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Mr. McCullough, speaking at Boston College's commencement in 2008.

David McCullough, award-winning author, has died

David McCullough, a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, whose best-selling biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams made him one of America’s most popular and acclaimed historians, died on Sunday at his home in Hingham.

Infighting, obfuscation, delay: The chaotic end of Massachusetts’ legislative session
Longtime watchers of the Legislature are used to blown deadlines and obfuscation. But they said this session ended with an unusual amount of work still remaining to be done.

Dennis Eckersley will retire from NESN booth at season’s end
The former Red Sox pitcher intends to spend more time with his grandchildren in California.

Suffolk DA faces criticism for handling of police misconduct case

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Monday faced questions, criticism, and calls for an outside probe after a Globe investigation into his office's handling of a case.

‘It was you!’ Traffic spat turned police coverup leads to questions for DA Hayden

Biden, with some legit big wins recently, faces a tough opponent. And it’s not Republicans.

It's the clock. Time is running out for him to get the rest of his agenda passed.

Boston’s heat emergency extended through Tuesday
The city has now been in a heat emergency since last Thursday.

Man who shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for hate crime

Travis McMichael, the white man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing the 25-year-old Black man in a Georgia neighborhood, was sentenced Monday to life in prison for committing a federal hate crime.

Neo-Nazi demonstration in the Seaport prompts cancellation of drag queen story hour

Boston man charged with impersonating officer, attempted rape

Patrice Bergeron (center) and David Krejci (right) celebrate with Charlie McAvoy during the 2021 playoffs.

Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci will return to the Bruins for 2022-23 season

It’s welcome news for the franchise, as the possibility of the 37-year-old Bergeron retiring seemed quite real, while Krejci returns after spending one season in the Czechia league.

The Rev. Eric Silva introduces himself to parishioners at Mass on Sunday, July 31, in this screenshot from a video at St. Veronica Catholic Chapel in Narragansett.

Parishioners in R.I. deserve transparency about removal of Catholic priest

The parents of child sexual abuse survivor Ryan Brophy say the church must disclose the background of the priest, who has been on leave for making inappropriate comments to children at two Catholic schools.

Vincent Jones II and Laurie Essig

Bachelorette parties in P-town often destroy safe spaces for LGBTQ+ people

We call this process “hetrification.” Like gentrification, hetrification occurs when people feel privileged to take over the spaces of others.

A Christian flag-raising at City Hall in Boston, MA on August 03, 2022.

How to keep City Hall Plaza from becoming a battleground over flags

With ‘advice’ from Justice Breyer, City Council can fix Boston’s flag dilemma.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

The case for cozying up to dictators

The NFL has no credibility with women

James E. Hansen

The eyes of climate change history are on Biden

Keep your scorn. Kentucky needs your solidarity.

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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10-month-old boy in Providence drowns in bathtub, police say
Providence police are investigating the death of an infant who apparently drowned in a bathtub after being left alone by the child’s mother this weekend.

Amid struggles, DataRobot is cutting more staff

The company declined to disclose how many jobs would be eliminated in the layoff. In May, DataRobot cut 7 percent of its roughly 1,000-person workforce.

Black bear spotted in Danvers, West Peabody
Residents reported black bear sightings in Danvers and Peabody over the weekend, just the latest in a series of bear sightings in several communities north of Boston.

Oliver Sellers-Garcia named Green New Deal senior adviser to Mayor Michelle Wu
He takes on a brand-new role that promises to be one of city government’s most challenging.

Gabby Petito’s family files claim alleging police failed her

The notice of claim contends police in the tourist town of Moab missed signs that Petito was the victim of domestic violence at the hands of Brian Laundrie on Aug. 12, 2021. The officers ultimately allowed the couple to leave after requiring them to spend a night apart.

Axios Media to be bought by Cox Enterprises for $525 million

The deal valued the company at $525 million, Axios said Monday. The company’s three founders will continue to hold substantial stakes and will lead editorial and day-to-day business decisions.

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Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo listened as President Biden participated virtually in a meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act at the White House on July 25.

How working on the ‘CHIPS’ bill made Gina Raimondo Congress’ favorite Cabinet secretary

Top congressional players on the bill touted Raimondo’s bipartisan and business sensibilities as a former venture capital executive as crucial in the negotiations on the legislation, which is designed to alleviate the nation’s supply chain issues.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
First-of-its-kind law improves college access for students with autism, intellectual disabilities
More than a decade in the making, the breakthrough legislation will require all of the state’s public college campuses to offer accommodations to young people whose severe disabilities prevent them from earning a standard high school diploma.

Boston mayors have had an open-door policy with real estate developers. Not Michelle Wu.
Since her election in November, developers have been clamoring to set up one-on-one meetings with Mayor Michelle Wu about big projects that would create thousands of jobs and add millions in tax revenue, but many have been redirected to meet with other members of her administration.

