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President Joe Biden.

Facing pressure, Biden to sign order on abortion access

The White House said Biden will speak Friday morning “on protecting access to reproductive health care services.”

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe critically shot during campaign speech

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters that police arrested a male suspect at the scene of the shooting in Nara.

In Vermont cyclist slaying, authorities look into suspect’s use of another person’s passport to flee murder charge

Kaitlin Armstrong used the passport of someone closely associated with her to fly to Costa Rica, where she hid for weeks from authorities who were pursuing her in connection with the May slaying in Texas of cyclist Moriah Wilson, officials said Thursday.

For those at Mass. and Cass, a new order to stay away

Prosecutors are using court orders to try to disrupt the cycle of drug use and drug dealing.

A plane flew 14 hours from Dubai to Brisbane with a hole in its side

Passengers on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Brisbane were shocked to discover a gaping hole in the side of the plane after they disembarked in the Australian city.

The proposal has to pass both legislative branches by July 31 and be signed by Governor Charlie Baker to take effect.

Mass. lawmakers pledge a no-strings-attached $250 rebate to taxpayers — but not all of them

Some experts raised concerns about the plan, especially that it excludes the state's poorest residents.

Why are they called ‘forever chemicals,’ and other things to know about PFAS
Residents in Westminster and other parts of Massachusetts have learned that their water is contaminated by PFAS. Here's what that means — and what to do if you're exposed.

When organic is toxic: How a composting facility likely spread massive amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ across one town in Massachusetts

yankees 6, red sox 5

Red Sox hand Yankees a gift on misplayed popup by Franchy Cordero in series opener
New York also did damage in the third inning with Josh Donaldson belting a grand slam.

Peter Abraham: Red Sox appear to have ace Gerrit Cole’s number but they can’t beat the Yankees and could be in for a long weekend

L-R: James Caan, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and John Cazale in "The Godfather."

Remembering the intensely physical, surprisingly versatile James Caan

Action defined his screen persona, but his work varied widely and he wasn’t afraid to share the spotlight.

10 memorable James Caan performances to stream James Caan, Oscar nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82

One of the custom trailers at Backstage, an "urban trailer park" at the Verb Hotel in Boston.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The Verb Hotel’s new spin on lodging: A luxury urban trailer park

The 10 custom-made trailers are an “elevated experience,” complete with plush king-size beds, high-end linens, and turntables and vinyl.

President Joe Biden awarded the nation's highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Simone Biles at the White House in Washington on Thursday.

Photos: Biles, Rapinoe among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, to 17 recipients at the White House on Thursday.

Opinion

The sense that Boris Johnson had worn out his welcome with a weary public that now wanted him gone played a part in his decision to resign as prime minister of Great Britain.

Boris Johnson and the limits of democratic tolerance

What does Johnson’s resignation signal for Donald Trump?

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Game over for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Advice for Washington’s young staffers

‘If this were a Black Lives Matter protest, would the response have been different?’

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

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

More recent stories

2 more North Kingstown coaches were inappropriate with students, lawyer tells US attorney’s office

In signed statements, young women describe a school sports culture where they were leered at, touched, and singled out for attention for their bodies, but where they were told that’s just how the coaches were.

Derek Chauvin gets 21 years for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
During the hearing, Chauvin told Floyd’s family that he “wishes all the best” for Floyd’s children. But the remarks included no direct apology or expression of remorse to Floyd’s family.

Chris Sale is coming back — and paying for his time in Worcester: ‘I was an idiot’
Sale is likely to return to the Red Sox rotation on Tuesday, when Boston will be on the road facing Tampa Bay.

Arizona congresswoman sparks confusion after seeming to say she would shoot her grandchildren to ‘protect’ them
In a widely circulated clip of her remarks expressing opposition to a gun safety bill, Representative Debbie Lesko, a Republican from Arizona, said she would go to any length necessary to defend her grandchildren, including “shooting them.”

Former Theranos exec Ramesh Balwani convicted of fraud
Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, Elizabeth Holmes’ former partner, was convicted on 12 fraud counts in the Theranos blood-testing fraud case.

Boris Johnson resigns as British prime minister amid scandal
Johnson announced his resignation Thursday amid a mass revolt by top members of his government, marking an end to three tumultuous years in power in which he brazenly bent and sometimes broke the rules of British politics.

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A great white ate a seal off Nauset Outer Beach on July 4.

Cape Cod woman captures video of great white shark devouring seal off Nauset Beach

Kim Reilly, 52, was celebrating Independence Day with her family when they spotted the apex predator thrashing around in the water as it chomped down on an unsuspecting seal.

The summer’s busiest wedding vendor? It may be a horse named Lenny.
It’s a big change from an Amish farm for Lenny, who’s blowing up on the South Asian wedding circuit.

Amid school violence, frustrated law enforcement officials say Boston Public Schools leaving them in the dark
Schools are providing far less information to investigators voluntarily than in previous years because of a 2020 school policy meant to protect students’ privacy.

Three T derailments in three days. Lots of questions. A curious delay.
Three MBTA construction derailments — with no passengers and no injuries — would not be publicly confirmed until the T’s top official faced questions from reporters days later.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A pre-pandemic poetry open mic at the Cantab Lounge.

