SJC rejects ?millionaires tax? ballot question

The Supreme Judicial Court?s ruling delivers a crushing defeat for progressive activists and organized labor and removes a volatile issue from this fall?s election.

11veterans -- Nick Bonanno pushes his father, Russ Bonanno, down the hallway at the VA in Bedford. Nick visits his father several times a week to push him around the building in his wheelchair along with throwing a ball around. Nick tries to engage his dad as much as possible when he comes to visit. (Kelsey Cronin)

Secret VA ratings hid poor quality care from public

Nearly half of Veterans Affairs nursing homes nationwide received the lowest possible quality ranking last year, but the agency kept its ratings from the public.

Sharon, MA - 6/12/18 - Barry Arntz talks about the $119, 425.61 bill of deferred taxes and interest due to the town of Sharon, for his mother's home. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 18consumer Reporter: Sean Murphy

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

An inheritance damaged by delayed property taxes

Barry Arntz thought he and his sister owned the house passed down to them by their deceased mother ?free and clear? ? no mortgages, no liens, no encumbrances of any sort.

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An outside counsel who is reviewing the Boston Fire Department?s handling of misconduct allegations has a long history of representing City Hall.

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New Hampshire authorities say two Massachusetts hikers who got lost in the White Mountains were carrying almost no useful gear or supplies.

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The quarterback talked family, retirement, his relationship with Bill Belichick and the Patriots, and more.

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Wayfair, the fast-expanding online retailer, has signed a lease for another 395,000 square feet of office space in the Back Bay.

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Ethics experts say they are concerned that the president is waiting to decide whether to disclose the gifts he receives, using an apparent loophole in the law.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

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US residents traveling abroad this summer will soon learn there is no escaping the president.

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Jurors in the murder trial of Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme began hearing closing arguments today.

Representative Joe Kennedy III spoke during a rally in Tornillo, Texas, to protest the Trump administration?s policy on separating migrant children from their parents.

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Joe Kennedy protests Trump?s family-separation policy

The Massachusetts congressman joined protesters in Texas Sunday, blasting President Trump and comparing those who are fleeing violence today to his own ancestors.

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?Has anyone been looking at the Crime taking place south of the border. It is historic,? Trump tweeted Monday.

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The owner wrote in an e-mail the restaurant is closing ?because the largest asset of this business, the liquor license, is going to be devalued tremendously? by a City Council initiative.

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Justices of the peace, who long presided over non-religious weddings, are getting pushed out by one-day officiants. And they?re not happy about it.

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Globe Magazine

Would you smoke a joint in front of your kids?

Pot is legal in Massachusetts but many parents still don?t want their kids to know they partake.

Boston- 06/09/18- Minnie Haven, 9 from Greenville, NC plays in the waterfall fountain in Copley Square. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Dave Epstein

Heat advisory issued for Boston today

Even if Boston doesn?t break the heat record for Monday?s date, it?s certainly going to be the hottest day so far this season.

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The hot and steamy weather conditions enveloping the state may generate powerful thunderstorms later tonight.

More on the weather

? The heat index will range from 95-103 degrees today.

? A heat advisory has been issued for Boston.

? Air quality alerts have been posted for most of Massachusetts, and parts of Maine and southern New Hampshire.

? Strong thunderstorms could hit the state later tonight.

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz triumphed over late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic.

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

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After Citizens United, our elected representatives spend countless hours courting the wealthy.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JASON SZENES/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9667085c) New York Yankees left fielder Brett Gardner (R) slides safely past Boston Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon (L) in the first inning of their MLB game at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York, USA, 09 May 2018. Boston Red Sox at New York Yankees, USA - 09 May 2018

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

This Yankee-Red Sox race is razor close. How can each team create some separation?

We take a look at what moves each team could make to pull away.

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Brockton firefighters cheered on one of the their own as Matt Parziale competed in this year?s US Open Championship.

Alex Beam

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Is there any hope for civilization?

A couple embraced after leaving balloons at a memorial outside the home of Stewart Weldon.

Stewart Weldon targeted women in throes of relapse, withdrawal

In the methadone clinics and drug-afflicted neighborhoods of Springfield and Chicopee, Weldon had a reputation as an erratic and violent crack user.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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House and Senate lawmakers deep in budget negotiations should sign off on a measure, already approved by the House, that would funnel $3 million into halfway houses.

Special reports

IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE

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Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?

STAT

Stat

Watch ?Runnin?,? a STAT documentary

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Newsletters

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Our new weekly summer newsletter, ?Eat. Drink. Eat some more,? gives you 15 weeks of recipes and restaurant tips. Find out more.

