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Death penalty should be reinstated for Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon bombings case, Biden administration tells US Supreme Court

The Biden administration is asking the US Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon terror bombings that killed three people and wounded hundreds more.

Amilcar Shabazz, an Africana studies professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, pictured in West Cemetery in Amherst. Some African American soldiers who fought in Texas during the Civil War are buried in the cemetery. Shabazz helped bring the Juneteenth holiday to Massachusetts.
How Massachusetts communities are celebrating the first official Juneteenth
For more than a century, Juneteenth was a Texan holiday, then a Southern holiday, commemorating the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger of the Union Army told formerly enslaved people in Galveston they were free. Now it will be celebrated for the first time across the Commonwealth as an official state holiday.

Jeneé Osterheldt: Juneteenth and the meaning of Black liberation in Boston

Trump pressed official to wield Justice Dept. to back election claims

An hour before President Donald Trump announced in December that William Barr would step down as attorney general, the president began pressuring Barr’s eventual replacement to have the Justice Department take up his false claims of election fraud.

Weekend service to return to all MBTA commuter rail lines starting July 3
The service was shut down on all but five of the 12 rail lines in January due to lower ridership levels, a spokeswoman said.

Actress Lisa Banes attends the opening night gala world premiere of "Gone Girl" during the 52nd New York Film Festival in New York.

‘Gone Girl’ actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run

The 65-year-old Banes, who was struck by a scooter or motorcycle while crossing a street on June 4, died Monday at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital, a police department spokesperson said. The driver did not stop, police said.

MacKenzie Scott donates another $2.7 billion to charities

Scott, who ended up with a 4 percent stake in Amazon following her divorce with Bezos, has quickly become one of he most consequential philanthropists in the world.
"Boo Boo" the black bear was spotted in Duxbury Tuesday morning.

‘Boo Boo’ the South Shore Bear captured on video roaming in Duxbury

Duxbury police said on Twitter that a resident living on Elm Street spotted Boo Boo in the backyard around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, eating birdseed.
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Danielle Allen gestured to the crowd as she formally announced her gubernatorial campaign on the Boston Common.
In launching gubernatorial bid, Danielle Allen says Democrats have ‘settled for too little’ under Baker
Allen, 49, enters the field as the first Black woman to run for governor as part of a major party in state history.

Kara Lawson worked for more than a decade as a basketball analyst, including at ESPN and on NBC Sports Washington’s Wizards broadcasts, before joining the Celtics.
Kara Lawson to work as basketball analyst for NBC at Tokyo Olympics
She will also coach the US women’s team in the 3x3 basketball competition, which is making its Olympics debut.

‘Hire Kara or Becky!’ Billboard on Mass. Pike calls for Celtics to hire a woman as head coach

Jim Lyons, chairman of the Massachusetts GOP, has aligned with the conservative wing of the state party.
Texas Republican congressman cancels event with MassGOP over internal drama
GOP Chairman Jim Lyons, already a controversial figure in a state party divided between social conservatives and establishment moderates, has been under fire in recent weeks for his handling of anti-gay remarks made by a fellow Republican.

Mental health and housing instability worsened for LGBTQ youth during pandemic, report says

Eighty-three percent of nonbinary young people reported “feeling sad or hopeless every day for more than two weeks,” followed by 78 percent of transgender respondents, according to a report released Tuesday by The Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth.

Former Celtics player Paul Pierce earlier this month in Miami Beach, Fla.
Paul Pierce to launch ‘Truth’ marijuana brand in Massachusetts
The legendary ex-Celtic says cannabis helped save his career after a traumatic stabbing in 2000.

Tim Berners-Lee is selling a computer file containing the original programming code for the World Wide Web, along with a non-fungible token.
Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning off an NFT with his original code
Proceeds from the digital token sale will benefit causes supported by the MIT professor and his wife.

Opinion

Assistant Medical Director Brian Clark checks vital signs in the Sobering Unit at the Restoration Center in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016.
EDITORIAL

Where mental illness and criminal justice meet

Massachusetts needs a new approach to treating mentally ill prisoners. A promising model could take hold in Middlesex County.
Mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George.
Joan Vennochi

Annissa Essaibi George says she’s ready to lead Boston, but where?
A worker at Hope House, an organization that sponsors the use of cryptocurrencies in El Zonte beach, makes a purchase at a small store that accepts Bitcoin, in Tamanique, El Salvador.
MARCELA GARCÍA

Why El Salvador sees a future in Bitcoin
Benjamin Franklin Institute.
Rachelle G. Cohen

A win-win city project stuck in neutral
A new high-speed Acela train pulls into Union Station in Washington in June, 2020. Testing for prototypes of the train is underway in the Northeast Corridor and at a federal facility in Pueblo, Colo.
Northeast Region Leaders

A North Atlantic Rail network would support the economy, climate, and equity

Recommended reads

THE GREAT DIVIDE
The exterior of Boston Latin School.
In seismic shift, a lottery might govern admission to Boston’s exam schools
For generations, the exam-school admission process has worked by rewarding students with the highest grades and test scores — in rank order — by getting first dibs on their preferred exam school. A School Committee task force is now giving serious consideration to scrapping the assignments and replacing them with a lottery.

