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Rabbi in stable condition after being stabbed outside Brighton Jewish day school

Rabbi Shlomo Noginski suffered wounds to an arm in an attack where a 24-year-old man allegedly stabbed him multiple times. A unity vigil for Noginski, his family, and Shaloh House is scheduled for Brighton Common at 10 a.m. Friday.

Life guards after the rescue. The brothers had been swimming in Pleasure Bay.
A summer outing, another tragedy: Swimmer drowns off Castle Island as spate of deaths continues
A frightening surge in drownings in Massachusetts claimed another victim, this time off Castle Island in South Boston when an unidentified teenager disappeared, triggering a frantic search that ended shortly before 8 p.m. with the discovery of his body.

Inspector who deemed Florida tower in ‘good shape’ is now under scrutiny

The chief building official of Surfside, Fla., had worked in at least six South Florida cities.
Miami-area condo building that collapsed likely to be demolished Collapse survivors escaped with their lives, but little else

Records show tax woes for at least one top candidate for Boston mayor

The Globe reviewed eight years of property and motor vehicle tax records for all the leading mayoral candidates, and City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George and her husband have been late paying property taxes every year since at least 2014.
Shirley Leung: The voters who may decide the Boston mayoral race
A woman uses a brochure to keep dry as she dashes down the sidewalk in the rain.
WEATHER | DAVE EPSTEIN

Forecast: Here’s how the holiday weekend is shaping up

Temperatures will cool and rainfall will be plentiful from Thursday afternoon through the first part of Friday, and then more showers for the rest of Friday into Saturday. Sunday will be drier and somewhat warmer.
Sha'Carri Richardson made quite the statement in winning the women's 100-meter run at the US Olympic trials last month in Eugene, Ore. Now her ticket to Tokyo may be revoked after testing positive for marijuana.

Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a sensation in the women’s 100-meter at the US Olympic trials, tests positive for marijuana

The American sprinter was set for a star turn at the Tokyo Olympics.
Boston Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers (right), who went 3-for-5 with 5 RBIs and a 3-run home run in Thursday's' 15-1 rout of the Royals at Fenway Park, capped his day by earning his first All-Star Game appearanceJuly 13 in Denver where he will be joined by teammate Xander Bogaerts (left).

Red Sox teammates Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts earn All-Star Game starting nods

Devers earned his first career appearance in the Midsummer Classic July 13 in Denver while Bogaerts will be making his third.
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Boston had its own category on "Jeopardy!" Thursday night.
‘Jeopardy!’ had a Boston news category last night. Can you guess all five clues?
Mass. residents who tuned into “Jeopardy!” Thursday night probably felt wicked smaht during at least one category.

A candlelight vigil was held in Winthrop in memory of Air Force veteran Ramona Cooper and retired Massachusetts State Trooper David L. Green.
Winthrop shooting victims remembered at community vigil
After a deadly attack on two members of the small community, Winthrop residents gathered Thursday evening to pay their respects.

Alison Mitchell (right), the interim branch manager of the West Branch of the Somerville Public Library, stands by some of the books that were brought back to the library earlier this month. The books had been stored away in an attic for decades.
Long overdue books returned to the Somerville Public Library; some were checked out in the 1930s
Books that were checked out of the Somerville Public Library in the 1930s were recently discovered in a basement of a home in Methuen.

The home dates to 1770.
Home of the Week: For $469,000, a shipshape Kingston antique with a nautical past
The home has an office, a screen porch, three working fireplaces, three bedrooms, two full baths, and a bonus room (over the detached garage).

J&J coronavirus vaccine appears to protect against Delta variant

Blood serum drawn from eight volunteers who received the shot in a clinical trial at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center late last year generated high levels of neutralizing antibodies against eight variants.
CDC director steers clear of recommending booster for people who got J&J COVID vaccine

Britney Spears.
Company set to manage Britney Spears’ estate asks to withdraw
The wealth management firm that was set to take over as the co-conservator of Britney Spears’ estate, alongside her father, has requested to resign from the arrangement, according to a document filed in court on Thursday, throwing her conservatorship into greater turmoil.

Opinion

Is it possible we’ve taken the cult of independence too far?
Renée Loth

The trouble with independence

Maybe we’ve taken the national creed of rugged individualism too far. A radical autonomy has turned American into a country with less pluribus and more unum.
A Black Voters Matter’s “Freedom Ride for Voting Rights” bus, at the National Mall, in Washington, June 26. This year is the 60th anniversary of the launch of the original Freedom Rides from Washington, D.C. throughout the South to challenge segregation in busing and public facilities.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

The Supreme Court took a hammer to voting rights, proving Douglass’s words still true
Bill Cosby outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., on Wednesday, after he was released from prison. Pennsylvania's highest court overturned his sex assault conviction because it said an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented Cosby from being charged in the case.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Black America deserves justice. Bill Cosby’s release from prison isn’t it.
A thermometer reading 116 degrees during a heat wave in Portland, Ore., on Monday. The rare and powerful heat wave that shattered records across the Northwest took a bruising toll on the region's infrastructure — buckling highways, hobbling public transit, and triggering rolling power outages.
SCOT LEHIGH

Use record temps to turn up the heat on GOP to act on climate
A group comprised primarily of volunteers for the Board of Elections count absentee ballots for the New York City mayoral race at Queens Borough Hall in Queens on Wednesday.
EDITORIAL

Blame election officials, not ranked-choice voting, for New York’s mess

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.

