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As Healey built her administration, the executive branch workforce swelled

The headcount at the agencies and departments under the governor’s control has ballooned by hundreds of employees since the Democrat took office in January and by nearly 1,700 in the state fiscal year that ended in June.

Massachusetts’ goal to reduce driving lags behind other states

Massachusetts is aiming to reduce the number of miles driven per household by just 3 percent from 2015 to 2030 as part of its climate plan, a target that is far less ambitious than that of other states.

Boat found abandoned after hit-and-run crash on Lake Winnipesaukee
Upon arriving at the scene, police found an abandoned 50-foot SeaRay registered in Windham, N.H., that had crashed into an unoccupied boat docked nearby before washing up on rocks in Winter Harbor, officials said.

A program at Chelsea High School gives teen parents extra support. Supporters want to expand it.

Massachusetts has one of the lowest teen birth rates out of all the states in the country, but some say more support is necessary for students who do become pregnant or parents during school.

GOP candidates attack Biden’s economic policies but offer few details on how they’d do better

Instead, culture war issues such as abortion and LGBTQ rights, as well as Trump’s indictments, have taken center stage.

Hawaii churches offer prayers for the dead and the missing after devastating Maui wildfires
Communities began looking ahead on Sunday to a long recovery from last week’s wildfire that demolished a historic Maui town and killed more than 90 people.

See photos and videos of Maui after wildfires
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The ‘Suits’ phenomenon, a new Arthurian drama, and Harlan Coben’s latest

“Suits,” the USA series that featured Meghan Markle, has gotten a second life on Netflix, where the binge-friendly show is a hit.

Museum commemorates Provincetown’s LGBTQ past, present

As part of an emerging, more inclusive look at the town and its history, The Provincetown Museum has opened its first permanent display about the LGBTQ presence on this colorful, quirky tip of Cape Cod.
Peter Abraham | Red Sox 6, Tigers 3

Trevor Story is getting more comfortable, and that gives the Red Sox a different dynamic

Story’s return creates better options for manager Alex Cora.
Opinion
Scott Bailey

The key to more housing is in our own backyards

Accessory dwelling units can address housing needs without disrupting the character of communities.
Steven Farrell

Four steps the new housing secretary should take
EDITORIAL

East-West rail: The state and feds both need to chip in
Gabriela Coletta, David Grossman, and Jacob Grossman

How the private sector can ease housing crisis
IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

America needs more politicians like John Gilbert Winant

More recent News

A central Kansas police force comes under constitutional criticism after raiding a newspaper
A small central Kansas police department is facing a torrent of criticism after it raided the offices of a local newspaper and the home of its publisher and owner.

Robert Giles, Nieman Foundation curator who oversaw Kent State shootings coverage, dies at 90
Mr. Giles was managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal when it won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the National Guard shootings in 1970 that killed four Kent State students.

LOVE LETTERS
How do I pursue the ‘crush of a lifetime’?
Is the answer ... decongestants?

Quincy man arrested in connection with Saturday night attack on woman in South End

The woman was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said in a statement.

Crash into Taunton clinic poised to open today highlights need for services

Taunton police said a Toyota Tundra pickup truck crashed through the front wall of the clinic at 59 Broadway shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday after bouncing off of three parked cars.

Freed N.H. nurse says Christian song was her rallying cry after she was kidnapped in Haiti

Alix Dorsainvil, who is from New Hampsire, and her child were freed Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint in Haiti.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: The Supreme Court scandal is going to get worse

The shocking revelations surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas come as no surprise to the Rhode Island senator.

More than a year after T cut service because of overworked dispatchers, MBTA remains short of hiring goals in Operations Control Center
Growing pains inside the Operations Control Center hit an inflection point during an overnight shift in April, when dispatcher errors caused three safety incidents on the tracks.

As Cape Cod aims to expand its underused airport, some residents wonder why
Passenger traffic has plunged at the Hyannis airport in recent years. Now, its operators want to lengthen the runway to handle bigger new planes from New York.

Massachusetts needs wicked more EV chargers
A new report estimates that the state will need 10,000 of the fastest DC charging connections, up from just 651 today, and 35,000 medium-speed ports known as “Level 2,” up from 5,468 today.

Culture & Lifestyle

GLD FSTVL threw hip-hop a 50th birthday celebration on Boston’s new ‘front yard’

In Barrington Stage’s gripping ‘Faith Healer,’ truth is a slippery thing

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’: The crime of the ancient mariner

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

Special Projects

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

RENÉE GRAHAM

Suddenly, Mike Pence is acting ‘brand new’
JEFF JACOBY

It’s time to end US military aid to Israel — for both countries’ sakes
EDITORIAL

Healey’s big chance to reshape Parole Board to her values
IDEAS | BOB REGAN

Notes from the burn scar
EDITORIAL

The organ transplant system needs fixing
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

BETH TEITELL

Pickleball has left the court

In its brief and loud life, pickleball has triggered more than its share of drama. Now it’s the subject of real drama.
INNOVATOR Q&A

R.I. tech leader discusses the pitfalls of email and the upside of digital transformation

Melissa Bouchard is the CEO and co-founder of Fusion3 Consulting in Coventry, R.I., which helps businesses shed their need for using email.

Harvard, UMass, Tufts update college applications after Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action

Because the Supreme Court left the door open for prospective students to talk about how race has affected their life experiences through essay questions and interviews, colleges are tweaking what they ask applicants.

As Healey built her administration, the executive branch workforce swelled

The headcount at the agencies and departments under the governor’s control has ballooned by hundreds of employees since the Democrat took office in January and by nearly 1,700 in the state fiscal year that ended in June.

