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Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network

The decision is a major setback to Steward’s efforts to bolster its finances after filing for bankruptcy.

Mayor Wu announces two promotions in her office
Two press aides to Mayor Michelle Wu will be promoted next week, her office said Thursday.

In Winchester, a ‘climate of deep mistrust’ stymies early literacy instruction, new report finds

Winchester commissioned the report earlier this year in response to mounting community pressure for a review following a Globe investigation into how Boston’s suburban districts are teaching children to read.

MassHealth membership declined 363,000 following massive post-pandemic review
State estimates of the number of people who would be culled from MassHealth's member rolls were on target.

‘It’s devastating:’ Mass. residents react to Supreme Court decision in Purdue Pharma case

Bay State residents who have lost loved ones to addiction have mixed reactions to the ruling.

The Supreme Court rejects Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that would have shielded Sacklers

High court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now in a limited ruling SEC stripped of critical enforcement tool by high court

N.H. man found dead while awaiting verdict on charges he threatened presidential candidates

Tyler P. Anderson, 30, who has no criminal record and who had been released on bail, was accused of sending a series of text messages indicating he would kill the candidates and carry out mass violence against those who attend their events.

The Nov. 21, 2022, crash left one man dead and injured nearly two dozen other people.

Man charged in fatal crash at Hingham Apple Store seeks data from Toyota, claims faulty AI caused wreck

Runaway bull still on the lam in Boston, city officials say

Credentials reinstated for N.H. teacher who was fired for lying to drive student to abortion appointment

Police investigate gunfire in Somerville neighborhood, 30 bullet casings recovered

27osterville - This oceanfront home at 835 Sea View Ave. in Osterville has been sold for $22.75 million.

Record-breaking Cape Cod real estate deal: oceanfront home in Barnstable sells for $22.75 million

Built in 2012, the seven-bedroom home offers 15,500 square feet of living space.

It was a tornado. Storms tore through Mass. and R.I. with winds up to 100 mph, experts say.
The twister was the second to strike in New England in less than a week. On Sunday, the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado had touched down in Dublin, N.H., during violent thunderstorms.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Inflation, tax cuts, and tariffs: What to expect in the first Trump-Biden debate
In Thursday night's face-off, expect Donald Trump to blame President Biden for inflation, and Biden to warn that Trump's policies would tank the economy.

Kennedy clan plans debate watch party in Hyannis Port

The rules for the Biden-Trump presidential debate on CNN

Biden and Trump arrive for a debate that could change the trajectory of the 2024 campaign

Uber and Lyft drivers rallied in 2022 on the day of the Supreme Judicial Court's previous ruling on the gig driver ballot initiative. The state reached a deal with the companies Thursday guaranteeing drivers a minimum wage of $32.50 per hour.

State settles gig-driver lawsuit with Uber, Lyft, ending contentious ballot fight

The state attorney general’s office has reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to grant drivers rights it says are among the best in the country, mirroring what state employees are entitled to but not addressing their employment status.

Flags set up along Washington Street in Canton.

The Karen Read trial has divided Canton. What happens when it’s over?

Read’s fate is in the hands of a jury, who will decide whether she ran over her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, after a night of drinking and left him in a snowbank.

See the verdict slip jurors are reviewing in the Karen Read trial

Beth Teitell

‘No respect.’ How the new homeowners at 34 Fairview Rd. in Canton feel about being at the center of the Karen Read case.

As jury weighs Karen Read’s fate, Canton Select Board votes to extend police chief’s contract at chaotic meeting

Kai (center), a Melrose Metco student, held a sign that read, “Melrose Tolerates Racism” during a rally outside of Melrose City Hall earlier this month. The rally was organized by Metco parents with the support of Friends of Melrose Metco and the Melrose Racial Justice Community Coalition to show support for families and children affected by racial bullying in the Melrose schools.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Racial discrimination complaints mount in Metco program as families seek legal action

As racial tensions have intensified nationwide, the amount of discrimination Metco children have experienced from their classmates and educators has become more prevalent, parents and advocates say, prompting some parents to seek legal recourse.

