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Son charged with murdering father in Duxbury pond was performing exorcism and baptism, prosecutors say

Jack Callahan, 19, was arraigned in Plymouth District Court on a single charge of murder stemming from the death of his father.

Website for Mass. vaccine lottery going live Thursday; officials release details on how to sign up

Governor Charlie Baker’s office on Tuesday provided highly anticipated information on the state’s upcoming Massachusetts VaxMillions Giveaway lottery.

63 confirmed cases, 1 death, and 10,692 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

Volodymyr Zhukovskyy of West Springfield stands during his arraignment in district court in Springfield in June 2019.
Driver in New Hampshire crash that killed seven people takes case to state Supreme Court
Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, 25, who has been locked up for two years without bail, wants a judge to hear his account of the fatal crash on June 21, 2019, in hopes of being freed before his trial.

Read the Globe's Pulitzer-winning investigation: Blind Spot

A rescue team looked through rubble for survivors at the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla.
Weeks before Miami-area condo building collapse, condo board boss warned of worsening damage
The president of the board of the condo building that collapsed wrote in April that structural problems identified in a 2018 inspection had “gotten significantly worse” and owners needed to pay a hefty price to get them fixed.

Survivor describes escape from Florida condo collapse: ‘I kept going, screaming . . . I want to live’ Search at Miami-area collapsed tower goes into 6th day; Biden to visit
A customer orders salmon fillets from Joe Vaudo at Joe's Lobster Mart in 2005.

Former owner of Sandwich seafood store charged with killing $10,000 worth of lobster, police say

The former owner of a Sandwich seafood store was arrested Saturday after he allegedly turned off the oxygen supply to the store’s live lobster tank, killing approximately $10,000 worth of lobster, Sandwich police said.
Dom Richmond took video of a great white shark eating a seal 'close to shore' in Provincetown on Saturday.

Video: Great White Shark feasts on seal ‘close to shore’ in Provincetown

Dom Richmond said the apex predator was roughly 20 to 30 feet away from where the waves were breaking on the sand.
Shark sighting shuts down Narragansett beaches
At Constitution Beach in East Boston, friends (left to right) Pamela M. Blyakhman, Marie Santora and Donna Terchiak kept cool from the heat in the water on Tuesday.

Boston has seen Baltimore-style heat in June — and it might be a preview of summers to come

Boston’s potentially recordsetting June heat is a preview of sweltering summers to come, according to a scientist who predicts the area will be as hot as Baltimore toward the end of the century if climate change isn’t halted.
‘Another scorcher’: Oppressive heat and humidity continues in Mass.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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tech lab
Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive and founder of Facebook.
Antitrust cops are no match for Facebook
The Federal Trade Commission has less than a month to come up with an acceptable argument for breaking up the giant social media company Facebook.

Facebook wins dismissal of monopoly lawsuits from federal government, states

MIAA GIRLS' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
The Notre Dame Academy girls recorded a two-stroke win over Duxbury for the MIAA title Tuesday at Black Swan GC in Georgetown.
Notre Dame-Hingham girls stay on course, outlast Duxbury for MIAA golf title
Just two strokes separated the champions Notre Dame-Hingham and runners-up Duxbury.

Former city councilor Tito Jackson and acting Mayor Kim Janey took questions during a press conference at City Hall in Boston.
Black male leaders call for revival of city commission
Community leaders gathered Tuesday to spearhead a new effort to study the plight of Boston’s Black men and boys.

Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona
Representative Gosar criticized for apparent plans to hold fund-raiser with white supremacist
Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona is facing criticism after a flyer advertising a fund-raiser featuring Gosar and white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes was publicized in recent days.

Beej Das spoke during a debate between the Democratic candidates for the third district congressional seat in Lowell in April 2018.
Former US House candidate in Mass. indicted on federal election charges
A former longshot Massachusetts candidate for the US House has been indicted on charges that he solicited illegal campaign contributions and used campaign money to pay business debts, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

Man pulled from Scituate water dead, authorities say

A man who went missing in the water near Edward Foster Bridge has died, the Plymouth District Attorney's office said.

