The Boston Globe

scorecardresearch

With first long closure nearly complete, officials tout Sumner Tunnel progress
While state highway officials celebrated an on-time reopening of the tunnel, they cautioned that additional closures were still planned for the coming months and next summer.

The Sumner Tunnel is reopening Friday. Here’s what you need to know.

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.

Here are the top Massachusetts high schools, according to 2023 rankings from US News & World Report

The top high school in Massachusetts is Boston Latin School, according to US News & World Report’s latest rankings of the best high schools in the country.

Mitch McConnell appears to freeze during Kentucky press conference in second such incident this summer
Wednesday’s episode comes about a month after the Senate Republican Leader briefly left a press conference at the Capitol after he trailed off and didn’t immediately continue speaking during his remarks.

David Ortiz, "Big Papi" visited Fenway Park in Boston in 2019.

David Ortiz says he’s a ‘victim of extortion’ after apparent phone hacking

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Stretch of dry, pleasant weather arrives ahead of Labor Day

Manhole fire causes evacuations in Harvard Square in Cambridge

The Old State House surrounded by buildings on State Street in Boston.

Boston charts the future of downtown development in new plan

A new plan from the BPDA aims to streamline a mishmash of building height restrictions, highlight areas best suited for new development, update design and architecture guidelines, and suggest ways to re-energize public spaces.

Tracking the Patriots roster: Bailey Zappe, Malik Cunningham set to join practice squad
Another 16 players will be added to the practice squad today.

Breaking down the Patriots’ initial 53-man roster

Idalia weakens to a tropical storm after slamming Florida as a powerful hurricane
Idalia has weakened to a tropical storm as it passes over the state of Georgia after slamming into Florida as a powerful hurricane.

Flight cancellations reported at Logan Airport amid fog and weather advisory Hurricane Idalia tracker: Follow the path Watch live webcams from Florida during Hurricane Idalia

Flood waters pushed by Hurricane Idalia pour over the sea wall along Old Tampa Bay as paddle boarder Zeke Pierce, of Tampa rides Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

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.

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.

Alex Andrew Bohm was an associate professor of developmental, molecular, and chemical biology at Tufts University School of Medicine.

‘He has left an incredible legacy’: Tufts School of Medicine professor killed in Newton bike crash remembered as scientist, mentor

Alex Andrew Bohm was an accomplished scientist whose discoveries made headlines, but his life was marked as much by his mentorship, those who knew him said.

Transportation Secretary Gina Fiandaca prepares to board a Blue Line train at the MBTA Orient Heights station in Boston on July 6.

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.

Ellie Goldstein’s dating drought has ended.

She spent nearly $4,000 on a matchmaker. Then she got a date without one.

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.

Opinion

A screen showed former vice president Mike Pence and Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor, sparring over abortion policy during the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Aug. 23.

A troubling reality for the GOP: No middle ground on abortion

There can be no consensus when you are taking rights away, and Republicans know it.

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 | OMER AZIZ

Liberals need a clearer foreign policy

News you can use

From ‘Storrowing’ to Allston Christmas: What to know before move-in day in Boston
These aren’t just buzzwords. They’re the difference between a regular moving day and a nightmare.

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.

More recent News

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.

Maine prosecutors file civil rights complaint against man who allegedly pointed gun at interracial couple
Prosecutors in Maine have filed a civil rights complaint against a man who allegedly pointed a handgun at an interracial couple and their children after previously boasting that he could avoid punishment for shooting the Black father.

He found $5,000 in a Connecticut parking lot and kept it. Now he could go to prison.
Months after what he thought was a lucky and lucrative morning, Robert Withington has been charged with third-degree larceny.

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.

Female professors sue Vassar College, alleging wage discrimination
The case explores what advocates for pay equity say are widespread disparities in how women are compensated and evaluated for their work in higher education.

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.

Recommended reads

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.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

FROM OUR PARTNERS

product by Studio/B. What is this?This content was produced by Boston Globe Media's Studio/B in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of the Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.

product by BG BRANDLAB. What is this?This content was produced by Boston Globe Media's Studio/B in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of the Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.

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

Where intolerance is an article of faith

The new policy forbids students in the 21 schools in McManus's diocese from dressing or conducting themselves in any way except a manner consistent with their biological sex.

Flight cancellations reported at Logan Airport amid fog, weather advisory

Logan Airport reported 41 cancellations and 256 delays as of early Wednesday evening, according to Flight Aware, an online aviation monitoring site.

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.