9 Boston-area open mics to show off your talent

Maren Morris performs onstage at the 2022 Stagecoach Festival in Indio, Calif., in April.

A baby boy, a new album, and a tour have put Maren Morris in her happy place

Paul Walter Hauser (left) and Taron Egerton in Apple TV+'s “Black Bird."

In a chilling ‘Black Bird,’ a deal and a devil

Six long-running podcasts, ranging from satire to movie analysis to deliberately banal gossip, all provide some escapism if all you really want to do is avoid the news cycle for a little bit. (Irene Rinaldi/The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY UPLIFTING PODCASTS BY EMMA DIBDIN FOR JUNE 28, 2022. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

6 podcasts to make you feel good

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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

Boris Johnson is out of a job because — not for the first time — he appears to have been covering up dysfunctional behavior, either his own, or by one of his chums.

Game over for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony should be a reminder to young staffers, particularly those who work with or alongside the coup-inclined: Be ferocious note-keepers. Log every meeting, recount what was said, and store it all somewhere safe.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Advice for Washington’s young staffers

US Attorney Rachael Rollins watches as Acting Boston Police Commissioner Gregory Long speaks to reporters about the Patriot Front march.

‘If this were a Black Lives Matter protest, would the response have been different?’

The 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front who were arrested after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear near an LGBTQ pride event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on June 11. Top row, from left, are Jared Boyce, Nathan Brenner, Colton Brown, Josiah Buster, Mishael Buster, Devin Center, Dylan Corio, and Winston Durham. Second row, from left, are Garret Garland, Branden Haney, Richard Jessop, James Julius Johnson, James Michael Johnson, Connor Moran, Kieran Morris and Lawrence Norman. Third row, from left, are Justin O'leary, Cameron Pruitt, Forrest Rankin, Thomas Rousseau, Conor Ryan, Spencer Simpson, Alexander Sisenstein and Derek Smith. Bottom row, from left, are Dakota Tabler, Steven Tucker, Wesley Van Horn, Mitchell Wagner, Nathaniel Whitfield, Graham Whitsom, and Robert Whitted.

Roberta Kaplan and Yotam Barkai

The Patriot Front march in Boston is a wake-up call to America

Authorities arrest members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event on June 11, 2022, after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear.

Countering America’s top homeland security threat

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

Amid school violence, frustrated law enforcement officials say Boston Public Schools leaving them in the dark

Schools are providing far less information to investigators voluntarily than in previous years because of a 2020 school policy meant to protect students’ privacy.

2 more North Kingstown coaches were inappropriate with students, lawyer tells US attorney’s office

In signed statements, young women describe a school sports culture where they were leered at, touched, and singled out for attention for their bodies, but where they were told that’s just how the coaches were.

Mass. lawmakers pledge a no-strings-attached $250 rebate to taxpayers — but not all of them

Some experts raised concerns about the plan, especially that it excludes the state's poorest residents.

In Vermont cyclist slaying, authorities look into suspect’s use of another person’s passport to flee murder charge

Kaitlin Armstrong used the passport of someone closely associated with her to fly to Costa Rica, where she hid for weeks from authorities who were pursuing her in connection with the May slaying in Texas of cyclist Moriah Wilson, officials said Thursday.

Sports

The Yankees' Josh Donaldson (right) celebrated his grand slam with Joey Gallo (13) and Jose Trevino.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox may have ace Gerrit Cole’s number but they could be in for a long weekend against Yankees

The Sox have lost three straight, seven of 10, and are 9-19 against teams in the division, getting outscored by 29 runs.

Josh Donaldson (right) celebrates with Joey Gallo (13) and Jose Trevino after hitting a grand slam in the third inning.

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Rafael Devers swats two home runs, but Red Sox fall short against Yankees in series opener

New York did damage in the third inning with Josh Donaldson belting a grand slam off Josh Winckowski, followed by a solo shot from Aaron Hicks.

Blackhawks left wing Alex DeBrincat was part of the biggest trade of NHL Draft day, going from Chicago to the Ottawa Senators for the seventh and 39th pick this year and a third-rounder in 2024.

Matt Porter | On Hockey

Without a boost, Bruins could fall to the middle of the pack in the Atlantic Division

“You look at some of our players, it’s hard to say we’re going to tear this down,” team president Cam Neely said before the draft opened.

Raiders hire first Black woman NFL team president

Montreal takes Slovakian winger Juraj Slafkovsky with No. 1 pick in NHL draft

Chad Finn | nine innings

Nine thoughts on the Red Sox as they try to figure out their starting rotation

Business

Employers deserve a break on the cost of waiving unemployment overpayments

Lawmakers should use federal stimulus money or the budget surplus to reimburse the employer-financed unemployment insurance trust fund.

US jobless claims rise to 235k, most in nearly six months

More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, and although layoffs remain low, it was the fifth consecutive week that claims topped the 230,000 mark and the most in almost six months.

