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Alleged leader of group involved in I-95 standoff ordered held without bail

The self-identified leader of a heavily armed faction of the “Rise of the Moors” group that waged an hourslong standoff with police over the weekend on Interstate 95 in Wakefield told a judge here Tuesday that officials have no legal authority to charge him with the felony counts he’s currently facing.
What we know about the I-95 standoff and suspects so far

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Boston, Cambridge

Forecasters have issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Eastern Massachusetts including Boston and Cambridge.

Group that boarded plane in Boston disrupts American Airlines flight to Bahamas; refuses to wear masks

A group of more than 30 people who were traveling from Boston to the Bahamas refused to wear masks and became disruptive Monday when they were catching a connecting flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, the airline said.

Chilling details emerge about beating and stabbing of Worcester lifeguard during arraignment of suspects

Police said authorities are beefing up patrols at swimming areas and parks in the aftermath of the brazen attack, which resulted in the arrests of four suspects.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK
N'Keal Harry has 45 receptions for 414 yards and four touchdowns in two seasons with the Patriots.
Agent wants Patriots to trade former first-round pick N’Keal Harry
The wide receiver from Arizona State has struggled since being selected with the 32nd pick of the 2019 NFL Draft.

Rescue crews worked in the rubble of the collapsed Champlain Towers South condominium building on Tuesday.

Searchers at Miami-area building collapse site ‘not seeing anything positive’

Officials overseeing the search at the site of the Florida condominium collapse seemed increasingly somber Tuesday about the prospects for finding anyone alive.
Rachel Nichols worked at ESPN from 2004 to 2013 and from 2016 to present.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Rachel Nichols is usually very precise with her words, and that’s what’s troubling about this situation

Nichols’s words give further fuel to the suspicion that white people who are outwardly supportive of Black colleagues don’t always say the same things behind closed doors.
ESPN removes Rachel Nichols from NBA Finals sideline role
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Analysis

3 emerging reasons why the midterms might not be a disaster for Democrats

The president’s party has lost, on average, 27 US House seats during the administration’s first midterm going back to World War II. But 2022 might buck the trend.
Democrats running for governor are pitching fundamental change. Is that what Mass. voters want?
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Keegan Thim Yee, owner and pastry chef of Keegan Kreations in Plymouth, with his wife and business partner, Yilin Yee.
His customers would do almost anything for his baked goods — even brave a pandemic
Keegan Thim Yee and his wife, Yilin, opened a bakery during COVID. It was scary, but their loyal fans showed up in droves. And they just keep coming.

Wind moved the grass and palm trees under a cloudy sky after the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa in Havana, Cuba on Monday.
Tropical Storm Elsa gaining strength, could become a hurricane
In addition to damaging winds and heavy rains, the Miami-based US National Hurricane Center warned of life-threatening storm surges, flooding and isolated tornadoes.

Storm tracker: Follow Elsa's path

Humpback whale caught on camera breaching near Plum Island
The whale, which looked to be just 10 or 20 yards offshore, was feeding on pogies that collect in large schools off the shore of Plum Island.

Perspective | Magazine
Talking to strangers, it turns out, is very good for us
New psychological research has found that chatting with strangers can help us feel happier, improve our sense of belonging, and even reduce prejudice.

White man who pushed Black neighbor in racist rant arrested in N.J.

In widely shared footage, a white man is seen pushing a Black neighbor with his chest and using racist slurs. After giving his exact address several times, protesters showed up at his home.

A sign reads: " Temporarily Closed. We have an IT-disturbance and our systems are not functioning," posted in the window of a closed Coop supermarket store in Stockholm.
Ransomware attack struck between 800 and 1,500 businesses, says company at center of hack
The company whose software was exploited in the biggest ransomware attack on record said Tuesday that so far it appears fewer than 1,500 businesses were compromised. But cybersecurity experts suspect the estimate is low.

Opinion

ESPN sports broadcaster Rachel Nichols at American Airlines Center on February 6 in Dallas, Texas.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The truth about workplace ‘diversity’

Turmoil at ESPN is a reminder that there’s a chasm between what some white people say and how they really feel about equity and inclusion.
A crew of inmate firefighters work to contain the Springs Fire as it burns along a hillside in the Angeles National Forest in Valyermo, California, April 5.
ABDALLAH FAYYAD

The United States has yet to fully abolish slavery
The container ship Ever Lively, registered in Singapore, ties up at the Paul W. Conley Container Terminal in South Boston in July 2020.
Scott A. Hodge and Daniel Bunn

Biden’s infrastructure plan could unfairly tax Northeast businesses

A person gets vaccinated at a drive-thru coronavirus vaccination site in Columbus, Ohio, on May 13, four days before before the Ohio vaccination lottery campaign was announced.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Patricia Hong, and Matthew Guido

Out of luck — COVID-19 vaccination lotteries don’t work
Joan Wickersham

The bricks of New Ireland

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

See the latest from our education team focused on race, class, and opportunity in schools.

