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Harvard Medical School morgue manager and wife charged in connection with theft and sale of human body parts

From about 2018 until at least August 2022, Cedric Lodge and his wife sold body parts stolen from the morgue, according to an indictment handed down Tuesday that said they were allegedly part of an illegal nationwide network to buy and sell organs.

Judge orders not guilty verdict in case of neo-Nazi group leader charged in fight at drag queen story hour in Jamaica Plain
Judge Maureen Flaherty, sitting in the West Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court, ruled Wednesday that prosecutors did not provide enough evidence for the jury to make a fair decision on the charge against Christopher Hood, 24, of Pepperell.

Gov. Healey preparing to recommend pardons for seven people, a rarity early in a governor’s term

Healey’s decision to issues pardons so early in her first term would mark a major break from her immediate predecessors, who often waited until the final year or months of their tenures — if at all — to act on clemency petitions.

Boston City Council passes $4.2 billion operating budget that would cut BPD by $31 million

Mayor Michelle Wu will now have the opportunity to veto some, all, or none of the council’s amendments.

Healey administration aims to mitigate harm from anticipated end of affirmative action in higher education

Governor Maura Healey’s administration shared plans to mitigate the impact of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling that is expected to end affirmative action in college admissions.

Saugus officials forced the school superintendent to go on leave five months ago. They won’t say why.

Even by Saugus standards, what’s happening to Erin McMahon is shocking.

The Federal Reserve pauses its interest rate hikes, but signals more are coming this year

The Fed said the decision allows it to “assess additional information and its implications for monetary policy.”

CEO Leah Ellis, at Sublime Systems.

The high-stakes race to reduce emissions from cement

The clumpy material is a critical ingredient in everything from buildings to highways, and extremely carbon-intensive to manufacture.

A Boston mother celebrates her family’s journey from public housing to home ownership
After she signed the last paper to buy her first-ever home, Gisselle Jimenez kissed each of her young sons on the cheek, and the room at a Dorchester realty office erupted into cheers.

RED SOX 6, ROCKIES 3

Red Sox rally in finale with big seventh inning for a win to avoid being swept by Rockies
In the seventh, the Red Sox sent 10 men to the plate and scored five runs. The rally included a two-run go-ahead triple by Rob Refsnyder.

First baseman Triston Casas was a portrait of dejection during Monday night's rain-soaked loss to the Rockies in extra innings.

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Taking a close look at the Red Sox after a little break — and the picture is not pretty

The illusion of contention doesn’t fool anyone who’s paying attention. The bad baseball we’re seeing on a nightly basis is stupefying.

Former president Donald Trump spoke to supporters in Bedminster, N.J., on Tuesday night following his appearance in a Miami court.

Trump’s campaign rakes in $4.9 million from online fundraising blitz after his indictment

Political campaigns often try to take advantage of the media spotlight to solicit campaign contributions. But Donald Trump has elevated the practice to an art form.

Analysis: All reelection campaigns are about the incumbent. Except Biden in 2024. Fox News onscreen message calls President Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’ following Trump arraignment

An EbLens store in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

After 70 years, streetwear chain EbLens to shut its doors

The Connecticut-based company has 17 stores in Connecticut, 10 in Massachusetts, and four in Rhode Island.

16SUMMERFESTIVALS

16 summer festivals to warm any music fan

From Boston to the Berkshires and south to Rhode Island, there's music for everyone, whether your taste leans toward folk, hip-hop, soul, jam bands, indie-rock, electronica, jazz, or contemporary classical.

"Antiques Roadshow" rolled into Sturbridge Village, where hundreds brought their antiques and collectibles to be appraised.

‘Antiques Roadshow’ brings rags and riches to Old Sturbridge Village

Hundreds of hopefuls recently brought items for appraisal by the long-running PBS series.

Opinion

Alina Habba, one of former president Donald Trump’s lawyers, spoke to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Miami on June 13.

For the media, it’s still all Trump, all the time

Let’s face it. He owns us.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

To lawyers, Trump is a kryptonite client

Why are drug prices so high? Mass. should press for answers.

