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Judge rules defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial; sexual assault case dismissed

The defrocked cleric appeared remotely via Zoom during the hearing, and a judge heard testimony from a medical expert who indicated that McCarrick suffers from dementia.

Judge finds Rudy Giuliani liable for defaming two Georgia election workers
A judge also ordered Giuliani to pay tens of thousands of dollars in lawyers’ fees.

Hurricane Idalia remains dangerous Category 2 storm, swamping Florida’s coast and closing highways

The system remained a hurricane as it crossed into Georgia with top winds of 90 miles per hour after drenching Florida mostly to the east of Tallahassee.

Hurricane Idalia tracker: Follow the path Watch live webcams from Florida during Hurricane Idalia

See photos and videos of Florida after Hurricane Idalia made landfall
The hurricane is bringing life-threatening storm surges and rainfall in an area unaccustomed to such threats and residents in vulnerable areas were ordered to evacuate.

shirley leung

Here’s why Gina Fiandaca leaving her post as transportation secretary might not spell disaster
Transportation secretaries tend to come and go, but less than eight months may be a modern record.

Green Line extension to Union Square will close for 25 days starting next month

Starting in mid-September, the stretch of Green Line between Lechmere and Union Square stations will close for more than three weeks so the state transportation department can fix a bridge.

Person killed in crash in Attleboro involving Demoulas Supermarkets tractor trailer and car

Manhole fire reported in Harvard Square in Cambridge; area sealed off and several buildings evacuated

Man stabbed while walking on Weston rail trail, police say

Corean Reynolds, new director of nightlife economy for Boston, clinks glasses with The Pearl owner Luther Pinckney while visiting the South Bay restaurant earlier this year.

Diners are eating out earlier in the evening. (Afternoon, practically.) And Boston is here for it.

Around the region, chefs are reporting that their places start hopping as early as 3 p.m., peaking around 5:30 or 6, post-COVID. And that’s been good for just about everyone involved.

Tell us: What do you think is the ideal dining time?

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.

Breaking down the Patriots’ initial 53-man roster

Alex Andrew Bohm.

Bicyclist killed in crash with UPS truck in Newton was beloved Tufts medical professor

Alex Bohm, 57, of Newton, was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, where he was pronounced dead, law enforcement officials said Tuesday evening.

THE FINE PRINT

This 84-year-old woman got a date — no matchmaker required
After a Globe story about her fight for a refund from a matchmaking service was published, a Reading woman heard from four men wanting to go out with her.

The Fine Print: She spent nearly $4,000 for a matchmaker. When she asked for her money back, they said no.

The world knew him as Bill Russell. They knew him as dad.
From chasing storms to boxing lessons with Muhammad Ali, the Celtics legend's children share what it was like growing up Russell.

Nancy Edwards in her apartment.

A Boston shelter tried a new approach to finding women stable housing. Three years later, its success is clear.

Since launching its stabilization program in July 2020, Women’s Lunch Place says that 97 percent of women who found housing are still living in their homes.

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

Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, and Seth Meyers are premiering a limited podcast called “Strike Force Five” that will last for at least 12 episodes.

Iris Zinck of the New England Meow Outfit and her cat Folie a Deux Hijo Ni Kokana dressed as "The Princess and the Frog" at the New England Meow Outfit's 10th annual cat show in Natick.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

A dream come true: I was a judge at a feline fashion show

If a career counselor ever asked me what I was qualified to do, I would reply, “Judge a cat fashion show.” So when I received an email in May asking if I would judge a feline fashion show, I didn’t paws . . . I mean, pause. Here's what it was like.

Opinion

President Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on July 16, 2022.

IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

Liberals need a clearer foreign policy

Biden and the Republicans have very different views of America’s role in the world. But the president’s stance may be harder to explain to voters.

Ann Walsh promises a fresh start in District 3

Two years on, the US pullout from Afghanistan looks worse than ever

Rachelle G. Cohen

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

IDEAS | ROBERT MOTUM

Westarctica, Sancratosia, Slowjamastan, and other fake nations may have some things to teach real ones

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

N.H. hiker challenges himself to the climb of a lifetime
Andrew Drummond climbed Mount Washington for 100 days in a row, battling blisters, sore knees, and a record amount of rain.

