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Outreach workers Gabe Parsons, right, and Clinton Watson assisted a person who was experiencing an overdose.

A million roads to Mass. and Cass ‘and they’re all horrible and scary’

On Atkinson Street, a short walk from Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, the epicenter of the dueling opioid and homelessness crises, overdoses are a harsh day-to-day reality.

A mother was accused of neglect. DCF then denied her a hearing to challenge it.
Massachusetts child welfare officials violated a mother’s constitutional rights when they denied her request for a hearing to challenge neglect allegations, a Suffolk Superior Court judge found, in a decision that could have implications for thousands of parents and caregivers investigated each year by the state.

Campaigns have long stretched the ‘truth,’ but AI deepfakes could take it to another level
With a Congress that is historically slow to react to technological advancement, no nationwide rules governing AI in campaigns are in place nor are they likely anytime soon.

Marcus Smart gave honest assessments of his own game and the Celtics' play, and he was upfront when it came time to talk about being traded.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Marcus Smart knows basketball is a business, but did Celtics trading him away come as a surprise? ‘It was a shock.’

Smart said he had a conversation with president of basketball operations Brad Stevens a week before the trade and was told he was safe. Nonetheless, he holds no hard feelings toward the Celtics and will miss his adopted home of Boston.

Discarded oyster shells are used in a restoration process.

Newburyport company makes clothes out of recycled oyster shells and plastic bottles

Long Wharf Supply Co. is an apparel brand that's trying to improve the ocean’s water quality by restoring and reseeding oyster habitats.

Big change looms for Maine media landscape
Five Maine dailies, including the Portland Press Herald, and 25 weekly newspapers are expected to be sold by Reade Brower, the state’s media mogul.

Boston city councilor, young son expected to recover fully after car strikes house; redacted police report says driver cited

Kendra Lara was involved in a crash on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain Friday afternoon.

Massachusetts state universities get creative to keep student retention up
Professors, support staff, and higher education experts have cited financial stressors and emotional turmoil as reasons that students have left college before completion.

Travelers endure gray skies and rain, along with cancellations, delays at Logan Sunday

The airport had 55 flight cancellations and 391 delays as of 10 p.m. Sunday, according to FlightAware, a tech company that tracks air travel.

innovation economy

Does New England need a second city for startups?

Or maybe improving support systems for entrepreneurs throughout the region will have a greater benefit for all.

At the Gull Island Institute, former Harvard lecturers put a twist on liberal arts education ‘for an age of climate change’
During the month-long program, students combine classroom study with manual labor and self-governance, aspects intended to give them hands-on experience with the natural world and build their civic engagement skills.

July 4th Weekend

“Archie” was judged Most Patriotic last year during Boston Harborfest’s “Patriotic Pooch Parade,” on the Summer Street Plaza. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Your full guide to Mass. July Fourth celebrations, from fireworks to food and more

Ethan Baybutt, 4, ate a piece of patriotic cake during the 2023 Harborfest Opening Ceremony at Downtown Crossing.

Here’s what’s open, closed on the Fourth of July

Fireworks in 2022.

Here’s where to watch July 4th fireworks in Mass.

Fireworks lit up the sky at the end of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Memorial Shell stage on the Charles River Esplanade in Boston on the Fourth of July last year.

July Fourth weekend weather will tease rain, but it won’t be a washout

Boston Symphony Orchestra players and staff kicked off the 15th annual Tanglewood Relay Run Friday at Symphony Hall. Participants ran past the facade of Symphony Hall on Huntington Avenue during the ceremonial first lap.

Smoky air, driving rain don’t stop BSO from passing baton all the way to Tanglewood

The Tanglewood Relay Run is one of the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s lesser-known rituals. This year marks the 15th run — and the first time organizers had to unexpectedly halt it.

Tyler Bertuzzi fit in well with the Bruins after being acquired at the trade deadline.

Tyler Bertuzzi signs one-year deal with Maple Leafs, so now where do things stand with the Bruins?

Bertuzzi is officially off the market, having signed for one year and $5.5 million with Toronto. Any more big fish out there for the Bruins?

Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen is returning to the All-Star game for the first time since 2018.

Kenley Jansen is headed to his fourth All-Star game as the lone Red Sox representative

Unless one of his teammates is selected as a replacement, this will be the first year since 2015 (Brock Holt) the Sox will have only one player in the game.

