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Boston Pride announces closing amid controversy over inclusion

The announcement, posted to the organization’s website Friday afternoon, came one month after Pride board president Linda DeMarco said she would resign this summer in response to complaints that the organization excluded people of color and trans people, which led some to boycott the group.

FDA head calls for federal probe into approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug

It’s the latest fallout over last month’s approval of Aduhelm, an expensive and unproven therapy that the agency OK’d against the advice of its own outside experts.
On statnews.com: The FDA has called for a federal investigation into its controversial Alzheimer’s drug approval

Falmouth man who allegedly opened fire outside Middleborough state building in custody

A 55-year-old Falmouth man allegedly opened fire outside a state Department of Transportation building Friday morning and fled into a wooded area, prompting a two-hour shelter-in-place order for area residents until police apprehended the suspect around 11:30 a.m.
Matt Damon arrives for a press conference for the film "Stillwater" at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 9, 2021.

Matt Damon tears up during 5-minute standing ovation for his new movie at Cannes
A black bear, dubbed "Boo Boo," had been seen roaming a number of South Shore towns over the last several weeks. On Friday, the state Division of Fisheries & Wildlife confirmed the bear’s death in a statement.

‘Boo Boo’ the bear killed after medical van collision in Marion, state officials confirm
A classroom at an elementary school in Nesquehoning, Pa.

Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks, CDC says

Relaxing its COVID guidelines, the CDC said Friday that vaccinated teachers and students don’t need to wear masks inside school buildings.
169 confirmed cases, 0 deaths, and 9,952 vaccinations. See today’s COVID-19 data from Mass. How does the CDC’s new COVID-19 guidance for schools line up with Massachusetts’ plans for the fall?
Second grader Ku Swaray crossed the street with her twin sisters, Miatta and Emma, who are both in first grade, as they returned to F. Lyman Winship Elementary School in Brighton in April, among the 23,000 Boston Public Schools students returning to full-time in-person learning at the time.

Boston Public Schools releases preliminary plan for spending $123m in federal relief funds

Many educators and families hope the influx of money will be transformative for the district, where many schools are considered underperforming by the state.
Matt Landolfi coaches on the sidelines at Gillette Stadium during a Duxbury playoff game.

Duxbury names assistant Matt Landolfi as head football coach to replace fired Dave Maimaron

Landolfi served as head coach on an interim basis after the team was enveloped in scandal.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance
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THE GREAT DIVIDE
A group of parents is hoping to convince the court to overturn a verdict in the spring that upheld the constitutionality of the temporary exam school admission plan.
Federal district court judge withdraws opinion in exam school case, saying ‘I was misled’
Boston school officials will face questions Friday afternoon from a federal court judge for not submitting racially charged text messages as evidenced in an exam school case earlier this year, an action that Judge William Young has already characterized as “potentially fraud on the Court.”

Biden fires head of Social Security Administration, a Trump holdover who drew the ire of Democrats

Andrew Saul was fired after refusing a request to resign, White House officials said. His deputy, David Black, who was also appointed by former president Donald Trump, resigned Friday upon request.

Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo can be seen in Surfside, Florida.
‘Heartbreaking’: Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 79
The death toll in the collapse of a Miami-area condo building rose to 79 on Friday, a number the mayor called “heartbreaking” as recovery workers toiled for a 16th day to find victims in the rubble. Another 61 people remain unaccounted for.

Tara Sullivan
Tommie Smith's gesture on the podium in Mexico City in 1968 — which John Carlos, right, followed — is the most famous example of athlete activism. The IOC has adapted their protest policy for this month's Tokyo Games, giving some concessions to athletes, but far fewer than they want.
Olympic athletes seem ready to defy the rules and protest in Tokyo. How will the IOC respond?
"The movement has gotten too big," one expert explained. "Athletes know their voices are powerful." But with the IOC banning outsized shows of activism, what happens after the fist is raised?

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Dan Shaughnessy
Dave Dombrowski said he's "proud of what we did in Boston" but is happy to turn the page on that chapter.
Dave Dombrowski doesn’t agree that he strip-mined the Red Sox to win a title, and other thoughts
Theo Epstein got all the credit in 2004 even though Dan Duquette built the team. Isn't that true of this season for Dombrowski?

