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Son pleaded with father to stop violently attacking his mother in their Newton home, prosecutor says

Richard Hanson ignored his son’s desperate pleas and allegedly continued to beat his wife Saturday, in a fatal attack that took place two days after Nancy Hanson had obtained a restraining order against her husband, according to court documents.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Here’s what it takes to be a one-percenter in Mass.
Plus: Boston Fed president’s salary is disclosed, and regulators give banks some breathing room on commercial real estate loans.

After Kendra Lara’s crash, councilors now asked to fill out applications with proof of license to park in city garages

Elected officials who do not submit an application and documentation by July 21 will have their access to the executive garage denied by property management starting July 24.

Eli Lilly releases promising data for Alzheimer’s drug that will compete with Biogen’s

Patients taking Lilly’s drug in a clinical trial showed a 35 percent slowing of decline compared to those taking a placebo.
Alnylam’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows promising benefits in patients for six months

Tornado touched down in North Brookfield on Sunday, as torrential rains pounded Massachusetts

The volatile weather that struck the state Sunday was part of storm activity that soaked the Northeast with heavy rain and spurred flash flood warnings, according to the weather service.

Map: Do you live near a dam that’s at risk of failing?

Malden police, family ask for public’s help in locating missing 14-year-old girl
NayLeiah Spencer Cradock was last seen leaving her home in Malden on Thursday dressed in a white T-shirt, light blue shorts, and carrying a black backpack. She was wearing her hair in a bun, police said.

US heat wave shows no signs of abating

 Air quality warnings return in US as Canada deploys troops for wildfires

Revere girl, 16, arraigned on assault charge in connection with MBTA Silver Line attack

What’s it like getting to and from Logan Airport at rush hour during the great Sumner Tunnel closure of 2023?

We sent four Globe reporters out on four separate modes of transportation to see what each route was like.
Ideas: T riders are getting better options while the Sumner Tunnel is closed. Why can’t they be permanent? Tell us: What mode of transportation are you relying on during the tunnel closure?

How long will it take for the Red Sox to contend in the AL East again?
Through flashes of impressive and dreadful play, the 2023 Red Sox have been neither great nor bad. But they've got a lot of competition.

Chad Finn

Chaim Bloom sure got Masataka Yoshida right, and other Red Sox thoughts

The 30-year-old Yoshida has a legitimate chance to win the batting title in his first season stateside after an accomplished career with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan.

Michael Mota, VirtualCons’ attempts to silence critics may violate R.I. free speech laws

“Facts are not slander, libel, or defamation of character,” one critic noted in her response to a lawyer for the Rhode Island businessman, who threatened to sue her after she was quoted in the Globe.

In promoting Massachusetts, Healey has found a foil: Florida and its conservative governor, Ron DeSantis
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey has time and again used Florida — and, by extension, Governor DeSantis — as a foil in highlighting her administration’s agenda and governing values.

Jill Biden heads to Mass. to ramp up fund-raising for Biden campaign
ANALYSIS | JAMES PINDELL

Who is No Labels, the group rallying in N.H. this week, and could they swing the presidential election?

For those just beginning to pay attention to all the political machinations, here’s some background on what it all could mean.
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The strikes’ impact, ‘Justified’ returns, and another Soderbergh series

Sooner or later, the Hollywood work stoppage — which already includes the next seasons of “Severance” and “Stranger Things” — will make itself known in all corners of the TV world.
Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts
PERSPECTIVE

Hollywood, please bring intermissions back to your bloated blockbusters. Do it for our kidneys!

Now that every summer movie is an ultra-long epic, it’s time for Hollywood to make a change.
MISS CONDUCT

Why would it be wrong for a fortysomething woman using a surrogate to throw her own baby shower?

This letter writer sees a shower thrown by the mother-to-be as a gift grab.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Does a housing application really need to be 30 pages long?

