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Wall Street has its worst day since 2022 as fear of a US economic slowdown deepens

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reeled by 1,033 points, or 2.6 percent, while the Nasdaq composite slid 3.4 percent.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The risk of a recession is real, but the stock market meltdown is overdone

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance
The seismic decision could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world’s best-known companies.

A rocket attack at an Iraqi military base injures US personnel, officials tell AP

Several US personnel were injured in a suspected rocket attack at a military base in Iraq, US defense officials said Monday, in what has been a recent uptick in strikes on American forces.

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for parts of Mass., Vermont, New Hampshire

Scattered thunderstorms may become severe, bringing the chance of strong winds and hail.

Maps show Debby’s forecast threat levels as storm tracks toward New England later this week

Brian McGrory

Is the Boylston Street bike lane necessary, or is someone just trying to prove a point?
City leaders thought it was absolutely imperative that they crowbar bike lanes onto a street that was thriving without them. The whole thing now feels like a crowded, unkempt, chaotic mess.

Opinion: More bike lanes? Let’s vote.

In the Massachusetts Legislature, nearly everyone is a leader. Just look at their paychecks.

Over the last several decades, lawmakers have dramatically expanded the ranks of leadership, while, somewhat conversely, concentrating more power than ever in the hands of the House speaker and Senate president.

Database: How much does your state lawmaker earn?

RFK Jr. posed with a dead bear cub and other revelations from The New Yorker exposé

A New Yorker profile of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., disclosed new details about the independent presidential candidate, including the story behind his decision to leave a dead bear cub in Central Park a decade ago and a recent text exchange about former president Donald Trump.

Kamala Harris is poised to become the Democratic presidential nominee

Harris's coronation as her party's standard-bearer will cap a tumultuous and frenetic period for Democrats.

Harris closes in on her pick for running mate. Follow live updates. JD Vance’s wife defends his ‘childless cat ladies’ remark, calling it a ‘quip’

Pelosi says she pushed Biden to step aside because of need to defeat Trump

Milda Walkley and Leo Peters canceled a Mediterranean cruise well in advance, but Viking Cruises still imposed a $3,800 cancellation penalty because they mistakenly filed with Viking’s insurer, not Viking directly.

How is ‘trip insurance’ different from ‘trip protection’? A Danvers couple found out the hard way.

Milda Walkley and Leo Peters canceled their Mediterranean trip well in advance, but Viking Cruises imposed a $3,800 cancellation penalty because they mistakenly filed with Viking’s insurer, not Viking directly.

Is pet insurance worth it? Or a waste?

We love our pets, and would do just about anything to keep them safe and healthy. But health challenges or accidents can happen at anytime, and vet bills are expensive.

A typed note. A blaring alarm. Police report details final weeks, hours, of Kamal family in Dover murder-suicide.
A police report captures the family’s dire financial circumstances in the lead-up to Rakesh “Rick” Kamal’s final act — including confirmation that they were due to be evicted the same day the family’s bodies were found.

Days before Rick Kamal killed his Dover family, his wife’s life insurance policy saw a shakeup

2024 Paris Olympics

Sexism left them out of the Olympics for years. But now, American women are outpacing their male counterparts on the podium.
In a trend that began with the 2008 Games, US women are winning more medals than US men. The success of the female athletes is a reflection of increased opportunity in the Olympics that was a long time coming.

When Ivan Litvinovich won gold in trampoline, he did not hear the national anthem of his home country, Belarus.

john powers | on the olympics

What is it like to be an ‘Individual Neutral Athlete’ at the Paris Olympics?

The Olympic rings hanging from the Eiffel Tower.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

5 rings, 15 questions

Stephen Curry on his first Olympics, Kevin Durant, and Team USA’s other superstars: ‘We’re all about winning’

Simone Biles (right) and Jordan Chiles celebrate after it was announced they are leaving Paris with one more medal each.

Simone Biles takes silver in floor exercise in Paris Olympics send-off; Jordan Chiles wins bronze

Tom Brady was seen during the Artistic Gymnastics Men's Horizontal Bar Final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024, in Paris, France.

At Paris Olympics, Tom Brady and his daughter meet athletes and root for Team USA. See photos and videos.

“Tom Brady wanted a selfie with me!!!” Ilona Maher, the bronze-winning women's rugby player from Vermont, posted on her Instagram story Sunday.

Quarterbacks Bailey Zappe (left) and Drake Maye worked out at practice No. 10 for the Patriots Monday.

