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Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

Likely the longest-serving prisoner in America, he’s been paroled into a Connecticut nursing home. But he’s still not out.

The Sumner Tunnel shutdown has begun. It will last through the end of August.
The 60-day project is designed to bring the 88-year-old tunnel, which links East Boston and downtown, into the 21st century.

How to get around during the Sumner Tunnel closure
July 4th

Tom Brady, Jayson Tatum, Ben Affleck, and Robert Kraft spotted at star-studded Hamptons July 4 party

Michael Rubin, the CEO of Fanatics, outdid himself for his annual holiday shindig.

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.
Crowds gather along Charles River for July 4 festivities See photos from Independence Day in the Boston area

‘Franchise mode in real life’: How one Cape League team is training the next generation for the front office
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.

Gary Washburn

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

Cook and Hopkins are hungry, proven and appear intrigued by New England’s professional atmosphere, so signing the free agent running back and receiver could improve matters.

John Berylson, Wellesley businessman and owner of Millwall Lions, killed in Falmouth crash

Berylson, 70, was driving a 2019 Range Rover on Sippewissett Road in Falmouth Tuesday morning when he apparently lost control on a curving section of the two-lane road, according to Falmouth police.

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.

‘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.

R.I. man, 25, dies after being pulled under waterfall at Rocky Mountain National Park

The man fell at West Creek Falls, on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
innovation beat

Wellington ready to pounce on tech companies after the bubble burst

The Boston investing giant — which has bankrolled the likes of Airbnb, Uber, and Spotify — announced a $2.6 billion fund last month focused on late-stage companies.

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.”

One man fatally shot, two women wounded in Brockton shooting

Five people shot and wounded in Mattapan, police say

Medford police evacuate residents on section of Mystic Avenue after threat to check-cashing business
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.
Tour de France

Jai Hindley seizes overall lead in Tour de France by winning first mountain stage

Hindley was part of an early breakaway and became the first Australian leader of the race since Rohan Dennis back in 2015.
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

Whose Supreme Court is it anyway?
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

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this summer, art that lives and grows
Plants are the medium in this exhibition exploring the idea of art as a living system.

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.

Mass shootings claim lives at gatherings over the July Fourth holiday
Gun violence that flared in Washington, D.C, Louisiana, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Texas, and Florida left more than a dozen dead and almost 60 wounded.

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

At least five candidates appeared in Merrimack alone on Tuesday, shaking hands, throwing candy, and introducing themselves to voters largely unfamiliar with them.

Coast Guard searching for kayaker reported missing off Martha’s Vineyard
Authorities were searching Wednesday for a kayaker who went missing in waters off Martha’s Vineyard, according to the US Coast Guard.

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

The army claimed to have inflicted heavy damage on militant groups in the Jenin refugee camp in an operation that included a series of airstrikes and hundreds of ground troops.

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

The Sumner Tunnel shutdown has begun. It will last through the end of August.

The 60-day project is designed to bring the 88-year-old tunnel, which links East Boston and downtown, into the 21st century.
July 4th

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

Thunderstorms replaced the rocket’s red glare across Rhode Island on July Fourth this year. Here's the latest on rescheduled fireworks displays, when and where to watch.

John Berylson, Wellesley businessman and owner of Millwall Lions, killed in Falmouth crash

Berylson, 70, was driving a 2019 Range Rover on Sippewissett Road in Falmouth Tuesday morning when he apparently lost control on a curving section of the two-lane road, according to Falmouth police.

Remnants of used fireworks believed to be cause of R.I. fire that destroyed home and car

Emergency responders early Wednesday morning found the front of a home and a car engulfed in flames.

Sports

John Berylson, Wellesley businessman and owner of Millwall Lions, killed in Falmouth crash

Berylson, 70, was driving a 2019 Range Rover on Sippewissett Road in Falmouth Tuesday morning when he apparently lost control on a curving section of the two-lane road, according to Falmouth police.
Tour de France

Jai Hindley seizes overall lead in Tour de France by winning first mountain stage

Hindley was part of an early breakaway and became the first Australian leader of the race since Rohan Dennis back in 2015.

Tom Brady, Jayson Tatum, Ben Affleck, and Robert Kraft spotted at star-studded Hamptons July 4 party

Michael Rubin, the CEO of Fanatics, outdid himself for his annual holiday shindig.
Rangers at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 87: Red Sox at Rangers lineups and notes
Baseball

‘Franchise mode in real life’: How one Cape League team is training the next generation for the front office
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

Business

Wall Street drifts as markets worldwide pull back

Wall Street is drifting following a rally that sent it roaring 16% higher for the year so far.
RI NEWS

R.I. man, 25, dies after being pulled under waterfall at Rocky Mountain National Park

The man fell at West Creek Falls, on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
innovation beat

Wellington ready to pounce on tech companies after the bubble burst
ADDRESS

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

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades. At 98, what would it mean to be free?

LOVE LETTERS

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

I attended the Market Basket Academy of summer jobs.

COOKING

Three cold udon, ramen, and sesame noodle dishes

metro

In Providence, one man killed, three people shot in separate overnight incidents

Watch live: July 4th Boston fireworks

R.I.’s latest efforts to remove ‘Plantations’ include $2.5m and a rug

sports

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

Brett Harrison has already scored points with Bruins coaches

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

business

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

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

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

politics

Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ Yusef Salaam wins primary, nearly assuring seat on N.Y.C. Council

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

Nation

Mass shootings claim lives at gatherings over the July Fourth holiday

Tracker: See the latest levels of coronavirus in Boston-area waste water

Grillo’s Pickles’ lawsuit says a competitor stole its 100-year-old recipe

World

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

World swelters to unofficial hottest day on record

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

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: Roasted cherries and fresh strawberries star in these summer shortcakes

travel

Boston Red multi-million dollar Terminal E expansion

Air traffic nationwide has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but Logan Airport is still falling short

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

Arts

At the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum this summer, art that lives and grows

John Guthrie’s ‘Evolution’ brings together the unexpected

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

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