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An encampment of tents and shelters lined Atkinson Street last week in the area known as Mass. and Cass.

At Mass. and Cass, a plan for a new sleeping space for homeless people is met with uproar

The shelter is part of a new strategy by city officials to respond to the myriad public health problems at Mass. and Cass, the city’s top public health official said during a virtual meeting on Tuesday.

At massive downtown garage, demolition drags on and on
A fatal accident and negotiations with the MBTA have pushed deconstruction of the Government Center Garage — and the closure of Congress Street — well past the original completion date.

Video: Scenes from Bruce Springsteen at Gillette Stadium
New Jersey rockers Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band brought their blue-collar grooves to Gillette Stadium Thursday night.

Steve Azar has recently bought the Gifford House in Provincetown and has been working to update and renovate the inn.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Return to splendor: Provincetown’s Gifford House makes a queer comeback

Several of Provincetown’s beloved, independently owned inns have recently been sold by locals to hospitality and real estate companies. The 165-year-old Gifford House seemed headed toward the same fate. Then Steve Azar stepped in.

Because of the strikes, few series are returning this fall, but season six of "The Crown," with Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, is likely to be an exception.

MATTHEW GILBERT

On TV, fall will lack its usual grandeur

The WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are very much altering the shape of schedules to come, with the docket looking sparse.

Trump booked at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss

The Fulton County prosecution is the fourth criminal case against former president Donald Trump since March, when he became the first former president in US history to be indicted.

Trump returns to X, the site formerly known as Twitter, shortly after surrendering in Georgia

This booking photo provided by Fulton County Sheriff's Office, shows former President Donald Trump on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, after he surrendered and was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.

One image, one face, one American moment: The Donald Trump mug shot

State data show dozens of campus police departments employ officers with sustained complaints

A newly released database of police disciplinary records shows that at least 11 college and university police departments across the state have employed officers with multiple sustained complaints, raising questions of transparency surrounding campus police forces.

Wisconsin police investigating if lawyer accused in Charlestown, North End rapes is connected to assaults in his college town

Police in Madison, Wis., confirmed they are investigating whether Matthew Nilo is also a suspect in any unsolved rapes from over a decade ago in the city where he went to college.

After rollout, Mass. police watchdog agency acknowledges holes, possible errors in disciplinary database
Within hours of it coming online, the list drew criticism from advocates who said it was full of inconsistencies, and from policing organizations that said it treated officers unfairly by listing every infraction.

14-year-old boy shot in face in Fall River, officials say

Russian mercenary chief’s likely death could destabilize his private army, UK says

This week's daters: Liz and Jon.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I could definitely spot her smile in the crowd’

Will it be puppy love for these two dog parents?

Wilyer Abreu rounded third base and passed by coach Carlos Febles after belting a two-run home run in the second inning.

RED SOX 17, ASTROS 1

Red Sox blast off on Astros to finish road trip with lopsided win

The highlight of the offensive explosion was the first major league home run by Wilyer Abreu, who was 4 for 6 with four RBIs. Alex Verdugo (4 for 7) and Connor Wong (4 for 6) also homered and matched Abreu's four-hit performance.

JuJu Smith-Schuster (left) and Kendrick Bourne (right) will be two of the targets at the disposal of quarterback Mac Jones.

ben volin | on football

Patriots suddenly have a good problem — too many wide receivers

They may not have the high-end talent to match the Bills, Bengals, and Dolphins, but their depth is looking better than expected.

Opinion

An encampment of tents and shelters line Atkinson Street in the area know as Mass and Cass.

With crisis at Mass. and Cass, officials can’t only plan for tomorrow

By mostly focusing their rhetoric on long-term solutions to homelessness and drug addiction, lawmakers have created a vacuum of ideas for initiatives that could provide a meaningful, near-term remedy for people at Mass. and Cass.

Clarence B. Jones

On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, ‘where do we go from here?’

Timothy Scalona

The myth of right to shelter in Massachusetts

Why Vivek Ramaswamy is catching on in New Hampshire and beyond

Horseshoe crabs have roamed the planet for 450 million years, but they could be running out of time

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

THE GREAT DIVIDE

BPS educators rally for racial equity in BPS hiring practices
The rally also encompassed several other issues, including a lack of support from BPS to help educators of color do their jobs and concern that BPS appears to be backing away from a commitment to close achievement and opportunity gaps among students of different backgrounds.

Initial cleanup complete after Wilbraham power plant collapses, burns, leaks oil into Chicopee River
The Department of Environmental Protection has been at the site since Tuesday helping local emergency responders clean materials from the Chicopee River, an agency spokesperson said in an email.

Bob Ryan

A treasure from the past, Sport magazine, may yet have another life
The groundbreaking publication's run ended in 2000, but its vast assets — more than 150,000 photos and articles — are up for sale.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

Vermont prosecutor who verbally abused and bullied staff resigns
A state investigation found that Franklin County State’s Attorney John Lavoie created a hostile working environment by using profane, sexist, and offensive language around a staff comprised mostly of women.