Verdugo plays the hero as Red Sox sweep Blue Jays

Opinion

An aerial view of MCI-Shirley prison.

Behind bars, but seeking a brighter future

Hundreds of inmates take classes in state prisons. But there’s a long waiting list and a need for more programming.

The essential insight in Frederick Douglass’s great Independence Day speech

IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

The song ‘Party in the U.S.A.’ celebrates making it in America

Out-Trumping Trump on immigration

¿Peor que Trump en inmigración?

More recent News

No harm, no fowl: Duxbury firefighters rescue 3 baby turkeys from storm drain
A crew lowered a ladder into the ground, and a firefighter equipped with a gas meter climbed down and placed the babies safely into a 5-gallon bucket.

Seven-year-old Pepperell boy killed in Saturday night crash in Vermont

The operator of crossover utility vehicle lost control on a curve in Newfane, leading it to overturn, the statement said.

LOVE LETTERS

We’re hooking up. Should I work for him?
“I’m worried that working for him might ruin our chances at a relationship.”

14 people taken to hospitals after vehicle crashes into bar in Laconia, N.H.

Upon arrival, emergency responders found a four-door vehicle that had crashed into the Looney Bin Bar & Grill, with numerous people injured, officials said.

Pastor Pearline James, who ministered to couples and cared for children, dies at 77
"The more I learn, the more I want to learn," said Mrs. James, who was a great-grandmother when she graduated from college at 60.

MUSIC REVIEW

From the Wang to Gillette, Ed Sheeran is a one-size-fits-all master
The pop superstar's three dates in Massachusetts — first at the Wang, then Foxborough — proved that he could shape performances that could feel intimate one night, grand the next.

Recommended reads

River Gallo is one of three intersex activists featured in the new documentary "Every Body."

In ‘Every Body,’ three intersex activists illuminate the ‘I’ in LGBTQIA+

Director Julie Cohen offers an informative documentary and a much-needed piece of representation.

‘Our biggest concern is death.’ Severe staffing shortage plus gridlock in Sumner Tunnel closure imperils public, EMS workers warn.
EMS workers fear bad outcomes for patients as Sumner Tunnel closes for two months, gridlock mounts, and staffing for ambulances is thin.

Property in hand, Historic New England plans major expansion
Historic New England's vast collection of regional artifacts is said to be the world’s most comprehensive. And now the group is aiming to dramatically boost its public profile.

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer
These books with ties to New England — including memoir, romance, and crime — will keep you turning pages all summer.

Culture & Lifestyle

Ed Sheeran performs at Gillette Stadium on Friday, the first of his two shows at the stadium.

From the Wang to Gillette, Ed Sheeran is a one-size-fits-all master

“Archie” was judged Most Patriotic last year during Boston Harborfest’s “Patriotic Pooch Parade,” on the Summer Street Plaza. (Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff)

Your full guide to Mass. July Fourth celebrations, from fireworks to food and more

River Gallo is one of three intersex activists featured in the new documentary "Every Body."

In ‘Every Body,’ three intersex activists illuminate the ‘I’ in LGBTQIA+

"Jurassic Park" played at the Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre on June 25, 2020.

Tales from the drive-in on its 90th anniversary

Special Projects

Main marathon 10th anniversary gif

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

In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled on June 30, 2023 that Christian website designer Lorie Smith, pictured here outside the court on Dec. 5, 2022, can refuse to design wedding websites for same-sex couples.

The Supreme Court’s dangerous free speech view threatens LGBTQ protections

Wandrea "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, was comforted by her mother Ruby Freeman, right, at the Capitol in Washington, June 21, 2022. A Georgia state election board has cleared the pair of wrongdoing.

Two Georgia women, collateral damage of Trump’s election lies, are finally cleared of wrongdoing

The same-sex marriage equality decision stands for now, but it should be added to the list of endangered precedents.

Laurence H. Tribe and Jeffrey B. Abramson

With Supreme Court LGBTQ decision, marriage equality is at risk

The controversy surrounding Bud Light is many things: truly sad; a little hard to believe; revealing in a deeply dispiriting way; and perhaps lasting.

I love Bud Light. You got a problem with that?

Within the guidelines set by this Supreme Court ruling, colleges must now do everything they can to ensure campuses continue to have diversity of thought, ethnicity, geography — and yes, race.

