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Maine police kill armed man after a night of gunfire, burned homes and another person dead

Police issued a shelter-in-place order, evacuated homes and closed a section of the street in Auburn, trigging memories of the mass shooting in neighboring Lewiston less than eight months ago.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Boston could transform its disjointed rail system with a connection that runs through North and South stations
Congressman Seth Moulton has become a massive proponent of an almost 3-mile stretch of tunnel that would connect the north and south sides of our severed commuter rail system.

They were fake electors for Trump in 2020. Now in Milwaukee they’ll get to help make him the official 2024 nominee.

At least 17 false electors from 2020 have been selected as delegates for the 2024 convention, a sign of the enduring influence of the election denial movement in Trump's GOP.
Trump visits a Black church, addresses a MAGA activist gathering amid swing through pivotal Michigan

Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in attempt to increase flow of aid into hard-hit Gaza

The Israeli military has announced a “tactical pause” in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid.
8 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza, says Israeli military

UK royals unite on palace balcony, with Kate back at her first public event since cancer diagnosis
Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales' first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis early this year.

Trump, Biden, and CNN prepare for a hostile debate (with muted mics)

Revelers reflect on freedom, friendship at Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park

Washington Post publisher and incoming editor are said to have used stolen records in Britain, NYT reports

Shooting at splash pad in Detroit suburb injures 9, including 2 children. An 8-year-old is critical.

Haverhill educator arraigned for allegedly sending pornographic images of himself to 16-year-old student

Ten years after opening, Assembly Row booms on

The massive mixed-use complex has transformed its corner of Somerville and is spinning off smaller projects all around it.

Chad Finn
Don’t worry, Celtics fans. OK, maybe worry a little bit.
Friday’s outcome was such a thorough and ruthless dissection that what would have been considered irrational thoughts before the game started sounding awfully rational afterward.

The Celtics aren’t the only team, by a long shot, to get blown out in the NBA Finals Dan Shaughnessy: Celtics getting blown out by the Mavericks in Game 4 has an upside
Tara Sullivan

On Father’s Day, we’re reminded that every day around these Celtics is Family Day

The moms, the dads, the kids, the husbands, the wives — like a growing army they’ve joined the Celtics players all season.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Some Massachusetts students are so anxious, they’re missing school for months on end. What can schools do?
School refusal is a form of chronic absenteeism often misunderstood by public school systems, whose staff typically don’t have the training or capacity to meet kids’ mental health needs.

Anxiety in kids and teens is on the rise. Here’s how to best support them.

High bacteria counts close several Mass. beaches. See the list.

Nineteen beaches in the state, spanning from Boston to Nantucket, are off-limits for swimming, according to data tracked by the state Department of Public Health .

Large and venomous Joro spiders are moving up the East Coast. Experts share what to know about the invasive species.

The invasive species is not native to North America and has been spreading since it was first spotted in Georgia nearly a decade ago.
Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease
high schools

They’re champs! See the results of the spring high school state title games.

State title games in softball, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, boys’ volleyball, and rugby across all divisions are slated for Saturday and Sunday.
red sox 8, yankees 4

Early offense, and a call to the dugout from Kenley Jansen, key in Red Sox’ win over Yankees

 Red Sox first baseman Triston Casas takes another step in recovery from rib cage strain On baseball: Red Sox leadoff hitter Jarren Duran plays at one speed: all out
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Jets show once again that dysfunction is in their DNA

The minicamp absences of Aaron Rodgers and Haason Reddick reveal an organization that is forever destined to trip over itself.
Bill Belichick takes to Instagram to return the love to Patriot Nation from Tom Brady’s enshrinement

What happens when sheep meet solar panels? A ‘beautiful symbiotic relationship.’

Agrivoltaics, or the practice of using land for both agriculture and renewable energy, is increasing in Massachusetts, making for some unexpected partnerships.
Opinion
IDEAS | EVGENY MOROZOV

The Boston hippies who developed technologies that Silicon Valley wouldn’t dare to make

Today’s self-proclaimed tech "disrupters" have nothing on the countercultural nerds working out of a Lewis Wharf lab in the 1960s.
William Taubman

Donald Trump’s self-fulfilling crusade
MARCELA GARCÍA

The Karen Read trial and TikTok bias
Hugh Taylor

Primary care is in crisis. Here’s how to fix it.
Christopher Weyant

Obsessive control issues

LGBTQ Pride Month
Boston Globe Today

‘Pride is a riot’: Elevating queer voices and stories in June

Boston Pride parade awash in positivity

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom
PARENTING UNFILTERED

How parents can support LGBTQ+ youth in an often hostile world

More recent News

Olympic committee approves the participation of 25 athletes from Russia and Belarus in the Paris Games
In the first round of exemptions, 14 Russias and 11 Belarusians were allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics after their neutral statuses were approved.

