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Tornado watch issued for Boston, most of Mass. and New England
Funnel clouds were spotted in southern New Hampshire around 6 p.m. Sunday.

Teacher in N.H. fired for secretly helping pregnant student access abortion services

The teacher, who has since secured a position at a public school in the state, admitted she lied about having food poisoning when she called in sick from work and drove the student to a medical facility, according to records.

The cannabis industry is fighting over how many stores one company can own. Here’s why.
A debate over the cap on weed permits has sparked worries of broken promises for entrepreneurs of color and fears of creating a marijuana monopoly.

RED SOX 7, REDS 4

Jarren Duran leads way again as Red Sox top Reds for series victory that concludes 5-1 road trip
Duran went 3 for 5 with a double, a pair of singles, and two RBI out of the leadoff spot. He also stole his 20th base of the season.

Scene of a porch collapse on Dudley street. Seven people were injured when the porch fell 12 feet on Saturday night.

7 injured in Roxbury porch collapse

Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures

More than 1,300 pilgrims died amid scorching heat during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia's health minister said Sunday.

Plymouth DA investigating death of man whose body was found four days after leaving hospital

Person shot in Dorchester’s Harbor Point neighborhood, police say

Many Israelis feel little sympathy for Gaza and blame Hamas

Senator Ed Markey met with Collins Middle School students (from left) Ella Coates (grade 7) and Liana Galvan (grade 8) during a tour of the school.

One way to combat chronic absenteeism? Make school fun.

How one Salem school is reimagining middle school, and reducing absenteeism rates in the process.

Cambridge woman killed in bike crash remembered by family for ‘unbreakable spirit’
Minh-Thi Nguyen, 24, a third-year graduate student studying experimental physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was identified by her family on Sunday as the victim of Friday's crash.

Cambridge confronts road safety after second fatal bicycle crash in two weeks

Jayson Tatum (26) is the same age Steph Curry was when he claimed his first championship.

The first-title timeline for the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum (age 26) and Jaylen Brown (27) puts them among excellent historical company

Who else was 27 years old during the season in which they claimed their first championship? Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, and Nikola Jokic, to name a few.

Jaylen Brown held his Finals MVP trophy throughout Friday's parade.

Jaylen Brown lost a ring at Celtics championship parade, promises reward if found

The ring isn’t the Celtics’ championship ring. Members of the team will likely get those rings on the opening night of the 2024-25 season, as is tradition in the NBA.

‘I can’t work alone’: On the state’s largest public campus, Javier Reyes battles a loss of trust
After no-confidence votes and calls to resign as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Javier Reyes is focused on building and repairing relationships with a campus that hardly met him before turning sour.

I have no relationship experience

But my grades are great!

Busing at 50: Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

Jacoby Trimble, 14, listened during a lesson on busing and the desegregation of Boston Public Schools during Tanisha Milton’s eighth-grade civics class at TechBoston Academy on May 22. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

With new busing curriculum, BPS tackles its own history. But will all students get a chance to learn?

Dereck Medina, 16, credits his studies at the Margarita Muñiz Academy in Boston with helping him improve his English, explore his heritage, and learn to like school. He is shown next to the mural depicting Margarita Muñiz outside the school. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

In the order to integrate Boston schools, Latinos were an afterthought. They’re still fighting for equal education today.

Paul Kennedy, principal of the Joseph Lee K-8, fist bumped a student while walking the halls on a recent school day. The school was built in the early 1970s for the express purpose of creating an integrated and, it was hoped, fairer and higher performing school in Dorchester. It was meant to pull in white and Black students. But white families demanded to stay in their majority-white schools. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

To close the achievement gap, some schools take a holistic approach

Opinion

IDEAS | CHRISTINE MEHTA

Man or bear? Which would women rather encounter on a hiking trail?

I have run into men and bears while alone in the woods, and I know which one I would rather contend with almost every time.

A famous father won’t let haters dim his pride in his trans son

What Biden needs to say to win the debate with Trump

Clarence Thomas’s ethical lapses bring shame on the nation’s highest court

Will a government warning label really make social media safer?

LGBTQ Pride Month

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery, right, in character as Serena, Samantha's sassy cousin on the beloved sitcom Bewitched, on location in Gloucester in 1970. She is talking to the famed Gloucester fisherman, whose statue came to life in a memorable episode, "Darrin on a Pedestal."

