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‘We’re out of good options’: In New York City, an overwhelming migration surge is a warning for Massachusetts
The unfolding emergency illustrates what can happen when government’s ability to cope with a migrant influx is overwhelmed by sheer numbers.

In the waters off Massachusetts, a hunt for foreign ships building wind farms

A search at sea highlights the stakes over domestic manufacturing in the nascent offshore wind industry.

Fire ravages historic Block Island hotel
Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Harborside Inn in New Shoreham at 11:23 p.m. Friday and found a fire in the first-floor kitchen, according to Town Manager Maryanne Crawford.

See photos and videos of the fire

Embattled Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara faces two challengers in reelection bid

With crown and wand, Coast Guard veteran Yolanda Cerullo is honored for her 100th birthday
The Coast Guard veteran celebrated her centennial birthday with friends and guests outside the Compass on the Bay Senior Living Community — including Vietnam veterans, local politicians, neighbors, and others in the senior community.

Where there is no escape from the heat

Even dogs have it better than some held in our prisons and jails, which can be like kilns in the summer, sickening those inside and making conditions dangerous for everybody.

Man dies after being struck by car in Rockland

Patriots players watch as teammate Isaiah Bolden is brought off the field in the fourth quarter.

PATRIOTS 21, PACKERS 17

Patriots-Packers preseason game suspended after Isaiah Bolden carted off with head injury

Coach Bill Belichick, Packers coach Matt LaFleur, and Patriots captain Matthew Slater gathered as Bolden received medical attention.

What can Ezekiel Elliott expect with the Patriots? Just ask LeGarrette Blount.

Luis Urias (right) had a little extra jump in his step rounding the bases after hitting a grand slam in the second inning Saturday.

RED SOX 8, YANKEES 1

Another Red Sox victory leaves Yankees searching for answers

Peter Abraham: The Sox are 7-1 against the Yankees this season, having outscored them by 29 runs. They are 11-13 against the other three teams in the division.

Red Sox again beat up on Yankees

After years of promise, cell-based meat is moving from the lab to dinner plates
Recent advances in cultivated meat — and a landmark decision by the US Department of Agriculture — are energizing what proponents say is a meat revolution with almost unlimited possibilities.

As the Gulf of Maine warms, where are the mussels?
Wild blue mussels seem to be disappearing in the Gulf of Maine. Scientists are now seeking to understand the extent of the loss and the mechanisms causing it.

On Cape Cod, poorly maintained and aging septic systems are a primary cause of the nitrogen pollution that plagues coastal ecosystems. The deteriorating water quality is causing people to lose out on recreational and commercial opportunities like swimming, shellfishing, and fishing.

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.”

North Falmouth woman was ‘co-conspirator’ in crash that killed Maine Maritime students in December, DA says
A 21-year-old North Falmouth woman injured in a high-speed, fiery car crash that killed four of her Maine Maritime Academy classmates in December pleaded not guilty this week to about a dozen charges in the case, including manslaughter and drunk driving.

Ryan Randall played the bagpipes between the Old State House and the Boston Massacre site at the corner of State and Devonshire streets in Boston.

Old State House bagpiper brings music, memories, (and irritation) to downtown

Bag in hand, kilt on, drones thrown over his shoulder, Ryan Randall can go for hours — to the delight of tourists and the ire of some local workers.

Ian Garry (right) teed off on Neil Magny to the delight of the Boston crowd.

UFC 292 in Boston: Zhang Weili cruises to strawweight title defense, with Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley on deck. Follow along live.

Follow along with the first UFC pay-per-view in Boston since 2018, as the title fights have arrived.

Pair of female flyweights kick off UFC 292 at TD Garden

The Treasury Department, the US Postal Service, and local police departments have publicly warned of a recent surge in check-washing, and the American Bankers Association has urged consumers to consider switching to electronic payments.

Needham police arrest California man in check-washing scam used to buy gold coins

There has been a recent surge in “check washing,” when a mailed check is stolen and the name of the recipient and the amount of the check are erased and replaced with another name and (much larger) amount.

Opinion

A pediatrician holds a dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.

Get kids vaccinated in time for school

Parents, school, and health officials all play a role.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

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

Imagine fewer cars on the road. It’s tricky, but we’ll try.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How to go viral on TikTok

An old Coast Guard scandal emerges and casts a harsh light on the service’s sexual assault policies

More recent News

Democrats livid over Biden’s N.H. primary snub are banking on a write-in win
If the president’s name isn’t on their ballot, party leaders say, voters will add it themselves: “The DNC created a mess, and New Hampshire Democrats are going to have to clean it up.”

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.

