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NSC-131 members conduct firearms training in the woods of New Hampshire.

This New England neo-Nazi group is getting bigger and scarier, experts say. Most troubling: Military vets fill its ranks.

The group’s unflinching embrace of Nazism and pledges of violence have landed them on the radars of extremism researchers across the country. Most worrisome, the experts say, is that the group’s ranks include a cadre of service members.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston
New York and Paris had their charms, but I needed to come to the intellectual capital of this continent to truly feel free.

Tell us: What do you miss most about living in Boston?

Adults have been riding the City Hall ‘cop slide’ seen in a viral video. Results have varied.
Millions of people who’ve repeatedly watched the video of a police officer zipping down a slide want to know: How did he pick up so much speed? Some have tried it for themselves.

Marjorie Perkins spoke to a reporter Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, at her home in Brunswick, Maine.

An 87-year-old Maine woman fought off an intruder. Then she fed him.

Marjorie Perkins said she awoke at 2 a.m. on July 26 and saw the young man standing over her bed. He had shed his shirt and pants and told her he was going to cut her.

A security guard patroled Atkinson Street in April.

Mayor Michelle Wu says troubled Mass. and Cass area has reached ‘new level of public safety alarm’

“Even those who are experts and do this every single day have said it’s reached a new level that is untenable,” Wu said in an interview Wednesday on the online program “Java with Jimmy.”

Harvard Business School would not discuss the lawsuit Wednesday.

Harvard professor accused of research fraud files defamation lawsuit against university, academics

The lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Boston, names Harvard Business School dean Srikant Datar as well as three authors of Data Colada, who alleged in a four-part series that four academic articles Gino cowrote contained fraudulent data.

Trump to appear in D.C. court for arraignment on 2020 election charges

Donald Trump is expected to be processed by law enforcement, be taken into custody, and enter a not guilty plea in front of a judge before being released, so he can rejoin the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.

Follow updates about the indictment After Trump’s indictment, US government faces one of its own

YVONNE ABRAHAM

More Trump indictments won’t budge his devotees
Nothing will come between the once and future king and his loyal subjects.

Gas prices are rising again. That could be bad news for the economy.

For a number of reasons, prices are climbing at a time in the summer driving season when they usually would be falling.

Massport CEO Lisa Wieland to leave in November to become an executive at National Grid
Airport director Ed Freni will take over on an interim basis.

Death of 41-year-old patient at Pembroke Hospital under investigation

Authorities are investigating the death of a 41-year-old patient at Pembroke Hospital on July 22.

As storms become more damaging, a debate grows over who should pay to get the lights back on

An environmental group is pushing back on National Grid’s request to raise rates to pay for cleanup from a costly 2021 storm.

Lizzo responds amid harassment lawsuit: ‘I’m not the villain people and media have portrayed me to be’
Days after a group of former backup dancers filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Lizzo, the Grammy winner posted a statement saying she felt the need to respond to the allegations because “they are too outrageous not to be addressed.”

State targets most vulnerable hospitals with cash infusion

Body found in Dorchester park, police say

NAACP Convention in Boston

Attendees at the NAACP convention in Boston, which drew more than 10,000 participants.

‘Thriving together’: Black Bostonians and visitors celebrate a successful NAACP convention

Leah Baptista Pires, 15, of Dorchester, who won silver in ballet for the NAACP's ACT-SO competition, poses for a portrait in the Public Garden.

Boston-area youth win prizes in annual NAACP competition

Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton presented Hazel Dukes with the Spingarn Medal, the NCAAP’s highest honor, at the closing of the 114th NAACP National Convention at the Boston Convention Center.

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

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

A runner splashed through the slush on the Esplanade.

‘We are seeing winter disappear’: Southern New England has lost nearly a month of annual snow cover, study finds

What’s happening in the region is part of a larger global trend. According to the study, the snow-covered portion of the Earth has shrunk by an area more than nine times the size of France in 22 years.