Securing a spot in an income-restricted unit shouldn’t be so difficult. But in Massachusetts, the application process has become so onerous that it undermines the whole purpose of subsidized housing.
Elissa Ely

A quiet man, an important man
IDEAS | Maja Prijatelj Videmšek & Matjaž Krivic

Bolivia’s Amazon is burning
Miles Taylor

Trump was harsh on immigrants. The next GOP president will be worse.

RENÉE GRAHAM

The Supreme Court’s open door to discrimination widens

More recent News

INNOVATOR Q&A
New app allows people with disabilities to report and respond to abuse
R3: Recognize, Report and Respond is a free app developed by a team at the University of Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission.

Elton John testifies for the defense in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial

The singer testified as the actor’s lawyer attempted to discredit a man who claimed Spacey aggressively grabbed him in a car on the way to the Elton John's house.

Pair of dirt bike riders killed in Saturday night crash in Wareham
Neither victim was wearing a helmet, and the Kawasaki dirt bike they were riding on had no front or rear lights, according to the district attorney’s office.

Mayor Wu’s affordable housing plan pushes forward, but resistance remains

Housing advocates are asserting that Wu's changes don’t go far enough, while developers warn they will stifle new production.

Salisbury officials to decide Monday if Straight Pride Parade organizer should stay on local board

Samson Racioppi, a former state representative candidate whose run in last fall’s Republican primary was seen as a test of the GOP’s support for extremism, is one of two candidates being considered by Salisbury selectmen to serve a five-year term helping to oversee its Housing Authority.

Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police say

Authorities say officers killed a man in an exchange of gunfire as they tried to arrest the suspect in the weekend killings of four people near Atlanta.

Recommended reads

A Cambridge City Council employee decided to run for a seat. Then the city changed its rules.

Shortly after a council aide decided to launch her campaign for the nine-member body, city officials enacted a new policy forcing any council employee to either resign or go on unpaid leave while running for elected city office.

The bone collectors: A look inside the macabre culture of dealing in human remains
The Harvard morgue scandal revealed a community of oddities collectors.

No more outsourcing? Making drugs locally is a key focus of the life sciences industry.
At least 10 biomanufacturing plants have recently opened, expanded, or are under construction across the state.

‘The single biggest threat to the security of the country’: Extremism in the military is alarming experts
In the last five years, at least 82 current and former military service members have been arrested and exposed as harboring far-right, antigovernment, or neo-Nazi ideologies, according to a Globe analysis of court documents, media reports, and studies compiled by independent researchers.

Culture & Lifestyle

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts

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

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

The Hollywood strikes explained — and how they could affect you

Special Projects

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 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

EDITORIAL

Vacant after the pandemic, downtown offices might find new life as housing
JEFF JACOBY

What Gavin Newsom’s proposed 28th Amendment gets right
EDITORIAL

Don’t let Trump run out the clock on justice
Christine M. Pink

When it comes to donating bodies for research, the living must advocate for the dead
Eneida Román

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

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

Metro

Son pleaded with father to stop violently attacking his mother in their Newton home, prosecutor says

Richard J. Hanson ignored his son’s desperate pleas and allegedly continued to beat his wife Saturday, a fatal attack that took place two days after 54-year-old Nancy M. Hanson had obtained a restraining order against her husband, according to court documents and prosecutors.

Malden police, family ask for public’s help in locating missing 14-year-old girl

NayLeiah Spencer Cradock was last seen leaving her home in Malden on Thursday dressed in a white T-shirt, light blue shorts, and carrying a black backpack. She was wearing her hair in a bun, police said.

After Kendra Lara’s crash, councilors now asked to fill out applications with proof of license to park in city garages

Elected officials who do not submit an application and documentation by July 21 will have their access to the executive garage denied by property management starting July 24.
RHODE MAP

R.I. will keep flooding. And we’re still not prepared.

Rhode Island's stormwater infrastructure is crumbling under pressure from an increase in rainfall and real estate development.

