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Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, has died

Daniel Ellsberg was a history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War.

Nathan Carman died by hanging himself in his cell, lawyer says
Carman's attorney, Martin Minnella, said he had been upbeat, was looking forward to proving his innocence at his upcoming trial in October, and did not appear depressed when speaking with his lawyers.

Son of woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School files lawsuit
The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston said the class could include the families of up to 400 donated cadavers. It alleges negligence, breach of duty, and infliction of emotional distress.

Her husband’s remains may have been stolen from Harvard morgue. She still plans to donate her body for medical research. Crematoriums and funeral homes get legal inspections. Medical school body donation programs don’t.

Red Sox release controversial pitcher Matt Dermody, who posted a homophobic tweet in 2021

Chaim Bloom and Brian O'Halloran said it was a baseball decision, but one that factored in the pitcher's social media activity.

Ex-Trump lawyer turned witness against him loses bid for release from probation

Black Muslim man represented by racist attorney has conviction overturned by SJC

Alas, the duck boats will not be rolling through town to celebrate any championships.

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For Boston sports fans, this weekend is one huge what-could-have-been, and other thoughts

Think of it: Back-to-back Game 7s at the Garden in championship rounds, followed by back-to-back duck boat parades …

Saturday’s high school state finals postponed, so title games will all be played Friday and Sunday. Here are the matchups.

A photo that ran in the next day's Globe, with four of the principals from the historic inning (left to right): Sammy White, Ellis Kinder, Gene Stephens, and Tom Umphlett.

70 years ago, things got batty at Fenway as the Red Sox scored 17 runs — in one inning

That outburst remains the modern record and was part of a two-day eruption of 40 runs (all without Ted Williams).

‘Nothing like this has ever happened before’: The world’s oceans are at record-high temps
While ocean temperatures have been rising for at least 70 years, new measurements taken from a network of satellites, ships, and buoys around the globe show an unexpected spike that began in March and appears to be climbing.

A rabbit ate a carnation wreath on the base of John F. Kennedy statue in the front of the State House in Boston Thursday.

Attention, gardeners: Rabbits are everywhere. And they’re ever-hungry.

“They’re adorable,” said Jordan Takvorian, stewardship manager of the 56 community gardens across Boston owned by the Trustees of Reservations. “But they are kind of a menace.”

Rain drops on binoculars on the Harborwalk in the Seaport District of Boston.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

It’s going to be a rainy Father’s Day weekend

While it might not rain every minute of the day Saturday, there won't be enough of a gap between the rain for things to dry out.

Juneteenth

A page from "Free at Last," by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, from Union Square & Co. Publishers.

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history

Whether your kids have questions about race or you want to teach them about Juneteenth itself, here are some great books to read year-round.

19 ways to celebrate the historical events of Juneteenth in Boston and beyond See more Juneteenth coverage

A Green Line train pulled into Packard's Corner to pick up passengers.

As other parts of Green Line saw upgrades, tracks where MBTA train derailed Monday hadn’t seen a major overhaul since 2002

Now, the T’s top leader says the agency is planning to accelerate when it begins construction there.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu

Wu rejects City Council’s budget plan that would slash money to police, veterans services

Mayor Michelle Wu vetoed those changes Friday, sending the operating budget back to the council, which will need a two-thirds majority to override the mayor’s vetoes.

US player Weston Mckennie's jersey was torn during a scuffle in the second half of a Nations League semifinal game against Mexico.

United States 3, Mexico 0

Red cards, scuffles, and a homophobic chant mar US men’s soccer victory over Mexico

Christian Pulisic was the ringleader of a rout at Allegiant Stadium in Nevada late Thursday night.

Opinion

Governor Maura Healey recommended pardons for seven individuals June 15, including Terrance Williams, center.

Healey’s refreshing approach to pardons

The governor’s move to recommend pardons for seven people this early in her administration is a stark and promising contrast to her predecessors.

East Boston — love at first fight

The kids aren’t all right. Blame the adults.

IDEAS | JOHN KAAG

Lessons in fatherhood from the childless Henry David Thoreau

The GOP’s different response to its Trump-indictment dilemma

Activism through the lens of Boston’s black athletes

Chris Gasper and Julian Benbow discuss Boston’s black athletes and their fight for social justice.

