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Local clergy, members of Boston’s police department, and Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden (right) joined community members in prayer at the Trotter School Playground during a Neighborhood Peace Walk in Dorchester. Over a third of the city's shootings this year have occurred in Dorchester, according to Boston police.

Massachusetts’ restrictive gun laws are working. The Supreme Court may have just upended that.

For a city its size, Boston has among the fewest shootings in the country. But over 60 percent of shooting victims this year are Black.

What’s next for carbon emissions regulation in the US?
Government officials and environmental law experts say there are any number of options still on the table, despite losing one of the most powerful when the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot force the national energy market to move to cleaner power sources without express authorization from Congress.

In delaying state’s right-to-repair law yet again, federal judge cites Supreme Court EPA ruling

This map shows where Massachusetts' aggregations are and how much clean energy* is included in their default plans, compared with the state requirements.

An innovative state energy program is lowering emissions — and residents’ electric bills

A new report finds that municipalities across Massachusetts are using the Community Choice Aggregation program to negotiate for green power — and that both consumers and the climate are seeing the benefits.

‘He’s no good for you’: Warning signs followed boyfriend charged in murder of Maine activist
Friends and family of Maine activist Nicole Mokeme allege that the boyfriend charged in connection with her murder showed signs of violence long before her death, describing him as possessive and jealous, and prone to destructive outbursts and recklessness.

From bars to inns, a grassroots monkeypox prevention campaign is launched as thousands descend on Provincetown

With memories still fresh from a large COVID-19 outbreak last summer stemming from July 4 celebrations, Provincetown leaders have launched a grassroots style campaign to stave off an outbreak of monkeypox.

Grand jury hands down Trump media subpoenas
Government officials and environmental law experts say there are any number of options still on the table, despite the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday that the EPA cannot force the national energy market to move to cleaner power sources without authorization from Congress.

Will Roe decision lead to interstate travel bans?

Three lines, buried within Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s 12-page opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, have sparked a debate.

Elizabeth Warren, appearing on Seth Meyers’ show, warns that the Supreme Court is ‘not stopping at Roe’ New York fights back on guns and abortion after Supreme Court rulings

Congressional candidate and former state senator accused of stealing a gun from elderly woman

Former state senator Dean Tran is accused of using his position as an elected official to intimidate an elderly constituent into giving him at least eight of her late husband’s guns.

Coast Guard searching for fisherman who went overboard off Martha’s Vineyard

Representative Liz Cheney was seen on the television as people gathered in a park outside of the US Capitol to watch the Jan. 6 House committee investigation in Washington.

Liz Cheney’s anti-Trump crusade could cost her her job. But her message may be sinking in, even in deep red Wyoming.

Her unyielding stance against the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election has thrust her into political peril at home, where she is battling Republicans who have no problem telling voters exactly what they want to hear about Donald Trump, whether or not it’s true.

Boston chef Tiffani Faison won the third season of the Food Network cooking competition show "Tournament of Champions."

Tiffani Faison’s Italian restaurant, Orfano, closes in the Fenway

Faison recently shuttered Tiger Mama in the same neighborhood.

Malcolm Brogdon, 29, averaged 19.1 points, 5.9 assists, and 5.1 rebounds in 36 games for Indiana this past season.

Celtics acquire Malcolm Brogdon from Pacers for Daniel Theis, Aaron Nesmith, and a first-rounder

Nik Stauskas, Malik Fitts, and Juwan Morgan also are going to Indiana in the deal, which gives the Celtics another true playmaker.

Sources say Danilo Gallinari was swayed to sign with Celtics because of team’s title chances

Opinion

Women rested after abortions at the Women's Medical Services clinic in Philadelphia, May 17, 1973.

IDEAS | David S. Cohen, Greer Donley, and Rachel Rebouché

It’s time to put abortion clinics on federal land

Doing so would be a bold move fraught with potential legal challenges. It may also be the best shot we have to help pregnant women and girls who need to terminate pregnancies.

The United States of Paralysis

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

After the abortion decision, American politics is guerrilla warfare

Now can we all agree that Jan. 6 was an insurrection?

A new day for Boston Public Schools

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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What to make this Fourth of July weekend
If you’re looking forward to the long holiday weekend with good food, friends, and family (or maybe you’re looking forward to some quality alone time) but haven’t figured out what to eat, the Globe Food section is here to help.

Historically, July 4 hasn’t been a big day for fireworks in local sports, and other thoughts

Some onions sold at Wegmans stores in Mass. recalled over potential Listeria contamination

A&M Farms of Lyons, Ga., is recalling Vidalia onions packed between June 20 and June 23 on a specific factory line where Listeria was later found, the US Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Thursday.

Linda Kramer, wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, dies at 55
Linda Gail Kramer had been married to Joey Kramer for almost 13 years, and the couple lived in Magnolia, Texas, with their dogs Lucy and Cosmo, according to the statement. Linda Kramer was born in Decatur, Ga., on Feb. 27, 1967, and died June 22. The statement did not provide a cause of death.

