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Boston health officials, citing COVID-19 data, urge people to take precautions
The Boston Public Health Commission warned that, as of Thursday, COVID-19 cases had increased by 38.9 percent over the past seven days, and daily hospital admissions and the amount of coronavirus in local wastewater were also up.

Former Patriot cornerback Jason McCourty retires after 13 seasons in NFL
Jason McCourty spent three seasons with New England after a 2018 trade with Cleveland reunited him with twin brother Devin.

‘We have to consider all options.’ Democratic leaders in battleground states want Washington do more to ensure abortion rights

Many Democrats are expressing frustration with their party’s leaders in Washington over their response to the court eliminating the federal right to an abortion.
House votes to restore abortion rights, Senate odds dim

Man rescues missing 5-year-old girl from marsh in Plymouth

Jake Manna was installing solar panels in Buttermilk Bay when he heard people in the neighborhood were searching for a missing child, police said. He stopped working and helped search for the girl, who has autism.

Worcester apartment building roof partially collapses, all units evacuated

Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

Massachusetts hospitals are joining the climate fight

Half of all hospitals in the state signed a White House pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

Wu endorses Healey in governor’s race

Attorney General Maura Healey is the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, after Jamaica Plain state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz’s ended her bid last month.
Dan Shaughnessy

At the 1999 All-Star Game, Fenway Park was the center of the baseball universe, and other thoughts

It was 23 years ago this week. John Henry had yet to buy the Red Sox and young David Ortiz was hitting .315 for Minnesota’s Triple A team in Salt Lake City.
SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER ARTS GUIDE

This summer, cool down with some art and culture

Got a lazy summer day you’re looking to fill? From Guston at the MFA to Rob "Problak" Gibbs’s mural for Dewey Square, here are some must-sees around the city.

With plenty of summer still ahead, TV is just getting warmed up
In the coming weeks, you'll be able to fill your downtime with mysteries and thrillers ("The Patient," "Surface"), epic fantasies ("House of the Dragon," "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power"), and some promising comedies ("Bad Sisters," "Uncoupled").

The best of the rest of summer movies
Almost all of this summer's high-profile releases have come out. Still to come: Jordan Peele's "Nope" and "Bullet Train" starring Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock. Plus, Ben Affleck's 50th birthday.

Walking on sunshine with 25 of our favorite songs of summer
A great summer song can evoke the season, or it can just be the right song hitting in just the right way at just the right time. Here are some favorites chosen by Globe arts writers, editors, and contributors from summers past and present.

A guide to free, family-friendly events from now through Labor Day
These Massachusetts festivals, concerts, outdoor movies and more don't cost a thing to attend.

Opinion
EDITORIAL

The world can’t miss a last chance on the Iran deal

A restored agreement could markedly reduce tensions in the region
MARCELA GARCÍA

Demonizing migrants may be the GOP’s most consistent platform. Just ask Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Massachusetts can lead democracy back from the brink
IDEAS | SABITH KHAN

Going home: What happens to migrants when they return to the country they left behind?
Peter de Menocal

Turning the tide against climate change
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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Boston’s new fire commissioner is ceremonially sworn in

Burke succeeds John Dempsey, who stepped down last month after reaching the department's mandatory retirement age of 65.

‘We will fight for the communities we care about’: Jill Biden speaks at national AFT convention
The First Lady was among the speakers during the American Federation of Teachers’ national convention’s “Making a Difference in the Labor Movement” session this morning.

Biden tells Democrats to quickly pass pared-down economic package
President Biden seemed to bow Friday to Senator Joe Manchin’s demand for a slimmed-down economic package, telling Democrats to quickly push the measure through Congress so families could “sleep easier” and enjoy the health care savings it proposes.

BPDA approves another lab building in the Seaport
Yet another life science building aims for the outer Seaport. The 13-story project will go up on a Massport-owned site along Congress St. and include an improved Silver Line station.

Dinner with Cupid
Blind date: ‘It was very hard to hear her’
Will a noisy restaurant tank this date?