Opinion

The scene on Monday where, two days earlier, an armed man crashed a stolen truck, then fatally shot two Black people before being killed by law enforcement, in Winthrop. The act is being treated as a hate crime.
RENÉE GRAHAM

A hate crime in Winthrop

What happened in a Boston suburb last week is exactly the kind of white extremist violence that has federal authorities worried.
SCOT LEHIGH

I’ve become a GOP fund-raising bogeyman
Eric S. Lander

This year, Independence Day is also Interdependence Day
A few items on Acting Mayor Kim Janey's desk in City Hall are a desk plate, received as a gift, and a Roxbury Puddingstone.
Joan Vennochi

Acting Mayor Kim Janey, unpacked
Republican US Representative John Curtis of Utah in his office in Washington, D.C. on June 15, 2021. Curtis led the creation of a conservative climate caucus in Congress. A small but growing number of Republicans are coming to terms with what polls have been saying for years: independents, suburban voters, and especially young Republicans are worried about climate change and want the government to take action.
John Olds and Samuel Garber

Generation Z seeks the kind of results that Republicans can bring to the table

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

See the latest from our education team focused on race, class, and opportunity in schools.

RHODE ISLAND ⟶

See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

See the Globe’s expanded Newton coverage in partnership with Boston University.

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City Councilor Michelle Wu, left, and Acting Mayor Kim Janey have pulled ahead of the rest of the pack competing in Boston’s mayoral race, a new poll by Suffolk University and The Boston Globe found.

Boston mayoral poll shows Michelle Wu and Kim Janey pulling ahead

The poll, by Suffolk University and The Boston Globe, also found that housing is the top issue driving voters’ decision-making, followed closely by racism and equality, and schools.

Lifeguards watched over Pleasure Bay Beach in South Boston.
What to do if you see someone drowning: An experienced lifeguard’s advice to good Samaritans
Recent cases underscore how important it is for untrained individuals to avoid jumping into the water to rescue someone at all costs, says B.J. Fisher, a trained lifeguard of nearly 50 years. Here’s what you can do to help instead.

Analysis
New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.
N.H.’s Sununu, the GOP’s top Senate recruit for 2022, may have just created a big political problem over abortion
In a little-noticed move on Friday, the Republican Party’s top recruit to run for the US Senate next year— and possibly flip the balance of power in the chamber ― may have committed a mistake that will likely dominate next year’s election.

David Pastrnak and his girlfriend announced in January they were having a boy.
Bruins star David Pastrnak announces death of 6-day-old son: ‘You will be loved forever’
Pastrnak and his girlfriend, Rebecca Rohlsson, on Monday shared the news of the loss of Viggo Rohl Pastrnak. He was born on June 17 and died on June 23.

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EDITORIAL

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.
Jeneé Osterheldt

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

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

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Eric S. Lander

This year, Independence Day is also Interdependence Day
The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.
EDITORIAL

Yesterday’s tax policy won’t solve today’s yawning wealth gap
A few items on Acting Mayor Kim Janey's desk in City Hall are a desk plate, received as a gift, and a Roxbury Puddingstone.
Joan Vennochi

Acting Mayor Kim Janey, unpacked
Republican US Representative John Curtis of Utah in his office in Washington, D.C. on June 15, 2021. Curtis led the creation of a conservative climate caucus in Congress. A small but growing number of Republicans are coming to terms with what polls have been saying for years: independents, suburban voters, and especially young Republicans are worried about climate change and want the government to take action.
John Olds and Samuel Garber

Generation Z seeks the kind of results that Republicans can bring to the table
To appeal to farmers across the American South beginning in the mid-20th century, the USDA began naming the beans after Confederate generals.
IDEAS | MATTHEW ROTH

Confederate soybeans and the legacy of racism in American agriculture
Taylor Swift performing at Gillette Stadium on Saturday, June 25, 2011, before the rain.
IDEAS | RYAN DAVIS

Taylor Swift’s miracle in the rain and the mystery of shared experience

Metro

RI NEWS

Guatemalan immigrant seeking better life for his family loses his own to save a stranger

Valentin Cardona Sanchez died after he leapt into the treacherous waters at Conimicut Point Park to save a drowning child.

Commission formed by Legislature will examine the future of work in Mass.

It's grappling with “some of the highest-stakes questions before us as a society right now,” state Senator and commission co-chair Eric P. Lesser said.

