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Patrick M. Rose Sr. (right), former president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association, stood as his sentence was read by a clerk magistrate. His defense attorney, William Keefe was at left.

Mayor Wu, under pressure, releases more BPD records from former Boston police union leader Patrick Rose

The 100-plus pages of internal affairs documents expose “systemic failures” 25 years ago, Wu told reporters Thursday, and yet the documents still failed to answer a key question: Who made the decision that allowed Rose to return to the force on full duty, without any discipline, where he was able to ascend union ranks while committing more crimes through to his retirement four years ago.

See the latest documents released in the Patrick Rose case

3 dead, trooper wounded in Maryland shooting, authorities say

A man opened fire at a business in western Maryland on Thursday, killing three people before the suspect and a state trooper were wounded in a shootout, authorities said.

Michigan officer charged with murder in Lyoya shooting

The Michigan police officer who killed Patrick Lyoya, a Black man who was on the ground when he was shot in the back of the head, was charged Thursday with second-degree murder.

1,989 confirmed cases and 17 deaths. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Here’s a look at the latest coronavirus numbers in Massachusetts, including case numbers, deaths, demographics, and more.

Here’s what you need to know about getting a COVID-19 shot for your child under 5 Mass. reports 4,073 new coronavirus cases among public school students and 1,461 among staff

Methuen fires police captain after report finds he lied to protect former Chief Joseph Solomon

Captain Greg Gallant allegedly lied about the role of his former boss in crafting a fraudulent union contract that would have paid top officers up to $500,000.

Law enforcement officials outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, following the mass shooting on May 24, 2022.

Aware of injuries inside, Uvalde police waited to confront gunman

Emergency responders investigated the scene of a construction accident on Northern Avenue in the Seaport District of Boston on Thursday.

Construction accident on Northern Avenue in the Seaport leaves one dead

Advocates embraced in the state Senate chamber after lawmakers voted to override Governor Charlie Baker's veto on bill that allows people in Massachusetts without legal immigration status to get driver's licenses.

Mass. lawmakers override Baker veto, allow driver’s licenses for residents without legal immigration status

The new law, which follows decades of advocacy in Massachusetts, takes effect July 1, 2023. But Republicans may try to overturn measure at the ballot box this fall.

Jan. 6 committee hearings

KEVIN CULLEN

This time, the revolution will be televised
What kind of ratings will Thursday night produce, when something far more serious and consequential to the nation’s well-being than a basketball game goes prime time?

Here’s what you need to know about Thursday’s hearing of the House Jan. 6 committee Jan. 6 Capitol attack committee goes prime time with probe FBI arrests Ryan Kelley, one of five GOP candidates for Michigan governor, for role in Jan. 6 Capitol attack

2022 US Open

How will golf pros approach The Country Club’s course? We played all 18, and here’s what we found.
To prepare for June’s US Open, which will be the 10th to be held in Massachusetts, the Globe explored the historic course. And we want to take you along for the journey.

With a pro caddie to guide us, we played The Country Club. Here’s the hole-by-hole report. How The Country Club toughened up: Larger greens and trickier putts await in the US Open Will the US Open’s big hitters go for the green on The Country Club’s reachable par-4s?

Celtics coach Ime Udoka congratulated Jayson Tatum on a job well done after Game 3.

How Celtics coach Ime Udoka’s increased trust in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown as playmakers has helped both grow

Tatum has three seven-turnover games during this postseason and Brown has two. But the Celtics are willing to live with these growing pains.

Christopher L. Gasper: Defense has always been part of the Celtics’ DNA, and it may lead them to Banner No. 18

Niecy Nash in "Claws."

MATTHEW GILBERT

Eight ‘beach reads’ you can watch this summer

These TV shows are the equivalent of beach reads — relaxing and diverting and not to be taken too seriously.

The million dollar (Euro?) view of the harbor in Portofino, Italy.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

This solo cruise was like stepping into a postcard that served really good food

The Italian Riviera is a sparkling jewel in Italy’s delicious crown. (Remind me again why I live so far from Italy?)

Ditch the Sox hat: How not to look like a tourist

Opinion

IDEAS | WILL AUSTIN

Where have Boston’s children gone?

Though the city is booming, it is losing families. This is a trend we have to halt.

The Kennedy Institute and Senators Sanders and Graham hope to rekindle real Senate debates

A nation held hostage by Republican cowardice on gun reform

The changing face of Pride

Topless beaches on Nantucket? Sure. But how about a sandy spot for the modest among us too?

