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Tornado seen while driving in Johnston, R.I.
A video automatically recorded by his Tesla shows Randy Williams of East Greenwich, R.I., driving in Johnston, R.I., as a tornado sweeps through the area.

At least four tornadoes reported as storm wreaks havoc across Southern New England

A wet and windy weather system tore a wild path through southern New England on Friday, unleashing at least four tornadoes that brought nickel-size hail and winds that lifted and flipped cars, uprooted massive trees, and generated a waterspout in the ocean off Boston.
See photos and videos of the severe weather that swept through New England
Forecast | Dave Epstein

After Friday’s chaotic skies, calmer weather is on the way for the weekend

Tornado warnings, accompanied torrential downpours that led to flash flooding across New England. But low humidity, seasonal temperatures, and more sunshine are on the way.

Coming to a live venue near you: As Hollywood strikes rage on, Bay State brings in some big (and not-so-big) names
As Hollywood writers approach the four-month mark of their strike, live performance venues are scrambling to make room for a growing number of them who are hitting the road.

Move Mass. and Cass crisis to Widett Circle? South End coalition says yes.
Once floated as the base of Boston’s ill-fated Olympics bid, the circle is effectively an island within the city.

Business leaders, some officials advocate plan to clear Mass and Cass, open recovery campus at Widett Circle Your view: Is moving the problem to another area the solution?
Red Sox 8, Yankees 3

Masataka Yoshida, Red Sox do damage early in resounding road win in opener of set vs. Yankees

The Red Sox erupted for seven runs in first two innings, including four in the first, to seal the verdict in an 8-3 win vs. the reeling Yankees in New York.
Alex Speier | Minor Details: Breaking down the Red Sox’ rise in prospect rankings

Pollution is threatening Cape Cod’s famous waters. Its towns are spending hundreds of millions to head off an environmental disaster.

“It may be worse before it gets better,” said Richard Delaney, CEO of the Center for Coastal Studies in Provincetown. “But the correction, the solution, is underway.”

US, Japan, and South Korea agree to expand security ties at summit amid China, North Korea worries

President Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea have agreed to expand security and economic ties at a historic summit Friday at the US presidential retreat of Camp David.

Trump reportedly plans to skip GOP debate for interview with Tucker Carlson

Former president Donald Trump plans to upstage the first Republican primary debate Wednesday by sitting for an online interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, according to The New York Times.
Who’s in, who might be out: Eight candidates have qualified for the first Republican debate

Powerful Hurricane Hilary heads for Mexico’s Baja. Rare tropical storm watch issued for California

Hurricane Hilary is churning off Mexico’s Pacific coast as a powerful Category 4 storm threatening to unleash torrential rains on the mudslide-prone border city of Tijuana before heading into Southern California as the first tropical storm there in 84 years.

City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories
Residents heeded warnings to evacuate the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories as a large wildfire burned just outside the city of 20,000 Friday, while firefighters battled a growing fire that set homes ablaze in a city in British Columbia.

Thousands under evacuation orders and some homes burn as wildfires race through Washington state

Amherst-Pelham superintendent resigns amid middle school investigation
Amherst-Pelham Regional Public Schools Superintendent Michael Morris's departure at the end of the month coincides as students return to school Aug. 30.

Chip Chop, Diane Sawyer’s historic home on Martha’s Vineyard, hits market for $24m

A 20-acre waterfront compound on Martha’s Vineyard known as “Chip Chop,” the longtime home of television news anchor Diane Sawyer, hit the market on Thursday for $24 million.
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Delta adds a touch of luster to otherwise quiet opening week at Logan’s expanded Terminal E

A more festive official launch will occur this fall. We got a glimpse via Delta’s posh new Sky Club, which hugs one side of the curvaceous building. Here's what we saw.

The most recognizable humpback in New England waters spotted by Martha’s Vineyard

A female who was first seen in New England waters in the 1970s, Salt is known for her speckled white dorsal fin.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

How to go viral on TikTok

TikTok’s famously engaging algorithm can be tricked, even if it’s secretive and constantly changing.
IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Even liberals like Maura Healey are souring on Biden’s immigration bungling
EDITORIAL

An old Coast Guard scandal emerges and casts a harsh light on the service’s sexual assault policies
IDEAS | Hollie Russon Gilman and Amy Eisenstein

It’s like jury duty, but for getting things done
IDEAS | Andrew Ryan and David Meyers

How Medicare can save $500 billion

More recent News

Residents who fled deadly Maui fire ask for time to grieve and slower rebuild
Native Hawaiians and others from a Maui community devastated by ferocious fire say they worry Hawaii’s governor is moving too quickly to rebuild what was lost.

