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Law enforcement officers prepare to break up an altercation in front of the Supreme Court building following the announcement to the Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling on June 25, 2022 in Washington, DC.

Advocates on both sides of the abortion debate prepare for new maneuvers, in courtrooms and beyond

The Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade has unleashed a frenzy of activity on both sides of the abortion fight.

Activists have been warning of an abortion rights reversal for years. Now, they’re preparing for a new battle. Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally 34 Senate Democrats urge Biden to take ‘immediate’ action on abortion

U.S. Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) gives remarks after receiving an endorsement during a Save America Rally with former US President Donald Trump at the Adams County Fairgrounds on June 25, 2022 in Mendon, Illinois.

Representative Mary Miller calls Roe decision ‘victory for white life’

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem speaks after winning the gubernatorial primary at an election night watch party on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Sioux Falls, S.D.

South Dakota governor says women shouldn’t be prosecuted for abortion pills

Abortion-rights demonstrators protest in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2022.

Supreme Court’s Roe decision disapproved by majority in CBS poll

Virginia “Ginni” Thomas and Justice Clarence Thomas, married for 35 years, refer to each other as “best friends."

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.

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.

Vermont unveils marker to highlight state’s 1st Pride parade

Experts expect subvariants to cause ‘substantial’ summer cases of COVID-19

The discovery that BA.4 and BA.5 — subvariants of Omicron spreading in the United States — are adept at avoiding antibodies has changed what experts expect to be the course of COVID-19 this summer.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

School bathroom closures statewide drive rising tensions, pushback

Driven by efforts to curtail teen vaping, and prevent outbreaks of vandalism sparked by copycat trends on social media, the widespread crackdowns on bathroom access have left students in some schools with little access.

Shirley Leung

Sales are off, costs are soaring. For some small-business owners, the recession has already arrived.
Among small-business owners, 48 percent are feeling down about the economy, and within that subgroup, 22 percent are “highly pessimistic," according to a recent survey.

Russia strikes Kyiv as Western leaders meet in Europe

Russia shattered weeks of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital with long-range missiles fired toward Kyiv early Sunday, an apparent Kremlin show-of-force as Western leaders meet in Europe to strengthen their military and economic support of Ukraine.

Do you know where your chicken wings came from? Rise of virtual restaurants creates heartburn for health inspectors

Many consumers, who browse and order food online, probably don’t think too much about where their wings and burgers came from. But health inspectors are concerned about safety amid an explosive rise nationally in online-only food operations.

Video: Vermont man attempted to use excavator as weapon against State Police

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Red Sox on a roll, rack up 15 hits against Guardians en route to seventh win in a row

Ray Green speaks during a ceremony Sunday at Shirley Street and Veterans Road in Winthrop, after which two trees were planted in honor of his brother, David Green, and Ramona Cooper. The two were fatally shot one year ago during a racist rampage.

Calls to reject hate at Winthrop tree planting to commemorate victims of racist rampage

Winthrop officials and relatives remembered David Green and Ramona Cooper at a ceremony in their honor on Sunday.

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

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

The fight to keep the Ipswich clam going — along with a way of life that has grown up around it — amid the existential threat of the green crab.

Six year-old Ashlynn Williams played with dogs Chulo Rogers and Stella in Blackstone Square, where her mom often takes her to visit the dogs in the park located next to Blackstone Community Center, which has a pool that will not be open this summer. Ashlynn and her mom were disappointed by the news that the pool wouldn’t open.

School is out and summer is here. But in Boston, many public pools are closed.

About half of Boston’s 18 swimming pools will be closed for the entire summer due to a shortage of lifeguards and other factors. In the South End and West Roxbury, no public pools will be open.

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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150 years of The Boston Globe

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

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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Legislation aims to improve diversity among Mass. educators
The Educator Diversity Act would establish alternative certifications for aspiring teachers, an educator diversity data dashboard, and require districts to appoint diversity officers or teams to “ensure compliance with all provisions.”

Injured in Vietnam, John Eade, 79, became a leader in politics, government, and architecture
From Vietnam to Boston City Hall, Mr. Eade was praised for his courage and exacting sense of right and wrong.

At least 20 found dead in South African tavern, officials say

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

Tara Sullivan

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."

State report calls for new women’s prison as prison construction ban advances on Beacon Hill

Calls for a new women's prison clashes with a progressive push on Beacon Hill for a five-year moratorium on prison and jail construction.

Three teens killed, one seriously injured, in Brimfield crash

Three males, ages 17, 18, and 19, were killed in the crash that occurred at 12:50 a.m. Sunday. A 17-year-old boy left the scene before State Troopers arrived and took himself to Harrington Hospital for treatment of serious injuries, State Police said.

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

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

Seafood counters are generally dominated by cod, haddock, lobsters, clams, and scallops. But there’s an urgent reason to broaden what we bring to the table.

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.

A guide to some of the best beaches in Greater Boston
If venturing slightly outside the city limits is within your wherewithal, we’ve rounded up a few destinations worth checking out.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

The ABBA Voyage show in London is a stunning experience — and the future of live performance
You can dance, you can jive. It’s the spectacular almost-return of ABBA: The avatars that perform the 90-minute show, seven days a week, were created by 140 special effects wizards at George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Suranne Jones as Anne Lister in HBO's "Gentleman Jack."

