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Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday.

Roe’s fall pushes abortion to center of the midterms: ‘This is an eight-alarm fire’

Democrats are hoping to turn the abrupt erasure of a precedent relied on by millions of women into a rallying cry for their weary base.

Yes, abortion is still legal in Massachusetts. Here’s what else to know after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

Activists and members of the Boston Red Cloaks converge in Hastings Park in Lexington to address the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe vs. Wade on June 24, 2022.

Activists who warned of an abortion rights reversal gear up for new battle

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters as the Supreme Court is poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade and urge President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to protect abortion rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

34 Senate Democrats urge Biden to take ‘immediate’ action on abortion

Abortion rights demonstrators chanted outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday.

Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal

A visitor views a historical exhibit of the Gay rights movement, displayed on fencing dressed with flags affirming LGBTQ identity at the Stonewall National Monument, on June 22, in New York.

Pride parades march on with new urgency across US

The annual marches in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and elsewhere take place just two days after one conservative justice on the Supreme Court signaled, in a ruling on abortion, that the court should reconsider the right to same-sex marriage recognized in 2015.

Gunmakers are fleeing the Northeast, complaining about the region’s tough gun laws as they go

Gun Valley is rapidly declining as more conservative states lure gun manufacturers away with promises of cheaper labor and energy costs, generous incentives, and more favorable gun laws.

Biden urges Western unity on Ukraine amid war fatigue

President Biden and western allies opened a three-day summit in the Bavarian Alps on Sunday intent on keeping economic fallout from the war in Ukraine from fracturing the global coalition working to punish Russia’s aggression.

Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in east

Tight bond between Clarence Thomas and his activist wife Ginni raises conflict of interest concerns
Even as Justice Clarence Thomas has found his voice in this emboldened right-wing court, revelations about his wife’s involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election could mar his moment and fuel the public’s increasing distrust of the institution.

At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known

Local newspaper Daily Dispatch reported that bodies were strewn across tables and chairs without any visible signs of injuries.

Pregnant woman, baby among five rescued in Ipswich after boat capsizes
All five were checked out by an ambulance and cleared, police said.

Keira D’Amato, the American record holder in the marathon, stormed away to win the women's race at the BAA 10K.

Keira D’Amato pulls away to win BAA 10K; Susannah Scaroni sets wheelchair world record

The American record holder in the marathon dropped down to dominate the 10K, while Scaroni completed a remarkable comeback from a training mark to set a new world best.

US goalkeeper Briana Scurry blocks a penalty shootout kick by China's Ying Liu during overtime of the Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., July 10, 1999.

Briana Scurry, the daring goalkeeper for the ‘99 US women’s national soccer team, braved a long battle for her health after a concussion

“I am so grateful and appreciative that I got out of that hole I was in,” Scurry said. “I feel it as part of my legacy and my duty to talk about it."

Appearing in 11 games since his callup from Worcester, Rob Refsnyder (left) is 12 for 29 with four doubles and a home run, getting time in both center and right field as well as designated hitter.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Rob Refsnyder has given Red Sox all they could want in a sneaky-tough role

Having a good at-bat coming off the bench is a skill not every player has, but the 31-year-old Refsnyder — in his 11th season in pro ball — takes comfort from a simple mantra: "Just be a baseball player."

Opinion

Commuters waited at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station for the Orange Line on Monday, June 20. TheT switched to a Saturday schedule that morning due to staffing shortages.

Working on the railroad shouldn’t mean working all the livelong day

A federal audit revealed T train dispatchers working 20-hour shifts. The short-staffed agency must do a better job training its future workforce.

A newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to vote

With the end of Roe, there is no clear silver lining

MARCELA GARCÍA

Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent

State throws a BPS curveball

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Overturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.

Abortion-rights activists react after hearing the Supreme Court decision Friday.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The fall of Roe v. Wade now threatens other rights

Senator Susan Collins chose to ignore the overwhelming suggestion from the judicial records of the conservative justices that they’d vote to overturn abortion rights. Here, Collins meets Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

A travesty foretold

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.

Abortion rights, guns: a one-two punch from the high court

Protective fencing remains up around the US Supreme Court building in anticipation of protest related to a possible decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that could essentially overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

Michelle A. Williams

The Supreme Court is misinformed on eugenics

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Boston was once a wildly ambitious city. It’s time to go big again.

