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Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, assassinated during a speech

Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — an attack that stunned the nation that has some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere.

Fatal shooting of Japan's Abe stuns world leaders Who shot Shinzo Abe and why? Everything we know. A timeline of Shinzo Abe’s career

Biden signs order on abortion access after Supreme Court ruling

President Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure.

Biden team rejected public health emergency after Roe reversal

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard
Cindy Fitzgibbon will fill the shoes of veteran meteorologist Harvey Leonard, who retired in May after more than 45 years.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

As the drought worsens, vacationers get great weather

Areas of moderate drought have expanded to cover most of New England. On the positive side of the equation, it’s been a stunning summer so far.

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Inflation fears eclipse recession fears as US job growths remain strong

Employers hired at a brisk pace in June, the Labor Department said Friday, and wages rose. The data leave the Federal Reserve little choice but to continue aggressively boosting interest rates in an effort to rein in inflation.

The Red Sox lost the opener of their series vs. the Yankees on Thursday despite two home runs by Rafael Devers.

Dan Shaughnessy

We’re a long way from the good old days of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, and other thoughts

It's painful to watch Boston continue to shuffle interchangeable, faceless players through the outfield and bullpen — especially when facing a team that takes it seriously.

Xander Bogaerts and the Red Sox have not yet won a series against an AL East rival this season.

The Red Sox can’t make the playoffs playing like this against the AL East. A closer look at their struggles.

The fact that the Red Sox are in position to make the playoffs right now owes entirely to their excellence outside the division.

When a Boston hiker took a treacherous fall on Mount Monadnock, a group of strangers sprang into action to help
In southwest New Hampshire, Mount Monadnock is said to be one of the most frequently climbed mountains in the world. But as the fraught rescue of Gary Cohen last week makes clear, even a well-trodden day hike can turn dangerous.

Northeastern researchers have a plan to protect Boston from rising sea levels: floating vegetation mats they call the ‘Emerald Tutu’
Researchers have developed a system of interconnected circular mats of floating vegetation dubbed the Emerald Tutu, which they say could absorb wave energy and help mitigate the flooding that increasingly threatens to inundate Boston and other coastal cities.

The sun sets behind the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

DEVRA FIRST AND CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

Welcome to the second installment of our Cape Cod adventure, in which we wanted to engage in activities (hello, Cape Cod Railroad), but we were also drawn to slothful mornings at the beach. How did we resolve this conundrum? Read on, friends.

The writer (right) and her daughter, Glynne, leave the hospital after the writer’s last chemotherapy session.

Cancer kicks your butt, but it’s also a powerful lesson on appreciation

“Tough as old shoe leather” and other laughable compliments from loved ones help get me through tough times.

This week's daters: Andy and Shiella

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We talked quite a bit about raising kids in today’s digital world’

Will this date end on a sweet note?

Opinion

Construction vehicles used during repairs in a Blue Line tunnel on May 5. Top Baker administration officials were intimately involved in keeping details from the public about three derailments of a construction vehicle on that line in May.

Sorry, Charlie: The T is still your problem

Like it or not, Governor Baker owns the MBTA until he officially leaves office.

Laurence H. Tribe and Dennis Aftergut

Georgia DA’s Trump investigation is making history

Brenda Cassellius

A roadmap to success for Boston Public Schools

IDEAS | SHAUN CAMMACK

I quit Twitter and discovered Wikipedia’s righteous, opinionated, utterly absorbing battles over The Truth

Boris Johnson and the limits of democratic tolerance

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

NHL Draft 2022: Bruins select Canadian center Matthew Poitras in second round; trade out of third
The Bruins traded out of the third round, picking up two later selections.

MATTHEW GILBERT

Sorry, Marie Kondo types. I’m not chucking my stuff.
A recent move reintroduced me to the things, the voices, the people from my past, and I’m never letting go.

Photos: Nantucket waterfront compound listed at record-setting $56 million
The 10-bedroom compound overlooking Nantucket Harbor spans 15,322 square feet on almost four acres. The Monomoy estate, known as "Beam Ends," hit the market on July 1 with a staggering $56 million price tag.

Boston researchers may have found biomarker for long COVID
They researchers, from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, said the findings bolster a theory that at least one cause of long COVID is the coronavirus persisting in a reservoir somewhere in the body even after a patient has recovered from a bout with COVID-19.

Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone meets with Jan. 6 panel

Former White House counsel Pat Cipollone arrived Friday on Capitol Hill for a private interview with the Jan. 6 committee about his role trying to prevent then-President Trump from challenging the 2020 presidential election and joining the violent mob that laid siege to the Capitol.

Biden signs order on abortion access after Supreme Court ruling
President Biden signed an executive order Friday to protect access to abortion as he faced mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure.

Recommended reads

Reinhard Rompies, center and Godwin Odimegwu, right, appeared at Boston Municipal Court 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.

Appreciation

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.

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.