US coach Vlatko Andonovski (right) has not instilled a governing philosophy into his game plan, and it shows in disappointing results such as the 0-0 draw with Portugal.

john powers | on soccer

US women’s team has lacked an identity in this World Cup, making the road tougher

Tara Sullivan: Carli Lloyd sounded a warning for the US women’s soccer team, and it would be wise to heed her

Since last July, Susan M. Collins has had a front row seat to the inner workings of the Fed as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Podcast | Say More with Shirley Leung

On interest rates and Fed policy, Susan M. Collins believes it takes ‘a little bit of humility’

In the latest episode of “Say More with Shirley Leung,” the president of the Boston Federal Reserve Bank talks about how the Fed really works and reflects on her first year in the role.

Opinion

The Legislature has refused the same type of performance audit that all other state entities receive.

The Legislature isn’t special. It should get audited like others do.

That our audit is being met with resistance from Beacon Hill is not an example of how expansionist my vision is — it’s just demonstrative of how opaque the Legislature has become.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Women’s stories may change the abortion narrative

Big Tech shouldn’t operate unchecked

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Trump indictment doesn’t mention race, but it’s all there

I learned the hard way that US airlines aren’t required to have EpiPens

More recent News

Grieving families confront Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at death penalty sentencing
The hearing at the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh got underway Thursday, with some 22 witnesses expected to deliver victim impact statements.

When their school district in Florida took books off the shelves, this community built their own little libraries

Groups are fighting back after the Republican Legislature passed a slate of laws that critics say paved the way for book bans.

How one housing project in Newton may change the way we think about building green
The 13-building, all-electric housing project will be built using construction methods to maximize energy efficiency to the point where tenants pay no heating or cooling bills.

Roxbury Community College charts path forward as it marks 50 years of ups and downs

Students, college employees, and political and community leaders told the Globe they believe the school is now moving forward with a steady leader in Interim President Jackie Jenkins-Scott, the former president of Wheelock College.

A record-breaking number of cyclists showed up for Newport Folk Festival. This bike advocacy group hopes it happens again for Jazz Fest.
“It’s a great way to get to the festival and get on with the evening faster,” said Bari Freeman, founder of Bike Newport. “And it’s a tremendous contribution to reducing traffic.”

Patriots offense finally has its day to shine, and other observations from training camp
Mac Jones was making connections with his receivers as the offense showed some spark in red zone and one-on-one drills.

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

Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an online event as supporters watch from an organic potluck in Keene, N.H., on July 24.

In unlikely presidential bid, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cobbles together motley coalition

Democrats, Republicans, political neophytes, and recent converts make up a group that seems unlikely to land him in the White House but demonstrates how far a candidate can go with a familiar name and a conspiratorial bent.

In thrilling fashion, Beyoncé transforms Gillette Stadium into the world’s most lavish dance club
Beyoncé's wildly dense, visually stunning set that celebrated the history of dance music filled the stadium with an energy that felt charged with the possibility of something new.

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.

‘If only I was an armchair!’ Loss of nonemergency 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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Sigourney Weaver stars in "The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart."

In ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ starring Sigourney Weaver, the tangled weeds of trauma

From left, Michelangelo ("Mikey"), voiced by Shamon Brown Jr.; Donatello ("Donnie"), voiced by Micah Abbey; background left, Leonardo ("Leo"), voiced by Nicolas Cantu; and Raphael ("Raph"), voiced by Brady Noon.

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’: Secret of the snooze

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

A soaring set from Pink at Fenway Park

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’

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

Jaylen Brown answered questions last month at the MIT Media Lab after signing his $300 million contract extension with the Boston Celtics.

IDEAS | JOSHUA PEDERSON

Jaylen Brown and the optics of great generosity

The indictment against former president Donald Trump as charged by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election on Aug. 1 in Washington.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Trump indictment doesn’t mention race, but it’s all there

A demonstrator stood outside the Barrett Prettyman Courthouse in Washington on Tuesday following former president Donald Trump's indictment over his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

The Jan. 6 indictment is the most important case against Trump

Former president Donald Trump during a rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29, 2023. The third indictment of the former president in four months finally gets to the heart of the matter, the issue that will define the future of American democracy.