It’s not just the Orange Line: Poor maintenance is slowing whole T system
As the MBTA prepares to shut the entire Orange Line for long overdue repairs, the effect on commuters is more than an inconvenience. It’s a warning that the rest of the subway system may be in similarly poor shape.

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Culture & Lifestyle

On Benner Island, a cluster of historic buildings made up the primary live/work space of the Wyeth family, with views across the slim channel of Allen Island, Betsy Wyeth's enduring masterpiece.

On a pair of Maine islands, the legacy of the Wyeths lives on

Andre Braugher (right) with Richard Gant in "Men of a Certain Age."

‘Good Fight,’ great actor: Andre Braugher returns to series TV

Inside Boston Ballet's portable new ÜNI Public Art.

Boston Ballet’s ÜNI Public Art offers 360-degree views of dance under a portable dome

Jonathan Epstein (left) and Allyn Burrows in "A Walk in the Woods" at Shakespeare & Company in Lenox.

In ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ the fate of the world is on the table

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Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

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A Beautiful Resistance

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‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The MBTA announced on Wednesday that it will shutter the Orange Line for 30 days to provide much needed improvements.

RIP old Orange Line

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer of New York speaks during a news conference about the Inflation Reduction Act outside the US Capitol on Aug. 4, in Washington, D.C.

How to save the Democratic agenda: Pass this bill

Auditor candidate Chris Dempsey made public the questionnaires he completed for constituency groups. State Senator Diana DiZoglio, Dempsey’s rival in the Democratic primary, agreed to do so too.

Massachusetts candidates shouldn’t be making promises in secret

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson, who has received a six-game suspension for sexual misconduct against women, posed for a photo with fans after practice at the team's training facility in Berea, Ohio, in June.

The NFL has no credibility with women

Steven V. Mazie

The quiet demise of the church-state wall

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

Suffolk DA faces criticism for handling of police misconduct case

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden on Monday faced questions, criticism, and calls for an outside probe after a Globe investigation into his office's handling of a case.

COMMENTARY | STEPHEN BROPHY AND CHRISTINE BROPHY

Parishioners in R.I. deserve transparency about removal of Catholic priest

The parents of child sexual abuse survivor Ryan Brophy say the church must disclose the background of the priest, who has been on leave for making inappropriate comments to children at two Catholic schools.

David McCullough, award-winning author, has died

David McCullough, a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, whose best-selling biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams made him one of America’s most popular and acclaimed historians, died on Sunday at his home in Hingham.

Black bear spotted in Danvers, West Peabody

Residents reported black bear sightings in Danvers and Peabody over the weekend, just the latest in a series of bear sightings in several communities north of Boston.

Sports

Patrice Bergeron (center) and David Krejci (right) celebrate with Charlie McAvoy during the 2021 playoffs.

Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci will return to the Bruins for 2022-23 season

It’s welcome news for the franchise, as the possibility of the 37-year-old Bergeron retiring seemed quite real, while Krejci returns after spending one season in the Czechia league.

The outstanding play of Marcelo Mayer (shown last season at Fenway Park) made it clear he was ready to move up.

Red Sox promote top prospect Marcelo Mayer to High A Greenville

The 19-year-old shortstop, who was drafted fourth overall in 2021, has been tearing it up in Single A Salem.

Dennis Eckersley will wrap up a 20-year career at NESN at season's end.

Dennis Eckersley will retire from NESN booth at season’s end

The former Red Sox pitcher intends to spend more time with his grandchildren in California.

Red Sox notebook

Balk another part of a rough start for Red Sox rookie Kutter Crawford

NASCAR CUP SERIES

Kevin Harvick ends 65-race winless drought with victory at Michigan

Royals 13, Red Sox 5

Jarren Duran, Red Sox roughed up by Royals in road trip finale, lose three of four in KC

Business

Amid struggles, DataRobot is cutting more staff

The company declined to disclose how many jobs would be eliminated in the layoff. In May, DataRobot cut 7 percent of its roughly 1,000-person workforce.

Axios Media to be bought by Cox Enterprises for $525 million

The deal valued the company at $525 million, Axios said Monday. The company’s three founders will continue to hold substantial stakes and will lead editorial and day-to-day business decisions.

Pfizer buying Global Blood Therapeutics in $5.4 billion deal

Ship carrying grain from Ukraine arrives in Istanbul

An in-camera double-exposure photograph of Kate Price overlaid with the woods of a Pennsylvania rest area, where she remembers being taken as a child.

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Kate Price remembers something terrible

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? There's a fight over that.

Tracy K. Smith photographed at Harvard, where she just completed her first year as a professor.

Can poetry possibly matter in a time like this? Poet Tracy K. Smith says yes.

summer memories

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

People exit the Senate chamber of the Massachusetts State House on August 1, 2022. Lawmakers continued to deliberate on high-stakes bills from Sunday into early Monday morning.