Globe must-reads

13breaktime -- Schoen and Shu's donut shop will feature food from several wholesale providers including Union Square Donuts. (Jake Schwencke)

Fighting homelessness, one doughnut at a time

ADVANCE FOR USE SUNDAY, APRIL 15 - In this Tuesday, April 3, 2018 photo, Dr/ Robert Pellerin works on polishing and contouring the teeth of a patient at his dental office in Virginia Beach. Va. Pellerin has been a dentist for 40 years and was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis four years ago. Pellerin believes that early exposure to toxic materials prior to the use of protective face masks could be the cause of his disease and he shared his theory with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (Kristen Zeis/The Virginian-Pilot via AP)

Delta Dental, dentists find common ground on payment rates

Report finds high skin cancer rates in Mass., particularly on Cape

Saïsa Nicolas?s greatest goal is to someday establish an orphanage in her native Haiti.

She moved to Boston knowing no English, but ended up a valedictorian
A Police officer stands in front as other officers inspect the crime scene at the Roebling Market on June 17, 2018, the morning after a shooting at an all-night art festival injured 20 people and left one suspect dead in Trenton, New Jersey. / AFP PHOTO / DOMINICK REUTERDOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images

1 dead after mass shooting in Trenton
FILE -- President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the South Portico of the White House in Washington, June 8, 2018. A new study from Southern Methodist University says the nation?s capital has more psychopaths per person than anyplace else in the country. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times)

FBI agent removed from Russia probe for anti-Trump texts says he?s willing to testify before Congress
Mary, 8, and her sister Bernadette, 9, laugh as their brother Bartholomew, 5, plays with hay while they watch as Raphael is swung upside-down by their dad Gerard Beirne as their other brother Anthony, 2, giggles.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

From his grandfather?s knee, lessons of love
04heard caption: Boston-based singer and songwriter Sarah Borges has a new album,

Names

New Fenway music series pairs baseball and a band
Boston- 06/16/18-Boston's Mirabella Pool in the North End opened for the year. Thomas McMahon, 10 from Boston warms up affter taking a dip in the fcild water. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(lmetro)

Heat advisory issued as scorching temperatures are expected in Mass. on Monday
Edward Pickering (left), organizer of the Appalachian Mountain Club, in a 1906 photo taken in the Lynn Woods. Pickering with AMC Companions March,1906 credit: AMC Library & Archives

Globe Magazine

How New England gave the nation the gift of hiking

EDITORIAL USE ONLY Mandatory Credit: Photo by FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9718610ht) Hirving Lozano Group F Germany vs Mexico, Moscow, Russian Federation - 17 Jun 2018 Hirving Lozano (2-R) of Mexico celebrates with his teammates after scoring the 1-0 lead during the FIFA World Cup 2018 group F preliminary round soccer match between Germany and Mexico in Moscow, Russia, 17 June 2018. (RESTRICTIONS APPLY: Editorial Use Only, not used in association with any commercial entity - Images must not be used in any form of alert service or push service of any kind including via mobile alert services, downloads to mobile devices or MMS messaging - Images must appear as still images and must not emulate match action video footage - No alteration is made to, and no text or image is superimposed over, any published image which: (a) intentionally obscures or removes a sponsor identification image; or (b) adds or overlays the commercial identification of any third party which is not officially associated with the FIFA World Cup)

MEXICO 1, GERMANY 0

Mexico upsets World Cup champion Germany
Delegates representing United Church of Christ congregations in Massachusetts voted to join with sister churches in Rhode Island and Connecticut in the effort.

UCC churches look to organize progressive ?Christian voice?

Sports

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SEATTLE, WA - JUNE 17: Rafael Devers #11 of the Boston Red Sox high-fives with Mitch Moreland #18 after hitting a three run home run in the third inning at Safeco Field on June 17, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Getty Images)

RED SOX 9, MARINERS 3

The Red Sox turned on the power, and left Seattle with a split

Rafael Devers belted a three-run homer, and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts also homered.

Metro

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At Juneteenth, black Bostonians celebrate identity, unity in spirited cookout

?July 4 is not our independence day. Juneteenth is our independence day,? said Leslie Marshall, 54, of Dorchester.

Globe Local

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Suburbanites are living on the wild side

Can we coexist with the turkeys, coyotes, deer, and other critters that visit or reside in our neighborhoods?