Recommended reads

Marjorie Salvodon, a tenured professor of world languages and cultural studies at Suffolk University.

Black women are largely shut out of coveted tenure-track positions at Mass. colleges and universities

Female Black instructors represent less than 3 percent of faculty at major universities in the state. Higher education experts cite white-dominated departments and lack of mentorship as barriers.

Ocean House, which was named one of the best beach resorts in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure, sits on the southwestern tip of Rhode Island.
This Rhode Island hotel has been named one of the 15 best beach resorts in the US
Ocean House, a 13-acre coastal property in Watch Hill, has just been named one of the best beach resorts in the country by Travel and Leisure.

A rendering of the five-story surgery center that Boston Children's Hospital plans to build in Needham.
Boston Children’s Hospital plans another expansion
Children’s is still in the midst of a more than $1 billion expansion of its main campus in Boston’s Longwood neighborhood.

Analysis
The outside of Vermont's State House in Montpelier.
At the federal level, action is slow on reparations, criminal justice reform, and immigration. But not in New England
Here is a quick sampling of some topics that may not have gotten the attention they deserved as we head into the dog days of summer.

video

Special Projects

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

An epidemic of loneliness is taking a toll on the mental and physical well-being of millions of Americans.
IDEAS | ELIZABETH PRESTON

Feeling lonely? You’re not alone.
An inmate gets outdoor recreation time on the recreation deck in an individual caged unit in the Secure Treatment Program at the Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center in 2016.
EDITORIAL

Making prisons more humane
US Labor Secretary Marty Walsh arrives for the daily press briefing at the White House, April 2.
Joan Vennochi

Boston voters still like Marty Walsh. What does that say about the mayor’s race?
The roof of the Humphreys Street Studios carries the slogan of the tenants' campaign.
John Barros

In Uphams Corner, a plan for development without displacement
SCOT LEHIGH

I’ve become a GOP fund-raising bogeyman
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

Winthrop shooting victims remembered at community vigil

After a deadly attack on two members of the small community, Winthrop residents gathered Thursday evening to pay their respects.

A summer outing, another tragedy: Swimmer drowns off Castle Island as spate of deaths continues

A frightening surge in drownings in Massachusetts claimed another victim, this time off Castle Island in South Boston when an unidentified teenager disappeared, triggering a frantic search that ended shortly before 8 p.m. with the discovery of his body.
RI POLITICS

In Rhode Island, the legislating, deal-making and speechifying reaches a conclusion

This year, on the last night of the legislative session, the bills were driven between the State House and the Senate at Rhode Island College.

Records show tax woes for at least one top candidate for Boston mayor

The Globe reviewed eight years of property and motor vehicle tax records for all the leading mayoral candidates, and City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George and her husband have been late paying property taxes every year since at least 2014.

Sports

Sha'Carri Richardson made quite the statement in winning the women's 100-meter run at the US Olympic trials last month in Eugene, Ore. Now her ticket to Tokyo may be revoked after testing positive for marijuana.
Olympics

Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a sensation in the women’s 100-meter at the US Olympic trials, tests positive for marijuana

The American sprinter was set for a star turn at the Tokyo Olympics.
Ben Schomin (left), making his debut as a caddie, went over notes with Bryson DeChambeau Thursday.

Bryson DeChambeau switches caddie on eve of Rocket Mortgage Classic

DeChambeau and Tim Tucker mutually agreed to part ways,
The Norton wrestling squad celebrates it Division 3 state title on the outdoor mat at Triton Regional in Byfield.

Danyel Ayala’s victory in 285-pound finale powers Norton to Division 3 wrestling championship

The sophomore registered a 5-2 victory over Triton Regional for Lancers' first title since 2014. Natick rattles off seven straight wins to capture Division 2 championship.
MIAA D1 GIRLS' LACROSSE FINAL | WESTWOOD 6, FRANKLIN 5

Ava Connaughton’s late acrobatics provide a perfect finish for Westwood girls’ lacrosse
2021 MLB All-Star Game

Red Sox teammates Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts earn All-Star Game starting nods
sports log

Davis Thompson ties course record to take PGA lead in Detroit

Business

US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed

The Transportation Department will propose that airlines be required to refund fees on checked baggage if the bags aren’t delivered to passengers quickly enough.

Hundreds believed dead in Pacific Northwest heat wave despite efforts to help

As forecasters warned of a record-breaking heat wave in the Pacific Northwest and western Canada last weekend, officials set up cooling centers, distributed water to the homeless and took other steps. Still, hundreds of people are believed to have died from Friday to Tuesday.

