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YVONNE ABRAHAM

Boston could transform its disjointed rail system with a connection that runs through North and South stations

Congressman Seth Moulton has become a massive proponent of an almost 3-mile stretch of tunnel that would connect the north and south sides of our severed commuter rail system.

They were fake electors for Trump in 2020. Now in Milwaukee they’ll get to help make him the official 2024 nominee.

At least 17 false electors from 2020 have been selected as delegates for the 2024 convention, a sign of the enduring influence of the election denial movement in Trump's GOP.
Trump visits a Black church, addresses a MAGA activist gathering amid swing through pivotal Michigan

What happens when sheep meet solar panels? A ‘beautiful symbiotic relationship.’
Agrivoltaics, or the practice of using land for both agriculture and renewable energy, is increasing in Massachusetts, making for some unexpected partnerships.

UK royals unite on palace balcony, with Kate back at her first public event since cancer diagnosis
Britain put on a display of birthday pageantry Saturday for King Charles III, a military parade that marked the Princess of Wales ' first public appearance since her cancer diagnosis early this year.

Trump, Biden, and CNN prepare for a hostile debate (with muted mics)

Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid

 Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign Zelenskyy eyes ‘history being made’ at Swiss-hosted Ukraine peace conference

Haverhill educator arraigned for allegedly sending pornographic images of himself to 16-year-old student

Apparent homicide of 15-year-old girl in Lowell under investigation

8 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza, says Israeli military

Police in Maine cancel shelter-in-place order after explosions and fire are reported
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Some Massachusetts students are so anxious, they’re missing school for months on end. What can schools do?

School refusal is a form of chronic absenteeism often misunderstood by public school systems, whose staff typically don’t have the training or capacity to meet kids’ mental health needs.
Anxiety in kids and teens is on the rise. Here’s how to best support them.

Chad Finn
Don’t worry, Celtics fans. OK, maybe worry a little bit.
Friday’s outcome was such a thorough and ruthless dissection that what would have been considered irrational thoughts before the game started sounding awfully rational afterward.

The Celtics aren’t the only team, by a long shot, to get blown out in the NBA Finals Dan Shaughnessy: Celtics getting blown out by the Mavericks in Game 4 has an upside
Tara Sullivan

On Father’s Day, we’re reminded that every day around these Celtics is Family Day

The moms, the dads, the kids, the husbands, the wives — like a growing army they’ve joined the Celtics players all season.

‘Love hasn’t failed yet’. He survived the Maine shootings with his partner by his side. Now, they’re engaged.

“Love hasn’t failed yet. We have come through this together and we have become stronger together,” Ben Dyer said.
More coverage of the Lewiston shootings

High bacteria counts close several Mass. beaches. See the list.

Nineteen beaches in the state, spanning from Boston to Nantucket, are off-limits for swimming, according to data tracked by the state Department of Public Health .

Large and venomous Joro spiders are moving up the East Coast. Experts share what to know about the invasive species.
The invasive species is not native to North America and has been spreading since it was first spotted in Georgia nearly a decade ago.

Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease

Revelers reflect on freedom, friendship at Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park

Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kimberly Driscoll, and Mayor Michelle Wu mixed with celebrants at the gathering.
Alex Speier I On baseball

Red Sox leadoff hitter Jarren Duran plays at one speed: all out

He has yet to miss a game this season while embracing the challenge of trying to play in all 162.
Dave Dombrowski isn’t slowing down after 47 years in baseball. He hopes the Phillies are his next World Series winner.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

The Jets show once again that dysfunction is in their DNA

The minicamp absences of Aaron Rodgers and Haason Reddick reveal an organization that is forever destined to trip over itself.
high schools

They’re champs! See the results of the spring high school state title games.

State title games in softball, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, boys’ volleyball, and rugby across all divisions are slated for Saturday and Sunday.
Opinion
IDEAS | EVGENY MOROZOV

The Boston hippies who developed technologies that Silicon Valley wouldn’t dare to make

Today’s self-proclaimed tech "disrupters" have nothing on the countercultural nerds working out of a Lewis Wharf lab in the 1960s.
William Taubman

Donald Trump’s self-fulfilling crusade
MARCELA GARCÍA

The Karen Read trial and TikTok bias
Hugh Taylor

Primary care is in crisis. Here’s how to fix it.
Christopher Weyant

Obsessive control issues

LGBTQ Pride Month
Boston Globe Today

‘Pride is a riot’: Elevating queer voices and stories in June

Boston Pride parade awash in positivity

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom
PARENTING UNFILTERED

How parents can support LGBTQ+ youth in an often hostile world

More recent News

Olympic committee approves the participation of 25 athletes from Russia and Belarus in the Paris Games
In the first round of exemptions, 14 Russias and 11 Belarusians were allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics after their neutral statuses were approved.

