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Worcester Bishop Robert J. McManus spoke during a conference at Assumption College in Worcester on Oct. 27, 2012.

Nativity School of Worcester now prohibited from calling itself a Catholic school

Citing the school’s refusal to take down Pride and Black Lives Matter flags, Bishop Robert J. McManus brought the hammer down this week.

What we know about how Pence’s day unfolded on Jan. 6
Mike Pence won’t be testifying at Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing. But he will be in the spotlight as the focus turns to Donald Trump’s futile attempts to persuade his vice president to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

A look back at the last-ditch plan to have Pence stop Biden’s win on Jan. 6

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in Washington, Nov. 12, 2018.

AOC says she works ‘with people who wish me harm’ following release of Jan. 6 footage

The New York Democrat's comments come after the Jan. 6 committee revealed a Republican congressman gave a Capitol tour to a participant who later threatened her by name on video.

tara sullivan

Golf’s uncertain future: The spotlight is on Boston, but it’s not all good news
This is not a simple moral debate between the “sportswashing” by LIV Series organizers and golfers who have chosen not to defect — the PGA Tour is trying to protect its own bottom line, its own business interest, its own financial future.

Jon Rahm hits out of the bunker on 9.

The wind is picking up, and the rough is showing off at The Country Club. Follow along for live updates from the US Open.

We'll have live scores, updates, and analysis from the 122nd US Open.

How to play The Country Club in Brookline

Former Salem gym teacher, 36, charged with sexually assaulting 10 female students
A former gym teacher at the K-8 Saltonstall School in Salem was arrested Wednesday on charges alleging he sexually assaulted 10 female students enrolled there between 2015 and 2018, authorities said Thursday.

‘They’re not doing anything’: Boston’s gang intervention program is in disarray, sources say
Five people familiar with SOAR’s internal workings describe an atmosphere of mismanagement, confused workers, low morale, and unanswered questions about the city’s current plans to mitigate a potential summertime spike in violence.

Boston biz leader says T is ‘failing,’ Baker too focused on inputs, not results

Jim Rooney, the president of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, said findings from federal transit officials released Wednesday are “discouraging.”

‘Her story is highly suspect’: Malden superintendent’s education credentials called into question

Ligia Noriega-Murphy didn’t include a specific doctorate degree on her resume, so the executive search firm hired to vet the city’s superintendent candidates never validated it.

Vigil planned for 3-year-old Lowell boy whose body was found in pond

The city of Lowell is mourning the loss of Harry Kkonde, the 3-year-old boy whose body was found in a pond Wednesday after an massive multi-agency search of the neighborhood where he was last seen alive.

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Stocks rallied yesterday and then plunged again. Here’s why.

Stocks rallied on Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve said it would take on inflation with its biggest rate increase in 28 years. But on Thursday, the market reversed direction, dramatically.

Wall Street gets back to tumbling after one day of respite Average US mortgage rates jump by most in 35 years

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TRAVEL TROUBLESHOOTER

Club Med wants another $3,000 for a vacation I already paid for

After Laura Keir paid for her Club Med vacation, she got another bill for $3,000. If she doesn’t pay, she can’t check in. What should she do?

Christopher Muther: These are the best — and worst — countries for LGBTQ+ travel in 2022

A dog high-fives its owner in front of the New York Stock Exchange during Chewy Inc.'s initial public offering in 2019.

Her dog died. Then, Chewy sent her flowers.

In a viral tweet, a pet lover praised the online pet supplies company for supporting her while she grieves. Hundreds said Chewy did the same for them.

Startup entrepreneurs Ben Keller (left) and Remen Okoruwa (right) launched a new app called Rentdrop with chief technology officer Nick Johnson (center).
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App from local college grads aims to become the verb for ‘paying rent’

Boston entrepreneurs are debuting a new app this week called Rentdrop to digitize payments between renters and landlords.

Opinion

An MBTA Red Line train derailed at the JFK/UMASS station in September of 2019, causing severe delays for passengers north and south of the city while also adding to traffic slowdowns on the Southeast Expressway when State Police closed the Exit 15 ramp.

The train kept a-rollin’. Too bad it wasn’t supposed to.

Runaway trains, derailments, and other safety lapses at the MBTA have caught the eye of federal regulators, whose demands for improvement put the Baker administration on the spot.

