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Mass. reports 216 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 21 new deaths

The state reported Friday that the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Massachusetts among confirmed cases climbed by 21 to 8,184.
The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts Somerville postponing Phase 3 business reopening until August Key metrics the state is looking at for the reopening

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she?s had a recurrence of cancer, says she?ll remain on Supreme Court

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg announced on Friday that she?s been receiving treatment for a recurrence of cancer since May, but said in a statement she would remain on the bench.

Personal assistant arrested in grisly killing of tech CEO Fahim Saleh

The personal assistant of a young tech entrepreneur who was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment this week was arrested early Friday and is expected to be charged in the grisly killing.

Federal officers in unmarked vans detain Portland, Ore., protesters

Federal officers from the US Marshals Service and Department of Homeland Security have stormed Portland's streets as part of President Trump's promised strong response to ongoing protests.

Opinion

MICHAEL A. COHEN

Empathy for the devil
EDITORIAL

Transparency key to a better police reform bill
Alex Beam

I am spiritually Finnish
David Litt

How to fix the Supreme Court

Family of late resident files $176 million suit against former Holyoke Soldiers? Home leaders
The federal lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Springfield, appears to be the first legal action taken by family of those who died at the home, where the coronavirus outbreak killed at least 76 elderly residents and sickened dozens more, including staff members and veterans.

Elegies for those lost to coronavirus

Allston?s Pizzeria Regina and Whiskey?s in the Back Bay join list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19
COVID-19 is transforming the restaurant industry. Here?s an inside look at restaurants that have shut down due to the economic impacts of coronavirus.

City pilot program clears way for food trucks in 23 new neighborhood spots
Aim is to help boost their profits and give residents safe new food options.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ?I was waiting for my date to ask more questions?
Will this doggie day-care manager be bow-wowed by her date?

NAMES
Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans to star in Netflix?s most expensive movie ever, ?The Gray Man'
The directing duo behind ?The Avengers? will join Evans and Gosling for ?The Gray Man.?

10 movies you likely missed and might want to watch (or, if you didn?t miss, then watch again)

Colleges
Northeastern, Atlantic 10, and America East postpone fall sports seasons over coronavirus concerns
Friday's announcements leave Boston College as the only Division 1 school in greater Boston to not make any drastic changes to its schedule.

DAVE EPSTEIN
Get ready for a hot and humid weekend
Just how hot is it going to be this weekend? When you combine the humidity and the high temperatures, it may feel close to 100 degrees, especially Sunday and Monday.

It?s a great week for tracking comet Neowise

113 Rhode Islanders were told they had COVID-19 when they didn?t
The false positive test results earlier this month came from a private laboratory in New York.

More Recent headlines

Major N.H. road to close for 5 days during bridge repairs

Vermont health officials raise questions about coronavirus test results

Former R.I. fire official awaiting trial on sex charges found dead after house fire

Comfort Zone

Take a (virtual) charity ride with basketball legend Bill Walton

You can listen, finally, to Canada?s cult ?Wiretap? show

A barber for decades, my grandfather loves other people?s stories. I love his

Advice: I used Facebook to give away a gift from a relative
ideas: the future of food
What we eat, where it comes from, and how we get it are being reimagined like never before. Our food can be tastier, more accessible, and healthier for us and the planet. Click here to read more on the future of food.
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley

The power of urban farming
Kat McGowan

Agriculture?s extremely tiny saviors
Julia Sklar

Will you eat lab-grown meat? Your pet will
Janelle Nanos

Pandemics alter restaurants forever

On StatNews.com

How new hospital data reporting rules will affect U.S. Covid-19 response

New Covid-19 study, despite flaws, adds to case against hydroxychloroquine

Coronavirus

The latest COVID-19 numbers from Massachusetts

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

11 coronavirus vaccines to keep an eye on

Have a tip about wrongdoing or injustice for the Globe?s Spotlight Team? We want to hear from you

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Patriots

Before he became Bill Belichick?s right-hand man, the mysterious Ernie Adams worked on Wall Street

At 33, ready to move on from the NFL, Adams found the perfect job to satisfy his attention to detail ? in the municipal bond trading research department.

Boston superintendent facing revolt among high school headmasters
In a scathing letter delivered to Boston Public Schools, Superintendent Brenda Cassellius and school committee members Thursday, the Boston High School Heads Association called for a halt to the superintendent?s plan that would fundamentally transform the city?s struggling high schools as soon as the fall of 2021.

