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Black developers leading the revitalization of Nubian Square

Boston Globe development fellow Julian Sorapuru joins us to talk about redevelopment plans for Nubian Square in Roxbury.

Nubian Square in Roxbury is the focus of a plan that would turn it into an employment, cultural, and social hub

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Cornerback Jack Jones was drafted in 2022 and played 13 games for the Patriots in his rookie season.

ben volin | on football

The Patriots, of all teams, can’t afford patience with Jack Jones. He has to go.

Jones has a history of off-field problems, and the Patriots have a history with players and guns.

Jack Jones to face arraignment after arrest on gun charges at Logan Airport

Grant Williams and the Celtics failed to reach an agreement last offseason. He's a restricted free agent.

Celtics are exploring trades ahead of this week’s NBA draft, with an eye on depth

They may look to clear out congestion in the backcourt, and they have received inquiries about sign-and-trade possibilities involving Grant Williams.

Former Celtics guard Phil Pressey to join Joe Mazzulla’s staff

On Cape Cod, it’s the question of the summer: Why are so many vacation rentals empty?
Have the sharks and the traffic and Airbnb’s tyrannical departure instructions finally scared off visitors? Or are there suddenly too many listings?

Tell us: Why have you stopped visiting Cape Cod during the summer?

This Mass. city ranks as the best place to live for families in 2023, according to Fortune
The runner-up is also in New England, a city Fortune calls one of the region's "best-kept secrets."

Juneteenth

‘We can’t give up ground,’ Governor Healey says as Mass. observes Juneteenth holiday

In Roxbury, hundreds of people gathered on the front lawn of the Dillaway-Thomas House for the raising of a flag commemorating the holiday.

What’s open, closed on Juneteenth

Search underway for submersible on expedition to explore the wreck of the Titanic

The 21-foot submersible carrying five people submerged Sunday morning and lost contact with its research vessel approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the dive, US Coast Guard officials tweeted.

OceanGate Expedition's Titan submersible in 2021. One of the company's vessels went missing during an expedition to explore the wreckage of the Titanic.

Now on the menu at Toast: a new 99 cent fee
The surcharge will be added onto orders at a small portion of the restaurants served by the Boston-based company starting Tuesday, with plans to add the fee nationwide on July 10.

COVID vaccine expert accosted by antivaccine activists at his home after Joe Rogan urges debate with RFK Jr.

Peter Hotez, a professor of molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine, said he was stalked at his Texas home Sunday by a pair of individuals espousing antivaccine views in the aftermath of an online conflict with controversial podcaster Joe Rogan.

Muzzled for years, vindicated MIT professor says fraud investigation into his lab did lasting damage
Nearly four years later, MIT professor Ram Sasisekharan is finally able to talk about being wrongly accused of falsifying research.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England
The summer solstice is Wednesday, and temperatures will be seasonable with sunshine.

14-year-old girl struck by car in Chelsea in critical condition; driver charged

Frontman Robert Smith surveys the crowd during the Cure's performance at Xfinity Center.

MUSIC REVIEW

The Cure reward fans with a career-spanning set that’s almost like heaven

Over three hours and 29 songs at the Xfinity Center, the band navigated effortlessly between their various eras.

At Boston University’s Engineering Product Innovation Center, Cleana cofounders Kevin Tang (right) and Max Pounanov (left) showed off their high-tech toilet seat. The seat raises or lowers itself without electricity.

tech lab

With new toilet seat, BU and MIT engineers want to nip bathroom mishaps in the bud

Cleana has developed a new kind of toilet seat that raises or lowers itself to avoid unwelcome splashes, or to prevent objects from falling accidentally into the bowl.

Newburyport girls’ lacrosse players (from left) Isabella Rosa, MaKenna Ward, Anna Affolter, and Olivia McDonald celebrated after they won the Division 3 championship.

Champions crowned on a whirlwind day to wrap up the spring high school sports season. Here’s a look at who won titles.

There were 29 state title games in baseball, softball, lacrosse, rugby, and tennis over the course of a wild and sometimes wet weekend.

Opinion

People displaced by gang violence from the area of Cite Soleil sit at a makeshift shelter in Port-au-Prince on June 4.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Turmoil in Haiti reaches catastrophic levels. Where is the outrage?

Gangs are controlling more and more territory, and gang-related violence is increasing. Inflation is soaring, and food has become expensive; nearly half of the population — 4.9 million — are suffering from acute hunger. Schools and hospitals have shut down due to the widespread violence.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mayor Wu shouldn’t move the O’Bryant school

MARK HANNAH AND LUCAS ROBINSON

Blinken and Xi seek stability with Asian countries on edge

EDITORIAL

Chris Christie charts a path for Republicans

IDEAS | CATHERINE PALMER

Menopause is something employers should have to sweat, too

Faneuil Hall and the power of a name

Reporter Tiana Woodard gives an update on the fight to change Faneuil Hall’s name and shares why it is important to communities of color.

