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Kamala Harris steps into the spotlight on abortion rights, an opportunity for her and the movement

Harris has a difficult task before her, trying to organize and satisfy a demanding coalition of elected officials and activists facing steep odds of restoring abortion rights nationwide.

Woman pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide in woman’s death at Newbury family farm stand

Janet Bach, 70, of Marblehead, was arraigned Tuesday in Newburyport District Court and was released on personal recognizance. She was ordered not to drive amid the ongoing case.

Brother of man killed by police last fall petitions SJC to remove district attorney
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court hasn't exercised its authority to remove an elected district attorney since 1954 when the justices found the prosecutor in Plymouth County was unfit for office.

Uvalde families to receive new report on police failures

Uvalde families awaited a new report Sunday that was expected to outline police failures in the May school shooting that left 19 children and two teachers dead, after weeks of conflicting and inaccurate statements from authorities surrounding why law enforcement waited so long to confront the gunman.

One person injured after school bus crashes into Chateau restaurant in Norwood

The bus crashed into the restaurant at 404 Boston-Providence Highway at about 10 p.m., Norwood police said.
RED SOX AT YANKEES | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 93: Red Sox need a bounce back against the Yankees, plus lineups and notes for the first-half finale

Despite Saturday night's drubbing, the Sox can still end the series — and the first half — on a high.

‘We’re not going to quit.’ In western Ukraine, strength and resilience endure

The Boston Globe spent eight days in western Ukraine speaking with people about how they’re coping amid the ongoing war and what’s next. This is the second in a series of dispatches from a nation under siege.

‘African Americans have enriched Massachusetts for centuries’: Mass. lawmakers approve Negro Election Day holiday

Negro Election Day would be a state holiday intended to commemorate centuries of self-governance and exercise of civic power by Black Americans.
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
RENÉE GRAHAM

On turning 60

I used to take my birthdays for granted. But now each year feels like a kind of battlefield victory.
JEFF JACOBY

Attacks on pregnancy centers, like attacks on abortion clinics, should be intolerable
EDITORIAL

The US is still not prepared for the next pandemic
LETTERS

Joe Biden: the man, the moment, the muddle, the middle, the maybe
MARCELA GARCÍA

Demonizing migrants may be the GOP’s most consistent platform. Just ask Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
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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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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Rowdy, the cat lost for three weeks at Logan, is reunited with owner
Rowdy, the cat who evaded capture at Logan Airport for three weeks, was reunited with her owner on Saturday.

No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds

The findings from both Republican- and Democratic-controlled states run contrary to claims made by former president Donald Trump and his allies who have intensely criticized their use and falsely claimed they were a target for fraud.

Dozens of residents displaced by partial collapse of roof of Worcester apartment building

The cause of the collapse of the roof on the building at 267 Mill St. remains under investigation, but “the main contributing factor is believed to be weight from roofing material that was concentrated in one general area,” said Charles Goodwin, Worcester’s director of emergency management.

Motorcyclist dies in Bellingham crash

The man died at Landmark Medical Center in Rhode Island where he was taken following the crash Saturday afternoon near Wrentham Road and Lake Street, Bellingham police said.

Champion driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at gas station

Bobby East, a three-time US Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas station.

One woman killed, another injured in Worcester shooting

Police found a 41-year-old woman, who died, and another who was injured at the scene.

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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.

In progressive Massachusetts, a long history of white supremacy
While the displays of propaganda are shockingly hateful and vile, they are far from new.

Mass. lawmakers have cleared the way for Robert Kraft to build a new soccer stadium for the New England Revolution in Everett
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has spent years looking for a new home for his New England Revolution soccer team, and it may have found it in Everett.

First lady Jill Biden makes return visit to Row 34 in Boston’s Seaport
She ordered an assortment of the restaurant’s crudo, crabcakes, and bouillabaisse, according to Nicole Kanner of All Heart PR. Diners gave the first lady a standing ovation upon her arrival.

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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 | 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?
EDITORIAL

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

Learning how to just be
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

We’re all tired of COVID. But it’s not done with us.
IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

SUNDAY'S CHILD

Marc is happy, affectionate, and loves to cuddle

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Aspiring Eagle Scout helps to protect monarch butterflies at Salem school

An aspiring Eagle Scout has used his service project to aid The Greenhouse School's monarch butterfly conservation program.