Man pulled from Scituate water dead, authorities say

A man who went missing in the water near Edward Foster Bridge has died, the Plymouth District Attorney's office said.

Black male leaders call for revival of city commission

Community leaders gathered Tuesday to spearhead a new effort to study the plight of Boston’s Black men and boys.

Sports

Seattle's Héctor Santiago was checked — and ejected — by umpires during the first game of a doubleheader against the White Sox in Chicago Sunday.
baseball

Mariners’ Héctor Santiago is first pitcher suspended for using foreign substance

The lefthander was ejected from a game Sunday when umpires found a sticky substance he claimed was rosin and sweat.
The Giants' Gregory Santos pitched in three games and earned two losses before he sent back to the minors
Baseball notebook

Giants pitcher Gregory Santos banned 80 games after failing drug test

The 21-year-old righthander made his big league debut April 22 and was 0-2 with a 22.50 ERA in two innings over three games before he was sent to the minors.
The Bruins logo will reportedly gain new currency in Portland, Maine, on Wednesday, when it's announced that the city's Maine Mariners will begin an affiliation with the club.
NHL

Report: Maine Mariners ECHL club to become new Bruins affiliate

Portland, which hosted the team's AHL affiliate a generation ago, already hosts the Red Sox-affiliated Portland Sea Dogs and the NBA G League's Maine Celtics.
MIAA GIRLS' GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP

Notre Dame-Hingham girls stay on course, outlast Duxbury for MIAA golf title
sports media

Sports-radio fixture Glenn Ordway will retire from full-time post at end of summer
Celtics

Celtics star Jaylen Brown meets with former president Barack Obama

Business

Roads, bridges, jobs: Biden selling big infrastructure deal

President Biden argued that the package is a way for the United States to assert both the principles of democracy and the economic might that can come from dramatic investments in the country’s future.

Racial unrest roils Boston rape crisis center, forces out director

The sudden departure comes amid a broiling controversy over racial equity that resulted in more than half the nonprofit’s staff sending the board a letter detailing what they said was her failure to “rise to the current challenge of addressing white supremacy.”
tech lab

Antitrust cops are no match for Facebook

Moderna jumps to an all-time high as Delta variant fear deepens

Comfort Zone

From left: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, and Rainn Wilson in "The Office."
ASK MATTHEW

Why we’re still in a relationship with some classic sitcoms
Grammy-winning artist esperanza spalding will perform in ArtsEmerson's "Iphigenia" this upcoming season.
THEATER

For ArtsEmerson, a less busy but ambitious season
Megan Thee Stallion performed at the BET Awards on Sunday at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Cardi B, Queen Latifah, Lil Nas X shine at BET Awards

Tory Burch room at Hancock Shaker Village
MURRAY WHYTE

In the Berkshires, all-star creatives summon the Shakers

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
Jerell and Valeria on their Zoom blind date.
Dinner with Cupid

"It was a nice change to arrive to a date and not have to wait around drinking alone"
Rabbi Jen Gubitz and her husband, Matan BenYishay, on their wedding day last July.
Connections

Always a rabbi, one day a bride
Perspective

Anger lessons from my kids: ‘I’m mad because I am sad! Duh!’
Alison created a melamine plate wall with pieces she found online at Ballard Designs; The Enchanted Home; Pomegranate; Replacements, Ltd.; and WebstaurantStore.
Summer Living

Small plunge pool + plastic privacy hedge = instant backyard oasis

metro

Former city councilor Tito Jackson and acting Mayor Kim Janey took questions during a press conference at City Hall in Boston.

Black male leaders call for revival of city commission

Newton mayor seeks residents’ input on spending $63 million federal COVID-19 relief funds

What we know so far about the two people murdered in Winthrop: Ramona Cooper and David Green

sports

The Notre Dame Academy girls recorded a two-stroke win over Duxbury for the MIAA title Tuesday at Black Swan GC in Georgetown.

Notre Dame-Hingham girls stay on course, outlast Duxbury for MIAA golf title

Sports-radio fixture Glenn Ordway will retire from full-time post at end of summer

Celtics star Jaylen Brown meets with former president Barack Obama

business

A vial of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination site set up at Haneda Airport in Japan.

