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Ketanji Brown Jackson testified during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing as her husband, Patrick Jackson, looked on.

Beside the nation’s first Black woman Supreme Court justice is her husband, a ‘quintessential Boston Brahmin’

For centuries the ancestral lines of Ketanji Onyika Brown and Patrick Graves Jackson were impossibly far apart. Then, 30 years ago at Harvard, they crossed.

After generations of joy and tragedy, a family says goodbye to Brighton
The Magee clan has inhabited the wood-frame 2-story, 4-bedroom house at 40 Waverly St. since it was built in 1910. But time, and market forces, march on without regard for family memories or the birthplace of hometown heroes.

Historic Veranda House on Nantucket ravaged by fire Saturday morning
Firefighters on Nantucket battled flames as fire tore through the historic Veranda House inn Saturday morning.

‘Everybody should stay inside on the Fourth of July’: Amid string of holiday shootings, residents losing hope

With 10 people shot in three days, Boston-area community members are finding it hard to have faith that change will ever come.

Jan. 6 panel questions Cipollone on pardons and Trump’s election claims

Investigators focused mainly on Pat Cipollone’s views on the events of Jan. 6 and generally did not ask about his views of other witnesses’ accounts.

Is the US in danger of talking itself into a recession?

An increasing drumbeat of recession warnings fueled by high inflation and slower economic growth is leading some analysts to worry that the country could be talking itself into a recession by spooking Americans into spending less.

Climate envoy John Kerry sees peril and opportunity as fuel prices bog down green energy push

It has been a punishing six months for the effort to decarbonize the economy and stave off the most disastrous effects of climate change. And John Kerry, President Biden’s top climate-focused diplomat, expressed concern in an interview with The Boston Globe that time is running out.

Hundreds march to White House, risking arrest to protest Roe’s reversal
The demonstration is being organized by the Women's March, a movement that drew millions to the streets in the nation's capital and across the country the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president in 2017.

Andrew and Janet Cromartie embrace at Hinsdale Park, their favorite place to walk their dogs on June 30, 2022. The couple have been forced to leave the island after shuffling around to different locations do to the increased cost of living and lack of affordable housing.

A sad farewell to an island paradise

Andrew Cromartie and Janet Forest are preparing to bid farewell to Nantucket, a place that has financially slipped away from them.

Former Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy wasn't a free agent for long.

Word is out that Bruins players had their say in Bruce Cassidy’s firing. It’s a risky revelation.

Players should certainly be heard, but it’s a fine line when they have a hand in pulling the strings.

Hannah Walford, a British expatriate, stands outside her home in her backyard.

Massachusetts’ expatriate Britons react to Boris Johnson’s resignation

Those interviewed said they are happy to see him go and hoping for positive change.

Opinion

The backside of the Massachusetts State House is reflected in a puddle of water collecting on a table after a rain on June 23. This image has been rotated 180 degrees.

Massachusetts lawmakers are poised to offer tax relief to the middle class. But what about the poor?

The state Legislature should include low-income families in plans to dole out $250 rebates to offset the rising cost of gas and other products.

IDEAS | SHAUN CAMMACK

I quit Twitter and discovered Wikipedia’s righteous, opinionated, utterly absorbing battles over The Truth

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

On the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, State Department has no spine

Sorry, Charlie: The T is still your problem

MARCELA GARCÍA

Nayib Bukele’s failed Bitcoin experiment in El Salvador

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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Hundreds march to White House, risking arrest to protest Roe’s reversal
The demonstration is being organized by the Women's March, a movement that drew millions to the streets in the nation's capital and across the country the day after Donald Trump was inaugurated as president in 2017.

‘The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law’: Biden signs order on abortion access

Sri Lankan president to step down amid soaring public anger
The resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa marks a possible turning point for the bankrupt Sri Lanka, which is struggling to pay for food and fuel imports.

Match Charter Public High School valedictorian stands up when she sees injustice
Charlotte Cano Polanco is a teen who stands up for herself and for others when she sees what she believes to be an injustice.