Nepali thali, with chicken curry, a traditional food platter at Zomsa in Arlington.

QUICK BITE

Zomsa brings a chic taste of Nepal to Arlington Center, with momos and martinis

Head there for Nepalese and Indian food, plus cocktails, in a cheerful and surprisingly chic setting, with turquoise booths and gold accents.

Suffolk University buys Beantown Pub building, will convert to dorms (but the pub stays)

Confetti filled the sky at the end of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on July 4, 2022.

Bold Types

The July 4 fireworks, now brought to you by Herb Chambers

The biggest car dealer in New England will sponsor this year’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

State fire marshal warns of dangers of illegal fireworks ahead of July 4th

Tyler Kolek's college career ended when Marquette was upset by North Carolina State in the Sweet 16 on March 29.

Tyler Kolek, Quinten Post add New England flavor to NBA Draft’s second round

Kolek, the Big East Player of the Year and conference tournament MVP for Marquette as a junior in 2022-23, was taken No. 34 by Portland, who reportedly traded the point guard to the Knicks. Post, meanwhile, went No. 52 to the Warriors.

Opinion

In 2022, Jillaine St.Michel learned that her 20-week fetus had multiple genetic and developmental problems and probably wouldn’t survive. She lived in Idaho, which has a ban on abortions, so St.Michel and her husband called about 15 out-of-state clinics, finally getting on a three-week waiting list in Denver and a two-week waiting list in Seattle. Pregnant again, she was due to give birth to a boy in January 2024.

EDITORIAL

Federal law is supposed to protect women who need emergency care. Does it?

The Supreme Court should reject Idaho’s contention that its laws banning abortion supersede federal emergency care protections.

IDEAS | Morgan Evelyn Arnold

There’s a gaping hole in Boston’s live music scene

JOAN VENNOCHI

Biden reaches for the new political center

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Today’s Alito dissent can become tomorrow’s law

LETTERS

Bicyclists take their life in their hands — and in ours

LGBTQ Pride Month

Signs in support of the LGBTQ+ community are taped up over homophobic and violent graffiti spray-painted on the construction signs at the site of The Pryde senior housing development for LGBTQ+ residents in Hyde Park in 2022.

ADDRESS

Push for LGBTQ+ housing gains traction in US

Steve Honyotski, a client of Community Servings, receives a delivery from driver Christopher Zambrano at his home in Boston on June 21, 2024.

DEVRA FIRST

They fed patients in the early days of AIDS. Their work continues to shape health care today.

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)

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

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R.I. Housing secretary Stefan Pryor to step down

Pryor, who previously served as the R.I. commerce secretary, said he will work for an investment firm that specializes in manufacturing, housing and education

Woman charged with murder in fatal stabbing of estranged boyfriend at Barnstable home; police find victim after car crash

Guedes is scheduled to be arraigned in Barnstable District Court on charges of murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, a knife, prosecutors said.

Most water draining into rivers isn’t protected by federal pollution laws, UMass study finds
Last year, the Supreme Court dramatically narrowed what bodies of water the EPA can regulate. A new study finds that most rainfall trickling into our nation’s rivers doesn’t meet the definition.

FBI and police conducting search for evidence along Route 88 in Westport

The FBI is leading a search for evidence along Route 88 in Westport Thursday, the agency’s Boston office said.

In ‘a fight for every single vote,’ City Council partially bucks Wu budget vetoes

By the time the meeting ended at 12:35 a.m. Thursday morning, the council had partially overridden the mayor’s veto on $6.2 million of changes by forcing votes on bundles or sometimes single line items.

Massport gets $12 million to allow housing near Conley Terminal haul road
The deal will enable massive redevelopment of the old Boston Edison plant in South Boston to move forward.

