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Trump claims a ‘Purge or Revolution’ is unfolding in South Korea while hosting country’s president. Follow live updates.

Before Trump’s post, the first in-person meeting between him and the liberal Lee had been expected to help flesh out details of a July trade deal between the two countries.
Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds during lawsuit after Trump cuts to abortion providers

What to know about cashless bail after Trump’s executive order

Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it

Mass. is emerging as a haven for trans youth seeking care as restrictions reach deeper in New England

Massachusetts has become a "critical refuge" as transgender teens try to navigate a rapidly changing legal landscape.

Halting Revolution Wind will cost 1,000 jobs and undermine New England’s power grid, officials say

“Beyond near-term impacts to reliability in the summer and winter peak periods, delays in the availability of new resources will adversely affect New England’s economy and industrial growth,” ISO New England said
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Massachusetts knows all about a weak job market. The rest of America is about to find out.

The Federal Reserve is ready to cut rates now that hiring is slowing around the country.

Ivy League on notice: Can diversity survive Trump’s new order?

Higher education leaders say the administration’s new rules could dismantle tools that have long proved to balance equity with academic excellence.

A Somerville church said it was ‘called by God’ to open a homeless shelter. Neighbors took them to court.
Arguments begin this week in the case about a planned 26-bed adult facility in a residential neighborhood.

BETH TEITELL

Flirting with a weighted vest, pickleball, and Pilates, and what I learned along the way

Desperately seeking a miracle exercise as a middle-aged woman, would I instead end up where I started? (Walking.)
live updates

Patriots cutdown day live: Keep up as New England finalizes its 53-man roster

NFL teams have until Tuesday at 4 p.m. to make the necessary cuts to reach a final 53-player roster.
Here's our final prediction for the Patriots’ 53-man roster

Mass. AG is reviewing proposed ballot question to repeal recreational marijuana sales. Here’s what it says.

The proposal would overturn sections of state law passed in 2016 permitting recreational marijuana dispensaries.

Free of slow zones, Orange Line hits 55 mph for first time on record

The Orange Line hit the record mark between Oak Grove and Assembly stations.

The war over redeveloping the state’s highway service plazas is heating up

In the latest move, Irish retailer Applegreen, which won the lease to redevelop the plazas, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the chief executive of its rival, Waltham-based fuel supplier Global Partners.

Maps: These hot spots are the worst for bike theft in Boston
Bike thefts in Boston have hit high levels between July and September every year since 2016, based on crime incident data.

Hearing for Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, postponed until September

A pretrial hearing for Lindsay Clancy was pushed back to Sept. 30, Judge William Sullivan said from the bench Monday.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Cold front could bring showers and storms Monday to New England

After Monday, we're in for a beautiful stretch of weather — low humidity, cool temperatures, and sun.
First look: Your full Labor Day weekend forecast for New England

17-year-old boy drowns, father injured, in rough surf at Hampton Beach in N.H.

The boy's father, who tried to save his son, was in stable condition at Exeter Hospital Sunday night, New Hampshire State Police said.

Blue the lizard, the latest large reptile on the loose in New England, is being searched for in Maine
“We’re warning people to just avoid it,” a police sergeant said.

Woman seriously injured after dog attack in Ashburnham home

Plymouth DA now investigating after man found dead in car outside South Shore Hospital

Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers

Person in US is diagnosed with New World screwworm parasite

Watch: Boston Dynamics robot shows human-like precision in new video

In the company's latest video, a humanoid robot can be seen walking and crouching while it performs various tasks.

As war drags on, Ukrainian teens bring their stories to audiences in New England

In performances in New Hampshire and Boston, the teens recount the fear and chaos they experienced during Russia’s invasion, coupled with a message of hope and endurance.

Bill Belichick lists Nantucket cottage for $3.9 million

The two-bed, two-bath cottage was bought by the former Patriots head coach in 2014, according to town assessing records.
Belichick informs players that Hulu will feature North Carolina football in a show this fall
Opinion
IDEAS | BRANDON AMBROSINO

MAGA has emptied ‘America’ of meaning

A visit to Colonial Williamsburg could make you question your Trumpism. Unless you see our Republic as merely a kind of style.
Ashish K. Jha

Abandoning the mRNA vaccine platform is a failure of leadership

James David Dickson

Is Newsom tweeting away California’s future?

John Vitagliano

New England needs a regional airport system

EDITORIAL

Quincy mayor’s salary: Let voters decide

More recent News

Wu appoints Rachel Skerritt to Boston School Committee
Skerritt was Boston Latin head of school from 2017 to 2022 and helped develop the new exam school admissions policy.

