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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.

South Africa police say 14 dead in bar shooting in Soweto

Police say they are investigating reports that a group of men arrived in a minibus taxi and opened fire on some of the patrons at the bar late Saturday night.

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.

RED SOX 6, YANKEES 5 (10 INNINGS)

Alex Verdugo has more magic for Yankees, delivers tying, walkoff hits for Red Sox in classic
Verdugo's eighth-inning single scored Jeter Downs — called up Saturday and entering as a pinch-runner — to tie the game, then his 10th-inning single brought Boston back from a two-run hole.

President George W. Bush greeted supporters in March 2001. He and others in his administration talked down the state of the economy in arguing that tax cuts were needed as stimulus.

Some analysts worry that the country could be talking itself into a recession

Most economists say the country is not in a recession right now, although that determination could change in the coming months as more data is analyzed.

Fire ravages Veranda House, other buildings in downtown Nantucket Saturday
Firefighters on Nantucket battled flames as fire tore through the historic Veranda House inn Saturday morning.

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.

The writer (right) and her daughter, Glynne, leave the hospital after the writer’s last chemotherapy session.

Cancer kicks your butt, but it’s also a powerful lesson on appreciation

“Tough as old shoe leather” and other laughable compliments from loved ones help get me through tough times.

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

Carolyn Bryant rested her head on her husband Roy Bryant's shoulder after she testified in Emmett Till's murder case in Sumner, Miss. on Sept. 22. 1955. A team searching the basement of a Mississippi courthouse for evidence about the murder of the Black teenager found the unserved warrant for the arrest of "Mrs. Roy Bryant."

Accountability should never yield to the passage of time

A white woman’s claim led to Emmett Till’s murder in 1955. An unserved warrant against her could finally bring a modicum of delayed justice.

Biden may be going to Saudi Arabia, but he must not bow

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

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

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.

More recent stories

Biden defends upcoming Saudi trip as national security necessity
Biden is expected to meet with Prince Mohammed and Arab leaders of other Gulf countries to persuade them to pump more oil into the market to drive down gasoline prices in the US.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox should consider what they would look like without Rafael Devers in the long term
The Sox have not made progress signing Devers to a long-term extension as he asserts himself as one of the best players in the game.

Abe’s killing haunts Japan with questions on handmade guns
Such weapons are rarely used in Japan, where most attacks involve stabbings or dousing a place with gasoline and setting it ablaze, or running haywire on the street in a vehicle.

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.

Rocket attack on apartment building in Ukraine kills at least 10
Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region, said about three dozen people could be trapped in the rubble.

Fingers always point at NIMBYs, but is our approval process fueling the affordable housing crisis?
Fingers always point at the NIMBYs, but is our strict planning and approvals process hindering the development of affordable housing in Mass.?

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Charlotte Cano Polanco has been accepted to her “dream school,” Stanford University in California.

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.

Boston’s faces of excellence: Meet the 2022 public school valedictorians

‘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.

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.

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.

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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

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

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

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

The Dodgers' top scout in Mexico, Mr. Brito discovered such talents as Fernando Valenzuela, current Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías, and Yasiel Puig.

Fire ravages Veranda House, other buildings in downtown Nantucket Saturday

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

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.

Sports

Alex Verdugo delivered the walk-off winner on Saturday night at Fenway Park, following his game-tying single in the eighth with a game-winning one in the 10th against the Yankees.

RED SOX 6, YANKEES 5 (10 INNINGS)

Alex Verdugo has more magic for Yankees, delivers tying, walkoff hits for Red Sox in classic

Verdugo's eighth-inning single scored Jeter Downs — called up Saturday and entering as a pinch-runner — to tie the game, then his 10th-inning single brought Boston back from a two-run hole.

Sprint winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing talks to the media in the Paddock after the F1 Grand Prix of Austrian Sprint in Spielberg, Austria,

Max Verstappen wins Austrian pole in Formula 1 racing

Verstappen starts at the front as he aims for a fifth win at his Formula One team’s home track.

Mr. Brito tossed the first pitch before a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles in 2016.

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

The Dodgers' top scout in Mexico, Mr. Brito discovered such talents as Fernando Valenzuela, current Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías, and Yasiel Puig.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Summer league game was a very big deal for the Celtics’ JD Davison

Celtics rookie guard JD Davison shows pace, control in Las Vegas Summer League opener

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox should consider what they would look like without Rafael Devers in the long term

Business

Trump lashes out at Elon Musk and ‘rotten’ Twitter deal

Referring to Musk’s recent pronouncement that he’d never voted Republican until this June, Trump said that contradicted what Musk had told him about his previous vote for the real-estate magnate.

Biden defends upcoming Saudi trip as national security necessity

Biden is expected to meet with Prince Mohammed and Arab leaders of other Gulf countries to persuade them to pump more oil into the market to drive down gasoline prices in the US.

Blinken to stop in Tokyo to offer condolences over Abe’s death

Sri Lanka president, PM to resign after tumultuous protests

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

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

Massachusetts’ expatriate Britons react to Boris Johnson’s resignation

‘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

sports

What's a manager to do? Alex Cora's Red Sox have 12 players on the injured list with the additions of Connor Seabold, who was removed from Friday's start, and Christian Arroyo on Saturday.

More pain for Red Sox as Rafael Devers sits, two others join slew on injured list

Celtics star Jayson Tatum visits summer league, saying he still hasn’t put Finals loss to Warriors behind him

O my! Baltimore beats Angels, winning seventh straight for first time since ′17

business

Protesters gather outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on July 9.

Sri Lankan president to step down amid soaring public anger

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

politics

Former US President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 26, 2022.

Trump lashes out at Elon Musk and ‘rotten’ Twitter deal

Biden defends upcoming Saudi trip as national security necessity

Blinken to stop in Tokyo to offer condolences over Abe’s death

Nation

United States Border Patrol agents on horseback try to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on September 19, 2021.

Review finds agents used unnecessary force against Black migrants

In era of transparency, Arizona law limits filming police

More than 1,000 protesters at White House call on Biden to protect abortion rights

World

Mothers with malnourished children wait to be tended to at the Ambulatory Therapeutic Feeding Center in Katsina, Nigeria, on June 27, 2022.

Nigeria’s troubled northwest battles child malnutrition

Rocket attack on apartment building in Ukraine kills at least 10

Sri Lanka opposition hopes to install new government amid turmoil

opinion

Construction vehicles used during repairs in a Blue Line tunnel on May 5. Top Baker administration officials were intimately involved in keeping details from the public about three derailments of a construction vehicle on that line in May.

Sorry, Charlie: The T is still your problem

Georgia DA’s Trump investigation is making history

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

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. Brito tossed the first pitch before a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Colorado Rockies in Los Angeles in 2016.

Mike Brito, influential Dodgers’ scout in Mexico, dies at 87

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

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