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High court agrees to hear GOP appeal that could limit state courts

Fugitive charged in slaying of Vermont cyclist captured in Costa Rica

The fugitive accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Anna Moriah Wilson, a Vermont native and prominent cyclist on May 11 in Austin, Texas, days before a race, has been captured in Costa Rica, federal officials said.

Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in, becomes first Black woman on Supreme Court
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in to the Supreme Court, shattering a glass ceiling as the first Black woman on the nation’s highest court.

What to know about Ketanji Brown Jackson

Biden backs changing Senate filibuster rules to pass abortion, privacy protections

President Biden said Thursday that he would support an exception to the Senate filibuster to protect abortion access, a shift that comes as Democrats coalesce around an election-year message intended to rally voters who are outraged or deflated by the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

Curry College fires employee after probe of antisemitic, racist vandalism on campus
Curry College has fired an employee they said was responsible for a series of racist and anti-semitic graffiti on its Milton campus during the last semester that lead the college to shift to on-line classes as a safety measure.

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.

Who is Mary Skipper, Boston's new superintendent

Water vapor rises from a coal-fired generating station in Thompsons, Texas, U.S.

Supreme Court limits EPA’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas pollution

In the dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote the decision “deprives EPA of the power needed—and the power granted—to curb the emission of greenhouse gases.”

A Border Patrol agent walked between a gap along the border wall between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on June 1.

Supreme Court lets Biden end Trump ‘Remain-in-Mexico’ asylum rule

The Supreme Court freed President Biden’s administration to end a Trump-era policy that forces asylum-seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their cases to be processed, letting the president retake control of a key facet of his immigration policy.

Supreme Court to hear GOP appeal that could limit state courts High court says several gun cases deserve a new look

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.”

Legal experts say Cassidy Hutchinson revelations could move Trump closer to criminal charges Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Pat Cipollone, former White House counsel

Map: Monkeypox cases now confirmed in 27 states
Monkeypox is continuing to spread across the United states, with confirmed cases of the virus now found in 27 states and the District of Columbia. As of Wednesday, there were 351 confirmed cases across the US, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Research conducted by Nameberry found the number of babies with gender neutral names had risen by 88 percent from 1985 until 2015.

The rise of non-gendered names for kids

Parents are giving their kids unisex names to empower them with future gender flexibility.

A mystery rocket caused a double crater on the moon, NASA says.

A leftover rocket crashed into the moon, but whose was it?

A mystery rocket slammed into moon in March. NASA has pictures of the craters it caused.

The team behind Quincy's upcoming Rubato, a Hong Kong-style café.

The Dubliner softly opens near City Hall; Jamaica Plain gets a new neighborhood Italian spot

Plus, throwback sandwiches in the Back Bay and a Hong Kong-style café in Quincy.

Opinion

A wind farm near Allen, Neb., in 2020.

Despite the Supreme Court, momentum is building to combat climate change

Fortunes, by way of good paying jobs and industry profits, will favor the bold by the billions.

Supreme Court’s gutting of the EPA’s oversight of greenhouse gases leaves the fight to us

IDEAS | CATESBY HOLMES AND EMILY DREYFUSS

Delete your period app. Get a burner phone. How your digital data can be used against you in a post-Roe world.

IDEAS | GRANT E. STANTON

The unsung Black Patriots of Revolutionary Boston

IDEAS | KERMIT ROOSEVELT III

What we get wrong about the Fourth of July

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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150 years of The Boston Globe

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FDA tells COVID vaccine makers to tailor boosters to Omicron
The Food and Drug Administration advised vaccine manufacturers to develop COVID-19 boosters tailored to the currently circulating Omicron variants for new shots that could be ready as soon as this fall.

LOVE LETTERS

Eye rolls. What do they mean?
Are they a brain reset? A show of annoyance? When they happen in a relationship, is it bad?

INNOVATION BEAT

Boundless Robotics is making marijuana growing easy
The Boston-based startup has developed Annaboto, an indoor cannabis growing system that uses artificial intelligence to manage the growing cycle.

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In Suffolk DA’s race, Hayden faces criticism over 2017 audit of the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board

The current Suffolk district attorney, Kevin Hayden, is coming under fire for a 2017 audit of the state’s Sex Offender Registry Board that highlighted oversight shortcomings at the state agency while Hayden held positions of power there.

3 men sentenced to at least a decade behind bars in Providence shootout that injured 9

A fourth man charged in the May 2021 Carolina Avenue shootout removed his home confinement bracelet, and a warrant has been issued, the attorney general’s office said. Two other cases are still pending.

17-year-old teen shot to death in Worcester, police say

Police were called to the area of Millbury Street on Wednesday shortly after 6 p.m. and found a 17-year-old boy who had been shot. On Thursday, police said the teenager has died.

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Crowds were thin on Summer Street. The Downtown Boston Business Improvement District closed off parts of Downtown Crossing to celebrate spring and people coming back to the city during a lull in the COVID-19 pandemic as well as Mayor Michelle Wu’s “Boston Blooms” block party this April. Parts of Summer Street and Washington Street were closed for food, music, and dance.

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.

Turmoil at Boston’s Museum of African American History over leadership change
A month after Leon Wilson’s departure, few seem to know the full story and even fewer are willing to talk about it publicly.

Natalie Portman becomes (a) Thor in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
The actress spoke to the Globe about reinventing her role in "Thor: Love and Thunder," the newfound multitude of women in the Marvel universe, and why she loves Cambridge in the springtime.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

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.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Ashley Kirsner, founder of Skip the Small Talk, leads one of the socializing events at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. Kirsner, who has studied social psychology, says many believe they need to polish their conversational skills after two years disrupted by pandemic isolation.

