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Police search for suspect after three people slain inside Newton home; residents told to ‘be vigilant’

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said the victims, who have not yet been positively identified, appeared to have died of stab wounds and blunt force trauma. There were signs of forced entry at the home, she said, encouraging area residents to “be vigilant.”

US Coast Guard leads probe of Titan submersible implosion, aims to collect debris from ocean floor

The Coast Guard is working with the NTSB as well as Canadian, French, and British investigators to determine the cause of the implosion that killed five people on an expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic.

As wind projects stall off Massachusetts coast, industry wonders: What’s next?
While there has been a flurry of recent work on Vineyard Wind, the country’s first major offshore wind farm, inflation and supply chain challenges have left the next two multibillion-dollar projects up in the air.

chesto means business
As Boston’s own Sean O’Brien matches UPS at the bargaining table, Amazon could be next
The Teamsters showdown with the delivery giant could lead to the biggest private-sector strike since the ‘50s — and it’s being led by a labor leader with deep roots in Boston.

Russian defense minister makes first public appearance since mercenary revolt as uncertainty swirls

High school student one of two teens killed in Sunday shooting, investigators say
Celtics beat writer's notebook

The Celtics’ summer league roster comes together, a trade falls apart, and more nuggets from the early offseason

The Celtics have not drafted a player in the first round in the last three years, so their Las Vegas summer league roster during this time has been predictably sparse.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Jim Montgomery, likely NHL Coach of the Year, still wracked with questions about where his Bruins went wrong

“What did I not do to be able to help our players push through? That’s my job. Like that’s how I look at it, right? Because, obviously, they didn’t seize the moment,” he said Sunday in Nashville. “What did I do that didn’t help them execute?”
Peter Abraham | WHITE SOX 4, RED SOX 1

Instead of riding momentum toward season’s second half, Red Sox downshift and it comes as no surprise

The Red Sox are what their 40-39 record suggests they are, a slightly better than average team with as many weaknesses as strengths.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Invading your privacy? There’s an app for that.

Data privacy laws for cell phone apps need updating
Martin R. West

Pandemic learning loss: Why is it so hard to get kids caught up?
Carmel Shachar, Sean McBride, and Shannon MacDonald

Telehealth laws need to be updated for a post-COVID health system
IDEAS | SAM MOWE

Why we run
EDITORIAL

Closure of Leominster maternity ward casts a light on shrinking options
Pride Month

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

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

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

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

More recent News

Stan Grossfeld
Gun violence tore their lives apart. A night at Fenway Park helped bring them together.
“Be active, join the fight before you join this club that none of us want to be a part of.”

After 30 years, Block Island’s beloved airport diner is changing hands
Bethany’s Airport Diner was a spot beloved by pilots, locals, and Block Island visitors from 1993 until late 2022. Now the airport corporation has reached an agreement with another island business owner.

LOVE LETTERS
My crush at work is an ‘endless cycle’
“Is there a slight chance he might like me back?”

In Lowell, debate over homeless encampment behind park
Lowell’s city manager, Tom Golden, said the city plans to clean out the area in the coming days as the region continues to grapple with how to handle such encampments.

As legislators renew push for plastic bag ban, much of Massachusetts already covered
In the absence of a statewide ban, the state has seen an explosion of local bans and fees, which now cover more than two-thirds of its population.

Missing kayaker’s body pulled from Merrimack River in Haverhill

Haverhill firefighters found the man’s body about 6:30 p.m. after a roughly two-hour search, according to State Police. The victim’s identity was not released.

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

Police say detective was involved in tawdry love triangle with informant and alleged drug trafficker

The story about an alleged drug trafficker, a detective, and a woman caught in the middle, seemed outlandish. Now, though, New Bedford police are acknowledging the claims have merit.
Globe Magazine: An alleged drug trafficker, a detective trying to take him down, and the woman caught in the middle

A ‘doom loop’ narrative has taken over San Francisco. Here’s what it means for Boston.
Economists have argued that once-dense downtowns in cities like San Francisco, Seattle, and New York could face a kind of post-pandemic death spiral. Can Boston avoid that fate?

By the numbers: The ‘urban doom loop’ in San Francisco versus Boston

Jeneé Osterheldt | A Beautiful Resistance
The 25th Anniversary of Roxbury International Film Festival and the cinematic sisters who fuel it
Lisa and Alison Simmons help fuel a community of creatives decades in the making — and growing.

How politics changed education in the Milwaukee suburbs: ‘Now school is about the politics and the fear’
With the help of the local GOP and national groups, a new crop of candidates has expanded to take over nearby school boards, posting victories that have turned Waukesha County into a laboratory for conservative efforts to change education.

Culture & Lifestyle

Kane Brown is on his game at Fenway Park

Harvard Art Museums announce free admission for all visitors

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

NHPR podcast expands on investigation into sexual misconduct at addiction treatment centers

Special Projects

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

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

RENÉE GRAHAM

Two Georgia women, collateral damage of Trump’s election lies, are finally cleared of wrongdoing

EDITORIAL

Titan submersible implosion: another safety lesson learned through tragedy
EDITORIAL

The sharks threatening Cape Cod don’t have fins
Sarah Sherman-Stokes and Rachel Silver

Titan rescue efforts raise questions about whether migrants’ lives are also worth saving
IDEAS | CARLOS VILLAMIZAR

Then as now, hunger in the streets of my Venezuela
IDEAS

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

Metro

RI FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

After 30 years, Block Island’s beloved airport diner is changing hands

Bethany’s Airport Diner was a spot beloved by pilots, locals, and Block Island visitors from 1993 until late 2022. Now the airport corporation has reached an agreement with another island business owner.
INNOVATOR Q&A

R.I. teen starts a new online marketplace that gives Senegal artisans a boost

Zainabou Thiam started Sunu Body when she was 16, she’s selling handmade waist beads, black soaps, and other products from West Africa.

