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Harvard morgue scandal puts spotlight on remains donation practices

Health reporter Felice Freyer explains the implications for medical research following a Harvard Medical School scandal involving the selling of body parts.

Harvard morgue scandal puts spotlight on human remains donation practices

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Investor sues Boston chef Tiffani Faison, claiming financial mismanagement
The suit alleges that the celebrity chef misused COVID-era relief funds and breached her fiduciary duties to investors, claims Faison said were made with "the clear intention is to damage my character and my career."

Affidavit reveals new allegations in the death of 5-year-old Harmony Montgomery
Adam M. Montgomery allegedly beat his daughter Harmony Montgomery to death in December 2019 and then kept the 5-year-old's body for about three months until disposing the decomposing remains, a newly released court affidavit stated.

The heartbreaking timeline of Harmony Montgomery’s death

Here’s a look at the agreement Hunter Biden has made with federal prosecutors

President Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to charges he failed to pay federal income tax and will also admit to illegal possession of a handgun, according to a deal struck with prosecutors.

Hunter Biden will plead guilty in a deal that likely averts time behind bars in a tax and gun case Read the letter from the Justice Department describing the Hunter Biden charges

State Police: No evidence that Lynn man found dead in marsh Friday suffered external trauma

Healey will travel to Ireland for first trade mission as governor

Adult woman posed as student, fraudulently enrolled in BPS high schools, district says

Community health centers push for state support amid workforce shortages

The submersible named the Titan, part of a mission by OceanGate Expeditions, carried a pilot, a renowned British adventurer, two members of an iconic Pakistani business family and another passenger.

Search efforts for missing submersible ‘have not yielded any results’; about 40 hours of oxygen left for crew, Coast Guard says

Coast Guard officials said Tuesday that a missing submersible with five people on board that was heading toward the wreck of the Titanic had about 40 hours left of oxygen for the occupants, as the massive search for the vessel continued.

This undated photo provided by OceanGate Expeditions in June 2021 shows the interior of company's Titan submersible.

What it’s like inside the missing Titan submersible vessel

Imagine sitting in a tube-shaped vessel, about the size of a minivan, with four other people. The hatch is bolted shut from the outside and the pilot uses a video game controller to steer through the ocean depths, more than two miles below the surface.

What we know about the Titanic-bound submersible

A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a father and son: Here are the passengers on missing submersible

Did the T look up enough before debris rained down on passengers at Harvard Station?
The new MBTA general manager says the agency’s station inspections must improve.

larry edelman | trendlines

The spring home-selling season looks like a bust
While Greater Boston prices hit a new high in May, there still wasn’t much out there to buy.

DEVRA FIRST

Nubian Markets is a culinary celebration of the African diaspora

The cafe is at the center of Nubian Markets, setting the tone for the space. Customers queue in the morning for pastries and espresso drinks, in the afternoon and evening for sandwiches, salads, and bowls, then sit at long wood tables to work and socialize.

Food & Wine named Kid Dream Coffee Company the best in the state, and it's got a loyal bunch of regulars who might agree.

Food & Wine named this little Beverly coffee shop the best in Massachusetts, surprising even its owners

With such big accolades for the Kid Dream Coffee Company, we had to check it out.

At Brookline’s Bar Vlaha, Kat McCoart shares warm spices and warmer hospitality

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto in "The Bear."

TELEVISION REVIEW

With a little seasoning, ‘The Bear’ has gotten even better

The show returns for season two Thursday with a stronger sense of mission and identity, as it digs deeper into its cast of characters and, best of all, into the ecstasies and emotional incentives of being a chef and restaurateur.

Opinion

William Barr is on a reputation rehab tour — one that predictably avoids any mention of all the ways he empowered Trump to ignore laws or norms that got in his way.

RENÉE GRAHAM

William Barr’s infuriating redemption tour

Speaking the truth about Trump is fine. What the former AG won’t talk about is how he once served as Trump’s chief enabler and henchman.

JEFF JACOBY

In rejecting affirmative action, Justice Thomas is no hypocrite

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: When a dog’s breakfast is what’s for dinner

EDITORIAL

Beacon Hill would be right to repair ‘right to repair’ law

IDEAS | MARK C. STORELLA

All refugees are created equal — but they aren’t treated that way

Pride Month

“Limited edition Black,” 2023, Boston, by Golden & February Spikener for “REPRISE.”

Golden age: Poet-photographer flips the script at the MFA

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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AG Campbell calls on Target to restore Pride Month displays in wake of anti-LGBTQ backlash at stores
Campbell co-led a group of 15 state attorneys general urging the retail giant to put back Pride-related merchandise it pulled after LGBTQ products were vandalized at several stores.

Easterseals unveils plans for new $23 million veterans campus in Franklin, N.H.
The nonprofit has touted the project as the first of its kind in a state with one of the largest per capita populations of veterans in the country.

