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Rear Admiral John W. Mauger, First District Commander of the US Coast Guard, addressed the media Thursday at the US Coast Guard station in Boston.

All five passengers on Titan likely dead after vessel imploded, Coast Guard says, calling it a ‘catastrophic event’

“I offer my deepest condolences to the families,” said Rear Admiral John Mauger during an afternoon briefing in Boston.

‘Titanic’ director James Cameron cites parallels between ocean liner, Titan tragedies

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A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a father and son: These were the passengers on submersible that imploded

A renowned Titanic expert, a world-record holding adventurer, and two members of one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families were on the submersible that imploded in a remote area of the Atlantic.

Median age by state

Following a national trend, Mass. got a little bit grayer in 2022

The three oldest states in the US were found in New England.

A 94-year-old artist is ordered to leave Provincetown dune shack after 77 years
Despite protests and petitions, the National Park Service has told Salvatore Del Deo that an occupancy arrangement he's had since 1946 is no longer valid and he must vacate it.

Crisis pregnancy center accused of failing to care for Worcester woman who was later forced to have emergency abortion

Clearway Clinic is being sued after it allegedly gave a Worcester woman an incorrect diagnosis that forced her to have an emergency abortion weeks later.

The Celtics hold the No. 25 pick in tonight’s draft after trading Marcus Smart. Follow along.

Chad Finn: It was always complicated between Marcus Smart and the Celtics fan base

‘Complete shock’: Inside what went down after Marcus Smart learned he was being traded
A source close to the guard said he took it like “a gut punch,” though he subsequently accepted it as part of the business.

What you need to know about Kristaps Porzingis NBA mock draft: Gary Washburn predicts Celtics will take Ohio State forward at No. 25

Cambridge biotech Sarepta wins fast-track approval for the first muscular dystrophy gene therapy

The FDA limited the approval of Sarepta Therapeutics’ treatment to patients ages 4 to 5 years old who still have the ability to walk.

More than 2,300 people in Mass. died of an overdose in 2022, the highest number ever

State plans more spending, novel initiatives, and a look at overdose prevention sites in an effort to curb the rise in deaths.

N.H. GOP group hosting Trump next week ‘disappointed in DeSantis’ for scheduling dueling event

693 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

‘The real story of Nathan Carman may never be told,’ lawyer says at funeral

Masataka Yoshida (0 for 4) was among many Red Sox batters who could do nothing with Twins righty Joe Ryan. This was a ground out to shortstop.

Twins 6, Red Sox 0

Twins’ Joe Ryan holds Red Sox to three hits in complete-game shutout

Minnesota slugged three homers in the first three innings to give the righthander all the run support he needed.

Jennifer Lawrence and Andrew Barth Feldman in Columbia Pictures’ "No Hard Feelings."

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★

‘No Hard Feelings’: Jennifer Lawrence balances raunchy humor with heart

She plays an Uber driver who answers an ad from helicopter parents who want their 19-year old son deflowered before he heads off to college.

Homemade spaghetti at Via Cannuccia, a recently opened Italian restaurant in Dorchester.

When in Dorchester ... eat at Via Cannuccia

At this neighborhood trattoria, Italian chef Stefano Quaresima serves Roman-style dishes and bountiful brunch pastries.

Monica Glass and Ken Oringer will team up for Verveine Cafe & Bakery; Dumpling Daughter heads to Southie

Opinion

President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland in 2022.

Republicans make conspiracy theories their go-to explanation

What was once an occasional impulse has become a knee-jerk reflex.

Why Secretary of State Blinken’s meeting with China’s president was important

The scandal at the Harvard morgue is not a reason for more government

Hunter Biden shows he isn’t above the rule of law

Despite all the bad news about the T, Phillip Eng is still optimistic about fixing it

Pride Month

“Limited edition Black,” 2023, Boston, by Golden & February Spikener for “REPRISE.”

Golden age: Poet-photographer flips the script at the MFA

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

Newport Pride founders Sean O'Connor, left, and Daniel Cano Restrepo, right, in front of the recently opened Newport Pride Center on Spring Street in Newport.

Cultivating community: Newport Pride founders open city’s first Pride Center

More recent News

Food bank, health clinic team again post-pandemic
The infectious disease clinic at Cambridge Health Alliance and Food for Free have renewed a longstanding partnership that had been put on hold during COVID.

Healey’s $14 billion capital investment plan includes brand-new affordable housing program

The HousingWorks program will spur the production of 200 to 300 new units of affordable housing each year, according to Governor Maura Healey’s office.

Movies in the park, beaches, rooftop bars, and more of Christopher Muther’s favorite Boston summertime things
Can someone please explain the fascination with getting out of Boston for the summer? There is so much here to love this time of year.

Biden promotes human rights as Modi in state visit says ‘absolutely no space for discrimination’
President Biden has pronounced the US-India relationship never stronger and rolled out a series of new business deals in welcoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a state visit.

‘Lay off’: Criticism of Feinstein strikes particular nerve with women of the Senate
California Senator Dianne Feinstein, who turns 90 on Thursday, has faced calls to resign from within the Capitol and outside it after a long absence due to a case of shingles.