Inside the Trump indictment: What the country stands for

Donald Trump addressed supporters outside the White House in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, hours before the mob he incited attacked the Capitol. Trump was indicted on Aug. 1, 2023, in connection with his widespread efforts to overturn the 2020 election following a sprawling federal investigation into his attempts to cling to power after losing the presidency.

The indictment of Donald Trump is essential for democracy

IDEAS | Fredrik deBoer

The hubris of AI hype

Metro

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

‘We are seeing winter disappear’: Southern New England has lost nearly a month of annual snow cover, study finds

What’s happening in the region is part of a larger global trend. According to the study, the snow-covered portion of the Earth has shrunk by an area more than nine times the size of France in 22 years.

Trump indictment

Trump to appear in court over charges he attempted to overturn 2020 presidential election

Donald Trump was charged in a Justice Department investigation into his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and will appear in court on Thursday. Follow along with live updates.

Hasbro selling eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in $500m deal

The acquisition will give Lionsgate access to eOne’s library of almost 6,500 titles, including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Yellowjackets” and “The Woman King,” as well as film development rights to Hasbro’s Monopoly game.

Sports

US coach Vlatko Andonovski (right) has not instilled a governing philosophy into his game plan, and it shows in disappointing results such as the 0-0 draw with Portugal.

john powers | on soccer

US women’s team has lacked an identity in this World Cup, making the road tougher

What we’ve seen so far is a back line that’s loose in the center, a midfield that can’t create and can’t hold, and a forward trio that can’t click.

Germany's Alexandra Popp reacted after South Korea's goalkeeper Kim Jung-mi, right, saved her shot at goal. Germany failed to advance after the game ended in a draw.

World Cup 2023: The field for the Round of 16 is set. See when the US women play 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.

Jarren Duran stole a base and pressured the Mariners into a pair of errors that allowed him to score Monday.

Red Sox are stealing the show on the basepaths thanks to newfound aggressiveness

The man responsible is coach Kyle Hudson, who is showing players how to take advantage of the defense even without blazing speed.

Tom Brady enters the world of soccer as minority owner of English club Birmingham

Tom Brady breaks into English soccer, buying Birmingham City stake

inter miami 3, orlando city 1

Lionel Messi worth waiting for, scores twice as Inter Miami beats Orlando City in Leagues Cup

Business

Hasbro selling eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in $500m deal

The acquisition will give Lionsgate access to eOne’s library of almost 6,500 titles, including “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Yellowjackets” and “The Woman King,” as well as film development rights to Hasbro’s Monopoly game.

As storms become more damaging, a debate grows over who should pay to get the lights back on

An environmental group is pushing back on National Grid’s request to raise rates to pay for cleanup from a costly 2021 storm.

Massport CEO Lisa Wieland to leave in November to become an executive at National Grid

Weekly US applications for jobless benefits slide to lowest level in 5 months

magazine

This week's daters: Matt and Leanne.

Dinner with Cupid

‘In lieu of bringing me flowers, he made a donation to a wildflower organization’

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

Readers are struck by woman’s search for answers about what happened to relatives in the Holocaust

Your Week Ahead

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

metro

Tufts Medical Center.

State targets most vulnerable hospitals with cash infusion

How did education fare in this year’s state budget? Here’s what you need to know.

Rhode Island-style kindness is spreading across the country. (Well, to Illinois.)

sports

Brandon Belt got a postgame bath from Blue Jays teammate Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Brandon Belt helps Blue Jays snap skid against Orioles

Tabor Academy’s Kaelyn Carroll makes the most of A Shot for Life basketball all-star game appearance

Yankees righthander Domingo Germán enters treatment program for alcohol abuse

business

The AFP (Agency France Press) headquarters in Paris.

