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Dedham teen pulled from pool at graduation party has died

Alonzo Polk, the 17-year-old who was pulled from a pool during a Dedham high school graduation party last weekend, has died after nearly a week in the hospital, his family and police said Friday.
Alonzo Polk, who was pulled from a swimming pool during a Dedham high school graduation party last weekend, has died, police confirmed on Friday.

Mask scofflaws on the T: Some riders wear two masks while others wear none

MBTA and commuter rail passengers are required to wear masks in train cars and stations, according to federal guidelines, but it's not clear how strictly the mandate is enforced across the system.

Senate leaders demand Barr and Sessions testify about seizure of Democrats’ data under Trump

The demand that Attorneys General Bill Barr and Jeff Sessions testify comes after Democratic lawmakers were notified that the Justice Department under former president Donald Trump had seized their metadata from Apple three years ago as part of a crackdown on leaks related to national security.

Tuukka Rask plans to have offseason surgery, and other news from the Bruins’ exit interviews

Rask, who is 34 and a free agent, said he would like to continue playing hockey, and as a Bruin.
Scenes from "Blue Hill Avenue."
Globe Magazine

‘The best Boston movie no one’s ever seen’: ‘Blue Hill Avenue’ at 20

The groundbreaking film lit up Boston screens in 2001, only to temporarily vanish. In an oral history, director Craig Ross Jr., actors Allen Payne and Angelle Brooks, and more talk about how it went on to became a classic.
Ideas: The unheralded movie that brought Boston alive for me
Some Canton High Soccer players and their coaches on prom night (from left): Red Costello, Paige Drury, Alex Lopez, Sarai Costello, Amanda Signorini, Mia Gilmore, Amy Hylen, Karrie Hylen, and Gene Signorini.
BEVERLY BECKHAM

At a beautiful prom night, I began to believe in the future again

All that wasn’t, all that had been denied, made what was now all the sweeter.
The writer (second from right) and his intrepid travel companions on the Inca Trail in Peru.
Connections | Magazine

It took a pandemic to remind me I’m happiest with my ‘chosen’ family

Traveling around the globe together has been fun, but we don’t have to leave the house to know we mean the world to each other.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
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10 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to be released, but material to make many more to be tossed

The FDA announced that it had determined that two batches from the plant could be released. But it said several other batches are not suitable for use and additional batches are still under review.

Henry Magendantz getting an infusion of the new Alzheimer's drug during a clinical trial at Butler Hospital in Providence.
What families dealing with Alzheimer’s should know about the newly approved drug
People with the illness and their loved ones may feel caught in the middle of the debate.

Harvard expert quits FDA panel as furor over Biogen Alzheimer's drug grows

BLOTTER TALES
Getting strung along by an online seller
A person unexpectedly receives pasta in the mail, a food delivery driver gets duped, and other odd tales from local police blotters.

A Scituate home is for sale, and it’s just steps from the water — literally
The three-bedroom, two-bathroom home has 1,674 square feet of space, and it’s listed for $929,999.

Love Letters
Can I be friends with my work crush? How about if he has a girlfriend?
He’s living with someone, but I don’t think they’re happy. And I like him so much!

The controversy over alleged cheating came at a particularly difficult time for Dartmouth College.
Dartmouth medical school drops all cheating sanctions against students
The medical school at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College has dropped sanctions against all students it had found guilty of cheating on exams, a stunning reversal that came after students vigorously maintained their innocence.

Opinion

Donald Trump got away with obstructing the investigation into his campaign’s dealings with Russia when it interfered in the 2016 election, also known as the Mueller inquiry. The Mueller report detailed the ways that the president thwarted the special counsel’s efforts to discover the truth about how the Trump campaign may have cooperated with Russia to secure electoral victory.
EDITORIAL | FUTURE-PROOFING THE PRESIDENCY

Part 4: Hiding the evidence

Donald Trump got away with thwarting investigations of wrongdoing by his campaign and his White House. Without reforms, future criminals could exploit the powers of the presidency to even more dangerous ends.
Reginald Adams, center, with his creative team, in front of his 5,000-square-foot mural, titled “Absolute Equality,” in Galveston, Texas, on May 5, 2021. The mural partly depicts, at right, a Union general issuing the June 19, 1865 order that led to the freeing of enslaved people in Texas. The mural marks the spot where it happened.
Imari Paris Jeffries, Liz Walker, and Jeffrey L. Brown

Juneteenth should be a national holiday
Eddie Collantes wore an American flag around his shoulders at a debate-viewing party hosted by conservative Latino organizations last fall in Miami.
JEFF JACOBY