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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

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Bruins sign goaltender Brandon Bussi to one-year, two-way contract extension
Bussi, an AHL All-Star in his first full season in Providence, went 22-5-4 with a 2.40 goals-against average.

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This week’s TV: ‘The Bear’ is back, Boots Riley has a tall tale, and Showtime won’t be squandering ‘Billions’

Streaming Thursday, the second season of “The Bear” finds the crew opening a new and fancier restaurant. Meanwhile, Showtime is teeing up “Billions” spinoffs after that series concludes its seventh and final season, which will feature the return of Damian Lewis.

Waltham power surge leads to multiple fire responses as 6,000 residents lose power

A surge in the Eversource electrical network knocked out power to 6,000 customers in Waltham Monday and may have played a role in a fire that broke out in a single family home, according to the utility and city officials.

Taunton mayor’s daughter found safe in Ohio after she went missing last week

The teenage daughter of Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell who went missing last week in Ohio has been located and is being treated at a hospital, officials said Sunday.

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.

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.”

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover
Federal and state court documents, as well as interviews, lay out the unlikely origins of a grisly case that led investigators from small-town Pennsylvania to an Arkansas morgue to Harvard Medical School.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester
Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

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Wyndham Clark goes big for one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy in US Open to win first major title
McIlroy was trying win his first major since 2014.

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The Cure reward fans with a career-spanning set that’s almost like heaven

Genevieve Simon and the cast of "As You Like It."

A spirited — and pointed — ‘As You Like It’

A still from "Blue," an animated short film that will be screened on June 25 at the Roxbury International Film Festival.

The 25th Roxbury International Film Festival kicks off this week

Julien Baker and boygenius perform the closing set Sunday at the Stage at Suffolk Downs.

At the Stage at Suffolk Downs, boygenius bring Re:SET to a resounding close

Special Projects

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The John Adams Courthouse is home to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

EDITORIAL

Court leaves no room for racism or bias in judicial system

Middlebury College, as seen in 2013 from the chapel,

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Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

FBI and Boston Police bomb squads members walk along Boylston Street near the marathon finish line on April 17, 2023.

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Boston's office vacancy rate is painful but still below 20 percent, and downtown foot traffic has surpassed 50 percent of its volume before COVID-19 struck.

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Registered nurse Rachel Fournier passed through a hallway at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton in July 2022.

LETTERS

Critical nurse shortage draws a range of prescriptions, diagnoses

IDEAS

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Metro

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.

Bear spotted in Cohasset, headed toward Hingham

A black bear was spotted in Cohasset on Monday afternoon, according to police, who indicated that it may be the same bear previously seen in other South Shore communities.

Search underway for submersible on expedition to explore the wreck of the Titanic

The 21-foot submersible carrying five people submerged Sunday morning and lost contact with its research vessel approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the dive, US Coast Guard officials tweeted.

This Mass. city ranks as the best place to live for families in 2023, according to Fortune

The runner-up is also in New England, a city Fortune calls one of the region's "best-kept secrets."

Sports

Joey Votto missed the final 47 games of last season and the first 72 of this one, requiring multiple surgeries and a pair of rehab assignments.

BASEBALL

After two surgeries, 10 months of rehab, Joey Votto returns to the streaking Cincinnati Reds

The 2010 National League MVP underwent multiple surgeries to repair the left biceps and torn rotator cuff in his left shoulder, and hasn't played for the Reds since Aug. 16, 2022.

Taunton pitcher Johnny Escobalez delivered big time for his team on Sunday.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Johnny Escobalez was a JV player at the start of the season. So how did he end up starting for Taunton in the Division 1 state championship?

Escobalez pitched a four-hitter, giving up two runs (one earned), and striking out four as the Tigers (21-4) repeated as state champs.

The Warriors' Draymond Green is on the market.

NBA

Warriors’ Draymond Green to decline $27.5m player option, will enter unrestricted free agency

The four-time All-Star and four-time NBA champion is seeking a long-term deal this summer.

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patriots

Patriots will have joint practices on the road with Packers and Titans this summer

patriots

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones to face arraignment after arrest on gun charges at Logan Airport

Business

BOLD TYPES

New Draper CEO aims to up the famed lab’s business acumen

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers of Boston's business scene.

Marty Walsh says post atop NHL players’ union is like being mayor

Three months in, Walsh is trying to get to know players and what they care about most, learning about everything from the Arizona Coyotes’ arena situation to the salary cap and future international competition.

Amazon, Marriott, and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe

This Mass. city ranks as the best place to live for families in 2023, according to Fortune

magazine

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

Globe Magazine

‘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.

Globe Magazine

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

CONNECTIONS

Tips for remaining patient with relatives who repeat themselves

MISS CONDUCT

Nubian Square in Roxbury is the focus of a plan that would turn it into an employment, cultural, and social hub

The Patriots, of all teams, can’t afford patience with Jack Jones. He has to go.