‘I didn’t think anyone cared’: A Canton-born makeup brand went viral for going head-to-head with Urban Decay
Skindinavia CEO Allen Goldman knew he had to take action when he saw how Urban Decay was promoting its new, in-house-made All Nighter setting spray.

BECMA to settle into new, permanent home in Roxbury, with a little help from the city
The new location, which BECMA bought in December, will help with the mission of providing support and services for Black-owned businesses.

She went viral running a Burger King solo. Then she got fired.

Nykia Hamilton went viral after a customer posted a TikTok showing the 25-year-old running a Burger King by herself. Now she's out of a job, and donations are pouring in.

Lil Nas X charged with attacking police officers as he walked naked on Los Angeles street

Lil Nas X has been charged with four felonies, including three counts of battery on a police officer.

Recommended reads

From Roxbury Community College to BU, colleges are using AI to cut down on operating costs

Staff at New England institutions are using the technology to fill out repetitive paperwork, predict future enrollment, analyze tuition prices, and fight cybersecurity attacks.

your TV gps
This week’s TV: Spike Lee revisits Hurricane Katrina in ‘Come Hell and High Water’
Plus, a new K-Pop competition series with Megan Thee Stallion.

COVID levels tick up in Massachusetts as ‘Stratus’ variant dominates nationally
The trend in the state is consistent with an uptick in several parts of the country, including New York and California.

White sharks are being spotted more often as they move north into Maine
Scientists link expanded shark sightings in some New England waters to increased availability of the seals that the sharks hunt.

Culture & Lifestyle

For this dancer, popping draws on a lifetime of experience

Forty new books for the best fall reading

At Gillette, Morgan Wallen scores a country-pop victory lap

In ‘Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions,’ a complicated portrait of a mother emerges

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Renée Graham

Gloria Gaynor betrays the communities that helped her career survive

JEFF JACOBY

What Tip O’Neill understood that Ed Markey doesn’t

IDEAS | Simon J. Rabinovitch

To prepare students for an AI world, colleges should give them a break from AI

EDITORIAL

Mail-in voting is popular and secure

Renée Graham

Remembering Danielle Spencer, the child star who made a meaningful life beyond the spotlight

JEFF JACOBY

Trump and the not-so-noble Nobel

Metro

Free of slow zones, Orange Line hits 55 mph for first time on record

The Orange Line hit the record mark between Oak Grove and Assembly stations.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Cold front could bring showers and storms Monday to New England

After Monday, we're in for a beautiful stretch of weather — low humidity, cool temperatures, and sun.

Mass. AG is reviewing proposed ballot question to repeal recreational marijuana sales. Here’s what it says.

The proposal would overturn sections of state law passed in 2016 permitting recreational marijuana dispensaries.
FORECAST | KEN MAHAN

First look: Your full Labor Day weekend forecast for New England

Here's the early day-by-day breakdown to plan those cookouts and to catch those parades and Boston Harbor fireworks.

Sports

Red Sox at Orioles | 6:35 p.m. (NESN)

Game 132: Red Sox at Orioles lineups and notes

Brennan Bernardino will get the start when the Red Sox open a four-game series at Baltimore Monday night.
live updates

Patriots cutdown day live: Keep up as New England finalizes its 53-man roster

NFL teams have until Tuesday at 4 p.m. to make the necessary cuts to reach a final 53-player roster.
NFL

Terry McLaurin and the Commanders agree on a three-year extension worth $96 million, AP source says

The deal keeps the wide receiver under contract through the 2028 season and reportedly includes a $30 million signing bonus.
Red Sox

Roman Anthony and Jackson Holliday go way back, and other nuggets on the Red Sox

College football

Bill Belichick informs players that Hulu will feature North Carolina football in a show this fall

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Boston College play-by-play announcer Jon Meterparel has longevity, and chemistry, in the booth

Business

BOLD TYPES

ATG celebrates big win with launch of live theater tax credits

Ambassador Theatre Group's yearslong quest to bring live-theater tax credits to Massachusetts has finally paid off.

Elon Musk accuses Apple and OpenAI of stifling AI competition in antitrust lawsuit

The 61-page complaint filed in Texas federal court follows through on a threat that Musk made two weeks ago when he accused Apple of unfairly favoring OpenAI and ChatGPT in the iPhone’s app store rankings.

