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‘They already had the air mattress’: Facing fewer options, DCF has planned for kids to sleep in the office

As Massachusetts’ strained child welfare system emerges from the pandemic, attorneys and staff say the long-standing challenge of finding beds for at-risk children is reaching new levels of desperation.

Five more linked to burgeoning Boston police pay fraud scandal, including former union president

Federal investigators have linked a former police union president and the ex-wife of the fired police commissioner to the growing scandal.

Domestic violence charges dismissed against Boston police officer just hours after arrest Behind the Shield: More on police accountability

Why does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine work against variants? A new study suggests an answer

The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, come from a 25-person study at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, which looked at immune responses to variants first discovered in Brazil, South Africa, Southern California, and the United Kingdom.

You’ve had your shots. What are the risks to you and your children when the vaccinated, unvaccinated mix?

Cardinal O’Malley reinstates obligation to attend Sunday Mass starting weekend of June 19 and 20

The Boston Archdiocese is reinstating the obligation of the faithful to attend Mass beginning the weekend of June 19 and 20, citing the improved situation around the COVID-19 pandemic that’s kept houses of worship largely shuttered or with capacity limits for more than a year.

Murals across Lynn have changed the look of downtown

Beyond Walls has put up dozens of murals throughout downtown Lynn in an effort to reimagine the city's image. ( Shelby Lum/Globe Staff )

North of Boston, an old industrial city gets a second look

In Lynn, old brick factories are gradually being converted to lofts, new buildings are starting to rise, and there’s an arts community and budding food scene. That’s bringing life to downtown, but it’s also putting pressure on current residents who worry they’ll be priced out.

Charting a course for renewal along the coastline Photos: Astounding murals overlook the streets of Lynn Explore the full On the Street Series

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There’s one candidate the Celtics should definitely not hire as head coach: Jason Kidd

Kidd was a brilliant player, but there's evidence that his on-court genius has never translated to the sideline. There’s much more evidence that he’s not a good guy.

EDITORIAL | FUTURE-PROOFING THE PRESIDENCY

Who owns the president?

The 45th president was in bed financially with foreign governments, a precedent for America’s enemies to wield influence over the Oval Office. Lawmakers and voters must prevent this from becoming common practice.

A Steamship Authority ferry from Woods Hole to Martha's Vineyard.

Dorchester man pleads not guilty to alleged rape of teen on ferry from Martha’s Vineyard

Bruno Sanches Dejesus of Dorchester was arraigned Tuesday in Falmouth District Court for allegedly raping an 18-year-old woman during a ferry trip from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole, State Police said.

Adult cicadas covered a plant at Woodend Sanctuary and Mansion, in Chevy Chase, Md.

Cicadas swarm White House chartered plane, delaying flight

Reporters traveling to the UK ahead of President Biden’s first overseas trip were delayed seven hours after their chartered plane was overrun by the loud seen-once-every-17-years insects.

Artist Matthew Zaremba is photographed in Scituate.

Jeneé Osterheldt

‘It’s hard to be a human’: This Instagram art journal has been a pandemic lifeline

The local artist uses his work and Instagram to process his feelings. As it turns out, thousands of people are inspired by his transparency.

Massachusetts Legislature on cusp of advancing millionaires tax to 2022 ballot

With 101 votes — a threshold the Democratic-dominated chambers are widely expected to pass — the so-called millionaires tax would clear the last procedural hurdle to go before voters in November 2022, when the governor, each statewide office, and every seat in the Legislature will also be on the ballot.

Want to view the annular eclipse safely? Grab a box and get crafty

It’s not safe to look directly at an annular eclipse without proper eye protection, even when a large swath of the sun will be obscured by the moon, as it will be at its peak in New England Thursday morning. But there are safe alternatives.

Here's when and where you can see the solar eclipse

Bristol 4th of July parade is back for 2021 in Rhode Island

Organizers are planning a “full celebration” this year, including the iconic parade, a 14-day concert series, a carnival, and a half marathon.

