggest problem with Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign? Ron DeSantis.

IDEAS | JOSHUA GLENN

Sci-fi that foreshadowed the genre as we know it

State Senator Diana DiZoglio said her office has been “stonewalled.”

Audit Beacon Hill? Yes, but...

IDEAS | Fredrik deBoer

The hubris of AI hype

Metro

Mass. House, Senate send $56.2 billion budget to Governor Healey’s desk

The compromise budget includes top priorities of both Massachusetts House and Senate leaders, including tuition for students attending community college nursing programs, and a program that would make undocumented high schoolers eligible for in-state tuition.

North Hampton hires new leader for its police department

Robert C. LaBarge has been in law enforcement for more than 30 years, and is retiring from the Massachusetts State Police.

Criminals on campus: Student sexual assault survivors seeking justice face murky process under Title IX amid political shifts

Colleges have struggled for decades with a pervasive culture of assault and harassment. But experts say a once imperfect process for holding perpetrators accountable is now broken and in desperate need of repair — and politicians are partly to blame.

Mayor Wu signs executive order banning fossil fuels in new city-owned buildings

Mayor Michelle Wu made a commitment to decarbonize city buildings as part of her State of the City address in January, and in May she announced a $2 billion plan to overhaul Boston’s public school facilities.

Sports

In his final appearance for his old team, the Mariners, Paul Sewald earned a save last Friday against his new team, the Diamondbacks, in Phoenix.

Mariners, mired in mediocrity, trade closer Paul Sewald to playoff-hopeful Diamondbacks

Sewald was a mainstay at the back of Seattle’s bullpen for the past three seasons. He has a career-high 21 saves this season.

Mark Jackson joined ESPN in 2006 before leaving in 2011 to take the head coaching job with the Warriors. He returned to the network in 2014.

NBA analyst Mark Jackson laid off by ESPN with Doris Burke and Doc Rivers slated as replacements

Jackson was let go with two years remaining on his contract.

Damar Hamlin, shown here during Sunday's practice, practiced with pads on for the first time since January.

Bills’ Damar Hamlin straps on his pads for first time since collapsing on the field in January

“This is just a another milestone on the journey — might be one of the biggest ones,” Hamlin said after practice.

Fabinho is latest soccer star to leave Liverpool for the riches ($51.5 million) of Saudi Arabia

Women's World Cup Notebook

Canada’s Christine Sinclair exits Women’s World Cup after loss to Australia, possibly for last time

Rays add Aaron Civale to starting rotation via trade with Guardians

Business

Fox is telling the Massachusetts story, for everyone

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene.

Draper buys land near Kennedy Space Center

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

A Biden plan cuts student loan payments for millions to $0. Will it be the next legal battle?

Teamsters say trucking giant Yellow Corp. is ceasing operations, filing for bankruptcy

magazine

Coolidge Corner kicks off its August series "Hip Hop at 50" with a showing of "Wild Style."

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 31-Aug. 13

The writer, right, and her twin sister, Jan, in 1959.

Since my sister’s death, I wonder if I should introduce myself as a ‘twinless twin’

In this Woburn condo, the designer loaded on the layers, starting with a purple chair and leopard print sofa, followed by an optic print wallpaper.

How a Woburn condo got a dreamhouse makeover with Barbie vibes

He was caught trying to defraud a COVID relief fund. Then he vanished.

metro

Republican presidential candidate Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida appeared on the display on a video camera during a campaign event onMonday in Rochester, N.H.

DeSantis talks economic priorities in N.H.: ‘The elites in this country have failed’

Beloved ‘gas station dog’ hit, killed at East Providence business where she’d greet neighbors

After Matos scandal, R.I. Board of Elections urged to investigate all signatures

sports

Coach Bill Belichick (left) had some players who seemed pretty excited to be hitting in pads Monday.

The Patriots got so physical with their pads on for the first time, Bill Belichick called a meeting

For Franklin Post 75′s American Legion state champions, representing their town one more time meant everything

MLB Trade Deadline Tracker: Diamondbacks acquire closer Paul Sewald from Mariners

business

GE chief executive Larry Culp. It took an outsider to put the company back on track.

Larry Culp brings GE back from the brink

Bankrupt Vantage Travel used expensive ships. Why aren’t they listed as assets in court?

Teamsters say Yellow Corp. is ceasing operations, filing for bankruptcy

politics

Republican presidential candidate Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida appeared on the display on a video camera during a campaign event onMonday in Rochester, N.H.

DeSantis talks economic priorities in N.H.: ‘The elites in this country have failed’

Intelligence board recommends curbing FBI’s power to use surveillance program

At the NAACP Convention, a day of policy discussions and recognizing progress

Nation

The Sky House, built by SunRay Kelly, in Sedro-Woolley, Wash.