He spent 21 years searching Vermont for a butterfly the size of a penny. He finally found it.

The bog elfin had never been confirmed in Vermont, but Bryan Pfeiffer’s gut told him it was there.

International group of agencies investigates loss of submersible carrying 5 people to the Titanic

An international group of agencies is investigating the loss of the Titan submersible, seeking to determine what caused it to implode while carrying five people to the Titanic.

Sports

NASCAR CUP SERIES

‘Melon Man’ Ross Chastain wins from pole at Nashville for Trackhouse team

Chastain entered fourth in the season points race and wound up leading a race-high 100 laps at the 1.33-mile, D-shaped concrete oval. That included the final 34 as the 30-year-old held off Martin Truex Jr. by 0.789 seconds.
MLB NOTEBOOK

Rookie Eury Pérez runs scoreless streak to 21 innings for surprisingly good Marlins

Miami took three of four games from the Pirates ahead of a series against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. In the London Series finale, Marcus Stroman was knocked out of a start by a blister and the Cubs lost to the Cardinals.
white sox 4, red sox 1

Another lapse in the field, lack of hitting with runners on doom Red Sox in series-ending loss to White Sox

Rob Refsnyder missed the cutoff man with a throw from right in the fifth and Boston was 2 for 8 with men in scoring position.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Jim Montgomery, likely NHL Coach of the Year, still wracked with questions about where his Bruins went wrong
BRUINS

Linus Ullmark doesn’t know what his future with the Bruins holds, but he’s ready for whatever comes his way
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Instead of riding momentum toward season’s second half, Red Sox downshift and it comes as no surprise

Business

INNOVATOR Q&A

R.I. teen starts a new online marketplace that gives Senegal artisans a boost

Zainabou Thiam started Sunu Body when she was 16, she’s selling handmade waist beads, black soaps, and other products from West Africa.

The US government is awarding $1.7 billion to buy electric and low-emission buses

The US Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going to transit projects in 46 states and territories.

Biden is set to announce how billions of dollars for expanding broadband access will be distributed
shirley leung

Who loses when a liquor license in Boston sells for $600,000?
magazine
Your Summer Beach Bag

The best New England beaches for kids, foodies, accessibility, and more

Dinner with Cupid

‘I played Jean Valjean in my school’s production of “Les Misérables,” and she played Cosette in hers!’
PERSPECTIVE

Three ways to improve high school education from a Mass. Teacher of the Year
Your Summer Beach Bag

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

metro

High school student one of two teens killed in Sunday shooting, investigators say

Police search for suspect after three people slain inside Newton home; residents told to ‘be vigilant’

In Lowell, debate over homeless encampment behind park

sports

Hopkinton’s Keegan Bradley didn’t have to trek far to win the Travelers Championship in record fashion

Red Sox prospect Ceddanne Rafaela’s rise continues as he’s promoted to Triple A

Given an option to rest, Adam Duvall chose to try to work on his timing at the plate

business

As wind projects stall off Massachusetts coast, industry wonders: What’s next?

As Boston’s own Sean O’Brien matches UPS at the bargaining table, Amazon could be next

Abortion alarm spurs push for Mass. cellphone data privacy law

politics

Trump returns to Michigan with hopes of repeating the battleground success he found in 2016

The Supreme Court’s biggest decisions are coming. Here’s what they could say.

How politics changed education in the Milwaukee suburbs: ‘Now school is about the politics and the fear’

Nation

The suspect in the attack that killed 5 at Colorado Springs gay nightclub is set to plead guilty

Closing arguments set in trial of Florida deputy accused of failing to stop school shooter

LGBTQ+ Pride Month reaches its grand crescendo on city streets from New York to San Francisco

World

Russian defense minister makes first public appearance since mercenary revolt as uncertainty swirls

Thousands of North Koreans march in anti-US rallies as country marks Korean War anniversary

Prince William launches 5-year project to end long-term homelessness in the UK

opinion

How and why students should build and use social capital

Titan submersible implosion: another safety lesson learned through tragedy

Boston school inequities block pathways, crush spirits

lifestyle

Party and protest mix as LGBTQ+ pride parades kick off from New York to San Francisco

Poetry is the ultimate summer beach read

My crush at work is an ‘endless cycle’

food & dining

After 30 years, Block Island’s beloved airport diner is changing hands

Food bank, health clinic team again post-pandemic

When in Dorchester ... eat at Via Cannuccia

travel

No car? No problem. Here’s how to breeze to the beach on the T.

The best New England beaches for kids, foodies, accessibility, and more

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

Arts

Why there are dozens of colorful cows on display across Boston

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

Top that — history of hats at William Hickling Prescott House

Books

10 great New England beach reads, from old standbys to new classics

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

Movies

‘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

This week’s TV: Idris Elba in ‘Hijack,’ remembering Rock Hudson, and an ‘SNL’ guessing game

Golden age arrives for ‘Saturday Night Live’

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

music

BET Awards show honors Busta Rhymes, hip-hop’s 50 years and pays tribute to Takeoff and Tina Turner

Kane Brown is on his game at Fenway Park

On tour, Natalie Merchant finds her fans singing along to new songs, original hits

Theater/Dance

Acrobatics and adult beverages at ‘Mr. Swindle’s Traveling Peculiarium’

The Huntington’s Michael Maso exits the stage

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

globe local

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

Peter Pouncey, novelist and former Amherst College president, dies at 85

H. Lee Sarokin, judge who freed ‘Hurricane’ Carter, dies at 94

Here are the five people who were aboard the Titan submersible