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Hugh Courtney relaxes in his living room on July 6, 2023, before an infusion of Leqembi, an experimental Alzheimer's drug shown to slow cognitive decline. Courtney is a former Northeastern University professor, now participating in a clinical trial of the drug.

FDA grants full approval for Biogen Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline

The medicine, developed by Eisai and Cambridge-based Biogen, is expected to be covered by Medicare.

Celtics beat writer's notebook

On Jaylen Brown’s extension delay, a potential Damian Lillard pursuit, and what went wrong with Grant Williams
League sources continue to insist that Brown and the Celtics will eventually agree on a super-max deal, but that there have been other matters to attend to.

Your view: Should the Celtics acquire Lillard?

Damian Lillard's scoring average last season was the highest of his career, 32.2 points per game. But it’s a major question mark how long he can retain that level of play.

Christopher L. Gasper

Damian Lillard wants out of Portland, but the Celtics shouldn’t bring him to Boston

There are already a lot of miles on Lillard’s NBA odometer. He turns 33 on July 15.

The Celtics (left to right) Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard, and Blake Griffin are pictured as they warm up before a game on May 19, 2023.

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard pops the question to Emma MacDonald

An Instagram post captioned “A love for a lifetime” has gotten more than 170,000 likes and 1,400 comments. MacDonald, host of the “Love Ya, Bye” podcast, and Pritchard started dating in early 2023.

Summer’s high season for John Adams, Paul Revere, and friends
Foxborough resident Michael LePage, who has been moonlighting as figures from America’s distant past for more than 30 years, is just one of the local reenactors staying busy during tourism season.

An aerial shot of the Nantucket compound on Berkeley Avenue.

Nantucket waterfront estate sells for $38.1 million, breaking island record

The 10-bedroom compound overlooking Nantucket Harbor spans 15,322 square feet on almost four acres.

‘Social media-driven’ young crowds overwhelmed beaches in two Cape Cod towns on July 4th, leading to fights, arrests
Beaches in two Cape Cod towns were overrun with loud, intoxicated young revelers during Fourth of July celebrations this week.

Massachusetts has vast solar potential, according to new state report

The analysis appears to dispel long-held concerns that the state might be too densely developed to meet its solar energy commitments.

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there.

A man who prosecutors say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol kept two firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside a van he had driven cross-country and had been living in, according to the Justice Department.

Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case

Twitter killer? Here’s what to know about Threads, the new app from Meta.

A whole lot of companies have built social networks to challenge Twitter, to no avail. But this time, things might be different.

558 confirmed cases and 6 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.

OceanGate, owner of the submersible that imploded during Titanic dive, suspends operations

The company's website said Thursday that it “has suspended all exploration and commercial operations.”

Certifications suspended for current, former police officers accused of domestic violence, sexual assault

Boy, 13, suffers severe hand injury in fireworks explosion in Hyde Park, police say

A video of a shark coming perilously close to terrified swimmers at a Florida beach has gone viral in recent days.

Tense video of shark amid Florida swimmers goes viral: ‘Get out of the water!’

In the roughly minute-long video, shot Monday by Tennessee resident Cristy Mccallie Cox in Pensacola Beach, a shark’s fin slices through the water amid a crowd of swimmers who hurry back to shore.

Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie."

Everyone is talking about the ‘Barbie’ movie. Here’s a guide to all the hype.

For those perplexed by all the excitement over a movie about a toy — even one that has spanned several generations — look no further.

Nigerian cuisine from Roxbury restaurant Suya Joint at a previous Taste of Ethnic Boston event.

A Taste of Ethnic Boston returns to Big Night Live

At this year’s event on July 25, 15 restaurants and BIPOC food and beverage companies will showcase the diversity of the city’s offerings. It’s a chance to experience new foods and flavors from smaller neighborhood restaurants.

Opinion

An aerial view of colored wetlands on Plum Island by the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge.