Feeling weird about socializing? Skip the Small Talk wants to help

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A polling station in Alexandria, Va., during the June 21 midterm primary election.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

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

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’

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

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

Metro

With LGTBQ rights in the spotlight, Senate advances bill to repeal archaic state laws that ban sodomy, “unnatural” sex acts

“In my America, there is a personal space the government has no business in. These laws intrude into people’s personal space and they shouldn’t be on the books. The Supreme Court, for a while, has agreed with that. But lately, we are not sure where they are going,” said state Senator William N. Brownsberger, the bill's author.

Fugitive charged in slaying of Vermont cyclist captured in Costa Rica

The fugitive accused of fatally shooting 25-year-old Anna Moriah Wilson, a Vermont native and prominent cyclist on May 11 in Austin, Texas, days before a race, has been captured in Costa Rica, federal officials said.

Tufts to partner with Acadia to build $65M behavioral health hospital

The center is one of several opening throughout the state as mental health crisis persists

3 men sentenced to at least a decade behind bars in Providence shootout that injured 9

A fourth man charged in the May 2021 Carolina Avenue shootout removed his home confinement bracelet, and a warrant has been issued, the attorney general’s office said. Two other cases are still pending.

Sports

Bryson DeChambeau, who left the PGA Tour for the LIV Series, said he hopes people will see the good the Saudis are doing.

LIV Series has disrupted the otherwise tranquil world of professional golf

To many people — make that most people — signing on to the LIV is accepting blood money.

Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens will have to ponder what moves to make next during free agency.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

It’s not a stellar free agency class, but that won’t stop the Celtics from jumping in

With several traded player exceptions, the Celtics will be an attractive club coming off an NBA Finals appearance. But they will have competition for these players.

Nic Batum is a capable and versatile defender who could fit nicely into Boston’s switch-heavy scheme.

NBA free agency: Eight players to watch and others the Celtics could target with mid-level exception

The Celtics are not really positioned for a seismic strike, but they will have options as they seek to refine the roster around star forwards Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown.

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 them avoid the sweep

High School Football

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

Dan Shaughnessy

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

Business

Supreme Court says several gun cases deserve a new look

The Supreme Court said Thursday that gun cases involving restrictions in Hawaii, California, New Jersey, and Maryland deserve a new look following its major decision in a gun case last week.

FDA tells COVID vaccine makers to tailor boosters to Omicron

The Food and Drug Administration advised vaccine manufacturers to develop COVID-19 boosters tailored to the currently circulating Omicron variants for new shots that could be ready as soon as this fall.

INNOVATION BEAT

Boundless Robotics is making marijuana growing easy

Supreme Court lets Biden end Trump ‘Remain-in-Mexico’ asylum rule

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

Rescuers were working to free a minke whale that was entangled near Gurnet Point in Plymouth Thursday morning.

Rescuers attempting to free minke whale in Plymouth

Here’s who filed to run for office in Rhode Island this year

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

sports

The benches cleared in Toronto after a Nick Pivetta pitch hit Alejandro Kirk on the elbow.

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

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

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

business

A customer carries a basket of food items at an Iceland Foods Ltd. supermarket in Christchurch, UK, on Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

Key inflation gauge tracked by the Fed remains a high 6.3 percent

Slightly fewer Americans apply for jobless claims last week

China’s factory activity improves after Shanghai reopens

politics

President Biden spoke during a news conference on the final day of the NATO summit in Madrid on Thursday.

Biden backs changing Senate filibuster rules to pass abortion, privacy protections

Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in, becomes first Black woman on Supreme Court

Supreme Court to hear GOP appeal that could limit state courts

Nation

Suspected monkeypox samples stand on a table before being PCR tested.

Map: Monkeypox cases now confirmed in 27 states

A leftover rocket crashed into the moon, but whose was it?

Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky’s near-total abortion ban

World

A Border Patrol agent walked between a gap along the border wall between the US and Mexico in Yuma, Arizona on June 1.

Supreme Court lets Biden end Trump ‘Remain-in-Mexico’ asylum rule

COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world, WHO says

Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault

opinion

A polling station in Alexandria, Va., during the June 21 midterm primary election.

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

Changemakers

Changemakers

lifestyle

Research conducted by Nameberry found the number of babies with gender neutral names had risen by 88 percent from 1985 until 2015.

The rise of non-gendered names for kids

Eye rolls. What do they mean?

Feeling weird about socializing? Skip the Small Talk wants to help

food & dining

The team behind Quincy's upcoming Rubato, a Hong Kong-style café.

The Dubliner softly opens near City Hall; Jamaica Plain gets a new neighborhood Italian spot

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

At Farthest Star Sake, something new is brewing

travel

The Maine Maritime Museum has a colorful display of lobster buoys set against a map of coastal Maine.

Maine Maritime Museum celebrates 60 years

A pizza oven for anywhere, an art show takes flight, and a new hotel near SeaTac

Ming Tsai has his eye on India, McDonald’s, and making it to home plate

Arts

The salt marshes in Ipswich were a source of endless inspiration for Arthur Wesley Dow.

Ipswich through the eyes of Arthur Wesley Dow

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

Germany returns artifacts taken from 3 African nations

Books

In short pieces, Hilary Mantel recalls her difficult past

Building a library for a better life

Twilight of the white guys

Movies

Matthew Tannenbaum in A.B. Zax’s "Hello, Bookstore."

Refuge in a bookstore; a legacy of hate; roots of conflict

Mourning and music making collide in ‘This Much I Know to Be True’

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

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’

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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