Moderna jumps to an all-time high as Delta variant fear deepens

US home prices jump at fastest pace in more than 16 years

Americans apologize to Tokyo court for role in Ghosn escape

politics

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., joined at left by Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., spoke during a news conference at the Capitol on Tuesday.

House Republicans won’t say if they’ll support Jan. 6 probe

Representative Gosar criticized for apparent plans to hold fund-raiser with white supremacist

Biden to visit Florida building collapse on Thursday

Nation

Eric Adams in Brooklyn on Tuesday.

Eric Adams’ lead shrinks in NYC Democratic mayoral primary

US will close 4 emergency shelters for migrant children

Remembering the dead and missing in Florida condo collapse

World

The commander of the US-led mission in Afghanistan warned on Tuesday that the country could be on a path to chaotic, multisided civil war as American and other international troops prepare to leave in the coming weeks.

Security in Afghanistan is decaying, US general says as forces leave

Behind China’s takeover of Hong Kong

Ethiopian forces retreat in Tigray, and rebels enter the capital

opinion

The Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Yesterday’s tax policy won’t solve today’s yawning wealth gap

Acting Mayor Kim Janey, unpacked

The wrong way to tackle the scourge of Alzheimer’s disease

lifestyle

Kitchen Sink candles.

Candles inspired by food and nature at Kitchen Sink Candle Co.

Recipe: Dal, like this one with black lentils and fire-roasted peppers, is a staple dish in India

These New World winemakers will woo you back to sauvignon blanc

food & dining

Tinned Seafood from Back Bay restaurant Saltie Girl, who offers a monthly subscription of boxes of tinned seafood.

Saltie Girl is offering tinned fish subscription boxes

These cookies for adults are a Real Treat

Candles inspired by food and nature at Kitchen Sink Candle Co.

travel

A guest room at Blind Tiger.

The secret is out about Blind Tiger in Portland

The guiding light of poetry and place

The new Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine opens

Arts

Tory Burch room at Hancock Shaker Village

In the Berkshires, all-star creatives summon the Shakers

In Uphams Corner, artists push back against the sale of their workspace

Artists keep pushing beyond the gender binary

Books

The author-illustrator, photographed at his home, just inked a deal to adapt his "¡Vamos!" series for the small screen.

Raúl The Third brings border culture to life in books for kids

50 years after the Pentagon Papers, does a free press still function?

Looking forward to a ‘hot Freud summer’

Movies

Mavis Staples (left) and Mahalia Jackson performing at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, in a scene from the documentary "Summer of Soul."

Soul power

‘No Sudden Move,’ on HBO Max: noir unhinged and unpacked

‘Zola’: the road trip as emoji confetti

Television

Brian Cox as Logan Roy in "Succession."

With season 3 looming, hints at determining the story line of ‘Succession’

How the cast fared when they became former ‘Friends’

This week’s TV: A reprieve for ‘Sanditon,’ a very Brady crossover, and Martha Stewart’s digs

music

Panos A. Panay, a Berklee alum and vice president, was tapped Tuesday to helm the Recording Academy alongside Valeisha Butterfield Jones.

Berklee vice president Panos Panay tapped as Recording Academy co-president

Amplifying refugees and their musical talents

Elton John to bring farewell tour to Gillette Stadium in 2022

Theater/Dance

Grammy-winning artist esperanza spalding will perform in ArtsEmerson's "Iphigenia" this upcoming season.

For ArtsEmerson, a less busy but ambitious season

Christopher Lloyd’s journey, from kooks to King Lear

Barrington Stage’s ‘Chester Bailey’ glows in the dark

globe local

Newton City Hall. Mayor Ruthanne Fuller is seeking residents' input on the use of federal COVID-19 relief funds.

Newton mayor seeks residents’ input on spending $63 million federal COVID-19 relief funds

What we know so far about the two people murdered in Winthrop: Ramona Cooper and David Green

Major league rugby team relocates from Weymouth to Quincy

Obituaries

Mike Gravel.

Mike Gravel, Springfield native who became a US senator in Alaska, dies at 91

Paralyzed by illness, Anthony Weller, 63, wrote sonnets a letter at a time

Jeanne Lamon, who led an early-music ensemble, dies at 71