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Marshfield Police chief Phillip A. Tavares at his desk in March.

The secret he carried

For more than 30 years, Phillip Tavares, now Marshfield’s police chief, has never stopped working to secure justice for his father.

Mother of Wakefield standoff suspect: ‘There is no ill will in his heart’

Felicia Sanders said her son is not violent, nor is he antipolice or antigovernment.

State police identify men arrested in standoff

Two of the men are from Rhode Island — 29-year-old Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer also known as Jamhal Talib Abdullah Bey of Providence and 40-year-old Quinn Cumberlander, 40, of Pawtucket, State Police said.
What is ‘Rise of the Moors,’ the R.I. group that broadcast live from the I-95 standoff?

Red Sox 1, A's 0
Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Nick Pivetta delivers shut down the Athletics in his seven innings.
Red Sox’ Nick Pivetta keeps the A’s in check
Facing Oakland for the first time in his career, Pivetta threw 101 pitches, 65 for strikes.

Peter Abraham: Nick Pivetta in a zone while dominating Oakland
The remaining part of the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building fell in a controlled demolition on July 4, 2021 in Surfside, Florida.

Explosives set off to bring down rest of collapsed Florida condo

Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday to bring down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for victims as rescuers possibly gain access to new areas of the rubble.
Lax enforcement let South Florida towers skirt inspections for years
Classrooms without air conditioning should use fans and open windows whenever possible to keep classrooms cool and safe for students, the district says.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

After record-breaking heat, more than half of the Boston schools used for summer learning do not have air conditioning

The start of summer learning programs comes on the heels of Boston’s hottest June ever recorded.
According to a New York Times report, ESPN is dealing with the fallout of controversial comments made by Rachel Nichols, unwittingly recorded and uploaded to ESPN servers and leaked by another employee.

A disparaging video prompts explosive fallout within ESPN

According to a New York Times report, ESPN is dealing with the fallout of controversial comments made by Rachel Nichols, unwittingly recorded and uploaded to ESPN servers and leaked by another employee.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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People along the US-Canadian border await word of reopening

The continued closure of the US-Canadian border because of COVID-19 is having an impact throughout its length. Burlington, Vermont, for example, isn't seeing many Canadian boaters on Lake Champlain.

obituary
Theresa Parks was a founder of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard.
Theresa Parks, Mission Hill housing advocate who stood up to Harvard, dies at 84
"People kept stopping me in the street, saying, 'Are you wacked out? Harvard is the most powerful institution in the world. You can't fight it,' " Mrs. Parks recalled.

Months later, Beacon Hill has no agreement on contested transparency rules

It’s yet another sign that state leaders who pride themselves on topping national rankings on many issues have little appetite to lead the nation on open government, critics said.

MOVIES
Riley Keough (left) and Taylour Paige in "Zola."
‘Zola’: the road trip as emoji confetti
A road trip goes spectacularly sour in this playfully dark adaptation of an epic 148-tweet Twitter thread by A’Ziah “Zola” King.

Geoff Diehl announces bid for governor; he’s first Republican to enter race

Diehl made the announcement during a Fourth of July barbeque in Hadley organized by the Western Mass GOP Patriots Political Action Committee, according to his campaign manager, Amanda Orlando.

love letters
Love Letters
Willing to enter a ‘throuple’ relationship for her
"Am I being too desperate?"

Opinion

EDITORIAL

The Declaration of Independence inspires

Excerpts from select speeches, songs, and treaties inspired by the founding document.
Still No. 1.
JEFF JACOBY

Lincoln was the best. Buchanan was the worst. What about the others?
French President Emmanuel Macron at the inauguration of the French Cultural Center in Kigali, Rwanda, on May 27. He acknowledged that France bears some responsibility for the 1994 genocide in the central African country.
IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Hey, America, how about an apology?
EDITORIAL

Should you know if your neighbor owns a gun?
NASA and some of the world’s leading engineers and space scientists are at work on a plan to avoid the destruction of Earth by an errant asteroid.
IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

The following asteroid collision is only a test

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

Rescuers were on the shore near Castle Island during the search for a missing swimmer Thursday.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

What’s behind the recent spate of drownings in Massachusetts?

