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In striking down student loan cancellation, court also voids signature Warren-Pressley achievement

Elizabeth Warren and Ayanna Pressley touted student loan forgiveness as a signature achievement. Now it is being wiped away.

Biden offers alternative student debt relief plan that would remove immediate threat of default

Disappointment, and another try, in wake of Supreme Court ruling shooting down student debt relief

‘We can never be too careful’: Mass. advocates fear effect of Supreme Court gay rights ruling
The court said some business owners have the right not to serve customers based on personal or religious beliefs.

Supreme Court rules for designer who objects to making wedding websites for gay couples

Supreme Court decision in web designer case could have broader impact, specialists say

JFK’s Harvard essay resurfaces, to mockery, after Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action

According to a 1935 essay to Harvard College, John F. Kennedy endeavored to be a “Harvard Man,” just like his father. The essay resurfaced and became a point of derision this week after the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action.
Get caught up: Here’s what the Supreme Court decided in major cases this week

Map: How bad is the air quality right now?

Smoke from Canadian wildfires is affecting air quality levels in the Northeast. See the latest readings.
See photos of wildfire smoke in Boston and in other places
Forecast | Dave Epstein

July Fourth weekend weather will tease rain, but it won’t be a washout

DeSantis finds friendly crowd at Moms for Liberty conference, but Trump’s influence runs deep

Moms for Liberty's second annual conference will feature speeches from five Republican presidential contenders.

Owner of 3 R.I. nursing homes stole millions in federal funds, neglected patients, New York lawsuit alleges

Centers Health Care allegedly stole $83 million in government funds while understaffing its facilities.

Chad Finn | Sports Media
Saluting five ESPN personalities who lost their jobs on Friday
The whole thing stinks, no matter how much ESPN and Disney want to throw around the soulless buzzword “efficiency” as the rationalization.

‘Dysfunctional normalization’: Massachusetts is starting its fiscal year without an annual budget — for the 13th straight time
It's an ignominious streak of delays that have stretched days, weeks, or even months, and may be unmatched in the country.

Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara crashes car into Jamaica Plain house with son in backseat

City Councilor Kendra Lara’s son, Zaire, was being treated Friday night at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he received “several stitches” and is expected to be okay, her office said in a statement.

After woman was arrested at home when officers said she smelled like alcohol, N.H. town searches for new police chief

Fall River police officer arrested, had ‘inappropriate relationship’ with teen

BPS schools used for summer learning now have air conditioning, officials say
July 4th Weekend

Here’s where to watch July 4th fireworks in Mass.

Your full guide to Mass. July Fourth celebrations, from fireworks to food and more

Planning your July 4th menu? Here are some of our best barbecue recipes.

What to make for dessert this July 4th
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

There are a lot of underachieving major league teams, but the Mets have taken it to a new level

A team with a record $344.1 million luxury-tax payroll went into the weekend on pace to lose 90 games.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Which NFL quarterbacks are under the most pressure in 2023?

Every NFL quarterback is under some pressure to perform, even the best ones.
Tara Sullivan

What are Big-Hearted Battles, and how are they turning philanthropy into ‘funlanthropy’?

In essence, when you turn a chosen game or contest into a Big-Hearted Battle, you agree that the loser makes a donation to a charity of the winner’s choice.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court’s dangerous free speech view threatens LGBTQ protections

The First Amendment has never been used as a tool by which commercial businesses can not only discriminate against customers but also openly announce their intention to do so. Until now.
NEWSLETTERS

Out-Trumping Trump on immigration
NEWSLETTERS

¿Peor que Trump en inmigración?
Laurence H. Tribe and Jeffrey B. Abramson

With Supreme Court LGBTQ decision, marriage equality is at risk
EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court gutted affirmative action. But colleges must still seek racial diversity.

More recent News

Police search for Brockton man who cut off GPS device and fled amid domestic assault trial

The convicted man, Edsondly Jean-Paul, 32, removed the device he was required to wear as a condition of his release and fled early Thursday morning.

