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SJC ruling backs Boston in long-running legal fight with Quincy over rebuilding Long Island Bridge

In the latest decision in the long fight between Boston and Quincy over the rebuilding of the Long Island Bridge, the state’s highest court Monday ruled state approval for Boston’s plan trumps the rejection by the Quincy Conservation Commission.

Leader of neo-Nazi group arraigned; Suffolk DA drops charges against two people who protested against them

The pair challenged a group of neo-Nazis in Jamaica Plain this weekend outside a mansion where families had gathered for a children’s drag queen story hour. Criminal prosecution of the leader of the extremist group will continue.

Two more civil rights prosecutors added as hate-based crimes rise in Mass.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Boston’s heat wave ends today. Next up, showers and thunderstorms.

The longest heat wave in Boston was nine days, but this week-long one has been quite formidable.

Keep an eye out for strong thunderstorms and possibly even a tornado

Maximum apparent temperatures across Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island

These maps show what to expect from Monday’s thunderstorms

At 11th hour, Victor Peña seeks to testify in kidnapping, rape case

Scientists, lawmakers say N.H. company spewed more ‘forever chemicals’ than acknowledged

Justin Enggasser and son Leo witnessed a whale hit a boat off White Horse Beach.

‘I think everyone was shocked’: Father and son capture video of whale hitting boat in Plymouth

While fishing around 10 a.m. just off White Horse Beach, Justin Enggasser, 46, and his son Leo, 15, watched as a whale breached the ocean’s surface and then land directly on the bow of a 19-foot vessel, causing it to dip into the water.

Whale breaches, lands on small boat in Plymouth Harbor ‘They take up every parking space’: Whale watchers have been flocking to this spot in Plymouth

Mike Pence is being lauded as a hero for democracy in D.C. Trump’s base still hates him.
A proxy battle between Pence and former president Donald Trump is playing out in the race to replace term-limited Republican Governor Doug Ducey in Arizona.

ADRIAN WALKER

After 51 years in prison, Ramadan Shabazz deserves his freedom
On Tuesday, the Parole Board will hear the petition of Ramadan Shabazz to reduce his charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder.

Kevin Durant and the Nets were swept by Jaylen Brown and the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs.

A tantalizing report has Celtics fans once again dreaming of adding Kevin Durant

ESPN’s story notes more than once that any potential deal appears to be a long way off.

Do you want the Celtics to make a run at Kevin Durant?

Brandi Carlile (right) introduces Joni Mitchell Sunday at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.

A surprise Joni Mitchell serenade closes the Newport Folk Festival

The legendary singer, now 78, joined Brandi Carlisle and other artists for a festival-closing "Joni Jam" that featured Mitchell's breathtaking performance of "Both Sides Now."

David Warner in Chelsea, London, in 1967.

‘Titanic,’ ‘The Omen’ actor David Warner dies at 80

David Warner was a versatile British actor whose roles ranged from Shakespearean tragedies to sci-fi cult classics.

Opinion

Aquinnah Guinan, 5, sits on the shoulders of her father, Sean, while attending a March for Our Lives rally in Christopher Columbus Park on June 11, 2022.

The Supreme Court made it easier to carry a gun. Massachusetts needs to push back.

Lawmakers should protect the state’s gun laws against legal challenge — and expand its gun control efforts.

William B. Gould IV

America’s latest union push needs teeth

A welcome alternative to the lack of academic freedom on college campuses

Harvey Silverglate

Public support for campus free speech is an essential qualification for college presidents

The Jan. 6 committee has not made the case against Donald Trump

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.

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Teenage girl dies, four teens seriously injured after stolen SUV crashes into 2 cars in Worcester

A teenage girl died and four other teens were seriously injured after a stolen SUV crashed into two other vehicles and pushed them into a street light in Worcester on Saturday night, police said.

Hundreds of Boston residents still without power after Sunday’s punishing heat

Hundreds of Boston residents in South Boston remained without electricity — and air conditioning — Monday morning after the triple-digit heat Sunday knocked out power.

Two women hospitalized after jet ski crash in N.H.

Two women were hospitalized Sunday after crashing into a boat with a jet ski on Long Pond in New Hampshire, police said.

Three vehicles destroyed in fire at summit of Mount Washington
The cause of the fire was undetermined but is not considered to be suspicious, officials said.

Wu joins striking Starbucks workers on Comm. Ave picket line
Several city officials have attended the strike this past week near Boston University, where baristas are fighting against unfair working conditions that intensified after their vote to unionize.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Grief and ‘The Bear,’ a mysterious ‘Resort,’ and Neil Patrick Harris gets ‘Uncoupled’
These days, a lot of series arrive and quickly disappear from our collective memory, it's heartening to see "The Bear" generate so much buzz.

Recommended reads

Karen Fralich of Canada hoses down her sand at the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Revere on Friday.