Judge rules that Cambridge bike lanes can roll on, at least for now
The lawsuit alleges that the city’s Cycling Safety Ordinance will cause irreparable harm to local businesses, but a judge cast doubt on those claims Friday and signaled that the action is unlikely to succeed.

Three teens facing charges for alleged attack on cab driver at JFK-UMass MBTA station
A 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl were arrested, and a 13-year-old will be summonsed to court to face charges after they allegedly broke windows on an MBTA Red Line train and attacked an off-duty cab driver with a hammer, bottle and spat on him after he said he couldn’t give them a ride, Transit Police said Friday.

Four and a dog displaced after two alarm fire tears through home in Jamaica Plain
Heavy fire was visible on the rear porches of the 2 1/2 story home at 83 Mendon St. when the first fire crews arrived early Friday evening, Boston fire said. Friday

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From left: Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines, and Martie Maguire of the Chicks perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., in June.

It’s been a long time coming, but the Chicks have taken ‘Gaslighter’ on the road

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

Ipswich through the eyes of Arthur Wesley Dow

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Children play as migrant families live in tents at the Movimiento Juventud 2000 shelter in Tijuana in April.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why ending ‘Remain in Mexico’ border policy is a good thing

A march by groups in favor of canceling student loan debt outside the Department of Education in Washington in April.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

President Biden is considering canceling some student debt. Here’s why he should go big.

This 1905 artist's rendering from the Sherwood Lithograph Co. via the Library of Congress depicts President Abraham Lincoln speaking at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on Nov. 19, 1863.

IDEAS | KERMIT ROOSEVELT III

What we get wrong about the Fourth of July

The Big River Electric D.B. Wilson Station power plant, which burns coal mined by Murray Energy Holdings Co., in Centertown, Ky., Oct. 30, 2019.

Supreme Court’s EPA ruling goes far beyond climate change

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

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

With the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the cellphone location data collected and retained by tech companies like Google could be used by law enforcement officials looking to crack down on those seeking abortions.

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.

Metro

Some onions sold at Wegmans stores in Mass. recalled over potential Listeria contamination

A&M Farms of Lyons, Ga., is recalling Vidalia onions packed between June 20 and June 23 on a specific factory line where Listeria was later found, the US Food and Drug Administration said in a statement Thursday.

A father gave him life and a son returns the favor

‘You can’t make a father any happier. Or prouder. You see what you’ve sown.’

From bars to inns, a grassroots monkeypox prevention campaign is launched as thousands descend on Provincetown

With memories still fresh from a large COVID-19 outbreak last summer stemming from July 4 celebrations, Provincetown leaders have launched a grassroots style campaign to stave off an outbreak of monkeypox.

Hawaiian luau fund-raiser to help Salem seniors facing food insecurity

"A lot of seniors won't say anything, that they don't have money for food," said Bonnie Belair, vice chair of the Friends of the Salem Council on Aging, which is holding a festive luau fundraiser to address food insecurity affecting the city's senior population.

Sports

The United States' Paxten Aaronson (right) battles Geremy Rodas of Honduras for ball control.

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United States men’s soccer qualifies for first Olympics since 2008 with Under-20 win over Honduras

Paxten Aaronson, Alejandro Alvarado, and Quinn Sullivan scored to give the Americans a berth in the 16-nation field at the 2024 Paris Games.

Dustin Johnson hits his tee shot on the seventh hole.

Dustin Johnson, Carlos Ortiz share lead at LIV event in Oregon

Johnson shot 4-under-par 68 to reach 8 under, while Ortiz birdied the final hole for a 69 to pull even going into the final round of the tour's first American stop.

Brad Stevens has shown he's unafraid to hold on to first-round picks, instead using them as trade trips to upgrade the Celtics roster.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Brad Stevens not afraid to use first-round picks to upgrade the Celtics’ roster

An opening day of inactivity, Stevens, the Celtics' president of basketball operations, improved the roster and cleared out some disposable bench parts within a matter of hours Friday.

It took a while, but San Jose Sharks decide to fire coach Bob Boughner

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Time for Chaim Bloom to bolster the Red Sox bullpen with capable righthanders

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Blue Jays hammer Rays in Canada Day return

Business

Grand jury hands down Trump media subpoenas

The investigation by federal prosecutors and securities regulators into a proposed merger between a cash-rich blank check company and former President Donald Trump’s social media company has gotten closer to Trump’s end of the deal.

Biden’s offshore drilling plan could bring new lease sales

The Biden administration opened the door to selling new oil and gas drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska in a move likely to anger climate activists pushing to see a domestic ramp down for fossil fuels.

Want to play Wordle against your friends? Try Word Fight.

Judge rules that Cambridge bike lanes can roll on, at least for now

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31 outdoor events in New England to fill every summer weekend with fun

The Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland is one of many food-inspired events across New England this summer.

10 New England food festivals guaranteed to leave you satisfied

An A.D. Makepeace solar array in Wareham.

