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Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Secret Service for erased texts

The subpoenas come hours after the nine-member panel received a closed briefing from the watchdog for Department of Homeland Security.

At least 5 die after storm causes Montana highway pileup

At least five people have died after a dust storm fueled by wind gusts topping 60 mph caused a pileup Friday evening on Interstate 90 in Montana, authorities said.

Indiana doctor’s lawyer tells AG to halt false statements
Attorney Kathleen DeLaney sent the “cease and desist” letter to Indiana Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita on behalf of obstetrician-gynecologist Caitlin Bernard, who performed a medical abortion on the girl.

House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim

Democratic leaders in battleground states want Washington to do more to ensure abortion rights

Many Democrats are expressing frustration with their party’s leaders in Washington over their response to the court eliminating the federal right to an abortion.

Boston health officials, citing COVID-19 data, urge people to take precautions

The Boston Public Health Commission warned that, as of Thursday, COVID-19 cases had increased by 38.9 percent over the past seven days, and daily hospital admissions and the amount of coronavirus in local wastewater were also up.

House measure eases path for a professional soccer stadium in Everett

Man rescues missing 5-year-old girl from marsh in Plymouth

Advocates urge Biden to declare climate a national emergency, which would unlock powers

Manchin has reportedly pulled the plug on climate provisions of a Democratic economic package. One way advocates say Biden can help save his climate agenda: declare a climate emergency.
Biden tells Democrats to quickly pass pared-down economic package
RED SOX 5, YANKEES 4 (11 INNINGS)

The Red Sox blew another lead in the ninth, but Xander Bogaerts made a read and saved the day at Yankee Stadium

Xander Bogaerts, on a night the Red Sox turned four double plays, raced home from third on a wild pitch in the 11th inning, using his legs to save a game that Tanner Houck squandered, then helped save in the late innings.

Former Patriots cornerback Jason McCourty retires after 13 seasons in NFL

Jason McCourty spent three seasons with New England, and won a Super Bowl, after a 2018 trade with Cleveland reunited him with twin brother Devin.
SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER ARTS GUIDE

This summer, cool down with some art and culture

Got a lazy summer day you’re looking to fill? From Guston at the MFA to Rob "Problak" Gibbs’s mural for Dewey Square, here are some must-sees around the city.

With plenty of summer still ahead, TV is just getting warmed up
In the coming weeks, you'll be able to fill your downtime with mysteries and thrillers ("The Patient," "Surface"), epic fantasies ("House of the Dragon," "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"), and some promising comedies ("Bad Sisters," "Uncoupled").

The best of the rest of summer movies
Almost all of this summer's high-profile releases have come out. Still to come: Jordan Peele's "Nope" and "Bullet Train" starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. Plus, Ben Affleck's 50th birthday.

Walking on sunshine with 25 of our favorite songs of summer
A great summer song can evoke the season, or it can just be the right song hitting in just the right way at just the right time. Here are some favorites chosen by Globe arts writers, editors, and contributors from summers past and present.

A guide to free, family-friendly events from now through Labor Day
These Massachusetts festivals, concerts, outdoor movies and more don't cost a thing to attend.

Opinion
EDITORIAL

The world can’t miss a last chance on the Iran deal

A restored agreement could markedly reduce tensions in the region
MARCELA GARCÍA

Demonizing migrants may be the GOP’s most consistent platform. Just ask Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Massachusetts can lead democracy back from the brink
IDEAS | SABITH KHAN

Going home: What happens to migrants when they return to the country they left behind?
Peter de Menocal

Turning the tide against climate change
Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance | on
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data once per week. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate percentage. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

150 years of The Boston Globe

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

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UNC-Chapel Hill settles with Hannah-Jones in tenure flap
The flagship school of North Carolina’s university system announced Friday that it has reached a settlement with the journalist who ultimately shunned the school in an extended dispute over tenure and joined a historically Black university.

Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a US DEA agent in 1985, has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official with Mexico’s navy confirmed Friday.

