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What happens if there is a hung jury in the Karen Read trial?

If Judge Beverly Cannone declares a mistrial — as she did in a separate murder trial last year — the case would be returned to the court docket as pending, requiring prosecutors to make a decision on whether to proceed again.

Photos: The scene outside the Karen Read trial

Karen Read walks down the steps as she leaves Norfolk Superior Court to a church rectory across the street.

Jury at Karen Read trial end deliberations for the week without reaching a verdict

Martin Mull participates in "The Cool Kids" panel during the Fox Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton hotel in 2018.

Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from ‘Fernwood Tonight’ and ‘Roseanne,’ dies at 80

Healey administration’s trip to Mexico border cost $6,800, records show

The Healey's administration's four-day trip to Texas included stops in Brownsville, Hidalgo, McAllen, and San Antonio.

There were three tornados and a microburst in New England this week. Meteorologists explain why.
Meteorologists say we’ve been stuck in a recurring weather pattern generating storms more favorable to spinning up twisters.

Microburst, second tornado confirmed from Wednesday night storms

Man fatally struck by Orange Line train

“An adult apparently stumbled and fell into the right-of-way and was struck by an incoming MBTA train,” MBTA Transit Police Superintendent Richard Sullivan said.

Boston College president William Leahy delivered remarks at the 144th commencement in 2021.

In presidential search, Boston College faces choice between continuity and renewal

Homeless migrants slept at Logan Airport in May.

Migrants will no longer be allowed to sleep at Logan Airport, Healey administration says

The International Fund for Animal Welfare said 125 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were stranded in a shallow, muddy area during low tide in Wellfleet on Friday.

125 dolphins stranded in ‘difficult location’ during low tide on Cape Cod, 10 dead

Explosive device safely detonated in Haverhill Friday, man in custody as bomb squad investigates, officials say

Lawrence man charged after drug bust yields thousands of pills, $250,000 in cash, from home

South Shore pediatrician indicted for assaulting patients, Plymouth DA says

Federal jury convicts former Northeastern employee in 2022 bomb hoax

2024 Presidential debate

President Biden spoke at a campaign event in Raleigh, N.C., on Friday.

After a brutal debate, Democrats stick by Biden — for now

Many focused on the message not the messenger, insisting the president's halting performance Thursday night was an anomaly.

President Biden stood on stage during the presidential debate Thursday night in Atlanta.

Commentary | Brian McGrory

The Biden we saw on Thursday night is not capable of being president for another four years

There is no shame in growing old. But there is in not knowing when to leave.

Could Kamala Harris be tapped as the 2024 Democratic nominee?

ANALYSIS | James Pindell

Separating fantasy from reality: What now for Democrats and Joe Biden?

Guests at the Old Town Pour House watch a debate between President Biden and presumptive Republican nominee former president Donald Trump on June 27, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois.

Joe Biden has always been a fighter. But it’s time to stop fighting.

Former president Donald Trump gestures during the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign at CNN's studios in Atlanta on Thursday.

Trump claims immigrants are taking over ‘Black Jobs.’ Here’s what Black voters have to say.

Bruins go big, select 6-foot-7, BC-bound center Dean Letourneau with No. 25 pick in NHL Draft
A decade after using the 25th pick in the NHL entry draft to select David Pastrnak, the Bruins used it on an 18-year-old who piled up 61 goals and 66 assists in 56 games this past season for St. Andrew’s College, a prep school outside Toronto.

Track every Boston pick A look at the 2024 NHL draft prospects with New England ties Cole Eiserman gets drafted in the first round by the Islanders

Frank Bensel (left) posed with his caddie, his 14-year-old son Hagen, outside the Newport Country Club clubhouse after turning up a pair of aces during the second round of the US Senior Open.

Golfer makes history with back-to-back holes-in-one at US Senior Open in Newport: ‘We all went nuts’

Frank Bensel Jr. didn’t make the cut at the Open. But he did make history.

TRAVEL

Yellowstone, minus the crowds
A Globe photographer made an early-season visit to Yellowstone and the Grand Teton national parks. Here’s why — and what she saw.

