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‘Overdue’: Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan

President Biden on Thursday said the US military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31, as the United States seeks to end the nearly 20-year war.

Man who allegedly stabbed rabbi in Brighton faces hate crime, civil rights charges

The Egyptian national who allegedly attacked a rabbi outside a Jewish day school in Brighton is now charged with violating the civil rights of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski who was stabbed multiple times during an attack on July 1.

Officials investigated the scene around 3850 Washington St. after a Boston police officer shot a man during a struggle.
Boston police officer shoots man in struggle over gun during traffic stop
Acting Police Commissioner Gregory Long said the man was taken to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Zaila Avant-garde, 14, from Harvey, Louisiana reacts after correctly spelling a word during the finals of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Disney World Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Zaila Avant-garde breezes to National Spelling Bee win
The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, breezed to the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee's 96-year history.

FDA narrows recommended use of Biogen Alzheimer’s therapy after flood of criticism

The drug, which has been marred by controversy since its approval in June, is being recommended for patients with early symptoms of the disease.

Tyson Foods recalls almost 4,500 tons of chicken products

The US Department of Agriculture announced the recall a month after two consumers reported falling ill with listeriosis.
Supporters of Rise of the Moors members involved in an hours-long standoff with police exited Malden District Court this week.

Rise of the Moors member sued Danvers police, then sought to pay filing fees with a silver coin

Much of the language in the 2019 lawsuit foreshadowed arguments made by Rise of the Moors members in Malden District Court this week.
Rise of the Moors group arose from a growing, national sovereign citizen movement, experts say Letters: A standoff on the highway, a riddle in our midst
Rosemary Scapicchio is one of those who have supported Bobby George in his return to the practice of law.
KEVIN CULLEN

The redemption of Bobby George

When he stood, crestfallen, before the judge who sentenced him to 42 months in prison, he noted it might, as opposed to would, be the last time he spoke in a courtroom. As usual, Bob George was the most prescient guy in the courtroom.
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.
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
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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Soldiers guarded the Dajabon border crossing between the Dominican Republic and Haiti after the borders were closed due to the assassination perpetrated by an armed group against the president of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, in the early hours of Wednesday.
Two Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president
James Solages and Joseph Vincent were among 17 suspects detained in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse by gunmen at his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday.

Analysis
Geoff Diehl.
Diehl’s first test: Can he force Baker to make a decision earlier than he wants?
Once again Massachusetts politics is in the middle of a waiting game.

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes along California-Nevada border

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 rattled the California-Nevada border Thursday afternoon, with people reporting feeling the shaking hundreds of miles away, according to the US Geological Survey.

Civil rights leader Marc Morial of the National Urban League spoke at a briefing outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss voting rights legislation and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.
Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights
Facing a call to “save American democracy,” the Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new efforts to help protect voting rights amid growing complaints from civil rights activists and other Democrats that the White House has not done enough to fight attempts by Republican-led state legislatures to restrict access to the ballot.

Barry Cadden arrived at the federal courthouse for his original sentencing in 2017.
Barry Cadden, compounding pharmacy owner, gets 14 years in case of tainted drugs that killed more than 100
The former owner of the notorious Framingham compounding pharmacy that sent out tainted drugs that killed more than 100 people has been resentenced to more than 14 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

Chad Finn
J.D. Martinez is batting .299 this season.
This Red Sox season has been a delight, and four players who have exceeded expectations are a big reason why
There have been many pleasant surprises dotting the roster of the first-place Red Sox, but four stand out.

Opinion

When freelance ​work dried up after COVID-19 hit, Boston trombonist Skye Dearborn​ ​had to live off her savings and eventually qualified for unemployment benefits and food stamps.
Jonathan Kaledin

America needs a Department of Arts and Culture

It has the enormous, tantalizing potential to democratize and make much more egalitarian the reach and role of arts and culture in American society.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Libel laws, the Supreme Court, and Donald Trump’s not-so funny campaign pledge
Alex Beam

Back again, digitally enhanced
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.
Joan Vennochi

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

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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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.

Attorney General Maura Healey comforted Wendy Werbiskis of Easthampton at an event in August 2019 to remember opioid overdose victims.
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.

CAPE TRAVEL
A flatbread with braised short rib? Why yes — if it’s the one they’re making in the pizza ovens at Crisp or Crisp Too in Osterville.
13 top places to eat on Cape Cod
Discover these tasty places on your next trip over the bridge.

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.

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Special Projects

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

Ashish K. Jha

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.
EDITORIAL

Give people safe access to public waters

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

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

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

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

Elsa is expected to sweep northeast near or over Southern New England, dumping buckets of rain, whipping up winds and roiling seas, and even spawning tornados.

Rhode Island Report

A weekly podcast from The Boston Globe on what’s bubbling in Rhode Island news. In-depth interviews with newsmakers, perspective and analysis from Globe Rhode Island reporters, and intimate conversations with community members across the state.

Boston police officer shoots man in struggle over gun during traffic stop

Acting Police Commissioner Gregory Long said the man was taken to an area hospital with injuries that weren’t life-threatening.

Downing eyes tax changes to fund universal early care

If elected, Downing said, he would seek to use money from “comprehensive tax reform” or the proposed income tax increase on the wealthy that will be on the 2022 ballot to provide direct funding to child care providers that would be based on capacity, not enrollment.