Judge’s illness delays sentencing for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case
The government is seeking a 33-year sentence for Tarrio in one of the most significant prosecutions in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Innovation economy

‘There’s a hunger for this type of entertainment’: The escape room business is expanding
Local companies are broadening the concept of interactive entertainment as more people seek an alternative to screen time.

Warwick Water Division chief slapped employee as part of ‘Nazi joke,’ according to police report

An employee told police he viewed the joke as antisemitic because he’s from a Jewish family. Terry DiPetrillo, who is charged with assault, denied “any ill intent,” saying he was acting out the “KGB joke” from “The Office” television show.

CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new leader
Thompson replaces Chris Licht, who was fired in June, and a four-person team that had been running CNN in the interim.

Astros 6, Red Sox 2

More defensive blunders and another loss leave Red Sox’ playoff chances looking pretty grim
Two first-inning homers but the Sox in an early hole, and they dug themselves even deeper with some calamitous defense.

Game 134: Astros at Red Sox lineups and notes

Recommended reads

A bank of windows at Boston City Hall were lit with colors of the rainbow in honor of Pride Month in June 2020.

‘Terrific news’: LGBTQ+ community celebrates Boston’s decision to embrace gender-neutral marriage licenses

Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration said the city made the move as part of a slate of new “gender-aware guidelines” to make the city more inclusive.

DCF 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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

Mimi Roman

One more rodeo for the ’50s singer known as the Brooklyn Cowgirl

On the Rumba Y Timbal studio floor in Central Square, Cambridge, a dancer wrapped her arms around Anthony Olivier, 28, also known as DJ AO, as part of the Conexao kizomba social on Oct. 16, 2021.

‘You and your partner are one person’: embracing closeness at the annual Boston Kizomba Festival

Claude Mann and Jeanne Moreau in "Bay of Angels."

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

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

Pennsylvania is considering an earlier 2024 presidential primary, partly to avoid voting on Passover

State lawmakers plan to vote on legislation Wednesday that would change Pennsylvania’s primary from late April to late March.

Judge rules defrocked cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial; sexual assault case dismissed

The defrocked cleric appeared remotely via Zoom during the hearing, and a judge heard testimony from a medical expert who indicated that McCarrick suffers from dementia.

Here’s why Gina Fiandaca leaving her post as transportation secretary might not spell disaster

Transportation secretaries tend to come and go, but less than eight months may be a modern record.

Law professor says Trump eligibility lawsuit in N.H. not quite ripe

In arguing that former president Donald Trump should be kept off the ballot in New Hampshire, the plaintiff may be challenging a decision that hasn’t been made yet, a law professor at UNH notes.

Sports

Patrice Bergeron, a future Hall-of-Famer, opted to hang up his skates July.

Patrice Bergeron believes the Bruins are still in good hands with their current leadership group

Whether it be his decision to play in Boston’s final regular-season game or his call to hang up his skates this summer, Bergeron is at peace with how he closed out his standout career.

Jake DeBrusk was a top-line stalwart for the Bruins in 2022-23 alongside now-retired Patrice Bergeron.

The Bruins need to get clarity on Jake DeBrusk’s future

As a retooling Bruins roster sets its sights on 2023-24, Don Sweeney and Boston’s front-office personnel still have one order of business to turn to: the future of 26-year-old winger Jake DeBrusk.

Kutter Crawford struck out seven and allowed just two runs on four hits in five innings against the Dodgers in his last start.

Red Sox vs. Astros | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 134: Astros at Red Sox lineups and notes

Weather permitting, Kutter Crawford will be on the mound Wednesday afternoon as the Red Sox look to avoid getting swept by Houston at Fenway Park.

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

Tracking the Patriots roster: Will Bailey Zappe, Malik Cunningham make practice squad?

Christopher L. Gasper

Did the Patriots pick a winner in Mac Jones? Now, we’ll finally find out.

Business

Here’s why Gina Fiandaca leaving her post as transportation secretary might not spell disaster

Transportation secretaries tend to come and go, but less than eight months may be a modern record.

This 84-year-old woman got a date — no matchmaker required

After a Globe story about her fight for a refund from a matchmaking service was published, a Reading woman heard from four men wanting to go out with her.

