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From traditional mall to martinis and microscopes, CambridgeSide is unveiling its new look
The East Cambridge mall is overhauling itself into a mixed-use megacampus, complete with cocktails by the canal.

Six things to know about the state’s deal with Uber and Lyft
Concerns have arisen, alongside the celebrations, over drivers’ lack of full employment protections and possible increases to rider fares.

A Massachusetts town is divided after a closed state prison reopened as an emergency shelter for migrant families
While some people protested the arrival of the newcomers and raise concerns about overcrowding, others in Norfolk made welcome banners and pledged to help the new residents.

Hurricane Beryl is expected to become a Category 4 storm as it nears southeast Caribbean
Beryl was upgraded to a Category 3 hurricane, and warnings were in effect for islands in the southeastern Caribbean. “Beryl is already a historic hurricane and it hasn’t struck yet,” a forecaster said.

Dave Epstein: Showers and humidity move in Sunday

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.

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

Baby hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after fall

Seven people injured in deck collapse on Cape Cod

Netanyahu says Israel will fight on as mediators seek new path to talks over Gaza

We're only halfway through the year and there have been plenty of great shows. These are Matthew Gilbert's favorites so far.

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.

Democrats are worried that party leaders don’t understand anger about Biden’s debate performance
Some Democratic officials say that leaders inside President Biden’s campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking the debate seriously enough.

Top Democratic allies of Biden say they support him

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Biden’s implosion in Thursday’s debate has obscured a far more troubling truth

Jill Biden could make or break Biden’s campaign. She says she’s all in.

Major Democratic donors ask themselves: What to do about Biden?

Marine biologist Dr. Letise LaFeir, chief of conservation and stewardship at the New England Aquarium, pictured at the top of the giant ocean tank on June 12 in Boston. While the lights above may look the same to visitors, inside they have new energy-efficient bulbs.

Facing unique climate challenges, Boston’s cultural centerpieces take key steps toward sustainability

A city mandate requires Boston’s largest buildings to slash their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. A nonprofit is helping cultural institutions take the first big steps.

High & Dry

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.

Tanks at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium hold a multitude of sea creatures.

Seven things to do on Cape Cod when it rains

We wish you nothing but blue skies and abundant sunshine on your getaway. But in case that doesn't happen, here’s a slew of activities where you don’t have to make a reservation.

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.

Vermont native, and 6-foot-2-inch defenseman, Elliott Groenewold was drafted by the Bruins in the fourth round.

Bruins think big at draft despite being short on picks

Boston left Las Vegas with only four new prospects, all of them at least 6 feet 2 inches tall, with towering first-round center Dean Letourneau (6-7) the biggest.

The Bruins made four selections in the 2024 NHL draft. See every Boston pick.

Celtics forward Sam Hauser practices on the court at TD Garden before Game 2 of the NBA Finals.

Celtics pick up Sam Hauser’s player option; decline Neemias Queta’s option with hope to keep him around

A source said that the two sides are expected to begin negotiating an extension with Hauser — the 26-year-old forward is eligible for up to four years and $78 million — after July 9.

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

Opinion

A gate inside Harvard Yard.

IDEAS | KARA MILLER

Colleges have become ungovernable — but not for the reasons you may think

A former college president on the challenges of effecting meaningful change in a campus climate that resists it.

The agony — and necessity — of Reggie Jackson’s memories about racism

The rattling rumble of busing in Boston still felt 50 years later

A chance to bring term limits back to life

Sadly, the MCAS ballot-question battle is on

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

France’s exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls.
Voters across mainland France have begun casting ballots Sunday in the first round of exceptional parliamentary election that could put France’s government in the hands of nationalist, far-right forces for the first time since the Nazi era.

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.

‘A true American hero;’ 30 years after his death, firefighter Stephen Minehan is honored in Dorchester
More than 100 people gathered behind Florian Hall in Dorchester at noon Friday to watch the dedication and naming of Lieutenant Stephen F. Minehan Square.

Dengue fever cases in Mass. are on pace to break local records, according to CDC data
Massachusetts has had 50 cases this year, though they were likely in travelers who caught the disease elsewhere.

A string of Supreme Court decisions hits hard at environmental rules

A spate of decisions over the past two years by the Supreme Court has significantly impaired the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to limit pollution in the air and water, regulate the use of toxic chemicals and reduce the greenhouse gasses that are heating the planet.

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.

Recommended reads

James Taylor posed for a portrait outside of his home in the Berkshires. Taylor will be marking the 50th anniversary of his first Tanglewood appearance, in 1974, with concerts in the shed July 3 and 4.

‘It’s good for people to see the real deal.’ After all these years, James Taylor still delighting the masses.

He's played about 4,000 shows and earned praise from the likes of Carole King and Jackson Browne. As he celebrates 50 years at Tanglewood, James Taylor is still comforting and connecting to his audience.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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

A band called Magazine Beach performed at an underground venue in Allston known as Wonderland on Feb. 12, 2023.

