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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Possibility meets pragmatism as new Boston superintendent gears up for race to meet state deadlines
Experts say newly named BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper will need to tread carefully in her early days, striking a balance between possibility and pragmatism as she charges ahead with quick initial steps, while also insisting on a realistic view of what it takes to change.

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular returns with a bang — and 5,000 fireworks
The fireworks at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Monday will be closer to the crowd than in the past. The display designer said the show should feel like it's in high-definition.

Airline cancellations and delays continue Sunday for holiday travelers at Logan airport
Logan International Airport and other airports reported more flights delays and cancellations on Sunday during the July Fourth weekend.

Marchers carrying flags for white supremacist group move through downtown Boston

Social media users published videos, some with a watermark bearing the address for the Patriot Front’s website, showing the group marching through Downtown Crossing and standing in front of Back Bay Station, the Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Haymarket, and the Old State House.

Bostonians danced through the night at Mariel Underground, a downtown nightclub founded by the COJE Management Group.

Boston night life is entering a new era — or at least, it’s trying to

A wave of new clubs and bars are opening in farther-flung neighborhoods, as the city tries to shake off its pandemic slumber and become more fun.

As development rises above the Mass. Pike and MBTA stations, the complexity of such mega-projects is in focus
Several of the largest projects in Boston are underway atop highways and transportation hubs, highlighting the cost and complexity of such huge developments.

Liz Cheney’s anti-Trump crusade could cost her her job. But her message may be sinking in, even in deep red Wyoming.
Her unyielding stance against the former president’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election has thrust her into political peril at home, where she is battling Republicans who have no problem telling voters exactly what they want to hear about Donald Trump, whether or not it’s true.

The idea behind the metaverse is that eventually this becomes the next phase of the Internet.

And you thought Boston home prices were high. What about properties in the metaverse?

Welcome to the new world, where physical real estate is so last century.

Crowds of people basked in the sun at Revere Beach on May 5, 2022.

It’s Independence Day. Yay?

This Fourth of July comes after an awful June. Is there anything to celebrate?

A screenshot from video streamed by the Rise of the Moors group during the I-95 standoff.

RISE OF THE MOORS

One year after the armed standoff, Rhode Island’s Rise of the Moors is in limbo

The standoff with Massachusetts police shut down parts of I-95 in Wakefield and left local residents shaken. What has the so-called sovereign citizen group done since?

Opinion

The Innovation Trail highlights 21 locations between Downtown Crossing and Cambridge’s Central Square.

IDEAS | SCOTT KIRSNER

Boston has the Freedom Trail. How about an Innovation Trail?

The city has been a hub of discovery and scientific breakthroughs for four centuries. A walking tour seeks to tell that story.

The Revolution was America’s first civil war

Democracy demands the courage to speak out

IDEAS | REGINA HANSEN

Our primal, universal urge to light up the night sky

IDEAS | David S. Cohen, Greer Donley, and Rachel Rebouché

It’s time to put abortion clinics on federal land

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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Six people, including children, seriously injured in Wrentham crash
Wrentham police reported that Route 1 was closed between Madison and Thurston streets and asked people to avoid the area last Saturday night.

A mother and her 3 children found dead in a Minnesota lake

The bodies of a mother and her three children, two boys and one girl, were recovered in a lake outside St. Paul, Minnesota, and authorities said they were investigating it as a “possible triple murder-suicide.”

Russia claims capture of Lysychansk, key for control of Ukraine’s east

Moscow said Sunday that its forces and their separatist allies captured the city of Lysychansk, the last major Ukrainian stronghold in the Luhansk region, signaling a potential turning point in Russia’s effort to gain control of eastern Ukraine.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

How the market for NFL wide receivers exploded in the offseason
The money spent on top pass catchers is exceeded only by the No. 1 position: quarterback.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Dennis Eckersley has not lost his fastball, while Kevin Youkilis is most improved among NESN’s Red Sox color analysts
Although Jerry Remy is missed, the scouting report on NESN’s quartet of analysts reads well.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Kevin Durant put his faith in Kyrie Irving. How did that work out?
Durant lived up to expectations in Brooklyn, but Irving did not.