The Supreme Court gutted affirmative action. But colleges must still seek racial diversity.

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

Metro

No harm, no fowl: Duxbury firefighters rescue 3 baby turkeys from storm drain

A crew lowered a ladder into the ground, and a firefighter equipped with a gas meter climbed down and placed the babies safely into a 5-gallon bucket.

Travelers endure gray skies and rain, along with cancellations, delays at Logan Sunday

The airport had 55 flight cancellations and 391 delays as of 10 p.m. Sunday, according to FlightAware, a tech company that tracks air travel.

Massachusetts state universities get creative to keep student retention up

Professors, support staff, and higher education experts have cited financial stressors and emotional turmoil as reasons that students have left college before completion.

At the Gull Island Institute, former Harvard lecturers put a twist on liberal arts education ‘for an age of climate change’

During the month-long program, students combine classroom study with manual labor and self-governance, aspects intended to give them hands-on experience with the natural world and build their civic engagement skills.

Sports

Tyler Bertuzzi fit in well with the Bruins after being acquired at the trade deadline.

Tyler Bertuzzi signs one-year deal with Maple Leafs, so now where do things stand with the Bruins?

Bertuzzi is officially off the market, having signed for one year and $5.5 million with Toronto. Any more big fish out there for the Bruins?

Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen is returning to the All-Star game for the first time since 2018.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Kenley Jansen is headed to his fourth All-Star game as the lone Red Sox representative

Unless one of his teammates is selected as a replacement, this will be the first year since 2015 (Brock Holt) the Sox will have only one player in the game.

Shane Van Gisbergen celebrates with a burnout after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Grant Park 220 on Sunday night in Chicago.

Shane van Gisbergen makes NASCAR history, winning soggy Chicago street race in first series start

The 34-year-old New Zealanders is a three-time Supercars series champion in Australia and, in winning the marquee race shortened by heavy rains, became the first driver to win his series debut since 1963.

UNITED STATES 6, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 0

Jesús Ferreira nets another hat trick as United States men’s soccer advances in Gold Cup

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Marcus Smart knows basketball is a business, but did Celtics trading him away come as a surprise? ‘It was a shock.’

Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4

Dugie Time: Alex Verdugo again plays the hero in ninth as Red Sox sweep Blue Jays

Business

Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen?

The United Nations body that regulates the world’s ocean floor is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials vital for the green energy transition.

Newburyport company makes clothes out of recycled oyster shells and plastic bottles

Long Wharf Supply Co. is an apparel brand that's trying to improve the ocean’s water quality by restoring and reseeding oyster habitats.

innovation economy

Does New England need a second city for startups?

Russia launches first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days

magazine

Mango Yogurt Ice Parfait at Caffe Bene on Mass. Ave.

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 ice cream treats to cool you off as summer heats up around Boston

Greg Grady works on a design for a sand sculpting competition.

Your Summer Beach Bag

Six tips for building great beach sandcastles, from a pro sand sculptor

Salisbury Beach Center, the section operated by the town, offers a range of food options for discerning taste buds.

Your Summer Beach Bag

The 12-plus best New England beaches for kids, foodies, accessibility, and more

A book sitting in the sand with blue skies and water behind it. The pages are blowing in the wind.

Your Summer Beach Bag

10 great books to read on a New England beach this summer

metro

A person walked by the home on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain that was the site of a crash Friday afternoon. Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara and her 7-year-old son were injured when the car Lara was driving went off the road and crashed into the house.

Boston city councilor, young son expected to recover fully after car strikes house; redacted police report says driver cited

A mother was accused of neglect. DCF then denied her a hearing to challenge it.

Firefighters extinguish boat fire in Gloucester

sports

Jillian Dempsey, captain of the now-former Boston Pride, has taken a leadership position among a group of players who participated in the Premier Hockey Federation.

‘Onwards and upwards, together:’ PHF players put out statement of solidarity as PWHPA unanimously approves agreement on replacement women’s hockey league

Aaron Boone was ejected for the fifth time this season as the Yankees fell to Jordan Montgomery and the Cardinals

Braves become first team in 11 years with eight All-Stars and Shohei Ohtani gets another double nod

business

A sign at Twitter headquarters in San Francisco on Nov. 18, 2022.

