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‘Extreme’ weather forecast for August

WATCH: The last official month of summer is shaking up to be a soaker and a scorcher. Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan takes a look at what we can expect. ( Ken Mahan )

‘Extreme’ weather forecast for August

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Warren, Markey press private equity giant Apollo to speed Steward hospital sales

Apollo Global Management is facing political pressure to untangle snags and finalize sales by the end of the week.

Steward landlords turning over properties to lender, boosting hopes of deals on hospitals this week

Brian McGrory

As bankrupt Steward sells and closes hospitals, Ralph de la Torre visits Versailles to watch the Olympics

Salem-based Satanic Temple loses federal appeal in religious discrimination case against Boston

A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s earlier ruling that the Boston City Council did not violate the Satanic Temple’s 1st Amendment right to freedom of religion by not inviting the group to deliver a prayer prior to a city council meeting.

Magazine: They’re friends. They’re Satanists. They have a plan to save American democracy.

Cold Case Files

The ‘Town Neck Torso’ case: a gruesome mystery on Cape Cod
On the evening of June 4, 2014, someone walking along Town Neck Beach in Sandwich noticed something strange in the dunes.

These widely shared clips of Tim Walz went viral when Kamala Harris named him her running mate
Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has named Tim Walz as her 2024 running mate, a wave of online posts have begun to resurface, introducing the Minnesota governor to a wider audience.

Staunch progressive or lifelong moderate? Tim Walz’s allies say he’s neither — or both. VP candidate Tim Walz to appear in Rhode Island next week

Harris and Vance cross paths while campaigning in Wisconsin. Follow live updates.

Owners of Boston bar where former Marine was killed will sell liquor license and give proceeds to victim’s family, lawyer says

An attorney for the owners, Carolyn M. Conway, said "Loyal Nine" has been closed and owners have no plans to reopen it.

Three police officers decertified by POST Commission in Mass., records show

Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack

Harvard to retain Sackler name on two university-owned buildings

Topsfield man dies while hiking with family in New Hampshire

Satellite imagery shows Debby churning off the coast of South Carolina.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Here’s how much rain Debby could unleash on New England this weekend

The predicted track of the storm points to heavy rain arriving Friday and Saturday, but the exact path of the tropical system may change.

Debby churns up the East Coast, and affects weather as far away as the Great Lakes

In this 30-second cameras exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower on Aug. 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, W.Va.

Astronomy | Dave Epstein

Perseid meteor shower peaks Sunday evening and clear skies are promising a good show

One of the most popular meteor showers of the year is a true stargazing marvel.

2024 Paris Olympics

Colin Jost filmed a segment as he covered Olympic surfing for NBC on July 28.

Colin Jost’s time as Olympic surfing correspondent in Tahiti is over — and he may have left early amid health woes

After cutting his foot on a coral reef during his first surfing attempt, Jost developed a staph infection. Before long, he had an ear infection, too.

Track New England athletes as they go for gold in Paris Your Olympics daily digest: What you missed on Tuesday and what to watch on Wednesday

Jrue Holiday (left), Jayson Tatum (second from right) and Derrick White (right) chatted with Tom Brady (second from left) about championship parades when Brady arrived in Paris for the Games.

What Tom Brady told the Celtics, Katie Ledecky’s plans, Grant Williams the journalist, and other nuggets from the Olympics

Stephen Nedoroscik won two medals, but he can't get upgraded to first class on his flight home?

US women’s pursuit team, featuring Harvard’s Kristen Faulkner, finally takes gold US women’s basketball team rolls past Nigeria, setting up Olympic semifinal bout with Australia

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How Worcester is handling an influx of residents priced-out from elsewhere
The fastest-growing city in New England is crafting housing and transportation plans to absorb its growing population.

In Worcester, a ballpark and a neighborhood rise together

Big Lots will close 18 stores in Mass. and New England. Here’s the list of locations.

Five of the stores marked for closure are in Massachusetts, along with two in Vermont, one in Maine, one in New Hampshire, and nine in Connecticut.

Matt Damon as Will Hunting (left) and Robin Williams as Sean Maguire (right) in a scene from "Good Will Hunting," 1997. This scene was filmed on a bench at the Public Garden in Boston.

Fans — including Matt Damon — want a Robin Williams statue in Boston Public Garden. Here’s why it hasn’t been built (yet).

