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Federal district court judge withdraws opinion in exam school case, saying ‘I was misled’

In a surprise move, federal district court Judge William Young withdrew his opinion Friday in a Boston exam school admission case, because he said he believed the school system’s attorneys misled him by excluding racially charged text messages from the court record.

A Pride flag was unfurled over construction scaffolding on a Tremont Street building in the South End.
Boston Pride announces closing amid controversy over inclusion
Boston Pride, which for a half-century advocated for the rights of the LGBTQ community, is dissolving amid a controversy over inclusion, the group’s board of directors announced Friday, threatening the future of New England’s largest Pride parade.

Hebertt Simoes and his son Nathan, 6, watched a car navigate flooding on Parker Road in Framingham as Tropical Storm Elsa hit New England.
Tropical Storm Elsa adds another soaking to stormy summer
The early summer hurricane is already the fifth named storm in the Atlantic so far this season. Climate change is adding to concerns about the power and reach of storms like Elsa, warning they could become much stronger and wetter if the planet continues to heat up.

How much rain fell in your town? See photos and videos from the storm

DeSantis parts with Trump in response to Surfside tragedy

As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis prepares for a reelection bid next year that could propel him into a presidential campaign, the tragedy in Surfside is exposing voters to a different side of him. He’s still the conservative populist who rarely parts with former president Donald Trump. But unlike Trump, DeSantis is showing that he can tone down some of his most extreme partisan rhetoric during a disaster.
Aly Raisman's dog Mylo was found on Friday. He had been missing since the weekend.

Aly Raisman’s dog Mylo was found after nearly a week

Two-time Olympian Aly Raisman reunited with her dog, Mylo, Friday nearly a week after the pup was spooked by fireworks and ran away in the Seaport District.
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

Matt Damon's newest film, "Stillwater," directed by Tom McCarthy of "Spotlight" fame, received a five-minute standing ovation as the credits rolled in Cannes Thursday. When the camera landed on Damon, the Cambridge native appeared to be caught up in the emotion of the moment.
John Voss brought his wife, Mira Voss a cup of hot tea before the show at Coolidge Corner Theater.
easing back

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

After closing its doors for 14 months, the Coolidge is springing back to life as movies provide a welcome escape from the troubles that hopefully are behind us.
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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.

Boston police make arrest, seek public’s help in crimes against women

David Korey, 21, of East Boston was arrested Friday evening for allegedly trying to kidnap a woman around 4 a.m. Wednesday, police said. Police are still seeking information about a shooting on the Fourth of July in Roxbury that injured another woman.

I-93 ramp in Boston to be closed for movie film Saturday

The on-ramp at Lincoln and Essex streets leading to Interstate 93 north will be closed from 4 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, MassDOT announced.

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
In a sad end to a mystery that had lingered since a medical van struck a black bear in Marion on June 24, state officials on Friday confirmed that the animal died of its injuries and that it was Boo Boo, the black bear that had been seen roaming a number of South Shore towns over the last several weeks.

Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida.
Binx the cat from collapsed building found alive, returned to family
Binx the cat, who had lived on the ninth floor of the South Florida condo building that collapsed last month, has been found safe and returned to its family, officials said Friday.

Death toll in Florida condo collapse now 79

Smoke enveloped trees as the Sugar Fire, part of the Beckwourth Complex Fire, burns in Doyle, Calif.
Surging California wildfire prompts Nevada evacuations
A Northern California wildfire exploding through bone-dry timber prompted Nevada authorities to evacuate a border-area community as flames leapt on ridgetops of nearby mountains.

Opinion

Governor Charlie Baker stands at a social distance from other officials during a press conference marking the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions.
EDITORIAL

It’s time to open up the State House

Lawmakers ought to grapple with their COVID vaccination policy quickly and let the public back into the building.
Eileen Ryan campaigns for ranked-choice voting in costume, Oct. 31, 2020, in Cambridge.
MARCELA GARCÍA

The glorification of ranked-choice voting
With the highest vaccination rates in the country, Massachusetts is largely protected from disease outbreaks.
Sylvia Fogel, Andrew Zimmerman, Charlotte Mao, and John Gaitanis

School vaccination requirements may lead to other health disparities
Anti-vaccine protesters rallied outside Houston Methodist Hospital on June 26.
RENÉE GRAHAM

The unnecessary death march of the unvaccinated
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?

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The Cambridge headquarters of Biogen.

