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Here’s where Debby is forecast to hit hardest in New England
Now a tropical depression, the storm is still forecast to bring heavy rain to Western Mass. and parts of Vermont through Saturday morning.

In the path of Debby, Vermonters brace, again, for flooding

On eve of Mass. overflow shelter evictions, activists plea for compassion
Dozens of activists gathered at the State House Thursday afternoon to deliver a letter, signed by more than 300 health care providers and 30 community organizations, urging Healey to change course on a new policy that limits stays in overflow shelters to five business days.

Suspect in 1989 rapes in Framingham reportedly captured in LA

Stephen Paul Gale, 71, surrendered to police just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday near UCLA Medical Center, after leading officers on a nearly 30-mile chase from Wilmington to Westwood, according to Ch. 7-KACB news.

Third person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

Officials say the main suspect and the 18-year-old arrested Friday both pledged “oaths of allegiance” to the Islamic State group.

Fatal police shooting of former acting New Bedford fire chief justified, DA’s office finds

The officers' use of force in the shooting death of Paul N. Coderre Jr., 55, on Dec. 29 after he shot an Acushnet officer “was consistent with the severity of the situation, and with each departments’ internal policies regarding the use of force,” prosecutors said in a report released Thursday.

Boston hotel workers vote to strike

As many as 4,500 hotel workers at 35 hotels in Boston and Cambridge are prepared to walk off the job after their contracts expire Aug. 31.

Astronauts, including one from Needham, may not be able to return from space station until next year
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, was originally scheduled to visit the International Space Station for a week or two. Now, she and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore might remain there until early next year.

Three Columbia University deans who sent insulting texts have resigned

GOP attacks on Walz’s military service echo ‘swift-boating’ of Kerry two decades ago. Democrats say they’ve learned since.

That tactic has resurfaced with a veteran on the Democratic presidential ticket for the first time since Kerry, with Republican Donald Trump’s campaign taking the lead.
See live updates from the campaign trail Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories about why.

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Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye make cameos as Patriots open preseason with win over Panthers
Brissett and Maye were done after a single series, Bailey Zappe was in the game by the end of the first quarter, and the biggest cheers came with Joe Milton under center.

2024 Paris Olympics

tara sullivan
For COVID-stricken Noah Lyles, just being in the race was a victory. The bronze medal was a bonus.
Unlike the disappointment of 2021, he was up against something out of his control, and his ability to accept that was a sign of his growth.

What we know after Lyles was diagnosed with COVID
Olympic men's basketball | US 95, Serbia 91

Stephen Curry came through in the clutch, rallying US men’s basketball in win over upset-minded Serbia

Warriors star scored 36 to lead Team USA from a 13-point deficit at the start of the fourth to a 95-91 victory.
Wembymania in France? Not quite. The Spurs star is hardly the biggest draw.

The Perseid meteor shower is this weekend. It could be one of the last times we see it.

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend, raining as many as 75 meteors per hour across the night sky. But as light pollution worsens, advocates worry: How many more of these will be visible in Massachusetts?
Perseid meteor shower peaks Sunday evening and clear skies are promising a good show
2024 PARIS OLYMPICS

John Powers | On Olympics
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdles a crowning Olympic triumph in an impressive American medal haul
McLaughlin-Levrone's gold in the women's 400-meter hurdles capped an extraordinary night for the Americans, who gathered up eight medals in four events in track and field.

A look at Snoop Dogg’s best moments from the Paris Olympics so far Team USA men’s basketball is in the gold-medal game. See the Olympic tournament bracket.
Games & Puzzles

Play Decathalon

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

The novel that will make you happy to live in Boston

In “Plays Well With Others,” Harvard grad Sophie Brickman satirizes competitive New York City parenting.
OBITUARY

Hall of Fame golfer and eight-time PGA winner Juan ‘Chi Chi’ Rodriguez dies at 88

He also had 22 victories on the Champions Tour from 1985-2002 and was inducted into the PGA World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. A cause of death was not made public.

Orleans Firebirds 76-year-old general manager Sue Horton is a Cape crusader

"Miss Sue" handles everything from managing the roster database to organizing travel while keeping up with schedule changes and equipment issues.
Opinion
IDEAS | JEREMY KAHN

Soon, AI will book your flights and order your groceries. It’ll be convenient — and risky.

