Nation

Yellowstone to weigh climate change risks when rebuilding from flood

In its 150th year, Yellowstone, the country’s oldest national park, finds itself at an existential crossroads in an age of climate change. It will rebuild after the flood damage. But the question is how. Continue reading →

Nation

The giant African land snail has been spotted again in Florida

The dreaded snails — known to invasive-species connoisseurs as GALS — were spotted in June by a gardener in Pasco County, north of Tampa, the first time a population of them has been detected outside South Florida. Continue reading →

Politics

Gridlock in Congress has amplified the power of the Supreme Court

But thanks to legislative gridlock, Congress very seldom responds these days to Supreme Court decisions interpreting its statutes — and that means the balance of power between the branches has shifted, with the justices ascendant. Continue reading →

World

Ill-prepared for combat, volunteers die in battles far from home

The deaths of volunteers have driven home the extent to which the war is reaching into every community across the country and underscored the risks faced by volunteers, with limited training. Continue reading →

World

Pride parade returns in London on 50th anniversary

After two years of cancellations because of the coronavirus pandemic, the parade came a half-century after London’s first march to celebrate Pride in 1972. Continue reading →

World

Afghan clerics’ assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt

The meeting in Kabul was tailored along the lines of Afghanistan’s traditional Loya Jirgas — regular councils of elders, leaders and prominent figures meant to deliberate Afghan policy issues. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Mass. should make most of federal dollars to fund climate resilience

The federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fund the large-scale climate resilience projects needed for our communities to survive and thrive. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Democracy demands the courage to speak out

A White House aide tells the nation about an unhinged president and his enablers. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Thinking big on public works in Boston

Successful new communities incorporate economic, recreational, and cultural elements to complement housing, ensuring social equities and sustainability. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Georgetown apologizes but decries Roxbury Prep for false allegations

“I want to say clearly that I am saddened and embarrassed after reading this report about the behavior of two members of the football team and two members of the student body and our head coach,” Georgetown School Superintendent Carol Jacobs said in a statement. Continue reading →

RISE OF THE MOORS

One year after the armed standoff, Rhode Island’s Rise of the Moors is in limbo

The standoff with Massachusetts police shut down parts of I-95 in Wakefield and left local residents shaken. What has the so-called sovereign citizen group done since? Continue reading →

YVONNE ABRAHAM

It’s Independence Day. Yay?

This Fourth of July comes after an awful June. Is there anything to celebrate? Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Historically, July 4 hasn’t been a big day for fireworks in local sports, and other thoughts

It's hard to find any particular highlights that happened on the date, and there was a real lowlight for the Red Sox in 1983. Continue reading →

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

David Ross, Mike Napoli bring lessons learned with beloved 2013 Red Sox to the rebuilding Cubs

The spirit of that championship team lives on with the Cubs. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox commit to returning Garrett Whitlock to the bullpen for the rest of 2022

With the team in need of another lockdown multi-inning reliever, specifically a righthanded one, they're returning Whitlock to the role he excelled in last season. Continue reading →

Business

Towering risks: As development rises above the Mass. Pike and MBTA stations, the complexity of such mega-projects is in focus

Several of the largest projects in Boston are underway atop highways and transportation hubs, highlighting the cost and complexity of such huge developments. Continue reading →

Business

Towering risks: As development rises above the Mass. Pike and MBTA stations, the complexity of such mega-projects is in focus

Several of the largest projects in Boston are underway atop highways and transportation hubs, highlighting the cost and complexity of such huge developments. Continue reading →

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IDEAS

Delete your period app. Get a burner phone. How your digital data can be used against you in a post-Roe world.

Here’s what you need to know about your data trail now that the Supreme Court has taken away the right to an abortion. Continue reading →

IDEAS

What we get wrong about the Fourth of July

If our deepest values are democracy and equality, then why do we celebrate a slaveholders’ rebellion as the birth of our nation? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Deborah James, UK cancer research campaigner, dies at 40

A British broadcaster who raised millions for cancer research, Deborah James was recognized by Prince William for her work. She died of bowel cancer. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard Taruskin, groundbreaking, polemical musicologist, dies at 77

A commanding musicologist and public intellectual, Richard Taruskin's scholarship and criticism upended conventional classical music history. Continue reading →

Obituaries

H.T. Chen, choreographer with broad experience, focus on Asia, dies at 74

A choreographer who blended Eastern and Western influences, H.T. Chen, with his wife, Dian Dong, established the Chen Dance Center, a cultural hub in New York’s Chinatown for more than 40 years. Continue reading →

Movies

Natalie Portman becomes (a) Thor in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

The actress spoke to the Globe about reinventing her role in "Thor: Love and Thunder," the newfound multitude of women in the Marvel universe, and why she loves Cambridge in the springtime. Continue reading →

MATTHEW GILBERT

12 actors whose performances are must-see TV right now

These actors have stood out in recent months, in both leading and supporting roles, reminding me that TV continues to offer plenty of gems even in an era of bloat. Continue reading →

PILGRIMAGE

Ipswich through the eyes of Arthur Wesley Dow

In his hometown, and in Andover, two exhibitions celebrate the painter a century after his death. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

New Haven’s Hotel Marcel is a Brutalist beauty — and at ‘net zero,’ it’s a gentle one, too

The hotel runs entirely on solar power. The high-tech rooms have touch-screen panels to control lighting and motorized shades. The furnishings are functional and smart, indicative of the hotel’s namesake, who early on led the carpentry shop at the Bauhaus and went on to invent tubular steel furniture. Continue reading →

CAPE COD CAPERS

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

This is what it looks like when a food writer and a travel writer team up to explore Cape Cod: Some hits, some misses, and a lot of fried clams. Here's where they stayed, what they ate, and what they did on the first leg of their Cape Cod caper. Continue reading →

Real Estate

And you thought Boston home prices were high. What about properties in the metaverse?

Welcome to the new world, where physical real estate is so last century. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Ask the Gardener: Plant ideas for those tricky shady or sandy spots

Plus, what you should be doing in the garden this week. Continue reading →