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Beside the nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court justice is her husband, a ‘quintessential Boston Brahmin’
For centuries the ancestral lines of Ketanji Onyika Brown and Patrick Graves Jackson were impossibly far apart. Then, 30 years ago at Harvard, they crossed.

Jan. 6 panel questions Cipollone on pardons and Trump’s election claims

Investigators focused mainly on Pat Cipollone’s views on the events of Jan. 6 and generally did not ask about his views of other witnesses’ accounts.

Some analysts worry that the country could be talking itself into a recession

Most economists say the country is not in a recession right now, although that determination could change in the coming months as more data is analyzed.

Climate envoy John Kerry sees peril and opportunity as fuel prices bog down green energy push

Abortion-rights activists protest during a rally in Washington, Saturday, July 9, 2022.

More than 1,000 protesters at White House call on Biden to protect abortion rights

RED SOX 6, YANKEES 5 (10 INNINGS)

Alex Verdugo has more magic for Yankees, delivers tying, walkoff hits for Red Sox in classic

A framed image of the late Pope John XXIII still hangs on the wall of Anne Magee Coughlin's childhood home. She grew up in this Brighton home and the family is selling it after their mother's death. Four generations of her family lived here including her father, Firefighter Richard B. Magee, who died in the Hotel Vendome fire.

After generations of joy and tragedy, a family says goodbye to Brighton

The Magee clan has inhabited the wood-frame 2-story, 4-bedroom house at 40 Waverly St. since it was built in 1910. But time, and market forces, march on without regard for family memories or the birthplace of hometown heroes.

‘Everybody should stay inside on the Fourth of July’: Amid string of holiday shootings, residents losing hope
With 10 people shot in three days, Boston-area community members are finding it hard to have faith that change will ever come.

Fire ravages Veranda House, other buildings in downtown Nantucket Saturday
Firefighters on Nantucket battled flames as fire tore through the historic Veranda House inn Saturday morning.

Protesters gather outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 9.

Sri Lankan president to step down amid soaring public anger

The resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa marks a possible turning point for the bankrupt Sri Lanka, which is struggling to pay for food and fuel imports.

Andrew and Janet Cromartie embrace at Hinsdale Park, their favorite place to walk their dogs on June 30, 2022. The couple have been forced to leave the island after shuffling around to different locations do to the increased cost of living and lack of affordable housing.

A sad farewell to an island paradise

Andrew Cromartie and Janet Forest are preparing to bid farewell to Nantucket, a place that has financially slipped away from them.

Former Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy wasn't a free agent for long.

Word is out that Bruins players had their say in Bruce Cassidy’s firing. It’s a risky revelation.

Players should certainly be heard, but it’s a fine line when they have a hand in pulling the strings.

Opinion

The backside of the Massachusetts State House is reflected in a puddle of water collecting on a table after a rain on June 23. This image has been rotated 180 degrees.

Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to offer tax relief to the middle class. But what about the poor?

The state Legislature should include low-income families in plans to dole out $250 rebates to offset the rising cost of gas and other products.

IDEAS | SHAUN CAMMACK

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

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

On the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, State Department has no spine

Sorry, Charlie: The T is still your problem

MARCELA GARCÍA

Nayib Bukele’s failed Bitcoin experiment in El Salvador

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

Review finds agents used unnecessary force against Black migrants
Border Patrol agents on horseback used “unnecessary” force in September against Black migrants who crossed into Del Rio, Texas, en masse, amid a humanitarian crisis that exposed the Biden administration’s struggle to manage a record number of southwestern border crossings.

Tewksbury Animal Control warns residents of black bear spotting

The bear was spotted near Deering Drive and residents are urged to put away bird feeders and other potential sources of food, officials said Saturday night.

Celtics star Jayson Tatum visits summer league, saying he still hasn’t put Finals loss to Warriors behind him
“It takes a long time,” Tatum said. “I still think about it every day. So [I’ll probably think about it] until the season starts, or until we get back to the championship.”

Celtics make Malcolm Brogdon acquisition and signings of Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet official

At the MassQ Ball, Bostonians wear a different sort of mask
Artists asked people questions about themselves and painted pictures on their faces that reflected the responses.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox should consider what they would look like without Rafael Devers in the long term
The Sox have not made progress signing Devers to a long-term extension as he asserts himself as one of the best players in the game.

In era of transparency, Arizona law limits filming police
Arizona’s governor has signed a law that restricts how the public can video police at a time when there’s growing pressure across the US for greater law enforcement transparency.

Recommended reads

Naomi Okoro, a 5-year-old from Milton, swam during her lesson at Champion Infant Aquatics.

Parents with pools turn to survival swimming to keep kids safe — sometimes starting before they reach a year old

ISR itself isn’t new — it was founded by a psychologist in 1966. But in recent years, social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok have popularized its style of survival swimming.

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.

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.

Police search for Maine family reported missing after failing to return from camping trip
Jill Sidebotham, Nicholas Hansen, and their daughter, Lydia Hansen, were last seen by Sidebotham’s family on June 27, before they set out to go camping in the area of Phillips, Maine, according to police.

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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

In 2019, students from five BPS schools performed with the Boston Pops during their opening Holiday at the Pops show the first week of December.

