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After decades of neglect, sickle cell disease could soon be transformed with gene-based therapies
Two rival gene-based treatments developed by three biotech firms with headquarters, or most of their operations, in Mass. could be approved late this year or early in 2024.

Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for years of attacks that killed 3, dies in prison at 81

Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
How is it that King’s Beach, one of the region’s most spectacular beaches, is still unswimmable?
Nothing is certain except death, taxes, and elevated bacteria levels on King’s Beach.

Boston police officer shot Friday night is recovering at hospital

Larry Calderone, president of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association said he spoke in person with the wounded officer, and two of his colleagues who were also injured during the incident.
One Boston police officer shot, two others injured

How a couple of Olin College students helped spark the AI chatbot revolution
Despite New England’s legacy of inventing the very term “artificial intelligence,” Boston-area institutions have not been credited with any of the major technologies fueling what could be the next trillion-dollar industry.

UMass Amherst privatizes jobs, removing some employees’ union status

UMass Amherst moved jobs to its private foundation, which meant some employees lost their union status.

Winters in the Northeast could see a 109% increase in extreme precipitation, new report finds

The study looked at how much extreme precipitation the region can expect, finding that the biggest increases will happen in winter and spring.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

For Chris Sale and Jacob deGrom, chances for Cooperstown sidelined by injuries

DeGrom is out for the season and much of 2024 as he will need a second Tommy John surgery, while Sale is back on the injured list for the eighth time since 2018 with a stress reaction to his shoulder blade.
Devers homers as Red Sox defeat Yankees, 3-2

Cassava flour and fruit kept 4 children alive for 40 days after plane crash in Colombia’s jungle

Four Indigenous children have survived an Amazon plane crash that killed three adults and then braved the jungle for 40 days before being found alive by Colombian soldiers.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Republicans wanted law and order — until Trump was indicted

Senior Republican officials are undermining the integrity of the justice system by fueling conspiracy theories about the former president’s indictment. What happened to their calls for law and order?
JEFF JACOBY

Republicans aren’t rushing to Trump’s defense this time
SCOT LEHIGH

Donald Trump’s indictment and the rule of law
EDITORIAL

Writing Madison Park’s next chapter

Jon Hurst and Barbara Anthony

Installing bike and bus lanes requires public debate

More recent News

Zelenskyy signals Ukraine’s counteroffensive has begun
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday offered the strongest confirmation yet that the long-anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive is underway.

In Quincy’s Squantum, an age-old distrust of Boston and unanswered questions about Long Island Bridge
Central to the friction is simple geography. The bridge would connect Long Island with Moon Island, which is owned by Boston but falls within the municipal boundaries of Quincy at its northern tip.

Boston Latin Academy teachers vote no confidence in head of school

More than 85 percent of the 109 faculty members who took part in the vote approved the no confidence measure, according to results released on Friday.

Tesla’s Autopilot involved in far more crashes than previously known
The number of deaths and serious injuries associated with Autopilot also has grown significantly, the data shows.

Boris Johnson’s bombshell exit from Parliament leaves UK politics reeling
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson left chaos in his wake Saturday after quitting Parliament with a blast at fellow lawmakers he accused of ousting him in a “witch hunt.”

Boston attorney, twice acquitted of sexual assault, found not guilty in 2016 rape case

Gary Zerola, a 51-year-old former prosecutor turned defense attorney, was accused of raping a 23-year-old woman in November 2016 when she said she woke up after a night of partying in the North End to find Zerola undressing and assaulting her.

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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Tell us: What’s your favorite spot in Boston during the summer?
For an upcoming feature in the Globe, we want to know what locations in the city our readers recommend.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER | NEW ENGLAND SUMMER

Where to stay in New England this summer

Looking for a hotel, tent, or even a tree house? Here are some of the newest and coolest spots for your next getaway.

‘Quiet strength’ at the top: In Claudine Gay, Harvard turns to cool, unflappable leadership at a time of higher education turmoil
In elevating Gay, a political scientist who has spent most of her career at the university and held leadership roles for nearly a decade, the institution has opted for an insider’s steady, rigorous, and studiously unflamboyant leadership.

Boston’s Tiffany Ayer Mansion can now be yours for less than $15 million
It's the only surviving home that boasts a Tiffany design inside and out.

Blue Line will be free to ride during Sumner Tunnel closure this summer
The fare gates on the entire Blue Line will be open for the duration of the closure, from July 5 to Aug. 31, a MassDOT spokesperson said.

Culture & Lifestyle

As the Tonys arrive, uncertainty for Broadway lingers in the air

Nineteen ways to celebrate the historical events of Juneteenth in Boston and beyond

At the Worcester Art Museum, tracing Impressionism’s journey from France to the US

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

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

SCOT LEHIGH

GOP presidential rivals finally speak the truth about Trump
EDITORIAL

DeSantis’s migrant transports: Justice demands a reckoning
Alex Beam

Stick a fork in it, Boston sports fans. We’re done.
IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL

Time flies. Wring the most out of every day.

IDEAS | JACKIE MANSKY

Mermaidcore is back. It never really went away.
IDEAS

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

Metro

‘I just love that guy’: In New Hampshire, first-in-the-nation voters not swayed by latest Trump indictment

Even the astonishing array of crimes revealed in the latest indictment did not dissuade Trump’s staunchest supporters in this critical primary state.

Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ who attacked modern life, dies at 81

Theodore J. Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber, who attacked academics, businesspeople and random civilians with homemade bombs from 1978 to 1995, killing three people and injuring 23 with the stated goal of fomenting the collapse of the modern social order — a violent spree that ended after what was often described as the longest and most costly search in American history — died Saturday in a federal prison medical center in Butner, North Carolina. He was 81.