RHODE ISLAND ⟶

See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

See the Globe’s expanded Newton coverage in partnership with Boston University.

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Marshfield Police chief Phillip A. Tavares at his desk in March.

He first plotted vengeance. Then he became police chief

For more than 30 years, Phillip Tavares, now Marshfield’s chief of police, has never stopped working to secure justice for his father.

Sam Hyun, with his mother, Donna, at her Newton laundromat business. The two have always been close, but they have recently begun to confide more honestly with one another.
Young Asian Americans struggle to get immigrant parents to open up about a painful issue: racism
Amid swelling anti-Asian sentiment and propelled by rhetoric surrounding COVID-19, second-generation Asian Americans are talking to their parents about subjects they never dared to broach before: race, racism, and identity.

A woman and child used hand sanitizer at CambridgeSide mall earlier this year.
Hand sanitizer is here to stay, but it’s not without risks. Here’s what doctors have to say
The near-ubiquitous nature of hand sanitizer is a net positive, several doctors said. But it does have some drawbacks and should not be overused.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Classrooms without air conditioning should use fans and open windows whenever possible to keep classrooms cool and safe for students, the district says.
After record-breaking heat, more than half of the Boston schools used for summer learning do not have air conditioning
The start of summer learning programs comes on the heels of Boston’s hottest June ever recorded.

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EDITORIAL

Editorial: Future-proofing the presidency

Donald Trump brought our democracy to the brink and exposed its weak spots. Here’s how to thwart the next American tyrant.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance: Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.
Winner of the 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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A person gets vaccinated at a drive-thru coronavirus vaccination site in Columbus, Ohio, on May 13, four days before before the Ohio vaccination lottery campaign was announced.
Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Patricia Hong, and Matthew Guido

Out of luck — COVID-19 vaccination lotteries don’t work
Joan Wickersham

The bricks of New Ireland
On March 19, 2021, attorney Mark Pearlstein offered testimony about his report investigating the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home crisis before the Legislature's special joint oversight committee on the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke COVID-19 outbreak, co-chaired by State Representative Linda Dean Campbell.
EDITORIAL

Don’t call inquiry into veterans’ deaths an independent investigation
Boston Circus Guild member Liz Knights walked on stilts at the Braintree Fourth of July celebration, held this year on June 26.
Joan Vennochi

The strange summer of 2021
Weston High School senior Eche Onwuama performs a rap he wrote for the METCO Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House on March 19, 2019.
EDITORIAL

School integration is back. Congress should embrace it.
NASA and some of the world’s leading engineers and space scientists are at work on a plan to avoid the destruction of Earth by an errant asteroid.
IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

The following asteroid collision is only a test

Metro

RI POLITICS

Governor McKee vetoes renewable energy bill that would have shifted costs to ratepayers

During his weekly press conference Tuesday, McKee said that he has vetoed a bill that he said would require ratepayers to pay for electric system upgrades that are currently funded by renewable energy developers.
RI BUSINESS

Brown University rejects all East Side residents’ recommendations for proposed residence halls

Residents had asked that the school restore retail shops, reduce the size of the buildings, and make the design compatible with the architecture in the historic neighborhood.

Ballot campaign taking shape for voter ID proposal

Massachusetts voters would be required to present identification to prove their identity at polling places, under an initiative petition that the head of the state Republican Party hopes to place on the 2022 statewide ballot.

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Boston, Cambridge

Forecasters have issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Eastern Massachusetts including Boston and Cambridge.

Sports

Wellesley native Mike Vasil became more of a command-over-stuff pitcher at Virginia, and could land in the top five rounds.