The Environmental Voter Project’s eye-catching innovations

The Boston-based nonprofit is doing important work in neglected electioneering areas.

Maitland Jones Jr.

How I practiced affirmative action in my teaching

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Dan Hendrycks wants to save us from an AI catastrophe. He’s not sure he’ll succeed.

Introducing Globe Opinion’s new podcast, ‘Say More,’ with Shirley Leung

In Massachusetts, the left is fighting the left

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MATTHEW GILBERT

‘The Bear’ upends the TV-mom trope
The series' second season makes clear where Carmy's trauma comes from.

Rare butterfly caterpillar spotted in Western Mass, officials say
State officials this week announced the discovery of a rare frosted elfin caterpillar in Western Massachusetts, suggesting decades of painstaking work to protect the butterfly species in the area have started to pay dividends.

Defense Department head outlines steps to protect classified data in response to guardsman leak case
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III has directed the military to take a number of steps to protect classified information in the wake of Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack D. Teixeira’s alleged leak of secret documents online, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

Concerts create discord between Northampton arts center and city
Since May, the city has declared Bombyx a nightclub because it hosts concerts, ordered the center to shut down over a lack of indoor sprinklers before allowing it to reopen, and narrowed the scope of the organization’s entertainment license.

Son charged with killing mother in Hudson, N.H., home in one of two violent deaths in the state Wednesday

A 26-year-old man is under arrest, charged with beating his 57-year-old mother to death in their home.

Cruising Antique Alley in the age of online shopping
New Hampshire’s road of yesteryear satisfies the touch-and-feel impulse.

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A supporter got a photo as former president Donald Trump addressed a Republican women's luncheon in Concord, N.H., last month.

Rival Republicans need an early victory to knock Donald Trump off his path to the nomination. Is New Hampshire the place to do it?

“New Hampshire gives an open field and an even chance to underfunded candidates,” said Fergus Cullen, a former chair of the state GOP. “Those things don’t happen in other places.”

On West Roxbury’s Centre Street, a city plan to reduce traffic lanes divides the community
Some residents, worried that lane reduction will increase traffic and cause gridlock, have advocated for alternative measures to draw more attention to vulnerable pedestrians without changing the road’s configuration.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

We don’t have to live like this
All over the country, the holiday weekend was marked by sickeningly familiar eruptions of gun violence.

‘It’s a miracle they found her’: Stoughton woman said to be recovering after being trapped in swamp for days
A day after her daughter Emma Tetewsky was found alive after being trapped in a muddy swamp for several days, Barbara Zinaman wanted to give thanks to anyone she could.

Police waded through knee-deep mud to rescue Stoughton woman

Culture & Lifestyle

Still from "Final Cut" (2022) by Michel Hazanavicius

MFA’s 2023 Boston French Film Festival returns July 6

From left: Frodo, Gollum, and Sam from the movie "The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King."

Anyone can go “goblincore” with McKayla Coyle’s new self-help book

Actor Brian Cox posed with musician James Taylor and Cox's wife, Nicole Ansari Cox (left), and Taylor's wife, Kim Taylor, backstage at Tanglewood on July 4.

‘Succession’s’ Brian Cox and James Taylor shower each other with love at Tanglewood Fourth of July concert

Cidny Bullens, who grew up in West Newbury and now lives in Nashville, has written a memoir, “TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star.”

Singer Cidny Bullens traces a journey toward transitioning in his new memoir

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

A typhoon turned at least one umbrella inside out in Tokyo in 2017.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Umbrellas gone haywire

Driving the blue golf cart

Carol Steinberg

Finding freedom at the head of the class

An ancient apple tree that grew from a seed, rather than a grafted cutting, and thus has no official name.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

In search of the lost apples of New England

A rendering of a new airplane seat prototype for Delta Air Lines. The seat will allow people who use power wheelchairs to stay in their chairs during a flight.