Apparent homicide of 15-year-old girl in Lowell under investigation
On Friday evening, Lowell police received a call shortly after 6 p.m. that a family member had found the girl’s body inside an apartment on Lawrence Street, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office said in a press release Saturday.

Katie Ledecky wins at the US swimming trials to clinch a berth in a fourth Olympic Games
The 27-year-old won her first event at the US Olympic trials, but she knows she has her work cut out for her in Paris if she is to add to her six gold medals.

The first heat wave of the summer could reach New England next week
Triple-digit temperatures are expected when a widespread heat dome stalls over much of the eastern US starting Tuesday.

Father’s Day outlook: ‘Stellar’ summer weekend after a stormy Friday

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives

The beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police has been ousted following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs.

Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid
President Biden will shift focus from Russia’s challenge of Western unity to raking in big bucks for his reelection campaign at a Hollywood fundraiser featuring George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

Recommended reads

NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY

Is the best lobster roll hot or cold? Two Globe writers face off.

Let’s be clear: All lobster rolls are good lobster rolls. But in the game of "if you could only eat just one variety for the rest of time," which is superior: Hot with butter or cold with mayo? There's a lot to chew on.

Trooper testifies that data from Karen Read’s SUV was ‘consistent with’ pedestrian strike
A digital forensic expert also testified as the the seventh week of the murder trial came to a close Friday.

They made it from Haiti to Boston. Now, they’re graduates.
The culinary arts school graduates, age 27 to 48, were among the 11,633 migrants who entered Massachusetts last fiscal year. The vast majority of those newcomers hailed from Haiti, where violence and political instability has surged.

‘If we lose the hospital, where are we going to go?’ A community is on edge amid Steward bankruptcy.
There are no clear answers to questions facing communities like Haverhill that are home to Steward hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere

Six Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston

Photographer turns subjects into life-sized ‘American Girl’ dolls, with an Indigenous twist

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

If Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals and carry the team to Banner No. 18, their legacies would be cemented. But all of this year’s success means nothing without a ring.
HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Renée Graham

Flagging Martha-Ann Alito’s right-wing flag-flying antics
EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court delivered a win for abortion access, but the war is far from over
IDEAS | SEÁN CARLSON

What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce

Joan Donovan

Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI
JEFF JACOBY

For assistance in dying, please press 1
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Revelers reflect on freedom, friendship at Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park

Governor Maura Healey, Mayor Michelle Wu and other elected officials mixed with celebrants at the gathering Saturday.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Boston could transform its disjointed rail system with a connection that runs through North and South stations

Congressman Seth Moulton has become a massive proponent of an almost 3-mile stretch of tunnel that would connect the north and south sides of our severed commuter rail system.

High bacteria counts close several Mass. beaches. See the list.

Nineteen beaches in the state, spanning from Boston to Nantucket, are off-limits for swimming, according to data tracked by the state Department of Public Health .

Photos: Celtics lose to Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Dallas avoided elimination and forced a Game 5 on Monday in Boston. See images from Globe photographers at the game.

Sports

red sox 8, yankees 4

Early offense, and a call to the dugout from Kenley Jansen, key in Red Sox’ win over Yankees

Jansen told Alex Cora he wanted the ball and came in with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth, and then worked a perfect ninth for the four-out save.
D4 GIRLS' TENNIS: HAMILTON-WENHAM 5, LYNNFIELD 0

With a retooled lineup, Hamilton-Wenham girls’ tennis 3-peats as Division 4 champion

Sophomore Emma Jani and junior Naomi Provost powered the Generals (19-2) past Lynnfield, 5-0.
D2 GIRLS' TENNIS: LONGMEADOW 3, NDA-HINGHAM 2

Going the distance, Sarah Tiru rallies Longmeadow girls’ tennis past NDA-H for Division 2 title

The junior altered her approach in a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory at first singles as the Lancers (23-0) won their first championship since 1995.
D3 BOYS' TENNIS: WESTON 3, BEDFORD 2

In finale, Max Ding nets decisive win at first singles as Weston boys take Division 3 title, program’s seventh straight
D1 BOYS' TENNIS: ST. JOHN'S PREP 4, CONCORD-CARLISLE 1

St. John’s Prep tennis caps a 22-0 run with Division 1 title
D3 BASEBALL: OAKMONT 3, ST. MARY'S 1

With ace Caleb Allen finding his comfort zone, Oakmont baseball makes it a repeat in Division 3

Business

Washington Post publisher and incoming editor are said to have used stolen records in Britain, NYT reports

The publisher and the incoming editor of The Washington Post used fraudulently obtained phone and company records in newspaper articles as journalists in London, the New York Times reported.

Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard

The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June 1940 when it was downed just days before Moscow annexed the Baltic states

Some hawking stem cells say they can treat almost anything. They can’t.

US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing
magazine
New England

A tree-killing worm may spell the end of autumn's yellow hues
Martha's Vineyard

She wanted cows for her growing farm. First, she had to catch them.
CONNECTIONS

I couldn’t remember my dad’s voice. He died when I was only 4.
Dinner with Cupid

‘Opening up to a lawyer during a blind date is not easy!’

metro

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

Here’s a partial list of events to celebrate Juneteenth in Greater Boston

Trooper testifies that data from Karen Read’s SUV was ‘consistent with’ pedestrian strike

sports

Cole Bohane, BC High come through in the clutch to snag Division 1 baseball crown

Sharlotte Stazinski completes tourney shutout run as Walpole softball captures first state championship

Katie Ledecky wins at the US swimming trials to clinch a berth in a fourth Olympic Games

business

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies sold to Minneapolis baking company

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, rapid-fire gun accessories used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre

Pine Street Inn graduates 75 students from its job training program

politics

Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid

Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign

They were fake electors for Trump in 2020. Now in Milwaukee they’ll get to help make him the official 2024 nominee.

Nation

Hollywood stars help Biden raise $28 million during a fundraiser featuring dire warnings about Trump

Shooting at splash pad in Detroit suburb injures 9, including 2 children. An 8-year-old is critical.

Maine police kill armed man after a night of gunfire, burned homes and another person dead

World

Israeli military announces ‘tactical pause’ in attempt to increase flow of aid into hard-hit Gaza

World leaders meet in Switzerland to discuss a Ukraine peace roadmap. Russia is notably absent

An explosion of an armored vehicle kills 8 Israeli soldiers, an official says

opinion

Primary care is in crisis. Here’s how to fix it.

The integrity of the highest court is no longer supreme

Could this be the dawn of the next Boston sports dynasty?

lifestyle

Franklin’s Marcella DiChiara showcases Sicilian culture, cuisine on new season of ‘The Great American Recipe’

Someone at work is in love with me

For Father’s Day, 60 life lessons from 60 dads

food & dining

Is the best lobster roll hot or cold? Two Globe writers face off.

The Friendly Toast goes nut-free, Zurito replaces Bin 26 Enoteca, and pups take over patios

It’s not your imagination. Men really do eat more meat than women, study says.

travel

Our travel writer shares his New England summertime favorites, from the best beach to the perfect miniature golf course

This South Shore town was selected as the best seaside small town to visit in America in 2024, according to Smithsonian Magazine

30 years of bad art, Oregon’s biggest music festival, and a last-minute gift for an outdoorsy dad

Arts

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

Books

📚 Your favorite Rhode Island bookstores

‘Code Dependent’ dives into AI’s harms

A geek’s guide to Fan Expo Boston: See Marisa Tomei and other stars, party with cosplayers, plus more nerdy fun

Movies

Six Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

‘Tuesday’: Death, be not proud

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston

Television

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere

Expect performances aplenty on Tony Awards telecast

Everything you need to know about the Tony Awards 2024

music

Five things to do around Boston, June 17-23

R.E.M. reunite at Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony also honoring Timbaland and Steely Dan

The Who’s Roger Daltrey, talkin’ ’bout his generation

Theater/Dance

Who will win at the 2024 Tonys, and who should

Everything you need to know about the Tony Awards 2024

At ART, a ‘Gatsby’ that’s great

Health

Owner of 2 safety-net hospitals in R.I. ordered to pay $17m within 10 days

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Obituaries

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 75, dies; expanded Chabad’s global reach

Harrison White, groundbreaking (and inscrutable) sociologist, dies at 94

Akira Endo, researcher who found cholesterol-fighting statins, dies at 90