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At convention, Mass. Republicans endorse Trump-backed candidate for governor, vow to overtake ‘evil’ Democrats

Activists were about two hours from Governor Charlie Baker’s Swampscott house. But in rhetoric and policy, the convention showed a party straying far from the moderate, non-confrontational playbook the two-term Republican used to sweep into office and retain the support of a vast majority of Massachusetts residents.

‘It will be a miracle if we can avoid a recession’: More bad economic news stalks Biden, Democrats

Less than six months before crucial midterm elections, President Biden and the Democrats aren’t getting much good news lately on the issue that Americans say matters the most to them: the economy.

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Channel 5′s Mike Lynch suffers stroke, expected to make full recovery
Lynch suffered the stroke Tuesday night while out for a walk with his wife, Mary Ellen, near their Winchester home.

People flock to waterfront to beat the heat that is expected to worsen Sunday
Summer-like heat baked the region Saturday, as temperatures climbed into the 90s and people sought out relief at beaches and community cooling centers. Forecasters said Sunday will be more of the same, with sunshine and temperatures in the mid-90s.

Universities warn of extreme heat expected during Sunday’s commencements See more hot weather news and resources

Red Sox 6, Mariners 5
Suddenly the Red Sox are on a hot streak, and other observations from their fourth straight win
Rafael Devers and Christian Vazquez highlighted Saturday's victory, and now Boston will go for a four-game sweep on Sunday.

In connecting the busing era to today, ‘Common Ground Revisited’ follows a long, complicated path to the stage

For more than a decade, playwright Kirsten Greenidge and director Melia Bensussen have been wrestling J. Anthony Lukas’s epic "Common Ground" into theatrical form. The premiere of that play is finally at hand.
MUSIC REVIEW

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

The country superstar — who limited tickets for Friday's show to the field and the stadium’s first tier — was boisterous and charged up, burning nonstop with the thrill of performance.
Tara Sullivan

No winners in Nick Saban vs. Jimbo Fisher, just two losers

Thursday’s back and forth was a shocking case of the haves beating up on the haves.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

The mystery of the Patrick Rose file

The mayor of Boston says she’s not allowed to read the Boston Police Department file. Huh?
MARCELA GARCÍA

How the Disinformation Governance Board fell victim to disinformation
LETTERS

The AG, the DPU, the industry, and the Future of Gas
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Radical menders vs. disposable everything
RENÉE LOTH

The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito
Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.
Summer Arts Preview

10 TV shows we’ll be watching this summer

The summer's highlights include a thriller starring Jeff Bridges, Steve Carell in a new series from the creators of "The Americans," as well as shows for fans of "Lord of the Rings," "Game of Thrones," and "Star Wars."

Summer’s hottest movies, from ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Nope’

In addition to blockbuster titles like "Jurassic World Dominion" and "Thor: Love and Thunder," look for a spate of animated features — Pixar’s "Lightyear" among them — and the return of several first-rate directors.

10 terrific dance events to catch this summer

No matter your taste, there's a dance performance to satisfy it, with companies and performers from local to international taking the stage.

See all the recommendations and explore the full feature

Globe writers and critics pick the season’s top TV shows, films, music, art, theater, dance, and more.
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

Tech Power Players 50

The Tech Power Players 50 is a list of the most influential — and interesting — people in the Massachusetts technology scene, as ranked by the Globe’s business journalists and an external advisory committee.
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Woman killed, two injured after vehicle reverses direction, crashes into farm stand in Newbury

The Sforza Family Farm on Chute Road was the scene of a horrific scene Saturday afternoon. A driver reversed direction and crashed into the check out area of the farm stand, killing a woman and injuring two others, including a juvenile.

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Tiger Woods withdraws after rough third round at PGA Championship
Woods shot a 9-over-par 79 Saturday and was tied for last place.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Boston’s next school superintendent can’t succeed without a supportive mayor
Without a courageous mayor willing to stand behind her schools chief, to defer to that expert’s judgment and spend political capital backing them when they make tough decisions, even a stellar superintendent is doomed to fail — or to leave the job before they can make meaningful change.

