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School Committee names Mary Skipper Boston’s next superintendent
Mary Skipper, who worked in Boston for decades before Somerville, will return to the 49,000-student district at a critical time in its history.

A potential legal bombshell in the Jan. 6 hearing that you might have missed

Representative Liz Cheney disclosed samples of the outreach some witnesses received from Trump associates, messages that not-so-subtly encouraged those contacted to remain “loyal.”

About half say Trump should be charged for role in Jan. 6 insurrection, new poll shows

MBTA puts operator of train that dragged passenger to death in April on unpaid leave

On Monday, the MBTA switched the status of the employee who was driving at the time from paid leave to unpaid leave, “pending final disciplinary action,” agency spokesperson Joe Pesaturo said via e-mail.

Vandalism delayed Orange Line trains

Effort to undo undocumented driver’s license law gains steam, as wealthy GOP donor said to back it
If activists gather enough signatures, voters will decide whether to keep or nix the law, which goes into effect next year.

Two men arrested and charged with Hyde Park murder

Pierre Valbrun, 20, of Roxbury, and Jonathan Thebaud, 32, of Brockton, were arrested Wednesday on warrants out of Suffolk Superior Court on charges including murder in the death of Trevon Sands last fall.

Man arrested while leaving Newburyport court in SUV loaded with marijuana, police say
Yves Duboc, 43, of Biddeford, Maine, was held on $15,000 cash bail following his second arraignment of the day on Wednesday in Newburyport District Court, according to court documents. He was sent to the Essex County House of Corrections.

Liz Ridge held a sign during a demonstration in support of abortion rights at the Massachusetts State House in Boston on Saturday when hundreds gathered to protest the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade case.

The end of Roe could be a boon for the Mass. economy. Here’s why.

More companies and employees could view Massachusetts, where abortion rights are protected, as a bastion of progressivism — a good place to settle and grow.

Tell us: How have you changed your approach to birth control after the reversal of Roe?

Senator Elizabeth Warren hosted a town hall at the Winchester Public Library in response to Roe v. Wade being struck down.

Elizabeth Warren calls for action against ‘crisis pregnancy centers’ in wake of Supreme Court overturning Roe

Senator Elizabeth Warren praised the Biden administration's statements on the overturn of Roe v. Wade and encouraged voters to look to the November elections as Democrats' best hope of making Roe the law of the land.

RED SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 5 | 10 INNINGS

The Red Sox blew another late lead to the Blue Jays, but an extra-inning rally helped Boston avoid the sweep
The Red Sox struck for three runs in the 10th inning to reclaim second place in the AL East.

Dan Shaughnessy: Red Sox have bounced back recently, now they just have to figure out the American League East Red Sox, Blue Jays clear benches after Nick Pivetta hits Alejandro Kirk

Legal experts say Cassidy Hutchinson revelations could move Trump closer to criminal charges
The bombshell testimony Tuesday from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson could be key to bringing a possible criminal case against former president Donald Trump, legal experts said.

Cassidy Hutchinson steps into the spotlight with Jan. 6 testimony

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on two more cases this week.

A season of shocking turns

June has been an absolute horror. How do we even process this much bad news?

Ashley Kalus, left, greets people on March 22, 2022, during a campaign stop at a sporting goods store, in Cranston, R.I., after announcing Tuesday morning that she is seeking the Republican nomination for governor of Rhode Island.

R.I. Republicans endorse Fung for Congress, Kalus for governor

Republicans also endorsed Aaron Guckian for lieutenant governor, Charles Calenda for attorney general, Pat Cortellessa for secretary of state, James Lathrop for treasurer, and Allen Waters for the first congressional district.

Lancia ends congressional campaign, clearing path for Fung to be GOP nominee in R.I.’s 2nd District

This shark was spotted off of Sandy Neck Beach in Barnstable in July 2020.

Watch out for white sharks: here’s where (and when) you’re most likely to encounter them

Along the coast of Cape Cod, white sharks spend almost half of their time at depths of less than 15 feet.

A police officer appears to punch Christopher Adams, who approached during an arrest in Newport, R.I., around 1 a.m. on Sunday, June 26, 2022.

