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Three newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva arrived on American soil shortly before midnight for a joyful reunion with their families. President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were also there to greet them and dispense hugs all around.
Things to know about the largest US-Russia prisoner swap in post-Soviet history

See photos of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva as they arrived on US soil

In landmark prisoner swap, Representative Bill Keating praises the release of Paul Whelan

Russian millionaire convicted of hacking crime in Boston among those released in multi-national prisoner swap

Is it safe to go in the water? These Mass. beaches regularly violate bacteria safety standards.
An increasing number of swimming beaches in Massachusetts have a worsening bacteria problem that pose a threat to the public.

Beach closing tracker: See where beaches are closed in Massachusetts
Best of the Best

Globe readers pick their own best of the best restaurants in Boston

When we released our selections for the best coffee shops, breakfast spots, Italian restaurants, and more, we asked readers to share their favorites.

dan shaughnessy
We’re still wondering exactly what the Red Sox are, and other thoughts
Two-thirds of the way into the season, it's been a nice ride, but things are trending in the wrong direction, and the new acquisitions are unlikely to move the needle much.

From Paris, Aly Raisman talks all things Olympics

Raisman, a native of Needham and three-time gold medalist, is back at the Olympic Games as a correspondent. She spoke with the Globe about the experience so far.

Gaza war opponents are hopeful — but not yet convinced — that Harris will take a different stance than Biden

Antiwar delegates to the Democratic convention want to hear specifics from the vice president and have requested a meeting with her, as well as two speaking slots.

With attacks on Kamala Harris’s racial identity, Trump goes back to a familiar well
His false suggestions that Harris only recently identified as Black instead of Indian are reminiscent of his promotion of conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama’s heritage.

Harris in final phase of VP search; Trump on defense after race comments. Follow live updates.

Thousands were arrested at campus protests. For students, the fallout was only beginning.
Hundreds of cases have yet to be resolved on campuses that saw the highest number of arrests during the wave of protests over the war in Gaza, according to an analysis of data.

‘It’s incredibly pathetic’: Politicians, advocates criticize eleventh-hour dysfunction at end of Legislature’s session

“It’s just not like the way most legislatures operate, where there’s a regular flow of business,” said one former lawmaker.
Kraft Group ‘deeply disappointed’ after state fails to move on Revolution stadium
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Heat and humidity continue with an increasing chance for storms this afternoon

Today’s highs are set to break 90 degrees once again across the Boston area.

Animal rights activist facing felony charges after throwing glitter on interim Harvard president

Mass. man accused of fatally beating Whitey Bulger sentenced to four years in prison for assault

COVID levels in Mass. waste water nearly quadrupled over 2 weeks in July, CDC data show

 See the latest Massachusetts coronavirus data
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

Olympic track and field preview: Five must-watch events in Paris, and everything else you need to know
There are world records in danger, cant-miss head-to-head showdowns, and plenty of Americans — including some locals — with a chance at serious hardware on the track.

Simone Biles showcases her Olympic mettle as the world’s greatest gymnast, and one of the toughest competitors | Tara Sullivan Gold medalist Simone Biles and bronze winner Sunisa Lee share all-around glory atop the podium | John Powers
Games & Puzzles

Play Decathalon

We're releasing 10 special puzzles over 10 days that will put your problem-solving skills to the test.

Historic ‘Fogland Farm,’ a 1730s-era home once owned by a Revolutionary War colonel, is for sale in R.I. for $5.95m

The property has eight bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, two drawing rooms, four working fireplaces, and a screened porch.
PARENTING UNFILTERED

Clorox wipes, pretzel donations, communication: Teachers share what they really need from parents

“I spend a lot of money every year on snacks. Hungry kids simply can’t learn as well, so donations make a huge difference.”

Patriots training camp observations: Are we sure Jerod Mayo is a ‘player’s coach’?

The new boss has been putting his charges through some pretty rigorous workouts in blistering heat.
Opinion
RENÉE GRAHAM

There’s nothing weird about calling Trump weird

When it comes to Trump and Vance, "weird" is a word that's accessible, snarky, and absolutely true.
Sarah Horton and Mark Greenfield

How to make the internet more accessible
EDITORIAL

Who’s their best at 3 a.m.? Not the Massachusetts Legislature.
Alex Beam

Whose ‘Lord of the Rings’ is it anyway?
SCOT LEHIGH

Fickle fortune frowns upon The Great Trumpkin
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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Wu’s planning czar, Arthur Jemison, to step down
The move comes amid major transition in Boston’s approach to planning and building, and a broad development slowdown.

