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GOP Debate

Highlights from the first Republican presidential debate

Highlights from the first Republican presidential debate (Fox News).

In first Republican presidential debate, candidates tangle over issues and Trump emerges unscathed

The two-hour debate offered the candidates a rare opportunity — their first of the year — to present themselves to voters without former president Donald Trump sucking up all the oxygen.

Republican presidential candidates spar on Trump, abortion, Ukraine in first debate. Here’s how it unfolded. Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis listened as former Vice President Mike Pence and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy speak during the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by FOX News Channel on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in Milwaukee.

ANALYSIS | James Pindell

Scorecard: Grading the debate performance of the Republican candidates

James Pindell doles out letter grades for the eight Republicans who participated in the debate (and the one who was missing).

Once seen as opponents to climate action, utilities and the business community are making changes. Is that a sign the tides are turning?
Changes at gas utilities and across business groups signal climate as a growing priority

Red Sox 7, Astros 5 (10 innings)

Adam Duvall’s three-run homer in 10th helps Red Sox beat Astros
Red Sox reliever Kenley Jansen exited with one out in the ninth because of what the team called right hamstring tightness. He was replaced by Nick Pivetta, who recorded the win.

Four years after the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers, Mookie Betts returns to Boston as great as he ever was

Public toilets, more green space, or both? Somerville residents will decide how to spend $1 million.

A panel of volunteers will pick 20 projects that could potentially be funded, after whittling down a list of nearly 1,000 suggestions. It will then be up to residents to decide which ones to prioritize.

Gunfire at California biker bar kills 4 people, including the shooter, and wounds 5 more

Three people were killed and five others were wounded in a shooting Wednesday at a Southern California biker bar, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said. The gunman was also killed by deputies.

Trump set to surrender at Georgia jail on charges that he sought to overturn 2020 election

The booking process expected to yield a historic first: a mug shot of a former American president.

Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Expect increasing clouds today, and rain and cooler temperatures on Friday
Friday's rain could be heavy with thunderstorms in some places in our area.

Moscow court extends arrest of jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, reports state news agency
Russian state news agency Tass says the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was detained on espionage charges, has been extended to Nov. 30.

A plane crash believed to have killed mercenary chief Prigozhin is seen as the Kremlin’s revenge

National Grid customer data exposed in ‘cyber incident,’ utility says

A passenger boarded a train at Alewife.

If you ride it, you know. The Red Line is the worst. Just look at the stats.

Ridership is at less than half its pre-pandemic levels, around half as many trains come each day, and a trip from Braintree or Alewife at times takes about as long as it would to drive.

A Boston Public Health employee walked down a hallway inside the administration building on Long Island.

‘A moment of great momentum’: Boston authorities tout potential future of Long Island, site of old recovery campus

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to have services up and running on the island in four years, but much work has to be done before then.

Susan Sarandon attended Rufus Wainwright's 50th birthday celebration at The Montauk Point Lighthouse on July 13, 2023, in Montauk, New York.

Actress Susan Sarandon sues Mass. construction company over ‘extensive problems’ to $2m Vermont home

Sarandon purchased the 45-acre property near the Massachusetts border in 2018.

Opinion

After being falsely accused of a carjacking when she was eight months pregnant, Porcha Woodruff is suing the City of Detroit over what she says is an overreliance on facial recognition technology. Facial recognition is one of several AI-related technologies called out by researchers in a 2022 paper, "The Fallacy of AI Functionality." "Deployed AI systems often do not work," the researchers wrote.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

Is AI really as good as advertised?

Claims that machines will surpass human smarts overlook one bedrock problem: A lot of real-world AI doesn’t work all that well.

Parents tagged by DCF policy should be allowed to appeal

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

The Constitution won’t save us from Donald Trump

Bullying complaint highlights Boston City Council’s dysfunction

IDEAS | TYLER AUSTIN HARPER & LEIF WEATHERBY

The death of storytelling

News you can use

The Facebook settlement claim deadline is Friday. Here’s how to apply.
Facebook reached a $725 million class-action settlement earlier this year over claims it shared users’ data without their consent. Millions of people can fill out a claim form to get a slice of the settlement amount.