Brenda Cassellius

A roadmap to success for Boston Public Schools

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

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?’

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

The Dodgers' top scout in Mexico, Mr. Brito discovered such talents as Fernando Valenzuela, current Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías, and Yasiel Puig.

Fire ravages Veranda House, other buildings in downtown Nantucket Saturday

Firefighters on Nantucket battled flames as fire tore through the historic Veranda House inn Saturday morning.

At the MassQ Ball, Bostonians wear a different sort of mask

Artists asked people questions about themselves and painted pictures on their faces that reflected the responses.

Boston to hold information session for potential artists to work on Copley Square park plan

The city will host a virtual event Thursday to answer questions for applicants to the Copley redesign Call to Artists.

Sports

Alex Verdugo delivered the walk-off winner on Saturday night at Fenway Park, following his game-tying single in the eighth with a game-winning one in the 10th against the Yankees.

RED SOX 6, YANKEES 5 (10 INNINGS)

Alex Verdugo has more magic for Yankees, delivers tying, walkoff hits for Red Sox in classic

Verdugo's eighth-inning single scored Jeter Downs — called up Saturday and entering as a pinch-runner — to tie the game, then his 10th-inning single brought Boston back from a two-run hole.

Sprint winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing talks to the media in the Paddock after the F1 Grand Prix of Austrian Sprint in Spielberg, Austria,

Max Verstappen wins Austrian pole in Formula 1 racing

Verstappen starts at the front as he aims for a fifth win at his Formula One team’s home track.

Mr. Brito tossed the first pitch before a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles in 2016.

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

The Dodgers' top scout in Mexico, Mr. Brito discovered such talents as Fernando Valenzuela, current Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías, and Yasiel Puig.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Summer league game was a very big deal for the Celtics’ JD Davison

Celtics rookie guard JD Davison shows pace, control in Las Vegas Summer League opener

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox should consider what they would look like without Rafael Devers in the long term

Business

Biden defends upcoming Saudi trip as national security necessity

Biden is expected to meet with Prince Mohammed and Arab leaders of other Gulf countries to persuade them to pump more oil into the market to drive down gasoline prices in the US.

Blinken to stop in Tokyo to offer condolences over Abe’s death

Blinken was in Bali for the G-20 foreign ministers meeting, which he said on Saturday was shadowed by the death of the influential Japanese premier and staunch US ally.

Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests

Sri Lankan president to step down amid soaring public anger

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

Hannah Walford, a British expatriate, stands outside her home in her backyard.

Massachusetts’ expatriate Britons react to Boris Johnson’s resignation

‘Everybody should stay inside on the Fourth of July’: Amid string of holiday shootings, residents losing hope

Match Charter Public High School valedictorian stands up when she sees injustice

sports

What's a manager to do? Alex Cora's Red Sox have 12 players on the injured list with the additions of Connor Seabold, who was removed from Friday's start, and Christian Arroyo on Saturday.

More pain for Red Sox as Rafael Devers sits, two others join slew on injured list

Celtics star Jayson Tatum visits summer league, saying he still hasn’t put Finals loss to Warriors behind him

O my! Baltimore beats Angels, winning seventh straight for first time since ′17

business

Gas prices are shown at a gas station on Thursday, July 7, 2022, in Long Beach, Calif.

Fears of another gas shock later this year drive Biden to seek price cap on Russian oil

Incomplete grade? Columbia loses ranking over dubious data

Elon Musk says he’s terminating $44 billion Twitter buyout deal

politics

US President Joe Biden noted he would be the first president to fly from Israel to Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, after decades of hostility between the Jewish state and Arab kingdom.

Biden defends upcoming Saudi trip as national security necessity

Blinken to stop in Tokyo to offer condolences over Abe’s death

Jan. 6 panel questions Cipollone on pardons and Trump’s election claims

Nation

United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021.

Review finds agents used unnecessary force against Black migrants

In era of transparency, Arizona law limits filming police

More than 1,000 protesters at White House call on Biden to protect abortion rights

World

Suspect Tetsuya Yamagami holds what appears to be a homemade weapon in Nara, western Japan, on July 8, 2022.

Abe’s killing haunts Japan with questions on handmade guns

Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests

Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices

opinion

A newly cut tree in Malcolm X Park in Roxbury as seen late last month.

Trees felled, tremors felt in Roxbury and beyond

By the time they got to Woodstock, they had a trunkful of iconic posters

She feels urgency to fight for rights, freedoms held dear

lifestyle

They talk for hours a day, but he has a girlfriend

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.

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

Dakota Johnson stars in the upcoming film "Madame Web," which is filming in Boston this summer.

Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ to begin filming in Boston next week

Remembering the intensely physical, surprisingly versatile James Caan

10 memorable James Caan performances to stream

Television

“I have never been involved in a show that has made such a huge impact and touched my heart like this one has,” Suranne Jones wrote on Instagram after learning of the cancellation of "Gentleman Jack."

HBO cancels ‘Gentleman Jack’

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

These workplace comedies get the job done

music

Maren Morris performs at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night.

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

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

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

Mr. Brito tossed the first pitch before a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles in 2016.

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

Tony Sirico, who played a gangster in ‘The Sopranos,’ dies at 79

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, dies at 67