Baltimore police officers face discipline over lackluster response to shooting
Two Baltimore Police Department employees could lose their jobs and another 10 face lesser disciplinary actions for their responses to a July 2023 shooting at a neighborhood block party.

Two Mass. men indicted by grand jury in Rhode Island for alleged murder-for-hire plot, targeting rivals and two federal prosecutors
Elijah Melton allegedly told a witness that “members of his gang” had placed a bounty on someone they believed was cooperating with prosecutors.

New Bedford will name street in honor of music group Tavares
The surviving members of the group, Antone “Chubby” Tavares, Feliciano “Butch” Tavares, and Perry “Tiny” Tavares, along with friends and family of the band, will attend the dedication ceremony for Tavares Brothers Way, according to the statement.

‘It’s good for people to see the real deal.’ After all these years, James Taylor still delighting the masses.

He's played about 4,000 shows and earned praise from the likes of Carole King and Jackson Browne. As he celebrates 50 years at Tanglewood, James Taylor is still comforting and connecting to his audience.

Chad Finn

Celtics’ blueprint will be impossible to copy, and other leftover thoughts on the champions
You have a better chance of lucking into a future MVP in the draft than you do of building a complex, connected roster that mirrors this one.

‘You don’t say something belongs to you when it belongs to someone else’: Nantucket food and wine festival sparks lawsuit
Two parties are laying claim to the annual event at the same date and venue.

State settles gig-driver lawsuit with Uber, Lyft, ending contentious ballot fight
The state attorney general’s office has reached a deal with Uber and Lyft to grant drivers rights it says are among the best in the country, mirroring what state employees are entitled to but not addressing their employment status.

Culture & Lifestyle

Pat McCarthy runs the Creamy Delights ice cream trailer in Hadley.

Where exactly is Western Mass.? ‘Janet Planet’ will show you.

Zach Bryan performed during his concert at Gillette Stadium on Wednesday.

Thunderstorms couldn’t stop Zach Bryan from bringing the electricity to Gillette Stadium

"Being on tour makes me a professional tourist," Jason Mraz says.

Jason Mraz won’t blow up your phone when you’re on vacation (but he might hand you a journal)

In a scene from season 3, episode 1, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu and Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto.

‘The Bear’ serves up more goodness

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

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.

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.

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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IDEAS | CHRISTINE MEHTA

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

Cigarettes carry warning labels. But courts might see it as a different matter if the government requires labels on services that provide speech itself.

JEFF JACOBY

Will a government warning label really make social media safer?

RENÉE GRAHAM

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

During the debate, President Biden should telegraph the contrast between himself and Trump in three key areas.

John Sasso

What Biden needs to say to win the debate with Trump

EDITORIAL

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

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

In ‘a fight for every single vote,’ City Council partially bucks Wu budget vetoes

RI BUSINESS

R.I. Housing secretary Stefan Pryor to step down

Pryor, who previously served as the R.I. commerce secretary, said he will work for an investment firm that specializes in manufacturing, housing and education

The Karen Read trial has divided Canton. What happens when it’s over?

Read’s fate is in the hands of a jury, who will decide whether she ran over her boyfriend, John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, after a night of drinking and left him in a snowbank.

State settles gig-driver lawsuit with Uber, Lyft, ending contentious ballot fight

Sports

NBA

Tyler Kolek, Quinten Post add New England flavor to NBA Draft’s second round

Revolution

Revolution forward Tomás Chancalay to miss rest of season with ACL injury

Chancalay, 25, is scheduled to undergo season-ending knee surgery in the coming weeks to repair a partial right ACL tear.

red sox

‘We want to get out of here:’ The Red Sox’ Big 3 prospects could be ready to move up to Triple A

Marcelo Mayer, Roman Anthony, and Kyle Teel could be moving on from Portland within days.

NFL

NFL ordered to pay nearly $5 billion in damages, after Sunday Ticket broadcasting package ruled to violate antitrust laws

bruins

Don Sweeney expects Bruins’ UFAs — including Jake DeBrusk — to hit open market Monday

celtics

In Baylor Scheierman, Celtics may have a quarterback for their future backcourt

Business

Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network

The decision is a major setback to Steward’s efforts to bolster its finances after filing for bankruptcy.

