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Election authorities rule in Boston Councilor Kendra Lara’s favor in residency case

Objectors who challenged that Lara lives in her council district failed to meet the burden of proof showing that she lived outside her constituency, Boston election authorities found Tuesday.

Family of Henrietta Lacks and Waltham-based Thermo Fisher settle lawsuit over use of HeLa cells
It accused the company of profiting from her cloned cells, which have been widely used in research for more than 70 years. Terms of the agreement are not being made public.

COVID hospitalizations in Mass. see first upticks since January
Wastewater levels are at their highest levels since March but remain low compared to last year.

As much of downtown struggles, Chinatown emerges vibrant from COVID days

Former head of Boston’s New Mission High School charged with misusing nearly $40,000 in school funds, US attorney says

Naia Wilson was charged with misusing nearly $40,000 in school funds to pay for personal expenditures, including two vacations to Barbados for herself and her friends, authorities said.

These Boston hospitals were ranked best in the nation by US News & World Report

For the fifth year running, two hospitals in Boston rank among the nation’s best. Hospitals in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Maine also made the Best Regional Hospitals list.

Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are ‘humans in disguise’
Internet users questioned whether the zoo’s bears were real after photos circulated showing one standing upright on slender hind legs.

CVS to cut 5,000 jobs nationwide

Group of Boston teenagers accused of assaulting police attempting to remove them from South Bay shopping center

Twin brothers charged in machete attack near Boston Common

Margery Wilson in her wheelchair atop her fourth-floor Cambridge condo, There is no elevator in her building and she is fairly new to the ranks of the disabled.

‘If only I was an armchair!’ Loss of non-emergency services for disabled people leaves many trapped in their homes.

Ambulance companies that once carried people up and down stairs to medical appointments largely discontinued the practice during COVID restrictions.

MUSIC REVIEW

A soaring set from Pink at Fenway Park
Playing the first of her two Fenway shows Monday night, Pink cemented her reputation as a larger-than-life star who is unafraid to open up about her life — which she somehow manages while careening around a stage or catapulting through the air.

The sky’s the limit for Pink’s acrobatics at Fenway Park

GETTING SALTY

Lehrhaus sous chef Alex Artinian on Boston’s most creative restaurant, the power of cycling, and the PowerPoint that led her to college
A Kosher Jewish tavern complete with a library, Lehrhaus offers global Jewish food and cocktails, events, workshops, and more than 3,000 Jewish texts.

The Patriots got so physical with their pads on that Bill Belichick called a meeting, and other observations from camp
With the intensity and physicality set to increase, Belichick wanted his players to maintain perspective and temper their approach.

Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox are keeping their cards close to their chest ahead of the trade deadline.

trade deadline live updates

MLB trade deadline tracker: Who could the Red Sox deal to make a move?

Teams have until 6 p.m. today to wheel and deal.

NAACP Convention in Boston

At the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, a civil rights activist and longtime NAACP officer, was slated to receive the Spingarn Medal at this year's NAACP convention.

Hillary Clinton to present civil rights activist Hazel Dukes with NAACP’s highest honor

Congressman James Clyburn spoke during the NAACP convention on Saturday.

After 10 hours of discussion, NAACP approves slate of policy priorities

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

Tiger Woods has joined the policy board of the PGA Tour for the first time in his 27 years as part of the tour.

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and throws support behind commissioner Jay Monahan

The decision comes at a crucial time for the tour and for Monahan in the wake of the decision to merge PGA and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf league.

Middlebury College on the campus in Middlebury, Vt.

Middlebury College offers $10k pay-to-delay proposal as enrollment surges

Vermont’s Middlebury College, struggling with an enrollment boom, is offering $10,000 to upperclassmen to delay their education to ease overcrowding.

Tony Russo holds a hatful of Thessaloniki, Early Girl, and cherry tomatoes at SpringDell Farm in Littleton.