LOVE LETTERS
Love Letters
My husband is working on himself, but is that enough?
An update and question from a reader. Help.

Opinion

A man with his dog drops off his mail-in ballot at Boston City Hall during the Massachusetts State Primary, on Sept.1, 2020.
EDITORIAL

Let Boston vote early and by mail

With a mayoral election fast approaching and Beacon Hill unwilling to extend statewide pandemic voting reforms, the city should act quickly.
Rabbi Shlomo Noginski at his Brighton home on Sunday, three days after he was stabbed outside the Shaloh House, a Jewish day school.
JEFF JACOBY

How to speak out against antisemitism
Anti-vaccine protesters rallied outside Houston Methodist Hospital on June 26.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The unnecessary death march of the unvaccinated
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
Boys are exposed to higher levels of testosterone in utero and are more likely to exhibit a preference for rough and tumble play.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Does testosterone matter?

THE GREAT DIVIDE ⟶

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

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See the latest from Globe Rhode Island.

NEWTON ⟶

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

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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

Once one of Boston’s highest-flying lawyers, Bob George lost his license to practice law after his 2012 conviction for money laundering. Now he’s back, ready to reenter the only place where he felt completely at ease: a courtroom.

The world is unprepared for new ‘age of pandemics,’ G-20 panel warns

In a sobering 92-page report, a panel of independent experts called Friday for sweeping reforms to the World Health Organization and billions in new spending to stave off the next outbreak, which they warned could be far deadlier than the coronavirus.

Overdose victims’ families protested in 2018 at Purdue Pharma headquarters in Stamford, Conn.
Massachusetts and other states reach $4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over company’s role in opioid crisis
The settlement with the Sackler family and its disgraced drug company caps years of legal disputes as states tried to hold accountable the country’s most notorious manufacturer of prescription painkillers for its part in the opioid epidemic.

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

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

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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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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

Boston Pride announces closing amid controversy over inclusion

The announcement, posted to the organization’s website Friday afternoon, came one month after Pride board president Linda DeMarco said she would resign this summer in response to complaints that the organization excluded people of color and trans people, which led some to boycott the group.
RI CRIME

Rhode Island Columbus statue vandalized

Westerly Police said that two teenagers pelted the statue with eggs and defaced it with blue paint.
RI BUSINESS

Scenes from a post-pandemic restaurant: rude customers, frustrated staff

A new toolkit is intended to help workers cope when customers go from “terribly demanding” to just plain “terrible.”

Boston Public Schools releases preliminary plan for spending $123m in federal relief funds

Many educators and families hope the influx of money will be transformative for the district, where many schools are considered underperforming by the state.

Sports

National decathlon champion Max Stakun-Pickering at the Wellesley high school track.

Wellesley High junior Max Stakun-Pickering wins national title in decathlon

Stakun-Pickering needed to beat his opponent by eight seconds in a difficult event, the 1,500 meters, and he did.
Australia's Ash Barty's lone major title so far came at the 2019 French Open, and, like her opponent Karolina Pliskova, she’d never been past the fourth round at the All England Club until this week.

Ash Barty will try for her second major title while Karolina Pliskova looks for her first in Wimbledon final

Barty, who has indigenous roots, said she is following a path Evonne Goolagong created for all Australians.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic made just 15 unforced errors in his Wimbledon semifinal victory over Denis Shapovalov, who had 36.

Novak Djokovic on the verge of 20th major championship after eliminating Denis Shapovalov in semifinals

He will face Matteo Berrettini in the final.

Local sports reporter Courtney Cox joins ‘The Greg Hill Show’ at WEEI

Name, image and likeness: It is a cataclysmic event or a watershed moment?
high schools

Duxbury names assistant Matt Landolfi as head football coach to replace fired Dave Maimaron

Business

MassBio said to be in talks with state Senator Joseph Boncore for CEO position

The Winthrop Democrat is a leading candidate to run the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, the trade group for the state’s booming biotech industry.

Biden signs order to urge more scrutiny of big business

President Biden signed a sweeping executive order Friday aimed at spurring competition across the economy, encouraging federal agencies to take a wide range of actions, including more closely scrutinizing the tech industry, cracking down on high fees charged by sea shippers, and allowing hearing aids to be sold over the counter.

