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COVID-19 metrics improving overall, but minority communities still ‘on fire,’ advocate says

"We are scared to death that we are in the process we knew was coming when America and Boston moves on and the world opens up, and 65 and 70 percent of our respective population is unvaccinated."
33 confirmed cases, 0 deaths, and 15,438 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass. As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk

Biden and first lady meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle

Queen Elizabeth hosted President Biden and first lady Jill Biden after the G-7 summit. The event at Windsor Castle included a welcoming ceremony in the courtyard and tea inside.
At G-7 conference, Biden says he is reestablishing US credibility

Actor Ned Beatty poses at New York's Music Box Theatre, where he plays the role of Big Daddy in a new production of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," on Oct. 17, 2003.
Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of ‘Network,’ has died
Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including “Deliverance,” “Network” and “Superman,” was a booming, indelible presence in even the smallest parts, has died.

Maine residents fend off poisonous caterpillars

Mass. Republican Party explored whether it can use its own money to pay for a candidate’s legal fees
Peter Abraham | BLUE JAYS 18, RED SOX 4

Whatever the cause, the bottom’s fallen out of the Red Sox rotation
Israel's designated new prime minister, Naftali Bennett speaks during a Knesset session in Jerusalem Sunday, June 13, 2021.

Naftali Bennett becomes prime minister of Israel, ending Netanyahu’s long rule

The long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, officially ended Sunday night, at least for the time being, as the country’s parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces.
A rolling candlelight vigil was held Sunday for Alonzo Polk, the Dedham High teenager who died last week after being pulled from a pool.

Family, friends march for Dedham teen who died after being pulled from pool at graduation party

On Sunday, hundreds gathered in front of Alonzo Polk’s home and marched with his family down Mount Vernon Road and onto Netta Road, where they placed candles in front of the house where the party was held.
Donald McGahn, White House counsel to former President Trump.

Apple turned over data on Trump’s White House counsel to FBI agents

Apple told Donald McGahn, the White House counsel to former President Trump, last month that the Justice Department had subpoenaed information about an account that belonged to him in February 2018.
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting

BLIND SPOT

An 11-month Globe investigation found that people nationwide are dying in crashes caused by drivers who should have had their licenses suspended. One in 10 US drivers has at least one offense — from speeding to vehicular homicide — that isn’t reflected on their driving record.
Nine key takeaways from the investigation See the full project Check out more Globe investigations
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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Nets guard Kyrie Irving grabs his leg following a collision with Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo in the second quarter of Game 4.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks handle hobbled Nets in Game 4 to even series
The two-time MVP scored 34 points against Brooklyn, which was already without James Harden when Kyrie Irving sprained his ankle in the second quarter.

Caution tape remains on a door handle of Chupacabra Cantina after an early morning shooting on Saturday, June 12, 2021 in downtown Austin, Texas.
Man, 25, dies after downtown Austin shooting that wounded 14
A man has died from his injuries following a mass shooting on a crowded downtown Austin street that left more than a dozen people injured, police said Sunday.

Wasabi the Pekingese competed in Best in Show at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday in Tarrytown, New York.
Pekingese named Wasabi wins Westminster dog show
A Pekingese named Wasabi won best in show Sunday night, notching a fifth-ever win for the unmistakable toy breed. A whippet named Bourbon repeated as runner-up.

Photos: From terriers to greyhounds, pooches compete in the Annual Westminster Dog Show

Supreme Court may consider Harvard case on race in college admissions

The latest high-profile challenge to the use of affirmative action in college admissions was brought by the group Students for Fair Admissions, which sued Harvard in 2014 and claimed the school gave Asian American applicants lower personal scores on traits such as kindness and leadership, and offered unfair preferences to white, Hispanic, and Black applicants.

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
She wants to be intimate on the couch, but he likes the bed
As people get older, couches can become less comfortable. For various activities.

Here’s your official summer reading list
These are the 70 best books of the season to pop into your travel bag.