Sports

2023 World Cup

How women’s soccer at the highest level has evolved

The women’s sport has undergone a profound evolution over the past three decades and now is truly global and increasingly professional.
Red Sox at Athletics | 9:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 95: Red Sox at Athletics lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta is expected to follow the opener when the Red Sox begin their three-game series at Oakland Monday night.
Chad Finn

Chaim Bloom sure got Masataka Yoshida right, and other Red Sox thoughts

The 30-year-old Yoshida has a legitimate chance to win the batting title in his first season stateside after an accomplished career with the Orix Buffaloes in Japan.
Red Sox

How long will it take for the Red Sox to contend in the AL East again?
Red Sox 11, Cubs 5

Red Sox hitters Masataka Yoshida and Rafael Devers defy convention to take down Justin Steele and the Cubs
SOCCER

Lionel Messi introduced by Inter Miami and Major League Soccer

Business

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Here’s what it takes to be a one-percenter in Mass.

Plus: Boston Fed president’s salary is disclosed, and regulators give banks some breathing room on commercial real estate loans.

Eli Lilly releases promising data for Alzheimer’s drug that will compete with Biogen’s

Patients taking Lilly’s drug in a clinical trial showed a 35 percent slowing of decline compared to those taking a placebo.
INNOVATOR Q&A

New app allows people with disabilities to report and respond to abuse
FOOD & DINING NEWSLETTER

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads
magazine
Globe Magazine

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

CONNECTIONS

Twenty years ago, I had an epiphany and made a big life change
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘After we talked for a bit, the nerves went away’
GLOBE MAGAZINE

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

metro

What’s it like getting to and from Logan Airport at rush hour during the great Sumner Tunnel closure of 2023?

New app allows people with disabilities to report and respond to abuse

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

sports

Stephen Curry drains another big shot to win American Century Championship

Yankees rally to tie in ninth inning, then lose in 11th on a pair of Rockies home runs

Kutter Crawford delivers another big start as part of shorthanded rotation keeping Red Sox in contention

business

Michael Mota, VirtualCons’ attempts to silence critics may violate R.I. free speech laws

Alnylam’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug shows benefits in patients for six months

China’s economy grew a lower than expected 6.3 percent in the second quarter, as post-COVID recovery slowed

politics

Climate envoy John Kerry is in China for talks the US hopes will raise relations from historic low

Who is No Labels, the group rallying in N.H. this week, and could they swing the presidential election?

Jill Biden heads to Mass. to ramp up fund-raising for Biden campaign

Nation

US heat wave shows no signs of abating

Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police say

Judge in Trump documents case under the spotlight as arguments near

World

Air quality warnings return in US as Canada deploys troops for wildfires

Elton John testifies for the defense in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial

Russia blames Ukraine for attack on key Crimea military supply bridge that kills 2

opinion

Deep in a ‘liberal enclave’: Homophobia unaddressed in Amherst schools

Newton homicide case sheds light on key mental health treatment goal

Author Isaac Asimov saw AI’s risks. Now we’re rapidly facing them down.

lifestyle

Rewind and rewatch: 10 throwback TV series podcasts hosted by their original casts

How South End neighbors helped two lost ‘engagement canaries’ find their way home

Was I too mean?

food & dining

One year later, founders behind R.I. coquito brand find themselves at a crossroads

‘Girl dinner’ is TikTok’s latest food trend. I’m one step ahead.

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

travel

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

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

Hollywood, please bring intermissions back to your bloated blockbusters. Do it for our kidneys!

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

Television

This week’s TV: The strikes’ impact, ‘Justified’ returns, and another Soderbergh series

Soderbergh to release new sci-fi comedy ‘Command Z’ on his own website

Movie stars join picket lines in fight over the future of Hollywood

music

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

17 concerts to sweeten any music fan’s summer

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

Theater/Dance

Germany’s Gauthier Dance brings its trademark fluidity and abandon to a bold program at Jacob’s Pillow

Seán Curran and Darrah Carr bring Irish dance with a modern aesthetic to Jacob’s Pillow

Staging ‘Macbeth’ on the Common presents some uncommon challenges

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

Actress, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76

Melvin Wulf, transformative civil liberties lawyer, dies at 95

Evelyn M. Witkin, who discovered how DNA repairs itself, dies at 102