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Patriots quarterback Mac Jones no longer has Bailey Zappe (left) looking over his shoulder.

Ben Volin I On football

Bailey Zappe being released makes it clear: The Patriots are now Mac Jones’s team, and they don’t want any controversy

Jones not only is the Patriots’ starting quarterback for 2023, he was the only one on their roster as of Tuesday evening.

Tell us: Were there any cuts that surprised you? Patriots Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler is attempting an NFL comeback

The Patriots released second-year quarterback Bailey Zappe on Tuesday.

Patriots roster cuts live tracker: Quarterbacks Bailey Zappe, Malik Cunningham released as deadline passes

NFL teams must get their rosters down to 53 players on Tuesday.

Patriots trade kicker Nick Folk to Titans for draft pick

Video of new bike lane infrastructure in ‘the Netherlands’ was actually just a shot of Inman Square redesign
The cyclist who labeled the video as being overseas said he did it to show that US cities can do more than their residents think.

shirley leung

Could Widett Circle help solve Mass. and Cass?
A temporary campus at the 24-acre parcel could offer housing, addiction treatment, health care, and other services for those living at the intersection — but it will require political will to make happen.

Residents and environmentalists are upset that a significant portion of the forest behind the Northeast Metro Tech School in Wakefield is being cut down to make way for a new school building.

The bitter fight over plans for a new high school building and saving a forest in Wakefield

On Monday, a judge struck down an injunction activists had filed to halt construction, writing that it was not in the public interest and the contractors are free to work in areas away from protected wetlands. But the group remained undeterred.

The former site of the Cambridge Matignon School — the storied Catholic high school that announced in May that it would be closing after 75 years of educating students — is now on the market.

Former property of Cambridge Matignon School is up for sale

The listing includes both the 337,181 square feet of property spread across three buildings as well as the seven-plus acres of land on which it sits.

‘Terrific news’: LGTBQ community celebrates Boston decision to embrace gender neutral marriage licenses

Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration said Tuesday that Boston is no longer requiring people to specify their gender or sexual identity on marriage licenses, as part of a slate of new “gender-aware guidelines” to make the city more inclusive.

Mass. child welfare agency using apartments as short-term housing for foster children

Using apartments is the latest solution to a foster home shortage that the state has struggled with for years.

What to know about Biden’s push to negotiate drug prices: Who benefits and how?

Negotiated prices will become effective beginning in 2026.

With start of Medicare drug price negotiations, a rift over their impact in Mass. Here are the 10 drugs the Biden administration is targeting for Medicare price talks

Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds

Forecasters called Idalia “an unprecedented event” since no major hurricanes on record have ever passed through the bay abutting the Big Bend region.

New England is at risk for dangerous rip currents this week as Hurricane Franklin churns in Atlantic

In an image provided by NOAA, a satellite image shows Tropical Storm Idalia, now a hurricane, on Sunday.

Hurricane Idalia tracker: Follow the path

Coyote attacks woman walking dog and man working at golf course in Fall River, police say

A coyote attacked a woman walking her dog and a groundskeeper at a golf course in Fall River early Monday morning, police said.

Forklift operator suffers life-threatening injuries in accident at Logan Airport

Eversource, Unitil are latest utilities to warn of customer data breach

Bicyclist killed in crash with UPS truck in Newton identified

Man stabbed during mugging on Weston rail trail, police say

Donald Trump listed his measurements at 6-3, 215 pounds. The Patriots' DeVante Parker (right) is listed exactly the same. Padres star Fernando Tatis is slightly bigger — 6-3, 218.

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Turns out Donald Trump is built just like a lot of famous athletes. Or is he?

The former president self-reported himself as 6-3, 215, at his Georgia booking — the same size as Patriots receiver DeVante Parker and other sports notables.

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca (right) looked up at the Sumner Tunnel ceiling as they took a tour with state and city officials earlier this year.

‘She’s ready to move on. We’re ready to support her in that.’ Top state official talks transportation secretary’s exit.

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll told reporters Tuesday that Gina Fiandaca is “ready for her next challenge” and praised her short time in the administration.

Ayo Edebiri stars as Josie and Rachel Sennott as PJ in "Bottoms."

Odie Henderson review | ★★★1/2

Sadistic, satirical ‘Bottoms’ makes ‘Fight Club’ look tame

Rachel Sennott and Ayo Edebiri go for broke in director Emma Seligman’s over-the-top high school comedy about two lesbian outcasts.

Opinion

A helicopter waterbomber dropped water onto the Cameron Bluffs wildfire near Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada, on June 6.

Readers respond on climate change: We need action now

Yet some still insist it’s all a scam.

Rachelle G. Cohen

Wu’s Mass. and Cass tent ordinance is little more than a feel-good distraction

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

Why is the Fed so obsessed with 2 percent inflation?

Fixing the red zones on the Red Line

News you can use

The Sumner Tunnel is reopening Friday. Here’s what you need to know.
The Sumner Tunnel is scheduled to reopen Friday after a two-month closure that shut down a main route from Logan International Airport for critical repairs to the nearly 90-year-old tunnel.