‘Veep,’ TV’s prophesies, and our attachment to entertainment
Are TV writers reading the zeitgeist like an astrologist reads star charts?

Police groups voice concerns on proposal for expanded POST Commission powers

The leaders of the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association and the Massachusetts Association for Professional Law Enforcement voiced concerns about the scope and bureaucratic burdens of the regulations, which would allow the commission to audit entire police departments.

Settlement reached in suit filed by two Souza-Baranowski inmates who alleged retaliatory attack by corrections officers

Dionisio Paulino and Robert Silva-Prentice, who are inmates at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, sued more than 30 corrections officers and state prison officials, according to case filings at US District Court in Boston. Details of the settlement were sealed by the court.

Child falls from balcony of Revere home, landlord cited for ‘unacceptable’ conditions, mayor says

Revere Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. on Thursday said the city has cited the owner of a three-decker home at 54 Shirley Ave. where a child fell from a third floor balcony on Wednesday afternoon. The child was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries.

US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election

The US government on Thursday recognized Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of the country’s presidential election, discrediting the results announced by electoral authorities.

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Money, Power, Inequality

In Boston’s redlined neighborhoods, the summer’s heat waves are even hotter

Boston is one big “urban heat island,” but within that heat island are even hotter regions, and those areas are disproportionately formerly redlined communities with mostly Black, Latino, and Asian residents.
Map: The temperature can vary a lot depending where you are in Boston. Here’s where it’s the hottest, and why.

shirley leung
Celtics star Jaylen Brown is setting out to generate $5 billion in generational wealth for communities of color
The NBA Finals MVP has tapped local partners from MIT to the City of Boston to help shape his vision to support entrepreneurs in the so-called creative economy.

‘You’re never going to shut me up’: Haverhill man returns home after a rare voice-box transplant
Marty Kedian is the first person in the world with an active cancer to undergo the procedure.

Healey on MBTA’s new tap-to-go payments: ‘You don’t have to hunt for change anymore.’
The MBTA's new “tap-to-go” payment method for buses and subways started today. Governor Maura Healey tried the new contactless payments Thursday morning.

Culture & Lifestyle

Broadway fans have been making pilgrimages to Boston for overlapping ‘Queen of Versailles’ and ‘Gatsby’

Don’t sleep on these down-bill acts at the Newport Jazz Festival

Give AI engine text prompt, get song. Where does that leave musicians?

Fighting a surveillance state by changing your face

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

Renée Loth

Boston’s chief of planning Arthur Jemison departs with a brief but meaningful legacy
IDEAS | KATIA WISH

Learning to really see Boston, one sketch at a time
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
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Remember the ice bucket challenge? 10 years later, the viral campaign is again fundraising for ALS.

Dozens of people, including Governor Maura Healey and several sports stars, dumped cold water on themselves at Fenway Park Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of the challenge.
RI REAL ESTATE

Historic ‘Fogland Farm,’ a 1730s-era home once owned by a Revolutionary War colonel, is for sale in R.I. for $5.95m

The property has eight bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, two drawing rooms, four working fireplaces, and a screened porch.
Forecast | Ken Mahan

Heat and humidity continue with an increasing chance for storms this afternoon

Today’s highs are set to break 90 degrees once again across the Boston area.

Is it safe to go in the water? These Mass. beaches regularly violate bacteria safety standards.

An increasing number of swimming beaches in Massachusetts have a worsening bacteria problem that pose a threat to the public.

Sports

Remember the ice bucket challenge? 10 years later, the viral campaign is again fundraising for ALS.

Dozens of people, including Governor Maura Healey and several sports stars, dumped cold water on themselves at Fenway Park Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of the challenge.

From Paris, Aly Raisman talks all things Olympics

Raisman, a native of Needham and three-time gold medalist, is back at the Olympic Games as a correspondent. She spoke with the Globe about the experience so far.