Wu endorses Healey in governor’s race
Attorney General Maura Healey is the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, after Jamaica Plain state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz ended her bid last month.

Dan Shaughnessy
At the 1999 All-Star Game, Fenway Park was the center of the baseball universe, and other thoughts
It was 23 years ago this week. John Henry had yet to buy the Red Sox and young David Ortiz was hitting .315 for Minnesota’s Triple A team in Salt Lake City.

Firefighter injured, 17 displaced, after 3-alarm fire in Dorchester

The fire started at 23 Lithgow St. Friday afternoon and quickly spread to the home next door, causing an estimated $1 million in damages, according to the Boston Fire Department.

LOVE LETTERS
She doesn’t tell me about her family conflicts
“The first time I noticed the red flag was when she went shopping for her wedding dress.”

Recommended reads

Billy Baker

Fly-fishing is dumb. Change my mind.

Tom Rosenbauer is America's most famous fly fisherman, the “chief enthusiast” for Orvis and host of the most-popular podcast on the topic. Billy Baker is America’s worst fly fisherman, in that he never actually caught a fish. Can a day together change all that?

‘Are we making ourselves sitting ducks?’ Local drag performers voice safety concerns amid uptick in threats.
The heightened concerns come as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric ratchets up and a growing number of conservatives champion restrictions on what schools can teach students about sexual orientation and gender identity.

To escape high gas prices, many are searching for electric vehicles. They’re nowhere to be found.
A global semiconductor chip shortage is leaving dealers with few EVs.

Larry Edelman
Boom times are over for US housing market. But don’t expect Boston to bust.
The Boston-area housing market has held up well under the weight of rising mortgage rates and some of the most unaffordable prices in the country. That may be about to change.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Festival Betances returns to the South End to celebrate a panorama of Puerto Rican music and culture

Can we please stop pretending family vacations are nothing but fun?

NKOTB’s Mixtape shows have Donnie Wahlberg feeling like a kid again

Cooperstown has a couple of new fans

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | TOM CHAFFIN

We should stop giving the Founding Fathers capital-letter reverence
SCOT LEHIGH

Jan. 6 panel highlights an unhinged Trump White House

RENÉE GRAHAM

Joe Biden is not the man for this moment
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Two challenges, one column!
EDITORIAL

Renters, seniors, and the working poor: Beacon Hill doles out the tax breaks
IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

House measure eases path for a professional soccer stadium in Everett

Lawmakers added language to a wide-ranging, multibillion-dollar economic development bill that would exempt the 43-acre industrial property straddling the Everett and Boston line from a slew of environmental requirements so it could be developed as a “sports, recreation or events center.”

NH fire marshal finds no criminal intent in Red Jacket resort fire, cause ‘undetermined’

Investigators made the determination after interviewing guests and examining evidence from the April 30 fire at the popular White Mountain resort in North Conway, New Hampshire fire officials said Friday.

In progressive Massachusetts, a long history of white supremacy

While the displays of propaganda are shockingly hateful and vile, they are far from new.

Wu endorses Healey in governor’s race

Attorney General Maura Healey is the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, after Jamaica Plain state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz ended her bid last month.

Sports

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Tanner Houck escapes with a “team win” against Yankees

“It worked out in the end,” Houck said. “Took a step back, took a deep breath. Kind of what I had to do."

Allyson Felix secures record 19th medal in her final world championships

Allyson Felix, the most decorated woman in track and field history, ran on the mixed 4x400 relay as she approaches retirement.
Dan Shaughnessy

Tasty moment amid Red Sox’ trick-or-treat season

The Red Sox went into Friday night with four straight losses, a 5-12 record since June 27, and an 11-24 mark against the AL East.
RED SOX 5, YANKEES 4 (11 INNINGS)

The Red Sox blew another lead in the ninth, but Xander Bogaerts made a read and saved the day at Yankee Stadium
Baseball

Major League Baseball agrees to pay minor leaguers $185 million to settle federal suit
sports log

Austria soccer eliminates Norway in upset at Women’s European Championship

Business

Sri Lanka begins choosing leader to replace ex-president

Sri Lankan lawmakers will choose a new leader to serve the rest of the term abandoned by Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad and resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse.