Eric and Wendy Schmidt

How to spur scientific breakthroughs

IDEAS | JOSHUA DARR

The future of opinion journalism is hyperlocal

Tapping into a mother’s heartbreak in an effort to overturn driver’s license law

Katherine S. Newman

What we know about rampage school shooters

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

Globe Magazine | Your Home: Summer Living

In the main cottage (left), the first-floor primary bedroom, main living space, and the three second-floor bedrooms all have lake views, as do the sleeping porch and living area of the guest cottage (right). The owners’ grandchildren frolic among the trees.

Up to 22 relatives stay at these Maine cabins, a treasured family heirloom

“This was about family, not luxury,” the architect says of the project. They wanted to stay true to camp life and eschewed adding AC or a washer and dryer.

In the entry, double doors to the back patio are on axis with the front door, allowing ocean breezes to sweep through the house.

With their kids grown, a couple makes big changes to an old Nantucket cottage

They had the house redesigned for their empty-nest lifestyle. “We updated this historic house so it can last another 100-plus years,” their architect says.

The couple considered locating the pool farther away from the house, but ultimately decided they wanted it nearby so everybody could easily hang out together. The loungers are from Design Within Reach and the indoor/outdoor planters are from Crate & Barrel.

West meets east: This Rhode Island home looks plucked off the California coast

The design was informed by the couple’s desire for an open floor plan and their taste for blending New England coastal with contemporary California architecture.

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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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Advocates and experts concerned about attacks directed at LGBTQ community after Idaho arrests
The arrests Saturday of 31 members of a white supremacist group who allegedly tried to start a riot at a Pride Month event in Idaho has advocates and experts worried about a rising tide of violence directed at the LGBTQ community.

LOVE LETTERS

He doesn’t want to move closer to my family
“I’m 24 years old with a 1-year-old baby boy — and expecting another baby in January.”

INNOVATION BEAT

Somerville startup brings the EV charger to you
SparkCharge created a smartphone app that will summon an electric van stocked with vehicle chargers.

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Walpole police issue community advisory after bear spotted in neighborhood
Walpole police issued a community advisory Wednesday after a black bear was caught on home surveillance footage off Leonard Road Tuesday night, which is near Robbins Road and the Johnson Middle School, police said.

Rowley man charged after accidentally setting off a firework inside his apartment, officials say
“Though there was no fire at the scene, witnesses reported hearing the sound of an explosion and a heavy smoke condition,” officials said in the statement.

TELEVISION REVIEW

It’s a thrill to watch Jeff Bridges act his age in ‘The Old Man’
Bridges, who has continued to grow more weathered and natural over the decades, brings a looming physicality to the thriller about a spy forced out of retirement by an assassin.

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In Kendall Square, there are new office towers, restaurants, and an expanded museum space that did not exist before the pandemic.

In a work-from-anywhere world, how will Kendall Square adapt for the future?

Many of the 66,000 people who went to work there every day prepandemic still operate mostly from home. But the things that once brought people to the neighborhood are alive and well.

A scene is born: Kendall Square evolves into a dining destination Now, a push to bring more culture — and connection — to Kendall Square More from our On the Street series

Beth Teitell

Is it time for Boston to accept we’re not ‘classy?’ Heck no!
Yeah, Celtics fans chanted the "f" word at a rival, and a duck boat tour guide cheerfully heckled the Warriors head coach on the street, but that’s just Boston being Boston.

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Owner of Providence’s Old Canteen restaurant looks back on a legendary, 66-year run
“These walls all have ears. They have all listened over the years. If only they could speak of the secrets they hold,” owner Sal Marzilli told the Globe.

Hurry up and buy? Homebuyers race to beat rising rates, driving prices upward.
Boston-area housing market powering forward still, but more buyers risk being priced out, and some warn sales could slow.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Jon Urquhart in his home office where he creates the majority of his videos for TikTok.

‘People think that a deaf household is quiet, but it’s not’: Foxborough native uses TikTok to share his experiences as a CODA

Filmmaker Baz Luhrmann with Olivia DeJonge (as Priscilla Presley) and Austin Butler (as Elvis Presley) on the set of "Elvis."

Baz Luhrmann on why his new movie ‘Elvis’ is a tragic tale for our time

A woman sat on a bench in the Public Garden reading a book.

Tell us: What’s your favorite spot to read a book around Boston?

Tippi Hedren (as Melanie Daniels) in the 1963 film "The Birds," directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Coolidge Corner Theatre brings free Science on the Screen events to the Greenway

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Welcome Back to Boston

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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

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A Beautiful Resistance

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The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The Boston Museum of Science is one of the organizations marked on the Mapping Project, which claims the museum "consistently promotes US imperialism and Zionism."

A roadmap for Jew-haters

"In houses we visited or rented, in inns we frequented or visited just once, and sometimes even in chain hotels, there were tucked-away jewels and gems."