"I don’t know if it will happen, but I really hope it does," Damon recently said of a proposed tribute to his late "Good Will Hunting" costar.

Your view: Should Robin Williams be memorialized with a statue in the Boston Public Garden?

2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

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A pretty cool moment for a Summer Games: US figure skaters receive their 2022 gold medals
The Russians' use of banned substances eventually disqualified them, but it was a long and frustrating battle for the Americans.

See the current Olympic medal count for the Summer Games

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‘Cuckoo’ is bonkers

The audience I saw this with hissed at the bad guys and cheered for the latest incarnation of a badass switchblade sister. Schafer earns her place in the Final Girl Hall of Fame.

Review | ‘It Ends With Us’ with Blake Lively tackles big issues but slips into soap opera

The corporate offices of Mass General Brigham hospitals in Somerville's Assembly Square.

Among Massachusetts hospitals, the gap between rich and poor widens

Hospitals that serve lower income patients charge much lower prices compared to big players like Mass General Brigham.

CCC commissioners (left to right) Bruce Stebbins, Ava Concepcion, Kimberly Roy, and Nurys Camargo during a meeting at Worcester Union Station in July.

‘Where is the accountability?’: Chaos at the Cannabis Control Commission leaves $7 billion pot industry in the lurch

Opinion

Democratic vice presidential candidate Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota reacts as Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate and current vice president, spoke at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Walz pick gives Trump campaign the reset it needed

The Trump campaign was unprepared for Kamala Harris’s strong start and seemed unsure about the best way to attack her. With Tim Walz, it knows exactly what to do.

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Fewer kids are applying to Boston’s exam schools. It’s a sign of a larger problem for the city.

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The first installment of the FX series “American Sports Story,” chronicling the troubled life and career of former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez, is set to premiere Sept. 17.

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The median home price here is edging toward $1m. Sorry, it’s going to cost you a lot more than that.

From property taxes to private mortgage insurance to closing costs, we calculated what buyers can expect to shell out.

LOVE LETTERS

I reconnected with an old flame, and want him back in my life
But we’re both married, and “he’s keeping me at bay.”

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A sneak preview of the new TV pilot about John Partington, a Rhode Islander who helped form the witness protection program, will be shown at the Providence Place Mall on Wednesday night.

She rode elephants for Ringling. Now she dances with trees.

Anyone can dance on a tree, but you can’t dance with a tree if you don’t understand it the way Serenity Smith Forchion does.

Indigenous history lies buried in far downeast Maine. The race is on to preserve it.
As climate change leads to higher seas, archeologists are racing to understand and preserve what they can before the ocean takes it away.

In Boston, just four of city’s top 100 earners are women. The majority are white men.
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Bill Belichick’s media blitz has one goal: To show NFL owners what they’re missing out on
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Culture & Lifestyle

In this file photo, passersby walk in front of Great Scott in Allston, Oct. 29, 2016. After the local arts scene mourned the loss of Great Scott in 2020, the same community celebrated last week when it was announced the rock club will reopen alongside its sister venue, O’Brien’s Pub.

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Elin Hilderbrand had many hits in her series of Nantucket-set beach reads.

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Shane Mauss performs at Laugh Boston on Sunday.

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Laila Lockhart stars in "Gabby's Dollhouse."

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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.

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.

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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.

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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Fabrics that were dyed indigo in a pit in Abeokuta, Nigeria.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

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Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, center, spoke to supporters during a protest in Caracas, Venezuela, on Aug. 3.

MARCELA GARCÍA

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A view of a cryo solution during embryo prep seen with a microscope in an IVF lab at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.

EDITORIAL

Let’s help ‘childless cat ladies’ who want to have a child, not mock them

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.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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

Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 49, is rumored to be dating model, Vittoria Ceretti, 26, seen here at the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6 in New York City.

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As bankrupt Steward sells and closes hospitals, Ralph de la Torre visits Versailles to watch the Olympics

One person with knowledge of trip by Ralph de la Torre, who is CEO of Steward, described it as a long-planned family vacation with “unfortunate timing.”

‘My confidence grew’: Tilling gardens sprouts more than just summer fruit for students living in urban areas

The initiative, which works with students in Boston and Cambridge, strives to ensure equity in science education and urban students’ access to nature.