With first long closure nearly complete, officials tout Sumner Tunnel progress

While state highway officials celebrated an on-time reopening of the tunnel, they cautioned that additional closures were still planned for the coming months and next summer.

Sports

Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne has provided some of the most impressive receptions of the summer, in practice and the exhibition games.

Patriots notebook

How great does Patriots receiver Kendrick Bourne feel heading into the regular season?

After reports surfaced that he was a possible trade candidate, Bourne put together an impressive summer, and expressed thanks to coach Bill Belichick.

Bryce Harper's two-run homer off the Angels' Matt Moore gave the superstar a home run in three straight games for the second time in August.

Bryce Harper joins 300 club, but milestone home run can’t deliver Phillies a victory

The 30-year-old Harper hit the milestone homer against Matt Moore in the eighth inning Wednesday, his 15th this season. He is the 12th active player to reach 300, and the 158th player to reach that mark overall.

Top seed Iga Swiatek didn't let the sun, or shadows, bother her when returning a shot in her win over Daria Saville.

Novak Djokovic, Iga Swiatek keep their cool in the heat, cruise into third round at US Open

The second-seeded Djokovic and top-seeded Swiatek rolled to straight-set victories on the hottest day at the tournament so far.

Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow returns to practice

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' SOCCER Top 20

With a lineup flush with returning talent, Bishop Feehan sits atop the girls’ soccer preseason Globe Top 20

David Ortiz says he’s a ‘victim of extortion’ after apparent phone hacking

Business

Labor Department proposes vast expansion of overtime eligibility

Under the proposal, the cutoff for receiving overtime pay after 40 hours a week would rise to about $55,000 a year from about $35,500, a level that was set during the Trump administration.

Boston charts the future of downtown development in new plan

A new plan from the BPDA aims to streamline a mishmash of building height restrictions, highlight areas best suited for new development, update design and architecture guidelines, and suggest ways to re-energize public spaces.

US economic growth for last quarter is revised down to a 2.1 percent annual rate

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

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

John Dowd, Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35, talked about his experience with recovery and his work while attending a summit to discuss strategies to support mental health in the workplace on Wednesday.

‘They’re all going through the same thing’: Roundtable on substance use among tradespeople highlights union support

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

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

sports

Quarterback Bailey Zappe is back with the Patriots, on the practice squad.

Tracking the Patriots roster: Bailey Zappe, Malik Cunningham set to join practice squad

Game 134: Astros at Red Sox lineups and notes

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

business

Ellie Goldstein’s dating drought has ended.

She spent nearly $4,000 on a matchmaker. Then she got a date without one.

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

politics

Robbin Taylor, state director to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, joined McConnell while he spoke at an event Wednesday in Covington, Ky.

McConnell appears to freeze again at Kentucky event

Trump could clinch the nomination before the GOP knows if he’s a felon

Mitch McConnell appears to freeze during Kentucky press conference in second such incident this summer

Nation

A new report published in JAMA Network claims that women who became pregnant after infertility treatments were more likely to have a stroke in the year following birth than women who conceived naturally.

Women may face higher risk of stroke following infertility treatment

Idalia weakens to a tropical storm after slamming Florida as a powerful hurricane

See photos and videos of Florida after Hurricane Idalia made landfall

World

French President Emmanuel Macron convened the main parliamentary groups on Wednesday for an afternoon of discussion to explore a feasible legislative agenda.

Macron tries outreach to head off further protests

Military officers seize power in Gabon, threatening an African dynasty

Overnight drone attacks reach deep into Russia

opinion

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, June 21, 2023.

Why is the Fed so obsessed with 2 percent inflation?

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

Ranked choice voting deserves a place in presidential primaries

lifestyle

The 39th annual Gloucester Schooner Festival runs through Sunday.

Fun things to do Labor Day weekend in and around Boston

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

They just want to be friends

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

Nicholas Hoult and Elle Fanning in "The Great."

Did Hulu pick a good time to cancel ‘The Great’?

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

Late-night hosts’ podcast will assist striking staff members

music

Kris Davis and her bandmates at the Village Vanguard in 2022. From left: Davis, Trevor Dunn, Terri Lyne Carrington, Val Jeanty, and Julian Lage.

Pianist Kris Davis’s explorations can lead just about anywhere

Zach Bryan is coming to Gillette Stadium in June 2024

At Passim, 25 years ’round the Campfire

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

Tina Howe photographed in New York on March 23, 2009.

Tina Howe, playwright best known for ‘Coastal Disturbances,’ dies at 85

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