Opinion

Donald Trump’s presidency made clear that our institutions are currently incapable of holding presidents accountable for breaking the law. Unless he faces consequences, the message to future corrupt leaders is that they will not face consequences either.
EDITORIAL | FUTURE-PROOFING THE PRESIDENCY

Part 6: The case for prosecuting Donald Trump

Saving American democracy for the long run requires a clear condemnation of the Trump presidency. That means making clear that no one is above the law.
Two of the author's students learn the waltz in class, before the pandemic.
IDEAS | ERIC FISHMAN

Grieving a school year unlike any other
A banner unfurled at the Miami Marlins game Tuesday.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The next insurrection
From the left: The author's parents the night they met in 1963, and the author (top right) and her older sisters in undated photos found in her father's wallet.
IDEAS | JEANNE BONNER

Stealing memories
Movie stills from the film "Blue Hill Avenue."
IDEAS | GREG LEE JR.

The unheralded movie that brought Boston alive for me

Recommended reads

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE | Jeneé Osterheldt
(Clockwise from top left) Khymani James, Malia Lazu, Athena Vaughn, Julia Mejia, Gavin Smith, Jessicah Pierre
Juneteenth and the meaning of Black liberation in Boston
As we celebrate the freedom of enslaved people in America, we consider what it means to be Black and free.

Fifty years later, Pentagon Papers still speak loudly about war and government untruths

The Pentagon Papers — classified scholarly documents on America's involvement in the Vietnam War that were suppressed until newspapers published them — laid bare government lies and showed how the war was misguided and unwinnable. The American wars still to come would have their own lies.

Inside the bizarre Arizona audit fueled by Trump’s false claims of election fraud

It’s easy to dismiss this as a sideshow, a weird epilogue to an election that some Trump supporters still aren’t ready to concede. But democracy experts and election administrators warn that the audit speaks to a dark and worrisome current of distrust that has been intentionally stoked by GOP leaders.
bob hohler

Coach’s SafeSport suspension is 14th sexual misconduct punishment in Massachusetts youth hockey

No Olympic development sport in Massachusetts has had more individuals in its ranks sanctioned for sexual misconduct than ice hockey.

Tenants, activists rally to preserve affordable housing at Jamaica Plain apartment complex

More than 100 residents, activists, and supporters rallied outside the building Saturday, urging owners to sign a new contract with the city.

metro

A rolling candlelight vigil was held Sunday for Alonzo Polk, the Dedham High teenager who died last week after being pulled from a pool.

Family, friends march for Dedham teen who died after being pulled from pool at graduation party

On Sunday, hundreds gathered in front of Alonzo Polk’s home and marched with his family down Mount Vernon Road and onto Netta Road, where they placed candles in front of the house where the party was held.

Harvard professor Danielle Allen to launch historic bid for governor

COVID-19 metrics improving overall, but minority communities still ‘on fire,’ advocate says

Sports

Wasabi the Pekingese competed in Best in Show at the 145th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Sunday in Tarrytown, New York.

Pekingese named Wasabi wins Westminster dog show

A Pekingese named Wasabi won best in show Sunday night, notching a fifth-ever win for the unmistakable toy breed. A whippet named Bourbon repeated as runner-up.
Sports Log

Pato O’Ward makes another splash — and fulfills a promise — with IndyCar win
NASCAR All-Star Race

Kyle Larson wins $1 million payday with NASCAR All-Star Race triumph

business

An Apple store employee wears personal protective equipment in New York on Feb. 5, 2021.

Apple’s US stores, offices to start dropping mask requirement

Judge tosses hospital workers’ vaccine requirement challenge

UK defends leaders clustering during pandemic: G-7 update

politics

President Biden arrived aboard the Air Force One at Melsbroek Military Airport in Brussels, on Sunday, ahead of the NATO Summit and EU-US summit.

Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies

At G-7 conference, Biden says he is reestablishing US credibility

Biden and first lady meet Queen Elizabeth at Windsor Castle

Living Arts

The Boston Women's Market will return this month for its first in-person event since 2020.
COMFORT ZONE

The ‘Etsy of New England’: Boston Women’s Market returns to Somerville for in-person event
COMFORT ZONE

How Matt Damon met John Krasinski’s alter ego: ‘Tommy from Boston’
COMFORT ZONE

Emma Roberts, Garrett Hedlund spotted in Boston as ‘About Fate’ filming begins

education

Kelly Bates, photographed in 2012, is running for a Boston City Council at-large seat. She says she has benefited from Re-evaluation Counseling and was a guest speaker at RC sessions with high school students on Boston Public Schools' student advisory council.