Sports

mlb notebook

Jake Burger’s triple caps Marlins’ five-run ninth to beat Yankees

Last-place New York dropped five games back of the AL’s last wild-card berth and is on track to miss the playoffs for the first time since 2016.
Baseball

Wander Franco sits for Rays while MLB looks into his social media posts

The shortstop did not play in Sunday’s 9-2 loss at Tropicana Field, which featured a Wander Franco Snapback Hat promotion for fans 14 and under.
orioles 5, mariners 3

Cedric Mullins does it all for Orioles in extra-inning win over Mariners

Mullins robbed took away a home run in the ninth inning and hit a two-run homer in the 10th.
mlb

Major League Baseball looking into social media posts involving Rays’ Wander Franco

GOLF NOTEBOOK

While Phil Mickelson implodes at Trump National, Cam Smith cruises to LIV Golf win
GOLF

Lucas Glover not a fighter? Back-to-back PGA Tour victories prove otherwise

Business

INNOVATOR Q&A

R.I. tech leader discusses the pitfalls of email and the upside of digital transformation

Melissa Bouchard is the CEO and co-founder of Fusion3 Consulting in Coventry, R.I., which helps businesses shed their need for using email.
shirley leung

Jaylen Brown wants to create a ‘Black Wall Street in Boston.’ What does that mean?

To succeed, the star Celtics player will need to be in it for the long haul and surround himself with other players who are already doing this kind of work.

Unlimited-vacation companies seen beating S&P 500, investors say

Biden and House Democrats hope to make curbing ‘junk fees’ a winning issue in 2024
magazine
Globe Magazine

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

Globe Magazine

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

Your Summer Beach Bag

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

Globe Magazine

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

metro

Boat found abandoned after hit-and-run crash on Lake Winnipesaukee

Massachusetts’ goal to reduce driving lags behind other states

Five injured in Braintree boat fire

sports

The top pick is living up to his billing, and other progress reports on the Patriots’ 2023 draft class

Red Sox outfielder Adam Duvall has his sights set on consistency at the plate

Trevor Story is getting more comfortable, and that gives the Red Sox a different dynamic

business

One insurer is pulling back here after Mass. voters said dental insurers must pay more to dentists. Will others follow?

Yes, inflation is down. No, the Inflation Reduction Act doesn’t deserve the credit

In a ‘work-from-anywhere’ world, where are people working?

politics

GOP candidates attack Biden’s economic policies but offer few details on how they’d do better

Hunter Biden’s lawyer says widened charges wouldn’t be warranted

Kamala Harris visits Martha’s Vineyard for two fund-raisers

Nation

See photos and videos of the destruction from the wildfires that devastated Maui

Hawaii churches offer prayers for the dead and the missing after devastating Maui wildfires

Officials ask for patience as Maui residents question response

World

Russia targets Ukrainian city of Odesa again but Kyiv says it shot down all the missiles and drones

Niger’s coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’

A deadly boat accident in Senegal raises concern about patrols to stop migrants

opinion

America needs more politicians like John Gilbert Winant

Suddenly, Mike Pence is acting ‘brand new’

Are Republicans threatened by Kamala Harris?

lifestyle

How do I pursue the ‘crush of a lifetime’?

A celebration of natural curls, locs, and braids at SOulFully Textured on Martha’s Vineyard

He dumped me over email

food & dining

What to eat at the North End’s Italian feasts this month

Dunkin’ may soon offer a new kind of buzz with line of spiked caffeinated beverages

The Great Scott space in Allston might become a Taco Bell Cantina

travel

How an East Boston couple created a Nordic oasis in the White Mountains

Travelers are working out ways to find the best gyms while on the road

When it comes to Provincetown, Donal O’Sullivan is the man with all the answers

Arts

Brice Marden, who rejuvenated painting in the 1960s, dies at 84

Big ideas come in small packages in MFA’s ‘Tiny Treasures’

At the Photographic Resource Center: Shanghai, Missouri, and points between

Books

James McBride, in ‘The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store,’ builds a rich portrait of a Depression-era Black and immigrant community around the mystery of a skeleton in a well

In Lauren J.A. Bear’s debut novel ‘Medusa’s Sisters,’ Greek mythology’s monstrous sisters tell of the cruelty and capriciousness of the Olympian gods in shaping their fate

Steven Millhauser, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, on the pleasures of being an older reader and writer

Movies

DiCaprio-backed film says key beef supplier to the US has a dirty secret

Striking screenwriters will resume negotiations with studios on Friday

‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’: The crime of the ancient mariner

Television

This week’s TV: The ‘Suits’ phenomenon, a new Arthurian drama, and Harlan Coben’s latest

With Emmy’s bumped, what comes next?

Will satire be a superpower for ‘The Franchise’?

music

GLD FSTVL threw hip-hop a 50th birthday celebration on Boston’s new ‘front yard’

Jamie Reid, artist for Sex Pistols who defined punk style, dies at 76

Q-Pop: Peru’s social media phenomenon Lenin Tamayo fuses Quechua and K-pop

Theater/Dance

In Barrington Stage’s gripping ‘Faith Healer,’ truth is a slippery thing

For Brenda Withers, ‘The Ding Dongs’ rang true

August Wilson’s biographer, on illuminating a playwright who illuminated America

globe local

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

Robert Giles, Nieman Foundation curator who oversaw Kent State shootings coverage, dies at 90

Tom Jones, half of record-setting ‘Fantasticks’ team, dies at 95

John Barrett, hair stylist for the fashionable elite, dies at 66