‘Gloomy, grimy, gritty’: Classic Boston crime movie ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ turns 50
Long before Ben Affleck directed ‘The Town,’ director Peter Yates and star Robert Mitchum brought this tale of bank robbers and gun runners to the big screen.

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

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the State House last year after marching to Copley Plaza and back in response to the US Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Abortion funders shouldering unprecedented requests as prices skyrocket

Many requests come from Massachusetts, where inflation has made health care increasingly unaffordable.

Ballard’s Beach Resort owner makes changes after last year’s Block Island Ferry brawls: ‘no excuses here’
Owner Steve Filippi says things will be different at his venue this year. More family-oriented, instead of the alcohol-fueled party atmosphere many associate with the resort.

THE FINE PRINT

The check is in the mail? You may be waiting awhile for that Mass Save rebate.
For many residents, appreciation of Mass Save — which offers lucrative rebates for energy efficient steps — is mixed with frustration over how the program is managed.

At Shattuck Hospital, a proposal for 400-plus units of supportive housing
In an effort to combat the ongoing opioid and homelessness crises in Greater Boston, officials on announced plans to put supportive housing at Shattuck Hospital in Boston’s Franklin Park.

Culture & Lifestyle

Edvard Munch, "Separation," 1896, oil on canvas.

In ‘Trembling Earth’ at the Clark, Munch’s prescient view of nature in peril

Don Was, the namesake of WasFest, curated the weekend-long music series at the Boch Center.

At Boch Center’s eclectic WasFest, whatever happens, happens

Michael Maso, the founding managing director of the Huntington, is retiring at the end of the month after four decades at the theater.

The Huntington’s Michael Maso exits the stage

Willy DeVille in New York City, March 1977.

With ‘Heaven Stood Still,’ Willy DeVille isn’t being overlooked any longer

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

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

Middlebury College, as seen in 2013 from the chapel,

Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

FBI and Boston Police bomb squads members walk along Boylston Street near the marathon finish line on April 17, 2023.

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

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.

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

Firouz Naderi, NASA scientist who led Mars missions, dies at 77

For many Iranians and Iranian Americans, Dr. Naderi’s career demonstrated how far an immigrant could reach in America — in his case, literally for the stars.

‘The real story of Nathan Carman may never be told,’ lawyer says at funeral

About two dozen people, including Carman’s lawyers and a handful of journalists attended his funeral Mass in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday.

Titan submersible

Five passengers believed dead after missing submersible imploded near remains of Titanic

The Coast Guard said the Titan submersible likely imploded in the North Atlantic waters and there were no survivors among the five people aboard.

693 confirmed cases and 5 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Sports

Rafael Devers's timing has been off. For much of the season, he’s been too early or too late, creating rollover grounders or strikeouts.

Alex Speier I On baseball

Rafael Devers has still been driving in runs for the Red Sox, but he’s far from satisfied

Devers is hitting .238 with a .302 OBP and .480 slugging mark, well short of the .292/.352/.532 line he forged from 2019-22.

The NBA Draft is being held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

The Celtics hold the No. 25 pick in tonight’s draft after trading Marcus Smart. Follow along.

The NBA Draft begins at 8 p.m., and we'll be offering live updates and analysis throughout.

Alex Verdugo has hit safely in 12 consecutive games at 20 of 53 (.377) with seven extra-base hits and seven RBIs.

Red Sox place outfielder Alex Verdugo on bereavement leave

Verdugo will be away from the team until Tuesday. He will remain in Minneapolis with family from the area mourning the death of his grandmother on June 9.

Twins 6, Red Sox 0

Twins’ Joe Ryan holds Red Sox to three hits in complete-game shutout

red sox notebook

Lefthander Brandon Walter saves Red Sox bullpen in major league debut

Gillette Stadium to open new beer hall in field-level space

Business

Fed’s Powell reinforces likelihood of more rate hikes because of persistently high inflation

Speaking to a Senate committee, the Fed chair noted that “inflation has moderated somewhat since the middle of last year.” Still, the Fed chair stressed, “inflation pressures continue to run high.”

Ford’s battery joint venture to get $9.2 billion government loan

The loan will go toward building three battery factories in Kentucky and Tennessee, the Department of Energy said Thursday.

Microsoft, regulators tangle in court over fate of $69 billion deal that could reshape video gaming

Lean green flying machines take wing in Paris, heralding transport revolution

magazine

Taiyaki Ice Cream cones from Taiyaki NYC.

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 of the best ice cream treats to try this summer around Boston

How to handle people who don’t wait their turn

Three ways to improve high school education from a Mass. Teacher of the Year

Thick-cut pork chops with Cuban-style mojo.

Recipes: Thick-cut pork chops with mojo sauce, and more Milk Street favorites

metro

Governor Maura Healey arrives to tour a portion of the former Marriner Mill that is being developed into mixed-income rental housing.

