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Genetics may play role in severe cases of COVID-19, study says

An international study published Thursday, led partly by researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, concludes that genetic factors increase the likelihood that someone will be infected with SARS-CoV-2 and develop a serious case.

Mental health exam sought for Egyptian man accused of stabbing rabbi in Brighton

The Egyptian national charged with stabbing a rabbi outside a Jewish day school in Brighton was being examined by a mental health clinician at Brighton Municipal Court Thursday at the request of his defense attorney.

Maps: What to expect from Tropical Storm Elsa

Here’s what to expect as Elsa hits Massachusetts.

Tropical Storm Elsa expected to lash region with high winds, heavy rain beginning late tonight

Rise of the Moors group arose from a growing, national sovereign citizen movement, experts say

The heavily armed militia members involved in a half-day standoff with police last weekend are linked to a national movement of so-called sovereign citizens, whose acolytes believe they are exempt from US law.

Massachusetts and other states reach $4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over company’s role in opioid crisis

In 2018, Attorney General Maura Healey sued Purdue and its executives for misleading physicians and patients about the risks of opioids in order to increase their profits.

Christopher Ahlberg, founder and chief executive of Recorded Future, posed for a portrait at his facility in Somerville.

One of the nation’s top lines of cyber defense runs through this company in Davis Square

Recorded Future, which operates out of a former laundromat, has provided Washington’s top officials with intelligence on the country’s biggest breaches, from the Jan. 6 insurrection to recent ransomware attacks.

Mass. legislator pitches a pandemic remedy: an extra year of school

The abrupt shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic upended K-12 education across the country, particularly for individuals with developmental disabilities.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

There’s only one side to the saga of American Airlines Flight 893

This whole story is starting to smell like an airplane bathroom in the last leg of a flight. Here is why I think there is only one side to it.

American Airlines says group disrupted flight from Boston to Bahamas, refused to wear masks Tour organizer says graduates from Boston-area high schools were wrongly blamed

Where (and what) to eat in Newport this summer

Rhode Island’s city by the sea has come back to life with plenty of dining options. Here are 15 of the best.

Seven great places to grab a drink in Newport

Fried seafood at B&B Fish in Marblehead.

IN THE FAMILY WAY

Picks for summertime dining with kids

Comforting menus, fun diversions, and deep-fried goodness.

Fun things to do with kids on the Cape

Katio Barbosa (center), a senior at Jeremiah Burke High School, spoke as he stood beside his fellow students on the Boston Student Advisory Council during a news conference to voice grievances, list demands, and share the experiences with Re-evaluation Counseling that they were subjected to as part of being on the council.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Organization calls Boston students sharing their unlicensed counseling experiences an ‘attack’

The international organization that promotes Re-evaluation Counseling, an unorthodox brand of peer counseling, is dismissing criticism by Boston students who said they were pressured to participate in traumatizing sessions, calling it an “attack” on what they consider a powerful form of therapy.

Police officer wounds person during confrontation in Roslindale, officials say

Police said an officer wounded a suspect and was injured during the Washington Street confrontation.

Crook Point Bascule Bridge is structurally sound after fire, city can preserve it

The state had proposed demolishing the old train bridge, which has been stuck in the upright position for decades, but now the city can move forward with developing a public space around it.

FDA approves update that narrows patient population for Biogen Alzheimer’s therapy

The drug has been marred by controversy since its approval in June.

MISS CONDUCT

Advice: The salon owner won’t let me ask my hair stylist if she’s vaccinated

Plus, how much of your home life should be on display in Zoom meetings?

Spectators banned from Tokyo Olympics as Japan enters COVID state of emergency

Japan had previously planned to only allow local spectators, but now it will be a made-for-TV event.

Haiti’s future uncertain after brazen slaying of president

Officials pledged to find all those responsible for the pre-dawn raid on President Jovenel Moïse's home early Wednesday in which the president was shot to death and his wife critically wounded.

Opinion

Back again, digitally enhanced

After death, you might live on as an (artificially) intelligent entity, capable of learning and adapting to new developments in your life.

To beat Governor Charlie Baker, a challenger must inspire a massive voter defection away from a governor who has stayed popular no matter what happened on his watch.

If Baker runs for a third term, he’ll win. Unless...

Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson (second from left) accompanies volunteers and staffers during a door-knocking outreach effort to inform residents about an upcoming COVID-19 vaccination event, on June 30, in Birmingham, Ala.