Newport police release some information, identify officers in Sunday’s violent arrest

The police have not yet said whether officers were using body-worn cameras, nor addressed the violence captured in a viral video: an officer shoving bystanders and striking a passerby

Opinion

Could Trump splatter the wall with ketchup and not lose a vote?

After explosive testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson about an unhinged president clinging to power while flinging his lunch, there’s some hope the Trump voter base will eventually erode. But that has yet to happen, even with those who testified against him.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Democrats are almost out of time to protect democracy and the rights of Americans

Police can seize your property too easily in Massachusetts

A heroic young woman puts real American patriotism over allegiance to MAGA

Overturning Roe does not make the Supreme Court ‘illegitimate’

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

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R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in sex trafficking case
Fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his fame to subject young fans — some just children — to systematic sexual abuse.

A new Mayflower that uses artificial intelligence has crossed the Atlantic and is set to dock in Plymouth
The ship, which navigated the choppy seas on its own by relying on complex onboard computer systems and artificial intelligence, was designed and built through a partnership between IBM and Promare, a marine research nonprofit.

Boston City Council approves $3.99 billion budget

The council did not make any cuts to the Boston Police Department budget, backing away from a $13 million trim that just three weeks ago every member of the body had supported.

Lanita Cullinane promoted to BPD Superintendent of Bureau of Field Services, first woman to serve in role
Cullinane, who first joined the department as an officer in June 1995, replaces Superintendent Gerard Bailey, who has retired, according to Sergeant Detective John Boyle, a department spokesman.

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case is found, and family seeks arrest

A team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence about the lynching of Black teenager Emmett Till has found the unserved warrant charging a white woman in his 1955 kidnapping, and Till's relatives want authorities to arrest her nearly 70 years later.

Boston man accused of beating pregnant woman, assaulting 1-year-old, held without bail

Marvin De La Cruz, 23, allegedly punched and kicked the woman, who was two months pregnant, and injured a 1-year-old boy on Saturday in their Dorchester home, the district attorney’s office said.

Recommended reads

Caitlin O'Donnell checked on e-mails from work and T alerts while she commuted on the Orange line.

Another summer of discontent for MBTA riders casts a long shadow on downtown Boston’s rebound

Massachusetts is emerging out of COVID-19, and our recovery depends on the T. Anyone who has spent time in the city lately knows trains have been fuller, tourists have arrived, and major employers have started to bring workers back into the office.

Black and Latino households got more mortgages than ever in 2020 — but continued to buy houses in only a small number of Mass. communities
More Black and Latino households are buying their first homes in Massachusetts than ever before, though overall they continued to choose only a handful of towns.

As Democrats exit governor’s race, some point to barriers for outsider candidates
When state Senator Sonia Chang-Dίaz ended her campaign last week, she left just one Democrat, Attorney General Maura Healey, as the presumptive nominee and, most likely, the state’s next governor.

Ready for some fireworks? Here’s a list of displays across the state.
With displays throughout the holiday weekend, you can take your pick, according to a rundown of such events released by the Department of Fire Services.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Sam Jay interviews a Satanist on a duck boat on her HBO show "Pause With Sam Jay."

With a new season of ‘Pause,’ Sam Jay keeps the conversation going

Canadian singer k.d. lang shown performing in Sydney in 2020.

10 singers and bands on this Canadian’s ‘Eh’ list

The exterior of Farthest Star Sake in Medfield on June 25.

At Farthest Star Sake, something new is brewing

The Huntington Entrance of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Unionized employees ratify first contract with Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Special Projects

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Welcome Back to Boston

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

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

One hopes that the more thoughtful Trump types can muster a fraction of the courage and honesty of 26-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson, who on Tuesday showed us what true American patriotism actually looks like.

A heroic young woman puts real American patriotism over allegiance to MAGA

Abortion rights demonstrators chant outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on June 25.

Overturning Roe does not make the Supreme Court ‘illegitimate’

Some $230,000 seized by Boston Police during a 2021 drug raid in Hyde Park and Roxbury could end up in a special forfeiture fund with few strings attached on how it can be used. That needs to change.

Police can seize your property too easily in Massachusetts

When US Representative Mary Miller thanked Donald Trump for "the historic victory for white life in the Supreme Court," the overwhelmingly white audience didn't gasp. They cheered.

