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City sues police union to avoid paying legal fees for Boston police supervisors acquitted of overtime fraud

For years, officers tasked with sorting through files in the department’s evidence warehouse submitted for full overtime shifts despite regularly going home hours early or arriving late.

Steward bankruptcy judge approves closing of Carney and Nashoba Valley hospitals
Steward is working to sell six other Massachusetts hospitals amid stalled negotiations.

On eve of new 5-day overflow shelter limit, Mass. says providers can extend stays up to a month
A fact sheet released by the state and circulated to Massachusetts shelter providers Wednesday says providers can grant “administrative extensions” of up to 30 business days at “any point in a families’ stay in overflow emergency shelter.

Accused Sept. 11 plotters agree to plead guilty at Guantánamo Bay

The man accused of plotting the attacks on Sept. 11 and two of his accomplices will plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence rather than a death-penalty trial, prosecutors said Wednesday.

Alexandra Eckersley, daughter of Hall of Fame pitcher, says she thought baby died after she gave birth

“Ally had no clue what was happening,” her attorney, Kim Kossick, said during closing arguments Wednesday in Hillsborough County Superior Court. Jury deliberations are expected to resume Thursday.

Israel says it has confirmed Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif was killed in a July strike

 Iran’s supreme leader prays over the coffin of Hamas leader Haniyeh, whose killing risks a wider war
VP Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump’s remarks about her race at event in Houston
Vice President Kamala Harris responds to remarks made by former President Donald Trump during an event in Houston.

Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump’s remarks about her race: ‘It was the same old show’

The Republican former president claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had only promoted her Indian heritage. Harris responded on Wednesday night, saying “the American people deserve better.”
Trump remarks on Harris evoke a haunting and unsettling history
Live Updates

Black journalists, members of Congress slam Trump after he said Harris ‘happened to turn Black’

At the National Association of Black Journalists Convention, Donald Trump falsely accused Kamala Harris of having “happened to turn Black” only a few years ago, claiming that “all of a sudden, she made a turn” in her identity.

2024 Paris Olympics

Will Colin Jost survive the Olympics? His injuries while covering surfing have become ‘comedy gold.’
Jost, of "Saturday Night Live" fame, concedes he may be a questionable pick to deliver surf commentary at the Olympics. But the mismatch has made for more unintentional comedy than any sketch writer could dream up.

CHAD FINN

Does Dwyane Wade have the chops to be a big-time color commentator? Time will tell.

While Team USA displayed improvement Wednesday against South Sudan, NBC’s broadcast team of Wade and Noah Eagle got better as well.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The Fed is gambling with the job market

Central Bank chair Jerome Powell signaled that interest rates wouldn’t fall until at least mid-September even though inflation has been tamed.
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

For US men’s basketball, Jayson Tatum was back in the starting lineup. But his benching vs. Serbia was ‘a humbling experience.’
The All-Star forward’s first shot, a 3-pointer, caromed off the side of the backboard, causing the raucous crowd to groan. He finished with 4 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 assists.

How the brief, beautiful existence of ‘Nadalcaraz’ became one of the Olympics’ biggest attractions Frederick Richard knew he didn’t deliver his best in the all-around, but he’s not fazed: ‘I’m going to be here a while’
tara sullivan

Franklin’s Kristi Kirshe had the perfect word to describe the US rugby bronze medal: ‘Ethereal’
Alex Speier | RED SOX 3, MARINERS 2 (10 INNINGS)

New Red Sox faces Danny Jansen, Lucas Sims immediately fuel needed win

Their contributions, each in their first games in Boston after the trade deadline, were particularly meaningful and gave a hint of how the splash-less acquisitions can still help bolster the team’s efforts to stay in the postseason hunt.
Red Sox defeat Mariners, 3-2, in 10 innings

Beach reads: 10 best thrillers and mysteries of 2024 so far

These juicy whodunnits deliver thrills, chills, and delicious escape for your summer vacation.

Ice packs, popsicles, and retreating to Canada: Here’s how Globe readers stay cool during summer heat

Anyone who stands outside for more than a few seconds knows that this summer has been hot — so hot, in fact, that heat waves have already broken numerous records and suffocatingly high temperatures returned again this week.
Opinion
Nancy Gertner

I was a member of Biden’s commission on the Supreme Court. His proposals are only a start.

The president can do more to rein in the court.
IDEAS | JEFFREY SWINDLE AND MATTHEW D. BLANTON

El Salvador’s migration success story doesn’t add up
JOAN VENNOCHI

Governor Healey could try to stop Steward hospital closings — if she wanted to
Barney Frank

Steve Bannon’s warning to American Jews
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

How Project 2025 backfired on the GOP
Best of the Best

At the best comedy clubs in Boston, big laughs sometimes come in small spaces

Boston’s best restaurant deals: 22 places to feast for $20 or less

The six best lobster rolls served around Boston

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A Vermont sheriff has lost his driveway to flood waters twice in one month
“You kind of feel defeated, but it’s something you can’t control,” Hemond said in an interview Wednesday.