For a generation of girls’ basketball hopefuls, Al McClain’s games have given them a place to grow
McClain held the first Medina Dixon Day Tournament, an all-day showcase featuring six teams from four states, on Saturday in honor of his cousin.

Funeral arrangements announced for Lynn woman who drowned trying to rescue son in N.H.
Melissa Bagley, a 44-year-old mother of four and the wife of an Everett police lieutenant, will be laid to rest in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody.

Woman injured in sidewalk collapse outside Dorchester church building Friday night

A woman was injured late Friday night when part of a sidewalk outside a Dorchester church collapsed, and she fell about 10 feet into the building’s basement, according to the Boston Fire Department.

Roxbury organization hosts resource fair for people who had been incarcerated
The event was organized by New Beginnings Re-Entry Services, which runs a residential program in Roxbury for women who have been recently released from incarceration.

Recommended reads

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2023.

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

Colleges can only serve their students and society when they bring together people from varied backgrounds to share and learn from differing ideas.

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

New abortion data for Massachusetts show the impact of recent court rulings
More people from out of state are coming to Massachusetts to end their pregnancies.

Pentagon watchdog finds lax oversight and screening of military recruits with extremist ties
Screening lapses can have dire consequences. A recent Globe investigation revealed that at least 82 current and former military service members with far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi views were arrested in the last five years.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Alison Cook-Beatty Dance Company (pictured in 2022) returns to Windhover Center for the Performing Arts Aug. 23-24.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Virgil Ortiz, "The Translator," from the artist’s "Revolt 1680/2180" project, 2015.

Three ways of looking at Pueblo art

Ming Min Hui is Boston Ballet's new executive director.

Boston Ballet announces Ming Min Hui as new executive director

Some New Bedford residents want to remove artist Donna Dodson's sculpture "Seagull Cinderella," which returned this year for the city's 10th anniversary Seaport Art Walk.

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

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

IDEAS | Hollie Russon Gilman and Amy Eisenstein

It’s like jury duty, but for getting things done

The official US government Medicare handbook for 2020.

IDEAS | Andrew Ryan and David Meyers

How Medicare can save $500 billion

It is said that in crisis there is opportunity — and the opportunity has never been better for Governor Maura Healey to truly put her stamp on the Parole Board, set it on a path that would keep it out of further legal trouble, and make it function as the gatekeeper it was designed to be.

Healey’s big chance to reshape Parole Board to her values

A helicopter dropped water on the Caldor fire in the Lake Tahoe area in September 2021.

IDEAS | BOB REGAN

Notes from the burn scar

Surgeons performed a kidney transplant.

The organ transplant system needs fixing

"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

Funeral arrangements announced for Lynn woman who drowned trying to rescue son in N.H.

Melissa Bagley, a 44-year-old mother of four and the wife of an Everett police lieutenant, will be laid to rest in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park in Peabody.

Fire ravages historic Block Island hotel

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the Harborside Inn in New Shoreham at 11:23 p.m. Friday and found a fire in the first-floor kitchen, according to Town Manager Maryanne Crawford.

See photos and videos of the fire at the historic Harborside Inn

Videos and photos taken on Block Island show the devastation caused by an overnight fire that severely damaged the notable hotel.

Little League World Series

Maine ends run at Little League World Series with loss to Mid-Atlantic

Gray-New Gloucester wraps up their time in Williamsport with a 5-3 loss to Media, Pa.

Sports

Packers coach Matt LaFleur (left) joined coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots after Isaiah Bolden was injured.

Scary situation with Isaiah Bolden a reminder to Patriots that anything can happen on the field

Following a collision with Packers receiver Malik Heath, Bolden stayed down for several minutes before he was transported to a stretcher, then a cart, which took him off the field.

Ian Garry (right) teed off on Neil Magny to the delight of the Boston crowd.

UFC 292 in Boston: Zhang Weili cruises to strawweight title defense, with Aljamain Sterling and Sean O’Malley on deck. Follow along live.

Follow along with the first UFC pay-per-view in Boston since 2018, as the title fights have arrived.

Brad Tavares (left) lands a strong kick to former middleweight champ Chris Weidman, as Tavares won by decision in Wideman's comeback match Saturday night at UFC 292 at TD Garden.

Brad Tavares’s decision over Chris Weidman highlights prelim card at UFC Fight Night at TD Garden

Fighting for the first time since shattering his right leg in a fight on April 24, 2021, Weidman lost a unanimous decision to Tavares in the feature bout of the preliminary card of UFC 292 Saturday night at TD Garden.