Taylor Swift is making more than $13 million a night on her tour
Taylor Swift is bringing in ticket sales of more than $13 million a night on the road — putting her on a trajectory to deliver the highest-grossing tour in music history.

Providence bank robbery: Nearly half a million dollars stolen, police say

Police decline to comment on whether it was an inside job.

Bodycam video footage released from former Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett’s drowning at Florida beach

Authorities have released bodycam footage from one of the first responders who arrived at the Florida beach where former New England Patriots quarterback Ryan Mallett drowned on Tuesday.

Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ actor, dies
Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in comedy and drama as he received four Academy Award nominations and won an Oscar in 2007 for “Little Miss Sunshine,” has died.

Dighton police chief charged in insider trading scheme, placed on leave

Shawn Cronin, 43, is among five men charged in an insider trading scheme from 2020 that allegedly brought in more than $2.2 million in illegal profits, according to a statement by the US Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York.

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The 12-plus best New England beaches for kids, foodies, accessibility, and more

Whether you’re a surfer, foodie, or dog lover, the region offers a beach to suit your needs.
No car? No problem. Here’s how to breeze to the beach on the T.

Eight coming-of-age films to revisit the magic of girlhood
Streaming classics — new and old — to celebrate the hilarious, painful, and sometimes just plain awkward years of growing up.

Property in hand, Historic New England plans major expansion
“We think this is going to be a global destination,” says Vin Cipolla, the organization’s president and chief executive.

At UMass, a scholarship pledge doesn’t pan out and an athlete feels betrayed
The experience of field hockey player Emma Peck serves as a red-flag reminder that a coach’s verbal offer is not ironclad.

Culture & Lifestyle

Tales from the drive-in on its 90th anniversary

More than a century of watercolors at Harvard Art Museums demonstrate the form’s unruly pleasures

Sure you’re a big star. But have you been on Broadway?

Your full guide to Mass. July Fourth celebrations, from fireworks to food and more

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
Joe Sexton

I love Bud Light. You got a problem with that?
Ruth J. Simmons

Ending affirmative action doesn’t mean college admissions will be fairer
IDEAS

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

Metro

See photos of wildfire smoke in Boston and in other places

Many locations in the Eastern United States are seeing hazy skies because of ongoing fires in Canada.
RI POLITICS

The latest political news in Rhode Island

Endorsements, campaign announcements, and more leading up to the special election for R.I.’s First Congressional District

Arianna likes dance and circus arts

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

Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara crashes car into Jamaica Plain house with son in backseat

City Councilor Kendra Lara’s son, Zaire, was being treated Friday night at Boston Children’s Hospital, where he received “several stitches” and is expected to be okay, her office said in a statement.

Sports

RED SOX AT BLUE JAYS | 3:07 P.M. (NESN)

Game 84: Red Sox at Blue Jays lineups and notes

After an ugly five-game slide for the Red Sox, James Paxton managed to stop the bleeding in his native Canada on Friday with a scoreless gem.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Saluting five ESPN personalities who lost their jobs on Friday

The whole thing stinks, no matter how much ESPN and Disney want to throw around the soulless buzzword “efficiency” as the rationalization.
Bob Ryan

Should the lack of a championship ring taint a player’s legacy?

Chris Paul has now been positioned as as the NBA’s Captain Ahab in search of the white whale known as an NBA championship ring.
Matt Porter | Sunday hockey notes

Former Bruins captain Ray Bourque also took the team’s first-round playoff exit hard
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

There are a lot of underachieving major league teams, but the Mets have taken it to a new level
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Which NFL quarterbacks are under the most pressure in 2023?

Business

US forest managers urge revelers to swap fireworks for Silly String, but some say not so fast

While it's worth encouraging folks not to use fireworks amid escalating wildfire danger, some environmentalists say it's kind of silly that federal land managers would suggest using aerosol cans of sticky party string out in nature.

3 killed, 17 wounded in Ukraine from Russian attacks, as Spain highlights European support for Kyiv

Ukrainian officials on Saturday morning reported more civilian casualties from Russian shelling in the country’s east and south, as a visit by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez began in Kyiv as a show of continuing support from Madrid and the European Union for Ukraine’s fight to dislodge invading Russian forces from its territory.