The end of Roe v. Wade and ‘victory for white life’

Eight-year-old Dylan Raudales Gomez was born without eyes, is partially deaf, and has serious developmental disabilities. Lacking legal status, he has limited health care coverage under MassHealth.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why thousands of undocumented children deserve comprehensive MassHealth coverage

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

Man arrested while leaving Newburyport court in SUV loaded with marijuana, police say

Yves Duboc, 43, of Biddeford, Maine, was held on $15,000 cash bail following his second arraignment of the day on Wednesday in Newburyport District Court, according to court documents. He was sent to the Essex County House of Corrections.

R.I. Republicans endorse Fung for Congress, Kalus for governor

Republicans also endorsed Aaron Guckian for lieutenant governor, Charles Calenda for attorney general, Pat Cortellessa for secretary of state, James Lathrop for treasurer, and Allen Waters for the first congressional district.

Betty Rowland, one of burlesque’s last queens, dies at 106

Known as the “Red Headed Ball of Fire,” she was a headliner in the racy variety shows’ glory years in the 1930s and ’40s.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

School Committee names Mary Skipper Boston’s next superintendent

Mary Skipper, who worked in Boston for decades before Somerville, will return to the 49,000-student district at a critical time in its history.

Sports

Alex Verdugo drove in four runs — including a trip in the home run cart after a two run blast — as the Red Sox staved off the sweep in Toronto.

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5 | 10 innings

The Red Sox blew another late lead to the Blue Jays, but an extra-inning rally helped Boston avoid the sweep

The Red Sox struck for three runs in the 10th inning to reclaim second place in the AL East.

North quarterback Cam O'Brien of Swampscott (right) runs past an unidentified South defender on his way to a long first-quarter gain in Wednesday's 60th Agganis All-Star football game at Manning Field in Lynn. The North defeated the South, 49-12.

Swampscott-Marblehead rivals become fast friends as Agganis All-Star teammates

Swampscott's Xaviah Bascon and Marblehead's George Percy teammed up in Agannis All-Star game to lead North to 49-12 victory over South.

Alex Verdugo delivered a two-run blast to help power the Red Sox offense Wednesday night in Toronto.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox have bounced back recently, now they just have to figure out the American League East

The Sox have played seven series against AL East teams this year and lost ‘em all.

Red Sox, Blue Jays clear benches after Nick Pivetta hits Alejandro Kirk

Red Sox Notebook

Alex Cora suggests more players will be vaccinated when Red Sox return to Toronto in September

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Celtics will be active players in the free agent market

Business

Wu wants to bring the buzz back downtown

The contract with local event planner Rosemark Production will support variety of weeknight events in Downtown Crossing, Copley Square, Dewey Square, Post Office Square, and City Hall Plaza through mid-October.

Eversource electricity bills going up

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Bayer AG opens Kendall Square research center focused on cancer

Over 360 newspapers have closed since just before the start of the pandemic

magazine

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

‘It’s a lost cause’: Inside the last stand of New England’s soft-shell clam

He has a sexual function problem. Could this scare potential partners away?

Turkish Chickpea Salad

Recipes: Bean salads perfect for your next cookout

Cambridge Crossing will host an evening of family-friendly movies on June 30.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, June 27-July 10

metro

Capt. Glenn Cronin, left, is congratulated by Mayor Gary Christenson.

Malden captain appointed as city’s new police chief

Newport police release some information, identify officers in Sunday’s violent arrest

Boston City Council approves $3.99 billion budget

sports

Deshaun Watson’s side is arguing there’s no basis for a punishment as significant as one year.

NFL insists on indefinite suspension for Deshaun Watson in second day of hearing

Former UFC star Cain Velasquez suing man who he claims molested his 4-year-old son

Rebuilding Spurs to send All-Star Dejounte Murray to Hawks for draft assets that includes three first-round picks

business

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged that slowing the economy to try to control inflation is “highly likely to involve some pain.”

Powell says Fed will find price stability in a new economy

Stratus Technologies bought for $225 million

Brown University is planning a new life sciences building in Providence’s Jewelry District

politics

Rioters stand outside the US Capitol in Washington, on Jan. 6, 2021.

About half say Trump should be charged for role in Jan. 6 insurrection, new poll shows

A potential legal bombshell in the Jan. 6 hearing that you might have missed

Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel

Nation

Union members picket outside the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, N.J.