Heat waves renew concern about conditions in Mass. prisons
Massachusetts public health laws regarding temperature maximums in prisons do exist, but they only apply during the coolest months of the year.

Emanuel Lopes, convicted of killing Weymouth police officer and bystander, sentenced to consecutive life terms
Emanuel Lopes was found guilty in February of murdering Weymouth police Sergeant Michael Chesna and 77-year-old Vera Adams in 2018.

Nephew of Providence police chief pleads guilty in multi-state fentanyl ring

Officers with the US Drug Enforcement Administration began investigating Jasdrual “Josh” Perez, 36, of Cranston in September 2019.

Edgartown issues swim warning after debris from broken turbine washes ashore on Martha’s Vineyard beaches

Pieces of foam that washed ashore on the Vineyard at Edgartown’s beaches at Norton Point and South Point, prompted officials to issue a swimming advisory Wednesday, the Vineyard Gazette reported.

Undercover agents net $10.5 million worth of cocaine, 65 pounds of methamphetamine, in Andover, US Attorney’s office says

Simranjit Singh, 28, and Gusimrat Singh, 19, of Fresno, Calif., were each charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

Recommended reads

For years, wealthy Martha’s Vineyard property owners have fought over a beach. Now, lawmakers are stepping into the fray.

The House last week passed a bill designed to clarify when a barrier beach that literally moves because of erosion or rising sea levels is considered public. It immediately inflamed a long-running legal dispute an island away.

What are the best — and worst — Boston accents in the movies? Globe staffers sound off.
“To some extent, carrying the accent correctly, at least on screen, is as much about attitude — a mixture of loyalty, pride, and not giving a you-know-what — as anything else,” says Jon Chesto.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Why JetBlue’s playbook for profitability is bad news for Boston travelers
The airline is pulling out of several airports across the country, leaving Bostonians with fewer options.

Chesto Means Business
MBTA eyes redevelopment of crumbling Alewife garage
The agency is seeking partners to redo the massive site at the northern end of the Red Line.

Culture & Lifestyle

In ‘Sing Sing,’ art lifts up a theater troupe of incarcerated men

Fighting a surveillance state by changing your face

Maya Rudolph will return to ‘SNL’ to play Kamala Harris this election season

New venues and thriving artists reaffirm Lowell as a launchpad for local music

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court
HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

A brazen effort to steal an election in Venezuela

SCOT LEHIGH

What Kamala Harris can learn from George H.W. Bush
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why Kamala Harris’s running mate should be Mark Kelly
JOAN VENNOCHI

New shelter policy will put ‘children and babies’ on the streets
Mike Rombach

Protect consumer choice on electric suppliers

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘Hurry up and wait’: Massachusetts lawmakers still seeking deals on housing, economic development in all-night session

Such a late-session crunch session has become the norm on Beacon Hill, but it makes it no less chaotic, with a variety of major proposals still up in the air.

Will rodent birth control get rid of rats? A Jamaica Plain pilot program is exploring the idea.

The idea appeals to residents and lawmakers, who see rats as an unpleasant and rampant public health issue but would also like to phase out the use of rodenticide.

Hotel owners are earning millions in contracts by turning their suburban outposts into shelters for homeless and migrants

The homeless and migrant crisis has been expensive for taxpayers, but it’s been a boon for some hotel owners, including two Massachusetts companies.

Lowell man accused of killing James ‘Whitey’ Bulger to be sentenced

Paul J. DeCologero reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in May that remains sealed.

Sports

Biggest, most diverse fleet in Olympic sailing gets ready to hit the water

The biggest and most diverse fleet of the Olympic sailing events, the men’s and women’s one-person dinghy, is scheduled to start today in sweltering Marseille.
CHAD FINN

Does Dwyane Wade have the chops to be a big-time color commentator? Time will tell.

While Team USA displayed improvement Wednesday against South Sudan, NBC’s broadcast team of Wade and Noah Eagle got better as well.
Olympics | Men's tennis

How the brief, beautiful existence of ‘Nadalcaraz’ became one of the Olympics’ biggest attractions

The Spanish pairing of Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz lasted only three matches, but left an indelible imprint on these Summer Games.
OLYMPICS

For US men’s basketball, Jayson Tatum was back in the starting lineup. But his benching vs. Serbia was ‘a humbling experience.’
Adam Himmelsbach | Instant analysis

Jayson Tatum struggles as Team USA easily gets past South Sudan, 103-86, and other observations
ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

New Red Sox faces Danny Jansen, Lucas Sims immediately fuel needed win

Business

RI FOOD & DINING

He once cooked for the British royal family. Now he’s leading a Newport restaurant as its chef.

