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From left, Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and Georgia Deputy Secretary of State Gabriel Sterling sat at the Tuesday meeting of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Elections officials, workers rebuffed Trump’s pressure, then faced violent threats, Jan. 6 hearing shows

The panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol focused on Trump’s efforts to undo Joe Biden’s victory by leaning on officials in key battleground states to reject ballots outright or to submit alternative electors for the final tally in Congress.

3 takeaways from the 4th hearing of the Jan. 6 committee

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, wiped her eyes as she testified, as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol continued to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation on Tuesday.

Georgia election workers testify about threats after Trump and his allies falsely accused them of election fraud

A Georgia election worker and her mother delivered emotional testimony about the onslaught of threats and harassment they received after they were falsely accused by president Trump and his allies of election fraud.

Rob Gronkowski retires from the NFL ... again
After spending one season away, the tight end rejoined Tom Brady in Tampa Bay and won one more ring.

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 4,066 confirmed cases and 15 deaths
Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

For those who have yet to contract COVID, it feels like ‘the clock is running out’
Lucky. Thankful. Surprised. Confused. Nervous. Alone. Invincible. These are some of the words used to explain how it feels to be in the minority of Americans who have yet to contract COVID-19.

‘Like playing a game of Russian roulette’: People who avoided COVID so far share how they’re feeling

MBTA pulls all new Orange Line cars after ‘battery failure;’ trouble comes amidst T’s litany of woes

The agency said Tuesday it had pulled all of its new but troubled Orange Line trains out of service after a “battery failure” on one of the cars. It came the same day that Massachusetts legislative leaders announced they are done watching the T deteriorate from the sidelines and will hold a rare oversight hearing of the beleaguered agency.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Two local educators named finalists in Boston superintendent search
The finalists are Somerville Superintendent Mary Skipper and Tommy Welch, a regional superintendent in BPS. They were selected from a pool of 34 applicants.

Meet the two finalists for superintendent

Senators say agreement on gun violence compromise is at hand

Senators have moved to the brink of an agreement on a bipartisan gun violence bill, Democrats’ lead negotiator said Tuesday, potentially teeing up votes this week on the legislation.

Dave Epstein

Why Mount Washington has some of the world’s most extreme weather
Mount Washington experienced single-digit windchill and received more than an inch of snow this weekend as a weather pattern swept through. Why do conditions atop New England's tallest mountain get so extreme?

Revere firefighters rescue two people from apartment building during three-alarm blaze

“Right up there, you can see a large deck on the 11th floor,” Chief Bright said. “That whole deck was on fire, contained mostly to the outside of the building. People were trapped across the hall, right in that window to the left, that balcony, I should say.”

R.I. poised to provide driver privilege cards to undocumented residents

After years of advocacy and setbacks, Rhode Island is poised to pass a law that would allow undocumented residents to get driving privilege cards.

Rendering for a proposed Taco Bell at 1578 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan as presented in March to the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council Zoning Committee.

Proponents withdraw application for a Taco Bell in Mattapan

The applicants did not explain why they withdrew the plan, but it had drawn sharp criticism from some neighborhood leaders.

Former House speaker Sal DiMasi in 2018.

Mass. high court to hear arguments in DiMasi lobbying case

At issue is whether those found guilty of federal corruption charges should be barred from lobbying state lawmakers, the governor, and other Massachusetts officials for 10 years after their conviction, even if their crimes aren’t directly cited in the state law.

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Supreme Court ruling on Maine religious schools stirs debate over separation of church and state

Some school choice advocates on Tuesday praised a US Supreme Court ruling that found Maine can’t exclude religious schools from a state program offering tuition aid for private education, while activists on the opposing side warned the opinion could erode the separation of church and state enshrined in the Constitution.

Opinion

A US Supreme Court ruling released Tuesday will require the state of Maine to allow parents to use taxpayer dollars to send their kids to religious school.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Remember separation between church and state? Apparently the Supreme Court doesn’t.

In the Maine religious schools ruling, the court essentially used one part of the First Amendment to override another, ignoring the words of the Constitution it doesn’t like.

Trumpublicans have turned on Republicans

Charlie Baker, the T, and the myth of managerial brilliance

Integrity and honor didn’t matter to Trump, but it did to GOP officials in Georgia and Arizona

Roadmap from critics of Israel sends chill through Jewish community

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

Ideas | The Next Big Dig

Boston was once a wildly ambitious city. It’s time to go big again.