Boeing angers safety officials with disclosures on 737 Max incident

Boeing drew fresh criticism from a federal regulator Thursday over disclosures about the continuing investigation into a harrowing January flight during which one of the company’s 737 Max planes lost a panel, exposing passengers to howling winds at an altitude of about 16,000 feet.

State settles gig-driver lawsuit with Uber, Lyft, ending contentious ballot fight

US economic growth for last quarter is revised up slightly to a 1.4% annual rate

magazine

The writer, as a child, throws a pitch in his family’s backyard.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

In Little League, I shrank. In summer camp Wiffle Ball, I swung for glory.

Left: Shelby Hewitt in her 2023 booking photo. Right: Rebecca Bernat.

Follow-up

A new twist in the saga of Shelby Hewitt, high school imposter

LOVE LETTERS

We’re broken up now, but I can’t help wondering if we have a future

Cooking

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Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network

Mayor Wu announces two promotions in her office Two press aides to Mayor Michelle Wu will be promoted next week, her office said Thursday.

In Winchester, a ‘climate of deep mistrust’ stymies early literacy instruction, new report finds

MassHealth membership declined 363,000 following massive post-pandemic review State estimates of the number of people who would be culled from MassHealth's member rolls were on target.

‘It’s devastating:’ Mass. residents react to Supreme Court decision in Purdue Pharma case

The Supreme Court rejects Purdue Pharma opioid settlement that would have shielded Sacklers

N.H. man found dead while awaiting verdict on charges he threatened presidential candidates

Man charged in fatal crash at Hingham Apple Store seeks data from Toyota, claims faulty AI caused wreck

Runaway bull still on the lam in Boston, city officials say

Credentials reinstated for N.H. teacher who was fired for lying to drive student to abortion appointment

Police investigate gunfire in Somerville neighborhood, 30 bullet casings recovered

Record-breaking Cape Cod real estate deal: oceanfront home in Barnstable sells for $22.75 million

It was a tornado. Storms tore through Mass. and R.I. with winds up to 100 mph, experts say. The twister was the second to strike in New England in less than a week. On Sunday, the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado had touched down in Dublin, N.H., during violent thunderstorms.

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Kennedy clan plans debate watch party in Hyannis Port

The rules for the Biden-Trump presidential debate on CNN

Biden and Trump arrive for a debate that could change the trajectory of the 2024 campaign

State settles gig-driver lawsuit with Uber, Lyft, ending contentious ballot fight

The Karen Read trial has divided Canton. What happens when it’s over?

‘No respect.’ How the new homeowners at 34 Fairview Rd. in Canton feel about being at the center of the Karen Read case.

As jury weighs Karen Read’s fate, Canton Select Board votes to extend police chief’s contract at chaotic meeting

Racial discrimination complaints mount in Metco program as families seek legal action

Zomsa brings a chic taste of Nepal to Arlington Center, with momos and martinis

The July 4 fireworks, now brought to you by Herb Chambers

Tyler Kolek, Quinten Post add New England flavor to NBA Draft’s second round

Federal law is supposed to protect women who need emergency care. Does it?

There’s a gaping hole in Boston’s live music scene

Biden reaches for the new political center

Today’s Alito dissent can become tomorrow’s law

Bicyclists take their life in their hands — and in ours

Push for LGBTQ+ housing gains traction in US

They fed patients in the early days of AIDS. Their work continues to shape health care today.

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

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

More recent News

R.I. Housing secretary Stefan Pryor to step down

Woman charged with murder in fatal stabbing of estranged boyfriend at Barnstable home; police find victim after car crash

Most water draining into rivers isn’t protected by federal pollution laws, UMass study finds Last year, the Supreme Court dramatically narrowed what bodies of water the EPA can regulate. A new study finds that most rainfall trickling into our nation’s rivers doesn’t meet the definition.