Christopher Muther: Exploring Athol’s surprisingly posh, somewhat scandalous Scottish roots

Students at Vassal Lane Upper School worked on a math assignment. It is unclear whether Cambridge will offer Algebra 1 in middle school by 2025.

As district leaders hesitate, Cambridge School Committee pushes on middle school algebra

A district official said at a recent meeting that the plan for universal eighth-grade Algebra 1 by 2025 is not feasible.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora (left) had seen enough from Nick Pivetta in the fifth inning and went out to the mound to take the ball from the starter.

PADRES 9, RED SOX 2

Nick Pivetta, Red Sox take a Padres pounding in fifth inning on way to series-opening loss

Dan Shaughnessy: This sure feels like Alex Cora’s last season with the Red Sox Peter Abraham: Xander Bogaerts still feels at home in Boston

Michelle Wu Boston Mayor posing for a photo with the members of its newly-appointed reparations task force at the Museum of African American History in February 2023. Eight of the original appointees remain, and two of them are stepping down in the upcoming months.

Boston reparations task force hearing spotlights tension, hiccups in path towards repair

The hours-long meeting was the task force's first public convening in three months.

He supports his parents

They’ve needed help since the financial crash of 2009.

Blind date: ‘I felt a spark when we pulled the [pinball] lever together and our hands touched’

Opinion

President Biden seemed to lose not just his immediate train of thought but sometimes the larger track of his argument.

Joe Biden’s disaster of a debate

Panicked Democrats are talking about the need for Biden to let Democrats choose a different standard-bearer. For the good not just of his party but also of the country, Biden needs to listen.

GLOBE OPINION COLUMNISTS

Six Globe columnists on the first presidential debate of 2024

Debate 2024: Did we all just see that?

Curbs on ghost guns, a better ‘red flag’ law on owners can’t wait for next year

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

Sex and stress? There’s a connection. How one sex therapist became an expert on burnout.

LGBTQ Pride Month

Signs in support of the LGBTQ+ community are taped up over homophobic and violent graffiti spray-painted on the construction signs at the site of The Pryde senior housing development for LGBTQ+ residents in Hyde Park in 2022.

Push for LGBTQ+ housing gains traction in US

Steve Honyotski, a client of Community Servings, receives a delivery from driver Christopher Zambrano at his home in Boston on June 21, 2024.

They fed patients in the early days of AIDS. Their work continues to shape health care today.

Actress Elizabeth Montgomery, right, in character as Serena, Samantha's sassy cousin on the beloved sitcom Bewitched, on location in Gloucester in 1970. She is talking to the famed Gloucester fisherman, whose statue came to life in a memorable episode, "Darrin on a Pedestal."

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

The rainbow flag flies over Boston during the Pride Week (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff)

Boston Globe Today

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

More recent News

Judge partially ends court oversight of migrant children, chipping away at 27-year arrangement
A federal judge has approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody.

College basketball legend Dick Vitale, 85, announces return of cancer for a fourth time
The ESPN announcer, who called the network's first college basketball broadcast in 1979, will have surgery Tuesday.

Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to delay prison sentence
Bannon filed an emergency appeal after a judge ordered him to report to prison July 1 for a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.

Man accused of raping teenage girl in Rockland shelter is released on bail
Cory Bernard Alvarez pleaded not guilty in May to charges of aggravated child rape and rape of a child with force, records show.

Back to the ‘90s. Cambridge City Dance Party rocks Mass. Ave.
The city shut down five blocks for the free party, which will run from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday in front of Cambridge City Hall.

Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Jan. 6 riot defendants with obstruction, the same charge Trump faces

The justices ruled that the charge of obstructing an official proceeding must include proof that defendants tried to tamper with or destroy documents.

Here are the major cases the Supreme Court will decide

Fifteen cases of whooping cough reported in Brookline

A positive case was identified at Brookline High School on June 5, along with an additional case at the Runkle School, officials said.

Man killed after shooting at police officer in Manchester, N.H.

A man was shot by a police officer in Manchester, N.H. Friday morning, according to Attorney General John M. Formella’s office.

