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Why Trump’s Georgia indictment is different
At a late-night press conference, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced state charges against former president Donald Trump and 18 others.

Georgia’s RICO law is broad, giving prosecutors more latitude to pursue conspiracy charges

Georgia's anti-racketeering law is broad, making it easier for prosecutors to build a conspiracy case, lawyers said.
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Live Updates

James Pindell | ANALYSIS
There may only be one reason Trump is running for president again. And after Georgia, it might not matter.
From the day Donald Trump launched his 2024 campaign last November there were cynics claiming that his primary goal wasn’t actually to run for president, but to keep himself out of jail.

Four interesting allegations inside the Georgia Trump indictment Follow live updates

FOOD
Add wedding cake to the Kowloon’s menu: Restaurant closing for a private event for the first time in history
Kayla and Jon will celebrate the institution of marriage inside an institution of another kind. Congrats, you two!

GETTING SALTY

On the Cape, restaurateur Bob Jarvis rides the waves of a changing beach community

But some things never go out of style, like mayo on a lobster roll.

This summer is officially rained out
Although summer doesn’t officially end for more than a month, it is already one of the rainiest on record since 1872, and forecasters see even more rainy days ahead.

ben volin | on football

Malik Cunningham has given the Patriots no choice but to keep him on the roster

With his dynamic playmaking ability and versatility, he has earned his spot, because he wouldn't last on the practice squad.
Chad Finn: Collecting some thoughts about the Patriots, starting with their rediscovered athleticism

After rocky departure from Harvard, prominent disinformation expert Joan Donovan heads to BU

She will teach journalism classes and continue researching how politicians use social media to make false claims.

Springfield man killed grandmother, wounded two children before taking own life, DA says

It is not clear what might have motivated the attack or whether the three grandchildren lived with the 52-year-old grandmother.

MBTA’s chief safety officer resigns
The MBTA’s chief safety officer, who has overseen the agency’s most important division for the last three years and helped shepherd the T through nearly unprecedented federal scrutiny after a series of critical safety failures, is leaving. That leaves officials with the daunting task of filling the role.

Hartford police officer arrested after incident at Ballard’s Beach Resort on Block Island

A four-year veteran of the department, Justin Damone was arrested on sexual assault charges.

Video shows motorcycles, street bikes block Leverett Connector while riders do donuts, spin tires
Drivers on the Leverett Connector near TD Garden were brought to a halt Saturday as dozens of riders on motorcycles and dirt bikes blocked the highway, according to officials.

Woman is awarded $1.2 billion in ‘revenge porn’ lawsuit

A Texas woman was awarded $1.2 billion in damages last week after she sued her former boyfriend and accused him of sending intimate images of her to her family, friends and co-workers from fake online accounts.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clarifies his position on abortion after NBC News interview

Two Connecticut deaths linked to bacteria found in raw shellfish

Home prices in Greater Boston keep going up despite — and because of — interest rates

Hunter Biden’s lawyer steps down from case
FOOD

What the Hellmann’s? Mayo is the most popular — and perhaps divisive — condiment.

It’s lobster roll and tomato sandwich season, so we asked New England chefs and foodies to share their thoughts on mayonnaise.
Your view: Is mayo the worst condiment?

Legal Sea Foods is leaving its harborfront plant. But the cod will remain.

The new owner of Legal Sea Foods has reached a deal with Stavis Seafoods to turn over a last remnant of the Seaport’s working waterfront.
NH POLITICS

Poll shows Kelly Ayotte leading New Hampshire governor’s race

With more than a year to go before the state primary election, the top Republican candidate outperformed both Democratic candidates in a new Emerson College poll.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

Don’t call them ‘mistakes.’ Unjustified police encounters are acts of anti-Black terror.

"Wrong place, wrong time," officers say. But is there ever a "right place, right time" for Black people in America?
SCOT LEHIGH

Joe Biden needs to address queries about his son Hunter
MARCELA GARCÍA

El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele and the art of the perfect dictatorship
EDITORIAL

The Biden administration proposed good new Title IX rules. When will it implement them?
Dennis Aftergut

The Georgia indictment against Trump: Five reasons why it matters

More recent News

As Littleton gun vendors seek new home, towns erect barriers
The conflicts reflect tensions between a small but growing contingency of Second Amendment enthusiasts and those who favor strict gun control.

Michael Oher, former NFL tackle known for ‘The Blind Side,’ sues to end Tuohys’ conservatorship
Oher accuses the Tuohys of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago.

Photos: Lahaina residents return to a paradise lost after wildfires
A week after historic wildfires destroyed Lahaina, Maui, search and rescue efforts continued as the death count rose in the oceanfront town in Hawaii.

Hawaii works to identify 99 confirmed dead after Maui wildfires as teams search ruins

Explosive materials in New Jersey home caused blast that killed 2 men, 2 children, officials say
Authorities say a house fire and explosion in New Jersey that killed two men and two young children earlier this month was caused by explosive materials found in the residence.

innovation beat
Robots are making this Boston construction site safer
'Liftbot' replaced ropes and pulleys on 130-foot-high scaffolding at an ongoing project at 26 Court Street in downtown Boston.

Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher

Prosecutors agreed to drop the misdemeanor charge of reckless storage of a firearm against Deja Taylor.

Recommended reads

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.

Trying to finally get new Cape bridges built, Healey tries different strategy
Governor Maura Healey believes seeking aid this year for only the Sagamore Bridge will maximize the state’s chances to cover the larger project’s ballooning price tag. “It prolongs the agony for the Bourne Bridge users,” said the chair of the Bourne Select Board. “But you’ve got to start somewhere.”

shirley leung
Jaylen Brown wants to create a ‘Black Wall Street in Boston.’ What would that look like?
Local Black business leaders have some ideas for the Celtics star.