FBI and police conducting search for evidence along Route 88 in Westport

In ‘a fight for every single vote,’ City Council partially bucks Wu budget vetoes

Massport gets $12 million to allow housing near Conley Terminal haul road The deal will enable massive redevelopment of the old Boston Edison plant in South Boston to move forward.

Baltimore police officers face discipline over lackluster response to shooting Two Baltimore Police Department employees could lose their jobs and another 10 face lesser disciplinary actions for their responses to a July 2023 shooting at a neighborhood block party.

Two Mass. men indicted by grand jury in Rhode Island for alleged murder-for-hire plot, targeting rivals and two federal prosecutors Elijah Melton allegedly told a witness that “members of his gang” had placed a bounty on someone they believed was cooperating with prosecutors.

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‘You don’t say something belongs to you when it belongs to someone else’: Nantucket food and wine festival sparks lawsuit Two parties are laying claim to the annual event at the same date and venue.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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

Will a government warning label really make social media safer?

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

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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In ‘a fight for every single vote,’ City Council partially bucks Wu budget vetoes

R.I. Housing secretary Stefan Pryor to step down

The Karen Read trial has divided Canton. What happens when it’s over?

State settles gig-driver lawsuit with Uber, Lyft, ending contentious ballot fight

Sports

Tyler Kolek, Quinten Post add New England flavor to NBA Draft’s second round

Revolution forward Tomás Chancalay to miss rest of season with ACL injury

‘We want to get out of here:’ The Red Sox’ Big 3 prospects could be ready to move up to Triple A

NFL ordered to pay nearly $5 billion in damages, after Sunday Ticket broadcasting package ruled to violate antitrust laws

Don Sweeney expects Bruins’ UFAs — including Jake DeBrusk — to hit open market Monday

In Baylor Scheierman, Celtics may have a quarterback for their future backcourt

Business

Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network

Mayor Wu announces two promotions in her office
Two press aides to Mayor Michelle Wu will be promoted next week, her office said Thursday.

MassHealth membership declined 363,000 following massive post-pandemic review
State estimates of the number of people who would be culled from MassHealth's member rolls were on target.

It was a tornado. Storms tore through Mass. and R.I. with winds up to 100 mph, experts say.
The twister was the second to strike in New England in less than a week. On Sunday, the NWS confirmed an EF-1 tornado had touched down in Dublin, N.H., during violent thunderstorms.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Inflation, tax cuts, and tariffs: What to expect in the first Trump-Biden debate
In Thursday night's face-off, expect Donald Trump to blame President Biden for inflation, and Biden to warn that Trump's policies would tank the economy.

Most water draining into rivers isn’t protected by federal pollution laws, UMass study finds
Last year, the Supreme Court dramatically narrowed what bodies of water the EPA can regulate. A new study finds that most rainfall trickling into our nation’s rivers doesn’t meet the definition.

Massport gets $12 million to allow housing near Conley Terminal haul road
The deal will enable massive redevelopment of the old Boston Edison plant in South Boston to move forward.

Baltimore police officers face discipline over lackluster response to shooting
Two Baltimore Police Department employees could lose their jobs and another 10 face lesser disciplinary actions for their responses to a July 2023 shooting at a neighborhood block party.

Two Mass. men indicted by grand jury in Rhode Island for alleged murder-for-hire plot, targeting rivals and two federal prosecutors
Elijah Melton allegedly told a witness that “members of his gang” had placed a bounty on someone they believed was cooperating with prosecutors.

Chad Finn

Celtics’ blueprint will be impossible to copy, and other leftover thoughts on the champions
You have a better chance of lucking into a future MVP in the draft than you do of building a complex, connected roster that mirrors this one.

‘You don’t say something belongs to you when it belongs to someone else’: Nantucket food and wine festival sparks lawsuit
Two parties are laying claim to the annual event at the same date and venue.