Training camp observations: It’s time to see the Patriots face some true opposition

We'll get a much better gauge of where progress has been made when they begin preseason play vs. Carolina Thursday.

Matthew Judon returns to practice field and reiterates his desire for a new contract Ben Volin: Jerod Mayo had a rough week. He weathered it impressively.

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

Harvard grad Kristen Faulkner became a full-time cyclist in 2021. She just won an unlikely gold in Paris.
Faulkner, who grew up in Alaska and rowed at Harvard, won the Americans' first medal in the cycling road race since 1984.

US women’s basketball extends Olympic win streak to 58 games with victory over Germany

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Bishop Richard Henning, right, shares the sign of peace with Cardinal Sean O'Malley at Bethany Chapel in Braintree on Monday.

Archbishop-elect Richard Henning: ‘My first job is to be a listener’

In a press conference, Henning, selected to be the future leader of the Boston Archdiocese, promised first to be a listener in his new role in Boston.

Here’s what to know about Bishop Richard Henning

Michael Correa, who has worked at the Hilton Logan Airport for nearly 17 years, made the switch from bellman to barback, among other roles, in 2020 when two seven-day bellman shifts were eliminated. Now, he says, his unpredictable schedule affects his ability to spend time with his daughters.

As the summer tourism season wears on, hotel workers say they’re feeling the effects of understaffing

In the thick of their busy summer season, Boston hospitality workers say many hotels are plagued by a dearth of employees, which affects their workloads, morale, and guests’ experiences.

Nile Rodgers, center, and Chic performed during the Newport Jazz Festival on Sunday in Newport, R.I.

Nile Rodgers, Laufey, and more deliver good times on the final day of the Newport Jazz Festival

There was an embarrassment of riches at Fort Adams State Park on Sunday as the 2024 festival drew to a close.

Music Review: Ice Spice ignites MGM Fenway as her first headlining tour stops in Boston

Opinion

According to the Kraft Group, there’s nothing to say about the proposed new stadium in Everett until the Legislature does what the group wants: change the status of a 43-acre site along the Mystic River from what’s known as a designated port area, which only allows marine industrial uses.

Are ‘politics, sports, and revenge’ behind state’s failure to move on Everett stadium?

Boston’s three pastimes may have converged on Robert Kraft’s proposal to build a soccer stadium.

The DiCaprio effect when dating after 50

MARCELA GARCÍA

There may be no way to overthrow Maduro

Trump’s disability comments are cruel to families like mine

Evan Gershkovich comes home after a prisoner exchange worth making

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Steward bidder says it would have bought Carney, Nashoba, and other hospitals
A physician-owned health system that operates safety-net hospitals in Michigan and Illinois said it made a bid to acquire all of Steward's Mass. hospitals.

Smithsonian curator Angela Tate to join Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket
She will be the museum’s first chief curator and director of collections.

YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The boys are back in town as Matt Damon and the Afflecks bring ‘The Instigators’ to streaming
Plus, au revoir to the Olympics.

Longtime host on Boston radio station Country 102.5 to retire after 3 decades
Carolyn Kruse is retiring from the station after more than 30 years of playing country hits and interviewing some of the genre's top stars, she said Friday.

Prosecutors plan to charge former Kansas police chief over his conduct following newspaper raid

Two special prosecutors say they plan to file a criminal obstruction of justice charge against a former central Kansas police chief over his conduct following a raid last year on his town’s newspaper, and that the newspaper’s staff committed no crimes.

5-year forecast for Warwick, R.I., includes annual tax levy increases of up to 4 percent

City Council member Ed Ladouceur calls for a presentation to the council and the public about the forecast, which projects annual tax levy increases ranging from 1 percent and 4 percent.

Recommended reads

Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ and the importance of dreaming big

A recent documentary highlights the doll’s journey — and her impact on Black children.

In spite of themselves, Aerosmith persevered through the rock ’n’ roll version of nine lives
The region’s live music scene has famously produced some world-class bands, but none has come close to the relentless rock ’n’ roll-ness of Aerosmith. As the band finally calls it quits after 54 years, we look back (and crank it up).

On Cape Cod anyway, the summer job is back
The rising cost of living for young people, combined with an unusually tight labor market, has teens working summer jobs at rates not seen for years.

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 poses a threat to the public.

Culture & Lifestyle

Searching for some (peri)-menopause friends

In the movie-musical "Log Log Land," MIT students Reuben Fuchs and Chelsy Goodwill perform choreography inspired by the 2016 film "La La Land."

