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Aftermath of fire at the Harborside Inn on Block Island, Rhode Island.

Historic Block Island hotel ‘a total loss’ and could be torn down after devastating fire

State Fire Marshal Timothy McLaughlin told the Globe on Monday that the Harborside Inn was in “full compliance” with fire codes and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

THE FINE PRINT

She spent nearly $4,000 for a matchmaker. When she asked for her money back, they said no.
There is a state law that guarantees consumers the right to cancel a contract during a three-day “cooling-off” period, but that does not apply in cases like this.

Boaters make their way though the chaotic waves at the mouth of the Merrimack in an outgoing tide on Saturday morning.

The crowded chaos that is the mouth of the Merrimack

The waterway is famously dangerous, and famously crowded.

Tell us: What has been your experience boating on the Merrimack?

Bill Belichick: Canceling joint practices with Titans was a ‘hard decision,’ but the best thing for the team
After Isaiah Bolden had to be taken to a hospital following a collision, the preseason game vs. the Packers was suspended and the Patriots decided to skip traveling to Nashville.

Belichick on Taylor Swift’s rain shows at Gillette: ‘That was pretty impressive’

Even as former president Donald Trump managed to avoid mugshots in his previous three arraignments, his campaign was fund-raising off a vanity mugshot.

How should Trump pose for a mugshot in Georgia? ‘Menacing is never good,’ one expert said.

As former president Donald Trump's Georgia booking nears, oddsmakers are taking bets on his whether he'll smile for the photo — and also his weight.

Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates

A play at the plate in the eighth needed to be reviewed, as Connor Wong tagged Isiah Kiner-Falefa to prevent the go-ahead run.

Peter Abraham | RED SOX 6, YANKEES 5

An ejection, a dramatic save, and a Boston win: We finally were treated to a classic Red Sox-Yankees thriller

An eventful game included two huge hits by the oldest player on the field, a dramatic save, and the winning manager watching from the clubhouse.

Game preview: Red Sox at Astros lineups and notes

Stephen Lynch got $3m in earmarks for wife’s employer, affiliated organization

Congressional watchdogs say the examples underscore how Congress may be so narrowly enforcing its rules on earmarks that they have become meaningless.

LEGO will set up its new headquarters on Boylston Street
The toymaker is leasing 100,000 square feet in a highly visible building under construction atop the Massachusetts Turnpike.

Teen killed after crashing into parked car and home in Belchertown; police say he fled traffic stop

A teenager was killed Sunday night in Belchertown when the Nissan Altima he was driving crashed into a parked car, sending the Altima’s engine block through “the brick exterior” of a home after the driver allegedly fled a traffic stop, State Police said.

See photos of Tropical Storm Hilary as it travels through Southern California
The National Hurricane Center in Miami downgraded Hilary to a post-tropical storm and warned that “continued life-threatening and locally catastrophic flooding” was expected over portions of the southwestern US.

Southern California prepares for more floods as post-Tropical Storm Hilary brings more rain Tropical storm Hilary tracker: Follow the path

She hung a Pride flag at her California shop. She was killed over it, officials say.

Community members have since rallied around Laura Carleton’s store, placing Pride flags, flowers, candles, and photos of Carleton in front of it.

‘Beach rage’: R.I. shore access incident leads to broken umbrella, arrest of property owner
“It was rage,” said beachgoer Chris Brady. “There’s road rage — but this was beach rage.”

Man, 60, woman, 43, rescued in separate incidents in White Mountains in N.H.

Spanish football president under fire after kissing player following World Cup victory

Lawrence man dies after trying to save family from drowning in N.H. river

Catholic Memorial will once again be the favorite in Division 2.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Who’s No. 1? See the Globe’s high school football preseason poll.

Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep, and Xaverian make up the top 3.

The Free Will Baptist Church’s property at 545 First New Hampshire Turnpike in Northwood, N.H., is the subject of pending litigation in Rockingham Superior Court. The church’s treasurer, Linda Smith, says she’s the congregation’s very last member, and she wants to give the church’s assets away to another Christian nonprofit. (Steven Porter/Globe Staff)

What happens when a church goes ‘extinct’?

The last remaining parishioner of a Northwood, N.H. church is suing so she can give the church’s property away

Enrique Pepén is a candidate for District 5 city council.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu endorses Enrique Pepén for City Council, snubbing Ricardo Arroyo

Her choice to back Pepén is a blow to the incumbent councilor, a onetime Wu ally.

