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‘Are you guys going to shoot me?’ Police encounters with mentally ill people increasingly turn deadly

A Globe review shows that most people shot by police in Massachusetts are suicidal, mentally ill, or having a breakdown.

Chuck Todd announces that he is leaving NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ after almost 10 years leading the show

The moderator of NBC's long-running politics show “Meet the Press” will depart, to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker.

Independent pediatric practices are struggling to survive
Serving the health of children has never been more vital — as patients require increasingly complex care. And many practices, particularly those caring for high numbers of patients on Medicaid, say they cannot sustain the work.

Inside the complicated reality of being America’s oldest president
A focus is on President Biden's age. Yet that question is complicated. He shows evidence of his 80 years, but people who deal with him regularly say he is sharp in private meetings.

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.
Some economists predict the technology could replace hundreds of millions of jobs, in a cataclysmic reorganization of the workforce mirroring the industrial revolution.

On Friday, workers set up for the BIO 2023 convention at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Biotechs face challenges as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston

As more than 15,000 executives, investors, and promoters from around the world arrive at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, industry leaders are bracing for multiple challenges even as they trumpet their triumphs.

RED SOX

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep
His family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

Trans Resistance MA holds march and festival in Boston
Marchers gathered Saturday in Boston to show support for transgender people with a parade that originated in 2020 — and comes in a year when the transgender community has increasingly come under attack across the nation from conservatives.

Gabrielle Logan holds a rainbow umbrella while attending the LGBTQ+ Pride Month kickoff event at City Hall Plaza on Thursday.

During Pride Month, there is liberation and repression everywhere in America

Our kids are growing up with gay Disney characters and an acceptance that love is love, and who you are is who you are. And yet. This is also a country currently gripped by a horrific wave of anti-LGBTQ hate.

Joe Mazzulla will have another shot running the Celtics, this time with his own staff and a full offseason to prepare.

The Celtics need urgency, but sticking by Joe Mazzulla shows needed patience, too

No one will benefit from a full off-season as much as Mazzulla, who was thrown into the fire at the last possible second last season.

A staff member of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection measures the depth of the mangrove fringe that was chopped to the roots on the shoreline of the Sandpiper Bay Resort in Port St. Lucie, Florida. Rhode Island entrepreneur Michael A. Mota is being questioned by authorities in their investigation into the destruction of 17,789 square feet of protected mangroves at the resort.

‘It’s devastating’: Florida questioning Michael Mota after resort’s protected mangrove trees chopped down

A state investigation found nearly 17,800 square feet of mangroves were destroyed. Mota, who is listed as the “contractor/agent” in the state’s report, denies involvement.

The health of new quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, specifically of his left foot, is of utmost importance to the Raiders this offseason.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Josh McDaniels and the Raiders are putting on a good face, but Jimmy Garoppolo’s foot injury is a disaster

The bottom line is if the Raiders don’t like what they see with Garoppolo’s foot during preseason, they can flunk his physical and release him with no penalty.

The Dream Away Lodge in Becket has a unique history, decor, and vibe.

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

There’s new ownership at the storied roadhouse on a hill in the Berkshires. And while change is inevitable, the new team says it intends to honor and preserve the Dream Away experience.

Opinion

The City of Lowell’s computer system was hacked in April.

How to thwart hackers

Cities and towns don’t have the knowledge, staff, or money to fend off cyberattacks themselves. They need help.

Middlebury College flunks a history test

IDEAS | SHERRIE DULWORTH

Why was it so hard to bear witness to my father’s final days?

Mass. owes feds $2.5 billion. Who’s going to pay?

Can MCAS be improved? Curbed? Learned from? All of the above?

More recent News

Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics.

Indian railways official says error in signaling system led to crash that killed 275 people
The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.

Saundra Lane, visionary benefactor of MFA’s photography collection, dies at 84
"I felt like we were educators," Mrs. Lane, a former schoolteacher, said of the art donations she and her late husband made.

DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at ‘Roast and Ride’ rally in Iowa
Eight Republican presidential hopefuls are in Iowa on Saturday to attend a political event hosted by US Senator Joni Ernst.

‘It is very much like a death in the family:’ Spencer mourns historic church destroyed by fire
Spencer Fire Chief Robert Parsons said that multiple witnesses reported the church was struck by lightning.

Elite divers complete first rounds of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Seaport
The divers, twelve men and twelve women, leaped from platforms off the Institute of Contemporary Art, performing intricate flips and turns for a panel of judges.

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Love Letters

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

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A construction worker on the night shift walked the tracks with a flashlight during last year's MBTA Orange Line shutdown.

New records show the close calls on MBTA tracks that prompted federal safety demands

The T shared details about the dangerous episodes as it faces a Monday deadline to rewrite its plan for protecting workers from getting hurt on the job.