Lionel Messi scores in regulation, penalties as Inter Miami beats Nashville in League Cup final

blue jays 4, reds 3

Davis Schneider hits winning HR in eighth, Blue Jays survive scare from Reds

NFL Preseason | Dolphins 28, Texans 3

Tua Tagovailoa leads TD drive in preseason debut to help Dolphins beat Texans

Business

In the waters off Massachusetts, a hunt for foreign ships building wind farms

A search at sea highlights the stakes over domestic manufacturing in the nascent offshore wind industry.

The next frontier for corporate benefits: menopause

In the same way that many companies looking to attract and retain talent have expanded their benefits packages to include fertility treatments, paid parental-leave programs and child care, some are now wrapping in menopause-specific care.

GM’s Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco

Kansas newspaper is talk of town, and not just for getting raided

magazine

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2023.

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

Fifteen-year-old Peyton Miller controls the ball during practice with the New England Revolution’s B-team, known as Revolution II.

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

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

This week's daters: Bhushan and Janice

Dinner with Cupid

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

metro

WW ll Coast Guard veteran, Yolanda Cerullo looked out from a porch as she celebrated her 100th birthday with greetings from well-wishers and a motorcade.

With crown and wand, Coast Guard veteran Yolanda Cerullo is honored for her 100th birthday

Roxbury organization hosts resource fair for people who had been incarcerated

‘We’re out of good options’: In New York City, an overwhelming migration surge is a warning for Massachusetts

sports

Patriots players watch as teammate Isaiah Bolden is brought off the field in the fourth quarter.

Patriots-Packers preseason game suspended after Isaiah Bolden carted off with head injury

Julio Rodriguez sets record in Mariners’ win over Astros, while Jose Altuve gets 2,000th hit

For a generation of girls’ basketball hopefuls, Al McClain’s games have given them a place to grow

business

New Dia, a so-called "cannabis mall" that opened recently in the Fenway.

Is Boston high on marijuana dispensaries? Four charts that give you a snapshot of the cannabis industry

A raid on a Kansas newspaper likely broke the law, experts say. But which one?

San Francisco launches driverless bus service following robotaxi expansion

politics

President Trump spoke during a rally protesting the electoral college certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

Trump’s lies tested limits of the bully pulpit. His right to say them is at core of criminal defense.

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

How many of Trump’s trials will happen before the election?

Nation

Insurrectionists breach the US Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021.

DOJ says D.C. officer’s suicide after Jan. 6 riot is line of duty death

Pat Hamilton, news photographer in war zones, dies at 74

The South knows a hot, sticky summer. But this? ‘It’s hell.’

World

Worshipers celebrating the Apple Feast of the Savior at the Church of Saint Mykolai in Tukhlya, Ukraine on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023. (Diego Ibarra Sanchez/The New York Times)

Deadly Russian strike hits city center in nnorthern Ukraine

Pacific coast battens down as Hurricane Hilary threatens ‘catastrophic’ flooding

British Columbia declares state of emergency amid ‘devastating’ wildfires

opinion

Haitian migrant Fritz, 17, is reflected in early May in a TV screen in a Boston hotel room where he was staying with his mother, Sergeline, and his baby sister, Luna, 19 months. They had arrived from a temporary shelter at Boston Medical Center.

Holyoke mayor seeks more state support in housing migrant families

For MAGA, Trump’s legal troubles pit harsh realities against easy rationalizations

Another brick in the wall blocking abortion access

lifestyle

P-Town carnival

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

Chef Andrew Hebert puts the finishing touches on a pepperoni pizza at Gufo Restaurant.

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

This shingle-style mansion on Cape Cod Bay was known as Fieldstone Hall, when it was home to three generations of the Nickerson family.

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

Virgil Ortiz, "The Translator," from the artist’s "Revolt 1680/2180" project, 2015.

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

Screenshots of Ceara Jane O’Sullivan’s TikTok (@cearajane).

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

On Sept. 29, Netflix will end its DVD services, and those red envelopes will be a thing of the past.

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

Bruce Springsteen performs during a concert for folk-music legend Pete Seeger at Madison Square Garden in New York on May 3, 2009.

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

From left: Karl Gregory, Erica Steinhagen, and Nael Nacer in "The Ding Dongs" at Gloucester Stage Company.

‘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

Research nurse Sarah French checks on Rodolfo Almeida of Providence at The Miriam Hospital's new Stephen and Diana Lewinstein Center for Innovative Cancer Research, a clinical area where patients receive investigational cancer treatments.

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

Nan Tull in her studio at the 249 A Street Artists Cooperative in 2009.

Nan Tull, an artist ‘of true feeling based on experience,’ dies at 85

Jean-Louis Georgelin, face of the Notre Dame reconstruction, dies at 74

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