A Milton gay couple was harassed anonymously for years. Then a piece of handwriting unraveled the mystery

After years of dead ends, police recently were led to a suspect, a neighbor who lives a few doors from the couple and had shared hellos, waves, and casual conversation with them.

His murder conviction was overturned. But the state is fighting his claim for compensation

The state acknowledges that Frederick Weichel spent 36 years in prison for a crime he may not have committed. But that’s not enough to earn him compensation from the state for wrongful imprisonment, according to the Attorney General’s office.
TRAVEL

‘You’re on your own up there’: The rise of air rage in the era of COVID

Mask requirements have contributed to an increase in confrontations on planes, and threats of steep fines don’t seem to be deterring bad behavior.
dan shaughnessy

Honoring John Calipari and Marcus Camby with statues is not a good look for UMass

Camby and Calipari were basketball greats at UMass but brought disgrace to the school when the 1996 Final Four appearance was vacated because of NCAA violations.

metro

Weekend service to return to all MBTA commuter rail lines starting July 3

The service was shut down on all but five of the 12 rail lines in January due to lower ridership levels, a spokeswoman said.

Baker announces ‘VaxMillions’ lottery program

Baker announces ‘VaxMillions’ lottery program, offering $1 million cash prizes to boost vaccination rates

Sports

Eduardo Rodriguez has struggled in recent starts and has posted an 8.10 ERA in June.
Red Sox at Braves | 7:20 p.m. (NESN)

Game 68: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

Eduardo Rodriguez will be on the mound as the Red Sox open a two-game series at Atlanta.
olympics

Kara Lawson to work as basketball analyst for NBC at Tokyo Olympics
MONDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

Latin Academy clinches its 15th City League softball title in a rout over East Boston

business

DraftKings CEO and founder Jason Robins.

DraftKings tumbles as short seller Hindenburg Research bets against the online gambling company

MacKenzie Scott donates another $2.7 billion to charities

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning off an NFT with his original code

politics

President Donald Trump during a meeting with governors at the White House on June 18, 2020.

Trump pressed official to wield Justice Dept. to back election claims

White House to host July 4 ‘independence from virus’ bash
Analysis

Biden and Putin are set to meet this week. But the big theme of Biden’s first foreign trip? Containing China

Living Arts

Highlights of DATMA's citywide WATER 2021 series include an outdoor exhibition with portraits of fisherwomen worldwide. The show features works by photographers (from left) Hyung Sun Kim, Phil Mello, and Craig Easton.
ARTS

Awash with water-themed art in New Bedford
FOOD

Who wants a treat? These ice cream trucks are just for dogs

RECIPES

Recipe: Plenty of heat, sweet, acid, and a hint of chocolate go into this splendid Sicilian Caponata

education

The exterior of Boston Latin School.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

In seismic shift, a lottery might govern admission to Boston’s exam schools
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Janey seeks Latino nominees for School Committee

Supreme Court asks Biden administration for view on Harvard affirmative action case

rhode island

CORONAVIRUS

Rhode Island scales back its COVID-19 testing strategy
RI Sports

R.I. man aims to set Vermont Long Trail record
RI TRANSPORTATION

Popular e-bikes are coming back to Providence. Will they last this time?

Newton

Newton musicians get ready to perform live and in person again

Special Projects

EDITORIAL

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.

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

Jeneé Osterheldt
A Beautiful Resistance
Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

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

Winner of the 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.

video

Comfort Zone

COMFORT ZONE
18-year-old Brandon Greenstein of Lynnfield, who creates music under the name The BreakBomb Project, is working on his second album.
An EDM whiz kid from Lynnfield cracks a million streams on Spotify
Brandon Greenstein has been creating music under the moniker The BreakBomb Project since he was 15.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

An Amazon employee walks by an Amazon Prime delivery truck on the company's premises in Brandizzo, near Turin, in March.
Alex Beam

Is Amazon really the Death Star of corporate America?
Nya Rhane Christian Sena walks a makeshift red carpet in the back of Madison Park Technical Vocational High School's parking lot for her graduation in June 2020.
Annissa Essaibi George

Let’s make Madison Park the gem it should be
As Massachusetts turns the corner on this pandemic, it’s time to turn toward a deliberative, democratic process — in all its messiness — for dispersing a much welcome new pool of federal money.
EDITORIAL

Legislature gets back to doling out federal funds
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.
Movie stills from the film "Blue Hill Avenue."
IDEAS | GREG LEE JR.

