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Lawsuit claims DCF knew of Patrick Rose abuse and did nothing to protect children

In April 2022, the disgraced Boston police union leader was sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to nearly two dozen charges in connection with abusing six children over decades.

Wakefield man charged in plot to support ISIS terrorist organization, federal prosecutors say

An 18-year-old Wakefield man allegedly wanted to provide financial support ISIS by giving $705 in gift cards to a person he thought was connected to the terror organization, federal authorities alleged Thursday.
NH CRIME

Adam Montgomery, accused of killing 5-year-old daughter, convicted of unrelated gun charges

A jury found Adam Montgomery guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career criminal, receiving stolen property, and theft.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Smoke from Canadian wildfires will be in the atmosphere for foreseeable future

In addition to the haze and smoke, clouds will be the dominant weather feature for the next few days in New England.
The wildfires in Canada are abnormally early and widespread this year. What’s at play? Experts warn of health threat from Canadian wildfire smoke

Map: See the air quality index in Massachusetts and beyond

Authorities investigating racial incident in Hyannis
Barnstable police and prosecutors are investigating the matter that involved the proprietor of the local business Trader Ed’s after many saw posts about the incident on social media platforms.

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

Massachusetts Senate offers $600 million tax relief bill without business-friendly cuts

In Providence, ‘the restaurant scene is completely segregated,’ restaurateur says

Paúl Mena, who has worked at award-winning restaurants in Rhode Island, recently opened The Press Room, a cocktail bar serving tapas in Chicago. He talked about the industry’s inequities and compared the vastly different foodie cities.

Boston pizzeria selected for ESPN’s Champion Black Businesses program

Rock City Pizza in Allston and Randolph is one of four businesses around the country being highlighted by ESPN during the NBA Finals.

It’s been a whirlwind week for Marcelo Mayer, the Red Sox’ top prospect who just arrived in Double A

He is on track to be the franchise shortstop of the future, but for now he is focused on settling in to his new home in Portland.
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

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.

‘It’s meant to be intimidating and hateful’: Jamaica Plain church hit with anti-gay graffiti

A Jamaica Plain church that prides itself on welcoming the LGBTQ community was defaced with anti-gay graffiti early Thursday, the pastor said in a phone interview.

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.

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.”

Young children among three critically wounded in knife attack in French Alpine town; suspect detained

As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed several very young children, including at least one in a stroller, and also assaulted adults in a lakeside park in the French Alps.

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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SAVINGS

HOUSING

REALITY CHECK CALCULATOR

Ideas

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.
Rather than write about you, we want to hear from you.

Recommended reads

What does a predator look like? Not what the haters want you to think.

If only abusers were as easy to spot as the haters contend.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Are you a teen with a story to tell? Globe Ideas wants to hear from you.

Metro

Lion at Franklin Park Zoo will have blood tested for a potential transfusion for his anemic brother

Blood from the 14-year-old lion, named Dinari, “could give his brother the best chance of survival,” according to a statement from Zoo New England.
NH CRIME

Adam Montgomery, accused of killing 5-year-old daughter, convicted of unrelated gun charges

A jury found Adam Montgomery guilty of six charges: two counts each of being an armed career criminal, receiving stolen property, and theft.

Massachusetts Senate offers $600 million tax relief bill without business-friendly cuts

Massachusetts Senate leaders on Thursday released details of a nearly $600 million tax package that boosts tax breaks for renters, families, and others while omitting business-friendly tax cuts sought by Governor Maura Healey.
GLOBE NH | MORNING REPORT

Governor Sununu, social media, and kids

After more than two years of research, Governor Chris Sununu this week signed an executive order calling for a plan to protect New Hampshire’s kids.

Sports

red sox

Tonight’s Red Sox starter, Matt Dermody, posted a homophobic tweet in 2021

Dermody, who was with a Japan team at the time, wrote in the deleted tweet that homosexuals "will go to hell."
Red Sox

Terry Francona still wants to approach it ‘year to year’ when considering retirement

Cleveland's president of baseball operations has said the former Red Sox manager will stay on “for as long as it makes sense on his end.”
Red Sox at Guardians | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 63: Red Sox at Guardians lineups and notes

Matt Dermody will make his season debut, and will go up against Northeastern's Aaron Civale.
Red Sox

It’s been a whirlwind week for Marcelo Mayer, the Red Sox’ top prospect who just arrived in Double A
MLB

Meet the rare Massachusetts talent who could be a very high pick in this year’s MLB draft
gary washburn | on basketball

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

Business

Boston pizzeria selected for ESPN’s Champion Black Businesses program

Rock City Pizza in Allston and Randolph is one of four businesses around the country being highlighted by ESPN during the NBA Finals.

US applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021

In Massachusetts, about 2,298 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 493 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department.
TALKING POINTS

NYC sues Hyundai and Kia over car thefts
Larry Edelman

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

Lawsuit claims DCF knew of Patrick Rose abuse and did nothing to protect children

Authorities launch probe after video shows Cape Cod restaurant proprietor using racial slurs

‘It can impact anybody:’ Experts warn of health threat from Canadian wildfire smoke

sports

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

Morgan Barmash comes through in circle and at plate as Woburn softball edges Lincoln-Sudbury in Division 1 tournament

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

business

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

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

politics

Biden unveils LGBTQ+ proposals, but postpones White House Pride Month event due to poor air quality

Supreme Court rules in favor of Black voters in Alabama redistricting case

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

Nation

Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies

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

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

World

Main suspect in 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway departs Peru on extradition flight to US

Russia shells Ukrainian city inundated by dam collapse after Zelensky visits area

Young children among three critically wounded in knife attack in French Alpine town; suspect detained

opinion

We need some new drugs

To alleviate the migrant crisis, ease sanctions on Venezuela and Cuba

Birthright citizenship is safe from Donald Trump’s whims

lifestyle

My marriage is a big personal void

Whose turn is it?

The cult of the classic Boston Whalers

food & dining

Actor Steven Skybell on Carol Burnett, rediscovering Boston’s food scene, and kicking back on vacay

In Providence, ‘the restaurant scene is completely segregated,’ restaurateur says

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

travel

Fishy experience at a bar in Istanbul ends up in a $7,853 charge

A whoopie pie fest in Maine, an eclipse package for 2024, and a jacket that keeps you connected

Something big is happening in Waterville, Maine

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