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

The rainbow flag flies over Boston during the Pride Week (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Boston Globe Today

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

The Boston Pride for the People parade and festival, held Saturday in Boston, is estimated to draw more than 1 million people.

Boston Pride parade awash in positivity

Members of Island Pride Boston dance during the Boston Pride for the People parade.

See photos of Boston’s Pride parade on a sunny and colorful day

More recent News

Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Flyers might have right pieces to trade for the Bruins’ Linus Ullmark before the NHL Draft
Six clubs — Chicago, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary, Philadelphia, and San Jose — are heading to Las Vegas for the NHL Draft holding a pair of first-round picks apiece.

Three squares a day: Davis, Harvard, and Central make for a fun outing along the Red Line
They’re where interesting (and sometimes zany) shops, restaurants, and people coalesce. So we built a summer day around visiting them all.

Ukrainian drones and missiles kill 3 in Russia and Crimea, after bombing of Kharkiv leaves 3 dead
Russian authorities say more than 30 drones were shot down over the country’s western regions overnight, just hours after a Russian bomb attack on Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv killed three people and left dozens in hospitals.

BAA Boston 10K

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe, Ethiopia’s Melknat Wudu lead sweeps at B.A.A. Boston 10K
Thousands of runners took the streets to race the new course on a rainy Sunday morning.

For Biden and Trump, the debate on Thursday will be a rematch with greater risks and rewards
President Biden and former president Donald Trump will meet in Atlanta on Thursday night in a debate that will be a highest-stakes moment in their rematch.

The 3 men at the core of Biden’s brain trust

Woman dies in 4-alarm house fire in Georgetown
Firefighters rescued her through a second floor window of the home at 238 East Main St., where crews responded to a report of a fire at about 11 p.m. Saturday. She was pronounced dead at a Newburyport hospital.

Recommended reads

Richard Roundtree and June Squibb in "Thelma."

Odie Henderson review | ★★★★

‘Thelma’ is the action movie you need this summer

June Squibb and Richard Roundtree are double trouble and tons of fun in this story about a senior citizen who gets scammed and gets revenge.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

In boost to Mass. arts economy, theater tax credits could finally take center stage
The industry, which has sought this help from Beacon Hill for years, now appears to be poised for a breakthrough with the latest economic development bill.

If even the secretary of transportation won’t take the train, who will?
Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Monica Tibbits-Nutt opts to drive a MassDOT-provided electric car to downtown Boston when the job demands.

Don’t mess with Mass.: How the state became a center of post-Dobbs resistance
“I will do everything I can to protect access to care here in Massachusetts, and help nationally to ensure that women have access to medicated abortions,” Governor Maura Healey told the Globe.

Culture & Lifestyle

Matthew Teitelbaum, director at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, announced his retirement Thursday. He will leave the museum in August 2025.

MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum announces retirement after decade-long tenure amid social and cultural change

Donald Sutherland in 2017.

Donald Sutherland defied categorization

Catherine Newman is the author of the new novel “Sandwich."

Please (don’t) ask me about my newly published book

Josh Gad teamed up with Benjamin and Max Berkowitz to pen "The Writer," a new comic book featuring art by Ariel Olivetti.

Josh Gad and the Berkowitz brothers talk penning ‘The Writer,’ a Boston-set comic book rooted in Jewish folklore

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

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.

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

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.

stuart landing page illustration

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Ha Trinh, an interpreter with the City of Boston’s Office of Immigrant Advancement, helped a Dorchester Vietnamese man navigate a flier with information about the route and potential sites for a Vietnamese diaspora memorial during a walking tour on June 15.

MARCELA GARCÍA

An overdue recognition for Boston’s Vietnamese diaspora

A worker wiped his face while working in temperatures above 90 degrees at a gas line work site on June 20 in Boston.

A withering heat wave frames climate as a key presidential campaign issue

Surgeon general is wrong; social media apps don’t need warning labels

IDEAS | ALAN LEVINOVITZ

We are all Big Brother now

Confetti fell after the Boston Celtics' 106-88 win against the Dallas Mavericks in Game Five of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden on June 17 in Boston.

This Celtics championship team inspired us

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Tornado watch issued for Boston, most of Mass. and New England

Funnel clouds were spotted in southern New Hampshire around 6 p.m. Sunday.