The political myth that demography is destiny
Merrick Garland, US attorney general, speaks during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office building in Washington,DC on June 9.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Garland wants to protect the rule of law from politics. This isn’t how to do it.
Former Boston School Committee chair Alexandra Oliver-Dávila. Oliver-Dávila and Lorna Rivera both resigned from the School Committee after the revelation of controversial text messages they exchanged at a public hearing in October.
LETTERS

Divisions exposed in School Committee controversy

Recommended reads

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Tracy Chang is the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge.
Restaurant owner and chef Tracy Chang on creating two nonprofits during the pandemic
Tracy Chang, the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge, has spent the pandemic feeding front-line workers and delivering groceries to restaurant workers in need.

On the Street

North of Boston, an old industrial city gets a second look

In Lynn, old brick factories are gradually being converted to lofts, new buildings are starting to rise, and there’s an arts community and budding food scene. That’s bringing life to downtown, but it’s also putting pressure on current residents who worry they’ll be priced out.
shirley leung

A working mother’s manifesto: Pandemic provides a once-in-a-generation chance to course correct how we work

The buzz is all about hybrid workplace models, as if the mere act of letting people work from home one or two days a week will magically create work-life balance, and level the playing field for mothers.

By ‘trading up’ items, these two seek to barter their way to zero student loan debt

They started with a USB drive. That was traded for a used dome chair, which was then swapped for a foam roller and other gym accessories, and so on. To date, they’ve bartered more than a dozen items — each slightly more valuable than the last.

These lobster rolls top all the ‘best’ lists. But how are they, really? We tried them all

We ate our way through the best lobster rolls in New England.

metro

Alonzo Polk, who was pulled from a swimming pool during a Dedham high school graduation party last weekend, has died, police confirmed on Friday.

Dedham teen pulled from pool at graduation party has died

Alonzo Polk, the 17-year-old who was pulled from a pool during a Dedham high school graduation party last weekend, has died after nearly a week in the hospital, his family and police said Friday.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Mask scofflaws on the T: Some riders wear two masks while others wear none

Sports

Garrett Richards gave up just two runs on seven hits over 6 2/3 innings the last time he faced the Blue Jays.
Blue Jays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 64: Blue Jays at Red Sox lineups and notes

Garrett Richards will be on the mound Friday night when the Red Sox open a four-game series with Toronto at Fenway Park.
tracker

Celtics coaching search: Where Brad Stevens’s hunt for his successor stands

Tuukka Rask plans to have offseason surgery, and other news from the Bruins’ exit interviews

business

Shoppers take a snack break in Tysons Corner, Va.

Prices are jumping, defying expectations

Harvard expert quits FDA panel as furor over Biogen drug grows

With new division, State Street dives into digital assets and currencies

politics

Attorney General William Barr.

Senate leaders demand Barr and Sessions testify about seizure of Democrats’ data under Trump

Trump Justice Department secretly subpoenaed records of two House Democrats

Senators eye $579 billion in new infrastructure spending in $1 trillion plan

Living Arts

Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops at 2019's Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell. This year's concert will be performed live at Tanglewood, followed by fireworks from Boston Common.

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood
THE BIG TO-DO

The Big To-Do: 4 stars for ‘In the Heights,’ 21 John Mulaney shows, 70 summer reading picks, 17 best lobster rolls
MOVIES

What if ‘Mean Girls’ went to a rest home? That’s ‘Queen Bees’

education

School buses left after dropping students off at the Mattahunt elementary school in Mattapan in mid-December.

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Dartmouth medical school drops all cheating sanctions against students

Mass. reports 85 new coronavirus cases among public school students, 18 among school staff members

rhode island

Diumila "Matilda" Almonte stands next to the tent where she has been living on a vacant lot in the West End of Providence.
RI NEWS

Providence orders homeless people to leave encampment in the West End
RI EDUCATION

Do you need a COVID-19 vaccine before going to school in Rhode Island?

RI FOOD

Former Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel site to open as Amaryllis, a women-led BYOB eatery

Newton

Special Projects

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE

The pride I carry with me

This June, A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ+ joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.
See the full project Follow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

The MBTA commuter rail overpass frames the mural “The Stories of Lynn” by David Fichter, Yetti Frenkel, and Joshua Winer in Central Square.

