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Maine

After hiker suffered injury on Mount Katahdin, she sheltered for the night. Then the weather turned treacherous.

After she hurt her knee, Beata Kosc spent the night at the top of the mountain, praying for rescue. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Bar advocates’ defiance leaves no clear end in sight for court crisis

“We’re going nowhere,” Sean Delaney, one of the lawyers, known as bar advocates, said during a demonstration at the State House. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Business

Students, alumni alarmed at part of Brown’s deal with Trump that adopts the administration’s definitions for gender

Brown agreed to adopt President Trump's definitions of "male" and "female" as part of a sweeping agreement that restores millions of scientific research dollars to the university. Continue reading →

Rhode Island

In emotional event, Rhode Island judge, peers make rare public comments about increasing threats to judiciary

“I want to be able to just do my job again,” said US District Judge John J. McConnell Jr., who has received hundreds of threats for his rulings against the Trump administration. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Two sisters in DCF custody since mother was detained by ICE in May in Worcester are missing, officials say

The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has released a missing poster of both sisters to help in the search. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Could dementia patients benefit from an AI companion?

When Frank Poulsen, 72, first started talking to artificial intelligence companion Sunny earlier this year, she was "kind of formal," he said. But over time, their conversations have become more familiar and engaging. Continue reading →

Nation

Mourners honor NYPD officer killed in attack at NFL headquarters building

Officer Didarul Islam “did believe in the American dream, not as something handed down but as something built with your own hands,” Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told Islam’s family and friends. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump tells Russian official to ‘watch his words,’ but he bites back instead

Less than three hours later — morning by then in Moscow — Medvedev responded. He said Trump should picture the apocalyptic television series “The Walking Dead” and referred to the Soviet Union’s system for launching a last-ditch, automatic nuclear strike. Continue reading →

The World

World

Anger over starvation in Gaza leaves Israel increasingly isolated

Some of Israel’s most important Western allies, under political pressure from voters appalled by mounting evidence of starvation in the Gaza Strip, now say they will recognize a Palestinian state. Continue reading →

World

‘Just a jumble of bones.’ How a baby grave discovery has grown to haunt Ireland

It took four decades and a persistent local historian to unearth a more troubling truth that led this month to the start of an excavation that could exhume the remains of almost 800 infants and young children. Continue reading →

World

Missiles, drones hit Kyiv in deadly wave of Russian strikes

The assault came shortly after Trump threatened new sanctions on Moscow if President Vladimir Putin of Russia did not put a halt to the bloodshed in 10 days. Russian officials have dismissed that warning. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

‘Babies over billionaires’: Why dads are turning on Trump

A group of lawmakers including Seth Moulton and Jake Auchincloss are trying to make the case that Trump’s second term will be bad for America’s fathers. Continue reading →

Editorials

‘A civil rights issue’: Why Massachusetts needs a new literacy law

With reading scores declining, the Legislature should require districts to use high-quality teaching methods. Continue reading →

Letters

The Hula Hoop: And we’ve come full circle

A reader marvels at the coincidence of two articles in the Globe's July 29 edition. Continue reading →

Metro

Immigration

Vermont governor declines Trump administration request to use National Guard in immigration enforcement

Governor Phil Scott, a Republican, denied a request from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for certain states to support ICE efforts to crack down on illegal immigration. Continue reading →

Maine

Old Orchard Beach police say DHS shifting blame to them in ICE arrest of summer officer from Jamaica

In a lengthy statement, Old Orchard Beach officials said the man would not have been permitted to begin work without DHS verifying his status. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey unveils $400 million plan to bolster research under fire from Trump

Amid cuts from the federal government, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey filed a bill to inject $400 million into research and development projects. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Quarterback Drake Maye has been on target early in training camp, which is good news for the Patriots

Maye acknowledged that he may have forced some throws into tighter windows during spring workouts, and those may have resulted in interceptions. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Grading the Red Sox’ trade deadline

Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow graduated from Yale with a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. But his grade for the trade deadline is barely passing. Continue reading →

Patriots

Mike Vrabel’s coaching style? He sounds like Bill Parcells, coaches like Bill Belichick, and even has a dash of Jerod Mayo.

Vrabel has plenty of Belichick in his style. It’s only natural after playing for Belichick for eight seasons and winning three Super Bowls. Continue reading →

Business

Retail

Market Basket meeting minutes offer inside look at boardroom fight over succession plan

Minutes from recent board meetings obtained by the Globe shed new light on issues that seem to be tearing apart the leadership of the supermarket chain. Continue reading →

Economy

Food prices are rising, the economy is slowing, and the Fed is standing pat. What’s next?

A flood of economic data out this week hinted that consumer spending is slowing and the labor market is softening. Also, more tariffs. Continue reading →

Real Estate

The federal government could soon sell these three big downtown Boston buildings

The JFK, O’Neill, and McCormack federal buildings stretch across nearly 8 acres downtown. A federal board is considering putting them up for sale. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Robert Wilson, provocative playwright and director, is dead at 83

Robert Wilson, the acclaimed theater director, playwright and visual artist who shattered theatrical norms with stunning stagings of his own imaginative works as well as innovative collaborations with a diverse roster of artists, from Philip Glass to Lady Gaga, died on Thursday at his home in Water Mill, New York. He was 83. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Rose Leiman Goldemberg, 97, dies; her ‘Burning Bed’ was a TV benchmark

Rose Leiman Goldemberg, a playwright and screenwriter who wrote the script for "The Burning Bed," a 1984 TV movie that starred Farrah Fawcett as an abused wife exonerated for killing her husband, bringing a taboo subject to network television and into the national conversation, died June 21 at her home in Cape May, New Jersey. She was 97. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Horst Mahler, 89, dies; voice of the German far left, then the far right

Horst Mahler, a German lawyer who over his long career lurched from a starring role in the violent world of 1970s far-left radicalism to spouting neo-Nazi hate speech in the 2000s as a leading figure in the country's far-right movement, died on Sunday in Berlin. He was 89. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

‘We Do Not Care’ goes viral: the menopausal mantra that’s resonating with millions

The Instagram movement is part humor and part revolt. And it’s giving fed-up women a voice. Continue reading →

Television

Matt Damon survives Jimmy Kimmel’s barbs and wins it all on ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’

“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” turned into a roast of Matt Damon as the actor surprised Jimmy Kimmel to kick off the show’s new season. Continue reading →

Parenting

Five escapist beach reads for when you just need to tune it all out

Here are some of my favorite summertime new releases: fun, frothy, vicarious romps that might make you forget your own troubles for a few hours, or at least until camp pickup. Continue reading →