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How an offer by Dr. Rochelle Walensky to donate blood sparked an eight-year mission to change the nation’s antiquated rules

New rules announced earlier this summer that open blood donation to millions of gay and bisexual men recently went into effect.

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson mugged while visiting tent encampment near Mass. and Cass

Fernandes Anderson said she was not injured as a man snatched her cellphone from her hand.

Large fights break out at Boston Common movie theater, South Bay shopping center in Dorchester

It was not immediately clear Sunday night how many people were involved or whether anyone was injured. Multiple people were arrested, and investigation is ongoing, Michael Torigian, a Boston police spokesman said.

As climate warming drives more extreme weather, ‘everything we care about is on the line’
Even for climate scientists who have long warned that climate-fueled extreme weather was coming, the onslaught of recent crises has been nothing short of shocking.

Tropical Storm Idalia takes aim at Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis booed at vigil as hundreds mourn more racist killings
DeSantis — who is running for the GOP nomination for president, who has loosened gun laws in Florida, and who has antagonized civil rights leaders by deriding “wokeness” — was loudly booed as he addressed the vigil.

Judge to hear arguments on Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election case to federal court

Neo-Nazi group NSC-131 holds anti-immigration protest outside Woburn hotel

Charles Stark "Doc" Draper’s son, James Draper (second from right), jokes with his granddaughter, Zoya Draper (second from left), who used to be scared of the mannequin of her grandfather. It was restored by Draper's nephew, David Capodilupo (far left) after recovering it from storage in a barn.

‘Mad Men’ meets MIT: The story behind a long-forgotten mannequin now at Draper Lab

An unusual statue now on display at Cambridge’s Draper Labs shows that the MIT scientists who helped put men on the moon sure knew how to party.

The forgotten history of Block Island’s Harborside Inn
Before it was known as the Harborside Inn, it was the Pequot House, the Waukesha, and the notorious Royal Hotel, which was rumored to be a brothel — and was maybe haunted as well.

Mary L. Trump, E. Jean Carroll, and legal scholar Jennifer Taub are serializing a romance novel together. The result is a love story of a different kind.
The three women, who got to know each other through a Zoom knitting group at the height of the pandemic, are now spinning a different kind of yarn together: a romance novel called “The Italian Lesson.”

"Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life" is a new book written by Globe staff reporter Emily Sweeney.

Read an excerpt from ‘Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life’ by Emily Sweeney

This book chronicles the life of Dr. John “Dropkick” Murphy, a professional wrestler who ran a detox center for alcoholics in Acton.

From left: Ken Jeong, Zack Calderon, and Sam Richardson in the lighthearted whodunit "The Afterparty."

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Pirates on Netflix, living to 100, and the pleasures of comic whodunits

Now’s a good time to be a fan of light murder mysteries. “Only Murders in the Building,” “The Afterparty,” and “Poker Face” are shows that provide the satisfaction of solving crimes without having to deal with the usual blood, cynicism, and existential challenges.

Mayor Michelle Wu spoke to the press on Saturday after several people were shot and wounded early Saturday morning in Dorchester during a J’ouvert celebration.

Boston community leaders denounce weekend violence

Community leaders on Sunday denounced the violence in Boston over the weekend that left eight people injured in a shooting Saturday during an early morning J’ouvert celebration and two more injured in attacks that night.

Chance Emerson, who recently performed at the Newport Folk Festival, is the founder and CEO of ForeverFan.

New tech platform helps independent musicians grow their fanbase

Folk-rock singer Chance Emerson recently launched ForeverFan, a platform that helps independent musicians better communicate with their fanbase.

Gold medal-winner Simone Biles took the top spot at the podium between silver medalist Shi Jones (left) and Leanne Wong, who captured bronze.

Simone Biles wins a record eighth US Championship, at age 26 and a decade after claiming her first title

Biles became the oldest woman to win a national title since USA Gymnastics began organizing the event in 1963. Her eight crowns moved her past Alfred Jochim, who won seven between 1925-33.

Opinion

A statue of John F. Kennedy by Isabel McIlvain outside the State House in Boston. The memorial was designed in 1988 and dedicated on May 29, 1990, the date that would have been Kennedy's 73d birthday.

They can put a man on the moon, but they can’t find a better State House spot for JFK statue?

As the real estate mantra goes, what’s important here is location, location, location.

Work isn’t working for a lot of America

Mary Ann D'Urso

The morning I became part of the latest trend: quiet firing

IDEAS | DANIEL P. DAIN

Boston’s future depends on whether we remember lessons from the past

Victory, not détente, is the right American strategy toward Beijing

News you can use

Bright planets and a blue moon: A fall stargazing guide for beginners
Saturn will be at opposition this weekend, meaning the ringed planet will be at its closest approach to the Earth and fully illuminated by the sun.

Are we actually experiencing a COVID spike? Take a look at the data.
Plenty of data remain publicly accessible to determine whether COVID is actually on the upswing.

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.

