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House approves same-sex marriage bill, responding to Supreme Court

The House voted Tuesday to protect same-sex and interracial marriages, concerned that the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade abortion access could jeopardize other rights.

Body of missing Harvard woman found inside her truck in Brattleboro, Vermont, police say
The body of 23-year-old Mary Anderson, a town of Harvard woman who was reported missing Sunday, was found Tuesday in Brattleboro, Vt., and authorities are seeking her former boyfriend for questioning, authorities said.

4 juveniles arrested in connection with killing of Weymouth High student

Four juveniles were arrested Tuesday on charges connected to the killing of Weymouth High School football player Nathan Paul in Quincy, in a homicide authorities have said grew out of a botched drug rip-off in which counterfeit money was used.

Representatives Pressley, Clark arrested by police after protest outside Supreme Court
Representatives Katherine Clark of Melrose and Ayanna Pressley of Boston were part a group of Democratic lawmakers that was detained by the Capitol Police on Tuesday during an abortion rights protest in front of the Supreme Court.

Biden to visit closed power plant in Somerset, Mass., Wednesday for event on climate crisis

“President Biden will travel to Somerset, Massachusetts” on Wednesday, the White House said in a statement. “The President will deliver remarks on tackling the climate crisis and seizing the opportunity of a clean energy future to create jobs and lower costs for families.”

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

Single family homes on Wall Street in Arlington. Home prices have soared to record highs: those in Greater Boston registered a new peak in June, when the median selling price of a single-family home hit $900,000 for the first time.

‘Things need to change.’ For the next Massachusetts governor, housing challenges await.

Given the severity of the Boston-area housing shortage and the persistence of local opposition, advocates are calling for statewide solutions and urging the next governor, whoever that might be, to take aggressive action.

The median sales of price of a single-family home in the Greater Boston region hit $900,000 for the first time in June, but a continued increase in listings signaled that the market may be starting to cool off.

Greater Boston’s median home price hits $900,000, but signs of a slowdown emerge

Inventories are rising, as higher mortgage rates lock some buyers out of the market.

Heat waves plague the Northern hemisphere
Heat-related deaths. Record temperatures. Raging wildfires. Melting airport runways. Scorching heat waves are plaguing Europe, Central Asia, and the United States, offering yet more evidence of the suffering the climate crisis could bring.

‘It almost felt like there wasn’t enough oxygen.’ Boston company’s workers in London cope with the heat.

Max apparent temperatures across the state

These maps show what to expect from this week’s scorching heat

Campers at Camp Harbor View on Long Island in Boston Harbor dumped water on their councilors.

Heat hacks: 12 tips and tricks to keep your house cool

IDEAS | Leon Neyfakh

How to live without air conditioning

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At 47, he decided to change his life. Now, Adam Nagler is paddleboarding 630 miles solo to Nantucket.
The 55-year-old ultra-endurance athlete knows some folks might not understand why he pushes the limits. But he'd have it no other way.

Ryan Gosling in "The Gray Man."

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★

In ‘The Gray Man,’ it’s lawyers, guns, and money, only without the lawyers and money

The Netflix action thriller, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, offers a lot more action than thrills.

Laura Justice and Don Seiffert outside their apartment in Salem, where they are quarantined after contracting COVID-19 for the second time in three months.

‘Oh my god, not again’: COVID variant making reinfections more common

Omicron and subvariants like BA.4 and BA.5 have raised the rate of reinfection with COVID-19. Though experts expect reinfections to be milder than initial infections, they still come with risks.

Used cars for sale at an auto dealer in Philadelphia recently.

$730 a month for a car? That’s what the typical loan payment is now.

Rising prices because of low inventory and increasing interest rates are are pushing up the cost of a new vehicle.

Opinion

A girl participates in a protest over the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in Portland, Ore., on June 24.

Is age of consent on the Republican chopping block?

With the end of Roe, Republicans see enough daylight to plunge this nation into permanent darkness.

A Nobel laureate’s polite plea to the Fed: Go slowly in fighting inflation

House bill’s nod to stadium robs Mystic River community of a voice

Defund Tucker Carlson and Fox News

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At its convention in Boston over the weekend, the second largest teachers' labor union in the nation passed a resolution calling to divest pensions from fossil fuels and re-invest them in climate justice projects.

10 must-see artists at this year’s Newport Folk Festival
Over its three days this weekend, Newport brings a lineup that mixes folk and non-folk artists, each one distinct.

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4 hikers helped down from ridge in the White Mountains after taking a wrong turn on trail
Two 18-year-old hikers and two minors were helped off a mountain ridge in New Hampshire Monday night by the Appalachian Mountain Club after they missed their intended trail and were stranded in the rain, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department said in a statement.