North of Boston, an old industrial city gets a second look
A bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

More

Tracy Chang is the owner and chef at Pagu, a Japanese tapas restaurant in Cambridge.
Bold Types
Globe reporter Janelle Nanos sits down with leaders in the city’s business community to talk about their career paths, work and accomplishments, and visions for Boston’s future.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

video

Comfort Zone

DAD'S DAY OUT
Comedian Dave Chappelle is coming to Foxwoods. And what dad with a good sense of humor wouldn't want to go see Dave Chappelle?
Step away from the house and into the fun zone with one of these father-friendly outings
We have some ideas for what to do with dad this Father’s Day.

BOOKS
Boston Book Fest held a Lit Crawl in the Back Bay in 2019.
The Boston Lit Crawl pops up in Central Square
Mingle with poets, writers, and scientists at this roving party in Cambridge.

Podcast
Ibram X. Kendi launches "Be Antiracist" podcast
Ibram Kendi’s new podcast, ‘Be Antiracist,’ encourages listeners to help build a ‘just and equitable society’
"It’s about each of us entering these conversations not only with an open mind but also in openness to transform ourselves."

MURRAY WHYTE
James Turrell's "C.A.V.U." reserves its best show for dawn and dusk.
At twilight, Mass MoCA’s new Skyspace becomes a roller coaster for the eyes
James Turrell's "C.A.V.U." reserves its best show for dawn and dusk.

MUSIC
Andris Nelsons conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in 2017.
BSO announces March dates at Carnegie Hall
Tuesday's announcement also nods to the 2021-2022 season at Symphony Hall.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Kim Janey’s ascension to acting mayor gives the city a fresh perspective. But there's a lot of hard work to do.
Joan Vennochi

When it comes to race, Boston is a work in progress
JEFF JACOBY

A ‘millionaires tax’ is still a terrible idea
In this 2020 file photo, Jim Lyons speaks from the back of a truck at a state GOP rally in Wilmington.
SCOT LEHIGH

As the state GOP turns — and churns
A pumpjack in the Permian Basin of Texas.
IDEAS | JOHN MULLIKEN

Big Oil gets clean and the world stays dirty
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has probably dealt a fatal blow to the For the People Act after he said he won’t back the bill because it has no Republican support.
RENÉE GRAHAM

So long, democracy — we hardly knew ye
An image from photographer Joe Wallace’s "Portraits of Dementia" project to capture the humanity of people living with the condition. The subjects of Wallace’s photographs have ranged in age from 29 to 100. Find more images and details at portraitsofdementia.com.
IDEAS | KAT MCGOWAN

The real breakthrough for dementia: smashing the stigma

STAT

Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Transmission electron micrograph of a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle (UK B.1.1.7 variant), isolated from a patient sample and cultivated in cell culture. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID
We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Boston, MA -- 03/16/21 -- The cover of the summary report of the review hearing for Jospeh Messere, is seen on March 16, 2021, provided by his attorney David Apfel.(Kayana Szymczak for STAT)
Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

JAMA illo
Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

SCT illo
Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

magazine
Even for a dog-obsessed country, last year was something wild. And the boom in prices, wait times, and scams may be sticking around.
On the cover

Lockdown unleased a runaway pandemic puppy economy
A bus carrying Freedom Riders was firebombed in Alabama on May 14, 1961. No passengers were seriously injured.
Excerpt

RFK, the Freedom Riders, and the struggle for racial justice in 1961
Perspective

Too many Americans still can't talk about death
Tomato-Zucchini Tart With Za’atar and Feta.
Cooking

Recipes: 3 vegetarian dishes for easy weeknight dinners

sports

Celtics assistant coach Jerome Allen is one of the candidates for the head coaching job in Boston, but the Trail Blazers also want to talk with him.

Why Brad Stevens needs urgency in his meticulous search for the Celtics’ next head coach

The Red Sox’ wild and exciting night at Fenway featured plenty of twists and turns and a dramatic win over the Astros

Hanson’s Sam Mewis scores in US women’s 1-0 win over Portugal in soccer

metro

Tourism is rebounding in Boston. A group of tourists from North Carolina toasted inside the Cheers Bar on Beacon Hill.

Tourism rebounds in Boston after a pent-up pandemic year

Dartmouth medical school drops all cheating sanctions against students

In a post-COVID world, there’s a craving for outdoor dining to stay on the menu

Nation

Rhode Island Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Griego worked in a coronavirus mass vaccination site at the former Citizens Bank headquarters in Cranston, R.I.