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.”

Governor Chris Sununu signs $15 billion N.H. budget into law

All state employees will receive a 10 percent raise, which will put an additional $169 million toward education funding targeted to the most needy students.

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones pleads not guilty to gun charges, is released on bail

Jones faces as much as 30 years in prison if convicted of all charges, according to Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office.

Somerville man charged in connection to Malden shooting that left woman with life-threatening injuries

A Somerville man is facing criminal charges for allegedly opening fire Sunday in the lobby of a Malden apartment complex, severely wounding a woman who remained hospitalized and clinging to life Tuesday, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office.

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.

What does the death of a dive bar say about Somerville?

Much like Sligo Pub, the old version Somerville is no more. The city has become in some ways a victim of its own success.

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

Geese Police has ‘very effective’ method of chasing geese away. It involves border collies.
This franchised business provides humane and effective goose harassment service to various areas all across Eastern Massachusetts and occasionally Providence.

Redistricting drama threw Boston City Council into chaos. Enter Ruthzee Louijeune.
When she took over the redistricting process, her colleagues were bickering. After two weeks, four map proposals, five marathon hearings, and countless personal attacks, Louijeune passed a new version of the map 10–2.

TRAVEL

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?

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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.

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

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,

JEFF JACOBY

Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

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

EDITORIAL

Want to cut the police budget? This isn’t how.

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.

Carlo Ratti

Will Boston spiral into the ‘urban doom loop’? Not if we act.

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

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

Metro

State Police: No evidence that Lynn man found dead in marsh Friday suffered external trauma

Investigators said Tuesday they have found no signs that a 24-year-old Lynn man found dead in a Revere marsh Friday had suffered any external trauma.

Healey will travel to Ireland for first trade mission as governor

Governor Maura Healey will take her first overseas trade mission to Ireland next week, when she will address Irish lawmakers on the 30th anniversary of the decriminalization of homosexuality in the country and meet with business leaders over several days in Dublin.

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 over-the-top ice cream treats from Greater Boston and beyond

From massive sundaes to fish-shaped cones, these outrageously delicious treats are the perfect cool-down after a day in the sun.

New Hampshire neo-Nazi Leo Cullinan dead at 35, authorities confirm

Cullinan had been a defendant in civil litigation the state attorney general’s office launched to curb NSC-131′s hateful activity.

Sports

Bruins

As the Bruins look to create salary-cap space, defenseman Mike Reilly seems to be a prime candidate to be traded

The Bruins currently have approximately $5 million in available cap space, with 16 players on one-way contracts.

Chelmsford's Nik Sperounis, who fought to return to the sideline with his football teammates for a Thanksgiving Day game against Billerica, died Tuesday after a bout with cancer. He was 18 years old.

High schools

Nick Sperounis, 18, a three-sport athlete at Chelmsford High, dies of cancer

“The people, Chelmsford high school, the football program, the wrestling program, lacrosse program love that kid,” said wrestling coach Chris Piscione.

Olympics

Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal

An official with the financial prosecutor’s office said the search was linked to two preliminary investigations related to the Olympics that had not previously been made public.

MLB

MLB to stage Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field next June honoring Willie Mays

Red Sox at Twins | 7:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 74: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

gary washburn

The Oakland A’s saga is a sad story, with plenty of blame to go around

Business

Charitable giving fell in 2022, a rare yearly decline

It was only the fourth time in four decades that donations did not increase year over year, according to the Giving USA report released Tuesday.

Gannett sues Google, accusing it of dominating the ad market

The country’s largest newspaper chain filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of violating federal antitrust laws by illegally abusing a monopoly over the technology used by publishers to buy and sell online ads.

China cuts rates as economy fears rise

Investor sues Boston chef Tiffani Faison, claiming financial mismanagement

magazine

PERSPECTIVE

Three ways to improve high school education from a Mass. Teacher of the Year

MISS CONDUCT

How to handle people who don’t wait their turn

The Boston Pizza Festival is being held June 24 and 25.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, June 19-25

CONNECTIONS

Harvard morgue scandal puts spotlight on human remains donation practices

Investor sues Boston chef Tiffani Faison, claiming financial mismanagement The suit alleges that the celebrity chef misused COVID-era relief funds and breached her fiduciary duties to investors, claims Faison said were made with "the clear intention is to damage my character and my career."

Here’s a look at the agreement Hunter Biden has made with federal prosecutors

State Police: No evidence that Lynn man found dead in marsh Friday suffered external trauma

Healey will travel to Ireland for first trade mission as governor

Adult woman posed as student, fraudulently enrolled in BPS high schools, district says

Community health centers push for state support amid workforce shortages

Search efforts for missing submersible ‘have not yielded any results’; about 40 hours of oxygen left for crew, Coast Guard says

What it’s like inside the missing Titan submersible vessel

What we know about the Titanic-bound submersible

A Titanic expert, an adventurer, a father and son: Here are the passengers on missing submersible

Did the T look up enough before debris rained down on passengers at Harvard Station? The new MBTA general manager says the agency’s station inspections must improve.

larry edelman | trendlines The spring home-selling season looks like a bust While Greater Boston prices hit a new high in May, there still wasn’t much out there to buy.

