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Boston police denounce ‘disturbing’ trend of large gatherings of young people after multiple arrests Sunday across the city

Thirteen juveniles are facing charges in connection with two brawls Sunday at the Boston Common movie theater and the South Bay shopping center in Dorchester, where teens have repeatedly been arrested, police said.

Husband killed ‘Lady of the Dunes’ found in Provincetown in 1974, DA concludes
Monday’s announcement by Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois marked the end of a case that took a half-century to close and had only been solved with the help of modern DNA technology.

Faculty member is killed in shooting at University of North Carolina and suspect is arrested, police say

An apparent shooting at the University of North Carolina’s flagship campus Monday led students and faculty to barricade themselves in dorm rooms, offices and classrooms for hours.

Man, 19, charged in Marlborough hit-and-run crash that injured child on bicycle
Andy Lopez, of Marlborough, was arraigned Monday in Marlborough District Court on charges of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident causing personal injury, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and filing a false motor vehicle insurance claim, officials said.

Mass. transportation secretary is stepping down
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Gina Fiandaca is stepping down effective Sept. 11, according to a Monday announcement from the administration of Governor Maura Healey.

March 4 trial date set for Trump in federal case charging him with plotting to overturn election

The judge denied a defense request to push the trial back until April 2026, but also set it later than the January date proposed by special counsel Jack Smith’s team.

Trump arraignment in Georgia election case is set for Sept. 6 Tracker: All the investigations into Donald Trump

Trump’s top aide Meadows testifies at hearing on bid to move Georgia election case to federal court

Jenny Berz in her Brookline home, said she has slowly overcome many of her symptoms of long COVID, three years after becoming sick.

Is there a road to recovery from long COVID?

Some people with long COVID get at least partially better, while many continue to suffer.

Are we experiencing a COVID spike? Look at the data. Not over yet: Late-summer COVID wave brings warning of more to come

tara sullivan

Simply competing again would have been a triumph for Simone Biles. But now she’s making more history.
Her gymnastics career was on hold for two years as she focused on her physical and mental health, and her eighth national title showed she is still incomparable.

Patriots notebook

Bill Belichick explains why the Patriots traded for two offensive linemen with the season two weeks away
Tyrone Wheatley Jr. and Vederian Lowe could help shore up a depleted line, a position where depth has been an issue all summer.

Tracking all the Patriots’ roster cuts ahead of Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline Five things to know about new Patriots tackle Tyrone Wheatley Jr.

Ceddanne Rafaela has been excelling as both a center fielder and a shortstop.

After tearing up the minor leagues, prospect Ceddanne Rafaela is promoted to the Red Sox

The 22-year-old Rafaela entered Monday hitting .312/.370/.618 with 14 home runs in 48 games for Triple A Worcester — and he was promoted only in June.

Sean McDonough works selected Red Sox games this season for WEEI radio.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Sean McDonough did not hold back on criticizing Red Sox for Mookie Betts trade during radio broadcast

During Sunday's game on WEEI, McDonough said, “It’s a trade that can never be defended and a stain that will never be erased."

Billy McFarland, the promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, leaves a New York federal court in 2018 after pleading guilty to fraud charges. He served four years in prison until his release in March 2022.

Founder of failed Fyre Festival is attempting a sequel

Billy McFarland claims the first 100 tickets to Fyre Festival II sold out within days. Revenue from ticket sales, he says, “will be held in escrow until the final date is announced.”

Shorts were in order on a warm morning in Boston for one bike rider on July 25, 2023.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Unsettled weather and showers midweek will turn into a great Labor Day weekend

The weather over the next few days will take a downward turn before heading into positive territory for the holiday weekend.

From left: E. Jean Carroll, Mary L. Trump, and Jennifer Taub wearing silly hats at a gathering from summer 2021.

‘Satisfaction for women is everywhere,’ says E. Jean Carroll, who’s collaborating on a romance novel with Mary Trump

Trump is the writer, Carroll her adviser, and Northampton legal scholar Jennifer Taub her editor.

Auction website restaurantequipment.bid is taking bids for hundreds of fixtures and pieces of equipment that were housed inside the mammoth Natick Mall Wegmans store until it shut its doors last month.