Home prices have soared, but so has the flood risk

CNN names Mark Thompson, former BBC and New York Times executive, as its new leader

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

People looked at a map at the Union Square stop on the Green Line.

Green Line extension to Union Square will close for 25 days starting next month

From ‘Storrowing’ to Allston Christmas: What to know before move-in day in Boston

Flight cancellations reported at Logan amid dense fog advisory

sports

Anthony Edwards (right) battled Jordan's Sami Bzai en route to scoring 22 points in their game on Wednesday.

Basketball World Cup: United States men’s team rolls over Jordan in final group stage game

N.H. hiker challenges himself to the climb of a lifetime

The world knew him as Bill Russell. They knew him as dad.

business

Level99, a high-tech escape room startup business with one location in Natick and a second one opening soon in Providence, has a research workshop in Norwood where creative ideas and prototypes are made. In this photo, senior project engineer Dane Stebbings tweaks electronic motors in the electronics research lab.

‘There’s a hunger for this type of entertainment’: The escape room business is expanding

From ‘Storrowing’ to Allston Christmas: What to know before move-in day in Boston

Workforce, capacity constraints slow ramp-up of new Alzheimer’s drug

politics

Rudy Giuliani spoke to the media after leaving the Fulton County jail on August 23 in Atlanta.

Judge finds Rudy Giuliani liable for defaming two Georgia election workers

Judge’s illness delays sentencing for former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio in Jan. 6 case

Law professor says Trump eligibility lawsuit in N.H. not quite ripe

Nation

People worked to free a vehicle stuck on the shoulder amid storm debris as Hurricane Idalia crossed the state on Wednesday near Mayo, Fla.

Hurricane Idalia remains dangerous Category 2 storm, swamping Florida’s coast and closing highways

See photos and videos of Florida after Hurricane Idalia made landfall

Unclear how many in Lahaina lost lives as Hawaii authorities near the end of their search for dead

World

Smoke billowing over the city and a large blaze in Pskov, Russia, on Aug. 29.

Two killed in Kyiv as Russia accuses Ukraine of biggest drone attack on its soil since fighting began

Gabon military officers say they’re seizing power just days after the presidential election

Vatican tries to clarify pope’s remarks on Russia

opinion

A squirrel got to this tomato growing on reader Ilana Hardesty's deck in Watertown before she could.

May I have a word: When critters have first dibs in the garden

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

Volunteers tangle daily with the state’s right-to-shelter myth

lifestyle

Game show host Bob Barker waved goodbye as he taped his final episode of "The Price Is Right" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at age 83. CBS has said it will air a tribute on Thursday to Barker, who died at age 99 last weekend at his home in Los Angeles.

CBS honoring late game show host Bob Barker with prime-time special

They just want to be friends

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

food & dining

Corean Reynolds, new director of nightlife economy for Boston, clinks glasses with The Pearl owner Luther Pinckney while visiting the South Bay restaurant earlier this year.

Diners are eating out earlier in the evening. (Afternoon, practically.) And Boston is here for it.

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

travel

Iris Zinck of the New England Meow Outfit and her cat Folie a Deux Hijo Ni Kokana dressed as "The Princess and the Frog" at the New England Meow Outfit's 10th annual cat show in Natick.

A dream come true: I was a judge at a feline fashion show

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

A Newport celebrity gets a multimillion-dollar makeover

Arts

Alexis Rockman, "Oceanus," 2022. Oil and cold wax on Dibond on aluminum substrate.

At Mystic Seaport Museum, Alexis Rockman’s massive ‘Oceanus’ is a monument to the sea

Cartoonist Barbara Shermund makes a comeback

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

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

Game show host Bob Barker waved goodbye as he taped his final episode of "The Price Is Right" in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, at age 83. CBS has said it will air a tribute on Thursday to Barker, who died at age 99 last weekend at his home in Los Angeles.

CBS honoring late game show host Bob Barker with prime-time special

Late-night hosts’ podcast will assist striking staff members

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

music

Mimi Roman

One more rodeo for the ’50s singer known as the Brooklyn Cowgirl

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

Founder of failed Fyre Festival is attempting a sequel

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