Nothing can rain on the tomato parade

Many local farms are experiencing a pleasant harvest despite the lousy weather, which is great news because tomatoes are a substantial economic force for the farmers.

Opinion

Governor Maura Healey spoke to people as Registry of Motor Vehicles customers waited for appointments at the Haymarket branch of the RMV on July 10.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The simple card that’s changing undocumented immigrants’ lives

It’s been one month since a law went into effect letting those without legal status in Massachusetts apply for a driver’s license. The state has already received roughly 100,000 requests for learner’s permit appointments.

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

Gray seals no longer need federal protection

IDEAS | STEPHEN ASMA

There was a 17th-century version of FOMO

Massachusetts can’t handle the influx of migrants on its own

More recent News

NASA hears signal from Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistakenly cutting contact
Flight controllers accidently sent a wrong command nearly two weeks ago that tilted the spacecraft’s antenna away from Earth and severed contact.

Bed Bath & Beyond is back, this time as an online retailer
Overstock has officially relaunched the Bed Bath & Beyond domain online Tuesday in the US, after acquiring the bankrupt retail chain’s intellectual property assets for $21.5 million last month.

Peabody chiropractor arraigned on new charges; allegedly installed secret camera in home and videotaped minor
A chiropractor who last month pleaded not guilty to placing a secret camera in the bathroom of his Peabody office is now accused of installing a camera in a residential home where he secretly videotaped a minor “known to him” while she showered, officials said.

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.

Judge rejects gag order in Karen Read case
The judge said that statements made by Karen Read’s attorneys may be “inflammatory” but are unlikely to sway proceedings.

Two men shot in Egleston Square

Police received a call just before 9:30 p.m. reporting shots fired near the intersection of School and Washington streets, and while en route to the scene were notified that there was a person shot near 127 School St., officials said.

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’

Recommended reads

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.

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.

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.

Massachusetts is phasing out natural gas. Why is it expanding in Douglas?
Emails shared with the Globe show how the town, a large utility, and a warehouse developer worked together to make sure the gas permit would be approved.

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."

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

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

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

Undoing the damage of 20th-century road-building

With a few basic steps, most of us can finally ignore COVID

Parenting in what feels like end times

House Speaker Ron Mariano, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll, Governor Maura Healey, and Senate President Karen Spilka are all Democrats.

One-party rule on Beacon Hill has led to dysfunction

IDEAS | Fredrik deBoer

The hubris of AI hype

Metro

New ads in N.H. knock both Biden and Trump External Inbox

The digital advertisements are part of a four-state $1 million ad buy by Americans for Prosperity Action, a group that has signaled plans to endorse someone other than Trump for the GOP’s 2024 presidential primary.

COVID hospitalizations in Mass. see first upticks since January

Wastewater levels are at their highest levels since March but remain low compared to last year.

Middlebury College offers $10k pay-to-delay proposal as enrollment surges

Vermont’s Middlebury College, struggling with an enrollment boom, is offering $10,000 to upperclassmen to delay their education to ease overcrowding.

The latest political news in Rhode Island

Endorsements, campaign announcements, and more leading up to the special election for R.I.’s First Congressional District

Sports

U.S. midfielder Rose Lavelle (right) will miss her team's match against Sweden in the Round of 16 after picking up a yellow card — her second of the group stage — as the U.S. narrowly avoided elimination in a 0-0 draw against Portugal.

The US women were nearly knocked out of the World Cup on Tuesday. Here’s what’s next.

The United States is searching for its third straight World Cup title — but the quest nearly came to an end in its group stage finale.

Trent Frederic is coming off a season in which he set career highs in games (79), goals (17), and points (31).

Trent Frederic avoids arbitration with Bruins, agrees to two-year deal

The player and the club had been scheduled to enter arbitration Tuesday before they agreed to a two-year deal worth $2.3 million annually.