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Boston, MA - 6/28/2022: 29MALCOLMX..... Trees are being loaded onto the back of a truck after being cut down. City of Boston chopping down trees in Malcolm X park in Roxbury. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO

Boston cuts down mature trees in Roxbury park, despite local criticism

The city has laid out an ambitious vision for Roxbury’s Malcolm X Park as part of a $9 million renovation currently underway. But some of the construction details have many neighbors seething.

UK speeds up checks for new airport workers amid travel chaos
The UK has accelerated the vetting process that all new aviation recruits must undergo, with accreditation checks being completed in around five days on average and counter-terrorist checks taking less than 10 days, according to an emailed press release.

The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’
"Those words say to me, ‘Do better, America,’" Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings says.

Splintered Ukrainian city braces for new battle with Russia
Slovyansk could become the next major target in Russia’s campaign to take the Donbas region, Ukraine’s predominantly Russian-speaking industrial heartland, if Moscow captures Lysychansk — the last remaining Ukrainian stronghold in Luhansk province.

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Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Emily Strayer, Natalie Maines, and Martie Maguire of the Chicks perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., in June.

It’s been a long time coming, but the Chicks have taken ‘Gaslighter’ on the road

The salt marshes in Ipswich were a source of endless inspiration for Arthur Wesley Dow.

Ipswich through the eyes of Arthur Wesley Dow

Ashley Kirsner, founder of Skip the Small Talk, leads one of the socializing events at Trident Booksellers & Cafe. Kirsner, who has studied social psychology, says many believe they need to polish their conversational skills after two years disrupted by pandemic isolation.

Feeling weird about socializing? Skip the Small Talk wants to help

Sam Jay interviews a Satanist on a duck boat on her HBO show "Pause With Sam Jay."

With a new season of ‘Pause,’ Sam Jay keeps the conversation going

Special Projects

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

Dalton Barcus, a lifeguard at the Mirabella Pool in the North End, rests after swimming laps on June 25, the pool's opening day, with temperatures in the high 80s. Once again, the state is experiencing a shortage of lifeguards at pools and beaches.

Lifeguard shortages — residents shouldn’t have to swim at their own risk

Readers celebrate interdependence — and their dependence on themselves

‘I always feel better when I feel kind’

An activist flies an upside down US flag, the international sign of distress, outside of the US Supreme Court during a protest on June 26.

The United States of Paralysis

Newly appointed Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper spoke at a press conference on Thursday outside TechBoston Academy in Dorchester. Skipper once was principal of TechBoston.

A new day for Boston Public Schools

With the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the cellphone location data collected and retained by tech companies like Google could be used by law enforcement officials looking to crack down on those seeking abortions.

IDEAS | CATESBY HOLMES AND EMILY DREYFUSS

Delete your period app. Get a burner phone. How your digital data can be used against you in a post-Roe world.

Metro

Airline cancellations and delays continue Sunday for holiday travelers at Logan airport

Logan International Airport and other airports reported more flights delays and cancellations on Sunday during the July Fourth weekend.

Cancellations at Logan International Airport surpass Friday’s levels

Logan Airport continued to see delayed and canceled flights on Saturday, a busy travel day during the July Fourth weekend.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Possibility meets pragmatism as new Boston superintendent gears up for race to meet state deadlines

Experts say newly named BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper will need to tread carefully in her early days, striking a balance between possibility and pragmatism as she charges ahead with quick initial steps, while also insisting on a realistic view of what it takes to change.

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular returns with a bang — and 5,000 fireworks

The fireworks at the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Monday will be closer to the crowd than in the past. The display designer said the show should feel like it's in high-definition.

Sports

Connor Seabold will hope his second start of the season is more successful than his first.