Hundreds gather in Salem to celebrate the significance of Negro Election Day

“Black Election Day is one of the oldest Black celebrations in North America, predating Juneteenth and even the founding of the United States,” said Kabria Baumgartner, a professor of history and Africana Studies at Northeastern University.

Woman pleads not guilty to vehicular homicide in woman’s death at Newbury family farm stand

Janet Bach, 70, of Marblehead, was arraigned Tuesday in Newburyport District Court and was released on personal recognizance. She was ordered not to drive amid the ongoing case.

Sports

NASCAR

NASCAR star Chase Elliott is taking a hot streak to New Hampshire Motor Speedway, but he’s not getting comfortable

The 26-year-old has won twice in the last three Cup series races, but he's never had much luck in Loudon.
RED SOX AT YANKEES | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 93: Red Sox need a bounce back against the Yankees, plus lineups and notes for the first-half finale

Despite Saturday night's drubbing, the Sox can still end the series — and the first half — on a high.
Red Sox

‘That kid is so talented.’ Adrián Beltré offers high praise for Red Sox All-Star Rafael Devers

Red Sox manager Alex Cora connected Devers to Beltré a few years ago, and Beltré has advised Devers as his major league career has developed.
World track notebook

Fred Kerley leads first US sweep in men’s 100 meters in 31 years

Dan Shaughnessy

Meatballs are served in the Bronx, indigestion felt in Boston
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Dream of Juan Soto in Boston, but maybe the grass isn’t greener elsewhere

Business

Pakistan’s ruling coalition, Imran Khan face off in by-elections

A victory for Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf will give the former leader the renewed momentum to pressure the government to hold early elections as he touts popular support for his grievances. Victories for the ruling coalition would give it the impetus to push through with unpopular reforms.

United Arab Emirates earmarks $820 million to build satellites, fund space plan

The Gulf nation said the move will make it the first Arab country to develop a constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellites. With plans to explore Venus within seven years and land on an asteroid, in addition to launching a spacecraft into Martian orbit, the UAE already has the Middle East’s most ambitious space program.

Jessie Duarte, former special assistant to Nelson Mandela, dies at 68

Russia steps up attacks across Ukraine’s north, east, south
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

Healey and Wu make first campaign appearance together in governor’s race

Rowdy, the cat lost for three weeks at Logan, is reunited with owner

Massachusetts has lowest bottle deposit rate, new study finds

sports

Red Sox absorb a soul-crushing beatdown in the Bronx against the mighty Yankees

“I think he’s really gonna be a superstar player”: Ceddanne Rafaela’s white-hot ascent in the Red Sox system hits the All-Star Futures Game

Mfiondu Kabengele agrees to a two-way contract with the Celtics

business

A boarding school in the Berkshires is banning smartphones for students and teachers

Gas prices may surge again ahead of midterm elections

US agencies temporarily barred from enforcing LGBTQ guidance

politics

Biden’s realism approach runs head-on into liberal pressure

Kamala Harris steps into the spotlight on abortion rights, an opportunity for her and the movement

Parroting Trump, GOP primary losers cast doubt on elections

Nation

Uvalde families to receive new report on police failures

US houses of worship increase security after shootings

No major problems with ballot drop boxes in 2020, AP finds

World

‘I worry about this place’: A day in Ukraine’s Donetsk

China floods leave at least 12 dead, thousands evacuated

United Arab Emirates earmarks $820 million to build satellites, fund space plan

opinion

New police commissioner needs City Hall backup

Massachusetts can lead democracy back from the brink

Learning how to just be

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

Actress Elizabeth A. Davis on her favorite vacation destination

Try a city triathlon in Boston, just for fun

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

New Kids and friends bring a block party to TD Garden

Walking on sunshine with 25 of our favorite songs of summer

Classical music events to catch before the summer is over

Theater/Dance

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

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

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

globe local

Aspiring Eagle Scout helps to protect monarch butterflies at Salem school

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

Make way for the feisty northern water snake

Obituaries

Mark Fleischman, the last impresario of Studio 54, dies at 82

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

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