IDEAS | DAVID SHRIBMAN

To all the summer books I’ve loved before

A video of former president Donald Trump was shown by the House select committee on Monday, the second day of hearings to investigate the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.

Will truth or Trumpism win out with the GOP?

An election worker sorts mail-in ballots at Boston City Hall, Sept. 1, 2020. More than 760,000 absentee ballots that arrived by mail were prepared, processed and ready to be counted on Election Day in Massachusetts.

Pandemic voting reforms here to stay

A gazebo in the Norman B. Leventhal Park at Post Office Square frames one of the buildings that rings the park.

The man who left his mark on Boston

IDEAS | WILL AUSTIN

Where have Boston’s children gone?

Metro

Shauneille Perry Ryder, pioneering theater director, dies at 92

Ms. Perry Ryder was one of the first Black women to direct plays off-Broadway.

Jan. 6 hearings: The latest

Jan. 6 panel to explore Trump pressure on Pence to reject election

The Jan. 6 committee is convening Thursday for its third public hearing. Follow along for the latest news, updates, and analyses.

Boston biz leader says T is ‘failing,’ Baker too focused on inputs, not results

Jim Rooney, the president of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, said findings from federal transit officials released Wednesday are “discouraging.”

Vigil planned for 3-year-old Lowell boy whose body was found in pond

The city of Lowell is mourning the loss of Harry Kkonde, the 3-year-old boy whose body was found in a pond Wednesday after an massive multi-agency search of the neighborhood where he was last seen alive.

Sports

Jon Rahm hits out of the bunker on 9.

The wind is picking up, and the rough is showing off at The Country Club. Follow along for live updates from the US Open.

We'll have live scores, updates, and analysis from the 122nd US Open.

Turnovers have been a huge problem for the Celtics in the playoffs, and could be a key to a Finals turnaround.

Nine reasons the Celtics can still win an NBA title

The first? The Warriors have left daylight in close-out games.

Rich Hill is 2-2 with a 2.67 ERA in nine career appearances (five starts) against Oakland.

Athletics at Red Sox | 1:35 p.m. (NESN)

Game 64: Athletics at Red Sox lineups and notes

Lefty Rich Hill is the Red Sox’ scheduled starter as they try to complete a season sweep of the A's in a Thursday matinee.

Stanley Cup Final Game 1 | Avalanche 4, Lightning 3 (OT)

Avalanche open Stanley Cup Final with overtime victory against Lightning

Steelers sign star safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to 5-year deal

MIAA BOYS' VOLLEYBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

With one last sweep, Needham boys’ volleyball finishes another perfect season with Division 1 state championship

Business

INNOVATION BEAT

Somerville startup brings the EV charger to you

SparkCharge created a smartphone app that will summon an electric van stocked with vehicle chargers.

Elon Musk aims to ease concerns in address to Twitter workers

The Tesla billionaire is due to meet with Twitter employees Thursday in an apparent effort to assuage concerns about his $44 billion deal to acquire the social platform.

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

Stocks rallied yesterday and then plunged again. Here’s why.

Her dog died. Then, Chewy sent her flowers.

magazine

The bittersweet triumph of a Juneteenth national holiday

Tomato-Basil Risotto

Risotto can be easier than you think. These vegetarian recipes prove it.

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.

Oblivious to the shark trolling nearby, swimmers enjoy Nauset Beach in Orleans on an August afternoon.

The surprising reasons we should cheer the return of great white sharks

metro

A rendering of the proposed soccer stadium that would be part of the Tidewater Landing project in Pawtucket.

Diossa calls for Pryor to step down as Commerce secretary

RI ACLU warns 9 fire districts their voting policies may be unconstitutional

Advocates and experts concerned about attacks directed at LGBTQ community after Idaho arrests

sports

Red Sox starting pitcher Josh Winckowski gets a hand from first baseman Franchy Cordero after recording the last out of the top of the fifth inning.

Rafael Devers, Red Sox provide plenty of run support in Josh Winckowski’s first career victory

A return trip to the Division 1 state championship game is sweet music for Taunton softball

Carles Gil scores a stunner, but Revolution settle for a draw with Orlando City

business

A Redfin "for sale" sign stands in front of a house on Oct. 28, 2020, in Seattle.

Average US mortgage rates jump by most in 35 years

App from local college grads aims to become the verb for ‘paying rent’

WWE reportedly investigating $3 million payment from CEO Vince McMahon to female employee

politics

Representative Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, flanked by Representatives Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., left, and the panel's vice chair, Liz Cheney, R-Wyo.