Boston’s faces of excellence: Meet the 2022 public school valedictorians
Despite uncertainty and disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, these students excelled during their years of high school.

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Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

Former Yes singer Jon Anderson is backed on his "Close to the Edge" 50th anniversary tour by students from the Paul Green Rock Academy.

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

Bill Griffeth (“Strangers No More: A Sequel to The Stranger in My Genes”) is in conversation with Libby Copeland Thursday at 6 p.m. at the American Inspiration by New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Author readings around Boston July 10-16

Special Projects

Back to Boston

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

R.I. corrections officer indicted in inmate’s death

Geoffrey Peters of Smithfield was indicted by a grand jury in the death of Timothy McQuesten, who died in a single cell at the Adult Correctional Institutions intake center in January 2021

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

Cindy Fitzgibbon will fill the shoes of veteran meteorologist Harvey Leonard, who retired in May after more than 45 years.

Providence police officer in video striking political opponent pleads not guilty, requests LEOBOR hearing

Officer Jeann Lugo will not resign from the police department despite the chief recommending that he be terminated.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

As the drought worsens, vacationers get great weather

Areas of moderate drought have expanded to cover most of New England. On the positive side of the equation, it’s been a stunning summer so far.

Sports

Matthew Poitras throws on a Bruins sweater after being selected 54th overall.

NHL Draft 2022: Bruins select Canadian center Matthew Poitras in second round; trade out of third

The Bruins traded out of the third round, picking up two later selections.

Xander Bogaerts and the Red Sox have not yet won a series against an AL East rival this season.

The Red Sox can’t make the playoffs playing like this against the AL East. A closer look at their struggles.

The fact that the Red Sox are in position to make the playoffs right now owes entirely to their excellence outside the division.

Second-round pick JD Davison will be handed the keys to the Celtics' offense in Las Vegas.

Seven things to watch as the Celtics tip off in Vegas for summer league this weekend

Forward Sam Hauser is the lone player guaranteed a regular roster spot next season, and a year ago he was an undrafted free agent.

Dan Shaughnessy

We’re a long way from the good old days of the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry, and other thoughts

Yankees at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 84: Yankees at Red Sox lineups and pregame notes

Victory over Jamaica qualifies US women’s soccer team for 2023 World Cup

Business

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Inflation fears eclipse recession fears as US job growths remain strong

Employers hired at a brisk pace in June, the Labor Department said Friday, and wages rose. The data leave the Federal Reserve little choice but to continue aggressively boosting interest rates in an effort to rein in inflation.

US employers add a solid 372,000 jobs in sign of resilience

It's a surprisingly strong gain that will likely spur the Federal Reserve to keep sharply raising interest rates to cool the economy and slow price increases.

Employers deserve a break on the cost of waiving unemployment overpayments

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

magazine

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

The writer with her husband, Junior, and their daughter.

I moved to Haiti to help it recover from the 2010 earthquake. Violence forced my family to flee.

This week's daters: Andy and Shiella

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We talked quite a bit about raising kids in today’s digital world’

Blueberry Crumble With Oats and Tahini

Recipes: Three creative berry desserts for summer

metro

In this June 4, 2019, file photo, a Planned Parenthood clinic is photographed in St. Louis.

Planned Parenthood workers in several Mass. cities vote to unionize

Past updates from the Jan. 6 committee investigating the Capitol insurrection

Northeastern researchers have a plan to protect Boston from rising sea levels: floating vegetation mats they call the ‘Emerald Tutu’

sports

The former president of the World Football Association, Joseph Blatter.

Blatter and Platini acquitted on charges of defrauding FIFA

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

Red Sox hand Yankees a gift on misplayed popup by Franchy Cordero in series opener

business

Single family homes in a residential neighborhood on May 10 in Miami, Fla. Miami-Dade County was the most competitive area for renters during the first four months of 2022, according to a new analysis.

Renters face fiercest competition in Florida and the Northeast

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

Drugmaker AbbVie shielded profits from US taxes, Senate report says

politics

President Joe Biden.

Biden signs order on abortion access after Supreme Court ruling

Biden team rejected public health emergency after Roe reversal

Watch live: President Biden speaks about protecting access to reproductive health care services

Nation

Memorials were placed near the scene of a shooting at a Fourth of July parade, on July 7, 2022, in Highland Park, Ill.

Services planned for three Highland Park parade shooting victims

Ukrainian official warns of ‘catastrophe’ in captured city

Services planned Friday for 3 Highland Park parade victims

World

Pedestrians are silhouetted against a large public video screen showing an image of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Akihabara district of Tokyo on Friday.

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s former prime minister, assassinated during a speech

Assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe stuns world leaders

Former Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos dies at 79

opinion

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.

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

Religious freedom, but not for all

Game over for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

lifestyle

WCVB chief meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbons.

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

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

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

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

The sun sets behind the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

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

On the road with New England activists

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

WCVB chief meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbons.

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

These workplace comedies get the job done

Several reasons to connect with ‘Uncoupled’

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