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Justice Dept., Congress probing Trump seizures of Dems’ data

The Justice Department’s internal watchdog launched an investigation Friday after revelations that former president Donald Trump’s administration secretly seized phone data from at least two House Democrats as part of an aggressive leaks probe.
Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations

‘It should send shock waves to the White House’: Backlash over FDA approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug is spreading

A Harvard Medical School professor who resigned from a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel over approval of a controversial Alzheimer’s treatment called the agency’s decision “perhaps the worst” drug authorization in its recent history.
What to know about the fallout from the FDA decision to approve Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug

Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5
Alex Verdugo (right) celebrates with Bobby Dalbec (29) and Kiké Hernández after his hit won the game for the Red Sox on Friday night.
Alex Verdugo, Christian Arroyo in the middle of another Red Sox’ comeback win
The Red Sox erased a late 5-1 deficit, winning in a walkoff when Danny Santana scored on Alex Verdugo’s RBI single off the wall in left.

With Garrett Richards’s rough outing, Red Sox rotation is starting to become a concern

Globe wins Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for series on states’ failure to keep dangerous drivers off the road

 Read the full series: 'Blind Spot' the 2021 Pulitzer Prize winner in Investigative Reporting

A massive grown-up playspace — from the folks behind Panera, Night Shift, and Eastern Standard — is opening at the Natick Mall

A lobster diver says he was caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off Cape Cod
Winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Reporting

BLIND SPOT

An 11-month Globe investigation found that people nationwide are dying in crashes caused by drivers who should have had their licenses suspended. One in 10 US drivers has at least one offense — from speeding to vehicular homicide — that isn’t reflected on their driving record.
Nine key takeaways from the investigation See the full project Check out more Globe investigations

Summer reading 2021 📚

Here’s your official summer reading list

These are the 70 best books of the season to pop into your travel bag.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
Vaccinations
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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.

Victim of fatal shooting in Roxbury identified
Fermin Baez, 32, of Dorchester, who was shot Monday night, brought himself to a hospital where he later died, Boston police said Friday.

It's been 40 years since Vincent Petryk, the founder and owner of J.P. Licks, opened the ice cream chain's first shop in Jamaica Plain.
J.P. Licks sued for rent that went unpaid during pandemic
Its landlord claims the ice cream chain owes $113,000, despite having received nearly $3 million through the Paycheck Protection Program.

2-alarm fire at Newburyport pharmaceutical plant prompts hazmat response

Crews battled a 2-alarm chemical fire that set off a large hazmat response at a pharmaceutical plant in Newburyport’s industrial park Friday evening.

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) arrives to a news conference with Republican senators to discuss the origins of COVID-19 on June 10, 2021 in Washington, DC.
YouTube suspends Senator Ron Johnson for COVID-19 ‘misinformation’
Johnson was suspended Friday from uploading videos to YouTube for one week, after the company said he violated its COVID-19 “medical misinformation policies.”

12-year-old boy struck by vehicle after getting off school bus in Worcester

The boy was struck at 1382 Pleasant St. at 3:35 p.m. Friday, said Lieutenant Sean Murtha, spokesman for the Worcester police.

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.
Movie stills from the film "Blue Hill Avenue."
IDEAS | GREG LEE JR.

The unheralded movie that brought Boston alive for me

Recommended reads

All passengers on the T, including vaccinated and unvaccinated riders, are required to wear masks in train cars and within stations.
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.

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.
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.

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.

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.

metro

Short-term modifications include adding crosswalks, shared-use paths, marked bicycle lanes, and curb ramps for increased accessibility.

Seeking to improve accessibility and safety, DCR unveils plan for parkways

The Department of Conservation and Recreation released a Parkways Master Plan outlining improvements for pedestrians and cyclists in Greater Boston.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

New Boston exam school admission requirements might include entrance test and ZIP code allocations

Duxbury High football team used antisemitic audibles since 2010 in practice, investigator reports

Sports

Alex Verdugo (right) celebrates with Bobby Dalbec (29) and Kiké Hernández after his hit won the game for the Red Sox on Friday night.
Red Sox 6, Blue Jays 5

Alex Verdugo, Christian Arroyo in the middle of another Red Sox’ comeback win

The Red Sox erased a late 5-1 deficit, winning in a walkoff when Danny Santana scored on Alex Verdugo’s RBI single off the wall in left.
PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

With Garrett Richards’s rough outing, Red Sox rotation is starting to become a concern
Golf roundup

Chesson Hadley (11 under) shows he has his game back in gear

business

Dr. Aaron Kesselheim resigned from an FDA advisory panel in protest over the agency’s decision to approve Biogen Inc.’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm.)