Leonard Bernstein’s children respond to criticism of Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’

In a trailer for “Maestro,” Bradley Cooper wears a large prosthetic nose to portray legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, who was Jewish. Some viewers have taken issue with Cooper’s makeup, saying it plays on antisemitic stereotypes.

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice

Former president Donald Trump canceled a news conference he planned to hold on Monday in response to his latest indictment, because, he said, of advice from his lawyers.

Parents of Brandeis student killed in bus crash last fall sue driver, bus company
The civil action comes after federal records released earlier this summer found the bus driver traveled at nearly twice the speed limit before crashing off South Street and had worked too many hours while also holding a second job as a school bus driver in Boston.

Somerville woman killed in wrong-way car crash on Route 2 in Littleton
Geetika Guruprasad was rushed to Emerson Hospital in Concord, where she was pronounced dead, police said in a statement.

MBTA investigating surfing on Red Line seen in video
In a video posted on social media, a woman can be heard saying “young man, get down from there” in a concerned tone.

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They had dreams of playing in the majors. Now, they’re playing for the Bananas.

For the barnstorming Savannah Bananas, identities are split between two worlds. They’re in the business of entertaining, but if they don’t produce high-level baseball, the business model doesn’t work.

Moderna readies its updated COVID vaccine for fall, but demand could be tepid
The Cambridge biotech’s stock is down sharply so far this year following its meteoric rise during the pandemic.

PARENTING UNFILTERED
With Sober in the Suburbs, a judgment-free social club for anyone tired of hangovers, headaches, and morning-after regret
Needham’s Kimberly Kearns had three kids, a supportive husband, and a seemingly idyllic life. But she couldn’t stop drinking.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘I thought, “Oh no, she is going to hate me”’
Can this matchup recover from some predate drama?

Culture & Lifestyle

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Three ways of looking at Pueblo art

Boston Ballet announces Ming Min Hui as new executive director

In New Bedford, the ‘sexy seagull’ is ruffling feathers once again

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

Notes from the burn scar
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The organ transplant system needs fixing
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

My farewell love letter to Boston

Metro

Prosecutors contest release of N.H. woman charged with taking explicit photos of children at Tyngsborough day care

Lindsay Groves, 39, of Hudson, N.H., was arraigned in US District Court in Boston on Friday and pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography.

At least four tornadoes reported as storm wreaks havoc across Southern New England

A wet and windy weather system tore a wild path through southern New England on Friday, unleashing at least four tornadoes that brought nickel-size hail and winds that lifted and flipped cars, uprooted massive trees, and generated a waterspout in the ocean off Boston.

Two Boston men arrested in connection to fatal shooting in Roxbury in July

A Boston man was arrested in connection to a fatal July 30 shooting in Roxbury.

At least three tornadoes touch down in Southern New England as summer of wild weather continues

Severe weather moved across New England Friday.

Sports

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox have been frustrating, but they’re sure not as maddening as the Yankees

The endlessly discussed playoff odds are not on his team’s side, but Alex Cora has kept the Red Sox engaged. That’s more than can be said for Aaron Boone’s Yankees, who have lost six in a row.
WINGS 95, SUN 75

Connecticut Sun have no solution for Arike Ogunbowale, who scores 30 in Dallas Wings victory

The Sun (21-10) have lost three straight for the first time since the 2021 season.
Red Sox 8, Yankees 3

Masataka Yoshida, Red Sox do damage early in resounding road win in opener of set vs. Yankees

The Red Sox erupted for seven runs in first two innings, including four in the first, to seal the verdict in an 8-3 win vs. the reeling Yankees in New York.
ALEX SPEIER | MINOR DETAILS

Breaking down the Red Sox’ rise in prospect rankings
REVOLUTION

Chelsea FC offers up to $15 million for Revolution goalkeeper Djordje Petrović
Red Sox notebook

Triston Casas proves he’s capable of handling plenty on his plate

Business

San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion

San Francisco has launched an autonomous shuttle service less than a week after regulators approved the expansion of robotaxis despite traffic and safety concerns.

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice

Former president Donald Trump canceled a news conference he planned to hold on Monday in response to his latest indictment, because, he said, of advice from his lawyers.