More recent News

Carlson drops out of R.I. congressional race amid controversy over conduct with student
The Jamestown Democrat says he will support Senator Sandra Cano in the Sept. 5 primary for the 1st Congressional District race.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Mookie Betts takes care of business in return to Fenway Park and shows Red Sox exactly what they’re missing
For all the handshakes and hugs this weekend, Betts was a cold-blooded terminator between the lines.

In Massachusetts, anyone 16 and older can pilot a boat without completing a safety course

In Massachusetts, anyone 16 and older can take to the water with no boater education, belying the state’s reputation for regulatory oversight and raising concerns that young boaters are not adequately prepared.

Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case

Lawyers for Donald Trump are due back in court Monday as a federal judge considers radically conflicting proposals for a trial date in the case accusing him of working to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Will these Patriot hopefuls have their roster bubble burst?
The Patriots have already started to trim their roster down ahead of Tuesday’s cutdown deadline, but several critical moves are still to come.

Child injured in Marlborough hit-and-run; SUV driver sought by police

At around 11:45 a.m., a westbound driver in an SUV hit a child on a bicycle near 300 Boston Post Road East, then fled the scene, taking a right turn into the back entrance of Ghiloni Park, police said.

Recommended reads

Marblehead Superintendent John Buckey was forced to resign from his post just one month after the School Committee gave him a favorable performance review.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

In Marblehead, furor and speculation reign over an ousted school superintendent

Just as school boards have become the center of culture wars across the country, so too have superintendents, caught up in clashes among political factions around issues such as book bans, critical race theory, sex education, and gender identity.

Cambridge doesn’t allow chickens. This couple are fighting to keep theirs.
Susan and Robert Filene hired a lawyer to appeal the city's fines and have been inviting Cambridge officials over to meet their chickens — six city councilors and the mayor have visited so far.

Through pop-ups, an Afghan family forges a path forward
It is a story repeating itself elsewhere in Massachusetts, and it's clear why: Food has always provided a natural path to entrepreneurship for immigrants.

Biden has presided over a factory boom. But in an Ohio town where two are being built, he doesn’t get much credit.
In this particular sliver of red America — where Donald Trump overwhelmingly won in both his presidential runs — residents aren’t giving Biden much credit for the new Intel factories and the jobs coming with them.

Culture & Lifestyle

Singer Molly Rankin and lead guitarist Alec O'Hanley perform with Alvvays at Leader Bank Pavilion.

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Alex G and Alvvays hold an indie rock summit

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

“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

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

Boys sold packets of tissue paper to a man along a street in Amritsar, India, on July 28.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Should children be allowed to work?

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy talked to members of the media on Wednesday after the first debate of the GOP primary season hosted by Fox News in Milwaukee.

Why Vivek Ramaswamy is catching on in New Hampshire and beyond

Ayana Parsons, a partner at the Fearless Fund, spoke during a news conference on Aug. 10 in New York. Attorneys for the Atlanta-based venture capital firm being sued over a grant program investing in Black women have vowed to fight back against the lawsuit, calling it misguided and frivolous.

Workplace is the next battleground in affirmative action fight

The area known as Mass. and Cass.

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

Luna, 19 months, her brother Fritz, 17, and their mother Sergeline (not pictured) were placed in a hotel room in Boston, May 2. The migrants from Haiti arrived from the Boston Medical Center’s temporary shelter in a waiting room there.

Timothy Scalona

The myth of right to shelter in Massachusetts

"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

The forgotten history of Block Island’s Harborside Inn

Before it was known as the Harborside Inn, it was the Pequot House, the Waukesha, and the notorious Royal Hotel, which was rumored to be a brothel — and was maybe haunted as well.

New tech platform helps independent musicians grow their fanbase

Folk-rock singer Chance Emerson recently launched ForeverFan, a platform that helps independent musicians better communicate with their fanbase.

Read an excerpt from ‘Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life’ by Emily Sweeney

This book chronicles the life of Dr. John “Dropkick” Murphy, a professional wrestler who ran a detox center for alcoholics in Acton.

‘Mad Men’ meets MIT: The story behind a long-forgotten mannequin now at Draper Lab

An unusual statue now on display at Cambridge’s Draper Labs shows that the MIT scientists who helped put men on the moon sure knew how to party.

Sports

"Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life" is a new book written by Globe staff reporter Emily Sweeney.

Read an excerpt from ‘Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life’ by Emily Sweeney

This book chronicles the life of Dr. John “Dropkick” Murphy, a professional wrestler who ran a detox center for alcoholics in Acton.

Megan Khang shot 2-over-par 74 in the final round to finish at 9-under 279.

Rockland’s Megan Khang wins her first LPGA title, holding off World No. 4 Jin Young Ko in a playoff

Khang made par on the first extra hole to become the sixth American to win this season.

Viktor Hovland raised the FedEx Cup title and earned $18 million.

