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Sunday, July 20, 2025
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Rhode Island

ChatGPT saved her life. Psychologists say it could also be dangerous.

Risks posed by unregulated chatbots include misdiagnoses, privacy violations, inappropriate treatments, and exploitation. Continue reading →

Politics

$35,000 for a robot lawnmower, $50,000 for pickleball courts: Mass. lawmakers funded pet projects despite budget stress

As state lawmakers pared back spending in their budget proposal, they left nearly $171 million in earmarks largely unscathed, a Globe analysis found. Continue reading →

North Shore

A mystery beneath the surface: Why are divers dying in the same spot at this Rockport beach?

Is there something to connect the deaths, or is it just coincidence? Continue reading →

Health

Assisted living homes serve an increasingly frail population. Advocates say regulations haven’t kept up.

A fire this week that killed 10 residents at a Fall River assisted living home has raised new questions about whether the 273 such residences in Mass. are properly staffed and equipped. Continue reading →

World

They vanished in Syria’s long occupation of Lebanon. Now their families want answers.

After the collapse of the Assad government, prison doors across the country flew open, and Syrians flooded in to search for traces of their friends and loved ones. In Lebanon, however, many could only watch and wait. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

From barn to home: MetroWest couple creates and ADU for returning kids

With a smart layout, high ceilings, and storage built into the walls, the unit lives larger than its 900 square feet. Continue reading →

Great Salt Lake in Utah is disappearing. New Englanders should be concerned.

The lake could vanish in a matter of years — a disaster that would reach well beyond Utah. Continue reading →

Sweet choices at the six best doughnut shops around Boston

Discover the top picks for Boston's best donut or doughnut stops as selected by the Boston Globe in 2025. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Why are more than 100 people still missing in Texas, 2 weeks after the floods?

As days have turned into weeks, the number of missing, still stubbornly high, may be the flood’s biggest lingering question. Continue reading →

Nation

Car strikes crowd outside Los Angeles venue, injuring 30. Bystanders attack driver, who was shot.

It was not immediately clear if the driver had been shot before or after the crash or why he drove into the crowd. Authorities said that 23 victims were transported to local hospitals and trauma centers. Continue reading →

Nation

New airport scanners are better at spotting liquid explosives, but many airports lack them

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got travelers excited about the prospect being able to fly with more than 3 ounces of their shampoos and gels and not having to throw out the beverage they just bought. Continue reading →

The World

World

Syria’s leader urges Bedouin tribes to commit to a ceasefire ending clashes with the Druze

Despite the call, clashes continued in the southern province of Sweida. Continue reading →

World

32 Palestinians shot dead trying to reach US group’s food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say

The shootings occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which launched operations in May. Continue reading →

World

Why Russia is gaining ground in Ukraine

Russia's summer offensive in Ukraine is gaining ground as its forces attack on multiple fronts. In June, the country's numerical advantages in troops and air power produced its biggest monthly gains in territory since the beginning of the year. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Boston’s schools don’t have to be mediocre

Voters should press the mayoral candidates to debate detailed solutions to the district’s major problems. Continue reading →

Letters

Trump’s cuts threaten to rip research up by the roots

"These breakthroughs have been lifesaving — for me and so many others who rely on cancer therapy." writes one reader. "Undermining legitimate research puts us all at risk." Continue reading →

Letters

Protect users from the harm of chatbots

We tried letting technology companies do whatever they want and saw what happened. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

‘It’s just disturbing’: Man accused of chopping down neighbor’s trees on Nantucket now faces criminal charges

Jonathan Jacoby, who allegedly cut down the trees, is now charged with vandalizing property, trespassing, and destroying trees on another person's land. Continue reading →

Metro

Harvard grad sues university for antisemitic discrimination in handling of protest clash

A Harvard Business School graduate who accused other students of assaulting him at a pro-Palestinian campus demonstration in 2023 sued Harvard, alleging discrimination because he is Jewish. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

Black America is in a ‘state of emergency,’ National Urban League report says

The civil rights and urban advocacy group criticized conservative commentators for framing diversity efforts as “anti-white discrimination,” and said landmark civil rights legislation is under attack. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

Red Sox absorb a smackdown in shutout loss to Cubs

Sox pitchers surrendered five solo home runs -- including back-to-back shots off Bello and reliever Chris Murphy -- in a 6-0 shutout. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Garrett Crochet to start for Red Sox in Sunday’s finale against the Cubs

With 129⅓ innings pitched this season, Sox will allow Crochet extra rest in second half. Continue reading →

Red Sox

The Red Sox’ long winning streak could be a clear indication that this season will indeed be memorable, and other thoughts

The Sox were all the rage at Atlanta’s All-Star week. Respected national media members Ken Rosenthal and Jeff Passan spoke of Boston as a serious World Series contender. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

Ideas

Citizens of nowhere

Some undocumented immigrants have no home country to return to. Continue reading →

Ideas

May I have a word: Nobody asked you

A word for the blowhards among us whose advice is both uninformed and unsolicited. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Bill Dellinger, runner and track coach who mentored stars, dies at 91

Bill Dellinger, who ran the 5,000 meters for the United States in three Olympics and then became a successful longtime coach at the University of Oregon, his alma mater, nurturing the careers of such standout runners as Olympians Steve Prefontaine and Joaquim Cruz and marathon runner Alberto Salazar, died June 27 in Eugene, Oregon. He was 91. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Television

Ed Sullivan emerges as a civil rights pioneer in ‘Sunday Best’

The TV show host was a low-key but high-profile civil rights pioneer. Continue reading →

Theater

Decades after his death, Tennessee Williams still defies categorization

A look back at the storied playwright as some of his less frequently produced plays take the stage. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Find refuge from the heat, real and metaphorical, in an artist’s garden

Ming Fay’s playful papier-mâiché sculptures at the Gardner museum, of fruit and other things that grow, are balm for the wilted spirit. Continue reading →

Travel

Travel

From Tuscany, with love, but without our kids. (With guilt, though. But just a little.)

It's weird to leave your children behind for a week to recharge. But we did it; we survived. And they did, too. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Is this the best beach in the world?

There's a reason the Maldives beaches are consistently ranked so high. Beach dreams are made of these. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Why are people living off grid in Maine? It’s simple.

They’re happy to forgo some modern conveniences to escape the rat race. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: For $1.29m, a Boxborough Colonial with a sweet suite

Property comes with four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a lower level with its own entrance, and a koi pond. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Ask the Gardener: The bittersweet reality of controlling weeds

Each plant demands a different tactic when hoping to rein in its growth. Continue reading →