Flavor Flav helps Olympic discus thrower Veronica Fraley who said she struggles to pay the rent

The rapper is in Paris as part of his duties as the official hype man for USA Water Polo — a partnership that came together after he connected with US captain Maggie Steffens on Instagram in May.

Rui Hachimura makes early Olympic exit and has left Japan’s men’s basketball team with calf injury
dan shaughnessy

We’re still wondering exactly what the Red Sox are, and other thoughts
Olympics

Olympic track and field preview: Five must-watch events in Paris, and everything else you need to know

Business

RI REAL ESTATE

Historic ‘Fogland Farm,’ a 1730s-era home once owned by a Revolutionary War colonel, is for sale in R.I. for $5.95m

The property has eight bedrooms, three-and-a-half bathrooms, two drawing rooms, four working fireplaces, and a screened porch.

US employers likely added 175,000 jobs in July as labor market cools gradually

When the Labor Department puts out its July employment report Friday, it’s expected to show that employers added 175,000 jobs last month.
TALKING POINTS

City of Boston to spend $300,000 boosting nighttime activities
RI BUSINESS

Two R.I. companies report 260+ layoffs; manufacturing plant to shut down
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Best of the Best

Globe picks for the best food and things to do around the city

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Live the high life at Boston’s 6 best rooftop bars and restaurants

Best of the Best

Check out these 13 hotspots for the best nightlife scene
Your Week Ahead

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

metro

Thousands were arrested at campus protests. For students, the fallout was only beginning.

Million-dollar Powerball prize claimed three weeks before expiration date

Police investigate stabbing at homeless encampment near BU bridge

sports

Video review has Dom Smith swinging scorching bat for Red Sox

Brittney Griner is ‘head over heels’ for the Americans coming home in a prisoner swap

NFL Gets $4.7 Billion Sunday Ticket Jury Award Tossed Out

business

Wu’s planning czar, Arthur Jemison, to step down

Moderna’s future clouded with vaccines facing new pressures

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector

politics

Gaza war opponents are hopeful — but not yet convinced — that Harris will take a different stance than Biden

Three newly freed Americans are back on US soil after a landmark prisoner exchange with Russia

See photos of Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, and Alsu Kurmasheva as they arrived on US soil

Nation

Increasing wind and heat plus risk of thunderstorms expected in fight against California wildfire

Mexican drug cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ Zambada makes a court appearance in Texas

Mass. reports 2,096 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 8 deaths in a week after a month without releasing data

World

Turkey blocks access to Instagram. It’s in response to removal of posts on Hamas chief, reports say.

At least 4 dead in apartment block collapse following gas explosion in Russia’s Ural Mountains

US recognizes opposition candidate González as the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election

opinion

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

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

Learning to really see Boston, one sketch at a time

lifestyle

Clorox wipes, pretzel donations, communication: Teachers share what they really need from parents

He’s phubbing me (and others)

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

food & dining

Globe readers pick their own best of the best restaurants in Boston

REV Burger opens in Beverly; one of Boston’s best bars gets a dark revamp

A menu of appealing dishes greets diners at Ninebark in West Newton

travel

Medical records from Holland America are mysteriously held up

Camping three ways, a boutique oasis in Philly, and a portable security system

Count Jacqui Heinrich out until after the election, but then bring on the French Riviera and N.E. coast

Arts

‘I’m sort of a spy’: ‘Vivian Maier Unseen Work’ presents work of photographer who preferred seeing to showing

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

Books

Jessica Anthony’s new book does ‘The Most’ with a tight time frame

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

Movies

‘Kneecap’ is the somewhat true tale of an Irish-language hip-hop group

‘The Instigators’: a heist-gone-wrong movie done right? Nope.

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

Television

‘Veep,’ TV’s prophesies, and our attachment to entertainment

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

The $11,000 butter from ‘The Bear’ is handmade in Shoreham, Vt.

music

Suno strikes back in AI music fight

Don’t sleep on these down-bill acts at the Newport Jazz Festival

Give AI engine text prompt, get song. Where does that leave musicians?

Theater/Dance

Broadway fans have been making pilgrimages to Boston for overlapping ‘Queen of Versailles’ and ‘Gatsby’

Cats (yes cats) that play instruments and perform acrobatic tricks bring feline fun to Arlington

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

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