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Mike Pence is running as an original culture warrior. His break with Trump, though, may define him.

Pence boasts a long track record of fighting for core conservative positions, before they were widely popular within the party. But it’s his relationship to Donald Trump that may decide his political fate.
Pence rebukes Trump in campaign announcement See who is (and who’s not) running for president

Spotlight follow-up
N.H. hospital missed warning signs about troubled top heart surgeon Dr. Yvon Baribeau, new report finds
The heart surgeon, who abruptly retired in 2019, has 21 malpractice settlements linked to his work at the hospital, including 14 cases in which he was accused of contributing to patients’ deaths.

A celebrated surgeon, a trail of secrets and death

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Fear and loathing
What does a predator look like? Not what the haters want you to think.

Prior to its abrupt closure, Compass Medical was involved in acquisition talks with Atrius

Atrius acknowledged it had worked to negotiate a deal with Compass prior to its collapse but said it bore no responsibility for the practice's sudden closure.

House in stalemate after hard-right Republicans defy McCarthy, block legislation

The House remained in a stalemate Wednesday, recessing minutes after the session began, as hard-right Republicans defied GOP leadership and blocked legislation.

N.H. lawmaker leaves Democratic caucus over first in the nation primary and LGBTQ rights
Larry Edelman

Earlier mistakes foreshadowed the state’s $2.5 billion unemployment accounting blunder
tara sullivan

PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is taking a lot of heat over LIV deal — as well he should

After his stunning flip-flop, betraying the players and embracing the LIV faction, it's hard to see him remaining the long-term leader of the PGA Tour.
gary washburn | on basketball

After Game 2 collapse, Nikola Jokic responded with greatness in Nuggets Game 3 win over the Heat

With the Denver Nuggets reeling after melting down in the fourth quarter of Game 2, Nikola Jokic responded by becoming the first player in league history to record a 30-point triple double in a Finals series.

Trustees of Reservations names Katie Theoharides as next leader

Theoharides, who served as secretary of energy and environmental affairs under former governor Charlie Baker, fills a vacancy left by the sudden departure of John Judge in October.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

DeSantis’s migrant transports: Justice demands a reckoning

Political stunts with real human beings are unworthy of a presidential contender.
RACHELLE G. COHEN

‘Competitive’ energy scheme a boon for bottom feeders
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Don’t be rude to chatbots — for your sake, not theirs
IDEAS | JACKIE MANSKY

Mermaidcore is back. It never really went away.
Maura Healey and Kendalle Burlin O’Connell

How Massachusetts can lengthen its lead in life sciences

More recent News

City’s proposal for the O’Bryant School met with hedged enthusiasm, skepticism
At the School Committee meeting Wednesday evening, members questioned Skipper about the city’s proposal for the O’Bryant, focusing in particular on the community engagement process in developing the plan and its overall lack of details.

Family of Mass. woman who died by suicide days after delivering twins trying to raise awareness about postpartum depression
The family of a 36-year-old Norton woman who died by suicide days after giving birth to twins wants to draw attention to the importance of mental health care during and after pregnancy.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball
Red Sox can score runs, and they better keep hitting because their defense let them down again
The Sox took a 2-1 lead before committing three errors in the fourth inning that led to two earned runs in a 5-2 loss.

In an about-face, Boston City Council passes the city’s operating budget, then reverses course

If the council cannot agree on a budget by next Wednesday, the rules say, Wu’s budget proposal “shall be in effect as if formally adopted by the city council and approved by the mayor.”

FDA chief’s unwelcome message to biotech execs: ‘Prices of drugs are too high’

At the global BIO convention in Boston, Califf defended limiting reimbursements for accelerated approvals of treatments, saying they’re not fully proven.

Murder trial to begin for young man charged with killing Weymouth cop, elderly woman nearly 5 years ago

Emanuel Lopes shot the officer and a neighbor while fleeing the scene of a car accident in 2018.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.
Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

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The Somerville Community Path extension still isn’t open. People have been using it anyway.

The project, part of the Green Line Extension, is tantalizingly close to opening for cyclists and pedestrians. So some are hitting the long-awaited path early.

Local funds meant to support housing are sometimes used to block it, report finds
A new study has found that — especially in the suburbs — Community Preservation Act funds often go toward open space, not housing.

ADDRESS
When the new house you want is the one you already live in
Facing high mortgage rates and historically low inventory of properties on the market, homeowners are making the best of what they have.

Teens investigating equity find Stop & Shop charges more in Jackson Square than at a more affluent suburb
Several youth organizers with the Hyde Square Task Force who were researching inflation learned about how low-income shoppers often pay more for the same goods than shoppers in more affluent areas, and they wanted to test out that theory themselves.

Culture & Lifestyle

In ‘The Crowded Room,’ a tortured soul is put on trial

Celine Song’s romantic debut film ‘Past Lives’ was a path to self-discovery

Leith Ross feels everything

‘Never Have I Ever’ returns with its buoyant star

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

How to thwart hackers

JEFF JACOBY

Middlebury College flunks a history test
IDEAS | SHERRIE DULWORTH

Why was it so hard to bear witness to my father’s final days?
EDITORIAL

Mass. owes feds $2.5 billion. Who’s going to pay?

IDEAS | ULBE BOSMA

The sugar baron of Boston
IDEAS

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

Metro

PODCAST

R.I. singer-songwriter Allison Rose, on music as medicine

On the Rhode Island Report podcast, the musician and mental health counselor talks about how she is using songs to help herself and others heal.

Across the country, migrant surge is often a case for emergency response. In Mass., Healey is keeping her options open.

Making an emergency declaration would give the governor latitude to loosen regulations and remove layers of bureaucracy. But it could come with a political price.

