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Blind Spot: He was a wrecking machine before the gruesome N.H. crash. Why didn’t anyone stop Volodymyr Zhukovskyy?

The skinny, fidgety 23-year-old with a penchant for gold chains, fast cars, heroin, and Hennessey, had a long trail of crashes behind him when he was handed the keys to a truck. Any qeustions about him wouldn’t draw notice for a few more days, when seven people lay dying on a lonely mountain road amid twisted metal and flames. Read part 2 of the Globe investigation now. Continue reading →

Do-it-yourself coronavirus testing sparks kudos, and caution

Leading public health experts, frustrated with chronic coronavirus testing delays, are on a mission to persuade federal regulators to authorize cheap, at-home tests that would deliver results in minutes and could help the country turn the corner on the pandemic. Continue reading →

On Nantucket, a racist act gets a second look

In March 2018, the front door of the African Meeting House on Nantucket had been defiled with racist graffiti. In the two years that followed, no charges were filed, no arrests made, and the initial outcry eventually faded from the island’s mainstream consciousness. But for the growing number of island residents of color, the pain has never left. Continue reading →

The lack of Black leaders in New England college sports is ‘what institutional and systemic racism look like’

A Globe survey found that only 5 of 112 New England colleges have a Black athletic director and only 2 of 58 football teams have a Black head coach. And when schools have had the opportunity to improve their numbers, they haven't always taken it. Continue reading →

The Nation

Miami ICU nurse: I have never in my life seen so many deaths

Their final breaths are tormented. Rublas Ruiz has seen too many of them — the last gasps of 17 men and women who died of the coronavirus. Continue reading →

House passes bill to reverse changes blamed for mail delays

With heated debate over mail delays, the House approved legislation in a rare Saturday session that would reverse recent changes in U.S. Postal Service operations and send $25 billion to shore up the agency ahead of the November election. Continue reading →

Mnuchin paved way for postal service shake-up

In early February, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin invited two Republican members of the Postal Service’s board of governors to his office to update him on a matter in which he had taken a particular interest — the search for a new postmaster general. Continue reading →

The World

Threatened by Facebook disinformation, a Buddhist monk flees Cambodia

In just four days, the reputation of a Buddhist monk who had spent decades fighting for the human rights of Cambodians was destroyed. Continue reading →

‘A bit surreal’: the lonely plight of the Great Barrier Reef

The pandemic has fast-forwarded a looming reckoning for the tropical city of Cairns, the main gateway to the reef and the base for many whose livelihoods depend on it. Continue reading →

Belarus blocks over 50 news websites amid large protests

Authorities in Belarus have blocked more than 50 news media websites reporting on how the country has been shaken by two weeks of protests demanding that authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko resign after 26 years in power. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

At the RNC, Trump will offer the strongest case against his re-election

Expect a GOP horror show with the president stirring up white grievance and culture wars. Continue reading →

OPINION

Oil could keep US in the Middle East for a very long time

An American company intends to extract oil from Syria as part of a deal that is likely to become justification for an ongoing military presence in the region. Continue reading →

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Metro

‘Wildly overdrawn’: Kennedy-Markey race becomes referendum on who is the real progressive

The left has embraced Markey as the one real progressive in the race, but other Democrats say Kennedy deserves the label, too Continue reading →

State criticized over calls for teachers to work from empty classrooms this fall

Massachusetts’ largest teachers union issued a statement rejecting the guidance from the state. Continue reading →

On Nantucket, a racist act gets a second look

In March 2018, the front door of the African Meeting House on Nantucket had been defiled with racist graffiti. In the two years that followed, no charges were filed, no arrests made, and the initial outcry eventually faded from the island’s mainstream consciousness. But for the growing number of island residents of color, the pain has never left. Continue reading →

Sports

THE NORTHERN TRUST

It’s Dustin Johnson’s title to lose in Norton, up five at the Northern Trust

Johnson closed birdie-eagle a day after pars on his final seven holes cost him a round in the 50s, taking a five-shot lead in the PGA Tour's first playoff event of the year. Continue reading →

With two longtime friends traded away, Matt Barnes wonders if he’s next

The veteran reliever hated to see Brandon Workman and Heath Hembree go, but he's also likely to draw interest as the trade deadline approaches. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

For Boston College to go ahead with football during the pandemic is not worth the risk

Boston is not Tuscaloosa or Clemson, and the Eagles shouldn't be playing, even if it means forfeiting tens of millions in ACC TV money. Continue reading →

Business & Tech
Ideas
Obituaries

Nina Popova, dancer who fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, dies at 97

Nina Popova was a celebrated ballet dancer who escaped the Bolsheviks in Russia and the Nazis in Paris. It was the coronavirus that ultimately caught up to her. Continue reading →

Christine Jahnke, speech coach for women in politics, dies at 57

Christine Jahnke, a communications coach who prepared Democratic women to run for office and helped others, including Michelle Obama early in her White House years, become comfortable with public speaking, died on Aug. 4, her birthday, at her home in Washington. She was 57. Continue reading →

Stephen F. Williams, US Appeals Court judge, dies at 83

(Those We've Lost) Continue reading →

Sunday Arts
Travel
Real Estate

Home of the Week: For under $900,000, a Winthrop five-bedroom with ocean views

A contemporary Cape at 60 Pebble Ave. in Winthrop is the Globe's Home of the Week. | realestate.boston.com Continue reading →

Ask the Gardener

Award-winning garden writer Carol Stocker takes readers' questions on what to plant in small community garden plots and whether to pull certain plants are weeds. | realestate.boston.com Continue reading →