Boy Scouts of America reaches $850 million agreement with victims

Two big employers outline return-to-office plans

Comfort Zone

What can we learn from wedding announcements? Cate Doty answers with "Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages"

What we can learn from wedding announcements
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
The Pickup Music Project's musical fences were at the Boston Children's Museum boardwalk from April to October 2019.

Boston artist’s music sculpture features in Kevin Hart’s ‘Fatherhood’
Grammy-winning artist esperanza spalding will perform in ArtsEmerson's "Iphigenia" this upcoming season.
THEATER

For ArtsEmerson, a less busy but ambitious season

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

Boston has no city income tax, making property tax its main source of revenue.

Records show tax woes for at least one top candidate for Boston mayor

Barbara Ann Fenton-Fung might be the next face of the Rhode Island Republican Party

Task force calls for creation of statewide equity office and equity-focused review of response to COVID-19

sports

Westwood's Ava Connaughton lands on the ground after scoring the winning goal in the final seconds of Thursday night's Division 1 state final against Franklin.

Ava Connaughton’s late acrobatics provide a perfect finish for Westwood girls’ lacrosse

Red Sox teammates Rafael Devers, Xander Bogaerts earn All-Star Game starting nods

Davis Thompson ties course record to take PGA lead in Detroit

business

Two big employers outline return-to-office plans

130 countries back deal on global minimum tax for companies

US jobless claims fall to 364,000, a new pandemic low

politics

The US Supreme Court.

Unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins

US hits 17 nations for not combating human trafficking

Trump Organization, CFO Allen Weisselberg indicted on tax fraud charges

Nation

The US Supreme Court.

Unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins

Miami-area condo building that collapsed likely to be demolished

Collapse survivors escaped with their lives, but little else

World

American soldiers approached the United Nations planes on the tarmac of the Bargam airbase in Bagram in 2002.

US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

Tropical Storm Elsa forms over the Atlantic

After Biden meets Putin, US exposes details of Russian hacking campaign

opinion

In this file photo, AAA Appliances in Jamaica Plain was getting ready for the weekend sales tax holiday on Aug. 12, 2015.

Almost like a mirage, an extended sales tax holiday floats before us

Indian journalists top ‘10 Most Urgent’ list of press freedom cases

Let me be the first to name a new Boston landmark

lifestyle

Love Letters

I think it’s time to break up ... again

The Red Hat may reopen in early fall under new ownership

A Dunkin’ iced coffee has become a fixture at the Ashmont T station — and Boston Reddit is invested

food & dining

Butter rice ssam is served at Cloud & Spirits restaurant near Central Square.

At Cloud & Spirits, one chef’s vision of Korean cuisine

The Red Hat may reopen in early fall under new ownership

A Dunkin’ iced coffee has become a fixture at the Ashmont T station — and Boston Reddit is invested

travel

Ocean House, which was named one of the best beach resorts in the U.S. by Travel and Leisure, sits on the southwestern tip of Rhode Island.

This Rhode Island hotel has been named one of the 15 best beach resorts in the US

What’s new (and not to miss) in Newport

A renovation that’s on the money: This Boston luxury hotel just got a little more luxurious

Arts

Virgil Abloh's “You’re Obviously in the Wrong Place,” from 2015.

Moving fast, thinking deeply at the ICA’s Virgil Abloh show

Art that crystallizes the past

With sculpture, Edith Wharton’s estate becomes open field for the imagination

Books

Battling the patriarchy’s censor in ‘The Man Who Hated Women’

Reading Chinese authors, and trying to learn Mandarin

Lessons in how to fool yourself in ‘Nobody, Somebody, Anybody’

Movies

Chris Pratt in "The Tomorrow War."

In ‘The Tomorrow War,’ on Amazon, the future is now

Two cheers for the red, white, and blue

The Civil War monumentalized; seeing the death penalty in action

Television

Kate Winslet as Mare in "Mare of Easttown."

Brevity is the soul of witty TV

Rob Reiner creating a Trump-Putin limited series

On AMC, ‘The Beast Must Die’: Something’s not right on the Isle of Wight

music

Richard Marx (pictured here in 1988) worked with Madonna, NSYNC, and Luther Vandross, and wrote the massive hit “Right Here Waiting.” In a new memoir, he tells the stories behind the songs.

For ’80s heartthrob Richard Marx, it’s all about the music

For this Boston orchestra, something clicked on the streaming platform Twitch

Watch: Boston Dynamics robots challenge K-pop stars BTS to a dance-off

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

A candlelight vigil was held in Winthrop in memory of Air Force veteran Ramona Cooper and retired Massachusetts State Trooper David L. Green.

Winthrop shooting victims remembered at community vigil

‘It’s what we love, what we do together’: Vokes Players return to an outdoor stage

Poetry readings, stamp exhibits, and a blood drive

Obituaries

Mr. Rumsfeld was the youngest, at 43, and the oldest, at 74, to hold the post of defense secretary.

Donald Rumsfeld, charismatic and combative secretary of defense, dies

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