Letters in a time of pandemic

IDEAS | Derek Beres, Matthew Remski, and Julian Walker

New age wellness takes a reactionary turn

More recent News

Prosecutors ask judge in Karen Read case to bar defense lawyers from making ‘prejudicial’ statements to media
Prosecutors want a judge to bar lawyers for Karen Read, charged with murder for allegedly hitting her boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead, from making public statements outside court.

David M. Bartley, state’s youngest House speaker and longtime college president, dies at 88
"He was a good leader. He didn’t have an easy job, needless to say, and he did it well,” said former Governor Michael S. Dukakis.

Somerville church says it will continue ‘celebration of queer joy’ after fire breaks out after Pride worship service
“We do not yet know whether there is a connection between our Pride service and the fire,” the church said in a statement. “We are grateful to the Somerville Fire Department for their ongoing investigation and support.”

Staffing shortage shrinks Steamship Authority’s islands ferry schedule
“Since mid-May, the Steamship Authority was experiencing a temporary labor shortage ... The situation had necessitated some off-peak schedule adjustments,” Robert Davis, general manager of the Woods Hole, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Steamship Authority, said in a statement Wednesday.

Slavery exhibit, Embrace festival mark opening of Juneteenth celebrations
The emergence of Juneteenth programming supported by public entities and nonprofits signals a wider recognition of the holiday’s significance to American history.

Lawyers for N.H. Youth Detention Center sexual abuse victim seek 40 percent of $1.5m award
The settlement fund was meant to provide prompt relief to victims, allowing them to avoid a potentially painful litigation process and trials that could force them to relive past trauma.

Photo Illustration

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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Your View

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.

Recommended reads

Kayla Ford hugged her 2-year-old son, Memphis, while playing in their front yard. Ford was in recovery and taking Suboxone when she was reported to DCF following the birth of each of her children.

Six years sober, she was still reported for child abuse for taking addiction medication. Is it time to change the rules?

Mandated reporting in Massachusetts disproportionately targets families of color, who, state data show, are more than twice as likely to have reports of suspected abuse and neglect filed against them than white ones.

George Vaill, the ‘free advice’ guy, is a source of wisdom in Harvard Square
For three years, George Vaill has been offering counsel to passersby in Harvard Square from his folding chair, to which he attaches a large sign offering “FREE ADVICE.”

Tell us: What advice would you ask for?

Massachusetts is the third most expensive state in the US to rent a home, new study says
You now need to earn more than $40 an hour to afford the typical two-bedroom apartment in Mass.

Minimum wage earners can’t afford a modest 2-bedroom apartment anywhere in the country

Three-plus years after COVID onset, Mass. companies still figuring out the future of work
A new survey of white-collar employers finds many are still trying to find the right approach to in-person work.

Culture & Lifestyle

16SUMMERFESTIVALS

16 summer festivals to warm any music fan

Guitarist Reeves Gabrels and Robert Smith, frontman of the Cure, perform with the band at the Hollywood Bowl in May.

Ex-Bostonian Reeves Gabrels has made a musical home with the Cure

Ezra Miller plays the title character in "The Flash."

‘Flash’ forward? Nope, ‘Flash’ back.

The Forum for Racial Equity in Hyde Park will host a Juneteenth celebration on June 17.

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

Special Projects

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

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Massachusetts Senate President William Bulger shown during a 1983 press conference in his office at the Mass. State House. Bulger, once so feared and fawned over, is living in ignominy, remembered for his silence when a man of honor would have spoken.

Unabomber’s death calls to mind a tale of two brothers

Ukrainian emergency workers wearing radiation protection suits attend training in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, June 7. The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s biggest, relies in large part on water from the now-emptying reservoir at the Kakhovka dam.

Mariana Budjeryn

The breach of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam and the nearby nuclear plant

Trang Ngoc showed her support for former president Donald Trump in front of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Federal Courthouse on June 12 in Miami.

The indictment of Trump: choking on the tea leaves

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar spoke during a press conference on immigration outside the US Capitol last month in Washington, D.C., as Representative Veronica Escobar listened. The two Latina lawmakers introduced the bipartisan Dignity Act.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Back to the future with an unlikely bipartisan immigration bill

Michael S. Roth

Practicing education is like practicing democracy

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

Metro

R.I. lawmakers pass bills to increase penalties for wage theft and employment fraud

The bills will make it a felony to “knowingly and willfully” commit wage theft of more than $1,500, instead of a misdemeanor. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi called the bills “historic.”