A back-to-school tech tuneup: Here’s what to know about your devices and software
It’s time to prep your gadgets and programs for the year ahead.

How to stay safe while swimming in rivers
Check the strength of the current using online guides, wear a life jacket in the water, and don't jump in right away if you see someone in trouble.

More recent News

UMass presses forward with Leominster closure despite community pushback
The health system said it has a transportation plan to accommodate women who will have to give birth elsewhere than the local hospital, but the plan drew condemnation and pushback from advocates.

Teen, 15, accused of fatally stabbing 17-year-old at Lynn convenience store
The victim was identified as Daniel Marquez Santeliz, 17, of Lynn, according to a spokesperson for the Essex district attorney’s office.

Innovation economy

Can the Lego headquarters help make Boston fun again?
We’re a place focused on solving problems, but the company’s arrival is a reminder that the city needs to be playful, too.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘I was there. I kept notes.’ Journalist Kara Swisher talks chronicling the rise of the internet.
Swisher foresaw how the internet could transform everything, including the media industry itself.

Gus Solomons Jr., creative presence in modern dance who got start in Cambridge, dies at 84
Being a contemporary dancer in today's society is “an act of will, an act of courage,” Mr. Solomons once said.

Five workers sent to hospital after wall collapse in Bedford, including man with life-threatening injuries, officials say
A wall collapse at a home construction site in Bedford Wednesday morning sent five workers to the hospital, including one man with life threatening injuries, authorities said.

Recommended reads

A 19th-century artst's depiction of New England's Dark Day, which happened on May 19, 1780. From "Our First Century" by R.M. Devens.

Some thought the ‘Dark Day’ of 1780 might be the end of the world. Scientists say it was wildfires.

Researchers now believe the cause of the legendary “Dark Day” of May 1780, may have been — you guessed it — forest fires in Canada.

A bumpy start — and lessons learned — as Somerville lines busy roads with ‘speed humps’
Drivers in one area were taken by surprise when they encountered a series of unmarked bumps in the street. The city fixed the problem — and took note of the mistake.

After stabbing, Boston’s Jean McGuire returns to Franklin Park, a steward once again
Jean McGuire, the 92-year-old pioneering civil rights activist, has returned to her daily Franklin Park walks months after she barely fended off a knife attack.

Study finds Black and Hispanic patients admitted and return to the hospital at higher rates
The study found while many Mass. residents struggle to access high quality, affordable, and timely health care, systemic inequities and institutional racism exacerbate these issues for many communities of color.

Culture & Lifestyle

Regina Spektor last visited Martha's Vineyard when she was a teenager. She returns to the island for the Beach Road Weekend festival Sunday.

Regina Spektor is ready to make a new Martha’s Vineyard memory

Candied garlic spareribs at the Four Winds Pub & Grill in Lynn.

On the shores of Lake Lynnapesaukee

Ruth K. Henry, “Free to Learn,” mixed-media sculpture.

Jewish Arts Collaborative’s ‘Be the Change’ offers mixed-media public art with mixed results

Duck Duck Goofs show at the Cambridge Community Center.

Duck Duck Goofs wants to send you to detention

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

Kurt Becker, a paramedic firefighter, urged his union members to seek therapy during the pandemic in Clayton, Mo., on May 3, 2020.

Ed Davis and Jonathan Olshaker

We need to care for the front-line workers who care for us

A customer walks out of Theory Wellness after purchasing cannabis seltzer at the dispensary in Great Barrington last year.

Stop taxing marijuana companies as illegal dealers

IDEAS | V.M. VINES

Why secondhand is my first choice

Affirmative action opponent Edward Blum created Students for Fair Admissions, the group that filed the lawsuits against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it,” the court held in its June ruling.

Corporate America is on notice: Discriminating by race is illegal

"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

How much will Trump weigh at his Georgia booking? Oddsmakers are taking bets.