How to see the ‘blue supermoon’ Wednesday night
Look up Wednesday night to see a “blue supermoon” — a full moon that looks larger and brighter than normal, astronomers 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.

More recent News

Lawsuit to disqualify Trump filed in New Hampshire

The former president’s supporters have inundated the N.H. Secretary of State’s office with phone calls to protest the possibility that Trump may be kept off the ballot for the first-in-the-nation primary.

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle parts of the US government and replace them with Trump’s vision

MBTA outlines another slew of service disruptions
Parts of the Red Line will shutter for nearly a dozen weeknights and a pair of weekends in September, and a few Orange and Green Line stops will also face more than three weeks of disruptions in downtown Boston, MBTA officials announced Monday.

During ‘unprecedented bat season,’ hundreds of Rhode Island residents receive rabies vaccine
Health officials said they’re seeing more reports of bats in people’s homes than they have in previous years.

Winchester man and three juveniles arrested in downtown Boston graffiti bust, police say

An 18-year-old Winchester man and three juveniles were arrested early Tuesday in Boston for allegedly vandalizing a parking lot area downtown with graffiti, authorities said.

Giant inflatable ducks appear in Maine’s Belfast Bay for third year in a row
Officials say they still don’t know who's putting them in the water.

This photo, provided by MTA New York City Transit, shows water from a water main break cascading into New York's Times Square subway station, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. A 127-year-old, 20-inch water main under New York's Times Square gave way early Tuesday, flooding midtown streets and the city's busiest subway station.

127-year-old water main gives way under NYC’s Times Square, flooding streets, subways

Recommended reads

A passenger yelled out the window of his self-driving robo-taxi as it drove him to his destination in San Francisco.

Self-driving cars are booming in San Francisco. Is it really a loss for Boston?

Massachusetts once hoped to pioneer autonomous vehicles, but it has largely ceded that role to California.

‘It’s criminal behavior’: Hundreds involved in a series of violent incidents across Boston
Between two incidents at city movie theaters, police arrested 13 teenagers.

As thousands of Massachusetts students return to school this week, here are some changes to expect
Multiple school districts across the state reopened their doors this week, while others don't welcome back students until after Labor Day.

‘This is a solvable problem’: New Massachusetts studies aim to unlock the mysteries of chronic Lyme disease
A distinct “antibody signature” could herald a new test to pinpoint who will recover.

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

‘Terrific news’: LGTBQ community celebrates Boston decision to embrace gender neutral marriage licenses

Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration said Tuesday that Boston is no longer requiring people to specify their gender or sexual identity on marriage licenses, as part of a slate of new “gender-aware guidelines” to make the city more inclusive.

Viola allegedly stolen, to the tune of $70,000, Boston police say

The instrument was stolen from the rear of 120 Glenville Ave. sometime between 2 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. on Sunday. The public is asked to help track down the instrument, which was stored in a black case with Boston University and Vivant Vintage stickers, police said Tuesday.

Maine’s puffin colonies recovering in the face of climate change

Atlantic puffins — clownish seabirds with colorful bills and waddling gaits — had their second consecutive rebound year for fledgling chicks after suffering a catastrophic 2021, said scientists who monitor the birds.

Lawsuit to disqualify Trump filed in New Hampshire

The former president’s supporters have inundated the N.H. Secretary of State’s office with phone calls to protest the possibility that Trump may be kept off the ballot for the first-in-the-nation primary.

Sports

Walpole co-captain Kerin Birch is determined to go out with a Division 1 state title before she heads off to Bryant University next fall.

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

Field hockey notebook: At Walpole, Kerin Birch is determined not only to return to the Division 1 final — but to win it all

Birch, a senior midfielder, is "super-skilled, sees the field very well, she’s got great vision . . . . She’s just the key to that whole [center] unit,” said Walpole coach Jen Quinn.

Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette looks to turn a double play against the Indians on Sunday, his last game before sitting out with a strained quadriceps injury. He was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday, retroactive to Monday.

Toronto All-Star shortstop Bo Bichette on injured list because of strained quadriceps

Blue Jays manager John Schneider called Bichette’s strain mild and said the two-time AL hits leader won’t participate in baseball activities for a couple of days.

Off a 41-goal junior season, Molly Driscoll is the offensive catalyst for two-time defending Division champion Watertown.

HIGH SCHOOL FIELD HOCKEY

Here are 11 Eastern Mass. field hockey players to watch in 2023

Watertown's Molly Driscoll, who is bound for Boston University. enters the season with 89 career goals for the defending two-time Division 3 state champions.

Patriots roster cuts live tracker: Quarterbacks Bailey Zappe, Malik Cunningham released as deadline passes

Ben Volin I On football

Bailey Zappe being released makes it clear: The Patriots are now Mac Jones’s team, and they don’t want any controversy

Daniil Medvedev rolls into US Open second round

Business

US does not want to ‘decouple’ from China, Raimondo says

Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told Chinese officials Tuesday that the United States was not seeking to sever economic ties with China, but she expressed a litany of concerns that were prompting the business community to describe China as “uninvestable.”