IDEAS | Morgan Evelyn Arnold

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

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

Judge Aileen Cannon

Stephen Gillers and Nancy Gertner

Judge Aileen Cannon is slow-walking the Trump documents case

The US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 28. A divided US Supreme Court threw out a decades-old legal doctrine that empowered federal regulators to interpret unclear laws, issuing a blockbuster ruling that will constrain environmental, consumer, and financial-watchdog agencies.

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

Former president Donald Trump (left) and President Biden during their debate in Atlanta on June 27.

Debate 2024: Did we all just see that?

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Hurricane Beryl forecast to become a Category 4 storm as it nears southeast Caribbean

Hurricane warnings were in effect for Barbados, St. Lucia, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Chantce and Halo share a close sibling bond

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or children currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

From traditional mall to martinis and microscopes, CambridgeSide is unveiling its new look

The East Cambridge mall is overhauling itself into a mixed-use megacampus, complete with cocktails by the canal.

A Massachusetts town is divided after a closed state prison reopened as an emergency shelter for migrant families

While some people protested the arrival of the newcomers and raise concerns about overcrowding, others in Norfolk made welcome banners and pledged to help the new residents.

Sports

Josh Winckowski has the ball for the Sox on Sunday.

PADRES AT RED SOX | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 83: Padres at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Sox are on a three-game losing streak for the first time since mid-May.

Conor Keys (left) receives a line-out against Rugby New York in 2023.

New England Free Jacks lock up Major League Rugby Eastern Conference top seed, open playoffs July 20

Wayne van der Bank and Andrew Quattrin finished with two tries each in a dominant win Saturday.

Six years before playing for the Red Sox, Orlando Cepeda (left) met up with future teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski in the 1967 World Series.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda’s legacy includes being remembered as the first Red Sox designated hitter

Cepeda died Friday at the age of 86. "Tough one for us, tough one for the world of baseball and obviously back home [in Puerto Rico],” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said.

CREW 5, REVOLUTION 1

Revolution, without Carles Gil, crushed at home by Crew to end four-match winning streak

US OLYMPIC TRACK AND FIELD TRIALS

Noah Lyles runs fastest 200 time in the world this year to keep hopes of Olympic sprint double alive

With free agency looming Sunday, LeBron James and Paul George both opted out of their contracts

Business

Top Democratic allies of Biden say they support him as poll shows voter worries

Key Democrats rallied behind President Biden as a poll suggested his stumbling debate performance against Donald Trump made more Americans skeptical about the president.

Netanyahu says Israel will fight on as mediators seek new path to talks over Gaza

Israel’s goals include freeing the remaining hostages in Gaza and ensuring the area never constitutes a threat to Israel again, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.

France’s exceptionally high-stakes election has begun. The far right leads preelection polls.

From traditional mall to martinis and microscopes, CambridgeSide is unveiling its new look

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

Boston firefighters put out a fire at a restaurant at 134 Smith St. in Boston early Wednesday morning.

Everett man arrested on arson charge in Squealing Pig fire, police say

Dengue fever cases in Mass. are on pace to break local records, according to CDC data

Biden’s implosion in Thursday’s debate has obscured a far more troubling truth

sports

Karissa Niehoff, executive director of the National Federation of High School State Associations, was a 1983 Marblehead High graduate and 1988 UMass graduate.

MIAA hosts National Federation of State High School Associations’ summer summit in Boston

Celtics pick up Sam Hauser’s player option; decline Neemias Queta’s option with hope to keep him around

Red Sox take another big hit from Padres, who spoil Tanner Houck’s birthday in blowout fashion

business

Teresa Mercado, an organizer at SEIU Local 721, at a Drivers Demand Justice rally for Uber and Lyft drivers. The drivers were recently awarded better pay and benefits in a landmark settlement with the state attorney general.

Six things to know about the state’s deal with Uber and Lyft

The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there

The world of luxury fruit: Does a $156 melon taste sweeter?

politics

The Supreme Court building in Washington

A string of Supreme Court decisions hits hard at environmental rules

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

Nation

This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite image taken at 4:20pm EDT shows hurricane Beryl, lower center right, as it strengthens over the Atlantic Ocean and churns toward the southeast Caribbean on Saturday, June 29.

Hurricane Beryl forecast to become a Category 4 storm as it nears southeast Caribbean

The angst and the joy of celebrating Pride Month in a small town

How science went to the dogs (and cats)

World

Hurricane Beryl, in the lower center right, has strengthened to a Category 3 storm as it moves toward the Caribbean.

Hurricane Beryl is expected to become a Category 4 storm as it nears southeast Caribbean

7 killed and dozens wounded after missiles slammed into a town in southern Ukraine, officials say

Hungary’s populist Orbán to take over EU presidency as many issues hang in the balance

opinion

Former president Donald Trump (left) and President Biden during their debate in Atlanta on June 27.

Debate 2024: Did we all just see that?

Joe Biden’s disaster of a debate

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

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

Tanks at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium hold a multitude of sea creatures.

Seven things to do on Cape Cod when it rains

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.

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