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Tewksbury man sues Harvard over stolen human remains

The son of a woman who donated her remains to Harvard Medical School filed a class-action lawsuit against the university Friday.

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

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones arrested at Logan Airport with guns in carry-on luggage

Ex-Milton Academy teacher convicted of child rape was kicked out of sex offender treatment in Maine for his ‘attitude’

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

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.

Red Sox 15, Yankees 5

Facial injury to Tanner Houck puts damper on Red Sox’ offensive fireworks against Yankees
Houck never lost consciousness and left under his own power. Meanwhile, the Sox set season highs for hits and runs.

Tanner Houck leaves Red Sox game under his own power after taking line drive to the face Red Sox release controversial pitcher Matt Dermody, who posted a homophobic tweet in 2021 The pitch clock cost Rafael Devers his moments of zen, but he’s not blaming his batting average on it

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

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.

August Turner, April Mosely, and TJ Howe strike a pose dressed in disco attire during the Celebration of Summer: Donna Summer Disco Party at Boston City Hall in Boston, MA, June 16, 2023.

Photos: Crowd celebrates Boston-born disco legend Donna Summer at City Hall Plaza Friday

Dozens of people danced the night away at City Hall Plaza’s Donna Summer Disco Party on Friday.

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

dan shaughnessy

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.

‘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.

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.

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).

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’

Some on social media have taken issue with one of three sketch artists who attended Trump’s arraignment in federal court in Miami on Tuesday.

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?

NH CRIMEMen charged with vandalizing homes of New Hampshire journalists
The vandalism came after New Hampshire Public Radio published an investigation into Eric Spofford, the founder of the state’s largest network of addiction rehabilitation centers. Three men now face federal charges.

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.

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.

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.”

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

Tewksbury man sues Harvard over stolen human remains

The son of a woman who donated her remains to Harvard Medical School filed a class-action lawsuit against the university Friday.

Ex-Milton Academy teacher convicted of child rape was kicked out of sex offender treatment in Maine for his ‘attitude’

Reynold J. Buono, 77, who is accused of molesting at least 18 students during his 14-year tenure at the elite school and now lives in Lewiston, Maine, was expelled from the class in March following “a pattern of hostility and non-compliance with group rules,” according to court records.

US Secretary Debra Haaland tours Blackstone Valley, applauds Supreme Court decision on Indian Child Welfare Act

“I think the tribes have preserved through so many terrible eras of our country,” she said. “Any symbolism, I hope it goes beyond that, we all live in this country together.”

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.”

Sports

Newton South’s Amelia Everett, setting the pace in the 800-meter run at the Meet of Champions earlier this month, helped the Lions win the 1,600-meter girls' sprint medley relay at the Nike Outdoor Nationals on Friday in Eugene, Ore.

High school track and field

Newton South girls’ 1,600-meter sprint medley relay shines with a victory at Nike Outdoor Nationals

Led by Stanford-bound senior Amelia Everett, the Lions won the girls’ 1,600-meter sprint medley relay in 4 minutes, 2.29 seconds on Friday at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Eugene, Ore.

Jack Jones (center) was drafted by the Patriots in the fourth round in 2022.

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones arrested at Logan Airport with guns in carry-on luggage

Jones, 25, was arrested on Friday and charged with five offenses, including unlawful possession of a firearm and carrying a loaded firearm, after two guns were found in his luggage at the security checkpoint in Terminal B.

Leominster celebrated winning the inaugural girls' flag football championship at Gillette Stadium Friday night.

In an unforgettable finale, Leominster wins inaugural girls’ flag football championship at Gillette Stadium

The Blue Devils slipped by St. Mary's, 13-12, to cap a three-victory night and first eight-team league season sponsored by the New England Patriots Foundation.

baseball notebook

Rookie pitcher Andrew Abbott off to record start, helps Reds squeak past Astros

MILTON 6, KING PHILIP 2

Owen McHugh helps Milton run it back to repeat Division 2 baseball title

marlins 6, nationals 5

MLB’s top hitter, Luis Arraez, breaks slump with 5-for-5 night in Marlins’ win over Nationals

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

Nathan Carman departs federal court, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2019, in Providence.

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

Slavery exhibit at Faneuil Hall opens amid protest

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

sports

Andover's Andrew Wetterwald converts the winning 36-yard field goal with no time on the clock to lift the North All-Stars to a 17-14 victory over the South in the Shriners All-Star Football Classic on Friday night at Bentley University.

Andover’s Andrew Wetterwald delivers for North All-Stars in Shriners All-Star Football Classic

Facial injury to Tanner Houck puts damper on Red Sox’ offensive fireworks against Yankees

Boston College agrees to five-year extension with baseball coach Mike Gambino

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