CVS to lay off 1,000 assigned to R.I., Conn. offices

California insurer to drop CVS caremark
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Globe Magazine

The affirmative action ruling is a disaster for college students. This is the path forward.

Globe Magazine

At 15, he’s the youngest soccer player ever signed by the Revolution. Next up, homework.
LOVE LETTERS

We broke up but still hang out. Should we get back together?
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I thought, “Oh no, she is going to hate me”’

metro

The latest political news in Rhode Island

Pollution is threatening Cape Cod’s famous waters. Its towns are spending hundreds of millions to head off an environmental disaster.

First Literacy celebrates 43 new adult scholars at Faneuil Hall ceremony

sports

With record-breaking round at Olympia Fields, Max Homa builds two-stroke lead at BMW Championship

The big men in front of Aaron Rodgers have become the center of attention and concern for the Jets

In his 50th year as Abington football coach, Jim Kelliher will call it a (legendary) career

business

Chinese property giant Evergrande files for Chapter 15 bankruptcy

Is the endangered liberal arts major worth saving?

BPDA board OK’s nearly 900 new apartments and condos around the city

politics

Trump cancels press conference on election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice

Trump reportedly plans to skip GOP debate for interview with Tucker Carlson

Who’s in, who might be out: Eight candidates have qualified for the first Republican debate

Nation

Residents who fled deadly Maui fire ask for time to grieve and slower rebuild

James Buckley, conservative politician and US senator, dies at 100

US eyes battle with drug giants over 10 costly medications for seniors

World

City empties as thousands flee wildfire burning near capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories

Troop deaths and injuries in Ukraine war near 500,000, US officials say

Thousands evacuated in Canary Islands after ‘most complex’ fire in 40 years

opinion

Kendra Lara’s car crash raises questions that are relevant to her public role

Judge Boston Councilor Kendra Lara on her policies, not her alleged driving missteps

Address both health and safety at Mass. and Cass

lifestyle

Photos: Meet the attendees of the Provincetown Carnival

After serial monogamy, I want to be single for a full year

With Sober in the Suburbs, a judgment-free social club for anyone tired of hangovers, headaches, and morning-after regret

food & dining

It’s Italian food all day and night at Gufo in Cambridge

The Field & Vine team will open June Bug in Union Square; The Chemist experiments with Downtown Crossing

Here’s why there’s a sign saying ‘I Hate Boston’ in the North End

travel

Want to party like it’s 1899 (or need an excuse to wear your croquet costume)? Head to the Cape.

Delta adds a touch of luster to otherwise quiet opening week at Logan’s expanded Terminal E

Patrick Monahan of Train talks about his wife, Italy, and crystals from Sedona

Arts

Three ways of looking at Pueblo art

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

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

Books

In William Boyd’s ‘The Romantic,’ an Irish Everyman survives the tumult of global history through luck, wit, and unfettered joy

Laura Trethewey, author of ‘The Deepest Map,’ reveals a literary cult favorite of deep ocean explorers

Jen Soriano traces her fragile nervous system to generational trauma in ‘Nervous’

Movies

Coming to a live venue near you: As Hollywood strikes rage on, Bay State brings in some big (and not-so-big) names

Leonard Bernstein’s children respond to criticism of Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in ‘Maestro’

A rendezvous for the night: The Boss at the movies

Television

Netflix bidding farewell to DVD services

Before ‘Fargo’ returns, a fast ranking of the first four seasons

The violence that we see and the violence that we don’t

music

A rendezvous for the night: The Boss at the movies

‘Mary Climbs In’ authors survey the inner landscape of Springsteen’s women fans

Playing ball: Steve Wynn of the Baseball Project steps up to the musical plate

Theater/Dance

‘The Ding Dongs’: When that doorbell rings, watch out

Old and new at the Pillow

Boston Ballet announces Ming Min Hui as new executive director

Health

Changing the landscape of cancer care in R.I.: Lifespan, Brown to seek NCI designation

To better understand alcohol addiction, new research is turning to fruit flies

Stanford president to resign after investigation finds he failed to ‘decisively and forthrightly’ correct research

Obituaries

John Devitt, champion swimmer with a tarnished gold medal, dies at 86

Dorothy Casterline, who codified American Sign Language, dies at 95

Jerry Moss, co-founder of A&M Records and Rock Hall of Fame member, dies at 88