Nation

Harris offers proposals to cut food and housing costs, trying to blunt Trump’s economic attacks

During a speech in the battleground state of North Carolina, Harris said that “building up the middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency” as she promoted her plan for a federal ban on price gouging by food producers and grocers. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden designates Illinois race riot site as a national monument

The two-day riot in 1908 was started by a white lynch mob that arrived at a local jail to kill two Black men being held there. Continue reading →

Nation

Cops vow to avert risk of havoc from DNC protesters converging in Chicago

The worries are exacerbated by memories of two events that rocked Chicago: The Vietnam War protests that erupted into police brutality when the city hosted the 1968 Democratic convention, and the riots that spread across town in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. Continue reading →

World

Israeli settlers storm West Bank village, drawing rare rebukes from Israeli officials

The Israeli military condemned the attack and said that dozens of Israeli civilians, including some wearing masks, had set fire to vehicles and hurled rocks and firebombs. Continue reading →

World

Cease-fire talks will resume next week, but Israel and Hamas remain at odds

During the talks, the United States said it had presented a proposal — backed by Egypt and Qatar, the main mediators — that narrowed the gaps between Israel and Hamas on reaching a cease-fire. Continue reading →

World

Kim Dotcom loses 12-year fight to halt deportation from New Zealand to face US copyright case

The saga stretches to the 2012 arrest of the founder of the file-sharing website Megaupload in a dramatic raid on his Auckland mansion. Continue reading →

OPINION

Tibetan people deserve their dignity — and their rights

Our visit was to India — not Tibet — because the Dalai Lama has lived in exile there for the past 65 years, forced to flee after his native homeland was brutally taken over and occupied by the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading →

OPINION

Losing a pet: I asked, you answered

As rates of pet ownership rise, so does the need for occupations like pet end-of-life doulas and pet loss grief specialists. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Welcome to Boylston Street, a microcosm of the bike lane battle

Readers fired off a range of reactions to a recent column questioning the need for a bike lane on Boston's busy downtown thoroughfare. Continue reading →

Metro

Bigger Bodies Boston aims to ban size discrimination (and have some fun doing it)

The organization fosters connections that participants say can be life-changing for those who have experienced shaming and prejudice for much of their lives. But it’s also part of a movement to change laws and end discrimination. Continue reading →

Politics

Massachusetts bans PFAS chemicals in firefighter gear

Research has shown that the chemicals can be extremely toxic even at low levels, and firefighters and their families have cited high rates of cancer in the profession. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Mental health of Plymouth man accused of killing his father was declining, prosecutor says

A Plymouth man who allegedly stabbed his father to death inside the home they shared has a history of psychiatric illness and was recently showing signs of mental decline, a prosecutor said Friday. Continue reading →

Massachusetts women's amateur

Hours before leaving to join her Georgia golf teammates, Morgan Smith captured her second Massachusetts Women’s Amateur title

A convincing 5-and-4 triumph over Brookline's Julia Imai gave Smith her second title in three years in the tournament. Continue reading →

Patriots

Competition for Patriots’ starting quarterback job remains open, coach Jerod Mayo says

“They have to show not only themselves and the coaches but their teammates," the Patriots coach said the morning after a preseason loss to the Eagles. Continue reading →

RED SOX 12, ORIOLES 10

Red Sox bats batter Corbin Burnes, Orioles, and do just enough to bail out pitching on a bullpen night

Jarren Duran (3 for 5, double, RBI), Masataka Yoshida (3 for 4, 4 RBIs), Rafael Devers (2 for 4, double, 3 RBIs), and David Hamilton (2 for 4, 2 RBIs) all went deep as the Red Sox got the better of Baltimore's ace and kept pace with the Royals. Continue reading →

Healthcare

During tense hearing, Nashoba Valley residents call on Healey administration to act to keep Steward hospital open

Steward Health Care still plans to close Nashoba Valley Medical Center at the end of the month, but residents and staff don’t intend to let it go quietly. Continue reading →

Business

2022 was a down year for hospital CEO pay — except for Mass General Brigham

2022, the most recent for which pay data is available, represented another tough year for hospitals. Many hospitals started to lose money and that affected CEO compensation. Continue reading →

Retail

After a sour 2023, cranberry producers forecast good crop this year

The iconic berry of Southeastern Massachusetts is bouncing back from a disappointing crop last year Continue reading →

Obituaries

Peggy Moffitt, model whose bob reshaped ’60s beauty, dies at 86

Ms. Moffitt, a model and muse whose bob and heavy eye makeup helped define the look of the 1960s, died Saturday at her home in Beverly Hills, Calif. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Wally Amos, creator of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88

Mr. Amos was an indefatigable entrepreneur who in 1975 took a $25,000 loan from a few friends to start Famous Amos, one of the first brands to push high-quality cookies in its own stores and one of the world’s best-known names in baked goods. Continue reading →

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TELEVISION

The live from New York political debate: Who will portray Tim Walz and J.D. Vance on ‘SNL’?

Let's take a look at some of the potential candidates. Continue reading →

Television

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

Harvard Divinity School student Madeline Bugeau-Heartt turned her thesis into a pilot episode of a show inspired by Fred Rogers, who was “as close to a religious saint-like figure as any” in her house growing up. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

And the groom wore shorts

Once considered a fashion faux pas at a wedding, they are now the preferred attire of some wedding guests, and even some couples themselves. Continue reading →