NH Politics

Outgoing N.H. governor endorses his preferred successor in contested GOP primary

“She’s the Republican who will win in November and hit the ground running in January,” Governor Chris Sununu said Wednesday.

TRAVEL

Life-size Polly Pocket house comes to Littleton as Airbnb’s new ‘Icon’ property, company officials say

Airbnb announced Wednesday that they have brought a popular Polly Pocket compact house to life in the Massachusetts town.

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American Quincy Hall out-leans Great Britain's Matthew Hudson-Smith at the line to capture gold in the men's 400 meters final Wednesday night in Paris.

OLYMPICS

Quincy Hall gets Olympic gold in 400 meters with another US comeback in Paris

The American reeled in three runners down the stretch to deliver another heart-stopping win for his country at the Stade de France.

A four-minute headway? MBTA, take notes.

Postcard from Paris

The Paris Metro sure beats the Red Line

The Paris subway system is fast, spotlessly clean, and air conditioned.

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Poland rallies to beat the US in men’s volleyball in fifth set, will face France for Olympic gold

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The company revealed the plan during a daylong hearing with the US National Transportation Safety Board, which grilled executives from Boeing and supplier Spirit AeroSystems Inc. about their safety and manufacturing culture.

Warren, Markey press private equity giant Apollo to speed Steward hospital sales

Apollo Global Management is facing political pressure to untangle snags and finalize sales by the end of the week.

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The cofounders of The Satanic Temple, who go by the pseudonyms Lucien Greaves (left) and Malcolm Jarry, at headquarters in Salem.

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LOVE LETTERS

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Warren, Markey press private equity giant Apollo to speed Steward hospital sales

As bankrupt Steward sells and closes hospitals, Ralph de la Torre visits Versailles to watch the Olympics

Salem-based Satanic Temple loses federal appeal in religious discrimination case against Boston

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These widely shared clips of Tim Walz went viral when Kamala Harris named him her running mate Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has named Tim Walz as her 2024 running mate, a wave of online posts have begun to resurface, introducing the Minnesota governor to a wider audience.

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Owners of Boston bar where former Marine was killed will sell liquor license and give proceeds to victim’s family, lawyer says

Three police officers decertified by POST Commission in Mass., records show

Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack

Harvard to retain Sackler name on two university-owned buildings

Topsfield man dies while hiking with family in New Hampshire

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Colin Jost’s time as Olympic surfing correspondent in Tahiti is over — and he may have left early amid health woes

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Fans — including Matt Damon — want a Robin Williams statue in Boston Public Garden. Here’s why it hasn’t been built (yet).

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Among Massachusetts hospitals, the gap between rich and poor widens

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Aaron Hernandez TV series set to premiere in September on FX and Hulu

The median home price here is edging toward $1m. Sorry, it’s going to cost you a lot more than that.

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Friends mourn pregnant woman killed in Lynn: ‘All she ever wanted was to be a mom’ Brianna Welsh, 25, was allegedly killed by her boyfriend's brother.

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As bankrupt Steward sells and closes hospitals, Ralph de la Torre visits Versailles to watch the Olympics

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Big Lots will close 18 stores in Mass. and New England. Here’s the list of locations.

They’re friends. They’re Satanists. They have a plan to save American democracy.

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On the evening of June 4, 2014, someone walking along Town Neck Beach in Sandwich noticed something strange in the dunes.

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Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has named Tim Walz as her 2024 running mate, a wave of online posts have begun to resurface, introducing the Minnesota governor to a wider audience.

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A pretty cool moment for a Summer Games: US figure skaters receive their 2022 gold medals
The Russians' use of banned substances eventually disqualified them, but it was a long and frustrating battle for the Americans.

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I reconnected with an old flame, and want him back in my life
But we’re both married, and “he’s keeping me at bay.”

Friends mourn pregnant woman killed in Lynn: ‘All she ever wanted was to be a mom’
Brianna Welsh, 25, was allegedly killed by her boyfriend's brother.

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On Friday morning, a tractor-trailer rear-ended three passenger vehicles that were slowing for traffic, State Police said.

Indigenous history lies buried in far downeast Maine. The race is on to preserve it.
As climate change leads to higher seas, archeologists are racing to understand and preserve what they can before the ocean takes it away.

In Boston, just four of city’s top 100 earners are women. The majority are white men.
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