Man arrested in Cambridge on charges of murdering and dismembering roommate in Indiana in 2017, State Police say

Hallett is accused of murdering his roommate when he lived in Michigan City, Indiana in 2017, by allegedly striking him with a blunt object and choking him.

Berlin home explosion that killed 79-year-old woman caused by leaking propane tank, officials say
Code compliance officers determined that the Knight Fuel Company, a Hudson-based home heating and cooling service, had violated the state’s Comprehensive Fire Safety Code by storing too much propane without a permit and withholding information from officials and the homeowner, officials said.

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A passengers rubbed his eyes while riding the Red Line train inbound on Thursday.

T promises this fall’s subway shutdown won’t be like the one last year. The plan: ‘Get in, get it done, and get out.’

The MBTA will suspend service on the Red Line’s Ashmont branch and Mattapan Line for more than two weeks in October to repair tracks and speed trains.

At 75, James Taylor’s life is sweet, baby
In an interview, the singer recounts a couple of summer surprises while reflecting on the possibility of retirement, the enjoyment he still gets from touring, and the next generation of Taylors.

Globe Magazine

Ysabel Garcia knows the danger of a mental health crisis. She has a lifesaving message.
The suicide rate has spiked in Latino communities in Massachusetts in recent years. Mental health advocates are showing more effective ways to help.

N.H. nurse held captive in Haiti says in video message that she forgives her kidnappers
Alix Dorsainvil, 31, said in a recent video message that she forgives her captors, and she thanked the thousands of Haitians who marched in the streets to press for her release.

Culture & Lifestyle

Toshihiro Takayama's "T" sculpture outside Alewife station.

Change is what cities do — and nothing drives that change like mass transit

Singer Robbie Wulfsohn (second from the left) returns to Massachusetts with Ripe to headline Riverfest Saturday.

Ripe has climbed the stairs from Allston basements to festival stages

Illustration from "'Slowly, Slowly, Slowly' Said the Sloth" by Eric Carle.

A celebration of gardening in new poetry anthology; new exhibition at Eric Carle Museum highlights wildlife and the natural world; National Endowment for the Humanities announces 2023 grant winners

Jeremy Eichler is the author of "Time's Echo." He will be at Brookline Booksmith this Thursday at 7 p.m. .

Author readings around Boston Aug. 27-Sept. 2

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

State data show dozens of campus police departments employ officers with sustained complaints

A newly released database of police disciplinary records shows that at least 11 college and university police departments across the state have employed officers with multiple sustained complaints, raising questions of transparency surrounding campus police forces.

Former residents of a New Hampshire youth center demand federal investigation into abuse claims

Frustrated former residents of New Hampshire’s only youth detention center are pushing for a federal investigation into allegations of decades of abuse.

Initial cleanup complete after Wilbraham power plant collapses, burns, leaks oil into Chicopee River

The Department of Environmental Protection has been at the site since Tuesday helping local emergency responders clean materials from the Chicopee River, an agency spokesperson said in an email.

New federal gas pipeline safety standards proposed following 2018 Merrimack Valley explosions

Senator Edward J. Markey praised this “first step” by federal officials to “put critical provisions of my bill, the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act, into effect to protect communities across the country from explosive catastrophes” and pledged “to get the strongest possible regulations for gas distribution pipeline systems on the books.”

Sports

Sport magazine was must-reading for fans in the 1950s and '60s, and it lasted in print until 2000.

A treasure from the past, Sport magazine, may yet have another life

The groundbreaking publication's run ended in 2000, but its vast assets — more than 150,000 photos and articles — are up for sale.

Fred Richard, a sophomore at Michigan, is the reigning NCAA all-around champion,

Stoughton’s Fred Richard is third after opening round at US men’s gymnastics championships

Richard overcame a massive step out of bounds on his vault dismount by scoring a 15.105 on high bar.

Collin Morikawa closesd with three straight birdies, with a little help from caddie J.J. Jakovac.

Collin Morikawa overcomes nine-shot deficit in opening round of Tour Championship to share lead with Keegan Bradley

They were at 10 under par, the score top-seeded Scottie Scheffler started with in the stifling heat of East Lake.

Kenley Jansen hopes to avoid injured list after tight hamstring forced Red Sox closer from game

USA Gymnastics wants to build a centralized training center for all disciplines by the 2028 Olympics

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox expect big welcome back for Mookie Betts when Dodgers series opens at Fenway Park

Business

At massive downtown garage, demolition drags on and on

A fatal accident and negotiations with the MBTA have pushed deconstruction of the Government Center Garage — and the closure of Congress Street — well past the original completion date.