Harvard Business School’s first chief diversity and inclusion officer to start in September

Boston home-buying app seeks to overhaul industry, one swipe at a time

Comfort Zone

Silvia López Chavez's latest public artwork is a colorful mural wrap.
COMMUNITY

On the Common, a public restroom wrapped with beautiful art
A still from Ensemble Altera's COVID-era "Amazing Grace" video.
MUSIC

For this Providence choir, an emotional return to live music: ‘It could be overwhelming’
Fried seafood at B&B Fish in Marblehead.
IN THE FAMILY WAY

Picks for summertime dining with kids
Climb to the top of South Light and you’ll have views of its twin, North Light, and the rocky coast.
DAYTRIPPING

A visit to Thacher Island, where tragedy and beauty meet

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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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

Second grader Ku Swaray crossed the street with her twin sisters, Miatta and Emma, who are both in first grade, as they returned to F. Lyman Winship Elementary School in Brighton in April, among the 23,000 Boston Public Schools students returning to full-time in-person learning at the time.

Boston Public Schools releases preliminary plan for spending $123m in federal relief funds

State official who raised billing concerns about Eleanor Slater Hospital resigns

Tropical Storm Elsa: How much rain fell in your town?

sports

Courtney Cox joined NESN as a a digital host and reporter in 2016.

Local sports reporter Courtney Cox joins ‘The Greg Hill Show’ at WEEI

Name, image and likeness: It is a cataclysmic event or a watershed moment?

Duxbury names assistant Matt Landolfi as head football coach to replace fired Dave Maimaron

business

James Rogers and Zach Gorman, co-founded the Torii app, a platform that allows home buyers to swipe right and left on listings

Boston home-buying app seeks to overhaul industry, one swipe at a time

Biden tells Putin Russia must crack down on cybercriminals

FDA head calls for federal probe into approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug

politics

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti.

Biden nominates LA mayor Eric Garcetti for India ambassador

Police testimony will lead off panel’s first Jan. 6 hearing

The world is unprepared for new ‘age of pandemics,’ G-20 panel warns

Nation

Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo can be seen in Surfside, Florida.

‘Heartbreaking’: Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 79

Iowa amusement park became a political force before accident

DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy

World

Police searched the Morne Calvaire district of Petion Ville for suspects who remain at large in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday. Moise was assassinated on July 7 after armed men attacked his private residence and gravely wounded his wife.

Probe into Haitian president’s assassination reaches far and wide

Afghan warlord slams govt, quick US goodbye

Bodies of three Paraguayans found in Florida condo, officials say

opinion

Back again, digitally enhanced

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

Voting rights are being put through the wringer

lifestyle

Love Letters

I know he talks about other women

Picks for summertime dining with kids

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

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

Silvia López Chavez's latest public artwork is a colorful mural wrap.

On the Common, a public restroom wrapped with beautiful art

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

At Brown University, a gallery show with absorbing newsprint

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

A scene from season two of "This Way Up," starring the show's writer and creator, Aisling Bea.

The whip-smart British comedy ‘This Way Up’ is the perfect post-pandemic binge

Kiefer Sutherland to take on the role of FDR in ‘The First Lady’

18 shows to binge after a rainy, stormy, bad-weather day

music

A still from Ensemble Altera's COVID-era "Amazing Grace" video.

For this Providence choir, an emotional return to live music: ‘It could be overwhelming’

New music for the out-of-it

For music listeners stuck in the past, these 13 artists might remind you of some old favorites

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

The marquee of the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Thursday.

‘You’re just engulfed by the screen’: Movie fans relish the chance to return to beloved Coolidge Corner Theatre

Rollins moves to overturn thousands of convictions based on testing at now-closed state drug lab

Rhode Island Report

Obituaries

James Kallstrom, then director of the New York field office of the FBI, smiled during an interview in 1997

James Kallstrom, who led FBI review of TWA crash, dies at 78

Yury Dokhoian, chess coach who guided Gary Kasparov, dies at 56

She knew JFK and Oswald, and wrote about both: author Priscilla Johnson McMillan dies at 92