Digital pioneer Ivan Sutherland still makes hard research fun
Educated at MIT, and a professor at Harvard, he helped build the foundation of our digital world. And games were always part of the process.

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

‘We still have work to do”: AG Campbell awards $1.5 million to groups that address maternal health

Attorney General Andrea Campbell Tuesday announced $1.5 million in grants to 11 organizations that provide maternal care in Massachusetts as part of her office’s efforts to combat rising maternal health inequities in the state.

‘Hot people and hot places.’ Boston task force aims eyes targeted approach to gun violence reduction

The 15-member task force, which met for the first time Tuesday, will focus specifically on the people pulling the trigger and the handful of small locations where an outsized amount of street violence happens, officials said.

After rocky departure from Harvard, prominent disinformation expert Joan Donovan heads to BU

She will teach journalism classes and continue researching how politicians use social media to make false claims.

MBTA’s chief safety officer resigns

The MBTA’s chief safety officer, who has overseen the agency’s most important division for the last three years and helped shepherd the T through nearly unprecedented federal scrutiny after a series of critical safety failures, is leaving. That leaves officials with the daunting task of filling the role.

Sports

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Hockey

David Krejci was the under-appreciated star at the heart of a Bruins revival, and his farewell marks the end of an era

Krejci arrived in Boston at a low point on Causeway Street, and played a brilliant second fiddle in the franchise's return to the top.
Celtics

Plantar fasciitis forces Kristaps Porzingis to miss Latvia’s berth at World Cup basketball tournament

“After several weeks of recovery and a repeat MRI examination, the plantar fasciitis of my foot still prevents me from being on the field in full readiness,” Porzingis wrote in Latvian.
Celtics

Celtics to face Nets, Raptors, Magic and Bulls in NBA’s inaugural in-season tournament

The Celtics will be in the Eastern Conference's Group C. Said co-owner Wyc Grousbeck: "I like having something new for guys to play for during the fall and give fans something to watch."
RI ARTS

Sid Abbruzzi’s passion for surfing took him from Newport all over the world
Red Sox at Nationals | 7:05 p.m. (NESN)

Game 119 lineups and notes: Nick Pivetta starts vs. Nationals as Red Sox begin crucial 10-game road trip
baseball

Dodgers fan names daughter after Mookie Betts following home run promise

Business

US universities launch partnership to elevate free speech to counter threats to democracy

13 universities are joining an initiative that seeks to help students work together to find solutions to complicated, divisive problems.
TALKING POINTS

Amazon’s pharmacy to automatically apply discounts to insulin

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Solar company says audit finds forced labor in Malaysian factory

UAW to vote on strike authorization next week as president says talks with Detroit 3 moving slowly
magazine
Globe Magazine

These libertarians want to take over New Hampshire
Globe Magazine

'Peyton Place' and the inevitable failure of book bans
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There is a TikTok about finding the best cannoli in Boston’
CONNECTIONS

When I worked nights, my grandpa and I bonded over daily calls

metro

‘It felt like a win-win-win.’ Boston to launch e-bike delivery program.

Your questions about the Cape Cod bridges, answered

The latest political news in Rhode Island

sports

For David Krejci, and Patrice Bergeron, the ending could have been so much sweeter

Sage Steele leaves ESPN after settling her lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine comments

Ezekiel Elliott is the latest August signing by the Patriots, whose history is hit-and-miss with these

business

Retail sales rose solidly last month in a sign that consumers are still spending freely

Providence neighbors push back on proposed development, defend ‘quaint and historic’ Fox Point

CBS News names new chief executive

politics

Prosecutors in the Hunter Biden case deny defense push to keep gun charge agreement in place

Ron DeSantis slips into third in latest N.H. presidential primary poll

Donald Trump and his allies are facing RICO charges. Follow live updates.

Nation

Explosive materials in New Jersey home caused blast that killed 2 men, 2 children, officials say

Two Connecticut deaths linked to bacteria found in raw shellfish

Mother pleads guilty to felony child neglect after 6-year-old son used her gun to shoot teacher

World

North Korea says US soldier bolted into North after being disillusioned at American society

Death toll rises to 11 in powerful explosion near the Dominican Republic’s capital; 11 still missing

Russian military fires a warning, then boards a Black Sea freighter

opinion

Romance novels may help you find your happy place during the 2024 election cycle

East-West rail: The state and feds both need to chip in

The key to more housing is in our own backyards

lifestyle

Add wedding cake to the Kowloon’s menu: Restaurant closing for a private event for the first time in history

Tom Brady building palatial bachelor pad in L.A., reports say

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

food & dining

A new point of view for Bar Enza

Food For Free works with Pine Street Inn to feed residents and train future cooks

Verde Farms earns Land To Market verification, one of the first beef companies to achieve the standard

travel

Take an en plein art walk

Top vacation spots are now threatening bad tourists with jail

Does a Hollywood college essay coach know what it takes to win Gwyneth Paltrow’s Airbnb booking?

Arts

Provincetown Public Art Foundation aims to make town’s ‘artistic soul visible’

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

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

Books

Keith Waldrop, professor and heralded poet, dies at 90

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

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

‘Masters of the Air’ follows in footsteps of ‘Band of Brothers,’ ‘The Pacific’

Tom Brady building palatial bachelor pad in L.A., reports say

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

music

Strauss in the house: Renée Fleming shines at Tanglewood

Musician Will Dailey invites you to listen, really listen

Clarence Avant, ‘Godfather of Black Music’ and benefactor of athletes and politicians, has died

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

Clarence Avant, ‘Black Godfather’ of entertainment, and benefactor of athletes and politicians, dies

Keith Waldrop, professor and heralded poet, dies at 90

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