Chaim Bloom and the Red Sox are keeping their cards close to their chest ahead of the trade deadline.

trade deadline live updates

MLB trade deadline tracker: Who could the Red Sox deal to make a move?

Teams have until 6 p.m. today to wheel and deal.

Tiger Woods joins PGA Tour board and throws support behind commissioner Jay Monahan

John Powers | On soccer

After three disconcerting results in Women’s World Cup, questions are unavoidable for US

WORLD CUP | UNITED STATES 0, PORTUGAL 0

US slips into Round of 16 of Women’s World Cup after scoreless draw with Portugal

Business

Bed Bath & Beyond is back, this time as an online retailer

Overstock has officially relaunched the Bed Bath & Beyond domain online Tuesday in the US, after acquiring the bankrupt retail chain’s intellectual property assets for $21.5 million last month.

CVS to cut 5,000 jobs nationwide

Employees to be most affected by the cuts at the Woonsocket, R.I.-based retail pharmacy giant primarily work in corporate positions, according to executives.

Family of Henrietta Lacks and Waltham-based Thermo Fisher settle lawsuit over use of HeLa cells

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

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

Lt. Governor Sabina Matos gives her victory speech during an election night gathering of Rhode Island Democratic candidates and supporters, Tuesday Nov. 8, 2022, in Providence, R.I.

Sabina Matos signatures investigation: Here’s what you need to know

R.I. secretary of state calls for automatic state elections board review if fraud suspected

Election authorities rule in Boston Councilor Kendra Lara’s favor in residency case

sports

Netherlands' Danielle Van de Donk, center, scores the 5th goal during the Women's World Cup Group E soccer match between Vietnam and the Netherlands.

Netherlands blows out Vietnam to win Group E at the Women’s World Cup

False fire alarm blares for several minutes at Women’s World Cup match between Portugal and US

Red Sox continue down losing road, drop series opener in Seattle to the Mariners

business

Tesla vehicles charge at a station in Emeryville, Calif., Aug. 10, 2022.

US opens safety probe into complaints from Tesla drivers that they can lose steering control

Brightly flashing ‘X’ sign removed from the San Francisco building that was Twitter’s headquarters

As much of downtown struggles, Chinatown emerges vibrant from COVID days

politics

Former president Donald Trump

New ads in N.H. knock both Biden and Trump External Inbox

Trump’s campaign finances are strained as legal peril mounts

Mass. lawmakers ask Biden administration to speed up migrant work permits

Nation

Ethan Crumbley talked with attorney Amy Hopp in court, Friday, July 28, 2023, in Pontiac, Mich.

Oxford school shooter was ‘feral child’ abandoned by parents, defense psychologist says

Jury begins weighing death penalty or life in prison for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

NIH announces long-COVID treatment studies with hundreds of patients

World

HP Component

Our bears are real, a Chinese zoo says, denying they are ‘humans in disguise’

At least 20 dead and 27 missing in floods surrounding China’s capital Beijing, thousands evacuated

Russia accuses Ukraine of drone attack on Moscow, hitting a tower for the second time in three days

opinion

The and old Twitter logos, side by side.

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

With a few basic steps, most of us can finally ignore COVID

Parenting in what feels like end times

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

Kos Kaffe’s Green Frittata

Recipe: A Brooklyn cafe serves this super-thin frittata layered with potatoes, greens, and feta

Recipe: A big skillet spaghetti pie with eggplant and tomatoes will feed your summer guests nicely

Recipe: The best part of a gyro sandwich — the lamb and vegetable filling — goes into this salad

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

Pink gets the party started at Fenway Park Monday night with some aerial acrobatics.

A soaring set from Pink at Fenway Park

From Berlioz to Buster Keaton, a busy weekend at Tanglewood

At Newport Folk Fest, a little help from many friends

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

Former Connecticut state Senator Louis DeLuca in 2007.

Former GOP Senate leader in Connecticut who resigned amid a legislative probe dies at 89

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

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