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How Joe Manchin left a global tax deal in limbo
Senator Joe Manchin effectively scuttled the Biden administration’s tax agenda in Congress — at least for now — by saying he couldn't immediately support a package he spent months negotiating with the Democratic leadership.

A mysterious radio signal has been detected from a distant galaxy, MIT says
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Crowds of people visited Commercial Street in Provincetown last week. The community is taking efforts to control the monkeypox virus as the summer season gets into full swing.

Inside Provincetown’s ‘Herculean’ effort to save the summer from monkeypox

Most businesses make 80 to 90 percent of their yearly revenues during the 10-week summer season and many residents make much of their income during the same period.

Mass. students will continue receiving free school meals under new state budget
In a bipartisan effort, the state legislature included $110 million in funding for the program under its $52.7 billion budget that was approved Monday.

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Erin Doherty in "Chloe."

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An employee holds semiconductor chips over a 300-millimeter wafer produced by German engineering and electronics company Bosch at the Bosch semiconductor manufacturing plant in Dresden, Germany.

Computer chips are vital to national security. US needs to make more of them on American soil.

Kevin Outterson and Henry Skinner

Antibiotic-resistant infections could dwarf the COVID-19 pandemic

Lights illuminate liquefied natural gas tanker Oak Spirit during the delivery of Poland's first import of US LNG at the Gazoport terminal in Swinoujscie, Poland, in 2019.

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A way forward on the climate crisis and energy insecurity

A policeman removes the handcuffs from WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia on July 15, 2022.

Time to bring Brittney Griner home

"I am is who I am. And today I am a 60-year-old woman."

On turning 60

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

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S.D. Governor Kristi Noem to back, campaign with Diehl in his GOP gubernatorial bid

Geoff Diehl’s campaign said that Noem is expected to campaign with the former lawmaker on Aug. 10, as well as attend a fundraiser for Diehl at the home of car magnate Ernie Boch Jr.

Photo shows deteriorated column at Haymarket Station that caused chaotic shutdown of subway service in June

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak, on Tuesday, for the first time, shared an image of the water-damaged support column inside subway tunnels near Haymarket station that prompted a chaotic shutdown of Orange and Green Line service there for several days last month.

Research underway to find Gaspee shipwreck — and Rhode Island’s claim to the start of the Revolution

Under the leadership of Kathy Abbass, volunteer researchers have begun the painstaking scientific work of trying to determine whether anything that could be the wreck of the Gaspee can be found off Gaspee Point.

This disease strips pigment from their skin. Now, a new drug could help restore vitiligo patients’ skin color.

Federal regulators have approved a new cream that may help many patients with the autoimmune condition.

Sports

LSU guard Chasen Hines was drafted in the sixth round by the Patriots.

Patriots notebook

Patriots rookies open training camp but two are placed on non-football injury list

Offensive linemen Chasen Hines and Andrew Stueber cannot practice while on NFI but can be activated at any time.

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard, wears the overall leader's yellow jersey during Tuesday's sixteenth stage of the Tour de France.

How can a sports fan manage the slowest day of the year? Look to these two events.

With sports in a "deadzone," what's a fan to do?

Nick Saban revealed just how lucrative NIL deals have been for Alabama players at Tuesday's SEC media day.

Nick Saban says Alabama players topped $3 million in NIL money

Saban has been vocal about his issues with the status quo in name, image, and likeness deals and their use in recruiting.

MLB Draft 2022: Meet all 21 players picked by the Red Sox

The Red Sox probably should be sellers at the trade deadline, but I’m not buying it just yet

Hugo Houle takes emotional first Tour stage win, Jonas Vingegaard keeps lead

Business

In latest blow to office market, Facebook is hitting pause on new space in Kendall

The tech giant said it will delay construction on a new expansion to redesign space for hybrid work.

Facebook’s workforce grew more diverse when it embraced remote work

Facebook chief diversity officer Maxine Williams said the company is still studying why people from underrepresented groups are choosing remote work, but speculated that some workers are seeking to locate where they feel more at home.

‘Things need to change.’ For the next Massachusetts governor, housing challenges await.

Netflix sees return to growth after million-customer loss

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This week's daters: Alex and Georgi.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘It was very hard to hear her’

Our tiny online community was born during the pandemic. We thrived off our mutual solitude.

The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's free production of "Much Ado About Nothing" opens Wednesday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 18-24

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

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The East Bridgewater Bicentennial Committee. Front left to right: Noreen Cahill, Dee Dee Rogers, Dale Julius, David Sheedy, Nancy Hill
Back left to right: John Haines, Tom Turner, Paul Connell, and Katie Cavanagh.

