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Biden administration to forgive $39 billion in student debt

The US Department of Education will forgive $39 billion in student debt by updating a technical requirement under a long-existing program.

Biden ramps up campaign fundraising after a slow start, with Jill Biden headed to Mass. this month

Older brother pleads not guilty to gun charges related to 12-year-old’s shooting death in Mattapan

As relatives wept, the older brother of a 12-year-old Mattapan boy who was fatally shot in his home was arraigned Friday in Dorchester Municipal Court for allegedly improperly storing the firearm that discharged, killing the child.

After car accident, Councilor Kendra Lara ‘hopeful’ about reelection chances even as rumors about her housing situation swirl

“My hope is that that my worst day is not being weighed against the two years of work I’ve done on the City Council,” Lara told the Globe.

Despite her revoked license, City Councilor Kendra Lara ‘regularly’ drove to City Hall

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Inflation isn’t dead yet
The Federal Reserve’s 17-month campaign of interest rate hikes has been surprisingly successful in cooling inflation without sparking a job-killing recession. But the job isn’t finished.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Another weekend, and another round of showers, thunderstorms, and humidity looms

Heavy rain from storms moving through the area could produce urban street flooding in an already saturated environment.

Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

R.I. security company opts out of beach battles
Citing harassment by phone, social media and in person, and a lack of “clear and concise laws and guidelines” in the state’s new shore access law, one company declines the work.

Actress accuses owner of R.I. luxury resort of sexual harassment

Kids in N.H. raise objections to the way certain boozy drinks are being marketed

As Vermont assesses flooding damage, the forecast calls for more rain

Montpelier bustles with cleanup efforts after flood waters swamp local businesses

An artists rendering of Van Ness Street outside Fenway Park under plans for new development there which won city approval Thursday.

BPDA approves $1.6 billion development around Fenway Park

The proposal — co-developed by Fenway Sports Group — would put eight new buildings on the blocks surrounding the historic ballpark.

As bans on transgender care for minors grow, a migration of sorts is underway
For families who have fled states where Republican-dominated legislatures have blocked access to gender-affirming care, Massachusetts is something of a safe haven.

A student worked in an eight grade algebra class in New York.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Cambridge schools are divided over middle school algebra

The district’s aim in eliminating advanced math in middle school was to reduce disparities between low-income children of color and their more affluent peers. But some argue the decision has had the opposite effect.

Your view: Should all schools offer advanced courses to students?

Seven Weeks of Summer

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.
A late-summer slowdown typically gives viewers time to be more adventurous and try out some film festivals and retrospectives around the city. But this year is different.

Laugh lines from six comics who’ll be playing local shows this summer Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine

Devery Jacobs (left) and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai return for season three of "Reservation Dogs."

TV won’t be taking the rest of the summer off

Here are five new dramas and a comedy to highlight the best of what’s to come on television this summer.

Jaylen Brown has a previously scheduled commitment overseas.

Expect to wait a bit longer for news on Jaylen Brown’s super-max deal with the Celtics

Brown has a previously scheduled commitment overseas.

Taunton pitcher Johnny Escobalez (14) holds up the championship trophy and celebates their win with his team during the MIAA Div 1 state championship baseball game against Franklin Sunday, June 18 at Polar Park in Worcester. (Mark Stockwell for the Boston Globe)

Meet the Globe’s Spring 2023 All-Scholastics

The Globe salutes the region’s best high school athletes and coaches in eight spring sports. Find the section in print on Sunday, July 16.

Elly De La Cruz, at 6 feet, 5 inches, has size, power, and phenomenal speed.

Let’s talk about some really big topics: Elly De La Cruz, Victor Wembanyama, and the pitch clock

David Ortiz would like to see the Red Sox trade for Shohei Ohtani, but only under one condition

Peter Schworm, left, with his uncle, Bob Schworm.

My Uncle Bob taught me many things. Most of all, he taught me to be an uncle myself.

Be present, fun, supportive, kind: These are just a few of the lessons Uncle Bob offered about how an uncle can be a positive force on a kid's life.