See photos of smoky skies in US from Canadian wildfires

Wildfires in Canada have sent smoke south into the United States, leading to air quality warning, hazy skies, and colorful sunsets.

George Winston, pianist with a soothing ‘New Age’ sound, dies at 74

His recordings “Autumn,” "December," and others captured the cadences of nature and hit a sweet spot for many listeners.

Sports

MLB

Meet the rare Massachusetts talent who could be a very high pick in this year’s MLB draft

Thomas White, a 6-foot-5-inch ace from Rowley, has the scouts riveted, a full ride to Vanderbilt, and a dream to pitch for the Red Sox.
gary washburn | on basketball

After Game 2 collapse, Nikola Jokic responded with greatness in Nuggets Game 3 win over the Heat

With the Denver Nuggets reeling after melting down in the fourth quarter of Game 2, Nikola Jokic responded by becoming the first player in league history to record a 30-point triple double in a Finals series.
NBA Finals Game 3 | Nuggets 109, Heat 94

Nuggets bounce back, beat Heat to take 2-1 lead in NBA Finals

Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray became the first teammates in NBA Finals history to both record triple-doubles.
wednesday's softball tournament roundup

Morgan Barmash comes through in circle and at plate as Woburn softball edges Lincoln-Sudbury in Division 1 tournament
wednesday's baseball tournament roundup

Jimmy Fallon, Scott Longo get things going, Milton baseball doesn’t let up on Norwood in Division 2 tournament

Phillips Andover's Thomas White could be the next big thing

Business

NYC sues Hyundai and Kia over car thefts

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.
Larry Edelman

Earlier mistakes foreshadowed the state’s $2.5 billion unemployment accounting blunder

In a 2021 review, KPMG found multiple errors in tracking federal and state money used to pay jobless claims.

Labor dispute snarls West Coast ports, with the White House urged to step in

Chris Licht is out at CNN, ending a brief and chaotic run
magazine
PERSPECTIVE

Finding a home health aide to care for sick loved ones shouldn’t be this hard. (Not here.)

MISS CONDUCT

My neighbor said no when I asked to golf with her. I feel hurt.
COOKING

Recipes: Eggs fried, baked, or scrambled for Father's Day
Globe Magazine

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.

metro

Air quality alert extended for another day in 4 western Mass. counties due to Canadian wildfires.

City’s proposal for the O’Bryant School met with hedged enthusiasm, skepticism

N.H. Senate passes $15 billion budget in bipartisan vote

sports

Sloppy Red Sox fall to the Guardians in Cleveland

Red Sox can score runs, and they better keep hitting because their defense let them down again

Why Red Sox outfielder Masataka Yoshida has no interest in being named Rookie of the Year

business

FDA chief’s unwelcome message to biotech execs: ‘Prices of drugs are too high’

Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug moves closer to full US approval

Trustees of Reservations names Katie Theoharides as next leader

politics

Mike Pence is running as an original culture warrior. His break with Trump, though, may define him.

House Republicans pull back contempt charge against FBI director Wray over Biden doc

Biden and Sunak to focus on Ukraine and economic security in British PM’s first White House visit

Nation

Connecticut adjourns largely bipartisan session in contrast to rancor in other states

House in stalemate after hard-right Republicans defy McCarthy, block legislation

Gunman who opened fire after Virginia high school graduation targeted graduate, Richmond police say

World

Russia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine’s case over Crimea and terrorism funding

Knife attacker injures several people, including children, in French Alpine town

Blinken announces $150 million in aid for Syria, Iraq at Saudi conference on combatting Islamic State group

opinion

Birthright citizenship is safe from Donald Trump’s whims

Caps and gowns but no career prospects for grads without connections

Often overlooked or questioned, chronic fatigue seen in new light

lifestyle

Whose turn is it?

The cult of the classic Boston Whalers

How do I ask this person out?

food & dining

The Banks Fish House wants to be the Grill 23 of seafood

Picking strawberries? Here’s where to go and what to make.

Father-daughter duo cook up gluten-free guide to some favorite foods

travel

From campy to controversial: How drag queens became a target of conservative lawmakers

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

More travelers are taking the train — to save the planet

Arts

When photographers photograph themselves

‘Call and Response’ examines racism in reproductive health, history

Paintings that are all about touch

Books

Debut author Kate Fussner sends Orpheus and Eurydice to a Boston middle school

The best new books for summer 2023

Kaija Langley, author of verse novel ‘The Order of Things,’ has built a writing career in the margins of a busy life

Movies

Celine Song’s romantic debut film ‘Past Lives’ was a path to self-discovery

‘Hocus Pocus 3′ is currently in the works, according to Disney. Could filming return to New England?

Danson and Steenburgen to receive lifetime achievement award from Trinity Rep

Television

‘Will & Grace’ stars’ new podcast will revisit series

In ‘The Crowded Room,’ a tortured soul is put on trial

‘Never Have I Ever’ returns with its buoyant star

music

George Winston, pianist with a soothing ‘New Age’ sound, dies at 74

At 77, Boston jazz stalwart Bill Lowe is finally a leading man

Leith Ross feels everything

Theater/Dance

Shereen Pimentel is dazzling as the flawed heroine of ART’s re-energized ‘Evita’

In ‘Rooted,’ a cult insists she’s their leader, but the poor woman just wants to study her plants

In Arlekin’s ‘The Gaaga,’ a Ukrainian playwright puts Vladimir Putin on trial

globe local

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

George Winston, pianist with a soothing ‘New Age’ sound, dies at 74

The Iron Sheik, charismatic former pro wrestling villain and Twitter personality, dies at 81

Françoise Gilot, artist in the shadow of Picasso, is dead at 101