A noise complaint, a questionable arrest, and an alleged beating at the Lynn police station
A white police officer is accused of pummeling a Black man held at the Lynn police headquarters after the man refused to take off a face mask. The alleged altercation, captured on video, sparked an internal probe, an officer?s resignation, and public backlash that continues to swell.

Rhode Island

113 Rhode Islanders were told they had COVID-19 when they didn?t

The false positive test results earlier this month came from a private laboratory in New York.

Former R.I. fire official awaiting trial on sex charges found dead after house fire

It?s deadline day for Rhode Island schools to submit reopening plans
Newton

Special report

The virus?s tale

Track the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts to its roots and you find a story driven by heroics, ingenuity, error, pain, and a hard question: How could a state famous for health care excellence have suffered such a vast loss of human life?
Seven takeaways from ?The virus?s tale,? an inside look at the spread of coronavirus in Massachusetts The first victims of coronavirus coped with an unexpected feeling: shame The virus's tale: a live discussion

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Steven J. Hoffman and Shaleen Title

Communities of color need access to the cannabis economy
Scot Lehigh

Susan Collins struggles in Trumpian times
Melissa Nobles

Unearthing the stories of yesterday?s George Floyds
Joan Vennochi

AG Maura Healey has a zeal for taking on Trump but not state troopers
EDITORIAL

Clock is running out on housing crisis ? the state Legislature must act
IDEAS | Abdallah Fayyad

Welcome to the new civil rights era

VISUAL STORIES

Take a look at what the Red Sox have been up to inside Fenway Park

A night at the Wellfleet drive-in, still a Cape Cod staple

Food for the soul ... and the community

Photos from the protest and vigil in Boston on Tuesday

metro

113 Rhode Islanders were told they had COVID-19 when they didn?t
The false positive test results earlier this month came from a private laboratory in New York.

Former R.I. fire official awaiting trial on sex charges found dead after house fire

A former assistant fire chief at Quonset Air National Guard base was identified Friday as the man found dead in his burning home at Gaspee Point.

?This is exactly the time you wish someone would surprise you with a poem?

Arlington poet laureate spreads a bit of joy amid pandemic. When the poet laureate of Arlington decided to send unsolicited poems each week to the mailboxes of 1,000 randomly selected homes in Arlington, he imagined it would make a very modest splash. But something unexpected happened: It turned out people were crazy for poems. Ratiner?s small mailbox surprise moved online and exploded into a robust forum of readers and voices, many of them grateful for a break, however fleeting, from the pandemic and other grim world affairs.

Markey releases tax returns, challenges Kennedy to do same

Gov. Baker: ?respect the virus? amid continued fight against coronavirus

sports

Colleges

Northeastern, Atlantic 10, and America East postpone fall sports seasons over coronavirus concerns

Friday's announcements leave Boston College as the only Division 1 school in greater Boston to not make any drastic changes to its schedule.

Bruins? David Pastrnak under quarantine, but tested negative for coronavirus, agent says

Both players remain on the "unfit to participate" list while their teammates continue to train for the resumption of the season.

Bryson DeChambeau makes 10 on par-5 15th at Memorial

DeChambeau hit three balls out of bounds on the 15th.
Red Sox

Red Sox finish up 2020 draft process by signing Blaze Jordan, Shane Drohan
Stan Grossfeld

The best spot to watch the Red Sox in person this year? It?s this room with a view

In a short-form season, the Boston Cannons know they need to get it together quickly

STAT

The world needs Covid-19 vaccines. It may also be overestimating their power

In a medical first, doctors treat Parkinson?s with a novel brain cell transplant

A cancer patient reconsiders her end-of-life wishes amid Covid-19

Covid-19?s future: small outbreaks, monster wave, or ongoing crisis

Stay up to date with STAT?s Covid-19 Tracker

Business

Hackers tell the story of the Twitter attack from the inside
A Twitter hacking scheme that targeted political, corporate, and cultural elites this week began with a teasing message between two hackers late Tuesday on the online messaging platform Discord.

It?s a boom season for Cape rentals because of the COVID-19 pandemic
In an unexpected twist for homeowners and agents who had braced for a bust, summer 2020 is turning about to be even stronger than previous years that did not have public health concerns or a recession hanging over the rental market.