Photos: See creations from the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival

From dinosaurs to a butterfly, participants created an array of figures during the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival on Friday.

The most powerful person on Democrat-heavy Beacon Hill may be the lame-duck Republican governor
Here’s why Charlie Baker’s in charge.

Moving to Maine? A native tells you how to fit in.
If you’re among the throngs of people looking to relocate to this state, grab a flannel, buy a Subaru, and listen up.

Nearly one-third of Massachusetts students were chronically absent last year
Chronic absenteeism has more than doubled statewide since before the pandemic. In Boston and other large urban districts, over 40 percent of students missed 10 percent or more of the last school year, according to data through March 2022.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward on the set of "Rachel, Rachel," 1968.

When Newman met Woodward

Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon in Peter Jackson's "The Beatles: Get Back."

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

Limón Dance Company performs "Air for the G String."

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

Keith Urban (pictured at a performance on the "Today" show in June) plays the Xfinity Center in Mansfield July 22.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

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

Daisy Edgar-Jones in West Hollywood, Calif., on June 7.

Why ‘it’ matters

Head of School Peter Beck (center) sat with students during lunch break at the Buxton School in Williamstown on June 9. The school plans to eliminate smartphones in the upcoming school year.

With smartphone ban, Mass. school might just put its finger on a new approach

Javari Toney, 15, enjoys jumping on his pogo stick by his home on Dorchester Ave. on July 6th, after a weekend of multiple shootings in the city.

Eugene F. Rivers III

Boston Black leadership has a problem

Police gather outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

Consolidate the police

A supporter holds up a sign calling on Latinos to vote for Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff for US Senate during a rally in Lilburn, Ga., Dec. 7, 2020. The rally was part of an effort to register and mobilize voters in Georgia's growing Latino population.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Latino voters may determine control of the US Senate

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

Hundreds of Boston residents still without power after Sunday’s punishing heat

Hundreds of Boston residents in South Boston remained without electricity — and air conditioning — Monday morning after the triple-digit heat Sunday knocked out power.

Three vehicles destroyed in fire at summit of Mount Washington

The cause of the fire was undetermined but is not considered to be suspicious, officials said.

Forecasters: Keep an eye out for strong thunderstorms — and even a tornado

Strong to severe thunderstorms could rumble through Southern New England Monday afternoon and evening and a brief tornado could spin up, according to the National Weather Service.

SJC ruling backs Boston in long-running legal fight with Quincy over rebuilding Long Island Bridge

In the latest decision in the long fight between Boston and Quincy over the rebuilding of the Long Island Bridge, the state’s highest court Monday ruled state approval for Boston’s plan trumps the rejection by the Quincy Conservation Commission.

Sports

Jack Studnicka (right) has been productive with Providence but has run into problems at the NHL level.

The Bruins would love to see Jack Studnicka take the next step

There could be a spot at center for the 23-year-old Studnicka depending on the status of Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci.

Rafael Devers, left, and Xander Bogaerts are two homegrown Red Sox stars whose future contract status is up in the air. If they become Hall of Famers, will they be wearing Red Sox caps?

Alex Speier | On Baseball

David Ortiz is proof of the value a franchise player can have, both during and after their playing days

The Red Sox face a dilemma with two homegrown stars – Xander Bogaerts and Rafael Devers – who have become the faces of the organization.

Nick Pivetta is 1-0, with a 2.57 ERA in one career start against Cleveland that came June 24 when he pitched seven innings.

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

Game 97: Guardians at Red Sox lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound as the slumping Red Sox open a four-game series with Cleveland.

A tantalizing report has Celtics fans once again dreaming of adding Kevin Durant

World Track and Field Championships

Sydney McLaughlin completes record run for US track teams on world stage

Once again, it’s one inning that dooms rookie Brayan Bello and Red Sox

Business

Wu joins striking Starbucks workers on Comm. Ave picket line

Several city officials have attended the strike this past week near Boston University, where baristas are fighting against unfair working conditions that intensified after their vote to unionize.

Europe gas prices jump as Gazprom cuts Nord Stream flows further

Gas futures extended gains by more than 10 percent after Russia’s Gazprom PJSC said it will slash flows via a key pipeline further.

Ghislaine Maxwell sent to prison in Florida to serve sex-abuse sentence

Monkeypox vaccine maker considers 24-hour emergency production

magazine

This week's daters: John Q. and Jon G.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I tried not to fangirl too hard but I don’t think I succeeded’

Explore a 300-pound block of ice at the Discovery Museum in Acton.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do for fun in and around Boston, July 25-31

Tracy K. Smith photographed at Harvard, where she just completed her first year as a professor.

Can poetry possibly matter in a time like this? Harvard’s Tracy K. Smith knows the answer.

A sample of the decision making devices in Ben Sisto's collection, including a Magic 8 Ball, the Radio Shack Executive Decision Maker, dice, and others.