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Pride Month

In this June 24, 2014 file photo, a giant Pride flag flies atop the Starbucks headquarters in celebration of Gay Pride Week in Seattle. This year, Massachusetts Starbucks workers have said that Pride displays at stores have been curtailed.

Mass. Starbucks workers say Pride displays have been curtailed

In the “Slumber Party” episode of "Drag Me to Dinner," queens Kim Chi (left) and Naomi Smalls (right) battle Heidi N Closet and Jaida Essence Hall. Neil Patrick Harris, Bianca Del Rio, Haneefah Wood, and David Burtka star; Murray Hill hosts.

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

Marchers gathered for the start of the Boston Pride parade.

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

Daunasia Yancey, left, Community Relations Specialist of the LGBTQ+ Advancement office, and Jullieanne Lee, Interim Executive Director of the LGBTQ+ Advancement office, dance during the LGBTQ+ Pride Month kickoff event at City Hall Plaza on Thursday.

Photos: Boston kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month on City Hall Plaza

More recent News

Seaport project could include the neighborhood’s first fire station
The Seaport has long faced criticism for its lack of basic municipal services such as a fire or police station, library, or school.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Her eyes stood out — they were a very deep blue’
Will this mixology expert find her match intoxicating?

Former North Carolina health official Dr. Mandy Cohen is picked to be new CDC director
Dr. Mandy Cohen succeeds Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who last month announced she was resigning effective June 30.

R.I. Governor McKee says he apologized to developer insulted by official’s racist, sexist remarks
On Friday, McKee provided a timeline of what happened during David Patten’s trip to Philadelphia to meet with Scout Ltd. — and largely defended his own response to the incident, which received national attention.

Protesters outside new exhibit on slavery at Faneuil Hall call for building’s name to be changed
More than a dozen protesters with the New Democracy Coalition gathered outside Faneuil Hall Friday afternoon in anticipation of the opening of a new exhibit on slavery in Boston — located in a building named after a slave owner.

Multiple bear sightings reported in Needham, as police warn residents to ‘leave the bear ALONE’
The Needham bear is only the latest in a flurry of suburban bear sightings in recent weeks.

Your View

Tell us about your BPS high school experience
We’re looking to hear from current and former Boston Public School students, as well as parents and educators.

Recommended reads

Students passed through a hallway at Jeremiah E. Burke High School in Grove Hall on May 25.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘What exactly is fair about this?’: Great high schools aren’t available to all Boston kids.

Boston’s traditional public high schools are the casualties of a system that offers a smorgasbord of academic and extracurricular delicacies to students who attend exam schools and a few competitive admissions schools, but leaves others with crumbs.

Tell us about your BPS high school experience

Vermont locals remember Treat Williams, prolific actor killed in crash: ‘He sucked the marrow right out of life’
Over the course of his long career, Williams was a widely respected actor known for his roles in the film “Hair” and TV show “Everwood.” But in Manchester, he lived a quiet life and was known as a generous and jocular member of the community.

Subaru buyers take a hit in Mass. right-to-repair fight
While other companies are counting on a long-running federal lawsuit to overturn the statute, Kia and Subaru opted to shut off the features in their vehicles that are covered by the law.

KEVIN CULLEN

Nathan Carman takes his secrets to the grave
Three generations are dead. All over money.

Culture & Lifestyle

A scene from "The Gaaga," getting its US premiere in an Arlekin Players production at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square.

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

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

16SUMMERFESTIVALS

16 summer festivals to warm any music fan

From left: Heidi Blickenstaff, Allison Sheppard, and Jena VanElslander in "Jagged Little Pill."

The dynamism of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ makes its flaws easier to swallow

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

Black Muslim man represented by racist attorney has conviction overturned by SJC

The Supreme Judicial Court’s landmark decision marks the first time that any state or federal court in the country has agreed to consider bigotry and racism a “conflict of interest.”

Son of woman whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School files lawsuit

The lawsuit filed in Suffolk Superior Court in Boston said the class could include the families of up to 400 donated cadavers. It alleges negligence, breach of duty, and infliction of emotional distress.