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

Come see Globe journalists live on stage
Globe Live returns June 11-12 for two brand-new shows of original & adventurous nonfiction storytelling.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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At this year’s Tonys, diversity wins
Sunday night's ceremony features an exceptionally diverse slate of nominees, with Black artists, stories, or cultural icons also at the center of the three most-nominated productions: “A Strange Loop, “MJ,” and “Paradise Square.”

Matthew Gilbert: The Tonys bring energy missing from other awards shows

Bruce Cassidy was surprised by his dismissal, he says, after being told by Don Sweeney he would return
Cassidy said the Bruins GM had informed him at season’s end that he would be returning, so he was caught off guard Monday when he was fired.

David Allan Boucher, host of ‘Bedtime Magic’ on 106.7 FM, announces he’ll retire after 40 years
David Allan Boucher, host of “Bedtime Magic,” told listeners Wednesday night that he’s retiring, ending a four-decade run as host of Magic 106.7′s popular nighttime radio show.

TECH LAB

Could the fall of Roe v. Wade boost digital privacy?
Lawmakers and activists fear that if the decision is overturned, states that adopt tough abortion restrictions could use location data to track down those who obtain or perform abortions.

Colorado to examine Boebert’s mileage claims and tax liens
Colorado officials are examining allegations that US Representative Lauren Boebert, a Republican representing the state’s western half, inflated the mileage she logged on the campaign trail in 2020 and then used more than $20,000 in reimbursements from donors to pay off years of tax liens on her restaurant.

Fed up gas station owner in Amherst stops selling fuel

A downtown Amherst gas station owner fed up with what he considers attempts by oil companies to fleece customers with outrageously high prices at the pump has stopped selling gas as a protest.

Recommended reads

In-between meetings and e-mails, Kate Megraw, CIO at Webster Five Bank in Worcester picked up her children's toys and clothing. She worked from home in Southampton.

‘I’m so much stronger now’: How remote work is helping women in the workplace

Making a career move no longer requires uprooting your family, making frequent business trips, or spending long hours at the office. That’s significant for women who tend to shoulder a greater share of domestic duties.

Globe Magazine

Our daughter had a year left to live. We had to do something wonderful with the time she had left.
When our baby was diagnosed with fatal Tay-Sachs disease, we decided to celebrate Havi with a lifetime’s worth of birthdays.

Charts: A town-by-town look at how the opioid epidemic has hit Massachusetts
The rate of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts hit an all-time high in 2021, according to data released Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health.

They offered hundreds of thousands of dollars over the asking price. But was it enough?
With inventory tight, desperate buyers are offering “over asks” so large they’re more than the price of most entire homes in the state.

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Culture & Lifestyle

BAMS Fest returns to Franklin Park Saturday for a day of free entertainment and activities celebrating artists of color.

At BAMS Fest, a celebration of culture and community on and off stage

Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn in "Dark Winds."

In ‘Dark Winds,’ a vivid portrait of Indigenous culture elevates a murder mystery

Amber Payne and Deborah D. Douglas, co-editors of "The Emancipator" are among the journalists on the program.

‘Globe Live’ storytelling event comes to the Emerson Paramount Center this weekend

Boston, MA - 3/15/20 - Empty desks line the Boston Public Library's Reading Room on March 15, 2020. The library remains open, however all activities and room rentals have been suspended during the COVID-19 outbreak. (Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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How author Sulari Gentill wrote her Boston Public Library mystery from a continent away

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Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The changing face of Pride

Nantasket Beach in Hull, July 2021.

TOPIC: STANDALONE

Topless beaches on Nantucket? Sure. But how about a sandy spot for the modest among us too?

After Shelby Scott was replaced as anchor by a younger colleague, she ultimately carved out the role for which she was revered in Boston — as the woman on TV who wore a different colored hat to signal how bad a snowstorm was turning out to be.

Shelby Scott, a TV reporter buffeted by storms and sexism

The corporate offices of Mass General Brigham in Somerville.

IDEAS | DANIELLE ZHOU

Hit with a hidden fee on your doctor’s bill? Health care consolidation may be to blame.

Sixty years ago this month, The New Yorker began serializing what would become Rachel Carson's book "Silent Spring." Carson said she "wanted to bring to public attention" her charges that pesticides destroy wildlife and endanger the environment.