Judge orders not guilty verdict in case of neo-Nazi group leader charged in fight at drag queen story hour in Jamaica Plain

Judge Maureen Flaherty, sitting in the West Roxbury Division of Boston Municipal Court, ruled Wednesday that prosecutors did not provide enough evidence for the jury to make a fair decision on the charge against Christopher Hood, 24, of Pepperell.

After 70 years, streetwear chain EbLens to shut its doors

The Connecticut-based company has 17 stores in Connecticut, 10 in Massachusetts, and four in Rhode Island.

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Boston area

A line of storms hurling hail, lobbing lightning, and whipping up winds moved into Boston from Western Massachusetts Wednesday evening.

Sports

Kiké Hernández holds up his glove after making a sliding catch in the fifth inning, and shortstop Pablo Reyes (left) and left fielder Rob Refsnyder were there to celebrate with the center fielder.

RED SOX 6, ROCKIES 3

Red Sox rally in finale with big seventh inning for a win to avoid being swept by Rockies

In the seventh, the Red Sox sent 10 men to the plate and scored five runs. The rally included a two-run go-ahead triple by Rob Refsnyder.

Duxbury's Samuel Wien (right) scores a deep goal with pressure from Marblehead's Baxter Jennings during first half of the Dragons' weather-delayed Division 2 semfiinal victory on Wednesday at Weymouth High.

MIAA BOYS' LACROSSE SEMIFINALS

Patience pays off for Duxbury boys’ lacrosse in weather-delayed Division 2 semifinal win over previously unbeaten Marblehead

The No. 3 Dragons (20-3) pulled away for a convincing, 12-4 triumph over the No. 7 Magicians (21-1) to earn a berth in the Division 2 state championship.

Brenton Doyle, making a running catch Tuesday against the Red Sox, made a great one Wednesday at Fenway.

Watch: Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle robs Red Sox shortstop Pablo Reyes of a hit

Reyes, in his first at-bat, laced a liner to left-center and Doyle was off to the races.

HS track and field

Belmont resident Ellie Shea triumphs in a record-setting girls’ 2-mile at Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle

Oakland Athletics stadium deal wins final legislative approval in Nevada as MLB weighs move to Vegas

Arizona woman alleges sexual assault by Trevor Bauer; he denies allegation and countersues

Business

R.I. lawmakers pass bills to increase penalties for wage theft and employment fraud

The bills will make it a felony to “knowingly and willfully” commit wage theft of more than $1,500, instead of a misdemeanor. House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi called the bills “historic.”

After 70 years, streetwear chain EbLens to shut its doors

The Connecticut-based company has 17 stores in Connecticut, 10 in Massachusetts, and four in Rhode Island.

World’s rice glut will be put to the test with El Niño’s return

Weather-tech company launches second radar satellite

magazine

Catherine T. Morris is is the founder and artistic director of Boston Arts & Music Soul Festival, better known as BAMS Fest.

How Catherine Morris willed BAMS Fest into life

Tips for remaining patient with relatives who repeat themselves

Zoning in the Boston suburbs is stacked against families with children

Yogurt-Roasted Carrots With Warm Spices

Make the most of local carrots in soup or salad or by roasting

metro

In August, 2021, a ferry boat left the docks at Woods Hole.

Staffing shortage shrinks Steamship Authority’s islands ferry schedule

Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

A Boston mother celebrates her family’s journey from public housing to home ownership

sports

Norton's Sandra Fairbairn (left) slides home safely to score the Lancers first run to tie it, 1-1, in an 8-1 victory over Bishop Fenwick in a Division 3 softball semifinal at UMass Dartmouth.

In a Division 3 softball semifinal win over Bishop Fenwick, Norton hitters ‘pass the bat’ in a decisive sixth-inning outburst

Red Sox dive in to make adjustments to Triston Casas’s defensive routine at first base

Game 69: Red Sox and Rockies are in a rain delay, scheduled to start at 9:10 p.m.

business

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke in May.

The Federal Reserve pauses its interest rate hikes, but signals more are coming this year

A Boston mother celebrates her family’s journey from public housing to home ownership

Europeans take a major step toward regulating AI

politics

President Biden.