RED SOX AT CUBS | 2:20 P.M. (NESN)

Game 79: Red Sox at Cubs lineups and notes

The Red Sox have lost back-to-back series after winning their last seven in a row, but have a chance to avoid the sweep Sunday.

Franchy Cordero had a wild day at first base on Saturday, failing to field a pair of wild throws that fueled a Cubs rally in the second inning, and being unable to apply the tag to Ian Happ on a bounding ground ball in the sixth.

CUBS 3, RED SOX 1

As the bats struggle, defense dooms the Red Sox in another loss at Cubs

Two second-inning errors helped deliver a pair of Chicago runs, and the scuffling Red Sox offense couldn't do much against reliever Mark Leiter Jr., whom the Cubs called on just seven pitches into the game.

Garrett Whitlock made nine starts for the Red Sox, but is needed elsewhere for the rest of the season, Alex Cora said on Saturday in Chicago.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox commit to returning Garrett Whitlock to the bullpen for the rest of 2022

With the team in need of another lockdown multi-inning reliever, specifically a righthanded one, they're returning Whitlock to the role he excelled in last season.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

David Ross, Mike Napoli bring lessons learned with beloved 2013 Red Sox to the rebuilding Cubs

New Orleans Pelicans give oft-injured Zion Williamson five-year, $193 million extension

J.T. Poston eagles par-5 17th on the way to a three-stroke lead at John Deere Classic

Business

Members of Jan. 6 panel promise new witnesses after testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson

The committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack promised further revelations, following an ex-White House staffer’s portrayal of the former president’s outbursts of rage.

UK speeds up checks for new airport workers amid travel chaos

The UK has accelerated the vetting process that all new aviation recruits must undergo, with accreditation checks being completed in around five days on average and counter-terrorist checks taking less than 10 days, according to an emailed press release.

Germany’s union head warns of collapse of entire industries

Hong Kong’s new chief executive sees no need for mass COVID-19 testing right now

magazine

31 outdoor events in New England to fill every summer weekend with fun

The Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland is one of many food-inspired events across New England this summer.

10 New England food festivals guaranteed to leave you satisfied

An A.D. Makepeace solar array in Wareham.

A solar battle in sleepy Wareham is pitting environmentalists against each other

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

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

metro

Reports of racist slurs being hurled at Roxbury Prep Charter High School players during a football game at Georgetown High School are being investigated.

Georgetown apologizes, but decries Roxbury Prep for false allegations following football game

Thunderstorms hit parts of Mass. Saturday afternoon

It’s Independence Day. Yay?

sports

Nolan Gorman had the second of the four straight St. Louis home runs during the first inning Saturday in Philadelphia.

Cardinals crack four straight homers in first inning at Philadelphia

Georgetown apologizes, but decries Roxbury Prep for false allegations following football game

Fabio Jakobsen’s late surge earns stage win, Wout Van Aert claims yellow jersey at Tour de France

business

People stand on a rock ledge as huge swells hit the headland at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on July 3, 2022.

Sydney orders evacuations as torrential rain causes flooding

China’s Anhui locks down second county amid COVID-19 flareup

Google to erase more location info as abortion bans expand

politics

Activists gathered outside the Supreme Court building in Washington following a decision that sharply curtailed existing federal climate regulations last week.

Gridlock in Congress has amplified the power of the Supreme Court

‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more

President Biden discusses abortion access options with Democratic governors

Nation

Antiabortion demonstrators celebrated outside the Supreme Court after the court issued a ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade.

‘The pro-life generation’: Young women fight against abortion rights

North Texas shooter kills 2, wounds 3 cops, takes own life

High court marshal seeks enforcement of anti-picketing laws

World

Russian troops and soldiers of a Chechen regiment waved Russian and Chechen republic flags in front of a destroyed building in Lysychansk, Ukraine, in a photo released Saturday.

