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Politics

I was at the Trump rally in Pennsylvania. This is what I saw.

Globe reporter James Pindell was at the Butler, Pa., rally where Donald Trump was hurried offstage by security and shares what it was like. Continue reading →

Business

Steward doesn’t own its hospitals’ real estate. So what, exactly, is for sale?

With the company in bankruptcy and bids due Monday, the appetite for buying the hospitals appears to be tepid. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump rally shooting investigated as assassination attempt, multiple outlets report

Former president Donald Trump was rushed to a hospital Saturday after a possible assassination attempt at his campaign rally in Butler, Penn., a shooting that left one rally attendee and the suspected gunman dead and two other spectators critically injured, the Secret Service said in a statement. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

After homelessness ruling, cities weigh whether to clear encampments

Since Supreme Court justices decided cities and towns could penalize sleeping and camping in public places, municipal leaders across the country have revised local ordinances and taken a harder line on homeless encampments. Continue reading →

Nation

In a first, sea-level rise drove a cactus to extinction in U.S.

The tree cactuses on Key Largo were adorned with garlic-scented flowers and decked with woolly hair so thick it looked like snow had somehow accumulated in the subtropical heat. Continue reading →

Nation

What to expect as a punishing heat wave shifts east

Some East Coast cities, including Baltimore and Washington, D.C., will experience temperatures reaching up to 100 degrees on Tuesday. Continue reading →

The World

World

Colombia faces a new problem: too much cocaine

The global nexus of the cocaine industry is facing tectonic shifts as a result of domestic and global forces that are reshaping the drug industry. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine is targeting Crimea, a crucial base for Russia’s invasion

It is a new strategic push as Ukraine seeks to raise the cost for Russian occupation forces who have long used the peninsula as a base of operations just off Ukraine’s southern coast. Continue reading →

World

Taliban try reconciling science and religion in facing climate change

Some former Taliban commanders view global carbon emissions as a new invisible enemy. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

9 best craft breweries and taprooms to visit in Greater Boston

Boston’s relationship with beer is a long and storied one (the Bell in Hand Tavern poured its first drink in 1795). Still, some of the most inventive craft breweries here are decidedly modern. Continue reading →

10 best Italian restaurants in Boston’s North End and beyond

Our tireless food critics and writers went into the tagliatelle trenches, emerging with a list of Greater Boston’s very best cozy trattorias and spectacular date spots. Continue reading →

Five things to do around Boston, July 15-21

See free Shakespeare, check out sand sculptures, and more. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Entrepreneurial leadership needed at Suffolk Downs

Yes, we certainly need more housing in the region but perhaps we need to be cognizant of context. Continue reading →

LETTERS

What if Trump doesn’t fail

We’re fooling ourselves if we think that democracy will hold. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Every town, no matter how small, needs a good library

In rural communities especially, libraries are more than places to read or borrow books. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

A plan to rein in summer traffic mayhem in Provincetown stirs debate

The plan would bar bicycles, electric bikes, scooters, and other motorized devices from traveling on a five-block portion of Commercial Street from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Continue reading →

Health

Why heat waves are dangerous for older people

Sweat glands, the circulatory system and the thirst mechanism all become less active as we age. Continue reading →

Politics

Kneecapping Congress

The Supreme Court majority are not fans of the separation of powers. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Peaceful pre-Olympic protest in Paris honors fallen Ukrainian athletes

Several hundred athletes — including some who competed at elite levels — plus coaches and other people closely involved in professional and amateur sports in Ukraine have been killed in the invasion since 2022. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter ever, but there was bad luck and darkness in his family life, and other thoughts

“Claudia [Williams] was her father’s daughter,” her husband told the Globe. “Ted and Claudia were the most principled people I have ever known . . . they wore their hearts on their sleeves, and they spoke their minds just as boldly.” Continue reading →

RED SOX 5, ROYALS 0

Kutter Crawford spins another gem to outperform All-Star Seth Lugo as Red Sox shut out Royals

Crawford worked seven innings and allowed only two hits. “I love the way he pitches,” said Rafael Devers, who homered and is 11th on the Red Sox' all-time list with 194. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Steward doesn’t own its hospitals’ real estate. So what, exactly, is for sale?

With the company in bankruptcy and bids due Monday, the appetite for buying the hospitals appears to be tepid. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Got lots of years behind you? We want to hear from you!

Globe Ideas is looking for short submissions about wrong turns that led you to the right path. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Biden’s age isn’t the Democrats’ only liability

Concerns about Biden’s age are masking weaknesses that would also hamper other Democratic presidential contenders. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard Simmons, a fitness personality who mixed laughs and sweat, has died

Simmons was television’s hyperactive court jester of physical fitness who built a mini-empire in his trademark tank tops and short shorts by urging the overweight to exercise and eat better. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River

The cost to save the lighthouse is pricey but advocates say it is essential to save a portal to the past and a beacon still in use today. Continue reading →

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

‘John Williams’ Film Night’ is so nice, this year they’ll do it twice

The program — which features classic and contemporary selections, including a 100th birthday tribute to Henry Mancini — was curated by Williams and bears his distinctive stamp. Continue reading →

TABLES

Qué Mas opens in Beverly from Scampo scion Alex Pineda; Smoke Shop closes two locations while planning a suburban expansion

Plus, a longtime pub signs off, and the Porch restaurant and music venue plays its last tune. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL TRENDSPOTTING

Responses to overtourism big and small are permanently changing the experience of travel

Many destinations are resorting to entry fees and strictly enforced timed reservation systems for museums and other attractions whose doors were once wide open. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Legoland New York Resort: Plastic overload or a brickin’ good time?

This park is just the right size — lots of activity, but not dauntingly huge — and the employees seem to genuinely like children. If you ask us, they’ve built a great place. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

When the tension next door is building

If abutters want to be heard by developers, it’s in their best interest to get involved long before any shovels meet dirt. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Booyah! A new Salem row house is our Home of the Week.

The three-bedroom unit comes with contemporary, custom features and a price tag well under $800,000. Continue reading →