City Council candidate participated in controversial counseling sessions for Boston students
THE GREAT DIVIDE

New Boston exam school admission requirements might include entrance test and ZIP code allocations

BU graduates had identities stolen while buying caps and gowns

rhode island

Providence designer Jess Abernethy, in black, smiles to the crowd at the end of her runway show at the StyleWeek Northeast fashion show at the Capital Grille in Providence on June 10, 2021.
RI ARTS

R.I. fashion designer Jessica Abernethy returns to the runway

CORONAVIRUS

Rhode Island’s pandemic state of emergency extended through July
RI NEWS

Elorza visits homeless encampment in Providence, pledges compassionate solution

Newton

Special Projects

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

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
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

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

More

Tracy Chang is the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge.
Bold Types
Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city’s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, and visions for Boston’s future.

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

DAD'S DAY OUT
Comedian Dave Chappelle is coming to Foxwoods. And what dad with a good sense of humor wouldn't want to go see Dave Chappelle?
Step away from the house and into the fun zone with one of these father-friendly outings
We have some ideas for what to do with dad this Father’s Day.

BOOKS
Boston Book Fest held a Lit Crawl in the Back Bay in 2019.
The Boston Lit Crawl pops up in Central Square
Mingle with poets, writers, and scientists at this roving party in Cambridge.

Podcast
Ibram X. Kendi launches "Be Antiracist" podcast
Ibram Kendi’s new podcast, ‘Be Antiracist,’ encourages listeners to help build a ‘just and equitable society’
"It’s about each of us entering these conversations not only with an open mind but also in openness to transform ourselves."

MURRAY WHYTE
James Turrell's "C.A.V.U." reserves its best show for dawn and dusk.
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
Andris Nelsons conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2017.
BSO announces March dates at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday's announcement also nods to the 2021-2022 season at Symphony Hall.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Eddie Collantes wore an American flag around his shoulders at a debate-viewing party hosted by conservative Latino organizations last fall in Miami.
JEFF JACOBY

The political myth that demography is destiny
Merrick Garland, US attorney general, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington,DC on June 9.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Garland wants to protect the rule of law from politics. This isn’t how to do it.
Reginald Adams, center, with his creative team, in front of his 5,000-square-foot mural, titled “Absolute Equality,” in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. The mural partly depicts, at right, a Union general issuing the June 19, 1865 order that led to the freeing of enslaved people in Texas. The mural marks the spot where it happened.
Imari Paris Jeffries, Liz Walker, and Jeffrey L. Brown

Juneteenth should be a national holiday
A pumpjack in the Permian Basin of Texas.
IDEAS | JOHN MULLIKEN

Big Oil gets clean and the world stays dirty
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.
RENÉE GRAHAM

So long, democracy — we hardly knew ye
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

STAT

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
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.

Boston, MA -- 03/16/21 -- The cover of the summary report of the review hearing for Jospeh Messere, is seen on March 16, 2021, provided by his attorney David Apfel.(Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
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.

JAMA illo
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.

SCT illo
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
Scenes from "Blue Hill Avenue."
On the cover

‘The best Boston movie no one’s ever seen’: ‘Blue Hill Avenue’ at 20

Illustration
Globe Magazine

Searching for a summer of Black joy in a season of dread
This 17-pound cat specializes in interrupting the writer’s deadlines at inopportune moments.
Perspective

I’ve been working at home with cats. Will I ever be fit for the office again?

Rib-Eye Steaks With Rosemary and Pomegranate Molasses.
Cooking

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

sports

Teammates congratulate Justin Chevere (second from right) after he scored during Snowden's three-run seventh inning.