Infighting, obfuscation, delay: The chaotic end of Massachusetts’ legislative session

Rhode Island political news: August 2022

Watch live: Democratic primary candidates for Mass. secretary of state debate

sports

Yankees manager Aaron Boone gets a few final words in after home plate umpire Ed Hickox ejected him in the fifth inning of Sunday's New York loss in St. Louis.

Yankees skid hits five as Cardinals finish sweep in St. Louis

Joohyung Kim, 20, shoots 61 to claim Wyndham Championship

Avery O’Connor and Trevor Mullin claim mantle of Best Shooters in Massachusetts at 10th annual A Shot For Life Challenge

business

A Providence College sign rests on a gate at an entrance to its campus in Providence, Rhode Island.

‘Not all innovation comes out of business school:’ A new incubator program at Providence College for liberal arts students

What’s in Democrats’ big bill? Climate, health care, savings.

Japan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss

politics

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden, walked to board Air Force One for a trip to Kentucky to view flood damage, on Aug. 8, 2022, in Dover Air Force Base, Del.

Biden to join governor to survey flood damage in Kentucky

Biden, with some legit big wins recently, faces a tough opponent. And it’s not Republicans.

One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China

Nation

Mr. McCullough, speaking at Boston College's commencement in 2008.

David McCullough, award-winning author, has died

Gabby Petito’s family files claim alleging police failed her

Man who shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for hate crime

World

In this handout photo taken from video and released by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, a general view of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine.

Rising dangers feared after nuclear plant in Ukraine is shelled

China extends threatening military exercises against Taiwan

UN chief urges nuke powers to abide by no-first-use pledge

opinion

Auditor candidate Chris Dempsey made public the questionnaires he completed for constituency groups. State Senator Diana DiZoglio, Dempsey’s rival in the Democratic primary, agreed to do so too.

Massachusetts candidates shouldn’t be making promises in secret

The NFL has no credibility with women

If only civilian needs were the priority

lifestyle

Actor Dane DiLiegro at the premiere for "Prey" at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles on Aug. 2.

‘Prey’ star Dane DiLiegro is a beast

I hooked up with my friend’s ex

Tiny African kingdom has skiing as Europe sweats summer heat

food & dining

Ms. Longone was the curator of American Culinary History.

Janice Longone, chronicler of US culinary history, dies

Moëca opens in Cambridge, new from the Giulia team; Dine Out Boston begins

A celebrated Turkish chef is making exceptional food on a side street near Alewife

travel

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra testified on Capitol Hill in May. He had to postpone a trip to Boston on Friday after severe weather delayed or canceled thousands of flights Friday.

Cabinet secretary postpones Mass. visit as flights are canceled due to severe weather

I just flew the inaugural JetBlue Boston-to-London flight. Here’s what it was like.

Celebrating on Lake Winnipesaukee, boat rentals in Boston, and the ferry of the future

Arts

Kikuji Kawada, "the ruin of a stronghold," from the series "Chizu" ("The Map").

MFA makes major photography acquisition

On a pair of Maine islands, the legacy of the Wyeths lives on

Adrienne Sloane makes political statements with jigsaw puzzle pieces

Books

Higher education, riding for a fall

Anthony Marra on reading mysteries and historical fiction

Mohsin Hamid’s new novel imagines white men changing color

Movies

From left: Amandla Stenberg, Maria Bakalova, Chase Sui Wonders, and Rachel Sennott in a scene from "Bodies Bodies Bodies."

‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’: Gen Z’s ‘Scream’?

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival brings a robust schedule of sneak peeks, screenings, and stars to the island

Television

Director John Gulager posed with his father, actor Clu Gulager, in 2006.

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

TV critics honor Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary,’ Mandy Moore

For ‘Better Call Saul’ and other classic series, the finale presents a mix of anticipation and apprehension

music

Vince Neil of Mötley Crüe performs with the band at Fenway Park Friday.

A night full of bangers from Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, and more at Fenway Park

Danish String Quartet stuns at Ozawa Hall

The ride is just beginning for Horsegirl

Theater/Dance

Adji Cissoko of Alonzo King LINES Ballet performs "Four Heart Testaments."

Alonzo King LINES Ballet’s fusion of physicality and beauty is a feast for the eyes

In ‘A Walk in the Woods,’ the fate of the world is on the table

In Gloucester Stage’s ‘Grand Horizons,’ a bombshell at the dinner table, fallout for a family

globe local

Hikers attend a moonlight hike to observe the nearly full moon at the World's End Reservation in Hingham.

Out walking at night? Don’t forget to look up at the sky.

The Argument: Should the state do more to promote civilian flaggers?

How a practical book on death turned into a passing fancy

Obituaries

Mr. McCullough, speaking at Boston College's commencement in 2008.

David McCullough, award-winning author, has died

Clu Gulager, rugged character actor of film and TV, dies at 93

Dr. Robert Osteen, surgeon and poet who inspired students, dies at 81