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Fired BPD commissioner Dennis White alleges gender and race discrimination in new court filings

Dennis White, the former Boston police commissioner who was fired last month following the reemergence of decades-old domestic violence allegations, is now alleging gender and race discrimination in a federal case against the city and Acting Mayor Kim Janey.

Suspect in Brighton stabbing of rabbi will face assault charges in court today

Speakers at a unity rally Friday morning said that the stabbing of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski outside a Jewish school in Brighton should be considered a hate crime.
Rabbi in stable condition after being stabbed outside Brighton Jewish day school

A summer outing, another tragedy: Spate of drownings continues as swimmer dies off Castle Island

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.
Swimming restrictions put in place at Walden Pond amid wave of drownings around the state

Retired trooper killed in apparent Winthrop hate crime remembered at wake

Relatives and friends said a final goodbye on Friday to David Green, who served with the US Air Force in Vietnam and Thailand and spent 36 years as a Massachusetts State Police trooper only to be slain in his hometown last Saturday in an apparent hate crime.
Winthrop shooting victims remembered at vigil
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.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Parents who are also caregivers struggle with suicidal ideation, new CDC study shows

We need to be more open about the stress of caring for aging parents, because our mental health depends on it.
Sha'Carri Richardson won the women's 100 meters at the US Olympic Track Trials in June.

Suspended Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson says she used marijuana while coping with mother’s death

Richardson, who accepted a 30-day suspension after failing a drug test at the US Olympic Track Trials, said: “I know what I did.”
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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This photo shows the flight path of the Boeing 737 cargo plane.
Cargo plane makes emergency landing in Pacific Ocean; 2 rescued
The pilots had reported engine trouble and were attempting to return to Honolulu when they were forced to land the Boeing 737 cargo aircraft in the water around 2:30 a.m.

‘Don’t spend your Fourth of July in the emergency room’: Fireworks-related deaths and injuries spiked last year, report finds

Fireworks-related casualties increased by 50 percent from 2019 to 2020, putting more than 15,000 people in the emergency room and leaving 18 dead. More than half of these incidents occurred over July Fourth weekend.
Where to watch July Fourth fireworks around Mass.

Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.
Salve Regina purchases Pennfield School’s buildings, grounds
The$3.4 million deal with the private pre-K-8 school in Portsmouth, R.I., will eliminate the private school’s debt.

Forecasters are warning of rip currents along most of the Mass. coast Friday.
Forecasters warn of rip currents along Mass. coast on Friday
National Weather Service forecasters are warning of dangerous rip currents along most of the state’s shoreline.

The partially collapsed Champlain Towers South condo building.
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

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).

Opinion

After a June 24 drowning at Turtle Pond in Hyde Park, new "No Swimming" signs have been posted. But people continue to go in the water.
MARCELA GARCÍA

More investment in swimming supervision would save lives

Perhaps some of this year’s record-breaking drownings could have been prevented if only there had been more safety policies in place.
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.
Is it possible we’ve taken the cult of independence too far?
Renée Loth

The trouble with independence
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

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

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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.

Justice Stephen G. Breyer, 82, has long written about the need for the Supreme Court to be apolitical.
As court’s term ends, liberals wait, hope Breyer will step down soon
The Supreme Court released its final decisions of the term with no word from Justice Stephen G. Breyer on whether he would retire from the bench. Two 6-3 opinions on voting rights and campaign finance authored by the court’s conservative wing were a reminder of what's at stake.

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.

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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

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
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
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

Jeneé Osterheldt

Keeping it two Virgils: ‘Figures of Speech’ is Beauty and the Hypebeast

Virgil Abloh brings “Figures of Speech” to the ICA. When you peel back the hype, you see the celebration of Blackness and community.

Forecasters warn of rip currents along Mass. coast on Friday

National Weather Service forecasters are warning of dangerous rip currents along most of the state’s shoreline.

Fired BPD commissioner Dennis White alleges gender and race discrimination in new court filings

Dennis White, the former Boston police commissioner who was fired last month following the reemergence of decades-old domestic violence allegations, is now alleging gender and race discrimination in a federal case against the city and Acting Mayor Kim Janey.

Where to watch July Fourth fireworks in Massachusetts

With restrictions lifted and more people fully vaccinated, many communities are moving forward with Fourth of July fireworks. Here’s where to watch (including rain dates).

Sports

Eduardo Rodriguez is 6-4 this season.
Red Sox at Athletics | 9:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 83: Red Sox at Athletics lineups and pregame notes

The degree of difficulty rises on Friday for the Red Sox, who open a holiday weekend series in Oakland with Eduardo Rodriguez on the mound.
The NCAA will now allow Division-1 athletes to market their name, image, and likeness.

What is NIL? NCAA rules are changing regarding athlete pay. Here’s what it means

This will be the biggest change to college athletics since … well, possibly ever.
Sha'Carri Richardson won the women's 100 meters at the US Olympic Track Trials in June.
Olympics

Suspended Olympic sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson says she used marijuana while coping with mother’s death

Richardson, who accepted a 30-day suspension after failing a drug test at the US Olympic Track Trials, said: “I know what I did.”
golf

‘The Match’ is on. Will we see Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers drop any bombs (or bombshells)?
MIAA Division 1 boys' tennis final | Brookline 4, Westborough 1

Finally, Brookline boys’ tennis finishes off 20-0 season with third straight D1 championship, 60th consecutive victory
Olympics

Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a sensation at the US Olympic trials, tests positive for marijuana

Business

Working from home in small doses is found to boost productivity

Working from home can lift productivity for many workers, so long as they go to the office a few days a week, Bank of England staff said in a blog post that reviewed academic research on the issue.

US adds a solid 850,000 jobs as economy extends its gains

Friday’s report from the Labor Department was the latest sign that the reopening of the economy is propelling a powerful rebound from the pandemic recession.

US plans to make airlines refund fees if bags are delayed

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

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

Fireworks exploded over the Charles River and Esplanade on July 4, 2015.

Where to watch July Fourth fireworks in Massachusetts

Retired trooper killed in apparent Winthrop hate crime remembered at wake

Swimming restrictions put in place at Walden Pond amid wave of drownings around the state

sports

Phil Mickelson (left) and Tom Brady will team up again, this time against Aaron Rodgers and Bryson DeChambeau.

‘The Match’ is on. Will we see Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers drop any bombs (or bombshells)?

Finally, Brookline boys’ tennis finishes off 20-0 season with third straight D1 championship, 60th consecutive victory

Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, a sensation at the US Olympic trials, tests positive for marijuana

business

A person uses an umbrella for shade from the sun while walking in Seattle.

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

Boy Scouts of America reaches $850 million agreement with victims

Two big employers outline return-to-office plans

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

This photo shows the flight path of the Boeing 737 cargo plane.

Cargo plane makes emergency landing in Pacific Ocean; 2 rescued

2 more found dead at collapsed Miami-area condo building, bringing death toll to 20

Unusually agreeable Supreme Court term ends with conservative wins

World

This satellite image shows Hurricane Elsa moving through the Caribbean over Barbados on Tuesday at 8 a.m.

Elsa strengthens into season’s first hurricane in Caribbean

US hands Bagram Airfield to Afghans after nearly 20 years

Tropical Storm Elsa forms over the Atlantic

opinion

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.

Making prisons more humane

Feeling lonely? You’re not alone.

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

lifestyle

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

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

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

The Red Hat may reopen in early fall under new ownership

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