Drownings are starting to look like an epidemic, the losses mounting as heatwaves, the lingering effects of COVID, inequality, and bad luck collide.

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.

Juliet Bernstein sits in a bedroom of her Chatham home.
At 108 years old, Cape Cod woman starts fund-raiser to allow her to keep living at home
Although Juliet Bernstein was born before World War I, at a time when the telephone was considered high technology, she has settled on a 21st-century path toward her goal: a GoFundMe account to help pay for home care.

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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 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.
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
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.
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

Water quality improved for Boston-area beaches in 2020, but some lag behind

Water quality at Boston-area beaches improved overall in 2020, with five beaches receiving perfect scores, thanks in part to a somewhat dry year with less rainfall, according to a new water quality report card by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.

Mother of Wakefield standoff suspect: ‘There is no ill will in his heart’

Felicia Sanders said her son is not violent, nor is he antipolice or antigovernment.

‘If people want to see a miracle, they should look at me,’ rabbi who survived attack says

Last week Rabbi Shlomo Noginski was fighting for his life, struggling against a man who authorities say attacked him with a knife and a gun outside the Shaloh House, a Jewish school in Brighton.

Months later, Beacon Hill has no agreement on contested transparency rules

It’s yet another sign that state leaders who pride themselves on topping national rankings on many issues have little appetite to lead the nation on open government, critics said.

Sports

Luka Doncic traded in his Dallas Mavericks gear for his the uniform of his country this weekend, as Slovenia won a spot in its first Olympics.
Sports Log

Luka Doncic, Slovenia down Lithuania to win its way into Summer Games for the first time

Donicic registered 31 points, 11 rebounds, and 13 assists, the first triple-double by any player in any of the four Olympic qualifying tournaments that were played in the past week.
Nick Pivetta continues to be a huge plus for the Sox as he allowed just two singles while striking out 10 during Sunday's 1-0 win over the Athletics in Oakland.
Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Nick Pivetta in a zone while dominating Oakland

Nick Pivetta pitched seven dominant innings against the Oakland Athletics on Sunday, allowing two singles and striking out 10 in a game the Sox won, 1-0.
Cam Davis of Australia poses with the trophy after winning the Rocket Mortgage Classic in Detroit on the fifth sudden death playoff hole against Troy Merritt.
GOLF ROUNDUP

High five for Cam Davis, who fends off Troy Merritt in playoff to win Rocket Mortgage Classic

The 26-year-old Australian earned his first PGA Tour victory at Detroit Golf Club when Merritt misses a par putt on the fifth playoff hole.
nascar

Chase Elliott rallies at Road America to clinch playoff spot in NASCAR Cup Series
Red Sox 1, A's 0

Red Sox’ Nick Pivetta keeps the A’s in check
MLB Notebook

Shohei Ohtani headlines AL All-Star staff selection as first two-way player in history of game

Business

Southwest, American delays hint at hard summer for travelers

Some airlines are finding they don’t have enough people in key roles, including pilots. In turn, travelers are posting photos of long airport lines and describing painful flights.

Cambridge scooter startup takes on Silicon Valley giants

Flush with $60 million it raised from venture capitalists in December, Superpedestrian is rapidly expanding its scooter rental service. By the end of July, its Link scooters will be available in 40 cities around the world, including Hartford, Cleveland, Seattle, Lisbon, Stockholm, and Vienna.

As the pandemic changes how we work, co-working is taking off in the suburbs

Vatican indicts 10, including a cardinal, in London deal

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
Conductor Keith Lockhart was photographed Friday at Symphony Hall. The 2021 Boston Pops July Fourth Spectacular will mark the conductor's reunion with live audiences.
MUSIC

Keith Lockhart on July 4: ‘The theme of this concert, in my mind, is about rebirth’
Carolina Aragón's "FutureSHORELINE" represents climate threats as well as solutions proposed by scientists.
ART

In Fort Point, public art helps visualize rising sea levels
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

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.