With the pitching staff struggling, the Red Sox lineup will have to hit another level — especially in clutch moments — to stay afloat
Boston's bats, and in particularly its big names, have been startlingly poor with runners in scoring position.

Police search for Maine family reported missing after failing to return from camping trip
Jill Sidebotham, Nicholas Hansen, and their daughter, Lydia Hansen, were last seen by Sidebotham’s family on June 27, before they set out to go camping in the area of Phillips, Maine, according to police.

Boston researchers may have found biomarker for long COVID
Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital said their study bolsters a theory that at least one cause of long COVID is the coronavirus persisting in a reservoir somewhere in the body even after a patient has recovered from a bout with COVID-19.

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Naomi Okoro, a 5-year-old from Milton, swam during her lesson at Champion Infant Aquatics.

Parents with pools turn to survival swimming to keep kids safe — sometimes starting before they reach a year old

ISR itself isn’t new — it was founded by a psychologist in 1966. But in recent years, social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok have popularized its style of survival swimming.

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On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all
Welcome to the second installment of our Cape Cod adventure, in which we wanted to engage in activities (hello, Cape Cod Railroad), but we were also drawn to slothful mornings at the beach. How did we resolve this conundrum? Read on, friends.

When a Boston hiker took a treacherous fall on Mount Monadnock, a group of strangers sprang into action to help
In southwest New Hampshire, Mount Monadnock is said to be one of the most frequently climbed mountains in the world. But as the fraught rescue of Gary Cohen last week makes clear, even a well-trodden day hike can turn dangerous.

Justice Kavanaugh leaves a D.C. restaurant after abortion rights protesters show up
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh made a quick exit out the rear of Morton’s, a steakhouse in downtown Washington, D.C., when abortion rights protesters gathered at the restaurant after learning he was dining there, Politico reported.

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Culture & Lifestyle

In "Loot," Maya Rudolph plays a billionaire who decides to live a 9-to-5 life in the office of a charitable foundation.

These workplace comedies get the job done

From left: Marcel Spears, Nikki Crawford, and Billy Eugene Jones in James Ijames's “Fat Ham” at the Public Theater in New York.

Seen and heard at the theater: distinct voices, fresh perspectives

Former Yes singer Jon Anderson is backed on his "Close to the Edge" 50th anniversary tour by students from the Paul Green Rock Academy.

Would Jon Anderson dare to perform ‘Close to the Edge’ with just a band of teens? Yes!

Bill Griffeth (“Strangers No More: A Sequel to The Stranger in My Genes”) is in conversation with Libby Copeland Thursday at 6 p.m. at the American Inspiration by New England Historic Genealogical Society.

Author readings around Boston July 10-16

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Welcome Back to Boston

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

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A Beautiful Resistance

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‘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

In 2019, students from five BPS schools performed with the Boston Pops during their opening Holiday at the Pops show the first week of December.

Brenda Cassellius

A roadmap to success for Boston Public Schools

The sense that Boris Johnson had worn out his welcome with a weary public that now wanted him gone played a part in his decision to resign as prime minister of Great Britain.

Boris Johnson and the limits of democratic tolerance

Boris Johnson is out of a job because — not for the first time — he appears to have been covering up dysfunctional behavior, either his own, or by one of his chums.

Game over for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony should be a reminder to young staffers, particularly those who work with or alongside the coup-inclined: Be ferocious note-keepers. Log every meeting, recount what was said, and store it all somewhere safe.

ABDALLAH FAYYAD

Advice for Washington’s young staffers

US Attorney Rachael Rollins watches as Acting Boston Police Commissioner Gregory Long speaks to reporters about the Patriot Front march.

‘If this were a Black Lives Matter protest, would the response have been different?’

IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

Global information wars are a threat to the planet. This is how we could broker peace.

Metro

At the MassQ Ball, Bostonians wear a different sort of mask

Artists asked people questions about themselves and painted pictures on their faces that reflected the responses.