Real Estate

Boston cracks down on investor-owned short-term rentals

The City Council passed regulations aimed at cracking down on investors who buy housing units to list on short-term rental platforms like Airbnb.

Politics

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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 05: Latest appointee to President Donald Trump's legal team and former Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani speaks at the Conference on Iran on May 5, 2018 in Washington, DC. Over one thousand delegates from representing Iranian communities from forty states attends the Iran Freedom Convention for Human Rights and Democracy. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

Giuliani suggests Trump may pardon Manafort after Mueller?s probe

Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump, was jailed last week in the investigation by Robert Mueller.

Cars

Search This Week's Specials

Heads up on I-93 lane closures this weekend

Here's when and where to expect them.

Columnists

Through 14 starts, David Price is 8-4 with a 3.76 ERA.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

David Price has been excellent and needs to be excellent against Yankees
Mandatory Credit: Photo by CJ GUNTHER/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9718228ad) Matt Parziale and Vic Parziale 118th US Open Championship, Southampton, USA - 16 Jun 2018 Matt Parziale fo the US (L) and his caddie and father Vic (R) on the eighteenth hole during the third round of the 118th US Open Championship at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club in Southampton, New York, USA, 16 June 2018. The tournament will be played 14 June thorough 17 June.

TARA SULLIVAN

Matt Parziale excels on golf?s toughest stage

IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE

Don?t break up Google
The first record columnist Renée Graham ever bought.

ideas | the big tech issue

In the YouTube era, can we still savor music?
Red Schoendienst, shown in 2008, died on June 6.

Bob Ryan

Red Schoendienst was royalty in St. Louis

A commemorative brick honoring Beverly Beckham's father. The Road to Victory Brick Program is a permanent tribute at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

Beverly Beckham

?Tell me, Dad. Please, tell me about you.?
Boston, MA - 10/08/14 - (2nd period) Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Luke Schenn (22) and Boston Bruins center Bobby Robins (64) mix it up in the second period. The Boston Bruins take on the Philadelphia Flyers in the season home opener at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Fluto Shinzawa, Topic: 09Bruins-Flyers, LOID: 7.4.2500196145.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

Bobby Robins survived the depths of despair

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

How PTC came back from the brink
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House, Friday, June 15, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Michael A. Cohen

Trump opens his mouth ? and spews lies

Tiger Woods waits to putt on the 15th green during the second round of the U.S. Open Golf Championship, Friday, June 15, 2018, in Southampton, N.Y. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

TARA SULLIVAN

Will we ever see vintage Tiger again?
Poor People?s Campaign protesters gathered outside the State House last month.

Nestor Ramos

The rich avert their gaze from Boston?s poor
Kate Strayer-Benton updated an open letter written in 2016 by two female biotech leaders, Karen Bernstein and Kate Bingham, after an earlier industry confab featured scantily clad models dressed as waitresses.

Shirley Leung

No excuse for topless dancers at a corporate event

Nation & World

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Firefighters check a house damaged by an earthquake in Ibaraki City, north of Osaka prefecture on June 18, 2018. A strong quake hit western Japan early June 18, but there were no immediate reports of major damage or risk of tsunami waves, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR / Japan OUTSTR/AFP/Getty Images

Three killed in magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Japan

A 9-year-old girl and two men in their 80s were killed by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in the western Japan metropolis of Osaka.

Business

Kate Barrand is chief executive at Horizons for Homeless Children.

Five things you should know about Kate Barrand

At Horizons for Homeless Children she oversees a staff of 115 and more than 1,000 volunteers.

Arts

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When asked by CNN?s Van Jones whether she would ever run for president, Kim Kardashian West?s response was: ?Never say never.?

TV Critic?s Corner

Her reality should be TV, not the White House

I really don?t ever want to hear another highly commercialized reality star talk ? even tentatively ? about parlaying silly TV fame into political clout.

Travel

Hike a volcanic mountain in Haleakala National Park.

A beach agnostic?s guide to Hawaii

Here are three worthy Maui adventures that do not involve lying in sand.

Real Estate

Address

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Opioids land more women behind bars

This lone county jail in a remote corner of Appalachia offers an agonizing glimpse into how the tidal wave of opioids and methamphetamines has ravaged America.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.

Magazine

The cover for the June 17 2018 issue

After renting for years on Martha?s Vineyard, building a getaway all their own

The cover for the June 10 2018 issue

Recipes: Comforting old-fashioned chicken and spring peas for dinner
The cover for the June 3 2018 issue

Blind date: ?If there was a part I could redo, it would be the end?

The cover for the May 27 2018 issue