Globe Magazine

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.
My decades-long quest to find the lone survivor of a massacre that wiped out a branch of our Jewish family in Poland — and the hidden truth about the killers.

‘I have a lot of regret,’ Charlestown bank robber says of 1990s carjacking, slaying of two security guards
Anthony Shea’s life sentence was slashed to 35 years.

The best new books for summer 2023
Some of our favorite critics offer suggestions for the latest (and up-and-coming!) titles to transport you, whether you’re basking at the beach or hanging in the hammock.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Dawn M. Simmons, cofounder and co-producing artistic director of the Front Porch Arts Collective; Loretta Greco, artistic director of the Huntington; and Megan Sandberg-Zakian, artistic director of Boston Playwrights' Theatre.

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

Bob Bittner ran WJIB from a studio next to his home in West Bath, Maine. He died May 26 at the age of 73.

WJIB’s Bob Bittner was always an easy listen

Shameik Moore is the voice of Spider-Man/Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

Head to Revere Hotel on June 9 for a rooftop silent disco.

15 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Boston and beyond

Special Projects

Main marathon 10th anniversary gif

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

President Joe Biden talked with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on May 31 before traveling to Colorado.

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal

"I was . . . advised to study the Black French poet Aimé Césaire rather than Lord Byron." Pictured: A marble statue of Byron in Rome's Villa Borghese park.

IDEAS | TYLER HARPER

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

Trying to close the gender pay gap — 60 years after the Equal Pay Act

Bolton alpaca farmer Alan DiPietro is challenging the state law in federal court, charging the town made a $310,000 profit from the sale of his property to settle a $60,000 tax debt.

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

Edwin F. Atkins in the gardens of Soledad, his sugar plantation in Cuba, in 1923.

IDEAS | ULBE BOSMA

The sugar baron of Boston

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

Metro

SUV crashes into former lingerie store near Boston Public Garden

No injuries were reported and no arrests were made, a Boston police spokesperson said.

J’Quan is a funny and affectionate 10 year old

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

Boston police seek suspect who allegedly attacked woman, stole necklace with her late husband’s wedding ring

A woman was attacked as she sat outside Zion Apostolic Church around noon Sunday, Boston police said.

Franklin, N.H., man found dead after fatally shooting toddler daughter and her mother, authorities say

Jamie Bell, 42, was found dead following a massive search by police after he fled the scene of the shootings at a home on Elkins Street.

Sports

Joe Mazzulla will have another shot running the Celtics, this time with his own staff and a full offseason to prepare.

The Celtics need urgency, but sticking by Joe Mazzulla shows needed patience, too

No one will benefit from a full off-season as much as Mazzulla, who was thrown into the fire at the last possible second last season.

Tanner Houck is looking to bounce back from a rough previous outing.

RAYS AT RED SOX | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 59: Rays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Tanner Houck has the ball as this series returns to relative normalcy with a Sunday matinee.

Kenley Jansen was feeling good after closing out the Game 1 win for the Red Sox, but a handful of hours later he took the loss in Game 2 against the Rays.

Game 1: Red Sox 8, Rays 5 | Game 2: Rays 4, Red Sox 2

Red Sox drop Game 2 to Rays after opening day/night doubleheader with come-from-behind win

Justin Turner provided the big hit in Game 1 in the sixth, a three-run double, as the offense picked up the starting pitching and defense. After Kenley Jansen closed out the opener, Tampa Bay scored a pair of runs off him in the ninth inning of Game 2 to get its win.

STANLEY CUP FINAL | Knights 5, Panthers 2

Knights open Stanley Cup pursuit with a win

Knicks All-Star Julius Randle has arthroscopic surgery on left ankle

Rory McIlroy (70) grabs share of lead, while Muirfield Village battles Memorial field

Business

Chuck Todd announces that he is leaving NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ after almost 10 years leading the show

The moderator of NBC's long-running politics show “Meet the Press” will depart, to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker.

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

President Biden signed legislation on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, just two days before the US Treasury warned that the country would struggle to pay its bills.

Biotechs face challenges as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

magazine

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.

Thomas, the moray eel.

What it’s like to dive in the New England Aquarium’s giant tank (watch out for Thomas the eel)

This week's daters: Will and Eric.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The foundation for feelings is there’

On Cape Cod, I’ll always try to stay in my summer landlord’s good graces

metro

People listened to a speech before they and hundreds took part in the Trans Resistance March and Festival that went from the Stoney Brook T station in Jamaica Plain to Franklin Park.