Opinion

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's refusal to make public the names of the donors to a tax-exempt group created to finance her transition into the governor’s office is a serious blow to transparency.

Governor Healey must do better on transparency

The governor should disclose the donors who helped fund her transition.

Latinos aren’t represented in higher education. Here’s how to fix that.

The island that time forgot

IDEAS | Jacqueline Harding & Cameron Domenico Kirk-Giannini

AI’s future worries us. So does AI’s present.

IDEAS | JUDY KUGEL

The ageist in the mirror

More recent News

House GOP approves Defense bill that restricts abortion access and halts diversity initiatives

The House on Friday approved a sweeping annual defense bill that provides an expected 5.2% pay raise for service members but strays from traditional military policy with political add-ons from Republicans.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘After we talked for a bit, the nerves went away’
Will this former improv comedian score a second date?

Boy climbs to new heights in Lynn before fire department rescue

A boy is rescued from a 30-foot rockface, a black bear draws a crowd in Hingham, goats get loose in Stow, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Video: Bobcat spotted in Worcester yard

Meet Denise Chisholm, Fidelity’s guru of quant research

Chisholm, who's based in Boston, does not invest a single dollar at the company, but her work informs the views of its 150 portfolio managers who run 450 or so mutual funds and exchange-traded funds.

Will the rainy weather raise the risk of mosquito-borne illnesses in New England this summer?

As the rainy weather continues, it may heighten another summer hazard: mosquitoes that carry West Nile Virus and Eastern equine encephalitis.

Suspect taken into custody in Long Island, N.Y., serial killings, official says

The mystery attracted national headlines for many years and the unsolved killings were the subject of the 2020 Netflix film “Lost Girls.”

Recommended reads

Members of the Writers Guild of America walk a picket line Wednesday outside of Warner Bros. offices in New York.

TV, movies, and the viewing void: The Hollywood strikes explained

These are the issues actors, writers, and producers are fighting about and how they could affect you.

‘We are still asking for justice’: Family of Lynn man found dead in marsh criticizes police investigation
Investigators and Dickson Joel De Los Reyes Gomez's family have offered conflicting accounts on when the search began and how Lynn police responded when they learned he was missing.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Island life in Maine: Fine dining, fog, and ferries
The Casco Bay islands are minutes from Portland, but they have a personality all their own.

Jonah Hill’s alleged texts spark discussion on ‘therapy speak’ — and if it was misused. Here’s what experts say.
In a text exchange the actor allegedly laid out the “boundaries” he expected a then-girlfriend to follow to maintain their romantic partnership.

Culture & Lifestyle

Members of the Writers Guild of America walk a picket line Wednesday outside of Warner Bros. offices in New York.

TV, movies, and the viewing void: The Hollywood strikes explained

Mattel; Adobe stock

Excited for the ‘Barbie’ movie? Celebrate the dolls that started it all.

Director Summer L. Williams consults with actor Errol Service Jr. during a rehearsal of "The Boy Who Kissed the Sky" at the Strand Theatre.

Idris Goodwin’s ‘The Boy Who Kissed the Sky’ imagines a mythical journey for a budding guitarist

First Aid Kit's Klara (rear) and Johanna Söderberg.

For First Aid Kit, a healthier approach, a lighter sound

Special Projects

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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

rosenthal

Don’t let an assault weapon end another life. Ban them.

Demonstrators in favor of canceling student debt marched from the Supreme Court to the White House in Washington, June 30.

More can be done to ease the heavy burden of student debt

The leader of Spain's Vox party, Santiago Abascal, gave a thumbs up as he arrived for a meeting in Madrid on June 24.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Polarization will put Spain’s young democracy to the test

A bicyclist made their way down the bus lane on Boylston Street between Exeter Street and Dartmouth Street on June 27.

Make way for bicycles on Boylston

Those asking for rent control and help with housing demonstrated on the front steps of the State House on June 1.

Why should state legislators control the fate of rent control in Boston?