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Among the top stories for the magazine so far in 2021 have been a piece about the origins of William Shakespeare's work (left), a story on Black joy (top right), and the annual Top Spots to Live story (bottom right).
Recommended reading

Ten of the best Globe Magazine stories from 2021 (so far)
Titi, a 6-year-old rescue dog, gazes adoringly at the writer’s husband, actor Chris Cooper, in their Massachusetts home.
Connections

A father’s soothing ways
The owners of this Ogunquit summer house asked the designer to create a loft in their young daughters' bedroom.
Style Watch

Home design ideas: A bedroom with a loft provides an escape for young sisters
Squam Lake attracts naturalists, canoers, and kayakers right through autumn. “It’s the quiet coffee shop to Lake Winnipesaukee’s loud nightclub,” says homeowner Sam Kachmar.
Summer Living

A 1970s fixer-upper on a New Hampshire lake draws new owners with its ‘family vibe’

metro

The Massachusetts State House.

Months later, Beacon Hill has no agreement on contested transparency rules

After record-breaking heat, more than half of the Boston schools used for summer learning do not have air conditioning

Geoff Diehl announces bid for governor; he’s first Republican to enter race

sports

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott (left) fist bumps his son, Chase Elliott, in victory lane at Elkhart Lake, Wis.

Chase Elliott rallies at Road America to clinch playoff spot in NASCAR Cup Series

Red Sox’ Nick Pivetta keeps the A’s in check

Shohei Ohtani headlines AL All-Star staff selection as first two-way player in history of game

business

Pope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. The Vatican's criminal tribunal indicted 10 people, including a cardinal, and four companies on charges including extortion, abuse of office, and fraud.

Vatican indicts 10, including a cardinal, in London deal

Mexico’s Pemex suffers huge gas pipeline fire in Gulf

Ransomware hits hundreds of US companies, security firm says

politics

President Biden spoke during an Independence Day celebration on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday.

Biden celebrates progress against virus, but acknowledges hurdles ahead

Biden hopes IRS will catch tax dodgers to help pay for his infrastructure

Biden goes in for cherries on campaign-style Michigan trip

Nation

The remaining part of the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building fell in a controlled demolition on July 4, 2021 in Surfside, Florida.

Explosives set off to bring down rest of collapsed Florida condo

Lax enforcement let South Florida towers skirt inspections for years

Photos: Scenes from the Fourth of July

World

Strong waves and sargassum brought by the tide are seen at the Malecon after the passage of Storm Elsa in Santo Domingo on July 4, 2021.

Tropical Storm Elsa headed to landfall on central Cuba coast

Tropical Storm Elsa brushing along Cuba’s southern coast

Vatican says pope ‘reacted well’ to intestinal surgery

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.

More investment in swimming supervision would save lives

Wouldn’t best option be to ensure enough exam school seats for all children who qualify?

The trouble with independence

lifestyle

Love Letters

Should I e-mail my ex for closure?

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

‘Jeopardy!’ had a Boston news category last night. Can you guess all five clues?

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

Actress Julia Roberts, in Vietnam in 2019, will star in Starz's upcoming Watergate series “Gaslit.”

Julia Roberts to lead star-filled cast in Starz’s ‘Gaslit’

Brevity is the soul of witty TV

Rob Reiner creating a Trump-Putin limited series

music

Conductor Keith Lockhart was photographed Friday at Symphony Hall. The 2021 Boston Pops July Fourth Spectacular will mark the conductor's reunion with live audiences.

Keith Lockhart on July 4: ‘The theme of this concert, in my mind, is about rebirth’

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

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

Theater/Dance

BOSTON, MA - 07/04/2019 Confetti falls on the audience attending the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Despite the heat, a large crowd came out to celebrate one of the countryÕs largest and oldest public Fourth-of-July events that took place on the Esplanade.Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

How to watch the July Fourth Pops celebration and fireworks from home

For ArtsEmerson, a less busy but ambitious season

Christopher Lloyd’s journey, from kooks to King Lear

globe local

Haverhill Sign Company's city limits sign in 1910.

Big shoes to fill: Film tells how a Haverhill union activist became America’s first socialist mayor

Should the state phase out Mass Save rebates for new oil-fired systems for heat and hot water?

Somerville moves to honor military heroes still among us

Obituaries

Theresa Parks was a founder of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard.

Theresa Parks, Mission Hill housing advocate who stood up to Harvard, dies at 84

Tom Reich, pioneering baseball and hockey agent, dies at 82

Mimi Stern-Wolfe, presenter of socially conscious concerts, dies at 84