Former driving instructor sentenced for bribing RMV road test instructors

Ngan K. Dinh, 48, of Dorchester, was sentenced to two years probation, the first six months of which must be spent in home confinement with a GPS monitor, the US Attorney's office said Friday.

Recommended reads

Flowers at the intersection of Hampshire and Portland streets, the site of the death of a cyclist last week.

Cambridge cyclist deaths put spotlight on truck, intersection dangers

The crashes underscore the fact that as communities across Greater Boston work to add bike infrastructure, even the separated lanes favored by bike riders can only do so much to prevent serious injuries and deaths.

CONNECTIONS

How Carmy and ‘The Bear’ helped me understand my father’s grief
As we binge-watched 'The Bear,' I kept wondering if I should turn off the TV — until I heard my dad laugh.

MATTHEW GILBERT

The best shows of the year, so far
Remember when we were worried that last year’s Hollywood strikes would leave us with a dearth of TV goodness this year? Turns out we fretted for nothing. Here are 10 of my favorites, plus a bonus 10.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Readers sound off on the spots that didn’t make our best beaches list
I’m accustomed to reader feedback — good and bad! — but last week was special. The sea was angry that day, my friends. Beaches provoke strong, sometimes salty, emotions.

Culture & Lifestyle

Liz Moore's "The God of the Woods" is a cunning mystery.

In Liz Moore’s ‘The God of the Woods,’ family secrets invade summer camp

Ayo Edebiri, left, and Jeremy Allen White in "The Bear."

Take this job and . . . show it: Why TV shows about work can work so well

Lake Street Dive (from left): James Cornelison, Mike Calabrese, Rachael Price, Akie Bermiss, and Bridget Kearney.

Boston-bred Lake Street Dive returns to its old territory

A parking garage in Northampton.

Where exactly is Western Mass.? ‘Janet Planet’ will show you.

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

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.

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

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.

stuart landing page illustration

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | CHRISTINE MEHTA

Man or bear? Which would women rather encounter on a hiking trail?

Cigarettes carry warning labels. But courts might see it as a different matter if the government requires labels on services that provide speech itself.

Will a government warning label really make social media safer?

Marlon Wayans.

A famous father won’t let haters dim his pride in his trans son

During the debate, President Biden should telegraph the contrast between himself and Trump in three key areas.

What Biden needs to say to win the debate with Trump

Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas’s ethical lapses bring shame on the nation’s highest court

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Tropical Storm Beryl forms in the Atlantic Ocean, blowing toward the Caribbean Sea

Tropical Storm Beryl formed Friday in the Atlantic Ocean and could strengthen into the year's first hurricane before it reaches the Caribbean Sea early next week..

Lawrence man charged after drug bust yields thousands of pills, $250,000 in cash, from home

Manuel Barroso, 42, was arrested Friday after police executed a search warrant on his home at 20 Crestshire Drive, the Essex district attorney's office said.

South Shore pediatrician indicted for assaulting patients, Plymouth DA says

Richard A. Kauff, 68, of Norwell, was indicted Friday on nine counts of rape of a child with force, and eight counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, the Plymouth district attorney's office said Friday.

Federal jury convicts former Northeastern employee in 2022 bomb hoax

Jason Duhaime, 46, formerly of San Antonio, was found guilty Friday of staging a bomb threat at Northeastern and lying to investigators, the Massachusetts US Attorney's office said.

Sports

Players stand on the field as the Giants announced the death of Baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda before the sixth inning of the team's game against the Dodgers on Friday.

Orlando Cepeda, the Hall of Fame first baseman and one-time Red Sox DH, has died at 86

The Puerto Rican icon played in Boston during his penultimate season, hitting 20 home runs and driving in 86 runs in 1973 while batting .289/.350/.444.

Simone Biles competes in the floor exercise at the US Olympic gymnastics trials on Friday.

It wasn’t flawless, but Simone Biles soars above competition to begin US Olympic gymnastics trials

Her all-around score of 58.900 put her well in the lead, and her 15.975 on the vault was the highest of the night on any event by a wide margin heading into Sunday's finals.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora (left) had seen enough from Nick Pivetta in the fifth inning and went out to the mound to take the ball from the starter.