Watch: Boston Dynamics robot shows human-like precision in new video

BOLD TYPES

Takeda executive hikes up Mount Fuji to promote need for plasma donations

magazine
fall travel

Six days in Amsterdam: clogs, cheese, and the ‘bicycle mafia’

DINNER WITH CUPID

Blind date: We ‘ended up talking about Netflix’s recent documentary series on WWE’

GLOBE MAGAZINE

A fraudulent cancer breakthrough, a test for the future president of MIT, and a new age of doubt in science

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Here are 8 New England trips that pack food, adventure, and relaxation in just 36 hours

metro

Orsted shares drop to record low, company faces growing crisis after Trump halts work at wind farm off R.I.

Plymouth DA now investigating after man found dead in car outside South Shore Hospital

Hearing for Lindsay Clancy, charged with killing her three children, postponed until September

sports

The Red Sox took a chance on Nathaniel Lowe, and he may turn out to be a keeper

Humpy Wheeler, NASCAR’s greatest showman, dies at 86

Our final prediction for the Patriots’ 53-man roster: 2025 draft pick cut; Kyle Dugger stays; see you later, Kendrick Bourne

business

Massachusetts knows all about a weak job market. The rest of America is about to find out.

Orsted shares drop to record low, company faces growing crisis after Trump halts work at wind farm off R.I.

BECMA to settle into new, permanent home in Roxbury, with a little help from the city

politics

Trump claims a ‘Purge or Revolution’ is unfolding in South Korea while hosting country’s president. Follow live updates.

What to know about cashless bail after Trump’s executive order

Trump’s initial warning to South Korea’s Lee turns into warm welcome after flattery

Nation

Lil Nas X charged with attacking police officers as he walked naked on Los Angeles street

Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds during lawsuit after Trump cuts to abortion providers

She went viral running a Burger King solo. Then she got fired.

World

Israel strikes a Gaza hospital twice, killing at least 20, including journalists and rescuers

Tiny patch of West Bank land fuels dreams of greater Israel

Tiny patch of West Bank land fuels dreams of greater Israel

opinion

What Tip O’Neill understood that Ed Markey doesn’t

Gloria Gaynor betrays the communities that helped her career survive

To prepare students for an AI world, colleges should give them a break from AI

lifestyle

Everyone is getting married

Flirting with a weighted vest, pickleball, and Pilates, and what I learned along the way

Pennsylvania’s Chautauqua is a summertime haven for lifelong learners

food & dining

With its Boston debut, Lectures on Tap brings out a thirst for knowledge

With Post 1917, Lexington gets the suave steakhouse it deserves

Beacon Hill welcomes nine in the old No. 9 Park space; Anna’s Taqueria celebrates a milestone

travel

Southwest is changing its rules for plus-size passengers

Yoga, fitness classes and massages? Today, wellness travel goes much deeper than that.

How to score Wimbledon tickets without spending thousands

Arts

Rhode Island’s newest treasure: A trail of giant trolls

Shelly Zegart, who stitched quilting to history and art, dies at 84

White House lists Smithsonian exhibits it finds objectionable, including an animation of Anthony Fauci

Books

Author readings around Boston this week

Forty new books for the best fall reading

The Associates of the Boston Public Library announces 2025-26 Writer-in-Residence

Movies

‘Dog Day Afternoon’ at 50: How Sidney Lumet brought empathy to the heist movie

‘Peacemaker,’ the best Boston movies, and more weekend streaming picks

I was a skeptic. But now I’m sold – along with millions of kids. ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ rocks.

Television

This week’s TV: Spike Lee revisits Hurricane Katrina in ‘Come Hell and High Water’

Jerry Adler, Broadway backstage vet turned late-in-life actor, including on ‘The Sopranos,’ dies at 96

Looking back at the birth of ‘The Rockford Files’

music

At Gillette, Morgan Wallen scores a country-pop victory lap

Brent Hinds, Mastodon guitarist, dies in motorcycle crash

Neil Young offers folk songs, fist-shaking feedback anthems in Gilford, N.H.

Theater/Dance

For this dancer, popping draws on a lifetime of experience

In ‘Mother Play: A Play in Five Evictions,’ a complicated portrait of a mother emerges

Ayo Edebiri to make Broadway debut next year alongside Don Cheadle

Health

Mass. is emerging as a haven for trans youth seeking care as restrictions reach deeper in New England

Five things to know about the state of science funding

‘Your materials have been incinerated.’ The confounding process of traveling with scientific samples.

Obituaries

Humpy Wheeler, NASCAR’s greatest showman, dies at 86

Martha P. Grace, Juvenile Court chief justice who overcame hurdles in education, dies at 85

Jerry Adler, Broadway backstage vet turned late-in-life actor, including on ‘The Sopranos,’ dies at 96