Want to take a piece of Wegmans home? Here’s your chance.

You can stock up on fixtures and equipment from the grocery chain — including neon signs, deli slicers, and a pizza oven — for as low as a buck.

Opinion

The apartment complex at 625 Putnam Avenue, where the victim lived.

Report: Cambridge police fatality leaves the public ‘wondering why’

Report says the officer’s name could have been released without committing any legal or ethical violations.

The march on Washington — then and now

Mary Ann D'Urso

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

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

Work isn’t working for a lot of America

News you can use

New ‘cars only’ sign installed to prevent trucks from getting ‘storrowed’ in Boston
A “cars only” sign was installed Monday at a Storrow Drive entrance, officials said.

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

Pressley condemns Ramaswamy over KKK ‘grand wizards’ comparison: ‘It is deeply offensive’
Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley on Sunday denounced inflammatory remarks made by Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy at a campaign appearance last week, where he compared the congresswoman to “grand wizards in the KKK.”

Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia’s expected landfall
Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit as a major hurricane.

Tufts resident assistants set to strike on freshman move-in day
The strike could impact hundreds of students on their first day on campus.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Is the long IPO drought over? A spate of deals kindles revival hope.

Three tech firms filed to go public last week, including Boston’s Klaviyo, the state's most valuable startup.

Two makeshift machine guns among weapons found after shooting that wounded eight during J’ouvert celebration, police say

Mayor Wu officially files ordinance aimed at dismantling homeless encampments

The ordinance would require violators of the new rule to be offered shelter space prior to their encampment being dismantled.

Recommended reads

Dr. Robbie Goldstein (left) and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, (right), on a CDC visit to a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health site in Spokane, Wash. in February.

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.

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.

‘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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Billy McFarland, the promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, leaves a New York federal court in 2018 after pleading guilty to fraud charges. He served four years in prison until his release in March 2022.

Founder of failed Fyre Festival is attempting a sequel

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

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

Providence asks judge to order a default on the eviction proceedings for Skyline

The event venue’s lawyer, Michael Lepizzera, has not responded to discovery by the July 31 deadline, and says he needs more time to prepare for trial.

Man, 19, charged in Marlborough hit-and-run crash that injured child on bicycle

Andy Lopez, of Marlborough, was arraigned Monday in Marlborough District Court on charges of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident causing personal injury, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, and filing a false motor vehicle insurance claim, officials said.

Chelsea bus stop is transformed into a ‘Flower Walk’

The transformed bus stop, which is at Broadway and 3rd street, is called the “Flower Walk” and was unveiled on Tuesday by the group who collaborated on the project.

Remembering the people who made the Boston Tea Party happen, 250 years later

On Sunday a special ceremony was held in honor of John Dickman, a Hopkinton resident who took part in the Boston Tea Party on Dec. 16, 1773, and a commemorative plaque was placed at his gravesite in Evergreen Cemetery.

Sports

Matt Chapman was put on the injured list Monday.

Baseball notebook

Blue Jays put 3B Matt Chapman on 10-day IL because of sprained right middle finger

Chapman originally jammed his finger returning a dumbbell to its rack in Toronto’s weight room.

Tyrone Wheatley Jr. is yet to appear in a regular season game.

Five things to know about new Patriots tackle Tyrone Wheatley Jr.

Wheatley has had an unusual path to the NFL (and to New England).

Fred Richard has soared into the top tier of American male gymnasts.

Stoughton’s Fred Richard cemented himself among the gymnastics elite, and is on the path to an Olympic future

Richard took third in the all-around at this past weekend's US Gymnastics Championships, earning a spot for the world championships this fall.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

Who is starting the year at No. 1? Presenting the boys’ soccer preseason Top 20

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' SOCCER

With five clubs in Massachusetts, MLS NEXT has arrived. What does that mean for boys’ high school soccer?

sports business

Fenway Sports Group is in talks to take over Penguins regional sports network

Business

US and China agree to broaden talks in bid to ease tensions

The United States and China on Monday agreed to hold regular conversations about commercial issues and restrictions on access to advanced technology, the latest step this summer toward reducing tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

Farmers Insurance says it is cutting 2,400 jobs in bid to ensure long-term profitability

The California-based insurer owned by Swiss giant Zurich Insurance Group said the layoffs will impact all lines of its business.