Viktor Hovland finishes off the best two weeks of his golf career by capturing the FedEx Cup title

He closed with a 7-under-par 63, the lowest score by the winner in Tour Championship history.

Simone Biles wins a record eighth US Championship, at age 26 and a decade after claiming her first title

Dolphins receiver Daewood Davis out of hospital after being carted off field

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Mookie Betts takes care of business in return to Fenway Park and shows Red Sox exactly what they’re missing

Business

The forgotten history of Block Island’s Harborside Inn

Before it was known as the Harborside Inn, it was the Pequot House, the Waukesha, and the notorious Royal Hotel, which was rumored to be a brothel — and was maybe haunted as well.

New tech platform helps independent musicians grow their fanbase

Folk-rock singer Chance Emerson recently launched ForeverFan, a platform that helps independent musicians better communicate with their fanbase.

Top US and Chinese commerce officials express support for easier trade, but deep differences remain

Power returns to most of Kenya after a 14-hour outage, longest in recent memory, shuts down airport

magazine

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

Ysabel Garcia at her happy place, The Artist Cafe in Springfield.

Ysabel Garcia knows the danger of a mental health crisis. She has a lifesaving message.

This week's daters: Liz and Jon.

Dinner with Cupid

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

Shutting up and listening is a superpower

metro

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, pictured here at a news conference in 2022, was mugged as she stopped near Atkinson Street Saturday night.

City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson mugged while visiting tent encampment near Mass. and Cass

Boston community leaders denounce weekend violence

14-year-old boy arrested with rifle in Hyde Park

sports

Yaroslava Mahuchikh was one of 29 Ukrainian athletes who qualified for worlds in Hungary this week. She won the first gold medal for Ukraine and the second overall, adding to a silver won by Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk in the triple jump.

Yaroslava Mahuchikh closes track worlds with a poignant conclusion: Gold for Ukraine

Red Sox rotation has its bodies back, but remains deeply lacking

Safety is looking like a position of strength for Patriots

business

Packets of Wegovy at the Novo Nordisk A/S production facilities in Hillerod, Denmark, on June 12.

Weight-loss drug Wegovy reduces heart failure symptoms in obese patients

Instacart files for IPO

Boston burrito chain Boloco is closing most of its stores by year’s end

politics

President Biden.

Biden and Harris will meet with King’s family on 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

Biden is widely seen as too old for office, new poll finds. Trump’s got other problems

Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case

Nation

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks during a Fair-Side Chat at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 12, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. DeSantis said Aug 26, in a post on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, that he has directed state emergency officials begin preparations for a storm.

Tropical Storm Idalia takes aim at Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say

Judge to hear arguments on Mark Meadows’ request to move Georgia election case to federal court

What we know about the Jacksonville killings

World

A firefighter walks past a scorched tree in Acharnes suburb, on Mount Parnitha, in northwestern Athens, Greece, on Aug. 27.

Greece reinforces firefighting forces to tackle massive blaze in the country’s northeast

China won’t require COVID-19 testing for incoming travelers starting Wednesday

Migrant boat sinking off Greek island leaves 4 dead, 18 rescued

opinion

Citizens’ assembly. Random sample of regular folks. Sounds good.

Doctors shouldn’t be overcharged for electronic payments

Workplace is the next battleground in affirmative action fight

lifestyle

They just want to be friends

50th Caribbean American Carnival brings ‘all the flavor’ to Franklin Park

He’s given me a year to move

food & dining

Siblings Sadaf and Maryam serve a customer during an Afghan pop-up dinner at Fiore’s Bakery in July. The event was a fund-raiser for the food business their family hopes to start in Boston.

Through pop-ups, an Afghan family forges a path forward

Boston burrito chain Boloco is closing most of its stores by year’s end

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

travel

Most people think of the mountains as a fall color fiesta. Consider the Maine coast — Camden is no slouch, with views like this.

Which coastal Maine town is actually better in the fall? (Hint: It has a fairy-tale castle.)

Provincetown’s Gifford House was on life support. Now the historic inn is making a queer comeback.

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

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

"Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life" is a new book written by Globe staff reporter Emily Sweeney.

Read an excerpt from ‘Dropkick Murphy: A Legendary Life’ by Emily Sweeney

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

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

From left: Ken Jeong, Zack Calderon, and Sam Richardson in the lighthearted whodunit "The Afterparty."

This week’s TV: Pirates on Netflix, living to 100, and the pleasures of comic whodunits

Bob Barker, courtly host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ has died

Expect animated Barbie series to toy with viewers

music

Chance Emerson, who recently performed at the Newport Folk Festival, is the founder and CEO of ForeverFan.

New tech platform helps independent musicians grow their fanbase

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Alex G and Alvvays hold an indie rock summit

Brandeis plans to shutter PhD programs in music

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

Mr. Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addressed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, in March.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, renegade mercenary chief who rattled Kremlin

Woody Kaplan, an activist ‘unafraid to stand up for the unpopular,’ dies at 80

Bob Barker, courtly host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ has died