New England’s MLB draft class is one of the deepest ever

Red Sox scout Ray Fagnant said, “Without question, in my 29 years of scouting ... No other year remotely compares.”
Nate Eovaldi, selected to his first All-Star team on Sunday, will get the start for the Sox on Tuesday.
RED SOX AT ANGELS | 9:38 P.M. (NESN)

Game 87: Red Sox at Angels lineups and pregame notes

Nate Eovaldi will be on the mound for the Red Sox, squaring off against Shohei Ohtani Tuesday.
Dallas Jesuit High School shortstop Jordan Lawlar slashed .425/.552/.713 this season with 27 steals.
MLB DRAFT

One scout’s take on shortstop Jordan Lawlar: ‘I think he’s gonna be a superstar’

It’s possible that, with such elite skills, the 18-year-old Dallas high school prospect might be gone before the Red Sox make their first draft pick Sunday at No. 4.
Wimbledon

Hubert Hurkacz set to meet idol Roger Federer in Wimbledon quarterfinals
BRUINS

Bruins lose some blue-line depth as Steven Kampfer departs for KHL
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Rachel Nichols is usually very precise with her words, and that’s what’s troubling about this situation

Business

Oil spikes, then falls back after OPEC Plus fails to reach a deal

The volatility in oil prices reflected worry that the deadlock in OPEC Plus, the alliance of oil producers, means that too little oil would reach the markets at a time of growing consumption.

Ransomware attack struck between 800 and 1,500 businesses, says company at center of hack

The company whose software was exploited in the biggest ransomware attack on record said Tuesday that so far it appears fewer than 1,500 businesses were compromised. But cybersecurity experts suspect the estimate is low.

Pentagon cancels $10 Billion JEDI cloud-computing contract

AMC will bypass shareholders to issue new stock

Comfort Zone

What can we learn from wedding announcements? Cate Doty answers with "Mergers and Acquisitions: Or, Everything I Know About Love I Learned on the Wedding Pages"

What we can learn from wedding announcements
Conductor Keith Lockhart was photographed Friday at Symphony Hall. The 2021 Boston Pops July Fourth Spectacular will mark the conductor's reunion with live audiences.
MUSIC

Keith Lockhart on July 4: ‘The theme of this concert, in my mind, is about rebirth’
Carolina Aragón's "FutureSHORELINE" represents climate threats as well as solutions proposed by scientists.
ART

In Fort Point, public art helps visualize rising sea levels
From left: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, and Rainn Wilson in "The Office."
ASK MATTHEW

Why we’re still in a relationship with some classic sitcoms

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.

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Among the top stories for the magazine so far in 2021 have been a piece about the origins of William Shakespeare's work (left), a story on Black joy (top right), and the annual Top Spots to Live story (bottom right).
Recommended reading

Ten of the best Globe Magazine stories from 2021 (so far)
Titi, a 6-year-old rescue dog, gazes adoringly at the writer’s husband, actor Chris Cooper, in their Massachusetts home.
Connections

A father’s soothing ways
The owners of this Ogunquit summer house asked the designer to create a loft in their young daughters' bedroom.
Style Watch

Home design ideas: A bedroom with a loft provides an escape for young sisters
Squam Lake attracts naturalists, canoers, and kayakers right through autumn. “It’s the quiet coffee shop to Lake Winnipesaukee’s loud nightclub,” says homeowner Sam Kachmar.
Summer Living

A 1970s fixer-upper on a New Hampshire lake draws new owners with its ‘family vibe’

metro

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Boston, Cambridge

Alleged leader of group involved in I-95 standoff ordered held without bail

Rhode Island launches COVID-19 incentive program

sports

Hubert Hurkacz's anticipated Wimbledon quarterfinals matchup against Roger Federer was set up by his win over No.2-seeded Daniil Medvedev during the men's singles fourth-round match.

Hubert Hurkacz set to meet idol Roger Federer in Wimbledon quarterfinals

Bruins lose some blue-line depth as Steven Kampfer departs for KHL

Rachel Nichols is usually very precise with her words, and that’s what’s troubling about this situation

business

Cosplayers dressed as 8-Bit Spider-Man and Black Widow attended the Black Widow World Premiere Fan Event at an AMC theater in New York City last month. The theater company plans to issues 25 million more shares without shareholder approval.

AMC will bypass shareholders to issue new stock

Recall of sleep apnea machines leaves many in the lurch, and worried

Moths ate the clothes you stashed away during the pandemic, so this Boston weaver is busier than ever

politics

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

3 emerging reasons why the midterms might not be a disaster for Democrats

Hunt for Capitol attackers still on 6 months after Jan. 6

New infrastructure deal must focus on climate, activists say

Nation

Experts say getting vaccinated will protect you from the Delta variant.