IDEAS | BRYAN PFEIFFER

‘Silent Spring’ at 60

IDEAS | WILL AUSTIN

Where have Boston’s children gone?

Metro

Brockton ‘Rox’ baseball with familiar names and fun

New co-owner Norm Laviolette draws on his entertainment background to pepper his team’s fans with levity inside and outside the lines.

Three gun bills headed to R.I. House floor Friday

House Judiciary Committee votes 10 to 8 for bill limiting magazine capacity to 10 rounds.

Should Massachusetts raise welfare benefits?

Read two views and vote in our online poll.

‘Lucky’ gas station in Methuen sells three $1 million winning tickets in last month

The three winning tickers were sold at Ted’s Stateline Mobil, the top selling lottery agent in the state, a Massachusetts Lottery spokesman said.

Sports

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan said the defectors "made their choice for their own financial-based reasons."

Jim McBride | On Golf

PGA Tour suspends defectors to LIV series, and Rory McIlroy and Justin Thomas defend decision

Commissioner Jay Monahan wasted no time banning Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, the two bigs stars of the Saudi-backed league.

Celtics coach Ime Udoka congratulated Jayson Tatum on a job well done after Game 3.

Celtics notebook

How Celtics coach Ime Udoka’s increased trust in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown as playmakers has helped both grow

Tatum has three seven-turnover games during this postseason and Brown has two. But the Celtics are willing to live with these growing pains.

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves against Casper Ruud of Norway during Nadal's victory in the French Open finals match at Roland Garros Stadium in Paris on June 5.

ATP approves package of changes impacting future of men’s professional tennis

Among the key changes, include profit-sharing between tournaments and players and making five more of the tour’s top-line Masters 1000 events bigger and longer.

PGA Tour defectors open Saudi-funded golf series amid pomp, fractures, curiosity

The Red Sox are making top prospects out of pitchers who weren’t top draft picks

baseball notebook

Shane McClanahan spins another gem, Rays complete sweep of Cardinals

Business

US jobless claims rise by most since July during holiday week

In Massachusetts, about 3,704 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, down 426 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department.

Ground breaks on Seaport building for Ginkgo Bioworks

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

RI FOOD & DINING

‘Old Canteen’ restaurant — known for diners like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Cianci, and Providence mobsters — for sale

SEC investigating UST stablecoin blowup in fresh threat to Terra

magazine

Myra Sack and her daughter Havi in 2020.

Our daughter had a year left to live. We had to do something wonderful with the time she had left.

A Boston husband headed to the wild west for a divorce. He ended up with two wives.

I inherited a house. My wife says she needs to be on the deed — or else.

Pan-Seared Steak With Zhoug

Recipes: We figured out the perfect Father’s Day menu. It starts with steak.

metro

A joyful Lucy Falcone graduates from Canton High with class president Avery Piantedosi at the podium.

Cheers for unstoppable Lucy, as she graduates from high school

An orphan dog finds a new friend at the police station

South Shore Art Center’s annual festival returns to Cohasset Common

sports

The Patriots' Devin McCourty spoke to the Governor's Council on behalf of William Allen in February.

Freed convict gets to meet his Patriots benefactors at practice, with a message of hope

Warriors’ Stephen Curry will play through his foot injury in Game 4 Friday

A striking feat: Lowell senior Giana LaCedra is the state’s Gatorade Softball Player of the Year for the fourth time

business

Signage at a Wells Fargo bank branch in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 13, 2022. Federal prosecutors will investigate if the company violated federal laws by conducting sham interviews with nonwhite and female candidates to fulfill their diversity hiring requirements, following a May 19 whistleblower report in The New York Times.

Federal prosecutors open criminal inquiry of Wells Fargo’s hiring practices

Could the fall of Roe v. Wade boost digital privacy?

Gas prices close in on $5 a gallon in US, hit record in UK

politics

The US Capitol building is pictured in Washington on Thursday, June 9, 2022. The Democratic-controlled House approved a “red flag” bill Thursday allowing individuals to ask federal courts to order for the removal of firearms from people at risk of harming themselves or others, though it's unlikely to pass in Senate.