A Cumberland, R.I., resident has created a virtual place to gripe about life

Jeneé Osterheldt | A Beautiful Resistance

The Pride I carry with me: Nicole Eigbrett

A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ+ joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

Thunderstorms bring down trees, wires in Mass.

Norfolk County saw the most lightning and wind damage, according to a meteorologist.

Cooling centers were open but few came. Are they the best way to deal with scorchers?

‘I want to believe’: Disappointment abounds as New York Times publishes, then deletes article about watermelons on Mars

The New York Times on Tuesday published an article with the headline “Fields of Watermelons Found on Mars, Police Say.” The newspaper quickly took down the article, and clarified it was published in error. Still, the space melons had already made their lasting impressions on the Internet.

Opinion

Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.

A ‘millionaires tax’ is still a terrible idea

A vent in a classroom at the at Mildred Avenue K-8 in Mattapan in September.

Investing in healthy schools is an investment in public health

In this 2020 file photo, Jim Lyons speaks from the back of a truck at a state GOP rally in Wilmington.

As the state GOP turns — and churns

Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has probably dealt a fatal blow to the For the People Act after he said he won’t back the bill because it has no Republican support.

So long, democracy — we hardly knew ye

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston School Committee chair Alexandra Oliver-Dávila resigns over racially charged texts

A growing number of elected officials called for Oliver-Dávila’s resignation after she disparaged West Roxbury families in text message exchanges with another School Committee member.

Janey fires Dennis White as Boston police commissioner

Acting Mayor Kim Janey fired Dennis White from his post as Boston’s police commissioner Monday and said he has been removed from the police force entirely. White had been on leave following the emergence of decades-old domestic abuse allegations.

Instagram account ‘Thirty AF’ — about the perils of life in your thirties — has turned into a business for these two Emerson grads

At the beginning of 2020, the account had roughly 200,000 followers. But over the next year, with people desperate for community and light-hearted diversion, their fanbase surged to 1 million with no signs of slowing down.

At Dartmouth College, first-year suicides a grim reminder of a year of loneliness

The deaths have devastated the small Ivy League campus and sparked deep outrage among students, who say the school’s mental health resources have been woefully inadequate during an academic year blighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrate Black-owned restaurants in Boston and beyond

Here are more than 100 places to visit for baked goods, fusion fare, jerk chicken, and more.

metro

It has been 15 years since Boston launched an external search for a new commissioner.

Uncertainty persists at Boston police: What happens now that Dennis White is gone?

Acting Mayor Kim Janey, who fired White Monday four months after he was placed on leave following the re-emergence of decades-old domestic abuse allegations, said Tuesday she will not make a permanent appointment before the November election.

Cardinal O’Malley reinstates obligation to attend Sunday Mass starting weekend of June 19 and 20

‘They already had the air mattress’: Facing fewer options, DCF has planned for kids to sleep in the office

Sports

Nate Eovaldi has won his last three starts.

Astros at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 62: Astros at Red Sox lineups and notes

Nate Eovaldi will be on the mound as the Red sox resume their series with Houston at Fenway Park tonight.

bruins

Tuukka Rask will start in goal for Bruins in must-win Game 6 vs. Islanders

colleges

Boston College will host Alabama in football in 2031

business

The MBTA commuter rail overpass frames the mural “The Stories of Lynn” by David Fichter, Yetti Frenkel, and Joshua Winer in Central Square.

North of Boston, an old industrial city gets a second look

Charting a course for renewal along the coastline

Photos: Murals overlook the streets of Lynn

politics

White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat

Cicadas swarm White House chartered plane, delaying flight

Biden ends GOP infrastructure talks, starts new negotiations

Living Arts

Rita Moreno in "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It."

Doc Talk: Going for it; seeking answers; tapping the source

TRAVEL

Craving a lobster roll? These are heads (and tails) above the rest in New England

TRAVEL

A White Mountain package, a Block Island makeover, and a travel high chair

education

Alexandra Oliver-Dávila had served on the Boston School Committee since 2016.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston School Committee chair Alexandra Oliver-Dávila resigns over racially charged texts

Boston Teachers Union denounces classroom temperatures amid heat wave, calls for improvements to school HVAC systems

Read Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s statement on the Boston School Committee resignations

rhode island

The Annual Bristol Fourth of July Celebration began in 1785 when Rev. Henry Wight of the First Congregational Church and a Veteran of the Revolutionary War conducted the first Patriotic Exercises, and is the oldest Fourth of July Parade in the nation.

