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Elizabeth Stanley, Alton Fitzgerald White, and Andrea Jones-Sojola performed during the 2023 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular on Tuesday.

STANDALONE

Cambridge wasn’t the place to be for the July 4th show by the Boston Pops

Crowds in previous years have enjoyed the Boston Pops show on the Cambridge side of the river. But not this year.

Nantucket waterfront estate sells for $38.1 million, breaking island record
The 10-bedroom compound overlooking Nantucket Harbor spans 15,322 square feet on almost four acres.

Everyone is talking about the ‘Barbie’ movie. Here’s a guide to all the hype.
For those perplexed by all the excitement over a movie about a toy — even one that has spanned several generations — look no further.

The Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Fight to streamline corporate taxes heats up on Beacon Hill, with some blue-chip companies opposed

The business community is divided over how to proceed with taxing multistate companies in Massachusetts.

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll (right) rode a MBTA Blue Line train on Thursday with State Senator Lydia Edwards (left) and state Secretary of Transportation Gina Fiandaca.

‘Really smooth’: Top officials hype using free Blue Line while the Sumner Tunnel is closed

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined state lawmakers and transit officials for a Blue Line commute Thursday morning, promoting the free MBTA subway service from Revere to East Boston to downtown on the second morning of the Sumner Tunnel closure.

The Sumner Tunnel shutdown has begun

Massachusetts has vast solar potential, according to new state report

The analysis appears to dispel long-held concerns that the state might be too densely developed to meet its solar energy commitments.

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there.

A man who prosecutors say participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the US Capitol kept two firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition inside a van he had driven cross-country and had been living in, according to the Justice Department.

Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case

Son charged with killing mother in Hudson, N.H., home in one of two violent deaths in the state Wednesday
A 26-year-old Hudson man is under arrest, charged with beating his 57-year-old mother to death in their home.

Rollins could face suspension of law license, disbarment at hands of state disciplinary board

The severity of punishment from the Board of Bar Overseers typically depends on precedents from earlier cases. But the board has not had a case before it in recent memory with a comparable set of circumstances, lawyers said.

How Tom Brady’s crypto ambitions collided with reality
Brady's situation with the ill-fated FTX exchange is the highest-profile example of a humiliating reckoning facing the actors, athletes, and other celebrities who rushed to embrace the easy money and online hype of cryptocurrencies.

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

Two New Jersey firefighters died battling a blaze deep in a ship carrying 5,000 cars

COVID-19 waste water numbers reach lowest levels in two years

Drinking water from nearly half of US faucets contains potentially harmful chemicals, study says

Pirates head coach Patrick Pass pictured congratulating his Pirates squad after a victory in 2021.

Former Patriot Patrick Pass, three players from Mass. team suspended from Indoor Football League after altercation in Arizona

An altercation during a game between the Massachusetts Pirates and Arizona Rattlers resulted in “players and a coach” entering the stands, the league said.

Things are rarely so quiet for pedestrians on Centre Street in West Roxbury, where speeding cars are a problem.

On West Roxbury’s Centre Street, a city plan to reduce traffic lanes divides the community

Some residents, worried that lane reduction will increase traffic and cause gridlock, have advocated for alternative measures to draw more attention to vulnerable pedestrians without changing the road’s configuration.

Your view: Are you for or against the Centre Street Design Project?

Keion White finished last season with 7.5 sacks and a team-high 14 tackles for loss for Georgia Tech.

Second-round pick Keion White appears to be next in a long line of versatile Patriots

On defense, that could mean spots as a pass rusher, run stuffer, or in coverage.

Opinion

Dan Hendrycks at the Center for AI Safety office in downtown San Francisco on June 28.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Dan Hendrycks wants to save us from an AI catastrophe. He’s not sure he’ll succeed.

An evangelical turned computer scientist has articulated how technology could all go wrong. Now he needs to figure out how to make it right.

Maitland Jones Jr.

How I practiced affirmative action in my teaching

Another year, another incomplete grade for Boston Public Schools

Introducing Globe Opinion’s new podcast, ‘Say More,’ with Shirley Leung

In Massachusetts, the left is fighting the left

More recent News

8-year-old girl dies after SUV crashes into London school; driver arrested

An 8-year-old girl was killed on Thursday when an SUV crashed into a private elementary school in the Wimbledon district of southwest London, police said. The crash wasn’t believed to be terrorism, and the driver was taken into custody.

MISS CONDUCT

After some big losses, a friend seems stuck in his misery
His family situation is settled, but he still complains a lot. How do I rebalance the friendship while letting him know we care about his grief?

Injunction against Biden social media ‘censorship’ is under fire
A judge this week called on the Biden administration to halt efforts to discourage social media companies from posting user comments that the government considers false or misleading.

Rival Republicans need an early victory to knock Donald Trump off his path to the nomination. Is New Hampshire the place to do it?