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

Metro

After car accident, Councilor Kendra Lara ‘hopeful’ about reelection chances even as rumors about her housing situation swirl

“My hope is that that my worst day is not being weighed against the two years of work I’ve done on the City Council,” Lara told the Globe.

Actress accuses owner of R.I. luxury resort of sexual harassment

An attorney for Paul Mihailides, owner of the Preserve Sporting Club and Residences in Richmond, said the resort plans to file a countersuit against Alison McDaniel.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Another weekend, and another round of showers, thunderstorms, and humidity looms

Heavy rain from storms moving through the area could produce urban street flooding in an already saturated environment.

RI SHORE ACCESS

R.I. security company opts out of beach battles

Citing harassment by phone, social media and in person, and a lack of “clear and concise laws and guidelines” in the state’s new shore access law, one company declines the work.

Sports

Michal Kwiatkowski went solo about 11 kilometers from the daunting mountaintop finish of Stage 13 in the Tour de France.

Michal Kwiatkowski wins mountaintop Tour de France stage as Tadej Pogacar cuts into Jonas Vingegaard’s overall lead

Pogacar was awarded a time bonus of four seconds for his third-place finish to cut Vingegaard’s overall lead to just nine seconds.

Jaylen Brown has a previously scheduled commitment overseas.

Expect to wait a bit longer for news on Jaylen Brown’s super-max deal with the Celtics

Brown has a previously scheduled commitment overseas.

Novak Djokovic is seeking a 24th major singles championship to set the mark for the most in the Open era, which began in 1968.

Novak Djokovic advances to Wimbledon men’s final, closing in on record-tying eighth title at All England Club

Djokovic served his way out of potential trouble to beat Jannik Sinner, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4), in the semifinals.

Meet the Globe’s Spring 2023 All-Scholastics

Girls’ rugby

Boys’ rugby

Business

Biden administration to forgive $39 billion in student debt

The US Department of Education will forgive $39 billion in student debt by updating a technical requirement under a long-existing program.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Inflation isn’t dead yet

The Federal Reserve’s 17-month campaign of interest rate hikes has been surprisingly successful in cooling inflation without sparking a job-killing recession. But the job isn’t finished.

Meet Denise Chisholm, Fidelity’s guru of quant research

Biden making $20 billion available from ‘green bank’ for clean energy projects

magazine

The Cars in 1979, from left: Benjamin Orr, Greg Hawkes, Ric Ocasek, Elliot Easton, and David Robinson

How a WBCN deejay and a Harvard dining hall concert helped The Cars get their big break

I spoke about climate change as a TV meteorologist. Then came the death threat.

I want to end my relationship, but I worry about my partner

Raspberry-Cardamom Eton Mess

Cool off with summer desserts including Eton mess

metro

A 12-year-old boy was fatally shot inside 35 Fessenden St. on Thursday afternoon.

Older brother pleads not guilty to gun charges related to 12-year-old’s shooting death in Mattapan

Bobcat spotted in Worcester yard

Kids in N.H. raise objections to the way certain boozy drinks are being marketed

sports

Marshfield MA 5/24/23 31SCHGOLF Emma Abramson from Sandwich High watching the flight of her tee shot on the 14th tee during the MIAA South girls' sectional golf tournament at the Marshfield Country Club. Photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Golf

Boys’ volleyball

Girls’ track

business

IRS leaders said they collected $38 million in delinquent taxes from more than 175 high-income taxpayers in the past few months.

IRS says it collected $38 million from more than 175 high-income tax delinquents

As bans on transgender care for minors grow, a migration of sorts is underway

BPDA approves $1.6 billion development around Fenway Park

politics

President Biden boards Marine One departing from New York City on June 29 after attending two fundraisers there.

Biden ramps up campaign fundraising after a slow start, with Jill Biden headed to Mass. this month

GOP White House hopefuls face mounting pressure to stop Trump in Iowa

House GOP approves Defense bill that restricts abortion access and halts diversity initiatives

Nation

A Suffolk County Police Department officer and dog searched the Gilgo Beach area on New York's Long Island for human remains in 2011.