Christopher Reardon

Finally, airlines may accommodate travelers who stay in their wheelchairs

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

Metro

New Hampshire bans boycotts of Israel in state procurement and investments

The executive order signed by Gov. Chris Sununu makes New Hampshire the 37th state to enact such regulations.

Winnie Ewing, who transformed Scottish politics, dies at 93

After winning her seat in Parliament in a stunning upset, Ms. Ewing sliced through Scotland’s torpid, sclerotic politics with her vision for an energized, independent nation.

‘Really smooth’: Top officials hype using free Blue Line while the Sumner Tunnel is closed

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined state lawmakers and transit officials for a Blue Line commute Thursday morning, promoting the free MBTA subway service from Revere to East Boston to downtown on the second morning of the Sumner Tunnel closure.

R.I. Supreme Court sides with Providence Diocese in priest abuse cases

“It is clear that the motivation of these defendants, although deplorable in its own right, was for purely selfish, self-preservation purposes," Supreme Court Justice Maureen McKenna Goldberg wrote for the court.

Sports

Spears filed a police report saying she was struck by a security guard while trying to get the attention of Wembanyama.

Britney Spears says Wembanyama’s security struck her in Las Vegas, Spurs rookie says he was grabbed

Wembanyama said he wasn't told that Spears was the person who grabbed him until hours later.

Kutter Crawford got a win his last time out, going 5 ⅔ innings in a 7-6 win at Toronto on Saturday.

Rangers at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 88: Rangers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Kutter Crawford will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to take the series against Nate Eovaldi and Texas on Thursday.

Representatives for Jaylen Brown and the Celtics are expected to talk about a contract extension during the Las Vegas summer league, which begins Friday.

Celtics beat writer's notebook

On Jaylen Brown’s extension delay, a potential Damian Lillard pursuit, and what went wrong with Grant Williams

League sources continue to insist that Brown and the Celtics will eventually agree on a super-max deal, but that there have been other matters to attend to.

Fenway Park pickleball competition to draw nation’s top players next week

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard pops the question to Emma MacDonald

Christopher L. Gasper

Damian Lillard wants out of Portland, but the Celtics shouldn’t bring him to Boston

Business

How Tom Brady’s crypto ambitions collided with reality

The situation of Brady and his ex-wife Gisele Bündchen is the highest-profile example of a humiliating reckoning facing the actors, athletes, and other celebrities who rushed to embrace the easy money and online hype of cryptocurrencies.

Shell CEO calls it ‘irresponsible’ to cut oil production now

In an interview with the BBC released Thursday, chief executive Wael Sawan also refused to rule out moving the company’s headquarters and stock market listing from Britain to the United States.

US truck makers reach deal to phase out polluting diesel big rigs

FDA grants full approval for Biogen Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline

magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades, likely longer than anyone alive.

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

Globe Magazine.

I want to live with my boyfriend. Just not in his house.

I attended the Market Basket Academy of summer jobs.

Cold Ramen Salad With Soy and Sesame Dressing (Hiyashi Chuka)

Three cold udon, ramen, and sesame noodle dishes

metro

A car was driven into a dining room around 3 a.m.

Car crashes into dining room of Hanover home; driver faces charges

‘Social media-driven’ young crowds overwhelmed beaches in two Cape Cod towns on July 4th, leading to fights, arrests

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: July 7-14

sports

Tadej Pogacar celebrated after winning the 6th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday.

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage, defending champion Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Wimbledon finally finished the first round two days later than planned

Second-round pick Keion White appears to be next in a long line of versatile Patriots

business

A view of Winthrop Center in downtown Boston.

In biggest office lease of the year, Deloitte plans move to Winthrop Center

Waltham-based Thermo Fisher agrees to buy Audax’s CorEvitas for $913 million

Twitter killer? Here’s what to know about Threads, the new app from Meta.

politics

President Biden spoke about his economic plan at the Flex Ltd. manufacturing plant in West Columbia, S.C.

In South Carolina, Biden highlights gains in factory jobs

Biden makes his economic case in deep-red South Carolina, says his policies add jobs in GOP states

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there.