PADRES 9, RED SOX 2

Nick Pivetta, Red Sox take a Padres pounding in fifth inning on way to series-opening loss

Pivetta was charged with five runs in the fifth without recording an out and was followed by Greg Weissert, who gave up four more before getting the Red Sox out of the inning.

track and field

Grant Holloway blazes to victory in a historic 110-meter hurdle final to earn a shot at Olympic redemption

A look at the 2024 NHL draft prospects with New England ties

Peter Abraham | On baseball

‘This is all new for me.’ Xander Bogaerts still feels at home in Boston, even as a visiting player to Fenway Park

Business

What it means for the Supreme Court to throw out Chevron decision, undercutting federal regulators

Executive branch agencies will likely have more difficulty regulating the environment, public health, workplace safety, and other issues under a far-reaching decision by the Supreme Court.

Today is Rupa Shenoy’s last day hosting WBUR’s ‘Morning Edition’

Following Shenoy's departure from the public radio station, Deborah Becker, a senior correspondent and host, will fill in as the interim host of the morning news show.

US customers abroad report issues connecting to their networks

Optum walks away from its agreement to buy Steward’s doctors network

magazine

Left: Shelby Hewitt in her 2023 booking photo. Right: Rebecca Bernat.

A new twist in the saga of Shelby Hewitt, high school imposter

On the International Space Station in 2011, NASA astronaut Cady Coleman participates in the ambulatory monitoring part of the Integrated Cardiovascular assessment research experiment in the Kibo laboratory.

My astronaut journey to six months in space. And what I took back home to Western Mass.

The writer, as a child, throws a pitch in his family’s backyard.

In Little League, I shrank. In summer camp Wiffle Ball, I swung for glory.

This week's daters: Patrick and Andrew.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I felt a spark when we pulled the [pinball] lever together and our hands touched’

metro

Large trees toppled onto cars and crashed into homes in North Attleborough, Mass., when a tornado that first touched down in Lincoln, R.I., tore through the town late Wednesday.

There were three tornados and a microburst in New England this week. Meteorologists explain why.

Joe Biden has always been a fighter. But it’s time to stop fighting.

President Joe Biden, Donald Trump comment on debate performances

sports

Rafael Devers launched home run No. 17 of the season in the series-opening loss to the Padres.

Back together, briefly, in Boston: Red Sox’ Rafael Devers spends offday with special visitor in Xander Bogaerts

The Bruins selected BC commit Dean Letourneau at No. 25 in the 2024 NHL draft. Track every Boston pick.

Bruins go big, select 6-foot-7, BC-bound center Dean Letourneau with No. 25 pick in NHL Draft

business

Uber and Lyft drivers rallied in 2022 on the day of the Supreme Judicial Court's previous ruling on the gig driver ballot initiative. The state reached a deal with the companies Thursday guaranteeing drivers a minimum wage of $32.50 per hour.

Uber, Lyft and AG reach $175 million settlement that will boost gig-driver pay, likely avoid costly ballot fight

US economic growth for last quarter is revised up slightly to a 1.4% annual rate

The July 4 fireworks, now brought to you by Herb Chambers

politics

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gestures after landing at RAAF air base Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, on June 26.

Things to know about how Julian Assange and US prosecutors arrived at a plea deal to end his case

The Saipan surprise: How delicate talks led to the unlikely end of Julian Assange’s 12-year saga

Supreme Court says prosecutors overstepped with Jan. 6 charge

Nation

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump shakes hands with North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum before he speaks at a caucus night rally in Las Vegas, on Feb. 8.

Takeaways: How Trump’s possible VP pick shifted on LGBTQ+ issues as his presidential bid neared

Tropical Storm Beryl forms in the Atlantic Ocean, blowing toward the Caribbean Sea

Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from ‘Fernwood Tonight’ and ‘Roseanne,’ dies at 80

World

A woman fills out her ballot during the Iranian presidential election in a polling station at the shrine of Saint Saleh on June 28 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran seesawing vote results put race between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and hard-liner Saeed Jalili

Israeli cabinet deal would save West Bank from economic crisis, at a price

Iran votes in snap poll for new president after hard-liner’s death amid rising tensions in Mideast

opinion

Karoline Leavitt, former President Trump's campaign press secretary, spoke to the news media across the street from Trump's criminal trial in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.