Metro

Pregnant woman, baby among five rescued in Ipswich after boat capsizes

All five were checked out by an ambulance and cleared, police said.

Roe v. Wade overturned: The latest

Day 2 of nationwide protests are underway

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. We’re gathering the latest news, updates, and analyses.

A day after landmark abortion ruling, raw emotions on display in Boston

Outside the State House in Boston, the arrival of hundreds of abortion rights supporters – less than 24 hours after thousands converged on Copley Square on Friday evening – showed that shockwaves from the ruling were still rippling through the community.

Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally

Rally organizer and R.I. Political Cooperative co-founder Jennifer Rourke was attempting to deescalate a conflict when Jeann Lugo, her Republican opponent for State Senate District 29, began punching her in the face. Lugo was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct.

Sports

Keira D’Amato, the American record holder in the marathon, stormed away to win the women's race at the BAA 10K.

Keira D’Amato pulls away to win BAA 10K; Susannah Scaroni sets wheelchair world record

The American record holder in the marathon dropped down to dominate the 10K, while Scaroni completed a remarkable comeback from a training mark to set a new world best.

US goalkeeper Briana Scurry blocks a penalty shootout kick by China's Ying Liu during overtime of the Women's World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., July 10, 1999.

Briana Scurry, the daring goalkeeper for the ‘99 US women’s national soccer team, braved a long battle for her health after a concussion

“I am so grateful and appreciative that I got out of that hole I was in,” Scurry said. “I feel it as part of my legacy and my duty to talk about it."

Jarren Duran dives toward first base during the eighth inning against the Cleveland.

red sox 4, guardians 2

Jarren Duran brings the speed, Alex Verdugo the power as Red Sox rally past Guardians to win sixth straight

Boston trailed by two when Verdugo hit a three-run homer in the sixth, while Duran went 4 for 5 with an RBI single and two stolen bases.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

The Red Sox bullpen, a muddled mess early this season, has come together beautifully

Source says NFL to seek at least a one-year ban of Deshaun Watson at Tuesday hearing

Women's Football Alliance | Boston Renegades 42, Pittsburgh Passion 24

Tytti Kuusinen leads Boston Renegades to WFA Pro National Conference Championship

Business

Biden’s mission in Europe: Shore up alliance against Russia

President Biden is out to sustain the global alliance punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine as he embarks on a five-day trip to Europe as the 4-month-old war shows no sign of abating and its aftershocks to global food and energy supplies are deepening.

Gunmakers are fleeing the Northeast, complaining about the region’s tough gun laws as they go

Gun Valley is rapidly declining as more conservative states lure gun manufacturers away with promises of cheaper labor and energy costs, generous incentives, and more favorable gun laws.

Chasm opens between states over abortion pills and out-of-state care

Abortion ruling thrusts companies into divisive arena

magazine

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

‘It’s a lost cause’: Inside the last stand of New England’s soft-shell clam

Jared Auerbach of Red's Best poses for a portrait on Boston Fish Pier.

Area waters are teeming with fish species. The problem is we eat too few of them.

The untapped power of bottle deposits could save us from plastic bottle purgatory

In high school, when things weren’t great, a welcoming family became my refuge

metro

Green Line train service between Government Center and Lechmere stations was suspended Thursday night and replaced by shuttle buses. MBTA officials said Saturday that they are "aiming" to resume service on both the Green and Orange lines Monday morning.

Downtown service on Green, Orange lines may reopen Monday, MBTA says

Summer is definitely here, with a weekend of sun and heat

Activists who warned of an abortion rights reversal gear up for new battle

sports

Appearing in 11 games since his callup from Worcester, Rob Refsnyder (left) is 12 for 29 with four doubles and a home run, getting time in both center and right field as well as designated hitter.

Rob Refsnyder has given Red Sox all they could want in a sneaky-tough role

Connor Seabold joins Red Sox, could start Monday’s series opener in Toronto

Xander Schauffele leads his pal Patrick Cantlay by one at Travelers Championship

business

A woman exhales while vaping from a Juul pen e-cigarette in Vancouver, Wash., April 16, 2019.

Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban

Guns in paradise: Ruling could undo strict Hawaii carry law

Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost Omicron protection

politics

Former president Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony.

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

34 Senate Democrats urge Biden to take ‘immediate’ action on abortion

Decades ago, Alito laid out methodical strategy to eventually overrule Roe

Nation

A visitor views a historical exhibit of the Gay rights movement, displayed on fencing dressed with flags affirming LGBTQ identity at the Stonewall National Monument, on June 22, in New York.

Pride parades march on with new urgency across US

Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal

GOP lawmaker calls Roe ruling ‘victory for white life’ as Trump rally cheers

World

US President Biden speaks next to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and European Council President Charles Michel during the first day of the G7 leaders' summit at Bavaria's Schloss Elmau castle, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, June 26, 2022.

Biden urges Western unity on Ukraine amid war fatigue

Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east

At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known

opinion

Tommy Welch (center) one of two finalists to be the next BPS superintendent, during a June 22 graduation ceremony for sixth-graders at the James Otis School in East Boston.

Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent

Extreme heat is coming. Boston needs to prepare — now.

How to Build Wealth Through Your 9-to-5

lifestyle

Inside nonprofit Welcome Home's new 1,600-square-foot West Newton location.

Welcome Home, devoted to helping families in need, expands in West Newton

Is it too late to apologize?

Vaccines for little kids are finally here. Why aren’t we more excited?

food & dining

Blue Ribbon Sushi

Blue Ribbon Sushi opens in Kenmore Square; Fresh Pond gets a beer garden

Gourmet Dumpling House announces it will close its doors in Chinatown after 15 years

Blue Ribbon Sushi will open at the Hotel Commonwealth Thursday

travel

The band ABBA at the 1974 Eurovision song contest and those same outfits on display at ABBA: The Museum in Stockholm.

An ABBA-obsessed guide to Stockholm

A guide to some of the best beaches on Cape Cod

A guide to some of the best beaches in Rhode Island

Arts

Winslow Homer, "The Gulf Stream," 1899. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1906.

At the Met, ‘Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents’ offers a completist’s view

Delighting in ‘Lines and Colors’ at Bernay Fine Art

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

Books

In short pieces, Hilary Mantel recalls her difficult past

Building a library for a better life

Twilight of the white guys

Movies

Kevin Hart (left) and Woody Harrelson in "The Man From Toronto."

A case of very mistaken identity in ‘The Man From Toronto’

The legacy of Chernobyl, a portrait of the hustler as an aging man

‘Hit the Road’ follows a family, and their dog, on a road less traveled

Television

George Clooney (pictured last year in London) will produce the still-untitled documentary that will focus on the crimes of Richard Strauss, a former sports doctor at Ohio State who has been accused of sexually abusing more than 300 athletes over two decades.

HBO documentary to look back at Ohio State scandal

Some favorites from TV’s archive of LGBTQ characters and stories

‘Loot’ is rich with relationships, if not messages

music

Roland Orzabal (left) and Curt Smith lead Tears for Fears at Leader Bank Pavilion.

Tears for Fears let it all out at Leader Bank Pavilion

Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and Disney harmonize on a first-of-its-kind concert

Former Boston Pops conductor John Williams, 90, steps away from film, but not music

Theater/Dance

From left: Malachi Rosen, Karla Lang, Channing Rion, and Jude Torres rehearse the bilingual radio play "The Ghost of Keelung" at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Greenway.

Troupe brings a bilingual Taiwanese ghost story to the Greenway

Massachusetts native James Jackson Jr.’s head-spinning journey into ‘A Strange Loop’

Jacob’s Pillow kicks off the 2022 season with provocative ‘America(na) to Me’

globe local

Mayor Wu announces that Quincey J. Roberts Sr., left, will serve as the inaugural Executive Director for the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement at the Boston Pride Kick-Off in the City Hall Plaza on June 1.

Highlighting Pride Month, Roxbury Film Festival, and Black Music Month during ‘Black News Hour’

News flash: Fireworks are back!

Should Massachusetts suspend the state gas tax?

Obituaries

Former Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen poses for a photo, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, March 11, 2021.

Danish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80

Haleh Afshar, who fought for rights of Muslim women, dies at 77

Hall of Fame NFL running back Hugh McElhenny dies at 93