J. Jill struggles to stay solvent just three years after IPO

Mnuchin calls for Congress to pass more stimulus this month

Democrats urge Baker to extend eviction ban

British Airways retires entire fleet of Boeing 747s

Politics

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she?s had a recurrence of cancer, says she?ll remain on Supreme Court

Pentagon bans Confederate flag in carefully-worded policy to avoid Trump?s wrath

Jamaal Bowman topples 16-term Representative Eliot Engel in N.Y. Democratic primary

Marijuana

Regulators, advocates press Legislature to follow through on promise of marijuana equity

Mass. marijuana regulators fine Acreage Holdings $250,000 for attempting to exceed license cap
magazine
Cover Story

How a suspicious fire saved a homeless shelter for women
Perspective

Growing up Black in all the wrong places
Perspective

Young people believe activism can help. But voting? That's different
Cooking

Roasted on its own or added to stews or salads, fennel delivers

sports

NFL says it may take action following investigation into harassment allegations against Washington team

Before he became Bill Belichick?s right-hand man, the mysterious Ernie Adams worked on Wall Street

Serena Williams plans mid-August return in Kentucky to prep for US Open

metro

113 Rhode Islanders were told they had COVID-19 when they didn?t

Former R.I. fire official awaiting trial on sex charges found dead after house fire

?This is exactly the time you wish someone would surprise you with a poem?

Nation

Graphic: US shows little signs of being able to control coronavirus spread

Pentagon bans Confederate flag in carefully-worded policy to avoid Trump?s wrath

Jamaal Bowman topples 16-term Representative Eliot Engel in N.Y. Democratic primary

World

Taliban stage a major attack, as violence intensifies in northern Afghanistan

After tight race for Polish president, Andrzej Duda wins second term

China sanctions Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Chris Smith, Sam Brownback for criticism

politics

Pentagon bans Confederate flag in carefully-worded policy to avoid Trump?s wrath

Jamaal Bowman topples 16-term Representative Eliot Engel in N.Y. Democratic primary

Supreme Court deals blow to felons in Florida seeking to regain right to vote

business

Hackers tell the story of the Twitter attack from the inside

It?s a boom season for Cape rentals because of the COVID-19 pandemic

J. Jill struggles to stay solvent just three years after IPO

lifestyle

City pilot program clears way for food trucks in 23 new neighborhood spots

Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans to star in Netflix?s most expensive movie ever, ?The Gray Man'

Take a (virtual) charity ride with basketball legend Bill Walton

marijuana

Regulators, advocates press Legislature to follow through on promise of marijuana equity

Mass. marijuana regulators fine Acreage Holdings $250,000 for attempting to exceed license cap

MassCan?t: Board chair Samson Racioppi resigns amid outrage over his planning of ?straight pride,? pro-police, other rallies

opinion

Questions mount as a new school year looms

Empathy for the devil

Transparency key to a better police reform bill

food & dining

Boston?s health and human services chief dreams of P-town, Asia, and Mexican food when he gets downtime

Allston?s Pizzeria Regina and Whiskey?s in the Back Bay join list of Boston-area restaurants to close amid COVID-19

Same as it ever was? A look at Boston dining by night

travel

Discover a museum, travel by train, and fend off sharks

Returning to Harbor View Hotel in a brave new world

Sleeping over? Bunk down here

Books

When it comes to books, he?s listening

Local bestsellers for the week ending July 12

Psychologist Molly Howes on how to say you?re sorry

Movies

10 movies you likely missed and might want to watch (or, if you didn?t miss, then watch again)

Doc Talk: Mobbed up, playing ball, running for his life, COVID?s concealed cost

In Focus: Woods Hole Film Festival goes virtual

Television

Is it time for another round of ?In Treatment??

Michaela Coel?s ?I May Destroy You? is an intense, intricate depiction of sexual trauma

HBO Max offers stressed-out viewers ?A World of Calm?

music

Europe is reopening. American musicians are missing out.

Talking Heads? Chris Frantz looks back with ?love,? mostly

Even if their album was the all-time worst, the Shaggs still have plenty of fans

Theater/Dance

In a disrupted summer, theaters are revising the script

Theater closures in Boston bring layoffs, furloughs, and pay cuts

Are you ready to dance again?

globe local

Boston ranks as 10th fittest city in America, an improvement over last year, study says

This summer, social distancing is child?s play

Should police officers be removed from the schools?

Obituaries

Marilyn Abel, who opened the world of music to special needs students, dies at 90

Former NFL and USC player David Lewis dies at 65

Eddie Kasko, former Red Sox manager with sharp mind for the game, dies at 88