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Sweden will move on, next facing sizzling Japan in the quarterfinals, while the United States heads home, the earliest exit from the World Cup in program history.

The US women’s soccer team’s early exit from the World Cup is a story of what might have been

The US lost a nail-biter to Sweden, but what the team will, and should, truly rue for years to come are those initial round robin games.

US women fall to Sweden on penalty kicks

The finishing touch was missing, even before Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith, and Kelley O’Hara missed penalty kicks against Sweden.

Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

The US women looked more like themselves against Sweden, but their finishing touch was missing

The team lacked a true playmaker, especially against the Swedes, as Rose Lavelle was suspended because of two previous yellow cards.

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

The curious case of Alex Verdugo, his recent slump, and Saturday’s surprise scratch
“I’m very disappointed,” manager Alex Cora said. “This is probably one of my worst days here in this organization.”

Peter Abraham: Bad day for Alex Cora, Red Sox only gets worse when game ends in loss to Blue Jays on base-running blunder

Long pushed out when neighborhoods change, artists are fighting back, and getting help
An unlikely group of artists and activists known as the Art Stays Here Coalition has emerged to help combat displacement.

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.

Overall, the average home value in Provincetown as of Aug. 2 was $906,875 -- up nearly 4 percent from a year ago, according to Zillow.

The ‘Nantucket-ization’ of P-town

Is this tourism hotspot becoming less of an LGBTQ+ haven and more of a playground for the one percent?

State Police ordered to offer reinstatement to troopers suspended for refusing COVID-19 shots

A decision by an arbitrator is directed at troopers who qualified for religious exemptions from the vaccine mandate, but weren't offered options for staying on duty unless they got the shots.

DeSantis campaign is hit by gloom as aides worry race is slipping away
Campaign advisers are said to believe the presidential effort by Ron DeSantis lacks a coherent strategy and message.

The most dangerous job for lawyers is being on Trump’s legal team

YVONNE ABRAHAM

For Massachusetts children, free lunch, at last
Beacon Hill legislators voted Monday to make free school meals permanent for every schoolchild in the state. Hallelujah!

Obama recalls the lasting influence of Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama ― she was Michelle Robinson then — were among scores of Harvard Law students Charles Ogletree guided and encouraged during his many years at the school.

Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law professor who mentored the Obamas, dies at 70 From 2019: As his Alzheimer’s looms, Charles and Pam Ogletree take one last walk in love

Boston woman charged for allegedly driving onto Seaport sidewalk and striking victim

Police take person into custody early Sunday following hours-long standoff in Charlestown

Danville, N.H., woman was fatally shot multiple times inside her home, officials say

A taxi is mobbed by young people after a crowd gathered at Union Square Park, where influencer Kai Cenat promised to hand out items including PlayStation consoles.

Social media influencer Kai Cenat faces charges of inciting riot after thousands cause mayhem in NYC

Giants manger Gabe Kapler, beard neatly trimmed and stylish with dark-tinted sunglasses, has the Giants in contention.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

In his unique style, manager Gabe Kapler has put the pieces together for the Giants

The former Red Sox, now 48, brings a presence to the team that works.

Brown quarterback Deshaun Watson is one to watch, given his exorbitant contract and lackluster return last season.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Here are some interesting people and fascinating circumstances as we embark on the 2023 NFL season

Ben Volin is trying something a little different in his list.

Massport has a strict “No Dogs” policy inside nearly all its Boston parks, so Lisa Karpenko has to stand outside the fence at the Bremen Street Community Park in East Boston with her dog Dakota to watch her 7-year-old daughter play.

Boston has few dog parks. It’s led to a pitched battle over public space.

The city was one of the last in the area to allow dogs to roam the streets freely. But the landscape has changed and tensions have ratcheted up since.

Opinion

MCI-Cedar Junction prison in Walpole in 1993.

As capital punishment fades, progressives take aim at a new target

The long campaign to end executions will be replaced by a campaign to end life sentences without parole.

Why are Republicans so obsessed with Kamala Harris?

Don’t make it impossible for people with disabilities to save money

Too many of Boston’s pools are closed

MARCELA GARCÍA

The debt we still owe to our Afghan allies

More recent News

Train derailment kills at least 15, injures 50 in southern Pakistan, officials say
At least 15 passengers were killed and 50 more injured when a train derailed near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah in southern Sindh province, officials said Sunday.

Avis Budget rental car workers demonstrate for new contract in East Boston Saturday

Avis Budget workers are seeking greater pay increases to keep up with the soaring cost of living in Boston, and an end to scheduling practices that have resulted in the company denying workers from taking time off, and requiring them to work erratic shifts, according to a union statement.

Teen is charged with murder and a hate-crime in stabbing of gay man in NYC, police say

A 17-year-old boy was charged with murder and a hate crime in the killing of 28-year-old O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was stabbed to death while dancing at a Brooklyn gas station last weekend, New York City authorities said Saturday.

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.

Patriots

The Patriots are trying to acclimate to a new offense, but injuries on the line are taking their toll
Established starters and others vying for spots have been out of practice or relegated to a limited capacity.