“New Hampshire gives an open field and an even chance to underfunded candidates,” said Fergus Cullen, a former chair of the state GOP. “Those things don’t happen in other places.”

Wu launches swimming, water safety initiative aimed at ‘closing racial gaps in access and ability’

Swim Safe Boston aims to make swimming and water safety resources more accessible — particularly among communities of color, which have historically been shut out of swimming pools and beaches.

Video: Cars washed down street during flash flooding in Providence
Close to 3 inches of rain fell in some parts of the Providence metropolitan area, causing flash flooding along Atwells Avenue in the Federal Hill neighborhood, and elsewhere.

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Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades, likely longer than anyone alive.

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.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

We don’t have to live like this
All over the country, the holiday weekend was marked by sickeningly familiar eruptions of gun violence.

‘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.

Police waded through knee-deep mud to rescue Stoughton woman

In Amherst, teen journalists’ investigation of transphobia at the middle school forced a district shake-up
High schoolers published a report in the student newspaper that shook this college town, long considered an LGBTQ-friendly, liberal enclave.

Culture & Lifestyle

Still from "Final Cut" (2022) by Michel Hazanavicius

MFA’s 2023 Boston French Film Festival returns July 6

From left: Frodo, Gollum, and Sam from the movie "The Lord of The Rings: Return of the King."

Anyone can go “goblincore” with McKayla Coyle’s new self-help book

Actor Brian Cox posed with musician James Taylor and Cox's wife, Nicole Ansari Cox (left), and Taylor's wife, Kim Taylor, backstage at Tanglewood on July 4.

‘Succession’s’ Brian Cox and James Taylor shower each other with love at Tanglewood Fourth of July concert

Cidny Bullens, who grew up in West Newbury and now lives in Nashville, has written a memoir, “TransElectric: My Life as a Cosmic Rock Star.”

Singer Cidny Bullens traces a journey toward transitioning in his new memoir

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

A typhoon turned at least one umbrella inside out in Tokyo in 2017.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Umbrellas gone haywire

Driving the blue golf cart

Carol Steinberg

Finding freedom at the head of the class

An ancient apple tree that grew from a seed, rather than a grafted cutting, and thus has no official name.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

In search of the lost apples of New England

A rendering of a new airplane seat prototype for Delta Air Lines. The seat will allow people who use power wheelchairs to stay in their chairs during a flight.

Christopher Reardon

Finally, airlines may accommodate travelers who stay in their wheelchairs

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

Metro

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard pops the question to Emma MacDonald

An Instagram post captioned “A love for a lifetime,” has gotten more than 170,000 likes and 1,400 comments. MacDonald, host of the “Love Ya, Bye” podcast, and Pritchard started dating in early 2023.

Wu launches swimming, water safety initiative aimed at ‘closing racial gaps in access and ability’

Swim Safe Boston aims to make swimming and water safety resources more accessible — particularly among communities of color, which have historically been shut out of swimming pools and beaches.

Former Patriot Patrick Pass, three players from Mass. team suspended from Indoor Football League after altercation in Arizona

An altercation during a game between the Massachusetts Pirates and Arizona Rattlers resulted in “players and a coach” entering the stands, the league said.

‘Really smooth’: Top officials hype using free Blue Line while the Sumner Tunnel is closed

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined state lawmakers and transit officials for a Blue Line commute Thursday morning, promoting the free MBTA subway service from Revere to East Boston to downtown on the second morning of the Sumner Tunnel closure.

Sports

Fenway Park will transform itself into a temporary pickleball mecca this summer.

Fenway Park pickleball competition to draw nation’s top players next week

The "Ballpark Series" will also feature an amateur tournament and open court time for thousands — but you'd better book fast.

The Celtics (left to right) Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard, and Blake Griffin are pictured as they warm up before a game on May 19, 2023.

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard pops the question to Emma MacDonald

An Instagram post captioned “A love for a lifetime,” has gotten more than 170,000 likes and 1,400 comments. MacDonald, host of the “Love Ya, Bye” podcast, and Pritchard started dating in early 2023.

Damian Lillard's scoring average last season was the highest of his career, 32.2 points per game. But it’s a major question mark how long he can retain that level of play.

Christopher L. Gasper

Damian Lillard wants out of Portland, but the Celtics shouldn’t bring him to Boston

There are already a lot of miles on Lillard’s NBA odometer. He turns 33 on July 15.

Pogacar wins Pyrenees big stage, defending champion Vingegaard claims Tour de France yellow jersey

Finally a dry day, but Wimbledon has a lot of catching up to do

Second-round pick Keion White appears to be next in a long line of versatile Patriots

Business

Biden will highlight solar deal in South Carolina to show his economic agenda helps red states

President Biden will use his visit to showcase a new clean energy manufacturing partnership that is projected to create 600 jobs in the state and 1,200 more throughout the country.

Nantucket waterfront estate sells for $38.1 million, breaking island record

The 10-bedroom compound overlooking Nantucket Harbor spans 15,322 square feet on almost four acres.