Missouri woman’s murder conviction tossed after 43 years. Her lawyers say a police officer did it.
A judge has overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman who was a psychiatric patient when she incriminated herself in a 1980 killing that her attorneys argue was actually committed by a now-discredited police officer.

Trooper testifies that data from Karen Read’s SUV was ‘consistent with’ pedestrian strike
A digital forensic expert also testified as the the seventh week of the murder trial came to a close Friday.

The first heat wave of the summer could reach New England next week
Triple-digit temperatures are expected when a widespread heat dome stalls over much of the eastern US starting Tuesday.

Father’s Day outlook: ‘Stellar’ summer weekend after a stormy Friday

Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives

The beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police has been ousted following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs.

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies sold to Minneapolis baking company
Table Talk Pies, an iconic New England brand, said Friday it has been sold to Rise Baking Co. for an undisclosed amount of money. Operations in Central Massachusetts are expected to continue unchanged, the company said.

Recommended reads

NATIONAL LOBSTER DAY

Is the best lobster roll hot or cold? Two Globe writers face off.

Let’s be clear: All lobster rolls are good lobster rolls. But in the game of "if you could only eat just one variety for the rest of time," which is superior: Hot with butter or cold with mayo? There's a lot to chew on.

Dinner with Cupid
‘Opening up to a lawyer during a blind date is not easy!’
Will these two Duke University alums be a match?

They made it from Haiti to Boston. Now, they’re graduates.
The culinary arts school graduates, age 27 to 48, were among the 11,633 migrants who entered Massachusetts last fiscal year. The vast majority of those newcomers hailed from Haiti, where violence and political instability has surged.

‘If we lose the hospital, where are we going to go?’ A community is on edge amid Steward bankruptcy.
There are no clear answers to questions facing communities like Haverhill that are home to Steward hospitals in Massachusetts and across the country.

Culture & Lifestyle

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere

Six Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston

Photographer turns subjects into life-sized ‘American Girl’ dolls, with an Indigenous twist

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

If Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals and carry the team to Banner No. 18, their legacies would be cemented. But all of this year’s success means nothing without a ring.
HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Renée Graham

Flagging Martha-Ann Alito’s right-wing flag-flying antics
EDITORIAL

The Supreme Court delivered a win for abortion access, but the war is far from over
IDEAS | SEÁN CARLSON

What’s in a name? In Ireland, a host of letters that Americans find hard to pronounce

Joan Donovan

Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI
JEFF JACOBY

For assistance in dying, please press 1
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Revelers reflect on freedom, friendship at Juneteenth celebration in Franklin Park

Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kimberly Driscoll, and Mayor Michelle Wu mixed with celebrants at the gathering.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Boston could transform its disjointed rail system with a connection that runs through North and South stations

Congressman Seth Moulton has become a massive proponent of an almost 3-mile stretch of tunnel that would connect the north and south sides of our severed commuter rail system.

High bacteria counts close several Mass. beaches. See the list.

Nineteen beaches in the state, spanning from Boston to Nantucket, are off-limits for swimming, according to data tracked by the state Department of Public Health .

Photos: Celtics lose to Mavericks in Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Dallas avoided elimination and forced a Game 5 on Monday in Boston. See images from Globe photographers at the game.

Sports

D3 SOFTBALL: DIGHTON-REHOBOTH 4, HUDSON 3

Senior moment: Lucy Latour delivers Dighton-Rehoboth softball Division 2 championship with walk-off double

The senior captain roped a shot to right center field, scoring junior Haleigh Kelley from first as top-seeded D-R (23-3) edged Hudson for program's first title since 1990.
high schools

They’re champs! See the results of the spring high school state title games.

State title games in softball, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, boys’ volleyball, and rugby across all divisions are slated for Saturday and Sunday.
D3 BOYS' TENNIS: MANCHESTER ESSEX 3, LYNNFIELD 2

Charlie Virden comes through, propels Manchester Essex boys’ tennis to Division 4 championship

The senior second singles player rallied to take a three-set victory and give the Hornets a 3-2 upset of top-seeded Lynnfield.
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

NHL No. 1 picks get a lot of attention, but it’s far from a lock that they’ll go on to win the Stanley Cup
D2 GIRLS' TENNIS: LONGMEADOW 3, NDA-HINGHAM 2

Going the distance, Sarah Tiru rallies Longmeadow girls’ tennis past NDA-H for Division 2 title

D2 BOYS' LACROSSE: LONGMEADOW 11, MARSHFIELD 10 (3 OTs)

Brendan Harty ends triple-OT thriller in Division 2 final, lifting Longmeadow boys’ lacrosse to 21st state crown

Business

Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard

The plane was carrying American and French diplomatic couriers in June 1940 when it was downed just days before Moscow annexed the Baltic states

Some hawking stem cells say they can treat almost anything. They can’t.

