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In Amherst, teen journalists’ investigation of transphobia at the middle school forced a district shake-up

High schoolers published report in student newspaper that shook this college town, long considered an LGBTQ-friendly, liberal enclave.

What to know about the Sumner Tunnel closure, from how to get around to how long it will last
Repairs to the nearly 90-year-old tunnel will leave it closed through the end of August, cutting off a major artery of traffic from East Boston and Logan Airport.

Severe staffing shortage plus gridlock in Sumner Tunnel closure imperils public, EMS workers warn

Lawrence police chief retires amid ongoing investigation involving the police department
Lawrence Police Chief Roy Vasque has retired amid an ongoing investigation involving the police department, Mayor Brian A. DePeña’s office said Tuesday.

‘It’s a miracle they found her’: Stoughton woman said to be recovering after being trapped in swamp for days
A day after her daughter Emma Tetewsky was found alive after being trapped in a muddy swamp for several days, Barbara Zinaman wanted to give thanks to anyone she could.

Dr. Susan Love, groundbreaking breast cancer surgeon, activist, and author, dies at 75
“I’ve been reminded that you don’t know how long you have,” Dr. Love said after her own diagnosis. “We have to get rid of this disease, and there is no reason we can’t do it.”

Opposition heats up over plan to move the O’Bryant to West Roxbury

Nine people shot and wounded in DC, including two juveniles, as violence continues to mar July Fourth
BETH TEITELL | COMMENTARY

If you read only one story on bunions this year, this is the one!

Bunions strike about one in three adults, but even so, they’re the source of shame — the menopause of the foot world.
ADDRESS

Will the state’s climate and economic policies push people to leave?

Real estate and urban planning experts weigh in on green living and housing initiatives, including rent control and the “millionaires' tax.”
As Mass. towns adopt new climate-friendly building codes, homebuilders push back
LOVE LETTERS

I want to live with my boyfriend. Just not in his house.

He owns his own home, but I’m not comfortable there. He isn’t willing to look for someplace we can both enjoy.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

The Legislature should stop dithering on tax relief

After a year of waiting, taxpayers could use a break and the state could use a boost to its competitive edge.
Timothy Scalona

Supreme Court ruling on student debt leaves millions like me hanging
Michael C. Dorf

John Roberts’ Supreme Court or Trump’s? Maybe neither.
MARCELA GARCÍA

These Venezuelans are committed to bringing democracy back to their homeland
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

I saw how Yale produces radical conservatives

More recent News

ADDRESS
Home of the Week: In Mattapan, a new-build with 4 bedrooms and 4 parking spots
Three-story house also has three full baths, parking in a fenced-in yard, and an open layout.

Alex Speier | On Baseball
With the Red Sox’ patchwork pitching staff admirably scraping by, the bats have let them down instead
Despite a slew of injuries, Sox pitching has managed a middle-of-the-pack performance; instead, the lineup has fallen short.

Rangers leave Red Sox feeling all wet in 6-2 loss

TV CRITIC'S CORNER
Deserved or not, many television series are facing the end this year
The reason? Either because the writer-producers decided it was time or because the show was canceled.

Biden sidesteps any notion that he’s a ‘flaming woke warrior’

At a moment when the American political parties are trading fierce fire from the trenches of a war over social and cultural policy, the president is staying out of the crossfire.

Stanley Cup to help launch foundation started by family of 13-year-old Milton girl killed in Aruba

The head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights will bring the Stanley Cup to Massachusetts to help launch the Cassidy Murray Foundation.

Palestinians inspect damage after Israel ends raid of West Bank camp and warns it was not a one-off

Israel has withdrawn its troops from a militant stronghold in the West Bank but warned that its most intense military operation in the occupied territory in nearly two decades was not a one-off.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
30 years ago, the Education Reform Act helped Massachusetts schools to the top. Is it time for a new approach?
Three decades after the landmark legislation was passed, the state still has far more work to do, according to education analysts and a review by the Globe.

Cape Cod’s housing shortage has seasonal workers, and their employers, facing a squeeze
Foreign workers who come to fill summer jobs on Cape Cod are having a hard time finding a place to stay, putting pressure on businesses that are already contending with a labor squeeze.

Culture & Lifestyle

Go-Go Boots: A fitness expert shares his vacation survival tips (and why to say Si! to gelato)

Adele Lim’s directorial debut, ‘Joy Ride,’ makes Asian Americans the ‘heroes of the story’

Boston Book Festival announces keynote speakers for 2023

US Air Guitar competition brings metal, mullets, and mayhem to Everett

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 | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Umbrellas gone haywire
Owen Devlin

Driving the blue golf cart
Carol Steinberg

Finding freedom at the head of the class
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

In search of the lost apples of New England
Christopher Reardon

Finally, airlines may accommodate travelers who stay in their wheelchairs
IDEAS

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

Metro

Crowds gather along Charles River for annual July 4 festivities

After hunkering down during heavy rains in the afternoon, revelers were rewarded with clearer skies in the evening and packed the area around the Hatch Shell for the traditional Boston Pops concert and fireworks display.