Opinion

Ben Weber is a candidate for the Boston City Council District 6 seat.

Ben Weber for City Council in the 6th District

Despite her eloquence and passion, incumbent Kendra Lara has shown many lapses in judgment that make the challenger a better choice.

Student athletics, the other college admission inequity

James Fishkin and Larry Diamond

Can deliberation cure our divisions about democracy?

IDEAS | ADAM M. SOWARDS

Once upon a time in America, when the common good prevailed

What Florida could teach Massachusetts

More recent News

Farmers markets are struggling. Can they market themselves differently?
A new poll from the University of New Hampshire found that people were less interested in food being local or the size of vendors than researchers previously believed

See the International Space Station’s view of Boston
See what Boston and Cape Cod look like from the International Space Station.

Cleanup in storms aftermath continues in many communities, including hard-hit Weymouth
“Oh my God, it was shocking,” Beth Long said of the tornado that seemingly just missed her family’s home in Weymouth. “I will never not take Mother Nature seriously after this.

Officials hope to have water restored Monday afternoon after water main break in Chinatown

Tom Bagley, a Water and Sewer Commission spokesperson, said via phone around 10:40 a.m. Monday that the “detours still remain in place” in the affected area, as crews continued working in conjunction with utilities.

Five raccoons in Boston have tested positive for rabies, officials say
Last week, Animal Care and Control officials learned that a raccoon found in Mission Hill had tested positive for rabies, following positive tests of three racoons in Jamaica Plain and one in Roslindale.

Kenmore Station will be free following Guns N’ Roses concert Monday night

The Red Sox and MBTA announced Kenmore Station will be free Monday night.

Recommended reads

Edward Blum turned a long-term effort against affirmative action in academia into success at the United States Supreme Court.

Edward Blum won the affirmative action case against Harvard. Now he’s turning to the workplace.

Taking his fight to the country’s entire business sector may seem like an insurmountable challenge. But legal analysts say it would be unwise to count Blum out this time.

‘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.

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.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Farewell to Ron Cephas Jones, a Netflix thriller arrives, and a new ‘Star Wars’ spin-off
News of Ron Cephas Jones's death likely touched any fan of “This Is Us,” the NBC series from which he earned a pair of Emmys. As William Hill, he brought plenty of authentic feeling to a show that tended toward the emotionally manipulative.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

The maquette for the planned W.E.B. Du Bois monument in Great Barrington.

In Great Barrington, monument to W.E.B. Du Bois will mark a homecoming

Lakecia Benjamin performs as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston Friday, Dec. 1 at the Berklee Performance Center at 8 p.m.

Celebrity Series of Boston rolls out ticket discounts for the under-35 set

Needham’s Kimberly Kearns, shown with her family, founded Sober in the Suburbs for ordinary people who have become gradually trapped by their own drinking.

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

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

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

Get kids vaccinated in time for school

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey declared a state of emergency on Aug. 8, citing the influx of migrants in need of shelter.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

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

An aerial view of morning rush hour traffic on Route 128 and the Mass. Pike in early November 2019.

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

Santo, the celebrity, in repose.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How to go viral on TikTok

A previously undisclosed investigation reveals the US Coast Guard failed to appropriately review and prosecute cases of sexual assault at the service's Connecticut academy for years while some of the accused rose up the ranks.

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

"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

Historic Block Island hotel ‘a total loss’ and could be torn down after devastating fire

State Fire Marshal Timothy McLaughlin told the Globe on Monday that the Harborside Inn was in “full compliance” with fire codes and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Man, 60, woman, 43, rescued in separate incidents in White Mountains in N.H.

A 60-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman were rescued during separate incidents Sunday afternoon in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, officials said.

What happens when a church goes ‘extinct’?

The last remaining parishioner of a Northwood, N.H. church is suing so she can give the church’s property away

RI SHORE ACCESS

‘Beach rage’: R.I. shore access incident leads to broken umbrella, arrest of property owner

“It was rage,” said beachgoer Chris Brady. “There’s road rage — but this was beach rage.”

Sports

Spanish players held the World Cup high and took selfies after their victory over England in the championship match in Sydney.

john powers | on soccer

Now that women’s soccer has grabbed the world’s attention, where does it go from here?

The Women's World Cup shattered records for attendance (nearly 2 million) and global viewership (approximately 2 billion).

