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View of the Straight Wharf Fish Market.

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.

Tell us: What do you think of the clam shack battle?

Forecast | Dave Epstein

A break in the rain and thunderstorms, ahead of another chance for showers on Independence Day
For the 4th of July, expect a lot of clouds, some sun, and a chance for more showers.

Scattered thunderstorms expected Monday and on July Fourth Some towns postpone July 4 celebrations due to weather With R.I. due for storms, some Independence Day celebrations may have to wait

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.

Margine Rodriguez, a Miami-Dade Mosquito Control Inspector, sprayed a pesticide to kill adult mosquitos on June 29, 2023, in Miami, Florida.

Can climate change bring malaria to New England? Here’s what you need to know.

Five recent cases in Florida and Texas mark the first US malaria spread in 20 years.

I attended the Market Basket academy of summer jobs. It’s still paying off.

For teens, working over the summer has real benefits, and becoming a better person may be the most compelling.

Harvard’s legacy admission targeted in civil rights complaint, in wake of national affirmative action ban

The complaint filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights on behalf of Boston-area advocacy groups representing Black and Latino residents, calls for a federal investigation of the university’s admissions process and an end to legacy and donor preference practices in selecting students.

Read the civil rights complaint about Harvard’s legacy admissions process

Three people slain in Newton home died from ‘sharp and blunt force’ injuries, medical examiner says

All three people killed in the June 25 triple homicide in Newton died from “sharp and blunt force injuries,” officials confirmed Monday, raising the possibility that the man already charged with killing one of the victims may soon be charged with the other two murders as well.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Musk’s latest Twitter move raises more questions about his leadership

Twitter has set new limits on the number of tweets users can view each day.

Man cited in Supreme Court LGBTQ+ rights case says he was never involved

Stewart was working on his couch in his Portland, Ore., home last week when he received a text from a New Republic reporter that left him "flabbergasted."

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.

Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following police shooting
Crowds gathered at town halls across France Monday to show solidarity with local governments targeted in six nights of violence touched off by the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old in suburban Paris.

Man, 59, dies after medical emergency in New Hampshire’s White Mountains

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

Massachusetts state universities get creative to keep student retention up

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

From Garrett Whitlock (right) and the pitching staff to Connor Wong and the catchers, game planning is a team effort.

An inside look at how the Red Sox game plan to attack opposing hitters

When it comes to keeping runners off the bases and runs off the board, it's an all-hands-on-deck effort in the clubhouse.

Pedestrians passed the South Station Tower development site in Boston on June 14. The 51-story tower will offer approximately 685,000 square feet of office space as well as 166 luxury condominiums.

Meet the man who designed Boston’s next tall tower, atop South Station: Fred Clarke

Clarke recently spoke about the evolution to transit-oriented development and the importance of the 678-foot South Station tower to Boston’s skyline.

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

After being told he was ‘safe,’ the Celtics traded Marcus Smart, but he doesn’t have any hard feelings

Smart said he had a conversation with president of basketball operations Brad Stevens a week before the three-team trade that sent him to the Memphis Grizzlies.

Opinion

A bald eaglet chick rested in the grass after being banded by a team from the Massachusetts Division of Fishery and Wildlife in Plymouth on May 20, 2022.

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

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

Behind bars, but seeking a brighter future

More recent News

State Police lieutenant hurt during arrest of suspect in Mass. and Cass area, officials say

A State Police lieutenant was treated for a minor injury at a Boston hospital Monday after a man with active arrest warrants allegedly resisted officers who took him into custody after a brief foot chase in the area of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, officials said.

Israel targets a West Bank militant stronghold with drones and troops, killing 8 Palestinians

Troops remained inside the Jenin refugee camp at midday Monday, pushing ahead with the largest operation in the area during more than a year of fighting.

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.”

For some in Gen Z, TikTok has become the new Google
The social video app increasingly plays the role of a search engine for everything from restaurant tips to job leads.

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.

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.

Recommended reads

Dr. Kyle Eberlin (left) along with Dr. Krystle Tuano and Dr. Kimberly Khouri operated on a patient at Massachusetts General Hospital to relieve pain in his ankle. The patient agreed to donate nerve tissue for research into chronic pain.

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.

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.

