Nation

‘Kind of wild/creative’: emails shed light on Trump fake electors plan

The dozens of emails among people connected to the Trump campaign, outside advisers, and close associates of Trump show a particular focus on assembling lists of people who would claim — with no basis — to be Electoral College electors on his behalf in battleground states that he had lost. Continue reading →

Nation

Trial begins in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook damages lawsuit

Trial begins in Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook damages lawsuit. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Trump, back in D.C., repeats false election claims

Trump spoke hours after former vice president Mike Pence, a potential 2024 rival, outlined his own “Freedom Agenda” in a speech nearby. Continue reading →

World

EU agrees to curb natural gas consumption

European Union energy ministers Tuesday hammered out a deal to curb their natural gas consumption, finding enough common political ground for a quick compromise intended to avert an energy meltdown as Russia toys with the bloc’s fuel supplies. Continue reading →

World

Russia says it will quit International Space Station after 2024

As the race to the moon receded, American and Soviet astronauts met and shook hands in space for the first time in 1975. The United States and Russia continued to work together in outer space, looking beyond their hostilities on Earth, culminating in the 1990s with the two nations jointly building and operating a laboratory in space. Continue reading →

World

New Russian airstrikes target Black Sea regions of Ukraine

Russia targeted Ukraine’s southern Black Sea regions of Odessa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure with missiles fired from long-range bomber aircraft, the Ukrainian military said. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Governor should sign climate bill that would end gas-powered car sales in 2035

The climate bill that the Legislature sent to Governor Baker looks very different from the one he submitted. Still, he should sign it. Continue reading →

OPINION

Millionaires tax is unwise and unworthy

The Massachusetts Constitution contains a barrier against class warfare. Will voters tear it up? Continue reading →

OPINION

With sharks, treat the beach as the wide-open sea it is rather than a swimming pool

Seawater temperatures in the Gulf of Maine are rising faster than 90 percent of the global ocean, and although we can’t predict the precise impact this will have on sharks, we can safely say that more weird stuff will probably happen. Continue reading →

Metro

The snow falls, each flake in its appropriate place

Knowing his own sobriety depends on it, George Carroll, aka Slaine, and a team of treatment professionals are determined to make recovery treatment available to anyone who wants it. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Man is convicted of kidnapping and rape of woman after she left Boston bar

A jury on Tuesday convicted a former Charlestown man of abducting a woman as she left a Boston bar in January 2019 then repeatedly raping her over nearly three days while she was confined to his apartment. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Local, state, and US authorities line up against possible plan for releasing treated radioactive waste from Pilgrim plant into Cape Cod Bay

Town councils on Cape Cod and the South Shore have voted to condemn the plan, the state Senate has passed an amendment to prohibit the discharge until the fall of 2024 at the earliest, and the Environmental Protection Agency said that an unauthorized discharge could result in “criminal prosecution.” Continue reading →

Red Sox

Sox say so long to John Hancock. But hello maybe to MassMutual.

John Hancock is ending longtime sponsorship of Red Sox, though a deal with MassMutual may soon bring patches to Sox jerseys. Continue reading →

Guardians 8, Red Sox 3

Loss to Guardians drops Red Sox to last place in AL East

Boston has lost six of its last seven. The Sox are 6-16 in July. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Fenway fans get their chance to honor David Ortiz before Red Sox-Guardians game

“Being inducted into the Hall of Fame is something that was an amazing experience,” Ortiz said. Continue reading →

Business

FDA will consider Biogen’s ALS drug, despite mixed results in clinical trial

The Cambridge company’s experimental treatment targets a rare form of the deadly disease. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

Amazon’s health care moves may help, not hinder, local health tech startups, one venture capitalist says

Amazon's recent $4 billion purchase of OneMedical raised eyebrows in the health care industry, but one venture capitalist says the move might inspire other big companies to get involved in the health tech scene. Continue reading →

Business

Charlie Baker is ‘100% prochoice.’ He shouldn’t veto the new reproductive rights bill.

This is the moment for the governor to keep a promise he made eight years ago. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Tim Giago, founder of first independent Native American newspaper, dies

"He never lost his vision about how important it is for a community to have a journalistic recording of itself,” said a colleague. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

The director and producer was a central figure of the New Hollywood movement that jump-started American cinema following the 1960s counterculture upheavals. Continue reading →

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Names

‘Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin’ star Maia Reficco talks new series, original influences

The Boston native plays Noa, one of A’s five new victims on HBO Max’s spinoff of the teen drama. Continue reading →

Names

Getting a little too close with your computer screen? Check out our guide to making friends in Boston.

We’re betting most of us could use a brush-up on how to, you know, leave the house and talk to people. Continue reading →

FOOD

A first look at Blue Ribbon Sushi in Kenmore Square

Like it or not, Boston, the strip that was once Harkertown is moving on. And the moment I walked through the door, I thought, yeah, OK, I get it. This space makes a perfect sushi bar. Continue reading →