SunRay Kelley, master builder of the counterculture, dies at 71

A Biden plan cuts student loan payments for millions to $0. Will it be the next legal battle?

Memphis police shoot suspect after he fired shots outside Jewish school

World

Relatives and mourners gather around caskets of victims who were killed in Sunday's suicide bomber attack in the Bajur district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on July 31.

Pakistan buries dead from massive suicide attack at political rally

Ukraine says Russian missiles hit another apartment building and likely trapped people under rubble

Russia says 2 drones hit buildings in Moscow in latest wave of attacks

opinion

Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo listened to colleague Frank Baker last year. During this council term, a number of meetings have devolved into squabbles and several councilors, including Arroyo, have been accused of ethical lapses.

Boston’s City Council is rich in embarrassments. It doesn’t need to be.

Sci-fi that foreshadowed the genre as we know it

The biggest problem with Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign? Ron DeSantis.

lifestyle

I want a year off from the relationship

Water is refreshing in the heat, right? In parts of Florida this past week, not so much.

After $304 million supermax extension, Jaylen Brown’s personal life gets supermax attention from the tabloids

food & dining

The interior of the Rise 'n Shine Coffee Bar, on the first floor of the 1858 Christopher Dodge Carriage House on Holden Street, in Providence's Smith Hill neighborhood.

Three new-ish cafés where you can get work done in R.I.

New ownership brought Table Talk back from the brink. Now, it’s in expansion mode.

Sullivan’s Castle Island outdoor seating closed because of aggressive — and hungry — seagulls

travel

Author Karen White

Author Karen White on her Tuscan villa dreams, unplugged vacations, and why she’d like to travel with Ryan Reynolds

Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard camp on floor at Logan airport during delay: ‘We made quite a home here’

Budget bills $2,133 for hail damage that never happened

Arts

Maria Molteni and collaborators Vin Caponigro, Laura Campagna, Ash Capachione, and Laura Ganci stand on Molteni's mural "Gateway to Infinity (An Anti-monument)."

Putting monumentality underfoot on the Greenway

An atelier of her own

Before they went full Hollywood, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles broke the mold in Northampton

Books

An employee of a bookstore wrapped a title featuring LGBTQ+ content in closed packaging to comply with a contentious law on homosexuality in media, on Wednesday, in Budapest.

Hungarian bookstores face fines over closed packaging for LGBTQ+ books

The hero of Peter Heller’s ‘The Last Ranger’ stalks the boundary between solitude and society

Susan Casey, veteran journalist of the life aquatic, explores the history and wonder of the subterranean ocean world in ‘The Underworld’

Movies

Sophie Wilde plays Mia in the Philippou brothers' new horror-drama "Talk to Me."

In ‘Talk To Me,’ RackaRacka YouTubers and first-time directors Danny and Michael Philippou conjure the terrors of teenhood

Mattel is considering ‘Barbie’ sequel as it plans more Hollywood franchises

‘More than just film screenings’: Woods Hole Film Festival returns to Cape Cod for its 32nd year

Television

Angus Cloud in 2021.

Angus Cloud, breakout star of ‘Euphoria,’ is dead at 25

Mass. lawmakers eye a ‘Netflix tax’ to fund community TV channels

This week’s TV: ‘SNL’ rumors, a Sigourney Weaver drama, and six series begin new seasons

music

On Sunday afternoon at Tanglewood, Anna Rakitina led the final performance of her term as the BSO's assistant conductor.

From Berlioz to Buster Keaton, a busy weekend at Tanglewood

At Newport Folk Fest, a little help from many friends

Meet the Beyoncé superfans who’ll be cheering their queen at Gillette Stadium

Theater/Dance

Kayla Shimizu as Ariel (center left) and Davron S. Monroe as Sebastian (center right) with the ensemble of "Disney's The Little Mermaid" at Reagle Music Theatre in Waltham.

A restless daughter makes waves in Reagle’s ‘Little Mermaid’

Oona Doherty brings US premiere of a searching, existential ‘Navy Blue’ to Jacob’s Pillow

On the Common, a ‘Macbeth’ steeped in misery and madness

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

William H. Dilday Jr. was the personnel director at WHDH-TV and part of an organization dedicated to increasing diversity in Boston media when he was offered the chance to make history at a different TV station in the early 1970s. Photo courtesy of the Dilday family.

William H. Dilday Jr., history-making Black executive in TV, dies at 85

Jean Fagan Yellin, who uncovered a slavery tale’s true author, dies at 92

Pamela Blair, original performer of comedic ‘Chorus Line’ gem, dies at 73