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To play or not to play a young quarterback? Bill Parcells discusses the pros and cons.

Parcells has had a lot of experience with young quarterbacks, from Phil Simms to Drew Bledsoe to Tony Romo.

No one wants to buy the iconic Pink House in Newbury, so it’s going to be razed
Situated alone on the marsh along the causeway to Plum Island, the Pink House has become a favorite of landscape artists and something of a symbol for the region.

Democratic National Convention

Biden gets a rousing ovation from Democrats as he gives Harris an enthusiastic endorsement
President Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention as his decision to end his reelection bid released newfound energy within his party with Vice President Kamala Harris's elevation to the top of the ticket.

What to watch as the Democratic National Convention enters its second day in Chicago

Biden delivers swan song address to the Democratic convention as delegates wrestle with mixed emotions

Biden’s exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a civil rights hero. Takeaways from Day 1 of the DNC.

Tick-borne Alpha-gal syndrome, also known as the meat allergy, on the rise on Martha’s Vineyard

There is no treatment for Alpha-gal syndrome, but some have reduced symptoms over time.

Two swept away, at least 100 rescued in Connecticut after ‘historic’ flash flooding

More than 10 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours on Sunday from a series of storms that moved through the region.

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal

The recovery is a blow to Hamas, which hopes to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners, an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, and a lasting cease-fire.
Blinken says Israel OKs a plan to break the cease-fire impasse and urges Hamas to do the same

Two dead after incident at North Andover home, officials say

One person was pronounced dead at the residence and the other was pronounced dead after being taken to a hospital with serious injuries, officials said.

Touch of fall in the air as clouds dominate Tuesday and much less humidity
It’s going to get quite cool overnight with readings going down into the 50s.

Maine commission set to release final report on Lewiston shootings

Nine-month investigation probes how an Army reservist with a diagnosis of psychosis was able to keep a personal trove of guns despite threatening violence months before the massacre.

Boston School Committee rates Superintendent Skipper ‘effective’ leader
Committee members had criticisms for the superintendent, in particular giving her a “developing” rating in community engagement

Four Boston police officers found not liable in overdose death at South End station

A jury cleared the four officers of wanton and reckless conduct and deliberate indifference to Shayne Stilphen’s medical needs.

Judge rules that Watertown day-care provider can be evicted, siding with Boys & Girls Club

The ruling threw uncertainty over First Path Day Care Center, which has warned of permanent closure if evicted before its new space is ready.

After deal to save six Steward hospitals, pressure mounts on Healey to preserve Carney, Nashoba

Judge dismisses defamation suit by former Boston police commissioner Dennis White

August’s supermoon is the first of four lunar spectacles

During a supermoon, the full moon inches a little closer than usual to Earth. A supermoon isn't bigger, but it can appear that way in the night sky, although scientists say the difference can be barely perceptible.
AS I SEE IT

What does half a million sunflowers blooming on 20 acres look like? Pure joy.

A weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.
alex speier | astros 5, red sox 4

Bullpen falters again as the Red Sox’ playoff hopes dim

The Red Sox’ late-innings black hole appeared in Houston, with the team blowing a one-run, eighth-inning lead en route to a 5-4 walkoff loss to the Astros.
Yainer Diaz’s walkoff home run lifts Astros over Red Sox in series opener
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Bringing maternal health care into the 21st century

Despite its impasse on other issues, the Legislature managed to pass a bill that aims to license midwives and expand childbirth options.
Chris Ferguson

Does race impact voting preferences?
Alex Green

Why does Trump hate people with disabilities so much?
IDEAS | NATE TINNER-WILLIAMS

Pope Francis won’t pick sides in today’s culture wars
LETTERS

Wu’s property tax plan stirs debate over what’s best for Boston
Best of the Best

Boston’s best restaurant deals: 22 places to grab a bite for $20 or less

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

Check out these 13 hotspots for the best nightlife in Boston and Cambridge

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More recent News

Former NFL player arrested after allegedly urinating for 20 seconds on another passenger on Boston-Dublin flight
Gosder Cherilus is scheduled to be arraigned in East Boston Municipal Court Monday on charges of disorderly conduct and disturbing a flight crew, State Police said.