Watch live: Jan. 6 committee holds third public hearing

Jan. 6 panel examines Trump pressure on Pence to reject election

What we know about how Pence’s day unfolded on Jan. 6

Nation

Waste water flowing into the Deer Island sewage treatment plant on Boston Harbor is tested for traces of coronavirus. The plant can be seen in the distance in this photo taken from an apartment tower in Jamaica Plain.

Levels of coronavirus in Eastern Mass. waste water edged down early this week after brief uptick

Beyoncé announces new album ‘Renaissance’ to drop July 29

Palin, Begich, Gross advance in Alaska US House race

World

From left. Prime minister of Italy Mario Draghi, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz meet in Mariinsky Palace, in Kyiv, on Thursday.

European leaders visit Kyiv in high-profile show of support

Kevin Spacey ‘strenuously’ denies sex charges, granted bail

Kevin Spacey granted bail by UK court on sex assault claims

opinion

The Boston Museum of Science is one of the organizations marked on the Mapping Project, which claims the museum "consistently promotes US imperialism and Zionism."

A roadmap for Jew-haters

Images needn’t be graphic for ravages of gun violence to flash in our minds

For some adults, it takes a team, not a guardian, to make life decisions

lifestyle

He doesn’t want to move closer to my family

‘People think that a deaf household is quiet, but it’s not’: Foxborough native uses TikTok to share his experiences as a CODA

Coolidge Corner Theatre brings free Science on the Screen events to the Greenway

food & dining

Sal Marzilli, owner of Joe Marzilli's Old Canteen Italian Restaurant poses for a photo in his Atwells Avenue establishment.

Owner of Providence’s Old Canteen restaurant looks back on a legendary, 66-year run

Residents of Maine town vote to allow alcohol sales for the first time since 1970s

Gordon Hamersley, meet Gordon Ramsay

travel

Two girls worked on their cartwheels on Good Harbor Beach last summer.

Grab that towel: These sandy strands have been named the best beaches in Massachusetts

A sunflower maze, a new Lake Placid hotel, and thousands of books on the go

These are the best — and worst — countries for LGBTQ+ travel in 2022

Arts

Zachari Logan, "Bruising No. 1"

At PEM, Zachari Logan’s ‘Remembrance’ finds beauty in ambiguity

In ‘History Is No Mystery,’ artist Shea Justice draws parallels between American racism past and present

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

Books

A woman sat on a bench in the Public Garden reading a book.

Tell us: What’s your favorite spot to read a book around Boston?

A.B. Yehoshua, politically engaged Israeli writer, dies at 85

James Patterson’s victim complex is a tale as old as time

Movies

Mark Rylance in "The Phantom of the Open."

In ‘The Phantom of the Open,’ Mark Rylance plays the worst golfer in the history of the British Open

‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’: When the one ‘becoming a man’ is the bar mitzvah emcee

Chris Hemsworth keeps audiences guessing as an evil scientist in ‘Spiderhead’

Television

Jeff Bridges in "The Old Man."

It’s a thrill to watch Jeff Bridges act his age in ‘The Old Man’

Ready for ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’?

‘Queer as Folk’ reboot is both timely and distant

music

Though Vadim Neselovksyi left Odesa when he was 17, he has returned to Ukraine many times since.

A Ukrainian jazz pianist’s ode to Odesa

Lake Street Dive make themselves at home at Roadrunner

Julee Cruise, vocalist of ‘Twin Peaks’ fame, dies at 65

Theater/Dance

Lisa Tucker (left) and Lauren Hallal rehearse a scene from Beau Jest Moving Theatre's "Screwball!"

From fringe companies, a timely drama, a screwball comedy, and a fairy tale

Chris Gethard is an all-of-the-above kind of comic

American Repertory Theater to present Anna Deavere Smith’s ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’

globe local

The Newton Cemetery Corporation wants to remove 219 rees from an undeveloped 4-acre grove on the cemetery’s property. The project plan includes planting 743 smaller-sized trees to replace them.

Newton Cemetery seeks exemption from city’s tree ordinance to expand burial space

Newton may hire former Brockton superintendent as interim leader of city’s schools

Newton’s later high school start times are impacting youth sports, organizers say

Obituaries

Ms. Perry Ryder was most known for her direction of plays at the New Federal Theater in New York City.

Shauneille Perry Ryder, pioneering theater director, dies at 92

Duncan Hannah, a scene-maker, as a club-hopper and an artist, dies at 69

A.B. Yehoshua, politically engaged Israeli writer, dies at 85