East Bridgewater gets ready for its 200th birthday bash

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to back, campaign with Diehl in his GOP gubernatorial bid

‘Things need to change.’ For the next Massachusetts governor, housing challenges await.

sports

Giacomo Vrioni participated in his first practice with the Revolution Tuesday and will be eligible to play against the Columbus Crew on Saturday.

Revolution introduce new striker Giacomo Vrioni

England soars as Euro 2022 deals with heatwave

Chicago Cubs draft Mason McGwire, son of former slugger Mark McGwire

business

The median sales of price of a single-family home in the Greater Boston region hit $900,000 for the first time in June, but a continued increase in listings signaled that the market may be starting to cool off.

Greater Boston’s median home price hits $900,000, but signs of a slowdown emerge

How Joe Manchin left a global tax deal in limbo

JPMorgan’s invests in new health startup that aims to cut workers’ expenses

politics

The US Capitol building in Washington, D.C.

House approves same-sex marriage bill, responding to Supreme Court

Representatives Pressley, Clark among dozens arrested after abortion protest outside Supreme Court

Government says Bannon ignored subpoena, acted above the law

Nation

A healthcare worker prepares a syringe of the Novavax Inc. vaccine at the Tegel Vaccine Center in Berlin.

CDC advisers endorse more traditional Novavax COVID shot

Dog helps rescue owner who fell 70 feet in California forest

Bystander rescues four kids from fire, then jumps out window to save a fifth

World

Commuters struggle to board an overcrowded bus at a bus stop amidst the economic crisis on July 18, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. After months of sustained street protests over the country’s economic collapse, Sri Lanka’s parliament will elect a new president who will serve the rest of the current term after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country.

Out of cash and out of fuel, Sri Lanka runs on patience

UK breaks record for highest temperature as Europe sizzles

EU starts membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia

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Bostonians dance through the night at Mariel Underground, a nightclub in downtown Boston on June 24.

What should Boston’s night-life czar do?

Time to bring Brittney Griner home

Part of the solution to climate change is nuclear power

lifestyle

Actors David Hyde Pierce as Peter Child and Sarah Lancashire as Julia Child in a scene from the first season of HBO Max's "Julia." Season two will return the cast to the Bay State in 2022.

From ‘Madame Web’ to ‘Maestro’ — a look at the Hollywood productions filming in Massachusetts in 2022

Need to beat this week’s heat? Head to one of these 75+ spray fountains, pools, or community centers.

Chris Evans says he’s ‘laser-focused’ on finding a partner

food & dining

Kind Roots burgers are of the bean and veggie variety, vegan, and gluten-free.

You can see everything that goes into these veggie burgers

On board with a new career, because ‘who isn’t into cheese?’

Sin City, a superette for everyone, opens in Lynn

travel

The Pickering House Inn in Wolfeboro, N.H.

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

Vladimir Menshchikov, "There Is No God," 1975.

‘Believing Is Bad for You’: At the Museum of Russian Icons, ‘Images of Atheism’

Painting, pattern, and place collide in Bob Dilworth’s tender portraits

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

Books

The view from above in ‘Imagine a City’

Jamil Jan Kochai likes to binge different authors

A very bad trip

Movies

Ryan Gosling in "The Gray Man."

In ‘The Gray Man,’ it’s lawyers, guns, and money, only without the lawyers and money

The best of the rest of summer movies

‘Madame Web’ movie filming transforms Boston into retro NYC

Television

Martin Short and Selena Gomez in "Only Murders In The Building."

‘Only Murders’ builds on initial success in season 2

In ‘Chloe,’ social media obsession and a fascinating ruse

Sesame Street amusement park issues apology after video appears to show performer ignoring two Black children

music

The Linda Lindas have a date at the Newport Folk Festival.

The Linda Lindas just wanna have fun

10 must-see artists at this year’s Newport Folk Festival

Kurtág, Brahms, and Szymanowski, with blueberries on top

Theater/Dance

Maria Bamford comes to the Wilbur Sunday.

The compassionate, cockeyed comedy of Maria Bamford

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

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Richard Cucchi's granddaughter, Hannah Thomas (center left), joined in on the family tradition by throwing flowers on the statue of the Virgin Mary during the Sunday procession.

‘It is truly a celebration of family.’ Nonantum opens its arms for St. Mary of Carmen Society’s festival and parade

East Bridgewater gets ready for its 200th birthday bash

Newton’s NewMo rideshare service offers free trips through end of July

Obituaries

Mr. Oldenburg, at his studio in New York in 2013, wanted his sculptures to be, as he put it, “just as mysterious as nature.”

Claes Oldenburg dies at 93; pop artist made the everyday monumental

Gerald Shargel, criminal defense lawyer for the mob, dies at 77

Jean Hannon, Red Sox fan with a championship life, dies at 96