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Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover

Federal and state court documents, as well as interviews, lay out the unlikely origins of a grisly case that led investigators from small-town Pennsylvania to an Arkansas morgue to Harvard Medical School.

Tewksbury man sues Harvard over stolen human remains

After years and years of planning, Harvard is set to break ground on Allston research campus
Construction will begin this week on the first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, which will include labs, housing, and a hotel.

Everett church mourns Dickson ‘Joel’ De Los Reyes, man found dead in Revere marsh
Pastor José Marcial Sánchez of the Ministerio Internacional Cristo Vive described De Los Reyes as a joyful and determined young man who had studied to be a doctor when he lived in Guatemala and hoped to continue his studies in the US.

Tanner Houck pressed a towel to his face after being hit by a line drive on Friday night.

Red Sox place Tanner Houck on 15-day injured list with facial fracture, recall Kaleb Ort from Worcester

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on June 18.

Blinken kicks off meetings in Beijing on high-stakes mission to cool soaring US-China tensions

Police investigate shooting at Malden apartment complex

South Boston man sought for Sharon mother’s murder, police say

high school sports

Prejudice and misconduct remain in Massachusetts high school sports — but the MIAA won’t say where

A disturbing pattern of discriminatory acts persists across the state, according to a new tracking system. But the MIAA isn't interested in sharing details.

The most-photographed person in 19th-century America knew the power of being seen
Harvard’s Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Sarah Lewis curated "I Am Seen … Therefore, I Am: Isaac Julien and Frederick Douglass" at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

The Boston Logan Picasso caper of 1969, and how Dad helped return the stolen painting
Bill Rummel took a crate from the loading dock where he worked at Logan International Airport in 1969, and opened it at his home in Medford to discover that he had a Picasso. What to do with it? Dad — the fixer who could make problems melt away — had the answer.

10 ways to celebrate dad in Boston this Father’s Day

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Dolly Parton is healing our divided nation, one roller coaster at a time
The country diva/theme-park owner is a rare jewel of a human, whose coat of many colors includes red and blue states, plus many rainbows.

Juneteenth

Brian Alleyne cooked chicken legs over charcoal at Franklin Park Saturday during the annual Juneteenth celebration.

Traditional Juneteenth picnic perseveres in Franklin Park despite pouring rain

“At the end of the day, when our ancestors had to work out in the fields whether it was rain, sleet, or snow, or whatever, they had to work, so we came out regardless of the rain, and we’re going to do the same work,” said Brian Alleyne, as he grilled chicken.

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history See more Juneteenth coverage

Steve Lacy closed the first night at the Stage at Suffolk Downs with a free-flowing set.

It’s off to the races for Steve Lacy at the Stage at Suffolk Downs

Lacy’s set capped off the first night of Re:SET Boston, a traveling concert series that christened the Stage at Suffolk Downs, Bowery Boston’s new outdoor venue at the former racetrack.

Students passed through a hallway at Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Grove Hall on May 25.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘What exactly is fair about this?’: Great high schools aren’t available to all Boston kids.

Boston’s traditional public high schools are the casualties of a system that offers a smorgasbord of academic and extracurricular delicacies to students who attend exam schools and a few competitive admissions schools, but leaves others with crumbs.

Bouillabaisse is made with head-to-tail shrimp, mussels, clams, scallops, and fluke, with a thick slice of toast smeared with the spicy garlic sauce rouille.

Bouillabaisse and other French classics at Marseille in SoWa

Loic Le Garrec, of Petit Robert Bistro in the South End and Kendall Square’s Batifol, opened another lively spot.

Opinion

The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

Court leaves no room for racism or bias in judicial system

Public defender made anti-Muslim, anti-Black comments.

Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

Want to cut the police budget? This isn’t how.

Medical mistrust in East Boston

La desconfianza médica en East Boston

Activism through the lens of Boston’s Black athletes

Chris Gasper and Julian Benbow discuss Boston’s Black athletes and their fight for social justice.

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Pride Month

In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a giant Pride flag flies atop the Starbucks headquarters in celebration of Gay Pride Week in Seattle. This year, Massachusetts Starbucks workers have said that Pride displays at stores have been curtailed.

