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Migrants will no longer be allowed to sleep at Logan Airport, Healey administration says
It was the administration’s latest response to a surge of migrants that has overwhelmed the state’s homeless shelter system.

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

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

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.

Trump claims immigrants are taking over ‘Black Jobs.’ Here’s what Black voters have to say. Despair in the air: For many voters, the Biden-Trump debate means a tough choice just got tougher

Commentary | Brian McGrory

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

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

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

Under the Rev. William Leahy’s leadership, Boston College has become richer, bigger, more selective, and more academically prestigious. At the same time, however, he has been criticized for slow-walking efforts to make the school more welcoming to LGBTQ+ students.

Tropical Storm Beryl swirls toward southeast Caribbean and threatens to strengthen into hurricane

South Shore pediatrician indicted for assaulting patients, Plymouth DA says

Man found dead in car that crashes into home in Dorchester, police say

Customers toasted at the Speedway, an old horse stable turned nightlife hot spot in Brighton.

From food halls to special laws, restaurants and landlords get creative to avoid paying $600,000 for a liquor license

The workarounds — legal as they may be — reflect a Boston liquor license system that is designed for those with the connections to power and money that allow them to serve alcohol.

There were three tornadoes 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

Dean Letourneau, a towering teenage center committed to Boston College in 2025-26, was there for Cam Neely and Don Sweeney with the 25th pick on Friday in Las Vegas.

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

The Rev. Kate Wilkinson of the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown has been an officiant for over 100 LGBTQ weddings.

LGBTQ+ couples used to flock to Provincetown to say ‘I do.’ Do they still?

Twenty years ago, P-town was the go-to destination for gay weddings. What’s happened since has been full of ups and downs for vendors.

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

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

A parking garage in Northampton.

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

An off-the-cuff, not-at-all comprehensive guide to the film’s locations around the Pioneer Valley. What are your favorite summer spots in the area? Tell us in the comments.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora (left) no doubt would prefer Craig Breslow be a buyer at the trade deadline.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

With so many teams still in the hunt, baseball’s trade deadline becomes much more complicated

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

A storm is brewing over what's usually a gastronomic celebration in Nantucket.

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

Two parties are laying claim to the annual event at the same date and venue.

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.

With Supreme Court overturning the Chevron doctrine, lawmakers must legislate, not delegate

Stephen Gillers and Nancy Gertner

Judge Aileen Cannon is slow-walking the Trump documents case

IDEAS | Morgan Evelyn Arnold

There’s a gaping hole in Boston’s live music scene

Debate 2024: Did we all just see that?

LGBTQ Pride Month

The Rev. Kate Wilkinson of the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House of Provincetown has been an officiant for over 100 LGBTQ weddings.

LGBTQ+ couples used to flock to Provincetown to say ‘I do.’ Do they still?

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

More recent News

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote
ran will hold a runoff presidential election pitting a little-known reformist against a hard-line former nuclear negotiator after results released Saturday showed the lowest-ever poll turnout in the Islamic Republic’s history.

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.

Takeaways: How Trump’s possible VP pick shifted on LGBTQ+ issues as his presidential bid neared
North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is little-known on the national stage but is now a top choice to be former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate.

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.

Supreme Court weakens federal regulators, overturning decades-old decision in victory for business interests

Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push
Slowly but steadily this summer, Russian troops are forging through Ukraine’s outgunned and undermanned defenses along the front line of the battlefield in a relentless onslaught, prompting the West to push for new weapons and strategies to shore up Kyiv.

Ukrainians held prisoner for years in Russia return to Kyiv

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

DEVRA FIRST

They fed patients in the early days of AIDS. Their work continues to shape health care today.
Grassroots organizations like Community Servings were pioneers in the concept of food as medicine.

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?

President Biden faced off against former president Donald Trump in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign on Thursday night.

GLOBE OPINION COLUMNISTS

Six Globe columnists on the first presidential debate of 2024

Gabby Giffords, with John Rosenthal of Stop Handgun Violence, threw out the first pitch on “Gun Violence Awareness Night” before the Red Sox played the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on June 16.