A CNN anchor booted a Trump spokesperson mid-interview for her mendacious pre-debate spin. Journalists, take note.

The Constitution cannot tether us to the past when it comes to keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people

At a recovery high school, graduation is a huge step on a treacherous journey

lifestyle

He supports his parents

Readers sound off on the spots that didn’t make our best beaches list

My partner is a serious flirt

food & dining

Nepali thali, with chicken curry, a traditional food platter at Zomsa in Arlington.

Zomsa brings a chic taste of Nepal to Arlington Center, with momos and martinis

ButterBird opens in Watertown; PLNT Burger comes to Coolidge Corner

‘You don’t say something belongs to you when it belongs to someone else’: Nantucket food and wine festival sparks lawsuit

travel

The John Moulton barn in the Mormon Row Historic District in Grand Teton National Park is one of the most photographed. This picture was taken April 28, 2024.

Yellowstone, minus the crowds

This town’s name isn’t a punch line. Or is it? Exploring Athol’s surprisingly posh, somewhat scandalous Scottish roots.

A new tour in Boston, an upstate New York escape, and a portable jump starter for summer travels

Arts

Interior concept for Mystic Seaport Museum's new exhibition space, which is being re-dubbed the Wells Boat Hall, by Cambridge Seven.

Mystic Seaport Museum set for major expansion

David Ibbett’s Mars Symphony turns the mysterious red planet into an instrumental soundscape

Patrick Shearn’s ‘Skynet’ takes flight at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston

Books

Liz Moore's "The God of the Woods" is a cunning mystery.

In Liz Moore’s ‘The God of the Woods,’ family secrets invade summer camp

In ‘Horror Movie,’ horror master Paul Tremblay plays with perception and reality

Julia Phillips’s second novel, ‘Bear,’ starts slow but nails the ending

Movies

The BET Awards return Sunday night.

Ayo Edebiri, Will Smith, and Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: What you need to know about the 2024 BET Awards

Five things to do around Boston, July 1-14

Bill Cobbs, ‘Sopranos’ and ‘Night at the Museum’ actor, dies at 90

Television

Christian Slater (pictured in June at the premiere of "Unfrosted" in Los Angeles) will play the younger Harry Morgan, Dexter's father (formerly portrayed by James Remar), in the prequel "Dexter: Original Sin."

‘Original Sin’ takes another stab at ‘Dexter’ backstory

Ayo Edebiri, Will Smith, and Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: What you need to know about the 2024 BET Awards

The best shows of the year, so far

music

The BET Awards return Sunday night.

Ayo Edebiri, Will Smith, and Drake vs. Kendrick Lamar: What you need to know about the 2024 BET Awards

Kinky Friedman, musician and humorist who slew sacred cows, dies at 79

Boston-bred Lake Street Dive returns to its old territory

Theater/Dance

Playwright and screenwriter Mfoniso Udofia grew up in Southbridge and graduated from Wellesley College.

A nine-play cycle chronicling three generations of a Nigerian-American family is on the way

‘MJ the Musical’ is startin’ somethin’ astonishing at Citizens Opera House

‘The Outsiders’ wins best musical and ‘Stereophonic’ best play as women make strides at Tony Awards

Health

Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, R.I.

R.I. attorney general approves sale of 2 safety-net hospitals with strict ‘non-negotiable’ conditions

Lifespan, R.I.’s largest health care system, to become Brown University Health. The deal includes millions in investments.

Dozens of CVS generic drug recalls expose link to tainted factories

Obituaries

Helen Willa McKee played cards with her son, Governor Dan McKee, in a political advertisement during his 2022 campaign.

Willa McKee, Governor McKee’s mother who starred in his political ads, has died

Kinky Friedman, musician and humorist who slew sacred cows, dies at 79

Bill Cobbs, ‘Sopranos’ and ‘Night at the Museum’ actor, dies at 90