LOVE LETTERS
She doesn’t tell me about her family conflicts
“The first time I noticed the red flag was when she went shopping for her wedding dress.”

Recommended reads

To escape high gas prices, many are searching for electric vehicles. They’re nowhere to be found.

A global semiconductor chip shortage is leaving dealers with few EVs.

‘Are we making ourselves sitting ducks?’ Local drag performers voice safety concerns amid uptick in threats.
The heightened concerns come as anti-LGBTQ rhetoric ratchets up and a growing number of conservatives champion restrictions on what schools can teach students about sexual orientation and gender identity.

ADRIAN WALKER
Michael Cox returns to write a new story
The new police commissioner said he spent years trying to make sense of the police attack on him in 1995, and what lessons it carried for how to make policing better.

Larry Edelman
Boom times are over for US housing market. But don’t expect Boston to bust.
The Boston-area housing market has held up well under the weight of rising mortgage rates and some of the most unaffordable prices in the country. That may be about to change.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Festival Betances returns to the South End to celebrate a panorama of Puerto Rican music and culture

Can we please stop pretending family vacations are nothing but fun?

NKOTB’s Mixtape shows have Donnie Wahlberg feeling like a kid again

Cooperstown has a couple of new fans

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | TOM CHAFFIN

We should stop giving the Founding Fathers capital-letter reverence
SCOT LEHIGH

Jan. 6 panel highlights an unhinged Trump White House

RENÉE GRAHAM

Joe Biden is not the man for this moment
IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Two challenges, one column!
EDITORIAL

Renters, seniors, and the working poor: Beacon Hill doles out the tax breaks
IDEAS | Sheldon Himelfarb and Phil Howard

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

Metro

NH fire marshal finds no criminal intent in Red Jacket resort fire, cause ‘undetermined’

Investigators made the determination after interviewing guests and examining evidence from the April 30 fire at the popular White Mountain resort in North Conway, New Hampshire fire officials said Friday.

In progressive Massachusetts, a long history of white supremacy

While the displays of propaganda are shockingly hateful and vile, they are far from new.

Wu endorses Healey in governor’s race

Attorney General Maura Healey is the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, after Jamaica Plain state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz’s ended her bid last month.

Center plans to give W. E. B. Du Bois and other Black Berkshirites the credit they’re due

While honoring the late activist's impact, the W. E. B. Du Bois Center for Freedom and Democracy will also amplify the rich Black history within Berkshire County.

Sports

tour de france

Mads Pederson continues Danish success with Stage 13 win at Tour de France

A well-timed final sprint to the finish line gave the former world champion his first stage win at the Tour de France.
ADAM HIMMELSBACH | BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

On Tony Parker, rings, and cookies: Ten thoughts on the Celtics from the summer league

How assistant Joe Mazzulla's stock rose in Las Vegas, some lesser-known winners from the Malcolm Brogdon deal, and more.
NFL

Former Patriot cornerback Jason McCourty retires after 13 seasons in NFL

Jason McCourty spent three seasons with New England after a 2018 trade with Cleveland reunited him with twin brother Devin.
wnba

Brittney Griner’s lawyer produces doctor’s note for cannabis use in Russian trial
MASS AMATEUR

Course becomes sanctuary as Wellesley’s Conner Willett wins Mass Amateur days after losing his dad
nfl

Houston Texans settle with 30 women over Deshaun Watson-related claims, lawyer says

Business

Biden intervenes in railroad contract fight to block strike

President Biden on Friday blocked a freight railroad strike that would disrupt shipments of all kinds of goods for at least 60 days by naming a board of arbitrators to intervene in the contract dispute.

BPDA approves another lab building in the Seaport

Yet another life science building aims for the outer Seaport. The 13-story project will go up on a Massport-owned site along Congress St. and include an improved Silver Line station.