Shan Soe-Lin and Robert Hecht

Respect the Delta variant, but don’t fear it — unless you’re not vaccinated

Masking indoors in the age of the Delta variant

Walden Pond swimmer Peter Halpert from Lincoln was upset about the state's ban on open-water swimming. "This is holy water. It's a spiritual and religious event to swim in this pond," Halpert said. The state announced on Wednesday that it was lifting the ban.

Give people safe access to public waters

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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Outgoing Sharon Public Schools Superintendent Victoria Greer's contract was not renewed by the Sharon School Committee last year in the middle of a national reckoning on race. She's spent the past several months looking for a new job.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘I have never seen a Black superintendent retire ... There’s a systemic problem’

There's a lack of racial diversity among the state’s educators, particularly superintendents of color whose numbers and tenure are low. Especially at a time of national racial awareness, education advocates are pushing to cut down on that disparity, saying it is critical for Black, Latino, and Asian students to see themselves reflected in their teachers and school leaders.

CAPE TRAVEL

13 top places to eat on Cape Cod

Discover these tasty places on your next trip over the bridge.

She fell down the Gardner Museum heist rabbit hole. So she turned the crime scene into her own work of art

Former Boston resident Katy Slininger, 31, embroidered an intricate reconstruction of the Gardner Museum heist after watching the Netflix docuseries, “This Is a Robbery.”

The money could transform their lives. But thousands of eligible kids may not get the new child tax credit

Both the IRS and local community groups are warning that a significant number of families who most need the relief risk falling through the cracks because they are not known to the IRS.

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Special Projects

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at a House Financial Services Subcommittee hearing about the court's budget in Washington on March 23, 2015.

As court’s term ends, inquiring minds turn to Justice Breyer’s retiring mind

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

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

Mental health exam sought for Egyptian man accused of stabbing rabbi in Brighton

The Egyptian national charged with stabbing a rabbi outside a Jewish day school in Brighton was being examined by a mental health clinician at Brighton Municipal Court Thursday at the request of his defense attorney.

Massachusetts and other states reach $4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over company’s role in opioid crisis

In 2018, Attorney General Maura Healey sued Purdue and its executives for misleading physicians and patients about the risks of opioids in order to increase their profits.

Maps: What to expect from Tropical Storm Elsa

Here’s what to expect as Elsa hits Massachusetts.

Mass. legislator pitches a pandemic remedy: an extra year of school

The abrupt shift to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic upended K-12 education across the country, particularly for individuals with developmental disabilities.

Sports

Ivan Tran (right) of the Boston Glory can't quite grab the disc, which was deflected into the hands of Atlanta's Eli Jaime for a score during a game at Hormel Stadium in Medford.

For Boston Glory players in Ultimate Disc League, their sport is not just a fling

These dedicated pro athletes don't want people to think of their game as a picnic activity — they're quite serious about it.

A support team watch a test event for the Paralympic Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, which will host the opening ceremonies.

Spectators banned from Tokyo Olympics as Japan enters COVID state of emergency

Japan had previously planned to only allow local spectators, but now it will be a made-for-TV event.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves in Game 5.

Lightning 1, Canadiens 0

Andrei Vasilevskiy is the best goalie on the planet, and other observations from the Stanley Cup Final

Vasilevskiy deserved to win the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs after leading the Lightning to their second straight Stanley Cup.

Lightning 1, Canadiens 0

Lightning blank Canadiens to win second straight Stanley Cup title

Toronto FC 3, Revolution 2

Revolution have one of their worst collapses of the Bruce Arena era, and other observations from a loss to lowly Toronto FC

Red Sox notebook

Here’s why Alex Verdugo could use some time off at the All-Star break

Business

One of the nation’s top lines of cyber defense runs through this company in Davis Square

Recorded Future, which operates out of a former laundromat, has provided Washington’s top officials with intelligence on the country’s biggest breaches, from the Jan. 6 insurrection to recent ransomware attacks.

Haiti’s future uncertain after brazen slaying of president

Officials pledged to find all those responsible for the pre-dawn raid on President Jovenel Moïse's home early Wednesday in which the president was shot to death and his wife critically wounded.

FDA approves update that narrows patient population for Biogen Alzheimer’s therapy

15 more states including Mass. agree to settlement plan for opioid-maker Purdue

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

Maria Vasco, pictured here, runs zero-waste shop Uvida in the North End with the help of two employees.

The North End’s Uvida is a zero-waste wonderland

Vanessa Zoltan, founder of Not Sorry Productions and author of "Praying With Jane Eyre," out this week from Penguin Random House.

Vanessa Zoltan on ‘Praying With Jane Eyre’ and how pop culture can be sacred

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.

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

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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.

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.

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.