Russia claims capture of Lysychansk, key for control of Ukraine’s east

UK speeds up checks for new airport workers amid travel chaos

Pope, unable to go to Congo, embraces Congolese in Rome

opinion

Women rested after abortions at the Women's Medical Services clinic in Philadelphia, May 17, 1973.

It’s time to put abortion clinics on federal land

Changemakers

Changemakers

lifestyle

A boy holds a sign saying 'All men are created equal' as he attends a protest on June 7, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd.

The long, ongoing debate over ‘All men are created equal’

How to get over an almost relationship

A guide to celebrating the Fourth of July in Boston

food & dining

Bostonians danced through the night at Mariel Underground, a downtown nightclub founded by the COJE Management Group.

Boston night life is entering a new era — or at least, it’s trying to

What to make this Fourth of July weekend

Tiffani Faison’s Italian restaurant, Orfano, closes in the Fenway

travel

Fishing at sunset on the beach in West Falmouth.

Getting their toes wet on the Upper Cape

A pizza oven for anywhere, an art show takes flight, and a new hotel near SeaTac

Maine Maritime Museum celebrates 60 years

Arts

The salt marshes in Ipswich were a source of endless inspiration for Arthur Wesley Dow.

Ipswich through the eyes of Arthur Wesley Dow

At Childs Gallery, the privacy of parenthood and the constancy of change

Germany returns artifacts taken from 3 African nations

Books

Guns, guns, guns in ‘The Tomorrow Game’

Ed Yong on reading for science and soul

Hateship, loveship, friendship in ‘Fellowship Point’

Movies

Dean Fleischer-Camp as "Dean" with the character Marcel the Shell, voiced by Jenny Slate, in a still from "Marcel the Shell with Shoes On."

Jenny Slate on why ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ is making people cry

How Tom Brady convinced Cameron Diaz to come out of retirement (something he’s quite familiar with)

Refuge in a bookstore; a legacy of hate; roots of conflict

Television

Kristine Froseth (pictured in 2020) will costar in "The Buccaneers."

Edith Wharton’s ‘The Buccaneers’ is coming to Apple TV+

12 actors whose performances are must-see TV right now

In 35th season, ‘POV’ subjects will range from pandemic to disabilities

music

Dead & Company perform at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Saturday night.

Dead & Company weather the storm at Gillette

Linda Kramer, wife of Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer, dies at 55

Rock star Randy Bachman reunited with beloved stolen guitar after 45 years

Theater/Dance

Dancer Ty Morrison of BODYTRAFFIC in "SNAP," which appears on Jacob's Pillow's outdoor stage through July 3.

BODYTRAFFIC mirrors life’s darkness, light, and in-betweens at Jacob’s Pillow

Ronald K. Brown’s Evidence delivers stunning ‘The Equality of Night and Day’ at Jacob’s Pillow

A new beginning for actor and comedian Petey Gibson

globe local

Yurika Tarui and Aiden Wright, the two recipients of the Meserve Award. Photos by Ryan Davis and Seamus Webster

Two ‘true leaders’ at Newton North High School receive prestigious award

Out of city hall, but still loving their cities: 5 former mayors embark on their next acts

Should school committees in Massachusetts be appointed?

Obituaries

FILE Cancer Campaigner Deborah James, left and Steve Bland pose for a photo with the award for Best Podcast for the show You, Me and the Big C at the TRIC Awards 2019 50th Birthday Celebration, at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London, March 12, 2019. James, a B ritish broadcaster who raised millions for cancer research and was recognized by Prince William for her work, has died. She was 40. James hosted a BBC podcast called “You, Me and The Big C" in which she spoke in a no-nonsense approach about living with bowel cancer. (Ian West/PA via AP, File)

Deborah James, UK cancer research campaigner, dies at 40

H.T. Chen, choreographer with broad experience, focus on Asia, dies at 74

Richard Taruskin, groundbreaking, polemical musicologist, dies at 77