Police in Texas issue arrest warrant for woman in connection with killing of Vermont cyclist
Austin, Texas, police have issued an arrest warrant charging a woman with the fatal shooting of Anna Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old Dartmouth graduate and professional gravel cyclist killed May 11 in Texas days before a race.

Tuskegee Airman celebrates 100th birthday with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, veterans groups, and many visitors
Retired Sergeant Victor Butler asked people to send him cards for his birthday. He received more than 40,000, along with videos, gifts, and good wishes from VIP guests at a celebration on Saturday at his North Providence, R.I., home.

J. M. Smucker recalls some Jif peanut butter products
The recalled peanut butter was distributed nationwide in retail stores and other outlets, J. M. Smucker said in a statement.

150 years of The Boston Globe
Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Stranded Boston school sports teams mark latest example of BPS busing woes

Five sports teams across Boston Public Schools were left without a bus to take them to games this week, highlighting yet another instance of the district’s chronic transportation issues.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Trumpists, Tucker Carlson cultists, white supremacists: When will you finally feel satisfied, unafraid?
It feels good to find villains to blame when life is complicated or hard. And it sure as heck works as an electoral strategy.

After 17 years, Old South Church’s pioneering pastor steps aside
The Rev. Nancy Taylor will depart as the first female senior minister since the church’s founding in 1669, but the effects of her ministry will live on in myriad ways — from fostering racial and gender diversity, to ministering to the injured and traumatized following the Boston Marathon bombings, to securing the physical well-being of a National Historic Landmark.

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The guy who wants you to catch a fish on the Quabbin
I’m not sure I’ve ever met anyone who loves something more than Syd Sydla loves watching people catch their first fish on the Quabbin Reservoir.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

Mass. residents both value the arts and see racism in them, new survey shows

Your guide to the indie bookstores of Cape Cod and the islands

‘I didn’t intend to do an abortion drama,’ says ‘Happening’ director

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | THE EDITORS

Let’s build a better Boston
Karyn Polito and James Peyser

Massachusetts students need employers to provide internships
Joan Vennochi

Numbers don’t lie: Even in Mass., GOP candidates are outpacing Democrats
EDITORIAL

Congress shouldn’t let global tax deal fail
Victor Shi

How to get Gen Z to the voting booth
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Radical menders vs. disposable everything

Metro

People flock to waterfront to beat the heat that is expected to worsen Sunday

Summer-like heat baked the region Saturday, as temperatures climbed into the 90s and people sought out relief at beaches and community cooling centers. Forecasters said Sunday will be more of the same, with sunshine and temperatures in the mid-90s.

At convention, Mass. Republicans endorse Trump-backed candidate for governor, vow to overtake ‘evil’ Democrats

Activists were about two hours from Governor Charlie Baker’s Swampscott house. But in rhetoric and policy, the convention showed a party straying far from the moderate, non-confrontational playbook the two-term Republican used to sweep into office and retain the support of a vast majority of Massachusetts residents.

Tuskegee Airman celebrates 100th birthday with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, veterans groups, and many visitors

Retired Sergeant Victor Butler asked people to send him cards for his birthday. He received more than 40,000, along with videos, gifts, and good wishes from VIP guests at a celebration on Saturday at his North Providence, R.I., home.

‘Don’t shrink your dreams,’ US Labor Secretary Walsh tells Endicott College graduates

Endicott College awarded degrees Saturday to 697 undergraduate and 306 graduate students.

Sports

Revolution 3, Cincinnati FC 2

The Revolution blew a pair of leads, but Tommy McNamara came to the rescue in the 89th minute

It was the first road victory for New England this season.
Ben Volin I On golf

After Tiger Woods’s departure from PGA Championship, will he play the US Open in Brookline?

The pride factor as much as the injury factor could keep Woods from coming to next month’s US Open at The Country Club in Brookline.
SCHOOLS | MSTCA SOUTH SHORE TWILIGHT INVITATIONAL

Brockton’s Jason Wonodi has the look of a winner at South Shore Principals Twilight Meet

The senior won the 200 meters and led the Boxers to the boys' team championship, while Whitinsville Christian cruised to the girls' crown.
HEAT 109, CELTICS 103 | INSTANT ANALYSIS

Observations as 24 turnovers prove too much for Celtics in frustrating Game 3 loss to Heat

Dan Shaughnessy

After Celtics took a stunning loss in Game 3, there’s no telling what to expect in Game 4
NHL NOTEBOOK

Avalanche take down Blues in Game 3, reclaim lead in Western Conference semifinal series

Business

Shirley Leung

Traveling out of state for an abortion: A nightmarish journey that some Massachusetts women face, too

Kate Dineen paid about $10,000 out of pocket for procedure and travel costs to abort a planned pregnancy, after learning there was a 50 percent chance her son would die before birth.