Renters face fiercest competition in Florida and the Northeast

Who said good food can’t be found in a gas station?

magazine

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? A Rhode Island expert is fighting Australia over the answer.

I need help mentally moving on from an abusive ex

The Supreme Court’s latest decision on school prayer is supremely wrong

Blueberry Crumble With Oats and Tahini

Recipes: Three creative berry desserts for summer

metro

Who said good food can’t be found in a gas station?

10 more monkeypox cases diagnosed in Massachusetts as state initiates vaccination program

For those at Mass. and Cass, a new order to stay away

sports

Chris Bassitt was scheduled to start Friday against the Marlins.

Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt says MLB should ‘stop testing’ for COVID-19

Tadej Pogacar wins sixth stage of Tour de France and takes yellow jersey

Bay State Games move to showcase format to fit into shifting summer baseball landscape

business

In investigating AbbVie, the Democrats on the Senate’s top tax-focused committee found that the drug company in 2020 generated 75 percent of its sales in the United States — but only reported 1 percent of that income for US tax purposes.

Drugmaker AbbVie shielded profits from US taxes, Senate report says

No. 2 Theranos Executive Found Guilty of 12 Counts of Fraud

Drop in funding is a warning to startups

politics

President Joe Biden.

Facing pressure, Biden to sign order on abortion access

Photos: Biles, Rapinoe among Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients

Arizona congresswoman sparks confusion after seeming to say she would shoot her grandchildren to ‘protect’ them

Nation

Chalk written signs dedicated to the seven people killed in Monday's Fourth of July mass shooting are pictured on a sidewalk at a memorial site, July 7, in Highland Park, Ill.

Services planned Friday for 3 Highland Park parade victims

Boston researchers say they have found spike protein lingering in blood of long COVID patients

Chauvin sentenced to 20 years for violating Floyd’s federal civil rights

World

FILE - Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe critically shot during campaign speech

EU and UN hold first high-level dialogue and stress ties

Russia taking ‘operational pause’ in Ukraine, analysts say

opinion

Tufts Medicine and Acadia will construct a new $65 million inpatient psychiatric hospital in Malden.

More inpatient beds is not itself a solution to mental health crisis

‘If this were a Black Lives Matter protest, would the response have been different?’

A once-in-a-lifetime catch of the day

lifestyle

This is the good kind of baggage.

Sorry, Marie Kondo types. I’m not chucking my stuff.

When is it time to kick your ex-spouse out of the house?

Photos: Nantucket waterfront compound listed at record-setting $56 million

food & dining

Who said good food can’t be found in a gas station?

A ‘Chopped’ champ (who also beat Bobby Flay) brings his baked goods to the Boston area

At the Israeli fast-casual Miznon in the Seaport, most of the menu goes into a pita pocket

travel

An Airbus A380.

A plane flew 14 hours from Dubai to Brisbane with a hole in its side

On the road with New England activists

Art, nature, and history come together at Fruitlands Museum

Arts

John Wilson's "Maquette for Eternal Presence" sits at the opening of “Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas,” part of the new installation "Stories Artists Tell" in the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.

‘Touching roots’ and connecting cultural histories at the MFA

Patrick Kelly’s radical ‘Runway of Love’ at Peabody Essex Museum

‘On the Edge’: A lively West Coast collection lands in Watertown

Books

In a post-Trump world, can writing cure our politics?

Survival stories in ‘Dirtbag, Massachusetts’

A young woman brings light to her family, in 1930s Denver

Movies

L-R: James Caan, Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, and John Cazale in "The Godfather."

Remembering the intensely physical, surprisingly versatile James Caan

10 memorable James Caan performances to stream

Louis C.K. made a Boston movie set in Maine — who’s it for?

Television

In "Loot," Maya Rudolph plays a billionaire who decides to live a 9-to-5 life in the office of a charitable foundation.

These workplace comedies get the job done

Several reasons to connect with ‘Uncoupled’

James Caan, Oscar nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82

music

Nani Agbeli (left) led a Ghanaian drumming performance for Bang on a Can's summer music festival at Mass MoCA in 2018.

At Bang on a Can’s summer festival, musical explorations are instrumental

A baby boy, a new album, and a tour have put Maren Morris in her happy place

Would Jon Anderson dare to perform ‘Close to the Edge’ with just a band of teens? Yes!

Theater/Dance

From left: Marcel Spears, Nikki Crawford, and Billy Eugene Jones in James Ijames's “Fat Ham” at the Public Theater in New York.

Seen and heard at the theater: distinct voices, fresh perspectives

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

globe local

Alphonse Millefoglie discusses the model his father built of his fishing vessel, the Maria & Al, to longtime Gloucester fishing family members John and Marie Testaverde during the opening of the Cape Ann Museum exhibit.

A port of call for Gloucester’s fishing memories

Should the state ban the use of fossil fuel systems in new commercial and residential construction?

A makeshift ramp is used to rescue ducklings

Obituaries

James Caan.

James Caan, Oscar nominee for ‘The Godfather,’ dies at 82

Mohammad Barkindo, OPEC secretary-general, dies days shy of departure

Bill Squires, 89, went the distance as the Boston Marathon’s premier coach