Sports

The Suns' Devin Booker drives to the basket against Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo during the first half in Game Two of the NBA Finals at Phoenix Suns Arena.
NBA FINALS Game 2 | Suns 118, Bucks 108

Devin Booker scores 31 points in leading Suns to 2-0 series lead in NBA Finals

Milwaukee fell to Phoenix again despite getting 42 points from star Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Zaila Avant-garde, 14, from Harvey, Louisiana reacts after correctly spelling a word during the finals of the 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee at Disney World Thursday, July 8, 2021, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Zaila Avant-garde breezes to National Spelling Bee win

The 14-year-old from Harvey, Louisiana, breezed to the championship at the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night, becoming the first African American winner and only the second Black champion in the bee's 96-year history.
World No. 1 Jon Rahm (left) and World No. 3 Justin Thomas had solid first rounds.
Golf roundup

Jon Rahm lives up to No. 1 billing with 66 at Scottish Open

Rahm is two strokes behind Jack Senior, a 353rd-ranked English player, in the tuneup for the British Open.
Sports Log

Naomi Osaka speaks out in Time essay
Red Sox Notebook

Red Sox set to take on Phillies to end first half

USA Select basketball team loses three players over virus-related concerns

Business

Tyson Foods recalls almost 4,500 tons of chicken products

The US Department of Agriculture announced the recall a month after two consumers reported falling ill with listeriosis.

Two Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti president

James Solages and Joseph Vincent were among 17 suspects detained in the killing of President Jovenel Moïse by gunmen at his home in the pre-dawn hours Wednesday.

FDA narrows recommended use of Biogen Alzheimer’s therapy after flood of criticism

2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti’s president

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.
COMFORT ZONE

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.
COMFORT ZONE

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.
MUSIC

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

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
summer dining

Where (and what) to eat in Newport this summer
a new appreciation

The Thoreau I didn’t know

Perspective

Talking to strangers, it turns out, is very good for us
Vietnamese Grilled Lemon Grass Pork (Thit Nuong).
Cooking

Grilled pork and eggplant shine in these flavorful Vietnamese dishes

metro

Ben Downing

Downing eyes tax changes to fund universal early care

The redemption of Bobby George

Lawmakers slam McKee after he vetoes bill regulating third-party rental properties

sports

Naomi Osaka explained her stance against attending post-match media conferences at the French Open in an essay in Time magazine.

Naomi Osaka speaks out in Time essay

Red Sox set to take on Phillies to end first half

USA Select basketball team loses three players over virus-related concerns

business

Soldiers guarded the Dajabon border crossing between the Dominican Republic and Haiti after the borders were closed due to the assassination perpetrated by an armed group against the president of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, in the early hours of Wednesday.

2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti’s president

State looks to protect lobster beds from wind turbines

James Carmody heads for Boca Raton after a long run as GM of the Seaport Hotel

politics

An American soldier on a CH-47 Chinook helicopter flew over Kabul, Afghanistan's capital, on May 2, 2021. The US military mission in Afghanistan will conclude on Aug. 31

‘Overdue’: Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan

Amid growing frustration, White House pushes voting rights

Diehl’s first test: Can he force Baker to make a decision earlier than he wants?

Nation

Vials containing doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.

Pfizer to seek US authorization for third COVID-19 vaccine dose

Fully vaccinated Americans don’t need a booster shot at this time, FDA, CDC says

‘Overdue’: Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan

World

Rescue teams searched the rubble of the Champlain Towers South.

Bodies of three Paraguayans found in Florida condo, officials say

World’s reported COVID death toll passes 4 million

Pope temporarily had fever 3 days after intestinal surgery

opinion

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.

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

Give people safe access to public waters

Masking indoors in the age of the Delta variant

lifestyle

Tuna tartare served at Talise in Annisquam.

A beautiful view of the water from every table at Talise in Gloucester’s Annisquam

A sustainable bridal shop in Newton sells greener gowns

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

food & dining

Tuna tartare served at Talise in Annisquam.

A beautiful view of the water from every table at Talise in Gloucester’s Annisquam

Shrubbly from Vermont is a new summer thirst-quencher

New owners keep Portuguese Bakery traditions going in Provincetown

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

The forest and the trees in ‘Appleseed’

‘The Outlier’ reconsiders Jimmy Carter’s presidency

A championship season in ‘Tall Men, Short Shorts’

Movies

Robert Downey Jr., left, with his father Robert Downey Sr., in 2008.

Directing done very differently

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

A study in Scarlett

Television

"The White Lotus" writer-director Mike White with cast members Sydney Sweeney, center, and Alexandra Daddario at the premiere of the HBO limited series Wednesday in Los Angeles.

‘The White Lotus’ takes ‘Fantasy Island’ to a different plane

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

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

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

Harriet Harris is shown during a 2020 filming of "Eleanor," a role she'll be reprising onstage for live audiences at Barrington Stage Company.

Juggling two major roles, Harriet Harris has returned to the Berkshires in earnest

A teller of tales, buffeted by waves of ridicule

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

globe local

Rhode Island Report podcast

Rhode Island Report

Sweet summer memories are made at local candy stores

Should Massachusetts have a two-month sales tax holiday this year?

Obituaries

Dr. Lewontin was a pioneer in the study of genetic variation among humans and other animals.

Richard C. Lewontin, eminent geneticist with a sharp pen, dies at 92

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