Snowden/Fenway baseball gives extra effort to beat Latin Academy for third straight Boston City League title

Blue Jays will pose another growing challenge in the American League East

‘We need to step it up, period:’ Aaron Boone bristles after Yankees shut out

metro

Private concierges. $10,000 weekly rentals. Hot tubs. Cape Cod is getting fancy

Newton has opened its ‘doors’ to a new public arts initiative for the summer

Milton rallies around gay couple after years of harassment

Nation

President Biden arrived aboard the Air Force One at Melsbroek Military Airport in Brussels, on Sunday, ahead of the NATO Summit and EU-US summit.

Biden at NATO: Ready to talk China, Russia and soothe allies

Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of ‘Network,’ has died

Maine residents fend off poisonous caterpillars

World

A bull stirred the soil of Litali's grave.

A packed funeral, a rollicking bullfight and a message for Kenya’s police: ‘Corona can’t stop culture’

Naftali Bennett becomes prime minister of Israel, ending Netanyahu’s long rule

Who is Naftali Bennett, Israel’s incoming PM?

politics

Donald McGahn, White House counsel to former President Trump.

Apple Is Said to Have Turned Over Data on Trump’s White House Counsel

Apple turned over data on Trump’s White House counsel to FBI agents

Watch live: President Biden to meet with Queen Elizabeth

business

President Joe Biden (L) speaks with South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) as they attend the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall.

UK defends leaders clustering during pandemic: G-7 update

The week in Business

Winning auction bid to fly in space with Jeff Bezos: $28 million

lifestyle

Love Letters

She wants to be intimate on the couch, but he likes the bed

Rejoice, because there are rose gardens nearby

He was terrible to me, but his friends love him

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 banner unfurled at the Miami Marlins game Tuesday.

The next insurrection

Stealing memories

Grieving a school year unlike any other

food & dining

The Ploughman's Platter at The Gallows restaurant, which is ending its 11-year run in the South End.

MIDA arrives in Newton, and the Trina’s Starlite team docks on Plum Island

How to eat at a restaurant

Tell us: Where are your favorite places to get lobster rolls?

travel

Lake Willoughby in Westmore, Vermont.

A cabin on a lake for $50 a night, or a posh inn at $250 a night? Scoping out the best way to experience Vermont

14 New England outdoor adventures to add to your bucket list

A visit to Thacher Island, where tragedy and beauty meet

Books

Here’s your official summer reading list

Aaron Lecklider on the queer activists who came before

A novel set in Havana, a new set of poets laureate for Massachusetts, and the return of the Nantucket Literary Festival — with a virtual Juneteenth panel

Movies

Ellen Burstyn in "Queen Bees."

What if ‘Mean Girls’ went to a rest home? That’s ‘Queen Bees’

In ‘Luca,’ Pixar’s latest, it’s a story about fish out of water — literally

‘In the Heights’ reaches the top

Television

Russell Tovey (pictured at a London awards show in 2019) will join the "Starstruck" cast in season 2 in an as-yet unannounced role.

Series renewal warrants second look at ‘Starstruck’

For her next act, Annie Murphy took the road that led from ‘Schitt’s Creek’ to Worcester

‘We Are Lady Parts’ delights as it defies stereotypes

music

Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops at 2019's Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell. This year's concert will be performed live at Tanglewood, followed by fireworks from Boston Common.

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood

Springfield Symphony musicians to raise their instruments in protest

A forecast for the hottest songs of summer

Theater/Dance

John Mulaney sold out 21 August shows at the Wilbur Theatre last week. Underscoring the theme of a fresh start, Mulaney has titled his new show “From Scratch.”

Everyone loves a comeback story. John Mulaney has 21 sold-out shows to prove it.

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?

globe local

Marchers chanted during the Trans Resistance MA March + Vigil for Black Trans Lives in Boston on June 12, 2021.

Trans Resistance activists stage second annual alternative to Boston Pride

Seeking to improve accessibility and safety, DCR unveils plan for parkways

In a post-COVID world, there’s a craving for outdoor dining to stay on the menu

Obituaries

Judge Kass, at the Suffolk Courthouse.

Rudolph Kass, judge whose writing flair illuminated legal principles, dies at 90

Mudcat Grant, American League’s first Black 20-game winner, dies at 85

Lakota spiritual leader, activist Leonard Crow Dog dies