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Climate Change

Climate change will bring heavier storms and our sewers aren’t ready

When the rain falls, as it has so many days this month, aging sewers can fill and overflow, spilling pathogen-laden sewage into the same places where people fish, swim and boat. Continue reading →

Maine

Affordable housing plan divides affluent Portland suburb

Quiet Cape Elizabeth, an affluent coastal community just south of Portland, has been unsettled by a proposal to build the town’s first affordable housing project in 50 years. It has pitted neighbor against neighbor and raised hard questions about who can afford to live there. Continue reading →

Business

A Black entrepreneur wanted to find success in the Seaport. Instead she had to go to New York. Her business is taking off

This was a case of lost opportunity. We have so few high-profile Black-owned businesses in Boston that when one gets away, it hurts. Continue reading →

Business

State’s second-largest health insurer says it won’t cover new Alzheimer’s drug

The company formed by the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is the first insurer in Massachusetts to balk at covering Aduhelm. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The Greenhead Whisperer wants me to make friends with the flies

In 22 years working at Plum Island, Jean Adams has never been bitten by one of these monsters. Even crazier is her reason why. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Cities are turning to supercharged bus routes to more quickly and cheaply expand transit services

The Federal Transit Administration last year awarded $375 million to help build the lines, known as bus rapid transit — the largest sum in a decade, according to agency records. Continue reading →

Politics

As Herschel Walker eyes Senate run, a turbulent past emerges

An Associated Press review of hundreds of pages of public records tied to Walker’s business ventures and his divorce, including many not previously reported, sheds light on a turbulent personal history that could hinder his Senate bid. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Unlikely partners Pelosi and Cheney team up for Jan. 6 probe

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The World

World

In a city besieged by the Taliban, Afghan military advances disappear with forces stretched thin

The capabilities of the Afghan ground forces are uneven, resulting in government advances that often rapidly evaporate. Continue reading →

World

Judge says it’s plausible massive bombing in Northern Ireland could have been stopped

High Court Justice Mark Horner recommended that authorities in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland open an investigation into the Omagh bombing that killed 29 people. Continue reading →

World

US delegation to Haiti president’s funeral departs early over safety fears

A line of President Moïse’s supporters stood by the entrance to the funeral, held at his family homestead, and yelled at arriving politicians: “Justice for Jovenel!” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Vineyard Wind project ends the fight between labor and environmentalists

Future tax incentives for green energy should include support for union workers. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Police surveillance is the wrong approach to student safety

School districts considering real-time video surveillance need to ensure that the technology cannot be abused. Continue reading →

OPINION

In Mattapan, the uphill battle against COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Vaccine misinformation can be conquered with the right dose of persuasion and resources mixed with cultural competency. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

‘This guy was lucky’: Coast Guardsman based on Cape Cod helps rescue bear attack victim in Alaska

While on a recent mission, Lt. junior grade A.J. Hammac, spotted a man desperate for help, the words “S.O.S.” scrawled on the roof of his shack. Continue reading →

Globe Local

Jamaica Plain Library has more to offer than books

On Friday, the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library had a steady flow of patrons coming in and out. Among the stacks of books, many visitors found comfort in simply being together. Continue reading →

Health

Keep an eye on severe COVID cases among breakthrough infections, experts say

“There is a lot of media hype about breakthrough infections,” said Dr. Shira Doron, an infectious disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center. “But really it is the unvaccinated people who should be worried right now much more so than the vaccinated people.” Continue reading →

Sports

red sox notebook

A little change in batting order did world of good for Alex Verdugo

Dropped from second to seventh in the lineup, Verdugo responded by going 3 for 4 with two runs scored in Thursday night's win over the Yankees. Continue reading →

Bruins

Bruins re-sign Taylor Hall to a four-year, $24 million contract

The average annual value slots in behind the Bruins' best players. Continue reading →

red sox 6, yankees 2

Rafael Devers goes deep twice to power Red Sox past Yankees

Boston's fourth straight win came via many things, prominent among them five RBIs from its All-Star third baseman, who became just the third player in franchise history with 100 home runs before his 25th birthday. Continue reading →

Business

Business

A Black entrepreneur wanted to find success in the Seaport. Instead she had to go to New York. Her business is taking off

This was a case of lost opportunity. We have so few high-profile Black-owned businesses in Boston that when one gets away, it hurts. Continue reading →

Business

State’s second-largest health insurer says it won’t cover new Alzheimer’s drug

The company formed by the merger of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is the first insurer in Massachusetts to balk at covering Aduhelm. Continue reading →

Business

Too much hard seltzer? Boston Beer tumbles on flat sales of fizzy drinks

Expecting a “summer peak,” chief executive Dave Burwick said, Boston Beer had increased the production of Truly. But sales didn’t follow, and now the stuff is piling up. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Kathy Andrade, unionist who fought for immigrant workers, dies at 88

Kathy Andrade, a longtime garment union activist in New York City and a native of El Salvador who pushed the labor movement to embrace immigrants rather than view them as threatening the livelihoods of American-born workers, died July 2 in Manhattan. She was 88. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Names

‘Black Panther’ sequel ‘Wakanda Forever’ will film scenes in Worcester next month

Wakanda Forever? How about Woo-kanda Forever? Continue reading →

MUSIC

Violinist and Faneuil Hall stalwart Vivian Luo sees things differently now

The well-known busker contracted a rare eye infection this year that left her partially blind. Continue reading →

ART

In Chinatown, a new mural noodles with notions of home

Artist Ponnapa Prakkamakul created "Where We Belong" with input from neighborhood youth. Continue reading →