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Jobs report shows robust hiring

US employers added 195,000 jobs in June and more than previously estimated in April and May. The unemployment rate remained at 7.6 percent.

Supporters of the ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi carried a person who was shot during clashes next the headquarters of the Republican Guard in Cairo.

At least 1 dead after Egyptian troops fire on protesters

Troops opened fire on supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi marching in Cairo.

With humidity, it will feel as hot as 100 degrees today

The season’s second heat wave became official this afternoon as temperatures reached into the 90s again.

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Pope Francis has cleared John Paul II for sainthood, approving a miracle attributed to his intercession.

At Maxwell’s Green, a newly completed development in Somerville that is near the Red Line, developers asked city officials to reduce the number of required parking spaces.

City’s cutback on new parking roils some residents

Boston officials are significantly reducing the amount of new parking required with building projects.

New Celtics coach brad Stevens (center) was introduced Friday in Waltham.

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Celtics welcome Brad Stevens

“I couldn’t be more thrilled for the opportunity,” Stevens said as he was introduced Friday as the new head coach of the Celtics.

A Hamilton Project report encouraged policy makers to provide more US grants to low- and middle-income student to help fund their education.

Wealth gap limits equality of education

High-income families are spending more time and money on education, widening the gulf between rich and poor students.

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Security measures were intense, and memories of the Marathon bombings lingered, but devoted revelers still crowded along the Charles River.

Tyler Seguin has been traded to the Dallas Stars.

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Bruins just lost faith in Tyler Seguin

Among their frustrations with Seguin, the Bruins stopped believing he could be a bona fide NHL No. 1 pivot.

Opinion

opinion | H.D.S. Greenway

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Every Muslim country the United States has become involved in militarily just creates more recruits for extremists.

Globe exclusives

Ibragim Todashev

After FBI probes, questions on granting of asylum
Richard E. Neal becomes ‘dean’ of the state’s congressional delegation. He marched Thursday in East Longmeadow’s parade.

As clout fades, state delegation gets unity push
From left: Liam James, Sam Rockwell, and Jim Rash at the Water Wizz water park in a scene from “The Way, Way Back.”

Movie Review

‘The Way, Way Back’ is a shore thing
Michael Van Valkenburgh’s “Experimental fish farm along the rue de Rivoli, Jardin des Tuileries,’' part of the show at the Gardner Museum.

ART Review

Gardner exhibit explores photomontages
The Red Sox’s Dustin Pedroia is among the 300 active Major League players with New Balance endorsement deals.

New Balance buffs out endorsement roster
Abe Laboriel Jr., on drums, playing with (from left) Joe Walsh, Paul McCartney, and Dave Grohl in Los Angeles in 2012.

Keeping the beat for Sir Paul
Clockwise (from top): At the London Coliseum, Boston Ballet dancers in Vaslav Nijinsky’s “Afternoon of a Faun,” Kathleen Breen Combes and Paulo Arrais in George Balanchine’s “Symphony in Three Movements,’’ and Lia Cirio (front) and Ashley Ellis in Balanchine’s “Serenade.”

Critic’s Notebook

Boston Ballet makes its mark in London

HISTORY REPEATING

July Fourth like nobody else does it

Marathon victim payout method faulted

TECH LAB

Ouya ready for a video game revolution?
Lobsterman Bernie Feeney prepared to go out in Boston Harbor on his boat the Sandra Jean.

With warming seas, lobsters become an abundant bargain
Chris Hemsworth (above) wears the mun well, as do David Beckham and Gavin Rossdale (top center, right), but Joakim Noah (top left) . . . not so much.

The man bun finds an audience

Sports

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Jacoby Ellsbury rounded first base after hitting a home run against the Padres during the eighth inning.

Red Sox complete sweep of Padres

Jacoby Ellsbury’s home run led the way for the Red Sox, who closed a sweep of the Padres and an 8-1 homestand with a holiday victory.

Metro

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Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis announced a crack-down on illegal fireworks, house parties, and violence.

Police set sights on parties

Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis on Thursday night laid out a plan to crack down on large, disruptive gatherings.

Columnists

Patrice Bergeron is due for a long-term contract extension from the Bruins.

Kevin Cullen

Bergeron belongs in Boston

TECH LAB

Ouya ready for a video game revolution?
Steve Rose and David Patterson of Ice Effects created this sculpture in 2004.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The last First Night?

Yvonne Abraham

Bill Walczak flying below the radar

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Talk about death, hold the sugar
Way before coaching the Celtics, Bill Fitch jumped from college to the NBA in 1970.

Christopher L. Gasper

Celtics job a big leap for Brad Stevens
Nelson Mandela speaks at Harvard in 1998, while there to receive an honorary degree.

Derrick Z. Jackson

Mandela’s freedom and ours

SCOT LEHIGH

Ham-handed handling of snooping

Kevin Cullen

When taking a pinch matters
The Red Sox entered July as the only team in the American League with 50 wins.

Christopher L. Gasper

Can’t ignore the Red Sox anymore

JAMES CARROLL

Our halting progress toward justice

Kevin Cullen

An apology out of guilt

Nation & World

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Hundreds of tourists arrived at the Statue of Liberty on Thursday after its reopening to the general public months after significant damage to Liberty Island from Hurricane Sandy.

Across nation, Fourth celebrants salute liberty

Americans celebrated as President Obama urged citizens to live up to the Declaration of Independence.

Politics

Mayor Thomas M. Menino addressed hundreds of visitors who attended the city’s annual Independence Day Oration and who gave him standing ovations.

Wistful Menino marks his last Fourth as mayor

Mayor Thomas M. Menino addressed hundreds of visitors who gave him standing ovations.

Business

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Former premier Silvio Berlusconi had made abolishing a property tax a key plank of his campaign earlier this year.

IMF criticizes Italy for high unemployment among youth

The International Monetary Fund pressed Italy to do more about unemployment.

Arts

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Book Review

Joan Silber’s stories range from the Sacco and Vanzetti era to contemporary times.

‘Fools’ by Joan Silber

Inequalities are at the core of the conflicts that Silber examines in her latest collection of short fiction.

Movies

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Movie Review

“Despicable Me 2” centers on reformed baddie Gru (left, voice of Steve Carell) and his interactions with Anti-Villain League operative Lucy Wilde (right, Kristen Wiig), as well as his Minions.

Less ‘Despicable,’ still funny

Steve Carell’s animated villain Gru shows a near total lack of despicability in “Despicable Me 2,” but this sequel is plenty funny.

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Magazine

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Rethinking the golden years
The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers
The cover for the June 16 2013 issue

Last of their kind
The cover for the June 9 2013 issue

Seaside haven

Globe Insiders

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Full Globe coverage of the gangster’s ongoing trial, life on the run, and notorious legacy in Boston.

Ideas

“To North Korea, the main security threat is not the United States. It is the prosperity, wealth, and prestige of South Korea.”

Sheila Miyoshi Jager,  on the unfinished war between the two Koreas