Celtics are exploring trades ahead of this week’s NBA draft, with an eye on depth

On Cape Cod, it’s the question of the summer: Why are so many vacation rentals empty? Have the sharks and the traffic and Airbnb’s tyrannical departure instructions finally scared off visitors? Or are there suddenly too many listings?

This Mass. city ranks as the best place to live for families in 2023, according to Fortune The runner-up is also in New England, a city Fortune calls one of the region's "best-kept secrets."

‘We can’t give up ground,’ Governor Healey says as Mass. observes Juneteenth holiday

What’s open, closed on Juneteenth

Search underway for submersible on expedition to explore the wreck of the Titanic

Now on the menu at Toast: a new 99 cent fee The surcharge will be added onto orders at a small portion of the restaurants served by the Boston-based company starting Tuesday, with plans to add the fee nationwide on July 10.

COVID vaccine expert accosted by antivaccine activists at his home after Joe Rogan urges debate with RFK Jr.

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14-year-old girl struck by car in Chelsea in critical condition; driver charged

The Cure reward fans with a career-spanning set that’s almost like heaven

With new toilet seat, BU and MIT engineers want to nip bathroom mishaps in the bud

Champions crowned on a whirlwind day to wrap up the spring high school sports season. Here’s a look at who won titles.

Turmoil in Haiti reaches catastrophic levels. Where is the outrage?

Mayor Wu shouldn’t move the O’Bryant school

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Mass. Starbucks workers say Pride displays have been curtailed

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Boston to receive $3 million for program aimed at sparking dialogue around monuments Boston will put the funding toward launching “Un-monument | Re-monument | De-Monument: Transforming Boston,” a program aimed at fostering critical conversations about city monuments.

MISS CONDUCT How to handle people who don’t wait their turn Plus, when you order a bottle of wine at a restaurant what do you do when the server asks you to test it?

Bruins sign goaltender Brandon Bussi to one-year, two-way contract extension Bussi, an AHL All-Star in his first full season in Providence, went 22-5-4 with a 2.40 goals-against average.

This week’s TV: ‘The Bear’ is back, Boots Riley has a tall tale, and Showtime won’t be squandering ‘Billions’

Waltham power surge leads to multiple fire responses as 6,000 residents lose power

Taunton mayor’s daughter found safe in Ohio after she went missing last week

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.

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

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover Federal and state court documents, as well as interviews, lay out the unlikely origins of a grisly case that led investigators from small-town Pennsylvania to an Arkansas morgue to Harvard Medical School.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

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Patriots will have joint practices on the road with Packers and Titans this summer

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones to face arraignment after arrest on gun charges at Logan Airport

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New Draper CEO aims to up the famed lab’s business acumen

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On Cape Cod, it’s the question of the summer: Why are so many vacation rentals empty?
Have the sharks and the traffic and Airbnb’s tyrannical departure instructions finally scared off visitors? Or are there suddenly too many listings?

This Mass. city ranks as the best place to live for families in 2023, according to Fortune
The runner-up is also in New England, a city Fortune calls one of the region's "best-kept secrets."

Now on the menu at Toast: a new 99 cent fee
The surcharge will be added onto orders at a small portion of the restaurants served by the Boston-based company starting Tuesday, with plans to add the fee nationwide on July 10.

Muzzled for years, vindicated MIT professor says fraud investigation into his lab did lasting damage
Nearly four years later, MIT professor Ram Sasisekharan is finally able to talk about being wrongly accused of falsifying research.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

With warmer weather ahead, it will soon start to feel like summer in New England
The summer solstice is Wednesday, and temperatures will be seasonable with sunshine.

Boston to receive $3 million for program aimed at sparking dialogue around monuments
Boston will put the funding toward launching “Un-monument | Re-monument | De-Monument: Transforming Boston,” a program aimed at fostering critical conversations about city monuments.

MISS CONDUCT

How to handle people who don’t wait their turn
Plus, when you order a bottle of wine at a restaurant what do you do when the server asks you to test it?

Bruins sign goaltender Brandon Bussi to one-year, two-way contract extension
Bussi, an AHL All-Star in his first full season in Providence, went 22-5-4 with a 2.40 goals-against average.

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.

Case of stolen body parts from Harvard Medical School morgue began with a tip from an ex-lover
Federal and state court documents, as well as interviews, lay out the unlikely origins of a grisly case that led investigators from small-town Pennsylvania to an Arkansas morgue to Harvard Medical School.

No more sweating a parking spot at the beach in Gloucester
Thanks to an online parking reservation app for nonresidents, the long lines of summer traffic have disappeared.

us open

Wyndham Clark goes big for one-shot victory over Rory McIlroy in US Open to win first major title
McIlroy was trying win his first major since 2014.