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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Perspective | Magazine

Talking to strangers, it turns out, is very good for us

Vietnamese Grilled Lemon Grass Pork (Thit Nuong).

Grilled pork and eggplant shine in these flavorful Vietnamese dishes

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)

Summer Entertainment Guide

25 outdoor events to help fill your summer weekends with fun

metro

Students arrived at Cambridge Ridge and Latin School in May.

Mass. legislator pitches a pandemic remedy: an extra year of school

Crook Point Bascule Bridge is structurally sound after fire, city can preserve it

Trees fall on two Norwell homes

sports

Lightning captain Steven Stamkos got the first spin around the ice with the Stanley Cup.

Lightning blank Canadiens to win second straight Stanley Cup title

Revolution have one of their worst collapses of the Bruce Arena era, and other observations from a loss to lowly Toronto FC

Here’s why Alex Verdugo could use some time off at the All-Star break

business

Bottles of Purdue Pharma L.P. OxyContin medication sit on a pharmacy shelf.

15 more states including Mass. agree to settlement plan for opioid-maker Purdue

US weekly jobless claims tick up to 373,000 from a pandemic low

Cryptocurrency startup Circle going public via a SPAC

politics

Rudy Giuliani.

Giuliani’s DC law license suspended until NY case resolved

Why NYC’s Democratic primary for mayor is the most important election in 2021

Biden seeks support for families plan, vaccines in Midwest

Nation

A COVID-19 vaccine testing process at a Pfizer research and development facility in Chesterfield, Mo.

Genetics may play role in severe cases of COVID-19, study says

Tears, prayers mark end to two-week search for Miami condo survivors

Tropical storm kills 1 in Florida, hurts 10 at Georgia base

World

A view of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome where Pope Francis was hospitalized Sunday.

Pope temporarily had fever 3 days after intestinal surgery

Haiti’s future uncertain after brazen slaying of president

Haiti’s president assassinated in nighttime raid, shaking a fragile nation

opinion

Swimming is no longer allowed outside of the designated swimming areas at Walden Pond, where open water swimming is popular. Michelle Blouin of Medford swims in the designated area.

State riles swimmers with new rules

The truth about workplace ‘diversity’

The United States has yet to fully abolish slavery

lifestyle

In this June 7, 2021, photo, people board an American Airlines flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Masks are mandated on all flights, and everyone who buys a ticket has agreed to comply.

There’s only one side to the saga of American Airlines Flight 893

She fell down the Gardner Museum heist rabbit hole. So she turned the crime scene into her own work of art

An outdoor fest in N.H., a Cape Cod redo, and Road Scholar hits the road once again

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

In this June 7, 2021, photo, people board an American Airlines flight at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. Masks are mandated on all flights, and everyone who buys a ticket has agreed to comply.

There’s only one side to the saga of American Airlines Flight 893

An outdoor fest in N.H., a Cape Cod redo, and Road Scholar hits the road once again

Exploring the Elizabeth Islands (and swimming with cows)

Arts

Artist Firelei Báez calls her installation "To breathe full and free: a declaration, a re-visioning, a correction (19°36'16.9"N 72°13'07.0"W, 42° 21'48.762" N 71°1'59.628" W)."

At the ICA Watershed, artist Firelei Báez draws history from the deep

At Brown University, a gallery show with absorbing newsprint

What artists see in wake of the Mayflower

Books

Mary Gauthier

Mary Gauthier’s memoir describes how making music in Boston healed her life

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

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

Movies

Lydia Lunch, from "Lydia Lunch: The War Is Never Over."

Doc Talk: taking a Lunch break, finding eternity in grains of sand

A study in Scarlett

All you need is Paul

Television

Savannah Lee Smith (left) and Jordan Alexander in the new "Gossip Girl."

‘Gossip Girl’ revival doesn’t have a lot to say

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

Discovery’s Shark Week returns Sunday

music

Sheffield Chamber Players kick off an ambitious five-year commissioning project with a new work by Kevin Day.

Sheffield Chamber Players seek local living rooms for world premieres

Gillette Stadium announces return to live music with Garth Brooks concert in October

Buskers to blanket Great Barrington all summer

Theater/Dance

Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Freestyle Love Supreme" will have a two-week run at the Colonial in 2022.

Emerson Colonial Theatre will reopen to a jam-packed slate of shows beginning in September

The taming of ‘The Tempest’

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

globe local

Newton City Hall.

Newton secures new state grant for road improvements

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?

Obituaries

Gerald W. Blakeley Jr. and his wife, Dr. Tenley Albright.

Gerald W. Blakeley Jr., visionary developer of Boston’s ‘high-tech highway,’ dies at 100

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

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