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State Police lost thousands of e-mails related to trooper overtime fraud case

An attorney for a former Massachusetts State Police lieutenant charged with overtime pay fraud says the law enforcement agency has lost tens of thousands of e-mails related to the high-profile criminal case. Continue reading →

Mass. teen who played hockey out of state contracts COVID-19

The case raises new concerns about youth sports teams’ efforts to circumvent the state’s restrictions on certain contact sports. Continue reading →

Health care institutions, nonprofits team up to battle hunger and the pandemic

Food deliveries, which reach as many as 2,400 household members, have meant vulnerable COVID-19 patients can recover safely at home. Continue reading →

Safe in Suburbia? Here’s what Trump’s ‘housewives’ are actually worried about

His appeals to the suburbs likely owe to recent polls showing he’s losing them. Continue reading →

Postal Service warns 46 states their voters could be disenfranchised by delayed mail-in ballots

Anticipating an avalanche of absentee ballots, the Postal Service recently sent detailed letters to 46 states and the District of Columbia warning that it cannot guarantee all ballots cast by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted. Continue reading →

The Nation

Trump administration now wants a floating border wall to seal off waterways along Mexico boundary

The Trump administration wants to install floating border barriers that could be used to wall off river crossings and reservoirs along the international boundary with Mexico or extend US fencing deeper into the sea, according to a new market solicitation posted by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Continue reading →

Top Homeland Security officials are serving illegally, GAO says

President Trump’s top two officials at the Department of Homeland Security are illegally serving in their positions, with appointments that violated the laws governing who can fill Senate-confirmed positions, according to a report released Friday by the Government Accountability Office. Continue reading →

Ex-FBI lawyer expected to plead guilty in review of Russia inquiry

A former FBI lawyer intends to plead guilty after he was charged with falsifying a document as part of a deal with prosecutors conducting their own criminal inquiry of the Russia investigation, according to his lawyer and court documents made public Friday. Continue reading →

The World

North Korea, fighting to hold back virus and floods, says no thanks to outside aid

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, says the nation is facing “two crises at the same time” — fighting the spread of the coronavirus and coping with extensive flood damage. But Kim has ordered his country not to accept any international aid for fear that outside help might bring in COVID-19, the state news media reported on Friday. Continue reading →

For Palestinians, Israel-UAE deal swaps one nightmare for another

When the unmarked United Arab Emirates plane touched down on the tarmac in Tel Aviv one night in May carrying 16 tons of unsolicited medical aid for the Palestinians, it was rejected by the leadership, which said that nobody had coordinated with them about the shipment. Continue reading →

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Environmental police officer probed for use of body camera

A Massachusetts Environmental Police lieutenant is under internal investigation after he allegedly began wearing a body camera, apparently without approval from higher-ups, and recorded footage while on duty that was later posted to Facebook, officials said. Continue reading →

‘Significant drought’ declared in all regions in Mass., residents urged to limit water use

Following abnormally high temperatures across the state this summer, drought conditions were declared for all regions of Massachusetts, state officials announced Friday. Continue reading →

Hearing God’s voice amid a killer pandemic hitting too close to home

He’s celebrated his parishioners’ brightest and darkest days, but nothing prepared Father John Unni for a pandemic that touched him so personally and powerfully. Continue reading →

Sports

Mass. teen who played hockey out of state contracts COVID-19

The case raises new concerns about youth sports teams’ efforts to circumvent the state’s restrictions on certain contact sports. Continue reading →

Cardinals cleared to resume play, with 11 doubleheaders on docket

Friday is the 16th straight day off for St. Louis, which has had 18 players and coaches test positive for COVID-19 and has played only five games this season. Continue reading →

Tuukka Rask’s candid comments aren’t likely to play well with fans — or his teammates

"It just feels dull at times," was one of several postgame admissions the Bruins' No. 1 goalie made after a Game 2 loss Thursday. Continue reading →

Business & Tech

Mass. health insurers fared better last quarter because fewer people went to the doctor

All four major companies reported improved finances during the three-month period that ran through June, compared with the second quarter of 2019. Continue reading →

Saks Fifth Avenue opens a men’s store in Back Bay

With other area menswear stores still struggling to reopen, the luxury retailer sees an opportunity. Saks also has a store in the Prudential Center. Continue reading →

Report outlines ‘shocking’ wage gap between Black women and white men working in Mass. restaurants

The report from One Fair Wage found that Black female restaurant workers in Massachusetts make on average $7.79 less per hour — including tips — than white men in the same positions. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Russell Kirsch, computer scientist who scanned first digital image, dies at 91

Mr. Kirsch was a 27-year-old computer scientist and, not incidentally, a new father when he did one day in early 1957 what many parents do, and brought a photograph of his baby to the office. Continue reading →

Carol Brock, food writer who pushed at a ‘pyrex ceiling,’ dies at 96

A food writer who helped women advance in the male-dominated culinary world, Ms. Brock started an organization called Les Dames d’Escoffier New York. Continue reading →

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