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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.

Five tornadoes touched down in Mass., R.I., and Conn. on Friday, forecasters say

The tornadoes reached speeds of up to 115 miles per hour and left damaged property and downed trees in their wake, the National Weather Service said Monday.

Map: See where tornadoes struck Friday Here’s why you did — or didn’t — hear tornado sirens in R.I. on Friday

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rain is possible Monday night, and then cooler and drier weather will arrive
Southern New England is expected to see high temperatures in the 70s through the weekend, with mostly sunny skies on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Former president Donald Trump was escorted to a courtroom in April in New York.

Trump’s bond is set at $200,000 in Georgia case over efforts to overturn 2020 election

The bond has been set at $200,000 in the Georgia case accusing the former president of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss.

Former Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson to serve as Trump’s Massachusetts campaign chair

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

Beth Teitell | Commentary

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.

Five things Democrats will be watching during Wednesday’s GOP debate

Sha'Carri Richardson, 23, won the 100-meter event at the world championships in Hungary, in a race that featured four of the eight fastest runners of all time.

track and field

Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by setting world championship record in 100 meters

Richardson, whose positive marijuana test derailed Olympic dreams in 2021, looked stunned when she crossed the line.

Ellie 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.

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.

Mac Jones took 18 snaps vs. the Packers, completing 6 of 9 pass attempts, and was sacked twice.

We got our first look at the Patriots’ No. 1 offensive unit Saturday. Here’s how it fared.

Mac Jones did well, given the small sample size and the circumstances, but a lot of question marks persist on the line.

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

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

This unusual beach dispute took place on what would have been an otherwise typical and beautiful Sunday at the bay-facing North Kingstown Town Beach.

‘He put everyone before himself:’ Lawrence man mourned after he died trying to save family members in rushing river
A Lawrence man who died Sunday trying to save two family members from rushing water in New Hampshire’s White Mountains was remembered by his mother as a selfless son.

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.

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.

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

A teenager was killed Sunday in Belchertown when he sped away from a state trooper, ran a red light, and smashed into a parked car, State Police said.

See photos of Southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary passed through
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

One dead, four injured in Sunday afternoon multi-vehicle crash in Brookline

Brockton man, 27, pulled from Hampton Beach waters on July 22 has died, officials say

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?

The Lego Group has chosen 1001 Boylston St. in Boston for its new US headquarters.

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.

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

Opinion

College and career counselor Richard Futrell checked a backpack as senior Zahkia Warren passed through a metal detector at the Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Dorchester on Jan. 11.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston school safety is a big problem, but few are discussing it

Should the district bring school resource officers — and their arrest powers — back to Boston schools? What about metal detectors?

Samuel J. Abrams and Harvey A. Silverglate

A college campus is the last place that should promote a culture of intolerance

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayor Wu moves from progressive left to the center on Mass. and Cass response

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

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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.

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.

Biden arrives in Maui to comfort wildfire survivors and emergency workers

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden are in Maui to comfort survivors of the wildfires that ripped through the western part of the Hawaiian island.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

EDITORIAL

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.

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

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.

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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

Five tornadoes touched down in Mass., R.I., and Conn. on Friday, forecasters say

The tornadoes reached speeds of up to 115 miles per hour and left damaged property and downed trees in their wake, the National Weather Service said Monday.

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.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Rain is possible Monday night, and then cooler and drier weather will arrive

Southern New England is expected to see high temperatures in the 70s through the weekend, with mostly sunny skies on Tuesday and Wednesday.

SUV collides with car, crashes into Belmont home

Belmont police and firefighters responded to a report of a vehicle hitting a house near the intersection of Belmont and White streets at about 11:25 p.m. and arrived there to find a BMW SUV that had crashed into 245 White St., officials said.

Sports

track and field

Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by setting world championship record in 100 meters

Richardson, whose positive marijuana test derailed Olympic dreams in 2021, looked stunned when she crossed the line.

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.

Revolution coach Bruce Arena is being investigated over allegations that he made "insensitive and inappropriate remarks.” That is what we were told Aug. 1, and that is all we know today.

tara sullivan

The lack of transparency in the Bruce Arena investigation is unacceptable

It has been three weeks since the Revolution coach was put on administrative leave, yet we know nothing more about the case than we knew then.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

ESPN announces changes to ‘Monday Night Countdown’ lineup

patriots

We got our first look at the Patriots’ No. 1 offensive unit Saturday. Here’s how it fared.

john powers | on soccer

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

Business

American workers want almost $79,000 salary to start a new job

Pay expectations among women in the labor force rose 11 percent in the past year, twice as fast as for men, according to the New York Fed’s most recent Survey of Consumer Expectations.

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.

Fed can’t celebrate yet as investors expect rates, inflation to remain elevated

John Warnock, who helped invent the PDF and co-founded Adobe Systems, dies at age 82

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University of North Carolina Chapel Hill in 2023.

Globe Magazine

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.

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

Five tornadoes touched down in Mass., R.I., and Conn. on Friday, forecasters say

Forecast | Dave Epstein Rain is possible Monday night, and then cooler and drier weather will arrive Southern New England is expected to see high temperatures in the 70s through the weekend, with mostly sunny skies on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Trump’s bond is set at $200,000 in Georgia case over efforts to overturn 2020 election

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

Sha’Carri Richardson caps comeback by setting world championship record in 100 meters

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

We got our first look at the Patriots’ No. 1 offensive unit Saturday. Here’s how it fared.

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

‘He put everyone before himself:’ Lawrence man mourned after he died trying to save family members in rushing river A Lawrence man who died Sunday trying to save two family members from rushing water in New Hampshire’s White Mountains was remembered by his mother as a selfless son.

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

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.

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

See photos of Southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary passed through 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.

One dead, four injured in Sunday afternoon multi-vehicle crash in Brookline

Brockton man, 27, pulled from Hampton Beach waters on July 22 has died, officials say

The crowded chaos that is the mouth of the Merrimack

Lego will set up its new headquarters on Boylston Street

What happens when a church goes ‘extinct’?

Boston school safety is a big problem, but few are discussing it

A college campus is the last place that should promote a culture of intolerance

Mayor Wu moves from progressive left to the center on Mass. and Cass response

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

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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.

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.

Biden arrives in Maui to comfort wildfire survivors and emergency workers

Five raccoons in Boston have tested positive for rabies, officials say

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Five tornadoes touched down in Mass., R.I., and Conn. on Friday, forecasters say

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

Rain is possible Monday night, and then cooler and drier weather will arrive

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Rain is possible Monday night, and then cooler and drier weather will arrive
Southern New England is expected to see high temperatures in the 70s through the weekend, with mostly sunny skies on Tuesday and Wednesday.

‘He put everyone before himself:’ Lawrence man mourned after he died trying to save family members in rushing river
A Lawrence man who died Sunday trying to save two family members from rushing water in New Hampshire’s White Mountains was remembered by his mother as a selfless son.

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.

See photos of Southern California as Tropical Storm Hilary passed through
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.

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.

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.

‘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.