Battery Ventures shrugs off tech downturn and raises largest VC fund
RI BUSINESS

Hasbro toys, New York Times to create a Wordle board game
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Globe Magazine

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England
LOVE LETTERS

My wife wants to move closer to my stepsons. I won’t go.
PERSPECTIVE

Libraries can save the summer. And maybe democracy, too.
COOKING

Recipes: Charring broccoli, corn, and other vegetables on the grill

metro

Most of R.I. facing ‘moderate drought’ conditions

Man rescues missing 5-year-old girl from marsh in Plymouth

Boston’s new fire commissioner is ceremonially sworn in

sports

David Ortiz’s daughter, Alex Veda, will sing national anthem ahead of dad’s Hall of Fame induction

Bruins prospect Mason Lohrei has unfinished business in college, but knows he’s closer to going pro

Game 91: Nate Eovaldi is finally back for Red Sox-Yankees series opener, plus lineups and notes

business

Odds of US recession within next year near 50 percent, survey shows

US retail sales rise more than forecast in broad-based advance

For the love of butter: Chef Jeanie Roland on pushing the culinary boundaries in a small New England town

politics

Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with crown prince

Why Biden’s fist bump with the Saudi crown prince was worse for American power than the Afghanistan pullout

Watchdog briefs Jan. 6 panel on erased Secret Service texts

Nation

Biden urges Congress to pass health care bill after Manchin talks falter

House Passes Two Bills Seeking to Ensure Access to Abortion

Deposition of Trump, two children delayed after Ivana’s death

World

Two universities in Mykolaiv hit by Russian missile strikes, as Ukraine points to civilian casualties in Vinnytsia attack

Mexico captures infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

China’s Leader Visits Xinjiang for the First Time Since Imposing Crackdown

opinion

If there’s a will, there’s a way to stop more shootings

We’re all tired of COVID. But it’s not done with us.

Here’s the proof against Carolyn Bryant Donham in the Emmett Till case. Is it enough to convict her?

lifestyle

Somerville’s ArtBeat festival emphasizes community, inclusivity

She doesn’t tell me about her family conflicts

Can we please stop pretending family vacations are nothing but fun?

food & dining

First lady Jill Biden makes return visit to Row 34 in Boston’s Seaport

For the love of butter: Chef Jeanie Roland on pushing the culinary boundaries in a small New England town

At Parla, swanky drinks where you least expect them

travel

Travel + Leisure’s ‘World’s Best Awards’ are out for 2022, and there’s a lot to celebrate in New England

Try a city triathlon in Boston, just for fun

Actress Elizabeth A. Davis on her favorite vacation destination

Arts

At the Clark, proof that Auguste Rodin is still the man

This summer, cool down with some art and culture

At the Gardner, Maurice Sendak’s journey from page to stage

Books

The view from above in ‘Imagine a City’

Jamil Jan Kochai likes to binge different authors

A very bad trip

Movies

The best of the rest of summer movies

‘Madame Web’ movie filming transforms Boston into retro NYC

Review: ‘Both Sides of the Blade,’ three sides of a triangle

Television

Fifth season of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ arrives in September

With plenty of summer still ahead, TV is just getting warmed up

There’s no getting away from it all in ‘The Resort’

music

Walking on sunshine with 25 of our favorite songs of summer

Classical music events to catch before the summer is over

‘The Silent Woman,’ a Strauss comedy born of dark times, reaches the stage at Bard

Theater/Dance

In ‘Mr. Fullerton,’ the seduction of Edith Wharton

The season’s overflowing with dance of all types, from Jacob’s Pillow in Becket to a quarry in Vermont

Throughout New England, the stage is set for theatergoers who are eager to explore

globe local

Is the state’s multi-family zoning requirement in MBTA communities good policy?

Make way for the feisty northern water snake

Legendary rock star visits local police station

Obituaries

Eugenio Scalfari, elder statesman of Italian journalism, dies at 98

John R. Froines, chemist and member of the Chicago Seven, dies at 83

Award-winning conductor, composer Bramwell Tovey dies