AI "agents" — automated digital assistants — are coming. Will you be able to trust them?
Abraham Nussbaum

Medical training doesn’t have to be a bear
EDITORIAL

Healey’s no-win shelter situation

Jim Spencer

I covered Tim Walz. He’s the nicest tough guy you may ever meet.
Robert Kuttner

Who is to blame for the Wall Street panic attack? The Federal Reserve.
Best of the Best

Have a blast at Boston’s best bowling, bouldering, mini golf, and more

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

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Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and other new gun laws go into effect in Maine
Maine joins a dozen other states with similar laws, requiring that buyers wait 72 hours to complete a purchase and retrieve a weapon.

Red Sox rotation concerns run deeper than their recent rut
The team’s rotation — an early-season strength — is amidst one of its worst stretches in years.

Canton Select Board shifts to Zoom meetings after months of verbal attacks
After months of verbal attacks during Town Hall meetings, often by supporters of Karen Read, the Canton Select Board will move its meetings online to ensure they can be held in a “safe and efficient” way.

US and other frustrated mediators call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks, saying, ‘no excuses’
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar are jointly demanding that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza.

Healey signs ‘big deal’ veterans benefits law
Governor Maura Healey signed off Thursday on a new veterans’ benefits law, while Veterans’ Services Secretary Jon Santiago told a packed town hall in Lexington that the Holyoke Veterans Home had been awarded licensure by the Department of Public Health.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK
‘Quiz Show’ still asks the right questions 30 years later
The Oscar-nominated Robert Redford drama also answers a query our game-show-loving film critic has had since childhood.

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In a cutthroat grocery store landscape, where does Stop & Shop stand?

The No. 1. grocer in Massachusetts, which plans to close 32 stores, is renovating locations and expanding promotions to stay in the game.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA
In the Massachusetts suburbs, mansions are taking over
The trend of building properties clocking in at 4,000, 7,500, or even 10,000 square feet bodes ill for the state’s efforts to solve, or at least ease, its housing crisis.

‘It feels so relieving.’ Students celebrate free community college program
News that the $58 billion state budget includes free community college for students of all ages seemed almost too good to be true for many students.

‘Where is the accountability?’: Chaos at the Cannabis Control Commission leaves $7 billion pot industry in the lurch
Months of scandal and a call for receivership have many questioning who is at the helm of the state agency, and what their dysfunction means for consumers and marijuana companies.

Culture & Lifestyle

Long before the success of ‘Heat Waves,’ Glass Animals singer Dave Bayley’s musical journey began in Worcester

Gender flipped, and better for it

Jenny Slate is living her dream New England life — on and off screen

Kenley Jansen loves the music of his native Curaçao. His new record label will help it reach more ears.

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

JOAN VENNOCHI

Walz pick gives Trump campaign the reset it needed
RENÉE GRAHAM

In this presidential contest, we still aren’t having the right conversations about aging
IDEAS | Robert Israel

Monday is Victory Day in Rhode Island — a holiday worth reconsidering
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

The secret history and uncertain future of purple
MARCELA GARCÍA

There may be no way to overthrow Maduro
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

BLOTTER TALES

Baby raccoons finally go free, someone is tricked into buying counterfeit Pokémon cards, and an electric Uber runs out of power

A raccoon mother returns to the wild with her kits, someone gets conned into buying fake Pokémon cards, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Lawyers for Karen Read to argue for dismissal of two charges at hearing

The defense’s request is premised on jurors who have come forward to say they unanimously reached not guilty verdicts on the charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident.

For some homeless and migrant families, today they will be evicted from state shelters

The state issued 57 eviction notices last week to families staying at overflow shelters in Lexington, Cambridge, Chelsea, and Norfolk, with a deadline to leave set for Friday.

Suspect in 1989 rapes in Framingham reportedly captured in LA

Stephen Paul Gale, 71, surrendered to police just before 5:30 p.m. Thursday near UCLA Medical Center, after leading officers on a nearly 30-mile chase from Wilmington to Westwood, according to Ch. 7-KACB news.

Sports

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat appeals to get Olympic silver medal after disqualification for missing weight

The decision is “expected to be issued before the end of the Olympic Games,” the Court of Arbitration for Sport said.

Travis Scott is arrested at a Paris hotel after altercation with a security guard, prosecutors say

The arrest occurred after police were called to the Georges V hotel early Friday to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” according to a statement from the Paris public prosecutor's office.
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Orleans Firebirds 76-year-old general manager Sue Horton is a Cape crusader

"Miss Sue" handles everything from managing the roster database to organizing travel while keeping up with schedule changes and equipment issues.

Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary wins Olympic men’s marathon to complete swimming events in the Seine
OBITUARY

Hall of Fame golfer and eight-time PGA winner Juan ‘Chi Chi’ Rodriguez dies at 88
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Jacoby Brissett, Drake Maye make cameos as Patriots open preseason with win over Panthers

Business

Streaming TV rate hikes: Here we go again

With the rapid growth of streaming services coming to an end, streamers have only two options for growing revenues — selling ads or raising prices. And even ad-sponsored services are becoming more costly for consumers.

Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and other new gun laws go into effect in Maine

Maine joins a dozen other states with similar laws, requiring that buyers wait 72 hours to complete a purchase and retrieve a weapon.
TALKING POINTS

SharkNinja is on a tear

Boston hotel workers vote to strike
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Globe Magazine

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

MISS CONDUCT

Friends keep flaking on me. They text about catching up, then go radio silent.
Perspective

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

I reconnected with an old flame, and want him back in my life

metro

Prompted by mass shooting, 72-hour wait period and other new gun laws go into effect in Maine

Fatal police shooting of former acting New Bedford fire chief justified, DA’s office finds

Lowell man arrested for defrauding Division of Motor Vehicles in New Hampshire, authorities say

sports

Stephen Curry came through in the clutch, rallying US men’s basketball in win over upset-minded Serbia

As she prepares for US Open defense, Coco Gauff wins her first hard-court match since April

Patriots waste a good opportunity to get Drake Maye some work in victory over Panthers in preseason opener

business

As rate cuts near, a moment of truth for the Fed

Astronauts, including one from Needham, may not be able to return from space station until next year

R.I. man arrested for allegedly stealing $13,000 worth of chips from Everett casino

politics

Harris and Walz to hold rally in Arizona; Trump agrees to debate Harris

Richard Nixon resigned 50 years ago amid questions of presidential privilege and immunity. We’re still considering those issues.

President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris to make first joint trip since Biden dropped out

Nation

Ferguson marks 10 years since Michael Brown’s death. While there’s some progress, challenges persist.

Huge California wildfire chews through timber in very hot and dry weather

Snake hunters will wrangle invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades during Florida’s 10-day challenge

World

Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza’s Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks

Third person in custody over foiled plot targeting now-canceled Taylor Swift shows in Vienna

Thailand’s reformist Move Forward Party, dissolved by court order, regroups as People’s Party

opinion

And just like that, Harris and Walz are off and running

Walz pick gives Trump campaign the reset it needed

Will white women come out to vote for Harris?

lifestyle

The novel that will make you happy to live in Boston

We didn’t work on the marriage enough

Searching for some (peri)-menopause friends

food & dining

Boston’s Greco brings Greek fast-casual to the Burlington Mall

Añejo opens in Plymouth; Dryft drifts into Wellesley

From coffee milk to cheese-less pizza, why are Rhode Island’s iconic foods so weird?

travel

Accessible and awesome: These hotels roll out the red carpet for guests with mobility issues

‘If you’re thinking about taking that trip, do it. You will never regret it.’

An Acadia tour for wheelchair users, outdoor playgrounds in Colorado, and a cool new charging station

Arts

Harvard to retain Sackler name on two university-owned buildings

On your mark. Get set. G.O.A.T.

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

Books

Local bestsellers for the week ended Aug. 4

Choosing a BPL writer-in-residence, publishing the Clemente Writing Project, and a poet laureate for Maine

In Peter Heller’s ‘Burn,’ old friends face a smoldering mystery

Movies

‘Quiz Show’ still asks the right questions 30 years later

‘Uncertainty is a powerful tool,’ says ‘Good One’ director India Donaldson

Jenny Slate is living her dream New England life — on and off screen

Television

Streaming TV rate hikes: Here we go again

An accumulation of Connelly

A reimagined ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ — with a woman host — gets a screening in Arlington

music

Long before the success of ‘Heat Waves,’ Glass Animals singer Dave Bayley’s musical journey began in Worcester

What we know about the Taylor Swift concert terrorist plot in Vienna

Green Day delivers punk rock sermon as ‘Saviors’ tour takes over Fenway Park

Theater/Dance

In ‘Searching for Goya,’ a truth is found: ‘We shouldn’t be brutalizing one another’

Three-play series ‘Suffrage in Black and White’ highlights Boston history

Comedy meets psychedelic science as Shane Mauss brings ‘A Better Trip’ to Boston

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

Betsaida Gutiérrez, Jamaica Plain’s voice of community and tenacity, dies at 72

Tom Korologos, shepherd of Republican nominees, dies at 91

Billy Bean, second openly gay ex-MLB player who later worked in commissioner’s office, dies at 60