Mass. Starbucks workers say Pride displays have been curtailed

In the “Slumber Party” episode of "Drag Me to Dinner," queens Kim Chi (left) and Naomi Smalls (right) battle Heidi N Closet and Jaida Essence Hall. Neil Patrick Harris, Bianca Del Rio, Haneefah Wood, and David Burtka star; Murray Hill hosts.

‘Drag Me to Dinner’ puts the ‘kitsch’ in ‘kitchen’

Marchers gathered for the start of the Boston Pride parade.

Boston streets are vibrant with the colors of Pride as parade returns after 3-year hiatus

Daunasia Yancey, left, Community Relations Specialist of the LGBTQ+ Advancement office, and Jullieanne Lee, Interim Executive Director of the LGBTQ+ Advancement office, dance during the LGBTQ+ Pride Month kickoff event at City Hall Plaza on Thursday.

Photos: Boston kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month on City Hall Plaza

More recent News

Collapsed stretch of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia to reopen within 2 weeks, governor says
Workers will fill in the collapsed area in order to quickly reopen that section of the interstate, a major artery in the Philadelphia area that carries thousands of vehicles each day.

Obituary

Roswell Angier, whose Combat Zone photos captured part of Boston history, dies at 82
"My way of working is to never ask if I can take a shot," Mr. Angier said of his approach to photography.

Charts

A Supreme Court ruling could cut the number of Black and Hispanic students in the Ivy League. Here’s what’s at stake.
After state bans on affirmative action in admissions were passed in Michigan and California, some of the nation’s top universities saw enrollment of underrepresented students of color drop sharply.

‘The fires here are unstoppable’: Massive Canadian wildfires test foreign firefighters
Firefighters from France are helping to battle the wildfires in Quebec, but the powerful blazes are ravaging conifer forests.

‘Nothing like this has ever happened before’: The world’s oceans are at record-high temps
While ocean temperatures have been rising for at least 70 years, new measurements taken from a network of satellites, ships, and buoys around the globe show an unexpected spike that began in March and appears to be climbing.

Study compares gas stove pollution to secondhand cigarette smoke
Using a single gas-stove burner can raise indoor concentrations of benzene, which is linked to cancer risk, to above what’s found in secondhand tobacco smoke and even to levels that have prompted local investigations when detected outdoors, according to a new study.

Your View

Tell us about your BPS high school experience
We’re looking to hear from current and former Boston Public School students, as well as parents and educators.

Recommended reads

The Old South Meeting House clock (on the right) in downtown Boston was incorrect, while the Jewelers Exchange Building clock was on the money.

In New England, time stands still — at least if you look at the clocks

There are stopped or wrong clocks in Dover, Concord, Brookline, and Newton. In the South End, the North End, Roxbury, and Beacon Hill. They are affixed to churches, hardware stores, historic landmarks, and an optician’s office.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester
Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

Crematoriums and funeral homes get legal inspections. Medical school body donation programs like Harvard’s don’t.
State and federal laws govern the process of gaining consent and how bodies are obtained, handled, and disposed of. But in most places no agency inspects to see that proper processes are in place.

Attention, gardeners: Rabbits are everywhere. And they’re ever-hungry.
“They’re adorable,” said Jordan Takvorian, stewardship manager of the 56 community gardens across Boston owned by the Trustees of Reservations. “But they are kind of a menace.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Steve Lacy closed the first night at the Stage at Suffolk Downs with a free-flowing set.

It’s off to the races for Steve Lacy at the Stage at Suffolk Downs

A page from "Free at Last," by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, from Union Square & Co. Publishers.

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history

A scene from "The Gaaga," getting its US premiere in an Arlekin Players production at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square.

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

Ray Fearon as Frederick Douglass in Isaac Julien's "Lessons of the Hour," a five-channel video piece at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. This image: “J.P. Ball Studio, 1867 Douglass (Lessons of the Hour),” 2019.

The most-photographed person in 19th-century America knew the power of being seen

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

Governor Maura Healey recommended pardons for seven individuals June 15, including Terrance Williams, center.

Healey’s refreshing approach to pardons

Boston's office vacancy rate is painful but still below 20 percent, and downtown foot traffic has surpassed 50 percent of its volume before COVID-19 struck.