‘It should send shock waves to the White House’: Backlash over FDA approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug is spreading

Apple reaffirms privacy stance amid Trump probe revelations

J.P. Licks sued for rent that went unpaid during pandemic

politics

The Department of Justice headquarters building in Washington.

Justice Dept., Congress probing Trump seizures of Dems’ data

Harris touts child-care funding and payments to families

DOJ to double staff working on voting rights amid restrictive new GOP ballot laws

Living Arts

The roses neared their annual peak this week at the James P. Kelleher Rose Garden in Boston.
OUTDOORS

Rejoice, because there are rose gardens nearby

He was terrible to me, but his friends love him
TELEVISION

Series renewal warrants second look at ‘Starstruck’

education

Sixth grader Talia Banda held a sign reading, "I'm smart - but I live in the wrong zip code" as she joined others calling for Boston schools to keep the admissions exam for the elite exam schools in a rally outside of Boston Latin School in October 2020.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

New Boston exam school admission requirements might include entrance test and ZIP code allocations

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

Dartmouth medical school drops all cheating sanctions against students

rhode island

Providence designer Jess Abernethy, in black, smiles to the crowd at the end of her runway show at the StyleWeek Northeast fashion show at the Capital Grille in Providence on June 10, 2021.
RI ARTS

R.I. fashion designer Jessica Abernethy returns to the runway

CORONAVIRUS

Rhode Island’s pandemic state of emergency extended through July
RI NEWS

Elorza visits homeless encampment in Providence, pledges compassionate solution

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

Michael Hopkins, captain of the undefeated Marblehead-Swampscott co-op, took control of his 160-pound match against Triton's Gaius Cremin in their Northeastern Conference match Wednesday night.

Senior standouts feeling incredible pride over rise of Marblehead/Swampscott program

Chris Sale impresses in rehab work on Fenway Park mound

Raptors’ Pascal Siakam likely to miss start of next season after shoulder surgery

metro

Boston Globe journalists won the Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.

Globe wins Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting for series on states’ failure to keep dangerous drivers off the road

R.I. fashion designer Jessica Abernethy returns to the runway

A lobster diver says he was caught in the mouth of a humpback whale off Cape Cod

Nation

In this 2017, then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly announced the opening of the Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement office. The Biden administration said Friday that it dismantled the Trump-era office.

US closes Trump-era office for victims of immigrant crime

YouTube suspends Senator Ron Johnson for COVID-19 ‘misinformation’

Justice Dept., Congress probing Trump seizures of Dems’ data

World

Members of the Mexican Navy stood outside of an ambulance that carried a tourist injured during a shooting in the tourist area of Playa Tortugas in Cancun.

US tourist wounded in beach killings in Cancún, Mexico

Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel behind Iran nuclear attacks

China’s censorship widens to Hong Kong’s vaunted film industry, with global implications

politics

A no trespassing sign is displayed outside the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. Over the past 18 months, 29 prisoners have escaped from federal lockups across the US- and nearly half still have not been caught.

Prison break: 29 inmates escape federal lockups in 18 months

Trump Justice Department secretly subpoenaed records of two House Democrats

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

business

An Amazon Basics toaster on display for sale inside an Amazon.com store in Berkeley, California. If passed, the Ending Platform Monopolies Act would bar Amazon from selling its own branded products.

Tech giants face demands to downsize in new antitrust bills

Tom Glynn stepping down as CEO of Harvard’s Allston development company

Starbucks has plenty of customers, but not enough ingredients

lifestyle

Love Letters

Looking for the right woman

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

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

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

Russell Tovey (pictured at a London awards show in 2019) will join the "Starstruck" cast in season 2 in an as-yet unannounced role.

Series renewal warrants second look at ‘Starstruck’

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

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

Short-term modifications include adding crosswalks, shared-use paths, marked bicycle lanes, and curb ramps for increased accessibility.

Seeking to improve accessibility and safety, DCR unveils plan for parkways

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

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