MIT students create original movie-musical inspired by ‘La La Land’

An architectural rendering of updated galleries at the Cape Ann Museum’s downtown campus.

Cape Ann Museum goes public with capital campaign

Jewelry artist Tanya Crane at her Providence home.

Jewelry artist Tanya Crane mixes small scale with ‘Big Pimpin’’

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

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

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

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.

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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.

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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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Reporter Ian Urbina climbed aboard a Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa in 2019 to inspect the living conditions of deckhands.

IDEAS | Ian Urbina, Pete McKenzie, & Milko Schvartzman

Taking over from the inside: How China became the superpower of seafood

President Biden is calling for Supreme Court reforms including term limits for the justices and a binding code of ethics for the court, and is also calling for a constitutional amendment limiting presidential immunity.

Biden’s Supreme Court and presidential reform plan may be untested. But it’s worth trying to protect the rule of law.

MARCELA GARCÍA

The hidden tax power of undocumented immigrants

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a campaign rally, July 31, in Harrisburg, Pa.

Fickle fortune frowns upon The Great Trumpkin

Members of the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless, other housing advocates, community members, and politicians rallied in front of the State House on July 29 to protest Governor Maura Healey’s new policy on the use of emergency assistance shelters.

Shelter policy is cruel and harmful

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Harris closes in on her pick for running mate. Follow live updates.

Vice President Kamala Harris is preparing for a crucial week that includes her most critical decision yet: choosing a running mate.

Bill Weld among Republicans backing Kamala Harris

Former Republican Governor Bill Weld is joining other GOP figures in opposing Donald Trump and endorsing Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president.

Road warriors against cancer lift up Pan-Mass Challenge founder

Bike-a-thon founder Billy Starr: “I don’t know how to explain it. It’s like being with 6,800 of my best friends.

Peter Theisinger, 78, dies; led Mars rover missions for NASA

The rovers searched successfully in freezing deserts and mineral deposits for geological clues to whether the planet’s environment had supported water in ancient times. They vastly outlasted their expected length of service.

Sports

Damar Hamlin #3 of the Buffalo Bills looks on during Bills minicamp on June 11, 2024 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Bryan M. Bennett/Getty Images)

Bills safety Damar Hamlin says his ‘mind is free’ a year after returning to football following near-death experience

Carefree and happy, there seems to be little the Bills safety has to be afraid of a year removed from the trepidations he experienced returning to football.

Harrison Butker has made 89.1 percent of his career field goal attempts.

Outspoken Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker becomes highest paid at his position in the NFL

Butker, who gave a controversial commencement speech in May, also made the game-winning field goal in Kansas City’s Super Bowl victory two years ago.

Offensive lineman Caedan Wallace, a third-round pick in the spring, is eager to get a taste of some NFL game action.

patriots notebook

First preseason game has some Patriots rookies pumped up: ‘Hitting other people is a lot more fun’

The Patriots will take on the Panthers Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in the preseason opener.

Dwyane Wade is leaning on Olympics booth partner Noah Eagle to navigate the start of his broadcast career

SPAIN 2, MOROCCO 1

Spain returns to Olympic men’s soccer final by taking down Morocco

Louisiana-born pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis wins second straight gold for Sweden with record-setting performance

Business

Wall Street has its worst day since 2022 as fear of a US economic slowdown deepens

The Dow Jones Industrial Average reeled by 1,033 points, or 2.6 percent, while the Nasdaq composite slid 3.4 percent.

Dow drops 1,000 points, and Japanese stocks suffer worst crash since 1987 as markets quake worldwide

The S&P 500 dropped 3 percent for its worst day in nearly two years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average reeled by 1,033 points, or 2.6 percent, while the Nasdaq composite slid 3.4 percent.

CrowdStrike hits back in heated spat with Delta over global tech outage

Michelle Knight steps up at RWA Wealth Partners

magazine

Netflix’s ‘Black Barbie’ and the importance of dreaming big

The Eliot

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Boston’s 7 best boutique hotels, for your vacation or staycation needs

Boston Public Garden

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22 things to do in Boston for visitors (and residents looking to rediscover a classic)

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We picked the best food in Greater Boston. You, readers, had thoughts.

metro

The bike lane on Boylston Street.

Is the Boylston Street bike lane necessary, or is someone just trying to prove a point?