Soaring housing costs, a broken T, and other existential problems require sweeping fixes that meet the moment.

Fixing the T is not enough. We need a massive expansion.

Take the Red Line to Lexington — and the Pink Line to Brockton.

We have to go bold on housing. How about a new city?

The region’s thorniest problem requires visionary thinking.

A city on the ocean, deleting Storrow Drive, and other ideas from readers

Check out how some readers reimagine our area.

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Uvalde police could’ve ended school shooting early on, head of Texas state police testifies
Law enforcement authorities had enough officers on the scene of the Uvalde school massacre to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, the Texas public safety chief testified Tuesday.

Former R.I. cheerleading coach charged with child molestation

Alyshia Tkacks, 33, of Cranston, is facing facing first-degree and second-degree child molestation charges; police say the victim was molested “almost daily” during a 2-year period starting in 2012.

INNOVATION BEAT

Boston’s biggest AI startup faces firestorm of criticism
After raising $300 million last year, DataRobot has angered some current and former employees after a report surfaced about stock sales by top executives.

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Stephen Colbert explains story behind staffers’ arrests on Capitol Hill

Multiple members of Colbert’s production team, including Robert Smigel, who voices Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, were arrested last week in Washington at the Longworth House Office Building and charged with unlawful entry.

Hundreds of dead birds washing up on Martha’s Vineyard
Animal control officials in Tisbury say a strain of bird flu may be responsible for killing hundreds of cormorants on the island.

Biden administration says it plans to cut nicotine in cigarettes
The effort, if successful, could have an unprecedented effect in slashing smoking-related deaths and threaten a politically powerful industry.

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The Stoughton Police Department has weathered state and federal criminal prosecutions, intense infighting that has led to several civil lawsuits, and an FBI probe into public corruption.

‘The worst of small-town governments’: In Stoughton, latest police scandal adds to long history of trouble

Over the past two decades, the Stoughton Police Department has been the epitome of dysfunction, besieged by scandals that have rocked this unassuming bedroom community south of Boston.

The whiter the Boston neighborhood, the easier it can be to find a restaurant with a license to serve booze, report shows
A new report underscores what many Boston politicians and restaurateurs have known for years, if not decades: there is a clear correlation between how white a neighborhood is in the city and how many on-premise liquor licenses for restaurants it has.

KEVIN CULLEN

Where have all the leaders gone?
Ted Kennedy and John Hume met for dinner in West Germany 50 years ago. The peace process in Ireland began in earnest, and a blueprint for reasoned leadership in divided societies emerged. Where has it gone?

The strange Mass. crime wave over catalytic converters and the bill aiming to curb theft
With these car parts being stolen at an alarming rate, state lawmakers are pushing a bill to try to thwart the theft of catalytic converters.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Kirstin Chen discussed her new book, "Counterfeit," at Booksmith in San Francisco.

Kirstin Chen’s new novel explores the model minority myth through a counterfeit handbag scheme

Singer-actress Mandy Moore will perform at Royale on June 19.

Mandy Moore reclaims her past, looks toward the future with ‘In Real Life’

Hank Willis Thomas, the artist behind "The Embrace," the long-awaited memorial to Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr., spoke at the ICA Wednesday as part of The Embrace Ideas Festival.

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

Looking for home in ‘Hurricane Girl’

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Members of the Muslim Uyghur minority present pictures of their relatives detained in China, during a press conference in Istanbul, on May 10.

Enes Kanter Freedom and Johan Vande Lanotte

The world must address all human rights violations

Haitians line up for breakfast at a campground being used to house a large group of Haitian migrants in Sierra Morena in Cuba's Villa Clara province, May 26. A vessel carrying more than 800 Haitians trying to reach the United States wound up instead on the coast of central Cuba, in what appeared to be the largest group seen yet in a swelling exodus from crisis-stricken Haiti.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Biden’s dismal record on helping people fleeing from danger

Drift boats anchor in large clusters in the Naknek River, on June 19, 2020, awaiting the start of red salmon fishing in Alaska’s Bristol Bay.

Roger Berkowitz and Sarah Schumann

Don’t endanger aquatic ecosystems in the name of solving climate change

Law enforcement officers stand guard as protesters march past Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home on June 8 in Chevy Chase, Md. An armed man was arrested near Kavanaugh's home Wednesday morning and was later charged with attempted murder.

I know firsthand the threats judges face: My son was killed and my husband was shot

The need to hold the former president accountable for any crimes he may have committed in office has never been clearer or more urgent.