Will Boston spiral into the ‘urban doom loop’? Not if we act.

Pride flags vandalized at Stonewall National Monument in New York.

The kids aren’t all right. Blame the adults.

A replica of Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond.

IDEAS | JOHN KAAG

Lessons in fatherhood from the childless Henry David Thoreau

Registered nurse Rachel Fournier passed through a hallway at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton in July 2022.

Critical nurse shortage draws a range of prescriptions, diagnoses

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

After years and years of planning, Harvard is set to break ground on Allston research campus

Construction will begin this week on the first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, which will include labs, housing, and a hotel.

Aubrianna loves to sing and dance

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

Everett church mourns Dickson ‘Joel’ De Los Reyes, man found dead in Revere marsh

Pastor José Marcial Sánchez of the Ministerio Internacional Cristo Vive described De Los Reyes as a joyful and determined young man who had studied to be a doctor when he lived in Guatemala and hoped to continue his studies in the US.

Suffolk district attorney places official on leave after report about antisemitic remarks

True-See S. Allah, who was named director of Community Engagement/Strategic Partnerships at the district attorney’s office in June 2022, will be on leave during a review of the remarks attributed to him, the Suffolk DA's office said.

Sports

Tanner Houck pressed a towel to his face after being hit by a line drive on Friday night.

Red Sox place Tanner Houck on 15-day injured list with facial fracture, recall Kaleb Ort from Worcester

Houck was removed from Friday night's game after taking a line drive to his right cheek.

Kaleb Ort will start for the Red Sox on Sunday afternoon, but likely not for long.

Yankees AT RED SOX | 1:35 AND 7:10 P.M. (NESN, ESPN)

Games 71 and 72: Lineups and notes as Red Sox host Yankees for Father’s Day doubleheader

Kaleb Ort will start the afternoon game, before Brayan Bello throws the nightcap for the Sox.

Taunton defeated King Philip in the Division 1 state semifinals.

MIAA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Sunday is state finals day for high school sports. Here are the matchups and results.

There will be 29 state champions crowned over the weekend as the spring high school sports season reaches its conclusion.

Vegas Golden Knights and fans celebrate 1st NHL championship with parade and rally

Missed putt has Rickie Fowler in first-place tie with Wyndham Clark after third round of US Open

Padres’ Blake Snell dominates Rays, his former team

Business

After years and years of planning, Harvard is set to break ground on Allston research campus

Construction will begin this week on the first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus, which will include labs, housing, and a hotel.

Cruising to Nome: The first US deep water port for the Arctic to host cruise ships, military

Climate change is opening up the Arctic, and a $600 million-plus expansion will make Nome on Alaska’s western coast the nation’s first deep-water Arctic port.

African leaders visit Russia to discuss their peace plan with Putin, after Ukraine trip

UN steps up criticism of IMF and World Bank, the other pillars of the post-World War II global order

magazine

Catherine T. Morris is is the founder and artistic director of Boston Arts & Music Soul Festival, better known as BAMS Fest.

‘It’s a seed I’m planting’: How Catherine Morris willed BAMS Fest into life

Kei was named Boston Music Awards’ “New Artist of the Year” last year. This month, the Dorchester native will perform at BAMS Fest on Saturday, June 24.

Five must-see events and things to do at BAMS Fest 2023

Tips for remaining patient with relatives who repeat themselves

Make the most of local carrots in soup or salad or by roasting

metro

Stephen Wells

South Boston man sought for Sharon mother’s murder, police say

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover

Human composting bill doesn’t survive R.I. legislative session

sports

Tom Kim hit from the bunker on the 15th hole during Saturday's third round of the US Open at Los Angeles Country Club.

At 81 yards, 15th hole was shortest par 3 in US Open history, but it was a challenge

Revolution cash in on possession in second half, handle Orlando City at Gillette

Bishop Stang’s Jacob Cookinham makes the best of his last throw, winning the shot put at the Adidas Outdoor Nationals

business

President Joe Biden listened as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro about the Interstate 95 highway collapse.

Damaged I-95 bridge in Philadelphia to reopen within two weeks, Pennsylvania governor Says

Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer, scrambling supply chains and home delivery

Warren, Markey blast federal attack on right-to-repair law

politics

President Biden speaks at the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn., on June 16.