5-year forecast for Warwick, R.I., includes annual tax levy increases of up to 4 percent

Severe thunderstorm watch issued for parts of Mass., Vermont, New Hampshire

sports

IBA President Umar Kremlev (on screen) speaks during a news conference in Paris on Monday as Dr. Ioannis Filippatos, former chair of the IBA medical committee; Chris Roberts, IBA secretary general and CEO; and Gabriele Martelli, IBA coaches committee chairman, listen.

Russian leader of banned boxing organization that claimed failed gender tests fuels Olympic turmoil

Patriots quarterback watch: Jacoby Brissett shows a steady hand on a run-heavy day

Game 111: Red Sox at Royals lineups and notes

business

Reporter Evan Gershkovich hugs his mother Ella Milman, left, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., following his release as part of a 24-person prisoner swap between Russia and the United States, Aug. 1, 2024.

Bloomberg apologizes for premature story on prisoner swap and disciplines the journalists involved

Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance

How is ‘trip insurance’ different from ‘trip protection’? A Danvers couple found out the hard way.

politics

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30.

Harris closes in on her pick for running mate. Follow live updates.

A rocket attack at an Iraqi military base injures US personnel, officials tell AP

RFK Jr. posed with a dead bear cub and other revelations from The New Yorker exposé

Nation

Mabrey Shaffmaster, left, carries her nephew as her sister, Morgan Hoggard, carries nine-month-old son through a flooded street as Tropical Storm Debby approaches Florida on Aug 4, in Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida with floods, threat of record rain in Georgia and the Carolinas

A century after Tulsa Race Massacre, city creates reparations committee

Cooler weather helps firefighters corral a third of massive California blaze

World

Participants lifted placards and pictures during a gathering in Tel Aviv to mark the fifth birthday of Ariel Bibas.

Hundreds in Israel mark the 5th birthday of a child held hostage in Gaza

Myanmar rebels claim regional military base in major victory

He was freed from a brutal Russian jail. Here’s why he wanted to stay.

opinion

Reporter Ian Urbina climbed aboard a Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa in 2019 to inspect the living conditions of deckhands.

Taking over from the inside: How China became the superpower of seafood

Free community college might not be such a great gift

The shame of the state’s nursing homes

lifestyle

Ellen Ruppel Shell, author of “Slippery Beast: A True Crime Natural History, with Eels.”

In a new book, Ellen Ruppel Shell studies the slippery beasts of Maine and the ‘eel people’ they’ve snagged

Searching for some (peri)-menopause friends

This week’s freebies and deals: Art, photography classes, a ‘Goonies’ screening, and more

food & dining

A line for concessions at Bercy Arena.

What do they sell at a Paris Olympics concession stand? I taste-tested some options.

We picked the best food in Greater Boston. You, readers, had thoughts.

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

travel

Passengers got off a water taxi to board a Tailwind Air plane tied to a float in Boston Harbor.

So long, seaplanes: Boston-New York service grounded this summer after selling too few tickets

Fun, unexpected, and accessible: A roundup of recommendations for travelers with mobility issues

Medical records from Holland America are mysteriously held up

Arts

Historian Angela Tate.

Smithsonian curator Angela Tate to join Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket

Jewelry artist Tanya Crane mixes small scale with ‘Big Pimpin’’

Cape Ann Museum goes public with capital campaign

Books

Jessica Anthony

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

Naoise Ó Cairealláin and Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh in "Kneecap."

‘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

The Olympic rings hanging from the Eiffel Tower.

5 rings, 15 questions

This week’s TV: The boys are back in town as Matt Damon and the Afflecks bring ‘The Instigators’ to streaming

On Broadway soon, on two very different series back then

music

Nile Rodgers, center, and Chic performed during the Newport Jazz Festival on Sunday in Newport, R.I.

Nile Rodgers, Laufey, and more deliver good times on the final day of the Newport Jazz Festival

Ice Spice ignites MGM Fenway as her first headlining tour stops in Boston

Longtime host on Boston radio station Country 102.5 to retire after 3 decades

Theater/Dance

Kristin Chenoweth in "The Queen of Versailles"

Chenoweth charms, but Broadway-bound ‘The Queen of Versailles’ is a mixed bag

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

Health

A CVS pharmacy location in San Francisco, Calif.

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

Mr. Theisinger (center) celebrated the successful landing of the rover Spirit on the Martian surface on Jan. 4, 2004, with members of his team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.

Peter Theisinger, 78, dies; led Mars rover missions for NASA

Walter Shapiro, political columnist with a contrarian streak, dies at 77

Alexander Waugh, literary scion of a literary dynasty, dies at 60