There is no question: Merrick Garland must put Trump on trial

IDEAS | WILL AUSTIN

Where have Boston’s children gone?

Metro

Lifespan Cancer Institute secures key approval for stem-cell therapy for cancer patients

“In order for the Institute to remain current, we needed to have these treatments and therapies,” a Lifespan spokeswoman said.

R.I. legislature passes bill criminalizing sexual contact between authority figures and teens

Supporters have said these bills will close a loophole in the law that leaves teens vulnerable to predators.

R.I. poised to provide driver privilege cards to undocumented residents

After years of advocacy and setbacks, Rhode Island is poised to pass a law that would allow undocumented residents to get driving privilege cards.

Proponents withdraw application for a Taco Bell in Mattapan

The applicants did not explain why they withdrew the plan, but it had drawn sharp criticism from some neighborhood leaders.

Sports

Nelly Korda is the defending champion of the Women's PGA Championship, which begins Thursday at Congressional Country Club, which has hosted the US Open three times. The winner will get $1.35 million.

Women’s PGA Championship doubles prize money to $9 million

The increase brings prize money for the five majors to nearly triple the amount from a decade ago.

After a commanding win in Game 3, the Lightning are looking to even things up in Game 4 Wednesday.

Lightning look to even Stanley Cup Final against Avalanche after Game 3 rout

Tampa Bay looked like two-time defending champions in Game 3, and can tie things up in Game 4 on Wednesday.

As was the case last year, the NBA Draft will be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

2022 NBA Draft guide: When the Celtics pick, top prospects, and more

As one season ends, a new one begins: The NBA Draft is on Thursday, and the Celtics have just one pick.

Red Sox vs. Tigers | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 69: Tigers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Rob Gronkowski retires from the NFL ... again

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson settles 20 of 24 sexual misconduct lawsuits

Business

Supreme Court rejects Bayer’s bid to stop Roundup lawsuits

The justices left in place a $25 million judgment in favor of a California man who says he developed cancer from using Roundup for decades to treat poison oak, overgrowth, and weeds on his San Francisco Bay Area property.

Microsoft to eliminate face analysis tools in push for ‘Responsible AI’

The changes are part of a push by Microsoft for tighter controls of its artificial intelligence products.

Biden to name 1st Native American US treasurer to head Mint

Kellogg will split into 3 companies as it leans into snacks

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In the main cottage (left), the first-floor primary bedroom, main living space, and the three second-floor bedrooms all have lake views, as do the sleeping porch and living area of the guest cottage (right). The owners’ grandchildren frolic among the trees.

Up to 22 relatives stay at these Maine cabins, a treasured family heirloom

The bittersweet triumph of a Juneteenth national holiday

This week's daters: Mary and Ryan.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I thought she was fun, interesting, smart, and thoughtful’

The writer and his family on a visit to York, Maine, in 2014.

When I was a new dad, everyone said it would go by so fast. I get it now.

metro

Rusty Bowers, Arizona state House Speaker, from left, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Gabe Sterling, Georgia Deputy Secretary of State, are sworn in to testify on Tuesday.

Election workers and officials detail harassment, threats from Trump supporters

MBTA pulls all new Orange Line cars after ‘battery failure;’ trouble comes amidst T’s litany of woes

Fire investigators probe ‘suspicious’ blaze in church rectory in Arlington

sports

Guard Yam Madar, selected by the Celtics in the second round in 2020, will be on the team's summer league roster

Here are the players expected to be on the Celtics’ summer league roster

Red Sox prospect Bryan Mata, working back from Tommy John, could be moving on from High A soon

Brad Stevens reflects on a remarkable Celtics season and looks ahead to the next one

business

Senate President Karen Spilka at a State House event last year. She and House Speaker Ron Mariano (background) have signaled a willingness to change Massachusetts' estate tax system, which currently taxes estates worth $1 million or more when someone dies, the lowest such threshold in the country.

Spilka signals willingness to deal on estate tax

Boston’s biggest AI startup faces firestorm of criticism

Home sales slow again as mortgage rates climb

politics

Voters cast their ballots at a polling place in Lost Mountain, Ga., on primary Election Day in May.

See results from key primaries in Alabama, Virginia, and Georgia

Elections officials, workers rebuffed Trump’s pressure, then faced violent threats, Jan. 6 hearing shows

3 takeaways from the 4th hearing of the Jan. 6 committee

Nation

On Tuesday, the Biden administration said it plans to develop a rule requiring tobacco companies to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes sold in the United States to minimally or nonaddictive levels.