Biden intervenes in railroad contract fight to block strike

President Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute.

BPDA approves another lab building in the Seaport

Battery Ventures shrugs off tech downturn and raises largest VC fund
magazine
Globe Magazine

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England
LOVE LETTERS

My wife wants to move closer to my stepsons. I won’t go.
PERSPECTIVE

Libraries can save the summer. And maybe democracy, too.
COOKING

Recipes: Charring broccoli, corn, and other vegetables on the grill

metro

Center plans to give W. E. B. Du Bois and other Black Berkshirites the credit they’re due

Most of R.I. facing ‘moderate drought’ conditions

Man rescues missing 5-year-old girl from marsh in Plymouth

sports

Jarren Duran having trouble centering himself for Red Sox

Pace car ride at Loudon always a joy for NASCAR director

The last four Open champions who won at St. Andrews missed the cut this time

business

Hasbro toys, New York Times to create a Wordle board game

Odds of US recession within next year near 50 percent, survey shows

US retail sales rise more than forecast in broad-based advance

politics

Jan. 6 panel to examine Trump’s 187 minutes of inaction during Capitol riot

Jan. 6 panel subpoenas Secret Service for erased texts

Biden tells Democrats to quickly pass pared-down economic package

Nation

At least 5 die after storm causes Montana highway pileup

UNC-Chapel Hill settles with Hannah-Jones in tenure flap

Indiana doctor’s lawyer tells AG to halt false statements

World

Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with crown prince

Two universities in Mykolaiv hit by Russian missile strikes, as Ukraine points to civilian casualties in Vinnytsia attack

Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

opinion

If there’s a will, there’s a way to stop more shootings

We’re all tired of COVID. But it’s not done with us.

Here’s the proof against Carolyn Bryant Donham in the Emmett Till case. Is it enough to convict her?

lifestyle

Somerville’s ArtBeat festival emphasizes community, inclusivity

She doesn’t tell me about her family conflicts

Can we please stop pretending family vacations are nothing but fun?

food & dining

First lady Jill Biden makes return visit to Row 34 in Boston’s Seaport

For the love of butter: Chef Jeanie Roland on pushing the culinary boundaries in a small New England town

At Parla, swanky drinks where you least expect them

travel

Travel + Leisure’s ‘World’s Best Awards’ are out for 2022, and there’s a lot to celebrate in New England

Try a city triathlon in Boston, just for fun

Actress Elizabeth A. Davis on her favorite vacation destination

Arts

At the Clark, proof that Auguste Rodin is still the man

This summer, cool down with some art and culture

At the Gardner, Maurice Sendak’s journey from page to stage

Books

The view from above in ‘Imagine a City’

Jamil Jan Kochai likes to binge different authors

A very bad trip

Movies

The best of the rest of summer movies

‘Madame Web’ movie filming transforms Boston into retro NYC

Review: ‘Both Sides of the Blade,’ three sides of a triangle

Television

Fifth season of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ arrives in September

With plenty of summer still ahead, TV is just getting warmed up

There’s no getting away from it all in ‘The Resort’

music

Walking on sunshine with 25 of our favorite songs of summer

Classical music events to catch before the summer is over

The Black Keys are here to ‘Boogie’

Theater/Dance

In ‘Mr. Fullerton,’ the seduction of Edith Wharton

Throughout New England, the stage is set for theatergoers who are eager to explore

The season’s overflowing with dance of all types, from Jacob’s Pillow in Becket to a quarry in Vermont

globe local

Is the state’s multi-family zoning requirement in MBTA communities good policy?

Make way for the feisty northern water snake

Legendary rock star visits local police station

Obituaries

Eugenio Scalfari, elder statesman of Italian journalism, dies at 98

John R. Froines, chemist and member of the Chicago Seven, dies at 83

Award-winning conductor, composer Bramwell Tovey dies