Biden returns to Philadelphia to rally with union workers in first big event of his 2024 campaign

Trump courtroom sketch artist takes criticism in stride: ‘It’s rare to get any feedback’

Warren, Markey blast federal attack on right-to-repair law

Nation

A Minneapolis police officer

Consent decrees force changes to policing. But do reforms last?

Supermajorities in state capitols push controversial policies to the edge

Julie Garwood, author of romance novels from past and present, dies at 78

World

A Ukrainian serviceman of the 68th Oleksa Dovbush hunting brigade runs to his position in the recently retaken village of Blahodatne, Ukraine, on June 17.

Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK assessment says

Sudan begins a cease-fire ahead of a pledging conference to raise funds for humanitarian assistance

Swiss vote on climate bill as Alpine nation’s iconic glaciers succumb to warming

opinion

A report asks: Why can’t Massachusetts teach Johnny to read?

James Watt’s end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it conservation policy

An Olympian’s death highlights this nation’s maternal mortality crisis

lifestyle

A page from "Free at Last," by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, from Union Square & Co. Publishers.

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history

What was he up to?

With Little Uprisings, Tanya Nixon-Silberg brings play, joy, and hope to racial justice education

food & dining

Fresh scup is one of many types of fish consumers aren't as familiar with, and some Rhode Island organizations have set out to change that.

What do Rhode Island consumers need to learn about local seafood? Actually, quite a bit.

Tiny Lola’s Coffee and More has West Medford buzzing

Central Perk-inspired coffee shop from ‘Friends’ to open on Newbury Street

travel

Dollywood is a judgment-free zone and welcomes all. Can we spread that across the land?

Dolly Parton is healing our divided nation, one roller coaster at a time

American Airlines changed my flight. Can I get my money back?

The highs (look up!), the lows (try 25 degrees below), and the highlights of seeing the northern lights in Alaska

Arts

William J. Hennessy Jr. created this sketch of former President Donald Trump appearing in court during his arraignment Tuesday in Miami. He was one of three courtroom sketch artists at the arraignment, and some on social media have taken issue with the artist's youthful depiction of Trump, who turned 77 this week. (William J. Hennessy Jr.)

Trump courtroom sketch artist takes criticism in stride: ‘It’s rare to get any feedback’

He stole a Picasso from Logan Airport in the ’60s. Too scared to return it, he turned to his dad for help.

At the Griffin: ‘Atelier,’ ‘Rolls & Tubes,’ and picturing an Einsteinian equation

Books

In ‘Rocky Mountain High,’ Finn Murphy’s brief stint in the Wild West of the cannabis industry yields no riches except stories

Jane Smiley’s essay collection ‘The Questions that Matter Most’ features the writer’s constant pursuit of self-education

Victor Luckerson on reading as a bridge in a long-distance relationship

Movies

Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake in "Extraction 2."

‘Extraction 2′: Chris Hemsworth delivers the pain

‘City of a Million Dreams’ looks at New Orleans through lens of jazz funerals

Vermont locals remember Treat Williams, prolific actor killed in crash: ‘He sucked the marrow right out of life’

Television

Sharon Horgan in season 1 of "Bad Sisters."

Sharon Horgan prepping season 2 of ‘Bad Sisters’

The arts pose a provocative question: What is fatherhood?

Central Perk-inspired coffee shop from ‘Friends’ to open on Newbury Street

music

Steve Lacy closed the first night at the Stage at Suffolk Downs with a free-flowing set.

It’s off to the races for Steve Lacy at the Stage at Suffolk Downs

Embrace Boston celebrates Juneteenth at Roxbury Community College with panel, block party

A trailblazing period-instrument festival turns 50

Theater/Dance

A scene from "The Gaaga," getting its US premiere in an Arlekin Players production at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square.

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

The new New Rep raises the curtain on ‘The Normal Heart’

The dynamism of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ makes its flaws easier to swallow

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

The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy preached at Washington National Cathedral in Washington in 2011.

The Rev. C. Welton Gaddy, defender of church-state divide, dies at 81

Roswell Angier, whose Combat Zone photos captured part of Boston history, dies at 82

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, has died