A German court upholds conviction of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99
A German court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II.

APPRECIATION
Before there was comment culture, there was Phil Donahue
The pioneering talk show host, who died Sunday at 88, understood the American public’s desire to be heard — and women’s distaste for being talked down to.

Federal judge orders N.H. to let transgender girl keep playing on girls’ soccer team, for now
The judge said that 15-year-old Parker Tirrell had likely demonstrated that barring her from school sports would be a violation of Title IX and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.

East Boston church offering shelter to migrants amid emergency housing crunch
“With the need of the new migrant families, we don’t say no to anyone,” said Sandra Nijjar, director of the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen. “Anyone who makes it here, we help them.”

A massive fire rages for a third day at a Russian oil depot targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack
Ukraine’s Army General Staff claimed responsibility Sunday for attacking the oil depot, which was used to supply the needs of Russia’s army, calling it a measure “to undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian Federation.”

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GLOBE MAGAZINE

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during the busiest weeks of the year

Yes, there will be crowds. But the "Kanc" offers stunning views and hidden gems, if you know where to look.

Brian McGrory
Jack Connors had an immense impact on this region. But even he admitted, he didn’t finish one job he set out to do.
Connors embarked on a mission to endow Camp Harbor View — his proudest accomplishment in the past decade — with enough money to fund it long after he died.

Track grocery prices in Massachusetts and across the United States
Here’s a snapshot of recent prices for common products at local supermarkets.

shirley leung
Boston is the big loser in the tax fight between Wu and Spilka
Homeowners could face bigger property tax bills if commercial real estate values decline by hundreds of millions of dollars as remote work empties buildings. It’s time to wheel and deal.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston’s hottest night out: no music, no talking, just books

‘Bad Sisters’ to return for a second season

Studio furniture artist Mark Del Guidice practices the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi

Woven wonders at the Portland Museum of Art

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

Sunny outlook at DNC, with stormy days ahead
Lauren Stiller Rikleen

The hellscape of the emergency department
IDEAS | RACHEL AMENT

Parenting is so hard that I turned to ChatGPT for help
JEFF JACOBY

The hypocrisy of criticizing the other candidate’s flip-flops
EDITORIAL

State’s $1 billion shelter program leaves taxpayers in the dark
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Mass. expands to support more families in need

The organization will be expanding out of the city to the suburbs to support families who have been pushed out because of the lack of affordable housing.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Touch of fall in the air as clouds dominate Tuesday and much less humidity

It’s going to get quite cool overnight with readings going down into the 50s.
NH POLITICS

‘We knew we had to get out’: This family fled N.H. over legislation that would restrict their transgender daughter

“It was destroying us,” said Abi Maxwell, about increasing legislative attempts to reshape her transgender daughter’s day-to-day life.

Maine commission set to release final report on Lewiston shootings

Nine-month investigation probes how an Army reservist with a diagnosis of psychosis was able to keep a personal trove of guns despite threatening violence months before the massacre.

Sports

dan shaughnessy

To play or not to play a young quarterback? Bill Parcells discusses the pros and cons.

Parcells has had a lot of experience with young quarterbacks, from Phil Simms to Drew Bledsoe to Tony Romo.
alex speier | on baseball

Bullpen falters again as the Red Sox’ playoff hopes dim

The Red Sox’ late-innings black hole appeared in Houston, with the team blowing a one-run, eighth-inning lead en route to a 5-4 walkoff loss to the Astros.
astros 5, red sox 4

Yainer Diaz’s walkoff home run lifts Astros over Red Sox in series opener

After Lucas Sims allowed the tying run in the eighth inning, Diaz took Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen deep in the ninth.
red sox notebook

Red Sox recall righthander Greg Weissert, send lefty Bailey Horn to Worcester in bullpen shuffle
BASEBALL

Justin Turner gets heartfelt welcome back to Dodger Stadium in return to LA with Mariners
HIGH SCHOOLS

Wellesley girls’ soccer excited to have Dave Wainwright on its side

Business

Who is Mike Lynch? A look at the British tech tycoon missing from a sunken yacht in Sicily.