Agence France-Presse pursues copyright case against X, formerly known as Twitter

On interest rates and Fed policy, Susan M. Collins believes it takes ‘a little bit of humility’

GE unit could buy avionics company

politics

Former president Donald Trump.

Trump to appear in court over charges he attempted to overturn 2020 presidential election

Trump to appear in D.C. court for arraignment on 2020 election charges

Gas prices are rising again. That could be bad news for the economy.

Nation

Jonathan Majors left court after a hearing on his domestic violence case, Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, in New York.

Assault trial for actor Jonathan Majors postponed until September

Grieving families confront Pittsburgh synagogue shooter at death penalty sentencing

Ron DeSantis accepts Gavin Newsom’s challenge to debate on Fox News

World

A dozen people were injured in South Korea on Thursday when a man rammed a car onto a sidewalk and then stepped out of the vehicle and began stabbing people near a subway station in the city of Seongnam.

Man rams car onto sidewalk in South Korea and stabs people; at least 14 hurt

Freddie Mercury’s beloved piano, song drafts, and hundreds of personal items to go on sale

Mexico recovers 2 bodies from the Rio Grande, one found near a floating barrier that Texas installed

opinion

Former president Donald Trump during a rally in Erie, Pa., on July 29, 2023. The third indictment of the former president in four months finally gets to the heart of the matter, the issue that will define the future of American democracy.

Inside the Trump indictment: What the country stands for

Trump indictment doesn’t mention race, but it’s all there

Will AI be monitoring kids in their classrooms?

lifestyle

Voice actor Maile Flanagan, who voices the titular character, Naruto Uzumaki, in the English language dub of popular anime, "Naruto." She will be at Fan Expo Boston this weekend to meet with fans.

‘Naruto’ star Maile Flanagan talks Boston College improv roots and the Patriots anime club

Jon Stewart, John Mulaney, and Pete Davidson announce performance in Springfield

Eliza Dushku Palandjian and Peter Palandjian donate $7.5 million to Brigham and Women’s Hospital

food & dining

Jambon Beurre Sandwiches from artisanal French bakery Michette in Somerville.

Exceptional baguettes at Michette, a tiny, artisanal East Somerville bakery

South End favorite Stella opens in Newton; Fields West brings art and appetizers to Allston

Hindu group demands apology from Baskin-Robbins for not disclosing beef products in Rocky Road ice cream

travel

Godfrey at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

Godfrey on traveling in sweats, getting to Cuba, and being ‘an information freak’

Treehouses and hobbit homes in Maine, Art Deco in Montreal, and paddle fun anywhere

The Witch City is open, and it’s no ghost town, either

Arts

Installation view from Steven Careau's "in the lining of fields" at TurnPark Art Space. Lacewood, steel, brass, copper.

Steven Careau’s sculptures are fields of vision

In the ’weeds (in a good way): The New Bedford Whaling Museum looks at seaweed as cultural artifact

Putting monumentality underfoot on the Greenway

Books

Poet and novelist Ben Purkert

Ben Purkert examines masculinity in his debut novel, ‘The Men Can’t Be Saved’

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

Movies

Hasbro.

Hasbro selling eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in $500m deal

Vermont man charged with gross negligence in crash that killed actor Treat Williams

Streep and Clooney lead donation campaign for striking actors

Television

Hasbro.

Hasbro selling eOne television and movie business to Lionsgate in $500m deal

In ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’ starring Sigourney Weaver, the tangled weeds of trauma

As strikes drag on, watch the picket lines

music

Donavon Frankenreiter (left) and Devon Allman begin their 50-state tour Saturday with shows in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Then they sprint through New England beginning Monday.

Devon Allman and Donavon Frankenreiter embark on the most bonkers tour ever: 50 shows in 50 states in 49 days

Alisa Weilerstein’s ‘FRAGMENTS’ reimagines what an instrumental recital can sound and look like

Lizzo responds amid harassment lawsuit: ‘I’m not the villain people and media have portrayed me to be’

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