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

James Jackson Jr. in rehearsal for "A Strange Loop."

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

10 time Grammy-winner Chaka Khan will join the Boston Pops Orchestra for July Fourth's 2022 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

Chaka Khan, Heather Headley to celebrate July Fourth with the Boston Pops

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

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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

Police arrest 16-year-old East Boston boy for OUI after scooter crash

An unnamed 16-year-old from East Boston was allegedly intoxicated and driving a scooter the wrong way on Helen Street onto Bernard Street at about 2:53 a.m. when he collided with a Boston police cruiser, police said in a statement.

Do you know where your chicken wings came from? Rise of virtual restaurants creates heartburn for health inspectors

Many consumers, who browse and order food online, probably don’t think too much about where their wings and burgers came from. But health inspectors are concerned about safety amid an explosive rise nationally in online-only food operations.

Injured in Vietnam, John Eade, 79, became a leader in politics, government, and architecture

From Vietnam to Boston City Hall, Mr. Eade was praised for his courage and exacting sense of right and wrong.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Legislation aims to improve diversity among Mass. educators

The Educator Diversity Act would establish alternative certifications for aspiring teachers, an educator diversity data dashboard, and require districts to appoint diversity officers or teams to “ensure compliance with all provisions.”

Sports

Members of the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels scuffle after Seattle's Jesse Winker was hit by a pitch during the second inning Sunday in Anaheim, Calif.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Tempers boil over between Angels, Mariners as eight ejected in massive brawl

Both managers and six players were ejected after the brouhaha, which stopped and started twice before Angels closer Raisel Iglesias came back out to the empty field to restoke the anger.

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."

Alex Verdugo has a seven-game hit streak, going 10 for 16 in that span.

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Alex Verdugo has a clear vision of what he wants to do when he steps up to the plate

After tinkering with a more closed stance, Verdugo realized his usual open stance allowed him to see the pitcher, and the ball, better.

Could there be a new men’s champion at Wimbledon?

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

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Red Sox on a roll, rack up 15 hits against Guardians en route to seventh win in a row

Business

Do you know where your chicken wings came from? Rise of virtual restaurants creates heartburn for health inspectors

Many consumers, who browse and order food online, probably don’t think too much about where their wings and burgers came from. But health inspectors are concerned about safety amid an explosive rise nationally in online-only food operations.

Sales are off, costs are soaring. For some small-business owners, the recession has already arrived.

Among small-business owners, 48 percent are feeling down about the economy, and within that subgroup, 22 percent are “highly pessimistic," according to a recent survey.

After Roe, Dems seek probe of how Apple and Google use personal data

A proposed state law would make it easier to get a broken wheelchair fixed

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

Ray Green speaks during a ceremony Sunday at Shirley Street and Veterans Road in Winthrop, after which two trees were planted in honor of his brother, David Green, and Ramona Cooper. The two were fatally shot one year ago during a racist rampage.

Calls to reject hate at Winthrop tree planting to commemorate victims of racist rampage

Experts expect subvariants to cause ‘substantial’ summer cases of COVID-19

School bathroom closures statewide drive rising tensions, pushback

sports

Ex-Magic guard Jordan Bone, Grant Williams's teammate at Tennessee, will join the Celtics for summer league.

Celtics add some new names and some familiar faces to summer league roster

Game 73: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes

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

business

Abortion-rights demonstrators protest in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2022.

Supreme Court’s Roe decision disapproved by majority in CBS poll

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

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

politics

Abortion-rights demonstrators protest in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2022.

Supreme Court’s Roe decision disapproved by majority in CBS poll

South Dakota governor says women shouldn’t be prosecuted for abortion pills

Representative Mary Miller calls Roe decision ‘victory for white life’

Nation

A sign is seen in the doorway at the Scotsdale Women's Center in Detroit.

A women’s clinic run by two generations of women braces for the post-Roe era

Pride parades march on with new urgency across US

Asian American groups rally for racial and social equality

World

The facility where the Nord Stream 2 pipeline arrives outside Lubmin, Germany. As leaders of the Group of 7 gather in Germany, the scramble to replace Russian fossil fuels is raising concerns that hard-won climate targets will be missed.

Ukraine war’s latest victim? The fight against climate change.

Russia strikes Kyiv as Western leaders meet in Europe

Biden urges Western unity on Ukraine amid war fatigue

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

Author Melissa Albert stops by An Unlikely Story in Planville to discuss her newest release, "Our Crooked Hearts"

YA author Melissa Albert explores ‘the world slightly tilted’ in ‘Our Crooked Hearts’

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

Is it too late to apologize?

food & dining

Several “virtual restaurants,” as indicated by the stickers on the window, operate in this Bertucci’s Brick Oven Pizzeria, in Chelmsford.

Do you know where your chicken wings came from? Rise of virtual restaurants creates heartburn for health inspectors

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

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

In “Lightyear,” Buzz returns to the planet he’s been marooned on for decades after a monumental test flight. But things have changed while he was away.

‘Lightyear’ reminded me that there’s no going back — and that’s OK

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

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

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

Mr. Eade, (center) at the time the head of city Inspectional Services, is seen greeting people on Dorchester Avenue in 1997.

Injured in Vietnam, John Eade, 79, became a leader in politics, government, and architecture

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

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