Biden administration says it plans to cut nicotine in cigarettes

Uvalde police could’ve ended school shooting early on, head of Texas state police testifies

Police response to Uvalde was ‘an abject failure,’ Texas DPS chief says

World

Defense Force fighters survey the wreckage of an Ethiopian Air Force plane downed in Mekelle, Ethiopia, June 23, 2021. The massacre of perhaps hundreds of ethnic Amharas in Oromia, Ethiopia's largest region, came as the country grappled with a grueling civil war with the Tigray and the worst drought in decades.

‘We are not safe’: Ethiopians flee massacre that killed hundreds

France rules against burkini swimwear for religious reasons

Canada will ban single-use plastics to combat pollution, climate change

opinion

Condos for sale in Dorchester.

Affordable rentals go only so far. We need more home ownership.

A city on the ocean, deleting Storrow Drive, and other ideas from readers

Straighten the Pike, and then cover it

lifestyle

"Black Hole Symphony," featuring the Multiverse Players (pictured), premieres at the Museum of Science's Charles Hayden Planetarium.

Science and music collide in ‘Black Hole Symphony’ at the Museum of Science

UK to offer vaccines to some queer men to stop monkeypox; officials cite higher transmission risk

I’m having doubts about moving in with him

food & dining

Outside Blue Ribbon Sushi.

Blue Ribbon Sushi will open at the Hotel Commonwealth Thursday

Premade cocktail mixes make sipping simple

The Mushroom Shop springs up in Somerville

travel

A cooked lobster is served on a picnic table in New England.

8 must-attend food and wine festivals in Rhode Island this summer

Grab that towel: These sandy strands have been named the best beaches in Massachusetts

A sunflower maze, a new Lake Placid hotel, and thousands of books on the go

Arts

Lynda Schlosberg, "The Heart of the Matter," in “Lines and Colors" at Bernay Fine Art.

Delighting in ‘Lines and Colors’ at Bernay Fine Art

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

At PEM, Zachari Logan’s ‘Remembrance’ finds beauty in ambiguity

Books

Mr. Lamming, speaking at the University of Miami’s Center for the Humanities in 2011.

George Lamming, a Caribbean writer who explored the end of colonialism, dies

Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor of powerful reserve, dies at 91

A daughter’s tale in ‘Also a Poet’

Movies

Katia Krafft wearing aluminized suit near a lava burst at Krafla Volcano, Iceland, in "Fire of Love."

Nantucket Film Festival returns with in-person screenings and events

Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor of powerful reserve, dies at 91

Chris Evans makes surprise appearance at ‘Lightyear’ screening in Boston

Television

Zahn McClarnon in "Dark Winds."

Zahn McClarnon is riveting as tribal detective in AMC’s ‘Dark Winds’

Tiffani Faison thanks supporters after receiving ‘hateful’ backlash following first pitch on Pride Night at Fenway

This week’s TV: ‘Friends’ and a Brandeis gift, Maya Rudolph’s ‘Loot,’ and honors for Jon Stewart

music

Conductor Yoichi Udagawa, shown in this undated handout photo, led the New England Philharmonic on Saturday evening at Jordan Hall.

Yoichi Udagawa hits the right notes with New England Philharmonic

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Bonnie Raitt’s excellence is no surprise

Mandy Moore reclaims her past, looks toward the future with ‘In Real Life’

Theater/Dance

Fans, media and cast members gathered outside the Richard Rodgers Theatre where the musical "Hamilton" was being prepared for opening on September 14, 2021 in New York City.

Broadway will drop mask mandate beginning July 1

A workplace comedy goes to some very dark places in ‘Gloria’ at Gloucester Stage

‘A Beautiful Noise’ aims to tell Neil Diamond’s story, inside and out

globe local

The 504 express bus picks up passengers in Watertown before heading into downtown Boston.

Newton leaders push back on MBTA proposal to slash seven express bus routes

Live music is now on the menu around Greater Boston

Luna moths grace the landscape at Mount Auburn Cemetery

Obituaries

Dr. Ellwood, at his office in Minneapolis in 1970.

Dr. Paul M. Ellwood Jr., architect of the HMO, is dead at 95

Clela Rorex, who issued first same-sex marriage licenses, dies

Jean Entine, activist and ally for Boston’s women of color, dies at 79