FDA seeks investigation of its own Alzheimer’s drug approval

It’s the latest fallout over last month’s approval of Aduhelm, an expensive and unproven therapy from Cambridge drugmaker Biogen that the agency OK’d in June against the advice of its own outside experts.
STAT News: The FDA has called for investigation into its controversial Alzheimer’s drug approval

A nurse displayed a syringe containing the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination campaign in the village of Oguzlar, Turkey, on July 8.
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 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.

KEVIN CULLEN
Rosemary Scapicchio is one of those who have supported Bobby George in his return to the practice of law.
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.

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.

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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 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
Rabbi Shlomo Noginski at his Brighton home on Sunday, three days after he was stabbed outside the Shaloh House, a Jewish day school.
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How to speak out against antisemitism
A heavy police presence assembled at a staging area at Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, not far from Interstate 95, as a standoff was taking place on the highway between police and armed men in the early morning of July 3.
LETTERS

A standoff on the highway, a riddle in our midst
Ashish K. Jha

Masking indoors in the age of the Delta variant
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
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.
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The following asteroid collision is only a test

Metro

Aly Raisman’s dog Mylo was found after nearly a week

Two-time Olympian Aly Raisman reunited with her dog, Mylo, Friday nearly a week after the pup was spooked by fireworks and ran away in the Seaport District.

Tropical Storm Elsa adds another soaking to stormy summer

The early summer hurricane is already the fifth named storm in the Atlantic so far this season. Climate change is adding to concerns about the power and reach of storms like Elsa, warning they could become much stronger and wetter if the planet continues to heat up.

Boston Pride announces closing amid controversy over inclusion

Boston Pride, which for a half-century advocated for the rights of the LGBTQ community, is dissolving amid a controversy over inclusion, the group’s board of directors announced Friday, threatening the future of New England’s largest Pride parade.
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Federal district court judge withdraws opinion in exam school case, saying ‘I was misled’

In a surprise move, federal district court Judge William Young withdrew his opinion Friday in a Boston exam school admission case, because he said he believed the school system’s attorneys misled him by excluding racially charged text messages from the court record.

Sports

Garrett Richards walked off a winner for the first time since May 19.

Garrett Richards warms to the task against Phillies

He earned his fifth win of the year and finished with three scoreless innings in the 11-5 win.
J.D. Martinez celebrates with teammates after his three-run home run in the second inning put the Red Sox ahead to stay Friday night.
RED SOX 11, PHILLIES 5

J.D. Martinez leads hit parade, Red Sox return to home cooking in rout of Phillies

The designated hitter belted a three-run home run, drove in four runs, and was one of six Boston batters with two hits apiece.
Luke List had an 8-under par 63 in the second round of the John Deere Classic.

Luke List takes 1-shot lead at John Deere Classic with string of seven birdies in eight holes

List, who is No. 117 in the FedEx Cup, stayed home the last two weeks to help with their 2-year-old daughter after his newborn son was hospitalized.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Kiké Hernández settles into unexpected everyday role in center field for Red Sox
Dan Shaughnessy

Dave Dombrowski doesn’t agree that he strip-mined the Red Sox to win a title, and other thoughts
Soccer

Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner looks forward to heightened circumstances on US men’s national team

Business

Haiti’s interim prime minister confirms request for US troops to country

Haiti’s interim government has asked the US to deploy troops to protect key infrastructure as it tries to stabilize the country and prepare the way for elections in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

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

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

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.
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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.

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

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’

‘Boo Boo’ the bear killed after medical van collision in Marion, state officials confirm

Rhode Island Columbus statue vandalized

sports

Kiké Hernández has been a key part of the Red Sox outfield, spending most of his time in center field this season.

Kiké Hernández settles into unexpected everyday role in center field for Red Sox

Dave Dombrowski doesn’t agree that he strip-mined the Red Sox to win a title, and other thoughts

Revolution goalkeeper Matt Turner looks forward to heightened circumstances on US men’s national team

business

Terrill Drake will be Harvard Business School's first chief diversity and inclusion officer.

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

Biden tells Putin Russia must crack down on cybercriminals

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

A statue of Stonewall Jackson in Justice Park, in Charlottesville.

Charlottesville readies for removal of Confederate statues

Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse

FDA seeks investigation of its own Alzheimer’s drug approval

World

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva.

IMF to help countries buy vaccines

Biden tells Putin the US will take ‘any necessary action’ after latest massive ransomware attack, White House says

Probe into Haitian president’s assassination reaches far and wide

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.

America needs a Department of Arts and Culture

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

Social Studies: The family penalty, the power of Black policing, cold greeting

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

John Voss brought his wife, Mira Voss a cup of hot tea before the show at Coolidge Corner Theater.

‘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