Nathan Carman died by hanging himself in his cell, lawyer says

Carman's attorney, Martin Minnella, said he had been upbeat, was looking forward to proving his innocence at his upcoming trial in October, and did not appear depressed when speaking with his lawyers.

Slavery exhibit at Faneuil Hall opens amid protest

Mayor Michelle Wu calls the exhibit an important reckoning with the legacy of slavery in Colonial Boston.

Sports

Matt Dermody allowed three runs in four innings in his one appearance with the Red Sox on June 8.

Red Sox release controversial pitcher Matt Dermody, who posted a homophobic tweet in 2021

Chaim Bloom and Brian O'Halloran said it was a baseball decision, but one that factored in the pitcher's social media activity.

Bill Russell, shown in 1968, took pride in his social activism.

boston globe today

Watch: The activism of Boston’s Black athletes, the Bradley Beal debate, and Red Sox-Yankees on Boston Globe Today

On Friday’s installment of Boston Globe Today, reporters Julian Benbow and Nicole Yang joined host Chris Gasper to discuss the hottest topics in the Boston sports scene.

Tanner Houck allowed just two runs on three hits in six innings against the Yankees last Saturday but still picked up the loss.

Yankees at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 70: Red Sox set to host the Yankees for the first time this season

Tanner Houck gets the start for Friday night's opener against New York at Fenway Park.

Will the Bruins take advantage of the buyout window to start their cap-clearing offseason?

70 years ago, things got batty at Fenway as the Red Sox scored 17 runs — in one inning

MIAA SPRING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Saturday’s high school state finals postponed, so title games will all be played Friday and Sunday. Here are the matchups.

Business

Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer, scrambling supply chains and home delivery

UPS workers are still seething about the current contract, which created two hierarchies of workers with different pay scales, hours, and benefits.

Warren, Markey blast federal attack on right-to-repair law

The two Massachusetts senators say federal guidance “appears to favor Big Auto” over the will of the voters.

Some N.H. residents will see electricity prices plummet

Mass. jobless rate drops to 2.8 percent as workforce shrinks

magazine

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

‘It’s a seed I’m planting’: How Catherine Morris willed BAMS Fest into life

Kei was named Boston Music Awards’ “New Artist of the Year” last year. This month, the Dorchester native will perform at BAMS Fest on Saturday, June 24.

Five must-see events and things to do at BAMS Fest 2023

Tips for remaining patient with relatives who repeat themselves

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

metro

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at press conference June 1, 2023, after addressing the New Hampshire Senate at the State House in Concord, N.H.

RFK Jr. faces pressure from N.H. Democrats to stay away from Free Staters festival

Embrace Boston celebrates Juneteenth at Roxbury Community College with panel, block party

Nashua, N.H., board rejects plan for asphalt plant

sports

Thakkar was hired as Bentley’s offensive coordinator earlier this spring before being named interim head coach.

Bentley names Saj Thakkar head football coach

For Boston sports fans, this weekend is one huge what-could-have-been, and other thoughts

Michael Jordan selling majority ownership stake in Charlotte Hornets

business

Lifespan, which operates the state’s only Level 1 trauma center at Rhode Island Hospital, also owns Hasbro Children’s, The Miriam, Newport, and Bradley hospitals.

‘We don’t need it all’: R.I.’s largest hospital system may consolidate real estate portfolio

Seaport project could include the neighborhood’s first fire station

DraftKings bids for smaller rival in effort to block Fanatics

politics

William J. Hennessy Jr. created this sketch of former President Donald Trump appearing in court during his arraignment Tuesday in Miami. He was one of three courtroom sketch artists at the arraignment, and some on social media have taken issue with the artist's youthful depiction of Trump, who turned 77 this week. (William J. Hennessy Jr.)

Trump courtroom sketch artist takes criticism in stride: ‘It’s rare to get any feedback’

Warren, Markey blast federal attack on right-to-repair law

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, has died

Nation

Michael Cohen leaves the District Attorney's office after testifying before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump in New York, on March 13, 2023.