Cooking for the cameras: Culinary arts students from Revere star in local cable TV show

Northeast Cooks, produced by Northeast Metro Tech and RevereTV, is a local access cable TV show featuring Revere teens enrolled in the culinary arts program at the regional vocational high school in Wakefield.

Taylor Wily, ‘Hawaii Five-0’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ actor, dies at 56

Mr. Wily, who played a shrimp truck vendor and police informant on the television reboot of “Hawaii Five-0,” and who earlier was an acclaimed professional sumo wrestler, died Thursday.

One way to combat chronic absenteeism? Make school fun.

How one Salem school is reimagining middle school, and reducing absenteeism rates in the process.

Sports

One of several protesters is led away after they ran on the 18th green at TPC River Highlands as Akshay Bhatia and Scottie Scheffler (right) watch on Sunday afternoon.

Climate protesters force delay at Travelers Championship in Connecticut, deface 18th green near end of PGA Tour stop’s final round

“I was scared for my life,” Akshay Bhatia said after finishing in a tie for fifth. “I didn’t even really know what was happening. ... But thankfully the cops were there and kept us safe, because that’s, you know, that’s just weird stuff.”

Kenley Jansen (left) and Connor Wong celebrated the Red Sox' win in Cincinnati, then it was off to the clubhouse to clean up and dress up for the flight home to Boston.

Wardrobe change: Red Sox will dress for success for some return flights home

Dress code includes sport coats for flying back to Boston after a day game. “Honestly, we were getting sloppy,” manager Alex Cora said. “A lot of sweatpants on the road. We had to tighten it up."

Michael Thorbjornsen couldn't hold on to his top-25 place at the Travelers Championship, but the new professional hardly went home empty handed.

New Englanders Michael Thorbjornsen, Keegan Bradley tie for 39th at Travelers Championship

Thorbjornsen shot 72-64-66 in the opening three rounds to reach Sunday in the top 25, but his four birdies in the final round were offset by two bogeys and a 6 on the par-4 12th. Bradley, the defending champion, closed with a 66.

The first-title timeline for the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum (age 26) and Jaylen Brown (27) puts them among excellent historical company

Scottie Scheffler needs playoff to win Travelers Championship, add sixth victory in stellar PGA season

STANLEY CUP FINAL

Connor McDavid and the Oilers can make history in Stanley Cup Final Game 7 against the Panthers

Business

The cannabis industry is fighting over how many stores one company can own. Here’s why.

A debate over the cap on weed permits has sparked worries of broken promises for entrepreneurs of color and fears of creating a marijuana monopoly.

How to help your smartphone survive a heat wave

Just like humans, most smartphones function best within a certain temperature range.

Pilots fear collisions as staffing crisis leaves Australian control towers empty

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

In boost to Mass. arts economy, theater tax credits could finally take center stage

magazine

The extraordinary lives of New England’s Black whaling captains

Why librarians at Harvard and elsewhere are racing to save vintage porn

This week's daters: Nina and Daryl

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He’s a vegetarian, so appetizer sharing options were somewhat limited’

My niece is marrying ‘the jerk.’ Do I have to go to their wedding?

metro

Rodney Riviello, 69, was last seen on Tuesday, around 11:15 a.m., leaving Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Plymouth. He was found dead in the town on Saturday.

Plymouth DA investigating death of man whose body was found four days after leaving hospital

Cambridge woman killed in bike crash remembered by family for ‘unbreakable spirit’

7 injured in Roxbury porch collapse

sports

Jarren Duran collected three hits, drove in a pair of runs, and stole a base.

Jarren Duran leads way again as Red Sox top Reds for series victory that concludes 5-1 road trip

Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe, Ethiopia’s Melknat Wudu lead sweeps at B.A.A. Boston 10K

Jaylen Brown lost a ring at Celtics championship parade, promises reward if found

business

Jayson Tatum's son Deuce celebrates after the Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 during Game Five of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden on June 17.

McDonald’s in Brighton gives shout-out to Jayson Tatum, Celtics star and loyal customer

More than 500 Mass. auto dealerships affected by nationwide software hack

Are millionaires leaving Massachusetts? Survey (by their accountants) says yes.

politics

President Biden arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in May.