Dutch brewer Heineken sells its Russian operations for 1 euro, taking a 300-million-euro hit

Dutch brewer Heineken says it has completed its withdrawal from Russia, 18 months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Fed Chair Powell could signal the likelihood of high rates for longer in closely watched speech

Subway sold to company that owns Dunkin’

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

MSPCA veterinary and shelter staff say a 3-year-old male pit bull-mix named Jobee is without a doubt the “worst case of intentional starvation they have ever seen.”

Dog survives ‘extreme emaciation’; Roxbury woman arrested on animal cruelty charges

At Mass. and Cass, a plan for a new sleeping space for homeless people is met with uproar

Berlin home explosion that killed 79-year-old woman caused by leaking propane tank, officials say

sports

Julian Edelman will be on our TV screens every Sunday this fall.

Former Patriots receiver Julian Edelman joining ‘Fox NFL Kickoff’ studio show

At Newton North, the purpose and personnel in place for another Division 1 girls’ volleyball title

Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani’s future with Angels, or elsewhere, murky after latest elbow injury

business

A solar installation on the roof of The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 103 headquarters in Dorchester.

MIT researcher Jessika Trancik says we need to lower the ‘soft’ costs of climate tech

Google, X, Facebook under EU scrutiny as new rules kick in

Uber raises minimum age for most California drivers to 25, saying insurance costs are too high

politics

Former president Donald Trump spoke to the media at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after surrendering at the Fulton County jail on Thursday.

Trump booked at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss

GOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law

Dozens of Trump fans gather outside Georgia jail to show support ahead of his expected surrender

Nation

Former president Donald Trump.

What we learned about Trump’s height and weight in the Georgia booking

Trump returns to X, the site formerly known as Twitter, shortly after surrendering in Georgia

California doctor lauded for COVID testing work pleads guilty to selling misbranded cosmetic drugs

World

Russian servicemen inspect a part of a crashed private jet near the village of Kuzhenkino, Tver region, Russia, on Aug. 24.

Russian mercenary chief’s likely death could destabilize his private army, UK says

US intelligence says an intentional explosion brought down Wagner chief Prigozhin’s plane

While world media speculates on Wagner chief’s presumed death, Russian state media shies away

opinion

Judge Katie Cook Rayburn, pictured last year, ruled in May that DCF violated a woman’s due process rights by failing to provide her with a meaningful appeal process of its “substantiated concern” determination.

Parents tagged by DCF policy should be allowed to appeal

Is AI really as good as advertised?

The death of storytelling

lifestyle

I want the marriage I had years ago

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

At 41, I can’t make a relationship last

food & dining

Soup dumplings and other offerings from Nan Xiang Express.

Nan Xiang Express brings its soup dumplings to Chinatown, and ‘Christmas in September’ comes to Allston

At Bar ‘Cino in Watertown, grilled pizza and gregarious service

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

travel

Steve Azar has recently bought the Gifford House in Provincetown and has been working to update and renovate the inn.

Return to splendor: Provincetown’s Gifford House makes a queer comeback

Where’s the $10,954 insurance check for my canceled tour?

Long, lazy rambles (and some bubbly) in England’s Lake District and The Cotswolds

Arts

“New Growth 2” by Gio Swaby, 2021. Collection of Rasheed Newson.

At Peabody Essex Museum, Gio Swaby’s virtuosic portraits of Black women in thread and fabric

‘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

Books

Illustration from "'Slowly, Slowly, Slowly' Said the Sloth" by Eric Carle.

A celebration of gardening in new poetry anthology; new exhibition at Eric Carle Museum highlights wildlife and the natural world; National Endowment for the Humanities announces 2023 grant winners

The making of a poet and musician in Don Paterson’s eloquent memoir

Author readings around Boston Aug. 27-Sept. 2

Movies

Helen Mirren in "Golda."

‘Golda’: When smoke gets in your eyes

Paramount+ releases ‘Good Burger 2′ trailer

Hollywood studios disclose their offer on day 113 of writers strike

Television

Because of the strikes, few series are returning this fall, but season six of "The Crown," with Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, is likely to be an exception.

On TV, fall will lack its usual grandeur

‘The Gilded Age’ returns in October

Hollywood studios disclose their offer on day 113 of writers strike

music

Legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen performs in the first of two concerts Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro before a sold out crowd.

Video: Scenes from Bruce Springsteen at Gillette Stadium

Toto Cutugno, singer whose ‘L’Italiano’ struck a chord, dies at 80

Robert Cray’s breakout success is behind him, but the blues never left

Theater/Dance

France's Compagnie Käfig performs "Pixel" at Jacob's Pillow in Becket

Dance and digital effects merge in Compagnie Käfig’s imaginative ‘Pixel’ at Jacob’s Pillow

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

Old and new at the Pillow

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

Italian singer and composer Toto Cutugno, performing at the Roman theater in Cartagena outside Tunis in 2002.

Toto Cutugno, singer whose ‘L’Italiano’ struck a chord, dies at 80

Terry Funk, Hall of Fame hardcore wrestler, dies at 79

Steve Sidwell, former Patriots defensive coach, dies at 78