Nubian Markets is a culinary celebration of the African diaspora

Food & Wine named this little Beverly coffee shop the best in Massachusetts, surprising even its owners

With a little seasoning, ‘The Bear’ has gotten even better

William Barr’s infuriating redemption tour

In rejecting affirmative action, Justice Thomas is no hypocrite

May I have a word: When a dog’s breakfast is what’s for dinner

Beacon Hill would be right to repair ‘right to repair’ law

All refugees are created equal — but they aren’t treated that way

Golden age: Poet-photographer flips the script at the MFA

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

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

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

More recent News

AG Campbell calls on Target to restore Pride Month displays in wake of anti-LGBTQ backlash at stores Campbell co-led a group of 15 state attorneys general urging the retail giant to put back Pride-related merchandise it pulled after LGBTQ products were vandalized at several stores.

Easterseals unveils plans for new $23 million veterans campus in Franklin, N.H. The nonprofit has touted the project as the first of its kind in a state with one of the largest per capita populations of veterans in the country.

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.”

Governor Chris Sununu signs $15 billion N.H. budget into law

Patriots cornerback Jack Jones pleads not guilty to gun charges, is released on bail

Somerville man charged in connection to Malden shooting that left woman with life-threatening injuries

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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What does the death of a dive bar say about Somerville?

Geese Police has ‘very effective’ method of chasing geese away. It involves border collies. This franchised business provides humane and effective goose harassment service to various areas all across Eastern Massachusetts and occasionally Providence.

TRAVEL 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?

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

The 25th Roxbury International Film Festival kicks off this week

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.

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

How the missing become the uncounted

Two Weeks in America

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Court leaves no room for racism or bias in judicial system

Hypocrisy at Middlebury College

Want to cut the police budget? This isn’t how.

Will Boston spiral into the ‘urban doom loop’? Not if we act.

Critical nurse shortage draws a range of prescriptions, diagnoses

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

Metro

State Police: No evidence that Lynn man found dead in marsh Friday suffered external trauma

Healey will travel to Ireland for first trade mission as governor

10 over-the-top ice cream treats from Greater Boston and beyond

New Hampshire neo-Nazi Leo Cullinan dead at 35, authorities confirm

Sports

As the Bruins look to create salary-cap space, defenseman Mike Reilly seems to be a prime candidate to be traded

Nick Sperounis, 18, a three-sport athlete at Chelmsford High, dies of cancer

Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal

MLB to stage Negro Leagues tribute game at Rickwood Field next June honoring Willie Mays

Game 74: Red Sox at Twins lineups and notes

The Oakland A’s saga is a sad story, with plenty of blame to go around

Business

Charitable giving fell in 2022, a rare yearly decline

Gannett sues Google, accusing it of dominating the ad market

China cuts rates as economy fears rise

Investor sues Boston chef Tiffani Faison, claiming financial mismanagement

Three ways to improve high school education from a Mass. Teacher of the Year

How to handle people who don’t wait their turn

Five things to do around Boston, June 19-25

My father retired as an investigator. Then he began investigating our family tree.

metro

Governor Chris Sununu signs $15 billion N.H. budget into law

Search efforts for missing submersible ‘have not yielded any results’; about 40 hours of oxygen left for crew, Coast Guard says

Investor sues Boston chef Tiffani Faison, claiming financial mismanagement
The suit alleges that the celebrity chef misused COVID-era relief funds and breached her fiduciary duties to investors, claims Faison said were made with "the clear intention is to damage my character and my career."

Did the T look up enough before debris rained down on passengers at Harvard Station?
The new MBTA general manager says the agency’s station inspections must improve.

larry edelman | trendlines

The spring home-selling season looks like a bust
While Greater Boston prices hit a new high in May, there still wasn’t much out there to buy.

AG Campbell calls on Target to restore Pride Month displays in wake of anti-LGBTQ backlash at stores
Campbell co-led a group of 15 state attorneys general urging the retail giant to put back Pride-related merchandise it pulled after LGBTQ products were vandalized at several stores.

Easterseals unveils plans for new $23 million veterans campus in Franklin, N.H.
The nonprofit has touted the project as the first of its kind in a state with one of the largest per capita populations of veterans in the country.

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.”

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.

Geese Police has ‘very effective’ method of chasing geese away. It involves border collies.
This franchised business provides humane and effective goose harassment service to various areas all across Eastern Massachusetts and occasionally Providence.

TRAVEL

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?