Israeli officials say Pfizer vaccine less effective as Delta variant spreads

In first report since Friday, Mass. reports 269 confirmed COVID-19 cases, 6 deaths, and 27,731 vaccinations

Group that boarded plane in Boston disrupts American Airlines flight to Bahamas; refuses to wear masks

World

Border Force officials arrived in the port after picking up migrants in the English last month in Dover, England. More than 500 migrants arrived in the final week of May, according to the UK Home Office.

UK proposes moving asylum-seekers abroad while their cases are decided

Israel’s new government fails to extend law that bans citizenship for Palestinians

Tropical Storm Elsa gaining strength, could become a hurricane

opinion

Weston High School senior Eche Onwuama performs a rap he wrote for the METCO Advocacy Day at the Massachusetts State House on March 19, 2019.

School integration is back. Congress should embrace it.

DEI initiatives leave out the people who voted for Trump

There’s cause for concern in teaching critical race theory

lifestyle

Grilled Steak Salad Nicoise.

Recipe: Make a beautiful grilled steak salad Nicoise with vegetables grown nearby

Recipe: Skewers of jerk chicken kebabs offer fiery heat and warm spices

Recipe: Apricots are perfect every time if you roast them, then tuck them into buttermilk shortcakes

food & dining

Shrubbly, a low calorie soda from Vermont made with a shrub and sparkling water.

Shrubbly from Vermont is a new summer thirst-quencher

New owners keep Portuguese Bakery traditions going in Provincetown

Quality teas that are steeped in equality

travel

Kiddie shampoo was a lot more fun when it came in bottles like these, as seen at the Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum.

Museum or giant toybox? One family’s vast collection of playthings and artifacts is the stuff of childhood memories

This Rhode Island hotel has been named one of the 15 best beach resorts in the US

What’s new (and not to miss) in Newport

Arts

Virgil Abloh's “You’re Obviously in the Wrong Place,” from 2015.

Moving fast, thinking deeply at the ICA’s Virgil Abloh show

Art that crystallizes the past

With sculpture, Edith Wharton’s estate becomes open field for the imagination

Books

The bestselling author also talked about her new book, set in 1840s Australia.

Christina Baker Kline celebrates ‘Exiles’ paperback with all-star author event

Battling the patriarchy’s censor in ‘The Man Who Hated Women’

Reading Chinese authors, and trying to learn Mandarin

Movies

Chris Pratt in "The Tomorrow War."

In ‘The Tomorrow War,’ on Amazon, the future is now

Two cheers for the red, white, and blue

The Civil War monumentalized; seeing the death penalty in action

Television

From left: Michelle Dockery, Robert James-Collier, Hugh Bonneville, and Allen Leech in the first "Downton Abbey" movie, which grossed $193.3 million.

With movie sequel, there’s no stopping the ‘Downton Abbey’ brand

Discovery’s Shark Week returns Sunday

This week’s TV: ‘Gossip Girl’ returns, sharks are everywhere, and cops trail the supernatural

music

Berkshire Busk! performers include (clockwise from top left) mime David Ige, artist/storyteller Anoush Froundjian, the DUET music duo, magician Darren Yong, and singer-songwriters Eric Reinhardt and Francine Ciccarelli.

Buskers to blanket Great Barrington all summer

Once an artist, now an administrator, Connie C. Chin prepares to lead Global Arts Live into a new era

Keith Lockhart on July 4: ‘The theme of this concert, in my mind, is about rebirth’

Theater/Dance

BOSTON, MA - 07/04/2019 Confetti falls on the audience attending the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Despite the heat, a large crowd came out to celebrate one of the countryÕs largest and oldest public Fourth-of-July events that took place on the Esplanade.Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

How to watch the July Fourth Pops celebration and fireworks from home

For ArtsEmerson, a less busy but ambitious season

Christopher Lloyd’s journey, from kooks to King Lear

globe local

Haverhill Sign Company's city limits sign in 1910.

Big shoes to fill: Film tells how a Haverhill union activist became America’s first socialist mayor

Should the state phase out Mass Save rebates for new oil-fired systems for heat and hot water?

Somerville moves to honor military heroes still among us

Obituaries

Mr. Donner mastered the buddy comedy with the “Lethal Weapon” franchise.

Richard Donner, director of ‘Superman’ and ‘Lethal Weapon’ films, dies at 91

Gerald W. Blakeley Jr., pioneering developer of Route 128, dies at 100

Theresa Parks, Mission Hill housing advocate who stood up to Harvard, dies at 84