A solar battle in sleepy Wareham is pitting environmentalists against each other

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

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

metro

Local clergy, members of Boston’s police department, and Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden (right) joined community members in prayer at the Trotter School Playground during a Neighborhood Peace Walk in Dorchester. Over a third of the city's shootings this year have occurred in Dorchester, according to Boston police.

Massachusetts’ restrictive gun laws are working. The Supreme Court may have just upended that.

Newport police release video and reports on Thames Street arrests

The Declaration of American Individualism

sports

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert reportedly has been traded by the Jazz to the Minnesota Timberwolves for a massive package of players and draft picks, a person with knowledge of the blockbuster deal told the Associated Press.

Jazz swing blockbuster deal with Timberwolves, swapping Rudy Gobert for package of draft picks and players

Wild card Tim van Rijthoven continues run at Wimbledon, will face top seed Novak Djokovic in fourth round

Hansel Robles again in the spotlight after another squandered lead in Red Sox loss at Cubs

business

A Massachusetts law that would allow people more flexibility on where they get their vehicles serviced has been held up by a lawsuit filed by automakers.

In delaying state’s right-to-repair law yet again, federal judge cites Supreme Court EPA ruling

As holiday weekend starts, airport crowds top 2019 numbers

Boston-based nonprofit that launched Report for America hunting for new CEO

politics

Abortion-rights and anti-abortion demonstrators gather outside of the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24.

‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more

President Biden discusses abortion access options with Democratic governors

Elizabeth Warren, appearing on Seth Meyers’ show, warns that the Supreme Court is ‘not stopping at Roe’

Nation

A woman and a child walk at a temporary shelter before the arrival of Tropical Storm Bonnie in Bluefields, Nicaragua, on July 1.

Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall in Nicaragua

Donald Trump eyes early 2024 announcement as Jan. 6 scrutiny intensifies

New York fights back on guns and abortion after Supreme Court rulings

World

In Cortazar, Guanajuato state, Mexico, on July 1, 2022, Laura Zalazar awaited official notification that her son Álvaro Enrique Ojeda Zalazar was among the 53 people who died inside a trailer in San Antonio, Texas, on June 27. At least 27 Mexicans were among the 53 migrants who died after they were abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer truck in the US state of Texas, Mexican authorities said.

In a small village, prayers and hope for missing migrants

Russian missiles kill at least 21 in Ukraine’s Odesa region

Missile strikes on Ukraine kill at least 21 near Odesa

opinion

Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus in 2013.

Thanks to Bishop McManus for holding line vs. modern moral impulses

Changemakers

The United States of Paralysis

lifestyle

How to get over an almost relationship

A guide to celebrating the Fourth of July in Boston

Why pairing social activism with social media is a minefield for adolescents

food & dining

Lobster roll by Sally Pasley Vargas.

What to make this Fourth of July weekend

Tiffani Faison’s Italian restaurant, Orfano, closes in the Fenway

Once the hottest Mexican restaurant in New York City, a revamped Rosa Mexicano makes a play for suburbia

travel

Fishing at sunset on the beach in West Falmouth.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

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

Maine Maritime Museum celebrates 60 years

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

Guns, guns, guns in ‘The Tomorrow Game’

Ed Yong on reading for science and soul

Hateship, loveship, friendship in ‘Fellowship Point’

Movies

Dean Fleischer-Camp as "Dean" with the character Marcel the Shell, voiced by Jenny Slate, in a still from "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On."

Jenny Slate on why ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ is making people cry

How Tom Brady convinced Cameron Diaz to come out of retirement (something he’s quite familiar with)

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

Television

Kristine Froseth (pictured in 2020) will costar in "The Buccaneers."

Edith Wharton’s ‘The Buccaneers’ is coming to Apple TV+

12 actors whose performances are must-see TV right now

In 35th season, ‘POV’ subjects will range from pandemic to disabilities

music

Linda Kramer, the wife of founding Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, has died at 55.

Linda Kramer, wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, dies at 55

Rock star Randy Bachman reunited with beloved stolen guitar after 45 years

Portsmouth’s longtime Common Fence Music is now Newport Live, with an outdoor concert series at Norman Bird Sanctuary

Theater/Dance

Dancer Ty Morrison of BODYTRAFFIC in "SNAP," which appears on Jacob's Pillow's outdoor stage through July 3.

BODYTRAFFIC mirrors life’s darkness, light, and in-betweens at Jacob’s Pillow

Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence delivers stunning ‘The Equality of Night and Day’ at Jacob’s Pillow

A new beginning for actor and comedian Petey Gibson

globe local

Yurika Tarui and Aiden Wright, the two recipients of the Meserve Award. Photos by Ryan Davis and Seamus Webster

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

Out of city hall, but still loving their cities: 5 former mayors embark on their next acts

Should school committees in Massachusetts be appointed?

Obituaries

Arnold Skolnick designed the famous poster for the Woodstock music festival in 1969.

Arnold Skolnick, whose poster embodied Woodstock, dies at 85

Sonny Barger, biker outlaw and leader of Hells Angels, dies at 83

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