The former president loves to mock others for their weight, but a “girther movement” was born in 2018, after anti-Trumpers suspected he was heavier than he let on.

R.I.’s First Congressional District race just got real

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, Steph Machado joins Jim Hummel, host of “A Lively Experiment” on R.I. PBS, to break down the increasingly fractious race to replace David Cicilline.

Robert Paulson, long-term ALS survivor, author, is dead at 86

In his book, “Not in Kansas Anymore: A Memoir of the Farm, New York City and Life with ALS” (2009), Robert Paulson wrote, “The diagnosis of this disease need not be a death sentence.”

After a Vermont playhouse flooded, the show went on

A Vermont theater company is hoping to get back into its playhouse next summer after it flooded this July.

Sports

Mookie Betts, playing second base for the Dodgers in Tuesday night's game against the host Guardians, drew raves from former Red Sox and current Dodgers teammate Ryan Brasier. “To see him play second base like he’s been doing it all his career is amazing to me," Brasier said.

Four years after the Red Sox traded him to the Dodgers, Mookie Betts returns to Boston as great as he ever was. ‘I’m just in a different place.’

Betts said he will "be grateful for whatever happens" Friday night when he plays his first game at Fenway Park since the Red Sox traded him away to the Dodgers four years ago.

Adam Duvall overcame a painful foul ball off his foot to hit a three-run homer in the 10th.

Red Sox 7, Astros 5 (10 innings)

Adam Duvall’s three-run homer in 10th helps Red Sox beat Astros

Red Sox reliever Kenley Jansen exited with one out in the ninth because of what the team called right hamstring tightness. He was replaced by Nick Pivetta, who recorded the win.

Rafael Devers and the Red Sox had another tough night in the field on Tuesday.

Red Sox notebook

How big of a problem do the Red Sox have with Rafael Devers’s defense?

Devers's 16 errors are the most by a third baseman in the majors, and tied for most among all position players.

Messi converts PK, assists on 2 goals, leading Miami past MLS-best Cincinnati in US Open Cup semi

Kenley Jansen exits Wednesday night’s Red Sox game in ninth inning because of right hamstring tightness

RAYS 6, ROCKIES 5 (10 innings)

Brandon Lowe’s walkoff single completes Rays’ rally for another come-from-behind win over the Rockies

Business

Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt are among 6 nations set to join the BRICS economic bloc

Iran and Saudi Arabia are among six nations that have been invited to join the BRICS bloc of developing economies.

National Grid customer data exposed in ‘cyber incident,’ utility says

A “cyber incident” involving a file transfer service exposed customers' personal information, but “there is no indication that National Grid accounts have been compromised, or that customer financial data or account passwords were exposed,” according to the utility.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘I was there. I kept notes.’ Journalist Kara Swisher talks chronicling the rise of the internet.

Labor Department settles with Dollar stores over worker safety

magazine

Pot prices have tanked. Dispensaries are closing. Is a great crash coming?

We agreed to be friends after our breakup. When can I call?

Shutting up and listening is a superpower

Grilled corn gets a boost from flavored butters.

Grilled corn is even better slathered in flavored butter

metro

Rain is expected in New England on Friday.

Expect increasing clouds today, and rain and cooler temperatures on Friday

Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?

National Grid customer data exposed in ‘cyber incident,’ utility says

sports

Alex Cora took issue with Justin Verlander's delayed pause while pitching to Adam Duvall in the second inning of Tuesday's game between the Red Sox and Astros.

Here’s how Alex Cora and Justin Verlander viewed their brief spat in Tuesday’s Red Sox game vs. Astros

Anthony Santander’s two-homer game backs Dean Kremer as the Orioles blank the Blue Jays

Maple Leafs sign star center Auston Matthews to four-year, $53 million extension

business

Fawn Gagnon, an employee at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance - Clinton, held a baby doll during a rally in May in front of the hospital against the announced closure of the labor and delivery unit in Leominster.