Roxbury Poetry Festival invites people to reimagine their neighborhood and embrace the written word
“I just want people to walk away inspired, and feel fed,” said Boston’s poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola. “There needs to be freedom for people to be creative.”

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

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.

TV CRITICS CORNER

TV’s best episodes of the year (so far)
Amid the blur of the binge era, these series crafted standout stories within their seasons asked viewers to slow down and take notice.

Who needs Disney? We have our own haunted (or just seriously spooky) mansions.
Here’s a peek behind the stained-glass windows of some intriguing Gothic masterpieces — local haunts, if you will — that are open to the flesh-and-blood public.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Faran Tahir and Joanne Kelly in "Macbeth," which Commonwealth Shakespeare Company presents at Boston Common's Parkman Bandstand through Aug. 6.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Some of Salem’s hotspots are better in summer, in our view — like The Roof at The Hotel Salem, shown here, where the panorama of the city and harbor is as cool as the drinks.

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

This one is haunted, says nearly everyone, but it’s a “good energy.” Wilson Castle in Proctor, Vt., hosts overnights for paranormal investigators.

Who needs Disney? We have our own haunted (or just seriously spooky) mansions.

The author in the Old Woman's shoe.

On Story Land’s Nostalgia Nights, a gift for grownups: Permission to play

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

Forget the smart gizmos and give stupid a chance

The Supreme Court said in a unanimous ruling this year that municipalities could not take more than they are owed in foreclosure cases, ending so-called equity theft, but Massachusetts has yet to update its laws in light of the decision.

The state tax foreclosure law is unconstitutional. So why is it being enforced?

What I needed was an epinephrine auto-injector, also known as an EpiPen, but neither the airplane emergency medical kit nor any other passenger had one.

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

Greg Torres cared deeply about a range of complex public policy issues and dedicated his working life to making things better for those struggling with life’s challenges.

Greg Torres, the practical idealist

Last month, protesters on two sides of the abortion debate clashed in the Iowa State Capitol rotunda while the Iowa Legislature convened for a special session to pass a six-week 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban.

IDEAS | SHANNON A. MULLEN

Reclaiming our agency

"This city is special," the author writes, "and Boston, so restrained in emotion, deserves to hear this more often."

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Avis Budget rental car workers demonstrate for new contract in East Boston Saturday

Avis Budget workers are seeking greater pay increases to keep up with the soaring cost of living in Boston, and an end to scheduling practices that have resulted in the company denying workers from taking time off, and requiring them to work erratic shifts, according to a union statement.

State Police ordered to offer reinstatement to troopers suspended for refusing COVID-19 shots

A decision by an arbitrator is directed at troopers who qualified for religious exemptions from the vaccine mandate, but weren't offered options for staying on duty unless they got the shots.

Roxbury Poetry Festival invites people to reimagine their neighborhood and embrace the written word

“I just want people to walk away inspired, and feel fed,” said Boston’s poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola. “There needs to be freedom for people to be creative.”

Leny Andrade, ‘first lady of Brazilian jazz,’ dies at 80

A Brazilian singer, Leny Andrade earned an international following with her soulful fusion of samba, bossa nova, and American jazz and was once called by Tony Bennett the Ella Fitzgerald of Brazil.

Sports

The finishing touch was missing, even before Megan Rapinoe, Sophia Smith, and Kelley O’Hara missed penalty kicks against Sweden.

Frank Dell'Apa | On Soccer

The US women looked more like themselves against Sweden, but their finishing touch was missing

The team lacked a true playmaker, especially against the Swedes, as Rose Lavelle was suspended because of two previous yellow cards.

Sweden will move on, next facing sizzling Japan in the quarterfinals, while the United States heads home, the earliest exit from the World Cup in program history.

The US women’s soccer team’s early exit from the World Cup is a story of what might have been

The US lost a nail-biter to Sweden, but what the team will, and should, truly rue for years to come are those initial round robin games.

Megan Rapinoe missed one of the US's chances in penalty kicks.

women's world cup

US women suffer earliest exit from World Cup in team history after falling to Sweden in penalty kicks

Sweden won the shootout, 5-4.

Driver Scott Zeron and Tactical Approach make up ground to win Hambletonian

World Cup 2023: Follow along here for daily schedule and results

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Patriots exhibition games will get twin coverage, in the form of an alternative broadcast by Devin and Jason McCourty

Business

DeSantis campaign is hit by gloom as aides worry race is slipping away

Campaign advisers are said to believe the presidential effort by Ron DeSantis lacks a coherent strategy and message.

Ukrainians move to North Dakota for oil field jobs to help families facing war back home

North Dakota’s oil industry is turning to Ukrainians to fill jobs amid a workforce shortage.

Social media influencer Kai Cenat faces charges of inciting riot after thousands cause mayhem in NYC

The most dangerous job for lawyers is being on Trump’s legal team

magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades, likely longer than anyone alive.

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

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

A book sitting in the sand with blue skies and water behind it. The pages are blowing in the wind.

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

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

metro

This map shows where a severe thunderstorm watch is in effect.