Biden endorsed by 4 environmental and conservation groups for efforts to fight global warming

House rejects effort to censure and fine Democrat Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations

Oregon’s six-week GOP walkout over bills on abortion and guns could end soon

Nation

Haze envelopes the Minneapolis skyline from smoke drifted over from the wildfires in Canada, on June 14, in Minneapolis.

Canadian wildfire smoke gives Minnesota city the worst air in the US

Southern Baptists refuse to take back megachurch because it has women pastors

Pennsylvania using tons of recycled glass nuggets to rebuild collapsed Interstate 95

World

Scores of people covering practically every free stretch of deck on a battered fishing boat that later capsized and sank off southern Greece.

Huge search seeks survivors of migrant boat sinking off Greece; hundreds feared missing

Drug syndicate hid meth in Canadian maple syrup, canola oil bound for Down Under, authorities say

Allies pressure Biden to hasten NATO membership for Ukraine

opinion

A member of a television camera crew outside the federal courthouse in Miami where Donald Trump was to be arraigned on Tuesday.

Impeachments, insurrection, indictments — and indifference from Trump’s followers

How do we address sexual violence without contributing to the harms of mass incarceration?

The shadow docket does clear harm in voting rights case

lifestyle

Cycleboat Boston provides one way to celebrate Father's Day.

10 ways to celebrate dad in Boston this Father’s Day

My girlfriend does nothing to help

George Vaill, the ‘free advice’ guy, is a source of wisdom in Harvard Square

food & dining

Guests attend the 2023 James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards at Lyric Opera of Chicago on June 05, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois.

James Beard awards cut a chef accused of violence, harassment, slurs

A taste of New England, but in Chicago

‘Drag Me to Dinner’ puts the ‘kitsch’ in ‘kitchen’

travel

A spread of dishes at The Press Room, a cocktail and tapas bar in the West Loop neighborhood of Chicago.

A taste of New England, but in Chicago

Where are the best beaches in the Northeast? Two in New England made this top 10 list.

Coming soon: bunk beds in economy class

Arts

Ray Fearon as Frederick Douglass in Isaac Julien's "Lessons of the Hour," a five-channel video piece at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford. This image: “J.P. Ball Studio, 1867 Douglass (Lessons of the Hour),” 2019.

The most-photographed person in 19th-century America knew the power of being seen

At the MFA, ‘The Provincetown Printmakers’ leaves a lasting impression

Big changes for Providence’s PVDFest 2023

Books

Cormac McCarthy, author of "The Road."

Cormac McCarthy’s dark, mythic America captured the spirit of violence at the heart of westward expansion — and sometimes, desperate love

Cormac McCarthy, celebrated American novelist who explored humanity’s darkness, dies

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

Movies

Wade (left, voiced by Mamoudou Athie) and fiery Ember (Leah Lewis) in Disney and Pixar’s “Elemental."

‘Elemental’: A lukewarm meet-cute

‘Flash’ forward? Nope, ‘Flash’ back.

Vermont authorities probe Treat Williams fatal crash; driver took left turn into motorcycle driven by actor, police say

Television

Paul Barber, as Horse, in the new "The Full Monty." He and his castmates from the 1997 film are reprising their roles in the Hulu series.

‘Full Monty’ sequel uncovers a community still under strain

Vermont authorities probe Treat Williams fatal crash; driver took left turn into motorcycle driven by actor, police say

Pat Sajak announces ‘Wheel of Fortune’ retirement, says upcoming season will be his last as host

music

16SUMMERFESTIVALS

16 summer festivals to warm any music fan

Ex-Bostonian Reeves Gabrels has made a musical home with the Cure

Stars align for July 4 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

Theater/Dance

Lynn native Alex Newell accepts the award for best featured actor in a musical for “Shucked.”

Lynn native Alex Newell leads a breakthrough for nonbinary performers at the Tonys

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

Who’ll win at the Tonys, and who should

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

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

David M. Bartley, President of Holyoke Community College., in 2003

David M. Bartley, state’s youngest House speaker and longtime college president, dies at 88

John Romita Sr., creative force at Marvel Comics, is dead at 93

Roger Payne, scientist who discovered whales can sing, dies at 88