Suspect taken into custody in Long Island, N.Y., serial killings, official says

Man drowns in home in Vermont’s first recorded flooding death

US sets a grim milestone with new record for the deadliest six months of mass killings

World

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Putin says he offered Wagner mercenaries the option to keep operating as a single unit

India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon’s south pole

Record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India over two weeks

opinion

A worker gestured while standing in a video display room at a concept shop for Chinese electric car maker Jidu in Beijing, on Feb. 14. Chinese tech company Baidu's electric car firm Jidu unveiled a "Roboverse" concept shop spotlighting its artificial intelligence technology.

The US is losing the AI race because of its immigration policies

T riders are getting better options while the Sumner Tunnel is closed. Why can’t they be permanent?

The return of the men in green

lifestyle

There's a connection between parent and teen mental health.

A new Harvard report draws a link between parent and teen mental health

I want to date younger men

Robert Kraft celebrates July 4 with Hamptons bash featuring Dave Matthews, Grandmaster Flash, media report says

food & dining

Bar pizza from Bardo's in South Boston.

Ice cream tacos sweeten High Street Place; Harpoon Brewery opens a popsicle-and-pickleball club

At MarketStreet Lynnfield’s Sushi Ike and Soi 8, two restaurants rolled into one

Simon Pearce glass shop in Quechee, Vt., to reopen after flooding ‘in the coming days’

travel

Cars traverses the auto road that leads to the top of Mount Washington in New Hampshire on June 12, 2020.

N.H. launches a new safety campaign to reduce speeding

Island life in Maine: Fine dining, fog, and ferries

Wish you were here: Some travel traditions are quickly and quietly fading away

Arts

Edward Hopper, “Gloucester Beach, Bass Rocks,” 1923-24.

The Cape Ann Museum’s Edward Hopper show opens this month, but he wasn’t the only famous artist who painted here

Five museum shows to enrich your summer excursions, from Connecticut to Maine

At Marion Art Center, ‘Illuminations’ plays with shadow and light

Books

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Crook Manifesto,’ a sequel to ‘Harlem Shuffle,’ delves deep into the maelstrom of 1970s Harlem

Journalist Karen Pinchin documents the unusual life and fraught times of the endangered bluefin tuna in ‘Kings of Their Own Ocean’

Leah Myers on Native American authors and fantasy favorites

Movies

Summer film 2023 gif for hp use

It’s not just ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer.’ Here’s your guide to the rest of the summer movie season.

Matt Damon, Emily Blunt leave ‘Oppenheimer’ premiere to strike

TV, movies, and the viewing void: The Hollywood strikes explained

Television

Devery Jacobs (left) and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai return for season three of "Reservation Dogs."

TV won’t be taking the rest of the summer off

When Jay Leno recalls those rough early days in Boston comedy, he has to laugh

Striking actors will begin picketing alongside writers in fight over the future of Hollywood

music

Jon Batiste performs at Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, earlier this month. In the coming weeks, he'll be taking the stage at both the Newport folk and jazz festivals.

Jon Batiste’s musical imagination can’t be contained by one Newport festival, so he’ll play both

With ‘Seen-Unseen,’ Boston Landmarks Orchestra makes ‘The Symphonic Legacy of Black American Women’ visible

17 concerts to sweeten any music fan’s summer

Theater/Dance

Yosi Karahashi (left) and Anjali Nath are two of the performers at Feet Keep the Beat.

In Somerville, two festivals of feet-making beats

Ten dance festivals and summer series entertain with all manner of movement

For summer, a more relaxed pace but still plenty of theater to see

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

Peter Schworm, left, with his uncle, Bob Schworm.

My Uncle Bob taught me many things. Most of all, he taught me to be an uncle myself.

Ellen Hovde, ‘Grey Gardens’ documentarian, dies at 97

Milan Kundera, Czech writer and former dissident, dies in Paris aged 94