Magic 8 Balls. Coin flips. Why do we turn to objects to make decisions for us?

metro

The vacant Bunker Hill public housing apartment building where Victor Peña allegedly held a 23-year-old woman captive for nearly three days in 2019. Jurors visited the location on Friday.

At 11th hour, Victor Peña seeks to testify in kidnapping, rape case

‘I think everyone was shocked’: Father and son capture video of whale hitting boat in Plymouth

Boston’s heat wave ends today. Next up, showers and thunderstorms.

sports

Even a broken bat couldn't keep Aaron Judge off the bases Sunday, this seventh-inning swing resulting in a single.

Aaron Judge hits 37th homer as Yankees blank Orioles

Denny Hamlin stripped of a seventh career win at Pocono Raceway after a failed postrace inspection

Watch: David Ortiz delivers his Hall of Fame induction speech

business

Two children holding My Special Aflac Duck, a social robot for children with cancer and sickle cell disease that was designed by the founders of Sproutel, a health tech company in Providence, R.I.

A robot playmate for children with newly diagnosed chronic illnesses

‘Sometimes faster than walking.’ We asked readers to design their own MBTA protest signs. Here’s what you came up with

Yellen downplays US recession as wave of economic data looms

politics

President Biden, who had tested positive for the coronavirus, addressed a meeting of his economic team at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building via video on Friday.

Biden’s COVID-19 symptoms ‘almost completely resolved,’ doctor says

Senator Manchin isolating after positive COVID-19 test

Mike Pence is being lauded as a hero for democracy in D.C. Trump’s base still hates him.

Nation

A fixed-wing aircraft drops water on the Clear Fire near Anderson, Alaska, on July 6, 2022.

Alaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before

Alex Jones’ defamation trial finally set to begin in Texas

2 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Los Angeles park, police say

World

Pope Francis listened to indigenous drummers as he is welcomed to Canada Sunday in Edmonton, Canada.

Pope set for historic apology for school abuses in Canada

Chess-playing robot breaks finger of 7-year-old boy during match

Death toll from Kenya bus crash rises to 3O, police say

opinion

Turning 74, but happily immature all his life

In a pickle over a nickel: Mass. bottle return rates lag

Stance against halt on prison construction is out of touch

lifestyle

Bang on a Can All-Stars

Bang on a Can, Mass MoCA will present a vision at full volume for 2022′s LOUD Weekend

Feeling guilty after ending a long-distance relationship

In Canada, Pope Francis will apologize for treatment at church schools

food & dining

Ms. Kennedy, in a scene from the documentary "Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy."

Diana Kennedy, cookbook author who promoted Mexican cuisine, dies at 99

Picnics are good. Picnics at magnificent mansions are better.

Jay Leno spotted enjoying classic R.I. Saugy dogs at Newport’s ‘Wally’s Weiners’

travel

Buildings along Nantucket Harbor.

Heading to Nantucket this summer? Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s happening.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

Colorful, wild, and occasionally quiet. The Outer Cape puts on a show.

Arts

The 1895 Blue Serpent Clock Egg by Faberge on display at Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery.

An ‘alleged’ Faberge egg was found on a seized Russian yacht. If authenticated, it could be sold with proceeds going to Ukraine

‘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

Books

‘An Honest Living’: A modern noir

He reads poetry to his fiction students

Love and radio in ‘Honey and Spice’

Movies

David Warner in Chelsea, London, in 1967.

‘Titanic,’ ‘The Omen’ actor David Warner dies at 80

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

B.J. Novak isn’t who you think he is

Television

Jeremy Allen White in "The Bear."

This week’s TV: Grief and ‘The Bear,’ a mysterious ‘Resort,’ and Neil Patrick Harris gets ‘Uncoupled’

Showtime’s ‘Fellow Travelers’ will revisit the McCarthy era

Welcome to the Beatles-verse

music

Brandi Carlile (right) introduces Joni Mitchell Sunday at the 2022 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I.

A surprise Joni Mitchell serenade closes the Newport Folk Festival

An exhilarating return to (almost) normal at Newport Folk Festival

Save your tears: The Weeknd was a blast

Theater/Dance

Limón Dance Company performs "Air for the G String."

Limón Dance finds a beautiful balance at Jacob’s Pillow

The Sondheim bandwagon is getting very, very crowded

Theatrely’s stage reviews, news, and TikToks speak Gen Z’s language

globe local

“The home is just enough for me and my cat Trixie,” said Jack Behan as he set the table in the dining area with the kitchen behind in his manufatured home in Weymouth.

A manufactured home can be where the heart is

Should Massachusetts make Election Day a state holiday?

Paraselene, peignoir, and the mysterious power of words

Obituaries

David Warner in Chelsea, London, in 1967.

‘Titanic,’ ‘The Omen’ actor David Warner dies at 80

Bob Rafelson, director of ‘Five Easy Pieces,’ dies at 89

Danielle Abrams, performance artist and Tufts professor, dies at 54