Healey’s $14 billion capital investment plan includes brand-new affordable housing program

All five passengers on Titan likely dead after vessel imploded, Coast Guard says, calling it a ‘catastrophic event’

Longer school day in Providence comes with 10% pay raise for teachers, but it’s temporary

sports

After nine years as a Celtic, Marcus Smart is now a Grizzly following the late-night trade.

‘Complete shock’: Inside what went down after Marcus Smart learned he was being traded

It was always complicated between Marcus Smart and the Celtics fan base

Game 76: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

business

Kelly Dirstine (left) and David S. Novak (right) of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Zinberg Clinic receive a food delivery from Food For Free.

Food bank, health clinic team again post-pandemic

Cambridge biotech Sarepta wins fast-track approval for the first muscular dystrophy gene therapy

Cultivating community: Newport Pride founders open city’s first Pride Center

politics

President Biden and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi watch the Fife and Drum Corps perform during a welcoming ceremony for Modi in the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.

Biden promotes human rights as Modi in state visit says ‘absolutely no space for discrimination’

Aunt and dad helped Representative George Santos stay out of jail while he awaits trial

Supreme Court rules against Navajo Nation in Colorado River water rights case

Nation

A submersible vessel named Titan used to visit the wreckage site of the Titanic.

‘Titanic’ director James Cameron cites parallels between ocean liner, Titan tragedies

A year after fall of Roe, 25 million women live in states with abortion bans or tighter restrictions

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

On Thursday, Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused a fire and the collapse of a section of a bridge linking Russia-annexed Crimea with Russia. The bridge is a key supply artery for Moscow's faltering war effort in southern Ukraine.

Bridge to Russian-occupied Crimea is damaged

Countries on front lines of climate change seek new lifeline in Paris

Pope short of breath, says he’s still feeling effects of anesthesia two weeks after surgery

opinion

Hunter Biden during the ceremony where his father, President Biden, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 17 people at the White House, on July 7, 2022.

Hunter Biden shows he isn’t above the rule of law

Hooked on phonics? Not at Massachusetts higher ed institutions.

If I disagree with my liberal tribe, does that make me a conservative?

lifestyle

After a good start, she ghosted me

Jennifer Lawrence’s new co-star took a leave from Harvard to film ‘No Hard Feelings’

Ah, those opportunity costs

food & dining

Kelly Dirstine (left) and David S. Novak (right) of Cambridge Health Alliance’s Zinberg Clinic receive a food delivery from Food For Free.

Food bank, health clinic team again post-pandemic

When in Dorchester ... eat at Via Cannuccia

Gillette Stadium to open new beer hall in field-level space

travel

Salvatore Del Deo, painter and cofounder of the famous Ciro & Sal's, in his Provincetown art studio.

A 94-year-old artist is ordered to leave Provincetown dune shack after 77 years

Boston cream pie: A love letter to our official state dessert

We asked Globe readers to tell us their favorite summer spots. Here are some highlights.

Arts

Edvard Munch, "Separation," 1896, oil on canvas.

In ‘Trembling Earth’ at the Clark, Munch’s prescient view of nature in peril

Top that — history of hats at William Hickling Prescott House

At the MFA, hearing more than just wedding bells

Books

Adrienne Brodeur’s debut novel ‘Little Monsters’ explores the unraveling of a family and its secrets on the Cape

Mike Curato, author of ‘Flamer,’ one of the country’s most challenged books, on the ultimate cost of book bans

Thea Glassman’s ‘Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson’s Creek’ gives a seminal era of teen TV shallow treatment

Movies

Robert Mitchum, who starred in the 1973 film "The Friends of Eddie Coyle," directed by Peter Yates.

‘Gloomy, grimy, gritty’: Classic Boston crime movie ‘The Friends of Eddie Coyle’ turns 50

‘No Hard Feelings’: Jennifer Lawrence balances raunchy humor with heart

‘Blue Jean’: Don’t say gay in Thatcher-era English drama

Television

Talitha Wing and Robert Carlyle in the Hulu series "The Full Monty."

I’m a TV critic all the time, an outlier some of the time

Will full-season release of ‘The Bear’ lead to overconsumption?

There’s still time to catch up on ‘Dark Winds’ before season 2 arrives

music

With "On Pain," Lloyd Cole pushes deeper into territory he began exploring on his 2015 album “1D Electronics 2012-2014.”

Lloyd Cole is blending songcraft with electronics to make a different kind of commotion

At Boch Center’s eclectic WasFest, whatever happens, happens

Hail injures dozens of concertgoers and forces cancellation of show at Red Rocks

Theater/Dance

Michael Maso, the founding managing director of the Huntington, is retiring at the end of the month after four decades at the theater.

The Huntington’s Michael Maso exits the stage

A spirited — and pointed — ‘As You Like It’

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

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

Members of the Mars Exploration Rover Project, Dr. Naderi (left) with Jennifer Trosper and Ray Arvidson, conducted a news conference on the progress of the rovers in 2004.

Firouz Naderi, NASA scientist who led Mars missions, dies at 77

Haim Roet, who kept Holocaust victims’ names alive, dies at 90

Longtime AP State Department reporter George Gedda dies at 82