Auto union boss wants 46% raise, 32-hour workweek in ‘war’ against Detroit carmakers

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Is the long IPO drought over? A spate of deals kindles revival hope.

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

Crowds gather outside of AMC Boston Common 19, where a massive brawl broke out Sunday.

Boston police denounce ‘disturbing’ trend of large gatherings of young people after multiple arrests Sunday across the city

Husband killed ‘Lady of the Dunes’ found in Provincetown in 1974, DA concludes

BPS educators rally for racial equity in BPS hiring practices

sports

Ceddanne Rafaela has been excelling as both a center fielder and a shortstop.

After tearing up the minor leagues, prospect Ceddanne Rafaela is promoted to the Red Sox

EMass boys’ soccer: The reigning South Shore League MVP, Rockland’s Joao Faria, headlines Players to Watch

Tracking all the Patriots’ roster cuts ahead of Tuesday’s 4 p.m. deadline

business

Peter Mahoney, chief marketing officer at GoTo.

Mahoney wrote the book on being a chief marketing officer. Now he is one again.

Stable US-China ties ‘profoundly important,’ commerce secretary says

Tell us: Are you a T.J.Maxx fiend?

politics

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with organizers of the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Monday. From left, Melanie Campbell, Marc Morial, Jonathan Greenblatt, Bernice King, obscured, Harris, Biden, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, Yolanda King, and Andrew Young.

Biden says action needed against ‘hate-fueled violence’ after racist shooting in Florida

Trump’s top aide Meadows testifies at hearing on bid to move Georgia election case to federal court

Pressley condemns Ramaswamy over KKK ‘grand wizards’ comparison: ‘It is deeply offensive’

Nation

Law enforcement and first responders gathered on South Street near the Bell Tower on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Monday.

Faculty member is killed in shooting at University of North Carolina and suspect is arrested, police say

Americans still put their trust in juries. Will Trump’s trials break that faith?

Not over yet: Late-summer COVID wave brings warning of more to come

World

Nathan, a Filipino national, was promised a job in customer service in Thailand. Instead, he found himself in Cambodia, being ordered to defraud strangers online and beaten for refusing. He managed to return to the Philippines but still fears retribution.

A global cyber-scam industry is booming in plain sight in Cambodia

Sweden charges man arrested last year in predawn raid with spying for Russia

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

opinion

Washington Street near Temple Place, 1900. The author argues that at its best, Boston has used density and diversity to cultivate innovation.

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

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

Two views on Councilor Kendra Lara

lifestyle

Maisie Peters performs at the TRNSMT festival in Glasgow, Scotland, last month.

Touring North America, singer-songwriter Maisie Peters comes of age

They just want to be friends

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

food & dining

Chef Frank McClelland at Frank restaurant in Beverly in 2019.

Frank McClelland presses pause on Beverly’s Frank, styled as an affordable, small-town alternative to his iconic L’Espalier

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

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

travel

A rendering shows BermudAir's "aisle class" cabin. The new airline begins flights between Boston and Bermuda on Aug. 31. Flying in the all-business-section plane will cost $1,000 one way.

A luxurious new way for Bostonians to fly to Bermuda, with a hefty price tag to match

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.

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

From left: E. Jean Carroll, Mary L. Trump, and Jennifer Taub wearing silly hats at a gathering from summer 2021.

‘Satisfaction for women is everywhere,’ says E. Jean Carroll, who’s collaborating on a romance novel with Mary Trump

Esmeralda Santiago on drawing courage from books

Who are you? Angie Kim’s riveting new mystery ‘Happiness Falls’ asks more than just whodunit

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

Billy McFarland, the promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, leaves a New York federal court in 2018 after pleading guilty to fraud charges. He served four years in prison until his release in March 2022.

Founder of failed Fyre Festival is attempting a sequel

New tech platform helps independent musicians grow their fanbase

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

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

Barack Obama, then a senator and candidate for president, discussed his economic plan with Mr. Wurzelbacher, also known as "Joe the Plumber," in Holland, Ohio, on Oct. 12, 2008.

Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax policies during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49

Yevgeny Prigozhin, renegade mercenary chief who rattled Kremlin

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