Bristol 4th of July parade is back for 2021 in Rhode Island

RI NEWS

A Cumberland, R.I., resident has created a virtual place to gripe about life

RI EDUCATION

CCRI president’s contract renewed for another three years

Newton

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Special Projects

DJ Rock is an LGBTQ+ youth advocate.

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE

The pride I carry with me

This June, A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ+ joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST

Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.

Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed

Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report

Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level

Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

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Comfort Zone

MURRAY WHYTE

At twilight, Mass MoCA’s new Skyspace becomes a roller coaster for the eyes

James Turrell's "C.A.V.U." reserves its best show for dawn and dusk.

MUSIC

BSO announces March dates at Carnegie Hall

Tuesday's announcement also nods to the 2021-2022 season at Symphony Hall.

COMFORT ZONE

Shepard Fairey to summon the sea for New England Aquarium mural

His work will arrive during year two of the Sea Walls Boston public art initiative.

Cooking | Magazine

Recipes: A Father’s Day feast of rib-eye steak and more

Break out the grill for a Turkish-style steak with rosemary, grilled potatoes, and a salad of with red onion and parsley.

ASK MATTHEW

As normalcy returns, we can all do with a little less TV

Now we return to our regularly scheduled programming. And I couldn’t be happier about it.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A mother and daughter walk from the girl's Revere elementary school after picking up her free breakfast and lunch in December.

Andy X. Vargas and Sean Garballey

Mass. must act now to maximize federal child nutrition and broadband dollars

Public relations operative George Regan in 2016.

Are George Regan’s fingerprints on Dennis White’s media strategy?

A screengrab of the Oct 21. Boston School Committee Meeting.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Boston School Committee member resigns over texts

A 2019 aerial view of Boston's Seaport District.

Boston must expand opportunity for real estate developers of color

Joseph Coughlin

Getting from here to there

An image from photographer Joe Wallace’s "Portraits of Dementia" project to capture the humanity of people living with the condition. The subjects of Wallace’s photographs have ranged in age from 29 to 100. Find more images and details at portraitsofdementia.com.

IDEAS | KAT MCGOWAN

The real breakthrough for dementia: smashing the stigma

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We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions

More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic

In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race

Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder

Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

magazine

Even for a dog-obsessed country, last year was something wild. And the boom in prices, wait times, and scams may be sticking around.

Lockdown unleased a runaway pandemic puppy economy

A bus carrying Freedom Riders was firebombed in Alabama on May 14, 1961. No passengers were seriously injured.

RFK, the Freedom Riders, and the struggle for racial justice in 1961

Too many Americans still can't talk about death

Tomato-Zucchini Tart With Za’atar and Feta.

Recipes: 3 vegetarian dishes for easy weeknight dinners

sports

Jason Kidd has been an assistant with the Lakers since 2019, after an unceremonious exit from Milwaukee.

There’s one candidate the Celtics should definitely not hire as head coach: Jason Kidd

Pete Frates’s daughter throws out first pitch at Fenway Park during Lou Gehrig Day celebration

Acton-Boxborough boys’ lacrosse hangs on, hands top-ranked Lincoln-Sudbury first loss

metro

The so-called millionaires tax is expected to clear its last procedural hurdle to go before voters in November 2022.

Massachusetts Legislature on cusp of advancing millionaires tax to 2022 ballot

State police investigate fatal crash on Route 107 in Saugus

Bristol 4th of July parade is back for 2021 in Rhode Island

Nation

White House drops Trump orders trying to ban TikTok, WeChat

Cicadas swarm White House chartered plane, delaying flight

Why does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine work against variants? A new study suggests an answer

World

FBI-controlled AN0M app ensnares scores of alleged criminals in global police sting

Man slaps Macron during visit to southern France

Trudeau denounces truck attack that targeted Muslim family

politics

The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s first two judicial nominees Tuesday with modest Republican support.