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

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

IDEAS | KALLE OSKARI MATTILA

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

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

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

Some July 4th fireworks postponed due to weather in R.I.

Lightning and thundershowers could replace the rocket’s red glare across Rhode Island. Here's the latest on when and where to watch.

Three people slain in Newton home died from ‘sharp and blunt force’ injuries, medical examiner says

All three people killed in the June 25 triple homicide in Newton died from “sharp and blunt force injuries,” officials confirmed Monday, raising the possibility that the man already charged with killing one of the victims may soon be charged with the other two murders as well.

Some towns postpone July 4 celebrations due to weather

Fireworks and other Independence Day festivities have been postponed in several communities due to the rainy weather forecast.

Harvard’s legacy admission targeted in civil rights complaint, in wake of national affirmative action ban

The complaint filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights on behalf of Boston-area advocacy groups representing Black and Latino residents, calls for a federal investigation of the university’s admissions process and an end to legacy and donor preference practices in selecting students.

Sports

From Garrett Whitlock (right) and the pitching staff to Connor Wong and the catchers, game planning is a team effort.

An inside look at how the Red Sox game plan to attack opposing hitters

When it comes to keeping runners off the bases and runs off the board, it's an all-hands-on-deck effort in the clubhouse.

Heather MacLean (left) roared back to win the mile at February's New Balance Indoor Grand Prix, the middle act of a chaotic time for the distance runner.

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.

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

With Tyler Bertuzzi officially off the market, where do things stand with the Bruins?

It's not crazy to envision the Bruins starting the season with Charlie Coyle and Pavel Zacha as their top two centers.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

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

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

Business

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Musk’s latest Twitter move raises more questions about his leadership

Twitter has set new limits on the number of tweets users can view each day.

For some in Gen Z, TikTok has become the new Google

The social video app increasingly plays the role of a search engine for everything from restaurant tips to job leads.

Meet the man who designed Boston’s next tall tower, atop South Station: Fred Clarke

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

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

Shawn Marler, a carpenter with Mystic Scenic Studios, squeegeed off some of the water that has fallen on the Hatch Shell stage as they prepare for tomorrow’s Boston Pops annual 4th of July Concert.

Scattered thunderstorms expected Monday and on July Fourth

Can climate change bring malaria to New England? Here’s what you need to know.

Hudson native ‘having a blast’ on N.H. stage again

sports

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.

After being told he was ‘safe,’ the Celtics traded Marcus Smart, but he doesn’t have any hard feelings

Alex Verdugo seizes the moment again to lift the Red Sox to a sweep of the Blue Jays

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

business

Discarded oyster shells are used in a restoration process.

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

Does New England need a second city for startups?

Russia launches first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days

politics

A person took a Democratic ballot to vote in the New Hampshire Primary at Parker-Varney Elementary School in February 2020 in Manchester, N.H.

The Democratic Party promised to overhaul its primaries. Doing that has been anything but simple.

Biden rules tighten limits on drone strikes

House Republicans demand deep cuts to spending bills they rarely support

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

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

World

The Mayor of L'Hay-les-Roses Vincent Jeanbrun, third from left, gestured next to President of the French right-wing party Les Republicains and MP Eric Ciotti, left, French President of the Senate Gerard Larcher and Ile-de-France Region President Valerie Pecresse, fourth from left, as they took part in a nationwide action in front of town halls in L'Hay-les-Roses, south of Paris, on Monday.

Crowds across France show solidarity at town halls targeted in rioting following police shooting

Israel targets a West Bank militant stronghold with drones and troops, killing 8 Palestinians

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

opinion

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

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

Cold Ramen Salad With Soy and Sesame Dressing (Hiyashi Chuka)

Recipes: Cold udon, ramen, and sesame noodles star in these summer dishes

4 must-try bottles from Rhode Island distilleries

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

travel

With family dreams and big money on the line, passport seekers describe a slow-motion agony of waiting, worrying, holding the line, refreshing the screen, complaining to Congress, paying extra fees and following incorrect directions.

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

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

CNN's "See It Loud: The History of Black Television" explores the impact of shows like "The Jeffersons" on popular culture. From left: Isabel Sanford, Sherman Hemsley, and Norma Donaldson in a scene from the 1970s sitcom.

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

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