Taylor Swift is making more than $13 million a night on her tour

Supreme Court rules for designer who objects to making wedding websites for gay couples
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Your Summer Beach Bag

10 ice cream treats to cool you off as summer heats up around Boston
Your Summer Beach Bag

Six tips for building great beach sandcastles, from a pro sand sculptor
Your Summer Beach Bag

The 12-plus best New England beaches for kids, foodies, accessibility, and more

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

metro

BPS schools used for summer learning now have air conditioning, officials say

A heat dome has killed over a dozen in Texas. Should Bostonians be worried?

What the Nation’s Report Card results mean for N.H.

sports

What are Big-Hearted Battles, and how are they turning philanthropy into ‘funlanthropy’?

Angels star Shohei Ohtani reaches 30 home runs by June’s end with a 493-footer in Anaheim

Twins snap out of offensive funk at expense of Dean Kremer, Orioles

business

‘We can never be too careful’: Mass. advocates fear effect of Supreme Court gay rights ruling

Disappointment, and another try, in wake of Supreme Court ruling shooting down student debt relief

Tidewater Landing developer misses self-imposed financing deadline

politics

DeSantis finds friendly crowd at Moms for Liberty conference, but Trump’s influence runs deep

Supreme Court rules for designer who objects to making wedding websites for gay couples

Biden offers alternative student debt relief plan that would remove immediate threat of default

Nation

US forest managers urge revelers to swap fireworks for Silly String, but some say not so fast

A roller coaster for roller coaster nerds

First smoky air, now clouds of bugs. Winged aphids invade New York City

World

The Dutch king apologizes for his country’s role in slavery on 150th anniversary of abolition

At least 51 people killed in road accident in western Kenya, 32 injured, police and Red Cross say

France arrests more than 1,300 people after fourth night of rioting over teen’s killing by police

opinion

Bidenomics: Let’s look at the numbers

Ending affirmative action doesn’t mean college admissions will be fairer

Beacon Hill bungles budget, again

lifestyle

How grown-up Gronk feels about ‘Baby Gronk’

At 19, I don’t have enough dating experience

Wildfire smoke drives traditional summer camp activities indoors

food & dining

What to make for dessert this July 4th

Planning your July 4th menu? Here are some of our best barbecue recipes.

Red, white, and blue recipes for your July 4th table

travel

It’s hard not to be happy in Pharrell Williams’s hometown, Virginia Beach

What the doctor orders: Use your vacation time, don’t under pack, and get good sleep

City tours at a discount, a Mill City folk fest, and the faces of Bowdoin

Arts

More than a century of watercolors at Harvard Art Museums demonstrate the form’s unruly pleasures

At PEM, exploring the ‘Black Atlantic’

In Portland, celebrating a neighbor’s 50th anniversary

Books

Anya von Bremzen, in ‘National Dish,’ explores how certain foods came to embody the cultures that created them

‘How We Do It,’ a collection of essays on the craft of writing, speaks directly to Black writers

Heidi Julavits on summer rental house books and reading in the sauna

Movies

In ‘Every Body,’ three intersex activists illuminate the ‘I’ in LGBTQIA+

Eight coming-of-age films to revisit the magic of girlhood

Tales from the drive-in on its 90th anniversary

Television

Want to see Kevin Bacon as a bounty hunter-zombie? Wait for ‘The Bondsman.’

These TV shows will get you through the dregs of right now

Did allegations, investigation prompt end of ‘The Other Two’?

music

Press Play: A range of ragtime

Five essential En Vogue tracks to get you psyched for the Pops on July 4

Rufus Wainwright embraces the folk he absorbed from his folks

Theater/Dance

In ‘The Normal Heart,’ the AIDS crisis and a battle against an epidemic of indifference

Mark Morris Dance Group opens Jacob’s Pillow with buoyant ‘The Look of Love’

In ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ the arc of a doomed empire

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

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

Lowell Weicker, maverick senator, governor from Connecticut, dies

Bobby Osborne, mandolinist who flouted bluegrass convention, dies at 91