House approves ‘red flag’ gun bill unlikely to pass Senate

With aid stalled, White House says it has to shift funds from testing to buy more vaccines and treatments

White House outlines the beginning of a vaccination campaign for the youngest children

Nation

Law enforcement officials outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, following the mass shooting on May 24, 2022. Heavily armed officers delayed confronting the gunman for more than an hour despite supervisors at the scene being told that some trapped with him in two classrooms were in need of medical treatment, a new review of video footage and other investigative material shows.

Aware of injuries inside, Uvalde police waited to confront gunman

3 dead, trooper wounded in Maryland shooting, authorities say

Aware of injuries inside, Uvalde police waited to confront gunman

World

A non exploded aviation bomb FAB-250 is pictured in front of a destroyed building in the city of Mariupol on June 2, 2022, amid the ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine.

Smashed buildings in Mariupol produce ‘caravan of death’

More bodies found in Mariupol as global food crisis looms

Iran turns off UN surveillance cameras at nuclear site

opinion

From 1954 to 2022, a world of difference for women graduates

The Black church and its cornerstone connection to the health of a people

Unraveling the obvious conspiracies of Jan. 6

lifestyle

Cancer survivors on the Wellness Warriors team practice on the Charles River for the upcoming 43rd Boston Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival 2022.

‘I’m winning because I’m there’: All-cancer-survivor dragon boat team to compete in festival

David Allan Boucher, host of ‘Bedtime Magic’ on 106.7 FM, announces he’ll retire after 40 years

Bird sightings on Cape Cod

food & dining

Behind the gates that welcome diners to Federal Hill is Joe Marzilli’s Old Canteen, an iconic Italian restaurant in historic Federal Hill.

‘Old Canteen’ restaurant — known for diners like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Cianci, and Providence mobsters — for sale

Kokoda serves Fijian cuisine in the Seaport; The Burlington Mall gets a drinking destination

The best Portuguese food in R.I.? It’s a tough call.

travel

A splashy waterfront resort in Maine, a youthful music fest, and Juneteenth in New Orleans

She loves Ireland, vegan food, and taking it all in

How not to look like a tourist

Arts

A discarded mound of tinsel sits next to a pile of giant jacks made of wire tomato cages in "Lily Cox-Richard: Weep Holes" at Mass MoCA.

Everything’s scary — but don’t let it break you

Power and prototypes: Matthew Angelo Harrison at MIT List Visual Arts Center

Documenting Amazonia — and the amazing resilience of the earth

Books

David Duchovny — yes, that David Duchovny — writes a tale for our time

A debut from Donna Gordon, the 10th anniversary of the Nantucket Book Festival, and awards for Maine authors

Author readings around Boston June 12-18

Movies

From left: Rulon and Warren Jeffs in the documentary series "Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey."

Sins of the father, a son’s recollections, and the near extinction of a seminal band

‘Hustle’: Adam Sandler stars as a scout in this NBA-heavy Netflix drama

I never liked ‘E.T.’ as a kid, but 40 years later I’ve changed my mind

Television

Niecy Nash in "Claws."

Eight ‘beach reads’ you can watch this summer

The Tonys bring energy missing from other awards shows

Biden takes aim at ‘MAGA Party’ and Trump, talks gun control in interview with Kimmel

music

BAMS Fest returns to Franklin Park Saturday for a day of free entertainment and activities celebrating artists of color.

At BAMS Fest, a celebration of culture and community on and off stage

With big feelings and guitars, emo bands line up for Vagrant Records’ anniversary show in Worcester

Paul McCartney turns back time at Fenway Park

Theater/Dance

Patti LuPone (left) and Katrina Lenk (right) with fellow cast members in the gender-flipped "Company," a strong contender for best revival of a musical.

Who’ll come home with the Tonys, and who should

At this year’s Tonys, diversity wins

Losing it onstage could make Rachel Dratch a Tony winner

globe local

D'Angelo Ortiz, David Ortiz's son, rounds third base during the home opener of the Boston Rox.

Brockton ‘Rox’ baseball with familiar names and fun

Should Massachusetts raise welfare benefits?

Cheers for unstoppable Lucy, as she graduates from high school

Obituaries

People who knew and worked with Urvashi Vaid during the years she lived in Boston, and through her decades in Provincetown, remembered her as an activist who had helped shape the region’s LGBTQ community, beginning in the late 1970s.

Urvashi Vaid, LGBTQ activist from Boston to the national stage

Renowned Portuguese-British artist Paula Rego dies at 87

Jim Seals of ’70s group Seals and Crofts dies at age 80