Here are the 10 drugs the Biden administration is targeting for Medicare price talks

The drugs include the blood thinner Eliquis, diabetes treatment Jardiance, and eight other medications. The negotiation process was authorized under the Inflation Reduction Act.

Former property of Cambridge Matignon School is up for sale

Eversource, Unitil are latest utilities to warn of customer data breach

magazine

‘You don’t need to be everywhere’ is some of the best advice I ever got

Try your hand at Monopoly and a variety of other board games at WBUR's new meetup event, Field Trip: Game Night.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 28-Sept. 10

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.

metro

Children are seen through windows of the DCF office in Roxbury.

Mass. child welfare agency using apartments as short-term housing for foster children

New campaign aims to publicize mental health and substance use services

‘She’s ready to move on. We’re ready to support her in that.’ Top state official talks transportation secretary’s exit.

sports

Justin Thomas (left) and Brooks Koepka were among captain Zach Johnson's selections to round out the US Ryder Cup team.

US Ryder Cup team adds familiar picks with Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas, plus an LIV player in Brooks Koepka

Patriots Super Bowl hero Malcolm Butler is attempting an NFL comeback

Jarren Duran will miss the remainder of the season because of toe surgery

business

Disparate levels of promotion are seen as one of the key factors explaining why women still earn only about 80 cents on the dollar compared with men.

States put new spin on pay gap laws with promotion transparency

More US firms offer student loan help to debt-burdened grads

Job openings dropped in July as labor market cooled

politics

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Tuesday Aug. 8, 2023, at Windham High School in Windham, N.H.

Lawsuit to disqualify Trump filed in New Hampshire

Here are the 10 drugs the Biden administration is targeting for Medicare price talks

Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle parts of the US government and replace them with Trump’s vision

Nation

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Wetlands in Fallon, Nev.

Heeding Supreme Court could strip protection from more than half of US wetlands

University of North Carolina graduate student left building right after killing adviser, police say

Hurricane Idalia strengthens into a Category 2 storm with 100 mph winds

World

China’s Premier Li Qiang (right) spoke with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo during a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing Tuesday. Raimondo addressed the business community’s concerns, describing the Chinese investment landscape.

US does not want to ‘decouple’ from China, Raimondo says

Preyed on by gangs: Gun violence surges within Israel’s Arab communities

Memorial service for Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has been held, his spokespeople say

opinion

The Washington Monument is seen in the background after speakers concluded the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 26.

The march on Washington — then and now

What do we get wrong about the March on Washington?

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

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

A trio of Matriark tomato sauces made from tomatoes discarded by Virginia farms and processing plants.

These tomato sauces are made from too-big or too-small tomatoes. But they’re perfectly tasty.

With a sturdy brioche pretzel roll, you can load up your hot dog with condiments and confidence

Row 7 Seed Co. expands its lineup with Sweet Prince and Midnight Roma tomatoes

travel

Lifeguards watched over a few sunbathers and swimmers at Hampton Beach, N.H., on July 6, as the area was under heat and air quality advisories. Poor weather and higher costs seem to have kept tourists away this summer.

Rain + inflation = less tourism on N.H.’s seacoast

A Newport celebrity gets a multimillion-dollar makeover

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

Arts

"It looks like a marvelous party — let's drop in and complain about the noise!" Illustration by Barbara Shermund, 1940s, watercolor, ink, graphite. From "Feminine Wiles: The Art of Barbara Shermund," The United, Westerly, R.I. On loan from the Collection of Charles and Deborah Royce.

Cartoonist Barbara Shermund makes a comeback

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

Books

Jill Lepore, professor at Harvard University and author of "The Deadline," a new collection of essays.

Jill Lepore has seen the inside of time

Chaucer’s ‘The Canterbury Tales’: Not Safe for Teens?

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

Movies

Ayo Edebiri stars as Josie and Rachel Sennott as PJ in "Bottoms."

Sadistic, satirical ‘Bottoms’ makes ‘Fight Club’ look tame

Nicholas Hitchon, 65, who aged 7 years at a time in the ‘Up’ documentaries

For this year’s Harvard Film Archive all-night movie marathon, gambling’s on the table

Television

From left: Stephen Colbert of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," Jimmy Fallon from "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," Seth Meyers from "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and Jimmy Kimmel from "Jimmy Kimmel Live" are teaming up with John Oliver to assist the striking members of their staffs.

Late-night hosts’ podcast will assist striking staff members

Even if the strikes drag on, this TV critic won’t be at a loss

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

music

Fandango vocalist Fred Bajie Griffeth sings to the crowd at Toad in Cambridge during a 20th anniversary celebration of the club in 2013.

Toad in Porter Square sold to new owner, but it will remain a music venue

Founder of failed Fyre Festival is attempting a sequel

New tech platform helps independent musicians grow their fanbase

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

Dr. Hitchon was a longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison.

Nicholas Hitchon, 65, who aged 7 years at a time in the ‘Up’ documentaries

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