Miguel Somoza is the executive chef at Flora, the restaurant located inside the eccentric Gardiner House hotel in Newport, R.I.

Hollywood’s video game performers head to the picket line over AI protections

The protest marks the first large labor action since game voice actors and performance workers voted to strike last week.

Trump vows to cut taxes on Social Security in bid to woo seniors
TALKING POINTS

DC attorney general sues StubHub over hidden fees
magazine
Best of the Best

Book lovers take note: These are the 8 best bookstores around Boston
CONNECTIONS

What I learned living abroad that college couldn’t teach me
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 29-Aug. 11
MISS CONDUCT

Parents, it’s OK to stop trying to solve your adult children’s problems. Really.

metro

The MBTA’s new contactless pay method starts Thursday. Here’s what you need to know.

Come along on a tour of the R.I. State Library

August is off to sweltering start with ‘feels-like’ temps in the mid-90s

sports

Reliever Lucas Sims gets right in the mix, delivering on hopes to help Red Sox win ballgames

Frederick Richard knew he didn’t deliver his best in the all-around, but he’s not fazed: ‘I’m going to be here a while’

Rafael Devers, Red Sox steady the ship, beat Mariners in 10 innings for first series win since the All-Star break

business

Steward bankruptcy judge approves closing of Carney and Nashoba Valley hospitals

Former New Hampshire governor’s beachfront home in British Virgin Islands on the market for $15.9 million

The Fed is gambling with the job market

politics

‘It’s not going away’: RI congressman pitches artificial intelligence literacy in schools

Kamala Harris responds to Donald Trump’s remarks about her race: ‘It was the same old show’

Harris to eulogize longtime US Representative Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas at funeral service

Nation

Biden urges Congress to get tougher on fentanyl traffickers

Biden kicks sweeping student debt relief plan into gear

As Republicans attack Harris on immigration, here’s what her record shows

World

UK prime minister and police hold crisis meeting over unrest as stabbing attack suspect due in court

Iran’s supreme leader prays over the coffin of Hamas leader Haniyeh, whose killing risks a wider war

Israel says it has confirmed Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif was killed in a July strike

opinion

Social Studies: The aftermath of combat; online privacy at cost; one reason people are self-righteous on social media

Secret Service needs to focus on its core mission: protecting top officials

The blind spots we all carry in our relationships

lifestyle

Free things to do this week: a multisensory City Hall performance, chamber concert, and more

I’m having trouble getting over the divorce

I love my dogs more than my (ex-)husband

food & dining

He once cooked for the British royal family. Now he’s leading a Newport restaurant as its chef.

Covering the Paris Olympics means I finally get the food do-over I’ve been craving

They put their Tamarind Heads together, and the result is a sweet and smoky BBQ sauce

travel

He once cooked for the British royal family. Now he’s leading a Newport restaurant as its chef.

Covering the Paris Olympics means I finally get the food do-over I’ve been craving

Why JetBlue’s playbook for profitability is bad news for Boston travelers

Arts

Science and myth meet in ‘Sea Monsters: Wonders of Nature and Imagination,’ at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Acton’s Discovery Museum wins National Medal for Museum and Library Service

At the Farnsworth, a rare look at Andrew Wyeth’s forays into abstraction

Books

Beach reads: 10 best thrillers and mysteries of 2024 so far

‘Circle of Hope’ is the portrait of a church in crisis, and the messy humanity that might save us all

In Jane Alison’s ‘Villa E,’ battling over a beautiful house

Movies

In ‘Sing Sing,’ art lifts up a theater troupe of incarcerated men

What are the best — and worst — Boston accents in the movies? Globe staffers sound off.

Matt Damon makes homecoming with ‘The Instigators’

Television

Will Colin Jost survive the Olympics? His injuries while covering surfing have become ‘comedy gold.’

Way, way up there in ‘Mountain Queen’

Maya Rudolph will return to ‘SNL’ to play Kamala Harris this election season

music

For Whitney Houston fan, each piece of memorabilia captures one moment in time

New venues and thriving artists reaffirm Lowell as a launchpad for local music

🎷 Newport has all the vibes this week with Bridging the Gap Festival

Theater/Dance

For local comedy scene staples, leaving Boston is about jump-starting creativity — not chasing fame

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company embraces the discord in ‘The Winter’s Tale’

Shakespeare & Company presenting world premiere of ‘The Islanders’

Health

What consumers should know about the FTC’s upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices

What’s next for Roger Williams Medical Center? CEO warns Boston University could terminate affiliation, court docs show.

Fatal overdoses drop in R.I. for the first time in five years

Obituaries

Alma Powell, civic leader and widow of Colin Powell, dies at 86

Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas leader on Israel’s hit list since Oct. 7, is killed in an airstrike at 62

Erica Ash, comedian and ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ and ‘Mad TV’ star, dies at 46