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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.

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.

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.

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.

Massachusetts state universities get creative to keep student retention up

Newburyport company makes clothes out of recycled oyster shells and plastic bottles
July 4th Weekend

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

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

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

July Fourth weekend weather will tease rain, but it won’t be a washout
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The history of Black television, fireworks, and the Alan Arkin method

CNN is launching a five-part docuseries that will trace the struggle for Black representation on TV and celebrate the achievements of Black actors and creators over the decades, including a look back at “The Jeffersons” and “Roots.”

Peabody’s Heather MacLean, once an unknown underdog, is overcoming chaos again at the top of US distance running

Uncertainty seems to follow MacLean every summer, but as the 2023 US Track and Field Championships approach, the former UMass star knows she's seen it all before.

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.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Bald eagles are America’s national symbol. Let’s stop poisoning them.

A powerful type of rat poison has also been killing eagles and owls in Massachusetts.
Patrick Tutwiler

How affirmative action ruling affects Massachusetts
Eric Rosenbach and Chris Li

US and China must establish military communications
JEFF JACOBY

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

Behind bars, but seeking a brighter future

More recent News

14 people taken to hospitals after vehicle crashes into bar in Laconia, N.H.
Emergency responders found a four-door vehicle that had crashed into the Looney Bin Bar & Grill, with numerous people injured, officials 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.”

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.

Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4
Dugie Time: Alex Verdugo again plays the hero in ninth as Red Sox sweep Blue Jays
In a 4-4 game, Verdugo led off the ninth inning against Jays closer Jordan Romano and hit a first-pitch fastball 415 feet to right field for his sixth home run.

Travelers endure gray skies and rain, along with cancellations, delays at Logan Sunday
The airport had 55 flight cancellations and 397 delays as of 11 p.m. Sunday, according to FlightAware, a tech company that tracks air travel.

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.

Recommended reads

What are the roots of chronic pain? New research looks within cells for answers.

A team of Boston-based doctors is using novel technology that peers inside individual cells and catalogs every component, enabling the researchers to identify the features associated with pain.

At UMass, a scholarship pledge doesn’t pan out and an athlete feels betrayed
The experience of field hockey player Emma Peck serves as a red-flag reminder that a coach’s verbal offer is not ironclad.

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.

After high court’s ruling on affirmative action, colleges confront daunting next steps on admissions
Schools will have to, on the one hand, reconfigure admission practices to comply with the ruling, while launching more extensive outreach and recruitment efforts to communities of color and low-income applicants.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

Tales from the drive-in on its 90th anniversary

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

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

The Supreme Court’s dangerous free speech view threatens LGBTQ protections
Laurence H. Tribe and Jeffrey B. Abramson

With Supreme Court LGBTQ decision, marriage equality is at risk
Joe Sexton

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

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

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

Metro

INNOVATOR Q&A

Looking to Mars to find answers to Earth’s past

Scientists at Brown University, partnering with others and NASA, determined that Mars had enough liquid water to erode channels very recently in its geologic history.
NH BUSINESS

Commercial fishing in N.H. needs new people to survive

New Hampshire only has 18 miles of coastline, but fishing is a big business. The New England Young Fishermen’s Alliance is hoping to inspire a new generation to join the industry.
RI FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

4 must-try bottles from Rhode Island distilleries

From ready to drink canned cocktails to vodka with less alcohol, here are some noteworthy new products from your local distillery.
Brian McGrory

The Nantucket clam shack battle is turning into something out of a movie

Crotchety 90-year-old billionaire Charles Johnson is determined to shut down a Nantucket clam shack. It’s like a cliché from a bad movie — only he appears to be winning.

Sports

Track and Field

Peabody’s Heather MacLean, once an unknown underdog, is overcoming chaos again at the top of US distance running

Uncertainty seems to follow MacLean every summer, but as the 2023 US Track and Field Championships approach, the former UMass star knows she's seen it all before.
bruins

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 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.
NASCAR

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

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
Your Summer Beach Bag

10 ice cream treats to cool you off as summer heats up around Boston
Your Summer Beach Bag

Six tips for building great beach sandcastles, from a pro sand sculptor
Your Summer Beach Bag

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

Your Summer Beach Bag

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

metro

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

Massachusetts state universities get creative to keep student retention up

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

sports

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

‘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

business

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

Biden rules tighten limits on drone strikes

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

Nation

Treasury secretary to make first trip to China seeking better relations

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

One Black family, one affirmative action ruling, and lots of thoughts

World

Israel targets West Bank militant stronghold with drones, hundreds of troops, killing 5 Palestinians

French rioting appears to slow on 6th night after teen’s death in Paris suburbs

Flooding displaces 10,000 around China as Beijing gets a relative respite from sweltering heat

opinion

With Supreme Court LGBTQ decision, marriage equality is at risk

Tremors of court’s dashing of affirmative action are keenly felt

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

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

4 must-try bottles from Rhode Island distilleries

The Nantucket clam shack battle is turning into something out of a movie

What to make for dessert this July 4th

travel

The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans

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

Arts

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

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

This week’s TV: The history of Black television, fireworks, and the Alan Arkin method

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

music

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

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

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

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