Tech tycoon Mike Lynch, one of six people missing from a sunken yacht off Sicily, had been trying to move past a Silicon Valley debacle that had tarnished his legacy as an icon of British ingenuity.

British tech magnate Mike Lynch among those missing after luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily

Lynch’s wife and 14 other people survived.
TALKING POINTS

AMD to buy server maker ZT Systems

Judge rules that Watertown day-care provider can be evicted, siding with Boys & Girls Club

magazine
Globe Magazine

The heiress at Harvard who helped revolutionize murder investigations — and the case she couldn’t forget
GLOBE MAGAZINE

‘That’s nice!’: Four New England jingles we still can’t get out of our heads
Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 19-25
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during the busiest weeks of the year

metro

Weeks after floods, Vermont businesses struggling to get visitors to return

Four Boston police officers found not liable in overdose death at South End station

Tick-borne Alpha-gal syndrome, also known as the meat allergy, on the rise on Martha’s Vineyard

sports

Training camp observations: Jacoby Brissett unfazed by the Patriots’ quarterback competition

Justin Verlander, out since June, will start for Astros Wednesday against the Red Sox

When a tight end spot opened at Patriots practice, Jaheim Bell stepped in and stepped up

business

Biotech superstar Bob Langer gets a sweet prize: a chocolate named after him

Owner of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain gets takeover bid from Canada’s Couche-Tard

Search continues for British tech magnate Mike Lynch and 5 others after luxury superyacht sinks off Sicily

politics

Biden gets a rousing ovation from Democrats as he gives Harris an enthusiastic endorsement

Barack Obama made his DNC debut 20 years ago. He’s returning to make the case for Kamala Harris.

Democrats honor Biden while pivoting to Harris on first day of Democratic convention

Nation

Biden’s exit, talk of the glass ceiling, a civil rights hero. Takeaways from Day 1 of the DNC.

Jury finds parents of Texas student accused in 2018 deadly school shooting not negligent

Former representative George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft in federal case

World

12-minute search shifts resume for 6 from sunken yacht off Sicily, including tech giant Mike Lynch

A massive fire rages for a third day at a Russian oil depot targeted in a Ukrainian drone attack

Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza as Blinken tries to advance cease-fire deal

opinion

The hellscape of the emergency department

Is the medical exam a dying art?

It will take a public-community effort to tackle student homelessness

lifestyle

This week’s free, cheap things to do: JP Porchfest, ‘Footloose,’ and Vinyl Night at the ICA

I feel trapped in this relationship

And the groom wore shorts

food & dining

In this Cambridge kitchen, teens are frying chicken and cooking up confidence

MIDA replaces DW French in the Fenway

Reading cookbooks and poetry to stay close to her mother

travel

Your guide to navigating the Kancamagus Highway during the busiest weeks of the year

A little food, a little wine, a lot of fun, a way of life

Tasting our way through Croatia’s truffle country

Arts

Studio furniture artist Mark Del Guidice practices the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi

Woven wonders at the Portland Museum of Art

At Bowdoin, men at war and women exalted as symbols of the state

Books

Boston’s hottest night out: no music, no talking, just books

Jodi Picoult launches book tour with home-state N.H. stop

The quantum, eternal force of Audre Lorde

Movies

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

Five things to do around Boston, Aug. 19-25

His mom enrolled in bat mitzvah classes. He made a movie about it starring Carol Kane.

Television

‘Bad Sisters’ to return for a second season

Before there was comment culture, there was Phil Donahue

Oprah Winfrey, Montel Williams, and more stars pay tribute to Phil Donahue

music

My kid’s music picks on the radio sometimes make me cringe

Jack Russell, Great White singer and survivor of R.I. nightclub fire, has died

The spirit of the Old Vienna Kaffeehaus will rise anew at a Hopkinton farm this weekend

Theater/Dance

Dance Theatre of Harlem keeps lighting paths for young people of color

For the local breakdancing community, Olympic attention is thrilling — and complicated

New ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ on Broadway attracts Kieran Culkin, Bob Odenkirk, and Bill Burr

Health

Medicaid-funded meal service ships unhealthy food to patients

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.

Obituaries

Ruth Colvin, who founded global literacy corps, dies at 107

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93