See photos and videos from today’s Boston Pride parade, festival

The Boston Pride parade had costumes, signs, and every color in the rainbow. Thousands participated and thousands more watched.

UMass Amherst privatizes jobs, removing some employees’ union status

UMass Amherst moved jobs to its private foundation, which meant some employees lost their union status.

Sports

WNBA

Brittney Griner, Mercury teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur,’ WNBA says

The league said in a statement it was looking into the team’s run-in with a “social media figure” whose “actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.”
SATURDAY'S SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP

A jubilant Julia Malowitz and her riseball lifted Central Catholic softball into its first state semifinal in a decade

Malowitz struck out 10 and scattered two hits in five innings of work, in addition to providing a pair of hits, RBIs, and runs scored.
French Open

Iga Swiatek tops Karolina Muchova in the French Open final for her third trophy in Paris, fourth Slam

The 22-year-old from Poland has won the French Open twice in a row now, along with her 2020 title there and her triumph at the US Open last September.
DIVISION 2 QUARTERFINALS: MILTON 1, PLYMOUTH NORTH 0

Milton baseball gets no-hit but returns to Division 2 semifinals behind Owen McHugh’s herculean effort
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

This was a ‘prove it’ season for Dorchester native Bruce Brown, and in Game 4 of the NBA Finals, he did just that
Champions League Final

Manchester City defeats Inter Milan to win UEFA Champions League

Business

How a couple of Olin College students helped spark the AI chatbot revolution

Despite New England’s legacy of inventing the very term “artificial intelligence,” Boston-area institutions have not been credited with any of the major technologies fueling what could be the next trillion-dollar industry.

After decades of neglect, sickle cell disease could soon be transformed with gene-based therapies

Two rival gene-based treatments developed by three biotech firms with headquarters, or most of their operations, in Mass. could be approved late this year or early in 2024.

Can a chatbot preach a good sermon? Hundreds attend experimental Lutheran church service to find out

Lawmakers propose to weaken Obama rule requiring airlines to advertise full airfare price
magazine
Your Home | Summer Living

A widower builds a net-zero home in Maine to gather with his grown children
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We go to the same gym’
PERSPECTIVE

Finding a home health aide shouldn't be this hard

MISS CONDUCT

My neighbor said no when I asked to golf with her

metro

Boston police officer shot Friday night is recovering at hospital

Boston streets are vibrant with the colors of Pride as parade returns after 3-year hiatus

Lion at Franklin Park Zoo donates blood to save brother’s life

sports

Single A Red Sox prospect Miguel Bleis needs shoulder surgery, done for 2023

Game 65: Red Sox at Yankees lineups and notes

Novak Djokovic eyes history with 23rd Grand Slam title at French Open in Sunday’s men’s final; Casper Ruud seeks first

business

Pence Jan. 6 grand jury subpoena fight documents unsealed

As Biden visits renamed N.C. military base, DeSantis slams ‘political correctness run amok’

Eisai and Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug gets FDA panel’s backing, setting the stage for broader use

politics

Trump blasts federal indictment as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’ in speech to Republicans in Georgia

Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber for years of attacks that killed 3, dies in prison at 81

Trump kept classified documents in bathroom, shower of Mar-a-Lago club, indictment alleges

Nation

The world has entered a new era of frequent, intense wildfires, scientists say

Tesla’s Autopilot involved in far more crashes than previously known

Inside the hunt for the Idaho killer

World

Zelenskyy signals Ukraine’s counteroffensive has begun

Worldwide, Trump’s latest legal woes draw outrage, and shrugs

Cassava flour and fruit kept 4 children alive for 40 days after plane crash in Colombia’s jungle

opinion

It’s not the pedestrian’s job to keep from getting killed

GOP presidential rivals finally speak the truth about Trump

Stick a fork in it, Boston sports fans. We’re done.

lifestyle

Biden marks LGBTQ+ Pride Month with celebration on White House South Lawn

It fizzled … again

David Pastrnak announces birth of daughter

food & dining

Bouillabaisse and other French classics at Marseille in SoWa

The Nada Cart opens at Faneuil Hall; former Eastern Standard bartender Seth Freidus strikes out on his own

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

travel

Tell us: What’s your favorite spot in Boston during the summer?

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

Arts

When photographers photograph themselves

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

Paintings that are all about touch

Books

They wrote books to fill voids they felt growing up. Being banned has deepened those wounds.

‘Good Night, Irene,’ based on Luis Alberto Urrea’s mother’s experience, lays bare the double burden of women on the front lines during World War II

Chun Han Wong’s ‘Party of One’ offers a glimpse of China under Xi Jinping but limited insight into the man himself

Movies

‘Flamin’ Hot’ prints the spicy legend of a Cheeto

‘Past Lives’ asks what could have been and what may still be

Not much more than meets the eye in ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Television

Documentary recalls secret Rock Hudson kept, but ultimately awareness he raised about AIDS

Emmy voters, do not overlook these shows and stars

Boston Globe Today wins three digital video awards

music

Orlando Consort takes a graceful final bow at Boston Early Music Festival

Sturdy, dependable Pixies take the stage at MGM Music Hall at Fenway

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

Theater/Dance

The honeymoon is over in a delightful ‘Private Lives’ at Gloucester Stage Company

Who’ll win at the Tonys, and who should

As the Tonys arrive, uncertainty for Broadway lingers in the air

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

Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ who attacked modern life, dies at 81

James G. Watt, interior secretary under Reagan, dies at 85

Pat Robertson, who gave Christian conservatives clout, dies at 93