Boston to hold information session for potential artists to work on Copley Square park plan

The city will host a virtual event Thursday to answer questions for applicants to the Copley redesign Call to Artists.

After generations of joy and tragedy, a family says goodbye to Brighton

The Magee clan has inhabited the wood-frame 2-story, 4-bedroom house at 40 Waverly St. since it was built in 1910. But time, and market forces, march on without regard for family memories or the birthplace of hometown heroes.

Massachusetts’ expatriate Britons react to Boris Johnson’s resignation

Those interviewed said they are happy to see him go and hoping for positive change.

Sports

Kyle Gibson dominated the Cardinals for seven innings on Saturday, getting 16 swings and misses and not issuing a walk.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Kyle Gibson bounces back from four-homer fiasco as Phillies shut out Cardinals

Gibson went for giving up back-to-back-to-back-to-back home runs in a home start against St. Louis to the first seven innings of an eventual two-hitter as a visitor against the Cardinals.

Filip Forsberg set career highs with 42 goals, 42 assists and 84 points in just 69 games last season.

Predators re-sign Filip Forsberg to $68 million, eight-year contract

Nashville locked up Forsberg before he could hit the open market when NHL free agency opens Wednesday.

Xander Schauffele matched the low score of the windy day with a 4-under-par 66.

Xander Schauffele, seeking his second straight win, has a two-shot lead at the Scottish Open

Just when he was pulling away, Schauffele closed with a pair of bogeys that made it difficult to appreciate an otherwise stellar round.

Celtics make Malcolm Brogdon acquisition and signings of Sam Hauser and Luke Kornet official, and also sign rookie JD Davison

Two-time British Open champion Greg Norman unwanted guest at St. Andrews

Wout Van Aert wins 8th stage of Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar extends lead

Business

Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he will leave office once a new government is in place, and hours later the speaker of Parliament said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa would step down Wednesday. Pressure on both men grew as the economic meltdown set off acute shortages of essential items, leaving people struggling to buy food, fuel and other necessities.

Sri Lankan president to step down amid soaring public anger

The resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa marks a possible turning point for the bankrupt Sri Lanka, which is struggling to pay for food and fuel imports.

Fears of another gas shock later this year drive Biden to seek price cap on Russian oil

Incomplete grade? Columbia loses ranking over dubious data

magazine

Is a famous shipwreck in Newport Harbor? A Rhode Island expert is fighting Australia over the answer.

The writer with her husband, Junior, and their daughter.

I moved to Haiti to help it recover from the 2010 earthquake. Violence forced my family to flee.

This week's daters: Andy and Shiella

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We talked quite a bit about raising kids in today’s digital world’

Blueberry Crumble With Oats and Tahini

Recipes: Three creative berry desserts for summer

metro

Rikinia Bruton, a lifelong Roxbury resident, said gunshots don’t scare her anymore but she worries for her youngest son, who is 15, and the other kids in the neighborhood.

‘Everybody should stay inside on the Fourth of July’: Amid string of holiday shootings, residents losing hope

Match Charter Public High School valedictorian stands up when she sees injustice

Historic Veranda House on Nantucket ravaged by fire Saturday morning

sports

Driver Chase Elliott speaks to the media during a weather delay before qualifying at the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. He claimed the pole position when qualifying was washed out.

Home boy: Chase Elliott hopes for breakthrough at Atlanta Motor Speedway

Revolution go down to 10 men, give away three penalty kicks in loss to New York City FC

Will Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s final result in Novak Djokovic’s 21st Grand Slam title or Nick Kyrgios’s first?

business

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says he’s terminating $44 billion Twitter buyout deal

Senator Elizabeth Warren backs SEC’s tougher SPAC plan to curb ‘scams and fraud’

Inflation fears eclipse recession fears as US job growth remains strong

politics

Pat Cipollone, the former White House counsel under President Donald Trump, spoke with the panel examining the events of Jan. 6 on Friday.