Russia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for prisoners of war

Concern mounted Saturday over the fate of the Ukrainian fighters who became Moscow’s prisoners as Russia claimed seizure of the steel plant-turned-fortress in Mariupol, capping a nearly three-month siege that left the strategic port city in ruins and more than 20,000 city residents feared dead.

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Boeing docks crew capsule to space station in test do-over
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College & Careers

5 ways Gen Z is insisting on changes to the workplace

Perspective | Book Excerpt

Charlie Baker: What happened to reaching across the aisle to get things done?
CONNECTIONS

Making friends as an adult is hard, building a community is even harder

metro

Boston’s next school superintendent can’t succeed without a supportive mayor

See more hot weather news and resources

This weekend’s heat could break records. These maps show what to expect.

sports

How it happened: Heat start fast and hold off every Celtics rally to take 2-1 series lead

Heat rule out Jimmy Butler for second half with knee inflammation

US beats Sweden in overtime at hockey worlds, Canada loses

business

J. M. Smucker recalls some Jif peanut butter products

A third of Americans report financial stress in Census survey

Another awful week for stocks as recession fears mount

politics

‘It will be a miracle if we can avoid a recession’: More bad economic news stalks Biden, Democrats

US sees risk of rationing COVID vaccines, treatments without more funds

Biden risks troubled Americas summit in Los Angeles

Nation

The last abortion clinic in Mississippi only employs out-of-state doctors. Two are from Massachusetts.

Police report 2nd death from tornado in northern Michigan

She was told surgery would cost about $1,300. Then the bill came: $229,000.

World

Biden moves to reassure South Korea of help in countering nuclear-armed North

Taliban pressure women in Afghanistan to cover up

Australian Labor topples conservatives, PM faces early tests

opinion

Our replacement theory

Radical menders vs. disposable everything

Shadow histories come into the light

lifestyle

I want more control over when we get engaged

Need to beat this weekend’s heat? Head to one of these 75+ spray fountains

I think this ‘friend’ is flirting with my wife

food & dining

Cocktail gardens in bloom; a star pastry chef comes back to Boston

The importance of a grocery store

The Salon, a downtown lounge, finally reopens with an emphasis on local Providence music

travel

A music fest in Lowell, a wellness fest in Sun Valley, and a speaker to go

Gardens, art, and whimsy combine to offer a place of solace — and delight

A design-forward hotel finds a home in Somerville

Arts

When the wild rumpus gave way to Mozart: Maurice Sendak at the Gardner

Milton Avery’s color sense and sensibility

Missing children and maligned mothers

Books

‘Either/Or’: When the college novel deserves a second look

Peter Swanson: reading scary books at a young age

Young love is in bloom in ‘Avalon’

Movies

Summer’s hottest movies, from ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Nope’

9 spots around Boston to see a drive-in movie

‘Hold Your Fire’: finding high drama in ‘dynamic inactivity’

Television

(Most of) ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 to drop next week

TV used to take the summer off. Now it brings some heat.

10 TV shows we’ll be watching this summer

music

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

Pops open season with a beautiful beast of a show

10 standout pop concerts this summer

Theater/Dance

In connecting the busing era to today, ‘Common Ground Revisited’ follows a long, complicated path to the stage

This version of comedian Jerrod Carmichael is no act

10 terrific dance events to catch this summer

globe local

‘I can picture the people who eat the food I grow.’ Amid worldwide supply threats, local farmers keep feeding Greater Boston.

Should Massachusetts raise MCAS graduation requirements?

Police come to the rescue of trapped ducklings

Obituaries

Urvashi Vaid, pioneering LGBTQ activist, is dead at 63

Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies at 101

Bob Neuwirth, colorful figure in Dylan’s circle, dies at 82