Elon Musk imposes daily limits on reading posts on Twitter

How Amazon taught Alexa to speak in an Irish brogue

US forest managers urge revelers to swap fireworks for Silly String, but some say not so fast

politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 12. GOP leaders are tailoring their government funding legislation to far-right lawmakers who are insisting on deep cuts, but who hardly ever vote for spending bills.

House Republicans demand deep cuts to spending bills they rarely support

Campaigns have long stretched the ‘truth,’ but AI deepfakes could take it to another level

DeSantis finds friendly crowd at Moms for Liberty conference, but Trump’s influence runs deep

Nation

Janet Yellen, US Treasury secretary, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, June 13, 2033.

Treasury secretary to make first trip to China seeking better relations

Baltimore block party shooting victims include more than a dozen minors, police say

The Biden administration guaranteed attorney access for all migrant screenings. Most don’t have it

World

Police presence on Champs-Elysees Avenue on July 2.

Grandmother of French teen shot dead by police officer pleads with rioters to stop the violence

The last hours of the Titan submersible

France has a 5th night of rioting over teen’s killing by police amid signs of subsiding violence

opinion

A pedestrian crossed the street toward an empty retail space that is advertised for lease on June 6 in downtown Boston.

Is the ‘doom loop’ coming for Boston?

Discovery of elusive butterfly is a gift of hope for all of us

Get well soon, Madonna. Please.

lifestyle

We’re hooking up. Should I work for him?

How grown-up Gronk feels about ‘Baby Gronk’

At 19, I don’t have enough dating experience

food & dining

Rhubarb almond galette.

What to make for dessert this July 4th

Planning your July 4th menu? Here are some of our best barbecue recipes.

Red, white, and blue recipes for your July 4th table

travel

Pick a hotel on the beach, perhaps the Marriott Virginia Beach Oceanfront, and enjoy sunrise views like this.

It’s hard not to be happy in Pharrell Williams’s hometown, Virginia Beach

City tours at a discount, a Mill City folk fest, and the faces of Bowdoin

What the doctor orders: Use your vacation time, don’t under pack, and get good sleep

Arts

Winslow Homer, “Homosassa Jungle,” 1904.

More than a century of watercolors at Harvard Art Museums demonstrate the form’s unruly pleasures

At PEM, exploring the ‘Black Atlantic’

In Portland, celebrating a neighbor’s 50th anniversary

Books

Anya von Bremzen, in ‘National Dish,’ explores how certain foods came to embody the cultures that created them

‘How We Do It,’ a collection of essays on the craft of writing, speaks directly to Black writers

Heidi Julavits on summer rental house books and reading in the sauna

Movies

River Gallo is one of three intersex activists featured in the new documentary "Every Body."

In ‘Every Body,’ three intersex activists illuminate the ‘I’ in LGBTQIA+

Eight coming-of-age films to revisit the magic of girlhood

Tales from the drive-in on its 90th anniversary

Television

Kevin Bacon (right) starred with Aldis Hodge in "City on a Hill."

Want to see Kevin Bacon as a bounty hunter-zombie? Wait for ‘The Bondsman.’

These TV shows will get you through the dregs of right now

Did allegations, investigation prompt end of ‘The Other Two’?

music

Boston Symphony Orchestra players and staff kicked off the 15th annual Tanglewood Relay Run Friday at Symphony Hall. Participants ran past the facade of Symphony Hall on Huntington Avenue during the ceremonial first lap.

Smoky air, driving rain don’t stop BSO from passing baton all the way to Tanglewood

From the Wang to Gillette, Ed Sheeran is a one-size-fits-all master

Press Play: A range of ragtime

Theater/Dance

Cailan Doran and Dylan C. Wack in "The Normal Heart" at New Repertory Theatre.

In ‘The Normal Heart,’ the AIDS crisis and a battle against an epidemic of indifference

Mark Morris Dance Group opens Jacob’s Pillow with buoyant ‘The Look of Love’

In ‘The Lehman Trilogy,’ the arc of a doomed empire

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

Pearline James sat outside her daughter Denella's Hyde Park home in 2006 with three of her grandchildren (from left) Cherina Wright, Jasmine Worsley, and Will Clark.

Pastor Pearline James, who ministered to couples and cared for children, dies at 77

Christine King Farris, the last living sibling of Martin Luther King Jr., dies at 95

Lowell Weicker, maverick senator, governor from Connecticut, dies