US COVID-19 vaccine surplus grows by the day as expiration dates loom

Senate leaders demand Barr and Sessions testify about seizure of Democrats’ data under Trump

10 million Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses to be released, but material to make many more to be tossed

World

World leaders gathered for the G-7 family photo in Carbis Bay, U.K.

G-7 nations gather to pledge 1 billion vaccine doses for world

Global approval of the United States has rebounded under Biden, survey finds

What are the key issues at stake at the G-7 summit?

politics

Governor Gavin Newsom.

California appeals court ruling upending assault weapons ban

Jewish House Democrats, including Jake Auchincloss, tangle with Ilhan Omar over Israel

Biden lays out US vaccination donations, urges world leaders to join

business

Business groups will need to regroup after this week's setback at the State House.

After State House loss, business leaders will need to regroup on higher-earners tax fight

Crypto’s outlook in Washington is darkened by ransomware attacks

Want a ride into space with Jeff Bezos? This Boston auctioneer has your ticket

lifestyle

Lake Willoughby in Westmore, Vermont.

A cabin on a lake for $50 a night, or a posh inn at $250 a night? Scoping out the best way to experience Vermont

14 New England outdoor adventures to add to your bucket list

A visit to Thacher Island, where tragedy and beauty meet

marijuana

Philip Smith, the cofounder of Taunton-based Freshly Baked, made the first legal delivery of recreational marijuana in Massachusetts Monday to his own home. Jenny Roseman, his partner and the company's other cofounder, was the inaugural customer.

Taunton microbusiness makes state’s first-ever recreational marijuana delivery — to founder’s house

Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements

5 things to know about Rhode Island’s latest cannabis bill

opinion

Eddie Collantes wore an American flag around his shoulders at a debate-viewing party hosted by conservative Latino organizations last fall in Miami.

The political myth that demography is destiny

The unheralded movie that brought Boston alive for me

Juneteenth should be a national holiday

food & dining

The Ploughman's Platter at The Gallows restaurant, which is ending its 11-year run in the South End.

MIDA arrives in Newton, and the Trina’s Starlite team docks on Plum Island

How to eat at a restaurant

Tell us: Where are your favorite places to get lobster rolls?

travel

Lake Willoughby in Westmore, Vermont.

A cabin on a lake for $50 a night, or a posh inn at $250 a night? Scoping out the best way to experience Vermont

14 New England outdoor adventures to add to your bucket list

A visit to Thacher Island, where tragedy and beauty meet

Books

Here’s your official summer reading list

Aaron Lecklider on the queer activists who came before

A novel set in Havana, a new set of poets laureate for Massachusetts, and the return of the Nantucket Literary Festival — with a virtual Juneteenth panel

Movies

Ellen Burstyn in "Queen Bees."

What if ‘Mean Girls’ went to a rest home? That’s ‘Queen Bees’

In ‘Luca,’ Pixar’s latest, it’s a story about fish out of water — literally

‘In the Heights’ reaches the top

Television

Annie Murphy as Allison McRoberts in "Kevin Can F**k Himself," a role she calls a 180-degree turn from Alexis Rose in "Schitt's Creek."

For her next act, Annie Murphy took the road that led from ‘Schitt’s Creek’ to Worcester

‘We Are Lady Parts’ delights as it defies stereotypes

Grin and bear it: Peacock plans a 10-episode ‘Ted’ prequel

music

Keith Lockhart conducts the Boston Pops at 2019's Fourth of July concert at the Hatch Shell. This year's concert will be performed live at Tanglewood, followed by fireworks from Boston Common.

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood

Springfield Symphony musicians to raise their instruments in protest

A forecast for the hottest songs of summer

Theater/Dance

John Mulaney sold out 21 August shows at the Wilbur Theatre last week. Underscoring the theme of a fresh start, Mulaney has titled his new show “From Scratch.”

Everyone loves a comeback story. John Mulaney has 21 sold-out shows to prove it.

American Repertory Theater’s 2021-2022 season to feature a pre-Broadway revival of ‘1776’

Say Chekhov had a 100-year-old computer, and people were trapped inside. What would that look like?

globe local

Customers ate at sidewalk tables outside Baramor restaurant in Newton Centre last month.

In a post-COVID world, there’s a craving for outdoor dining to stay on the menu

From Rockport to Plymouth, in-person shopping never felt so good

‘We were hell-bent to keep the carousel open’

Obituaries

Judge Robert Katzmann.

Robert Katzmann, US judge with reach beyond the bench, dies at 68

Last of Soviet soldiers who liberated Auschwitz dies at 98

Richard Robinson, longtime Scholastic CEO, dies at 84