Trans Resistance MA holds march and festival in Boston

Advocates criticize Ruggerio over casino smoking comments

Roof of New Hampshire courthouse is home to thousands of honeybees

sports

Kylee Bernard of Cambridge Rindge & Latin took an early lead and never looked back en route to winning the girls' 400-meter dash in Fitchburg.

Cambridge Rindge & Latin’s Kylee Bernard finishes with flourish, wins girls’ 400-meter race at Meet of Champions

Kiké Hernández’s two throwing errors bring need for healthy cure at shortstop back to surface for Red Sox

Ben Redlener’s first-half hat trick helps Andover boys’ lacrosse get early jump on Framingham

business

Eric Fein at his home in Bloomingdale, Ill. Fein lost many of his writing jobs to ChatGPT and plans to attend the College of DuPage technical school in the fall to study heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.

Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism

In R.I. House budget package, what to know about housing and development

politics

President Biden spoke at the White House on May 28.

Inside the complicated reality of being America’s oldest president

DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at ‘Roast and Ride’ rally in Iowa

Trump lawyer’s notes could be a key in the classified documents inquiry

Nation

President Biden attends a parade at the Marine Barracks on June 2.

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’

World

People watch at the site where trains derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa,, on June 4.

Indian railways official says error in signaling system led to crash that killed 275 people

Ukrainian president says at least 500 children killed by war

US, Saudi Arabia urge Sudan’s warring parties to agree to a new cease-fire, amid fresh battles

opinion

Bolton alpaca farmer Alan DiPietro is challenging the state law in federal court, charging the town made a $310,000 profit from the sale of his property to settle a $60,000 tax debt.

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

Bowed but unbroken, a defiant LGBTQ+ community begins Pride Month

lifestyle

This image provided by the Secretary of State's office shows the proposed new design for the Maine license plate. If a bill before the Legislature is approved, it would replace the chickadee plates that have been in use in Maine for almost 25 years. The new design features elements of the 1901 Maine state flag, with a navy blue star and dark green pine tree. (Maine Secretary of State’s Office via AP)

Mainers can’t get enough of retro flag, which will now appear on license plates

What am I missing with these breakups?

I’m stuck in my grief

food & dining

Garmi Mawolo at her fresh vegetable stand outside Urban Greens in Providence, R.I. She farms at Bami Farm in Johnston, which is run by the African Alliance of Rhode Island.

Support local farmers in R.I. and head to one of these summer markets

A pint with your pug? Dog-friendly dining and drinking starts in Boston

Here’s where you can get a free doughnut in Mass. for National Doughnut Day

travel

Boston drag queen Kori King performs at a "Little Mermaid"-themed drag night at the Barking Crab.

From campy to controversial: How drag queens became a target of conservative lawmakers

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

More travelers are taking the train — to save the planet

Arts

Eva Lundsager, “First Attempt."

Paintings that are all about touch

The Peabody Essex Museum to hire a TikTok creator-in-residence

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

Books

Summer is the perfect season to browse new books.

The best new books for summer 2023

Kaija Langley, author of verse novel ‘The Order of Things,’ has built a writing career in the margins of a busy life

Children’s book contemplates animals and eternity; Boston Public Library presents special exhibit for Pride Month; program encourages students to write to their favorite authors

Movies

Actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen at the Democratic National Convention, July 28, 2016. The couple will be recognized Monday for a lifetime of contributions to the arts, and for their their activism.

Danson and Steenburgen to receive lifetime achievement award from Trinity Rep

Hang on to your fedoras. ‘Noir City: Boston’ is headed to the Brattle Theatre

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

Television

Tom Hiddleston in "The Night Manager." Hiddleston will reprise his role as Jonathan Pine in season 2.

In the works: ‘Constant Gardener’ miniseries, ‘Night Manager’ season 2

‘Somebody Somewhere’ earns third season on HBO

In conclusion, ‘Barry’ lacked resonance almost until the end

music

Spoken word artist Regie Gibson performing in "Crossing the Deep" with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Trecek-King.

Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Crossing the Deep’ troubles the waters of early music

With her upcoming tour, Rina Sawayama is reclaiming creative control of her story

Zelda soundtrack as legendary as the game itself

Theater/Dance

Playwright-director Sasha Denisova at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square, where her play, "The Gaaga," will be staged.

In Arlekin’s ‘The Gaaga,’ a Ukrainian playwright puts Vladimir Putin on trial

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

In Lyric Stage’s ‘Rooted,’ a tree grows on Clarendon Street

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Saundra B. Lane at the Museum of Fine Arts in 2003.

Saundra Lane, visionary benefactor of MFA’s photography collection, dies at 84

Kaija Saariaho, pathbreaking composer of singular colors, is dead at 70

Cynthia Weil, Grammy-winning lyricist who teamed husband Barry Mann, dead at 82