Friday strike deadline looms for 4 Atlantic City casinos

Nevada GOP governor candidate to pay for statewide recount

1955 warrant in Emmett Till case is found, and family seeks arrest

World

Hossein Taeb, Iranian Shia cleric and head of the intelligence apparatus of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was suddenly removed from his position last week, a casualty of a relentless campaign by Israel to undermine Iran’s security by targeting its officials and military sites, according to officials and analysts in both countries.

Israel’s spies have hit Iran hard. In Tehran, some big names paid the price.

Ukraine announces largest prisoner exchange yet, including Mariupol fighters

A more muscular NATO emerges as West confronts Russia and China

opinion

One hopes that the more thoughtful Trump types can muster a fraction of the courage and honesty of 26-year-old Cassidy Hutchinson, who on Tuesday showed us what true American patriotism actually looks like.

A heroic young woman puts real American patriotism over allegiance to MAGA

Overturning Roe does not make the Supreme Court ‘illegitimate’

Lighting a fire under immigrant youth

lifestyle

Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler, and Sarah Jessica Parker in "Hocus Pocus 2."

Watch: Disney releases ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ trailer

In New Bedford, DATMA presents ‘programming without walls’

You don’t have to get married to be happy

food & dining

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.

Steven Tyler tours Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury, takes photos with fans

At Farthest Star Sake, something new is brewing

We have the code to get into a secret bar in Providence

travel

The band ABBA at the 1974 Eurovision song contest and those same outfits on display at ABBA: The Museum in Stockholm.

An ABBA-obsessed guide to Stockholm

A guide to some of the best beaches on Cape Cod

A guide to some of the best beaches in Rhode Island

Arts

Emily Lombardo, "And Her Mother Before Her," 2022, drypoint, in "Emily Lombardo: Soft Butch Blues" at Childs Gallery.

At Childs Gallery, the privacy of parenthood and the constancy of change

Germany returns artifacts taken from 3 African nations

At the Met, ‘Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents’ offers a completist’s view

Books

In short pieces, Hilary Mantel recalls her difficult past

Building a library for a better life

Twilight of the white guys

Movies

Gru, voiced by Steve Carell, in "Minions: The Rise of Gru."

‘Minions: The Rise of Gru’ tells the story of Gru, and how he, you know, grew

Natalie Portman becomes (a) Thor in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

‘Mr. Malcolm’s List’: If you wanna be his lover, you gotta get with his highly specific criteria

Television

Each of the four episodes of "My Life as a Rolling Stone" will focus on a member of the band (from left): Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, and Charlie Watts (pictured in 2016).

Epix to carry series marking the Rolling Stones’ 60th anniversary

With a new season of ‘Pause,’ Sam Jay keeps the conversation going

Watch: Disney releases ‘Hocus Pocus 2′ trailer

music

Canadian singer k.d. lang shown performing in Sydney in 2020.

10 singers and bands on this Canadian’s ‘Eh’ list

Steven Tyler tours Island Creek Oysters in Duxbury, takes photos with fans

Ludacris’ manager and 2 others shot, 1 fatally, in Georgia

Theater/Dance

Rachel Bertone at a rehearsal for "West Side Story," her first production as Reagle Music Theatre's artistic director. She is also directing and choreographing the show, which runs July 8-16 at Waltham High School.

Rachel Bertone has been preparing for her leading role at Reagle Music Theatre

Troupe brings a bilingual Taiwanese ghost story to the Greenway

Massachusetts native James Jackson Jr.’s head-spinning journey into ‘A Strange Loop’

globe local

Jesse Tauriac, chief diversity officer and assistant vice president at Lasell University.

‘Juneteenth must be used to strategize and mobilize’

Two ‘true leaders’ at Newton North High School receive prestigious award

All aflutter in Newton: Public art project brings awareness of butterflies

Obituaries

Ms. Rowland, with producer Sheri Hellard at the "Behind The Burly Q" screening on May 05, 2010, in Los Angeles.

Betty Rowland, one of burlesque’s last queens, dies at 106

Hershel Williams, last Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, dies at 98

Margaret Keane, painter of sad-eyed waifs and subject to a pop culture fraud, dies at 94