Injunction against Biden social media ‘censorship’ is under fire

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Fight to streamline corporate taxes heats up on Beacon Hill, with some blue-chip companies opposed

magazine

Frank Smith was locked up for eight decades, likely longer than anyone alive.

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

Globe Magazine.

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

I attended the Market Basket Academy of summer jobs.

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

Three cold udon, ramen, and sesame noodle dishes

metro

Walkers gather in Portsmouth in 2022 for an annual walk to promote democracy. This year's event takes place on Saturday, July 8.

Walk for Democracy tradition continues in Portsmouth, N.H.

How to get an e-bike for $199.99 (before taxes) in Rhode Island

10 must-attend food and wine festivals in Rhode Island this summer

sports

J.D. Davison (20) shined in last year's summer league before impressing with the Maine Celtics and making 12 appearances with Boston.

Meet the Celtics’ summer league roster of high-flyers, skilled scorers and agile playmakers

If age is catching up to golfer Bernhard Langer, you wouldn’t know it

Youth movement pays off for Orioles in win over Yankees

business

A 'Now Hiring' sign posted on the window of a business looking to hire workers on May 5, 2023 in Miami, Florida.

More Americans apply for jobless benefits, but layoffs are not rising significantly

How Tom Brady’s crypto ambitions collided with reality

Threads, Instagram’s answer to Twitter, is here

politics

President Biden, escorted by Air Force Colonel Paul Pawluk, Vice Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, waved as he walked to board Air Force One for a trip to South Carolina to discuss his economic agenda on Thursday in Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Biden will highlight solar deal in South Carolina to show his economic agenda helps red states

Trump posted what he said was Obama’s address, prosecutors say. An armed man was soon arrested there.

Rival Republicans need an early victory to knock Donald Trump off his path to the nomination. Is New Hampshire the place to do it?

Nation

Walt Nauta, valet to former president Donald Trump and a co-defendant in federal charges filed against Trump, arrives with his lawyer, Stanley Woodward, at the James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building on Thursday in Miami, Florida.

Trump valet Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case

Two New Jersey firefighters died battling a blaze deep in a ship carrying 5,000 cars

Judge unseals more of affidavit used to seek Mar-a-Lago search warrant

World

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company.

Belarus says Wagner chief who staged mutiny is in Russia, raising questions about Kremlin’s strategy

8-year-old girl dies after SUV crashes into London school; driver arrested

Earth hit an unofficial record high temperature this week – and stayed there

opinion

Massachusetts taxpayers facing increases in the price of just about everything, from groceries to their utility bills, have been waiting for the tax breaks they were promised.

The Legislature should stop dithering on tax relief

Whose Supreme Court is it anyway?

These Venezuelans are committed to bringing democracy back to their homeland

lifestyle

I regret ending this marriage

Cambridge wasn’t the place to be for the July 4th show by the Boston Pops

Anyone can go “goblincore” with McKayla Coyle’s new self-help book

food & dining

Lobster potstickers at SAVR.

Up & Down opens in Jamaica Plain; Las Palmas moves into the Garage

Shine bright like a diamond in Rihanna’s neighborhood

Forget farm-to-table — they’re bringing the table to the farm

travel

Bathsheba (a.k.a. Bath Beach) on the east coast is one of the island’s prime beauty spots. Did the color of the water inspire Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Flypencil in Lady Lagoon? Hmm.

Shine bright like a diamond in Rihanna’s neighborhood

Cruising Antique Alley in the age of online shopping

Daydreaming about a daycation? It’s now a reality.

Arts

Rashid Johnson, “Antoine’s Organ,” 2016. Black steel, grow lights, plants, wood, shea butter, books, monitors, rugs, piano.

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

From left: Chloe Gong, Rick Riordan, and Heather Cox Richardson will be keynote speakers at Boston Book Festival's 15th annual event Oct. 14.

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

Margot Robbie in a scene from "Barbie."

Everyone is talking about the ‘Barbie’ movie. Here’s a guide to all the hype.

‘The League’: An American story told through the lens of Black baseball

Vroom with a view: The new ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘Mission Impossible’ bring motorcycle love back to the big screen

Television

Ncuti Gatwa in "Sex Education." While the series will end after season 4, Gatwa will go on to star as the next "Dr. Who."

Timing feels right for the end of ‘Sex Education’

Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Full Circle’ is dynamic, though it refuses to follow a straight line

‘Succession’s’ Brian Cox and James Taylor shower each other with love at Tanglewood Fourth of July concert

music

Emerson student Josie Arthur, who performs as Jobie, is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter.

Singer Josie Arthur felt like an outsider growing up; music helped her understand why

As the Aizuri Quartet arrives at the Newport Classical festival, it finds itself at a turning point

‘Succession’s’ Brian Cox and James Taylor shower each other with love at Tanglewood Fourth of July concert

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

Dr. Susan Love, in Boston, in 1997.

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