The Insiders: The 3 men at the core of Biden’s brain trust

Former CNN anchor takes on professor in primary aimed at finding Democrat who can win on Long Island

Biden and allied Republicans are trying to rally GOP women in swing-state suburbs away from Trump

Nation

Retired General Michael Flynn waited in the lobby of Trump Tower in New York in 2016.

Michael Flynn has turned his Trump-world celebrity into a family business

Former first lady Melania Trump stays out of the public eye as Donald Trump runs for president

A fourth victim has died a day after a shooting at an Arkansas grocery store, police say

World

Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of the rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy on the Plain of Arafat on June 15 during the annual Hajj pilgrimage near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Death toll at Hajj pilgrimage rises to 1,300 amid scorching temperatures

Many Israelis feel little sympathy for Gaza and blame Hamas

Ukrainian drones and missiles kill 3 in Russia and Crimea, after bombing of Kharkiv leaves 3 dead

opinion

The state flag over the Massachusetts State House

How would you redesign the Massachusetts flag?

The need to do more to prevent overdoses among Black people in Boston

Esperada conmemoración para la diáspora vietnamita

lifestyle

I have no relationship experience

I’m paying almost $1 per message

New England’s 16 best beaches for families

food & dining

Jayson Tatum's son Deuce celebrates after the Boston Celtics defeated the Dallas Mavericks 106-88 during Game Five of the 2024 NBA Finals at TD Garden on June 17.

McDonald’s in Brighton gives shout-out to Jayson Tatum, Celtics star and loyal customer

Top Boston liquor lawyer fired for allegedly falsifying a license

With La Padrona, Jody Adams returns to Italy

travel

Heath Wang takes photos of the sunset on Boston Harbor.

Ready to take the wheel and cruise Boston Harbor? Here’s your chance to play captain.

Three squares a day: Davis, Harvard, and Central make for a fun outing along the Red Line

A coastal Maine tip: Don’t bypass Belfast

Arts

Matthew Teitelbaum, director at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, announced his retirement Thursday. He will leave the museum in August 2025.

MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum announces retirement after decade-long tenure amid social and cultural change

An artist’s ordinary day, in extraordinary woodblock prints

Some different looks for a most famous book — that book being ‘Moby-Dick’

Books

Claire Messud and the cover to her novel “This Strange Eventful History.”

Author readings around Boston through June 29

Zach Williams’s ‘Beautiful Days’ is a debut story collection of electrifying originality

On authors against breast cancer, a story of radical hospitality, and the Maine Literary Awards

Movies

Mr. Simons, at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival in 2011.

Ron Simons, who brought Black stories to Broadway, dies at 63

A Cambridge dance party and more things to do around Boston, June 24-30

Donald Sutherland defied categorization

Television

“Not sure I have the words to describe how I feel about today, or the last 14 years on this special ‘Blue Bloods’ journey,” Donnie Wahlberg wrote on social media.

‘Blue Bloods’ cast members react after filming final episode

Why we fall for cult TV

Will ‘Mid-Century Modern’ be as good as ‘Golden’?

music

Lana Del Rey performed her first headlining stadium performance Thursday night at Fenway Park.

Lana Del Rey plays ball despite weather delays at historic Fenway show

With a sold-out concert at The Sinclair, Paris Paloma is just getting started

Angela Bofill, R&B balladeer with a dreamy, dynamic voice, dies at 70

Theater/Dance

Roman Banks in "MJ the Musical."

‘MJ the Musical’ is startin’ somethin’ astonishing at Citizens Opera House

‘The Outsiders’ wins best musical and ‘Stereophonic’ best play as women make strides at Tony Awards

Who will win at the 2024 Tonys, and who should

Health

Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

R.I. attorney general approves sale of 2 safety-net hospitals with strict ‘non-negotiable’ conditions

Lifespan, R.I.’s largest health care system, to become Brown University Health. The deal includes millions in investments.

Dozens of CVS generic drug recalls expose link to tainted factories

Obituaries

Mr. Wily, also known as Teila Tuli, of "Hawaii Five-0," gestured to fans after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers in Seattle in 2014.

Taylor Wily, ‘Hawaii Five-0’ and ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ actor, dies at 56

Ron Simons, who brought Black stories to Broadway, dies at 63

Barbara Gladstone, an art dealer with a personal touch and global reach, dies at 89