The unheralded movie that brought Boston alive for me

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

A billboard advocating for the Celtics to hire either Kara Lawson or Becky Hammon as the next coach was purchased near the team's practice facility near Boston Landing.

‘Hire Kara or Becky!’ Billboard on Mass. Pike calls for Celtics to hire a woman as head coach

Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers far and away on top of AL’s All-Star voting

Are the Red Sox’ pitching struggles a sticky mess? The data say ...

metro

Danielle Allen gestured to the crowd as she formally announced her gubernatorial campaign on the Boston Common.

In launching gubernatorial bid, Danielle Allen says Democrats have ‘settled for too little’ under Baker

Study says COVID-19 likely present in Mass. as early as December 2019

‘Boo Boo’ the South Shore Bear captured on video roaming in Duxbury

Nation

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.

Watch live: Governor Baker is set to make an announcement about vaccinations

Charts: A good summer appears on the horizon as coronavirus numbers drop to low levels

‘Gone Girl’ actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run

World

Frozen vials of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are taken out to thaw.

Donated US vaccines arrive for Mexican border cities

Shifting focus, NATO views China as a global security challenge

Johnson’s ‘Global Britain’ makes shaky start at G-7 summit

politics

President Biden spoke at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday.

Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin

Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin

US intelligence report warns of more violence by QAnon followers

business

Former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Stephen Hahn spoke during a coronavirus briefing at the White House in August 2020.

Trump’s FDA commissioner joins Flagship, the Cambridge firm that launched Moderna

EU, US reach deal to end Airbus-Boeing trade dispute

Lawmakers miss deadline on state-of-emergency protections for businesses but hope to resolve issue quickly

lifestyle

Jose Duarte, chef/owner of the Peruvian restauran Tambo 22 in Chelsea.

‘Customers will need to learn that the restaurant business will never be the same again’

Beau Sturm plans a plum new restaurant on Plum Island

How to step-mom

marijuana

Former Celtics player Paul Pierce earlier this month in Miami Beach, Fla.

Paul Pierce to launch ‘Truth’ marijuana brand in Massachusetts

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

Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements

opinion

Jeff Bezos in a mockup of the crew capsule of his space company, Blue Origin, during the 33rd Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 5, 2017. Bezos said on June 7 that he would be on board when his rocket company, Blue Origin, conducts its first human spaceflight next month, shortly after he steps down as chief executive of Amazon.

They’re not fans of Amazon — or Jeff Bezos

The definition of a hero

Dismay over new Alzheimer’s drug

food & dining

Sicilian Caponata

Recipe: Plenty of heat, sweet, acid, and a hint of chocolate go into this splendid Sicilian Caponata

Checking in on Bully Boy Distillers after a busy 10 years

‘Customers will need to learn that the restaurant business will never be the same again’

travel

Travelers boarded a Jet Blue flight from Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., to Washington Reagan Airport, on March 1, 2021. The number of disruptive incidents reported by the FAA averages out to one per 1,277 flights.

‘You’re on your own up there’: The rise of air rage in the era of COVID

Planning to travel? See how vaccinated your ideal destination is

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

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

The Brattle Theatre in Cambridge.

The Brattle to reopen at last on July 2

‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’: It isn’t necessarily the character who needs protecting

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

Television

Jane Levy and John Clarence Stewart in "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist," one of the very few imaginative series on network TV. It's been canceled.

Network TV is where originality goes to die

This week’s TV: Novel ideas, getting ‘Physical’ in the ’80s, and a Juneteenth celebration

Series renewal warrants second look at ‘Starstruck’

music

18-year-old Brandon Greenstein of Lynnfield, who creates music under the name The BreakBomb Project, is working on his second album.

An EDM whiz kid from Lynnfield cracks a million streams on Spotify

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood

Springfield Symphony musicians to raise their instruments in protest

Theater/Dance

Nael Nacer and Celeste Oliva in Gloucester Stage Company's "Tiny Beautiful Things" at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts in Rockport.

In ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ hard-earned words of wisdom

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’

globe local

Jordan Meehan, the Commission’s legislative and policy manager, said that one of the takeaways he has from the report is that the pandemic’s “holistic impact” on the LGBTQ community “has been so much worse . . . than anticipated.”

Mental health and housing instability worsened for LGBTQ youth during pandemic, report says

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

From Rockport to Plymouth, in-person shopping never felt so good

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