UMass presses forward with Leominster closure despite community pushback

Coventry Courier, Chariho Times newspapers to close, publisher says

Hollywood studios disclose their offer on day 113 of writers strike

politics

Former president Donald Trump.

Trump set to surrender at Georgia jail on charges that he sought to overturn 2020 election

Ramaswamy seizes spotlight as DeSantis hangs back: Seven debate takeaways

Republican presidential candidates spar on Trump, abortion, Ukraine in first debate. Here’s how it unfolded.

Nation

Authorities work at the scene of a fatal shooting, Aug. 23, at Cook's Corner, a biker bar in rural Trabuco Canyon, Calif., in Orange County.

Gunfire at California biker bar kills 4 people, including the shooter, and wounds 5 more

Giuliani turns himself in on Georgia 2020 election charges after bond is set at $150,000

Tom Courtney, runner who took Olympic gold by inches, dies at 90

World

The crash site of a private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver Region, on Aug. 23.

A plane crash believed to have killed mercenary chief Prigozhin is seen as the Kremlin’s revenge

China bans seafood from Japan after the Fukushima nuclear plant begins its wastewater release

Moscow court extends arrest of jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, reports state news agency

opinion

Why secondhand is my first choice

Corporate America is on notice: Discriminating by race is illegal

We need to care for the front-line workers who care for us

lifestyle

Susan Sarandon attended Rufus Wainwright's 50th birthday celebration at The Montauk Point Lighthouse on July 13, 2023, in Montauk, New York.

Actress Susan Sarandon sues Mass. construction company over ‘extensive problems’ to $2m Vermont home

At 41, I can’t make a relationship last

Photos: Meet the attendees of the Provincetown Carnival

food & dining

The Kowloon in Saugus.

‘Route 1 royalty’: The couple and Kowloon wedding that captivated the Internet

When they want to speak up, they make beer

Grilled corn is even better charred and slathered in flavored butter

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

From left: Elpidia Carrillo, George Lopez, Xolo Maridueña, Belissa Escobedo, and Damian Alcazar in "Blue Beetle."

‘Blue Beetle,’ Latino representation, and the danger of a single superhero story

Jewish Arts Collaborative’s ‘Be the Change’ offers mixed-media public art with mixed results

Three ways of looking at Pueblo art

Books

Here are 20 books we’re excited to read this fall

When the hero of a children’s book saves a child from the past

Robert Paulson, long-term ALS survivor, author, is dead at 86

Movies

Actor Jesse Eisenberg signed autographs as he joined members of SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America East as they walked a picket line outside of the HBO/Amazon offices on Tuesday. The actors' and writers' unions are still at odds with Hollywood studios.

Hollywood studios disclose their offer on day 113 of writers strike

This Sunday, see a movie for $4 to celebrate National Cinema Day

‘Blue Beetle,’ Latino representation, and the danger of a single superhero story

Television

Actor Jesse Eisenberg signed autographs as he joined members of SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America East as they walked a picket line outside of the HBO/Amazon offices on Tuesday. The actors' and writers' unions are still at odds with Hollywood studios.

Hollywood studios disclose their offer on day 113 of writers strike

Four ultra-fit New Englanders are in the running for up to a $1 million prize on NBC’s ‘American Ninja Warrior’

Looming ‘Frasier’ reboot has local appeal

music

Huma Rahimi is reflected in a piano as she plays sitar while practicing with her fellow musicians ahead of Silkroad's Global Music Workshop. Rahimi, who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, now lives in the Boston area.

Her musical life was just beginning. The Taliban tried to silence her. Now she’s finding her voice again in Boston.

Ripe has climbed the stairs from Allston basements to festival stages

Regina Spektor is ready to make a new Martha’s Vineyard memory

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

Through his writings and demeanor, Mr. Paulson would become a face of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Robert Paulson, long-term ALS survivor, author, is dead at 86

Gus Solomons Jr., creative presence in modern dance who got start in Cambridge, dies at 84

Tom Courtney, runner who took Olympic gold by inches, dies at 90