Nation

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

558 confirmed cases and 6 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

United Methodists lose one-fifth of US churches in schism driven by growing defiance of LGBTQ bans

World

An armored vehicle patrolled the border at Rafah between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip. In the 16 years since Hamas militants seized control of the territory, the EU continues to fund an ousted unit called EUBAM that promotes a two-state system between Israel and Palestine.

An EU mission in Gaza once represented hope. Today, it is a symbol of a sputtering Western vision

French justice is working overtime and the mood is stern after thousands of teen arrests

Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin’s strategy

opinion

Hallway in a Texas hospital. Photo illustration by Alex LaSalvia.

What if doctors wore body cameras?

The Legislature should stop dithering on tax relief

Whose Supreme Court is it anyway?

lifestyle

I regret ending this marriage

Cambridge wasn’t the place to be for the July 4th show by the Boston Pops

Anyone can go “goblincore” with McKayla Coyle’s new self-help book

food & dining

Nigerian cuisine from Roxbury restaurant Suya Joint at a previous Taste of Ethnic Boston event.

A Taste of Ethnic Boston returns to Big Night Live

Up & Down opens in Jamaica Plain; Las Palmas moves into the Garage

Shine bright like a diamond in Rihanna’s neighborhood

travel

For a tasty start to your day, try Harvey’s Bakery and Coffee Shop, a longstanding, local favorite, serving breakfast and lunch, including homemade soups and chowders.

Spotlight on Dover, N.H., as it celebrates its 400th anniversary

Shine bright like a diamond in Rihanna’s neighborhood

Cruising Antique Alley in the age of online shopping

Arts

Matthew Wong, "Path to the Sea," 2019 (left) and "Unknown Pleasures," 2019. From "Matthew Wong: The Realm of Appearances," a retrospective exhibition of the artist's work at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

In his scant six years of painting, Matthew Wong built a vision all his own

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this summer, art that lives and grows

John Guthrie’s ‘Evolution’ brings together the unexpected

Books

The prosperous Brookline family of Andrew Ridker’s ‘Hope’ struggles in the aftermath of their own spectacular misjudgments

David Lipsky’s ‘The Parrot and the Igloo’ details the forces behind decades of climate change denial

In ‘After the Funeral,’ Tessa Hadley’s quietly brilliant stories harbor a rebel heart

Movies

A still from the documentary "Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy."

‘Desperate Souls, Dark City, and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy’ has a lot to say — maybe too much

‘Joy Ride’: Four friends road trip through China in this raunchy comedy

Everyone is talking about the ‘Barbie’ movie. Here’s a guide to all the hype.

Television

Daniel Radcliffe (pictured portraying Harry Potter for the last time in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2") told ComicBook.com that he is not likely to appear in Max's TV series based on the J.P. Rowling novels.

Max’s Harry Potter series to cover seven books in 10 years

‘The Bear’ upends the TV-mom trope

Timing feels right for the end of ‘Sex Education’

music

Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity co-founders Kyle Homstead and Cassandra Holden, shown in the Florence Congregational Church sanctuary that doubles as a concert venue.

Concerts create discord between Northampton arts center and city

Singer Josie Arthur felt like an outsider growing up; music helped her understand why

As the Aizuri Quartet arrives at the Newport Classical festival, it finds itself at a turning point

Theater/Dance

From left: Firdous Bamji, Steven Skybell, and Joshua David Robinson. Among them, the three actors handle dozens of roles in "The Lehman Trilogy."

Meet the ‘Lehman Trilogy’ cast, three actors juggling dozens of roles

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’

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

Ms. Ewing, with TV host David Frost (left) and author Antony Jay during a luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel in London in 1967.

Winnie Ewing, who transformed Scottish politics, dies at 93

Dr. Susan Love, groundbreaking breast cancer surgeon, activist, and author, dies at 75

Edward Fredkin, 88, MIT scientist who saw the universe as one big computer, dies