Ex-Trump lawyer turned witness against him loses bid for release from probation

Railroad industry sues to block new locomotive pollution rules in California

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman is found guilty in the deadliest attack on Jewish people in US history

World

Japanese lawmakers stood as they approve an amended criminal law at the upper house in Tokyo Friday. Japan's Parliament on Friday raised the age of sexual consent to 16 from 13.

Japan changes its rape laws to require consent

US, Japan, Philippines agree to strengthen security ties amid tensions over China, North Korea

Bill Gates meets Chinese president Xi Jinping on China visit

opinion

A nurse assistant stocked the trauma room in the ER at South Shore Health in Weymouth. At a time when Massachusetts needs more medical professionals, there is an untapped well of medical knowledge in the state: foreign-trained doctors and nurses.

Facing a shortage of doctors and nurses, Mass. should open door wider for foreign-trained providers

A genuinely valuable thing about cryptocurrencies

A thread tugged from the fabric of America’s immigrant story

lifestyle

A page from "Free at Last," by Sojourner Kincaid Rolle, from Union Square & Co. Publishers.

13 books to read with your kids to honor Juneteenth and Black history

What was he up to?

With Little Uprisings, Tanya Nixon-Silberg brings play, joy, and hope to racial justice education

food & dining

Fresh scup is one of many types of fish consumers aren't as familiar with, and some Rhode Island organizations have set out to change that.

What do Rhode Island consumers need to learn about local seafood? Actually, quite a bit.

Tiny Lola’s Coffee and More has West Medford buzzing

Central Perk-inspired coffee shop from ‘Friends’ to open on Newbury Street

travel

Dollywood is a judgment-free zone and welcomes all. Can we spread that across the land?

Dolly Parton is healing our divided nation, one roller coaster at a time

American Airlines changed my flight. Can I get my money back?

The highs (look up!), the lows (try 25 degrees below), and the highlights of seeing the northern lights in Alaska

Arts

William J. Hennessy Jr. created this sketch of former President Donald Trump appearing in court during his arraignment Tuesday in Miami. He was one of three courtroom sketch artists at the arraignment, and some on social media have taken issue with the artist's youthful depiction of Trump, who turned 77 this week. (William J. Hennessy Jr.)

Trump courtroom sketch artist takes criticism in stride: ‘It’s rare to get any feedback’

He stole a Picasso from Logan Airport in the ’60s. Too scared to return it, he turned to his dad for help.

At the Griffin: ‘Atelier,’ ‘Rolls & Tubes,’ and picturing an Einsteinian equation

Books

In ‘Rocky Mountain High,’ Finn Murphy’s brief stint in the Wild West of the cannabis industry yields no riches except stories

Jane Smiley’s essay collection ‘The Questions that Matter Most’ features the writer’s constant pursuit of self-education

Victor Luckerson on reading as a bridge in a long-distance relationship

Movies

Chris Hemsworth as Tyler Rake in "Extraction 2."

‘Extraction 2′: Chris Hemsworth delivers the pain

‘City of a Million Dreams’ looks at New Orleans through lens of jazz funerals

Vermont locals remember Treat Williams, prolific actor killed in crash: ‘He sucked the marrow right out of life’

Television

Sharon Horgan in season 1 of "Bad Sisters."

Sharon Horgan prepping season 2 of ‘Bad Sisters’

The arts pose a provocative question: What is fatherhood?

Central Perk-inspired coffee shop from ‘Friends’ to open on Newbury Street

music

Alyah Console, 7, of Boston goes for a floral look at the Juneteenth Block Party.

Embrace Boston celebrates Juneteenth at Roxbury Community College with panel, block party

A trailblazing period-instrument festival turns 50

The Gin Blossoms’ Jesse Valenzuela would rather be playing

Theater/Dance

A scene from "The Gaaga," getting its US premiere in an Arlekin Players production at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square.

In ‘The Gaaga,’ Putin and his cronies are held to account, but it’s only a fantasy

The new New Rep raises the curtain on ‘The Normal Heart’

The dynamism of ‘Jagged Little Pill’ makes its flaws easier to swallow

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

Daniel Ellsberg in 2009

Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers, has died

Donald Triplett, the first person diagnosed with autism, dies at 89

Gordon McQueen, former Manchester United and Leeds player, dies at 70