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

Emily Nagoski and her husband, Rich Stevens at her home in Easthampton, Mass., on Dec. 19, 2023.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG

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

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

Orlando Cepeda, baseball slugger known as the Baby Bull, dies at 86

Orlando Cepeda, the second Puerto Rican native to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and one of the game’s leading sluggers of his time, from the late 1950s to the early ’70s, died Friday. He was 86.

Tropical Storm Beryl swirls toward southeast Caribbean and threatens to strengthen into hurricane

A hurricane watch was issued for Barbados as the island’s meteorological service warned of flash flooding and power outages and said the storm’s center was forecast to pass some 26 miles south of the island.

LGBTQ+ couples used to flock to Provincetown to say ‘I do.’ Do they still?

Twenty years ago, P-town was the go-to destination for gay weddings. What’s happened since has been full of ups and downs for vendors.

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.

Sports

Tua Tagovailoa is under contract in 2024 under his fifth-year option on his rookie contract, set to make $23.171 million, or less than half the going rate for most starting quarterbacks.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Tua Tagovailoa put up big numbers the last two seasons, so why does it seem like the Dolphins don’t want to sign him to a new contract?

Tagovailoa, the No. 5 pick in the 2020 draft, made it clear during minicamp this month that he’s not interested in giving the Dolphins a discount.

Boston University's Macklin Celebrini went to the Sharks with the No. 1 pick in this year's draft.

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

Boston University's Macklin Celebrini headlines a group of local hopefuls in this year's draft.

Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens has to balance the constraints of the salary cap with the needs of the roster.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Brad Stevens is fully aware of what it costs the Celtics to be a championship contender

As long as the Celtics have high quality players, especially Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, the salary cap will be an issue.

padres at red sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 82: Padres at Red Sox lineups and notes

Celtics plan to pick up Sam Hauser’s player option for 2024-25 season

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

With so many teams still in the hunt, baseball’s trade deadline becomes much more complicated

Business

From food halls to special laws, restaurants and landlords get creative to avoid paying $600,000 for a liquor license

The workarounds — legal as they may be — reflect a Boston liquor license system that is designed for those with the connections to power and money that allow them to serve alcohol.

LGBTQ+ couples used to flock to Provincetown to say ‘I do.’ Do they still?

Twenty years ago, P-town was the go-to destination for gay weddings. What’s happened since has been full of ups and downs for vendors.

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

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

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 tornadoes 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

Connor McDavid (right) greeted the Panthers' Matthew Tkachuk on the handshake line following the Oilers' defeat in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final.

Connor McDavid, Oilers can only hope crushing Stanley Cup loss is a springboard

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

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

business

A Verizon store in New York.

US customers abroad report issues connecting to their networks

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

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

politics

Jocardo Ralston, 47, from Pennsylvania, reacted during the presidential debate between President Biden and Donald Trump.

Despair in the air: For many voters, the Biden-Trump debate means a tough choice just got tougher

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

Nation

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken at 3:10am GMT shows Tropical Storm Beryl, lower center right, as it strengthens over the Atlantic Ocean on June 29.

Tropical Storm Beryl swirls toward southeast Caribbean and threatens to strengthen into hurricane

How charges against 2 Uvalde school police officers are still leaving some families frustrated

Russia presses its offensive in Ukraine and issues new threats as the West tries to blunt the push

World

Demonstrators holds cardboard posters showing images of family and friends killed during anti-government protests, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 18, 2014.

In an Argentine court, Venezuelans testify to alleged crimes against humanity under President Maduro

Iran to hold runoff election with reformist Pezeshkian and hard-liner Jalili after low-turnout vote

Dagestani Jews look to rebuild after extremist attacks in the restive region of southern Russia

opinion

RI Housing Secretary Stefan Pryor

R.I. Housing secretary Stefan Pryor to step down

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

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

Customers toasted at the Speedway, an old horse stable turned nightlife hot spot in Brighton.

From food halls to special laws, restaurants and landlords get creative to avoid paying $600,000 for a liquor license

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

ButterBird opens in Watertown; PLNT Burger comes to Coolidge Corner

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

St. Louis Cardinals' Orlando Cepeda scored in the eighth inning of a baseball game as New York Mets catcher J.C. Martin and umpire Tim McCarver watched at Shea Stadium in New York in 1968.

Orlando Cepeda, baseball slugger known as the Baby Bull, dies at 86

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