Senate confirms first Biden judges, beginning push to rebalance courts

‘Does anybody have a plan?’ Senate report details Jan. 6 security failures

In Mexico, Harris defends against criticism over border

business

Murals across Lynn have changed the look of downtown

Massachusetts employers are feeling better about the future

Trudeau urged by US, Canada businesses to open border this month

lifestyle

The New York Times on Tuesday accidentally published an article about watermelons on Mars while testing a content management system.

‘I want to believe’: Disappointment abounds as New York Times publishes, then deletes article about watermelons on Mars

Chris Harrison announces he’s leaving ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’ amid controversy

A showroom to showcase locally made salts

marijuana

Philip Smith, the cofounder of Taunton-based Freshly Baked, made the first legal delivery of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts Monday to his own home. Jenny Roseman, his partner and the company's other cofounder, was the inaugural customer.

Taunton microbusiness makes state’s first-ever recreational marijuana delivery — to founder’s house

Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements

5 things to know about Rhode Island’s latest cannabis bill

opinion

A vent in a classroom at the at Mildred Avenue K-8 in Mattapan in September.

Investing in healthy schools is an investment in public health

A ‘millionaires tax’ is still a terrible idea

Mass. must act now to maximize federal child nutrition and broadband dollars

food & dining

Seasonal salts from SalterieOne.

A showroom to showcase locally made salts

Father’s Day coffee and bagels from two local producers is one mighty great gift

Recipe: For a last-minute dessert, pack fresh berries, crushed cookies, and lots of cream into Mason jars

travel

Views of boats and the Boston skyline — plus a killer lobster roll. Belle Isle Seafood delivers, all right.

Craving a lobster roll? These are heads (and tails) above the rest in New England

A White Mountain package, a Block Island makeover, and a travel high chair

Paul D’Angelo always on the go, but his love of Magnolia and the sea is no joke

Books

Illustration for review of Lawrence Wright's "THE PLAGUE YEAR," an up-to-the-moment history of the pandemic. BOOKS; 6-6-21

How the pandemic knocked us out

Family histories, unspooled over time, in ‘Night Came With Many Stars’

‘Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch’ asks what can you do when accused of witchcraft

Movies

Rita Moreno in "Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It."

Doc Talk: Going for it; seeking answers; tapping the source

To ‘Infinite’ (but not beyond): Mark Wahlberg’s new movie is on Paramount+

Mark Wahlberg turns . . . 50?

Television

Adelaide Clemens and Aden Young in a scene from the drama series "Rectify," the kind of hidden gem that TV viewers went searching for during the pandemic.

As normalcy returns, we can all do with a little less TV

This week’s TV: The Kardashians say bye-bye, ‘Kevin’ and ‘Loki’ say hello

Some series to look forward to this summer

music

Andris Nelsons conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2017.

BSO announces March dates at Carnegie Hall

College kids get an education in Worcester’s hip-hop scene

Celebrity Series brings reprises and surprises to 2021-22 mix

Theater/Dance

Whitney White, the creator and performer of "Macbeth In Stride," which will feature White’s original R&B, gospel, pop, and rock ‘n’ roll songs.

American Repertory Theater’s 2021-2022 season to feature a pre-Broadway revival of ‘1776’

Say Chekhov had a 100-year-old computer, and people were trapped inside. What would that look like?

John Mulaney to perform 10 shows at the Wilbur in August

globe local

Firefighters were on the scene if the fire.

Production continues after fire hits Andover Pfizer complex that makes COVID vaccine

Heat advisory for Massachusetts is extended until Tuesday night

With youth sports back, ‘Now you’re seeing kids being kids again’

Obituaries

In 2015, Mr. Dushman attended a wreath-laying ceremony at the Russian War Memorial in the Tiergarten district of Berlin.

Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

Richard Robinson, longtime Scholastic CEO, dies at 84

Clarence Williams III, a star of ‘Mod Squad,’ dies at 81