Jan. 6 panel questions Cipollone on pardons and Trump’s election claims

Is the US in danger of talking itself into a recession?

Climate envoy John Kerry sees peril and opportunity as fuel prices bog down green energy push

Nation

A firefighter protected a sequoia tree as the Washburn Fire burned in Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif., on Friday.

Grove of giant sequoias threatened by California wildfire

Therapy dogs and questions: How Highland Park’s children are coping

Hundreds march to White House, risking arrest to protest Roe’s reversal

World

Protesters stood on a vandalized police water canon truck and shouted slogans at the entrance to president's official residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday.

Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests

Millions of Muslims commemorate Eid al-Adha amid high prices

Blinken presses China’s top diplomat on Ukraine but stresses cooperation

opinion

A newly cut tree in Malcolm X Park in Roxbury as seen late last month.

Trees felled, tremors felt in Roxbury and beyond

By the time they got to Woodstock, they had a trunkful of iconic posters

She feels urgency to fight for rights, freedoms held dear

lifestyle

They talk for hours a day, but he has a girlfriend

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

Sorry, Marie Kondo types. I’m not chucking my stuff.

food & dining

Who said good food can’t be found in a gas station?

A ‘Chopped’ champ (who also beat Bobby Flay) brings his baked goods to the Boston area

At the Israeli fast-casual Miznon in the Seaport, most of the menu goes into a pita pocket

travel

The sun sets behind the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port.

On the Mid Cape, sometimes the best activity is no activity at all

A plane flew 14 hours from Dubai to Brisbane with a hole in its side

On the road with New England activists

Arts

John Wilson's "Maquette for Eternal Presence" sits at the opening of “Touching Roots: Black Ancestral Legacies in the Americas,” part of the new installation "Stories Artists Tell" in the Art of the Americas wing at the Museum of Fine Arts.

‘Touching roots’ and connecting cultural histories at the MFA

Patrick Kelly’s radical ‘Runway of Love’ at Peabody Essex Museum

‘On the Edge’: A lively West Coast collection lands in Watertown

Books

In a post-Trump world, can writing cure our politics?

Survival stories in ‘Dirtbag, Massachusetts’

A young woman brings light to her family, in 1930s Denver

Movies

Dakota Johnson stars in the upcoming film "Madame Web," which is filming in Boston this summer.

Sony’s ‘Madame Web’ to begin filming in Boston next week

Remembering the intensely physical, surprisingly versatile James Caan

10 memorable James Caan performances to stream

Television

“I have never been involved in a show that has made such a huge impact and touched my heart like this one has,” Suranne Jones wrote on Instagram after learning of the cancellation of "Gentleman Jack."

HBO cancels ‘Gentleman Jack’

WCVB names Cindy Fitzgibbon the station’s new chief meteorologist after the retirement of Harvey Leonard

These workplace comedies get the job done

music

Maren Morris performs at Leader Bank Pavilion Friday night.

Maren Morris does it all at Leader Bank Pavilion

At Bang on a Can’s summer festival, musical explorations are instrumental

A baby boy, a new album, and a tour have put Maren Morris in her happy place

Theater/Dance

From left: Marcel Spears, Nikki Crawford, and Billy Eugene Jones in James Ijames's “Fat Ham” at the Public Theater in New York.

Seen and heard at the theater: distinct voices, fresh perspectives

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

globe local

Alphonse Millefoglie discusses the model his father built of his fishing vessel, the Maria & Al, to longtime Gloucester fishing family members John and Marie Testaverde during the opening of the Cape Ann Museum exhibit.

A port of call for Gloucester’s fishing memories

Should the state ban the use of fossil fuel systems in new commercial and residential construction?

A makeshift ramp is used to rescue ducklings

Obituaries

Mr. Sirico played the impeccably groomed mobster Paulie Walnuts in “The Sopranos.”

Tony Sirico, who played a gangster in ‘The Sopranos,’ dies at 79

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, dies at 67

Larry Storch, zany Corporal Agarn on TV’s ‘F Troop,’ dies at 99