Attorneys general across the U.S. have a new fight on their hands: protecting Americans from unproven and expensive stem cell treatments that salespeople claim can cure almost anything

US military targets Houthi radar sites in Yemen after a merchant sailor goes missing

Worcester-based Table Talk Pies sold to Minneapolis baking company
magazine
New England

A tree-killing worm may spell the end of autumn's yellow hues
Martha's Vineyard

She wanted cows for her growing farm. First, she had to catch them.
CONNECTIONS

I couldn’t remember my dad’s voice. He died when I was only 4.
Dinner with Cupid

‘Opening up to a lawyer during a blind date is not easy!’

metro

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

Here’s a partial list of events to celebrate Juneteenth in Greater Boston

Trooper testifies that data from Karen Read’s SUV was ‘consistent with’ pedestrian strike

sports

Olympic committee approves the participation of 25 athletes from Russia and Belarus in the Paris Games

Martin Truex Jr. announces his retirement from full-time racing in NASCAR’s Cup Series

About a half dozen golfers at the US Open are vying for berths in the Paris Olympics

business

Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on bump stocks, rapid-fire gun accessories used in 2017 Las Vegas massacre

Pine Street Inn graduates 75 students from its job training program

FAA investigating how counterfeit titanium got into Boeing and Airbus jets

politics

Biden goes straight from G7 to Hollywood fundraiser, balancing geopolitics with his reelection bid

Harris stepping in for Biden at Ukraine summit as she takes growing role in heat of 2024 campaign

They were fake electors for Trump in 2020. Now in Milwaukee they’ll get to help make him the official 2024 nominee.

Nation

Trump visits a Black church, addresses a MAGA activist gathering amid swing through pivotal Michigan

Think cicadas are weird? Check out superfans, who eat the bugs, use them in art and even striptease

Much of US braces for extreme weather, from southern heat wave to possible snow in the Rockies

World

World leaders meet in Switzerland to discuss a Ukraine peace roadmap. Russia is notably absent

An explosion of an armored vehicle kills 8 Israeli soldiers, an official says

8 Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza, says Israeli military

opinion

Primary care is in crisis. Here’s how to fix it.

The integrity of the highest court is no longer supreme

Could this be the dawn of the next Boston sports dynasty?

lifestyle

Franklin’s Marcella DiChiara showcases Sicilian culture, cuisine on new season of ‘The Great American Recipe’

Someone at work is in love with me

For Father’s Day, 60 life lessons from 60 dads

food & dining

Is the best lobster roll hot or cold? Two Globe writers face off.

The Friendly Toast goes nut-free, Zurito replaces Bin 26 Enoteca, and pups take over patios

It’s not your imagination. Men really do eat more meat than women, study says.

travel

Our travel writer shares his New England summertime favorites, from the best beach to the perfect miniature golf course

This South Shore town was selected as the best seaside small town to visit in America in 2024, according to Smithsonian Magazine

30 years of bad art, Oregon’s biggest music festival, and a last-minute gift for an outdoorsy dad

Arts

Hammond Castle Museum in Gloucester explores the LGBTQ+ appeal of ‘Bewitched,’ the classic TV sitcom

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

Books

📚 Your favorite Rhode Island bookstores

‘Code Dependent’ dives into AI’s harms

A geek’s guide to Fan Expo Boston: See Marisa Tomei and other stars, party with cosplayers, plus more nerdy fun

Movies

Six Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

‘Tuesday’: Death, be not proud

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston

Television

‘House of the Dragon’: 5 things to know ahead of Sunday’s season two premiere

Expect performances aplenty on Tony Awards telecast

Everything you need to know about the Tony Awards 2024

music

Five things to do around Boston, June 17-23

R.E.M. reunite at Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony also honoring Timbaland and Steely Dan

The Who’s Roger Daltrey, talkin’ ’bout his generation

Theater/Dance

Who will win at the 2024 Tonys, and who should

Everything you need to know about the Tony Awards 2024

At ART, a ‘Gatsby’ that’s great

Health

Owner of 2 safety-net hospitals in R.I. ordered to pay $17m within 10 days

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Obituaries

Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, 75, dies; expanded Chabad’s global reach

Harrison White, groundbreaking (and inscrutable) sociologist, dies at 94

Akira Endo, researcher who found cholesterol-fighting statins, dies at 90