Boston celebrates July 4th with dazzling display of fireworks

Boston’s annual Fourth of July celebration ended with the traditional fireworks display over the Charles River.

See photos from Independence Day in the Boston area

The Fourth of July in Boston is a tradition and a rite of summer, with a range of events and activities.

Lawrence police chief retires amid ongoing investigation involving the police department

Lawrence Police Chief Roy Vasque has retired amid an ongoing investigation involving the police department, Mayor Brian A. DePeña’s office said Tuesday.

Sports

Baseball

‘Franchise mode in real life’: How the Cape Cod League trains the next generation of baseball front office personnel

While the Cape League is still a slice of Americana, baseball’s analytics revolution is gradually being embraced by the nation’s premier collegiate summer league.
Padres 8, Angels 5

Angels’ Shohei Ohtani leaves with blister after giving up consecutive homers, says he doesn’t expect to pitch in All-Star Game

Ohtani could play a significant role if he’s healthy enough to remain the starting designated hitter for the American League next Tuesday in Seattle.
Alex Speier | On Baseball

With the Red Sox’ patchwork pitching staff admirably scraping by, the bats have let them down instead

Despite a slew of injuries, Sox pitching has managed a middle-of-the-pack performance; instead, the lineup has fallen short.
Bruins notebook

Brett Harrison has already scored points with Bruins coaches

Rangers 6, Red Sox 2

Rangers leave Red Sox feeling all wet in 6-2 loss
Red Sox notebook

Nate Eovaldi returns to Fenway as a member of the Rangers

Business

ADDRESS

Will the state’s climate and economic policies push people to leave?

Real estate and urban planning experts weigh in on green living and housing initiatives, including rent control and the “millionaires' tax.”

As Mass. towns adopt new climate-friendly building codes, homebuilders push back

A new report argues that the new net-zero building codes being adopted by communities around the state could increase the cost of building a new single-family home by up to $23,000.

Kenya’s president lifts six-year logging ban to create jobs. Environmentalists are concerned.
Larry Edelman | Trendlines

From inflation to home prices, 2023 has so far defied expectations
magazine
Perspective

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

COOKING

Three cold udon, ramen, and sesame noodle dishes for summer
Your Summer Beach Bag

12-plus great beaches around New England

Your Summer Beach Bag

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

metro

‘It’s a miracle they found her’: Stoughton woman said to be recovering after being trapped in swamp for days

Stanley Cup to help launch foundation started by family of 13-year-old Milton girl killed in Aruba

Opposition heats up over plan to move the O’Bryant to West Roxbury

sports

As training camp nears, here’s who could help the Patriots become a playoff contender: DeAndre Hopkins and Dalvin Cook

Fabian Lysell determined to push for a spot on the Bruins’ roster in September

Sergio Garcia misses out on British Open qualifying

business

‘Threads,’ the rival to Twitter from Instagram, is expected on Thursday

China’s IPO activity seen fading as economic woes drag on demand

Workers strike at major Southern California hotels over pay and benefits

politics

What to expect during the ranked choice voting count in New York City Council races

Biden is hosting Swedish prime minister at the White House in a show of support for NATO bid

Trump ignored New Hampshire’s political traditions. They were alive and well for others on a soggy Fourth.

Nation

Shots fired into a crowd of hundreds after a holiday festival in Texas leave 3 dead, 8 injured

The Texas shooter in a racist Walmart attack is going to prison. Here’s what to know about the case.

Five dead in random shootings in a Philadelphia neighborhood

World

Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off

Palestinians inspect damage after Israel ends raid of West Bank camp and warns it was not a one-off

After protests, France holds hasty trials for hundreds

opinion

Finally, airlines may accommodate travelers who stay in their wheelchairs

Finding freedom at the head of the class

Earthshaking: Supportive housing plan at Shattuck raises concerns

lifestyle

Crowds gather along Charles River for annual July 4 festivities

Go-Go Boots: A fitness expert shares his vacation survival tips (and why to say Si! to gelato)

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

food & dining

Bubble fun doesn’t have to stop when you grow up

Elevate your cooking oil spray with duck fat

Recipe: Barcelona’s legendary Pinotxo food stall, now closed, served this simple squid and white bean tapas

travel

Boston Red multi-million dollar Terminal E expansion

Air traffic nationwide has rebounded to prepandemic levels, but Logan Airport is still falling short

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

Arts

John Guthrie’s ‘Evolution’ brings together the unexpected

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

At PEM, exploring the ‘Black Atlantic’

Books

Boston Book Festival announces keynote speakers for 2023

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

Movies

Adele Lim’s directorial debut, ‘Joy Ride,’ makes Asian Americans the ‘heroes of the story’

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

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

Television

Deserved or not, many television series are facing the end this year

How to watch the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

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

music

Crowds gather along Charles River for annual July 4 festivities

What to know about the July 4 concert and fireworks at the Hatch Shell

How to watch the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

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

Dr. Susan Love, groundbreaking breast cancer surgeon, activist, and author, dies at 75

Edward Fredkin, 88, MIT scientist who saw the universe as one big computer, dies

R. Robert Popeo, legendary powerhouse attorney, dies at 85