Storms weaken as they cross into Massachusetts; Greater Boston spared heavy precipitation

Pence campaigns in N.H. on his work with Trump — and the limits of that loyalty

Man convicted for murder of Boston woman in Lowell in 2020

sports

Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez (center) throws a punch at the White Sox's Tim Anderson.

Tim Anderson and José Ramírez exchange punches leading to six ejections from White Sox-Guardians brawl

Simone Biles puts on a show to win US Classic in return to gymnastics after two-year layoff

Orioles extend AL East lead by flexing on floundering Mets

business

A Mega Millions lottery ticket is displayed in Los Angeles, California, on Aug. 4.

Mega Millions players spurned again as jackpot climbs to $1.55 billion

Thousands overwhelm New York’s Union Square for streamer Kai Cenat’s giveaway, tossing chairs and pounding cars

FDA approves postpartum depression pill from two Cambridge drug firms

politics

Lawyers for Donald Trump, pictured at an Alabama fund-raiser on Friday, are expected to argue that the former president had a First Amendment right to say whatever he wanted.

How Jack Smith structured the Trump election indictment to reduce risks

Jan. 6 prosecutors ask for protective order, citing threatening Trump post

Pence campaigns in N.H. on his work with Trump — and the limits of that loyalty

Nation

A mourner takes a moment on June 14, 2016, to pray at a growing memorial for the victims of the mass shooting two days before at the Pulse nightclub.

For Pulse massacre victims, a new push for answers

Summer camp: sun, swimming, archery. And therapy.

Lawsuit by former dancers accuses Lizzo of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment

World

Pilgrims attend a holy mass led by Pope Francis on the last day of World Youth Day (WYD) at Parque Tejo on Aug. 6, in Lisbon, Portugal.

Pope announces World Youth Day to return to Asia in 2027, urges young people ‘not to be afraid’

Overnight airstrikes kill three in Ukraine as Moscow airport halts flights after foiled drone attack

Their rooftop photos are stunning. Their subculture has its critics.

opinion

Greg Torres cared deeply about a range of complex public policy issues and dedicated his working life to making things better for those struggling with life’s challenges.

Greg Torres, the practical idealist

Forget the smart gizmos and give stupid a chance

Reclaiming our agency

lifestyle

Porter Square Books will hold a Grown-up Book Fair on Aug. 6 at Trillium Brewing.

A book fair for grownups — with beer

Richard Russo reunites with old friends in ‘Somebody’s Fool’

In praise of the purpose-free, couch potato weekend

food & dining

Monica’s Trattoria on Prince Street in the North End.

New Monica’s Trattoria manager approved by Boston Licensing Board after owner arrested

How restaurateurs can support local agriculture in N.H.

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

travel

NEMO’s new Tempo 35 is a three-season, spoon-shaped sleeping bag with a roomy and relaxed fit that makes it extra comfy for side sleepers (you’ll appreciate the additional space at your elbows and knees).

The best new camping gear out there

Who needs Disney? We have our own haunted (or just seriously spooky) mansions.

Hip-hop turns 50, and New York is throwing an epic birthday party

Arts

“Mano dura” (left) and “Pulmón #2” (right) by Eddie Rodolfo Aparicio.

At the Clark Art Institute, nature and culture under pressure

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

Books

Ann Patchett’s ‘Tom Lake,’ a quietly devastating tale of a mother and her daughters, delves deep into the relationship between acting and life

Journalist Yepoka Yeebo, in ‘Anansi’s Gold,’ tracks the con man behind the stories of Ghana’s lost gold

Tess Gunty, 2022 National Book Award winner, on poetry as a stimulant for both mind and body

Movies

An aerial photo over the Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 23, 2021. In a court filing Friday Aug. 4, 2023, Arizona-based armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed waived her right to a courtroom review of evidence on charges of involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust.”

In fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin, movie weapons supervisor waives right to preliminary hearing

‘Shortcomings’ spends a long time with a real jerk

How ‘Pee-wee’s Playhouse’ influenced a generation of kids-at-heart

Television

Mark Margolis in 2014.

Actor Mark Margolis, murderous drug kingpin on ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Better Call Saul,’ dies at 83

Syndicated show-dependent Comedy Central to release a TV movie

TV’s best episodes of the year (so far)

music

Zoe Sparks performing at Arlene's Grocery in May 2022.

Weekend-long, multi-genre music festival is Zoe Sparks’ Boston bon voyage

What to know ahead of Tory Lanez’s sentencing in Megan Thee Stallion’s shooting

Hip-hop turns 50, and New York is throwing an epic birthday party

Theater/Dance

Complexions Contemporary Ballet will perform "Star Dust," a David Bowie-inspired work, at Jacob's Pillow, Aug. 9-13.

Coming to Jacob’s Pillow: a balletic Bowie joyride

Dancing five decades of hip-hop at Jacob’s Pillow

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

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

The Brazilian singer Leny Andrade performing at Birdland, in Manhattan on Aug. 27, 2008.

Leny Andrade, ‘first lady of Brazilian jazz,’ dies at 80

Obama recalls the lasting influence of Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree

Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law professor who mentored the Obamas, dies at 70