Catholic Memorial will once again be the favorite in Division 2.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Who’s No. 1? See the Globe’s high school football preseason poll.

Catholic Memorial, St. John's Prep, and Xaverian make up the top 3.

James Paxton is 8-4 with a 3.24 ERA in 14 career starts against the Astros.

Red Sox at Astros | 8:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 125: Red Sox at Astros lineups and notes

James Paxton will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a four-game series with Houston at Minute Maid Park.

Bill Belichick: Canceling joint practices with Titans was a ‘hard decision,’ but the best thing for the team

Spanish football president under fire after kissing player following World Cup victory

Bill Belichick on Taylor Swift’s rain shows at Gillette: ‘That was pretty impressive’

Business

The EV market is booming, but is range anxiety holding back potential buyers?

Boston Globe reporter Aaron Pressman drove around testing EV charger efficiency to see if New England is ready to go full electric.

Historic Block Island hotel ‘a total loss’ and could be torn down after devastating fire

State Fire Marshal Timothy McLaughlin told the Globe on Monday that the Harborside Inn was in “full compliance” with fire codes and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

LEGO will set up its new headquarters on Boylston Street

In Pawtucket, a refill station for beauty and cleaning products helps the planet

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

Axl Rose (L) and Slash of Guns 'n' Roses perform on June 24 in Glastonbury, England.

Kenmore Station will be free following Guns N’ Roses concert Monday night

See the International Space Station’s view of Boston

A big month for Gina Raimondo

sports

Saturday night's preseason game between the Patriots and Packers in Green Bay was halted in the fourth quarter after the injury to Isaiah Bolden, who was released from a local hospital on Sunday.

NFL at last learning hard lessons about compassion, mental health, and manhood

Sean O’Malley took a big step toward superstar status with his stunning victory at UFC 292 in Boston

Essence of the game on display at Little League Classic

business

Elinor Goldstein at her home in Reading. Goldstein, 84, says she's lonely and wants to meet someone special. She paid The Matchmaking Company in Burlington $3,995 and signed a contract that clearly stated the payment was nonrefundable. The next day, she called to cancel. "All sales are final," she was told.

She spent nearly $4,000 for a matchmaker. When she asked for her money back, they said no.

Cambridge legalizes EV charging across the sidewalk

The state of Boston venture capital, according to 15 of the most active firms

politics

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden walked down the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Aug. 7, 2023.

The Bidens will travel to Maui to meet with wildfire survivors and first responders

GOP presidential debate puts spotlight on Wisconsin, one of the few remaining swing states

Trump says he will skip GOP presidential primary debates

Nation

Ron DeSantis delivered remarks at the Prep Partners Group in Rochester, N.H., on July 31, 2023.

DeSantis allies scramble to clarify after he criticizes ‘listless vessels’ for Trump

Tropical Storm Gert forms in the Atlantic, but is expected to be short-lived

With 850 people listed as missing after fire, searchers in Maui continue their heartbreaking work

World

Shopkeeper waits for customers in Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 15, 2022. Syria’s president early Wednesday Aug. 16, 2023 doubled public servant and retirees wages and pensions as the war-torn country’s national currency spiraled further downwards, reaching a new low for the year.

Protests rock government-held areas in southern Syria as economy crumbles

Ecuadorians reject oil drilling in the Amazon in historic decision

As thousands flee homes across British Columbia from wildfires, chiefs in one region report progress

opinion

Nigerien soldiers stood guard as coup supporters gathered for a demonstration in Niamey on Aug. 11.

The US is losing sway in Africa

The Trump indictments are good for America and democracy

Nation’s organ transplant system is due for changes

lifestyle

At 41, I can’t make a relationship last

Photos: Meet the attendees of the Provincetown Carnival

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

food & dining

From left to right, AFC volunteers Pam Laflamme and Sally Manikian smile as Peter Brandon of Gorham, N.H., signs on as the Androscoggin Food Co-op's newest member-owner.

Farmers markets are struggling. Can they market themselves differently?

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

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

Ron Cephas Jones (left) and Sterling K. Brown in "This Is Us."

This week’s TV: Farewell to Ron Cephas Jones, a Netflix thriller arrives, and a new ‘Star Wars’ spin-off

Netflix bidding farewell to DVD services

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

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

Dr. Claire Golomb in her Waban home with drawings by children she studied and worked with as a psychology professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Claire Golomb, Holocaust survivor and scholar of children’s artistic creativity, dies at 95

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