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People walked along the shore of Wellfleet Harbor in June 2005.

On Cape Cod, the pandemic marked a golden age for the summer rental market. Those days are over.

It’s a marked shift from the intense demand that Cape Cod and the Islands experienced during the pandemic, when people snatched up second homes and visitors typically booked lengthy stays well into the fall.

Beth Teitell

The Karen Read jury went home for the weekend. And across the city, tension builds.
People obsessed with the trial had gotten their hopes up for a Friday verdict. When it didn’t come, suspense mounted and theories raged.

Judge Beverly J. Cannone

In Read case, judge has few options to resolve deadlocked jury

If the jury remains deadlocked in the trial of Karen Read, the judge will try to encourage jurors to keep trying, without pressuring them

Patriots QB Joe Milton III has legendary arm strength. But is that enough to keep him in the NFL?
The tales people tell about the way the rookie from Tennessee can throw a football sound mythic.

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics celebrated the franchise's 18th championship.

Christopher L. Gasper | Boston Globe Today Sports

Watch: Boston sports fans have had it so good for so long. Let’s enjoy it while we can.

In this week's "Write or Wrong" commentary segment, columnist Chris Gasper says that only in Boston would going five years between championships be considered a drought.

Biden’s family tells him to keep fighting as they huddle at Camp David

President Biden is trying to figure out how to tamp down Democratic anxiety after last week’s disastrous debate performance.

Biden aides plotted debate strategy for months. Then it all collapsed.
Those who were part of President Biden's debate preparation said he was prepared and would perform well. Some said the debate might even be boring.

The Republicans who want to be Trump’s VP were once harsh critics with key policy differences

It’s hard to refer to someone as “Hitler” and end up in their good graces, let alone potentially become the person they choose to help lead the country.

VP contenders show off their rich friends

Forecast | Dave Epstein

July kicks off sunny and comfortable. Here’s an early look at the holiday weather in New England.
New England will start to heat up as we head into the holiday weekend.

Severe thunderstorms roll through region; funnel cloud reported in Maine

Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump’s immunity looms.

With the high court meeting for the final time this term on Monday, the most anticipated decision of the term awaits.

French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections

Dangerous Hurricane Beryl closes in on southeast Caribbean

Two lanes reopened on Route 24 south in Stoughton after sinkhole repaired

Luke Kornet has played 162 games with the Celtics over four seasons.

Celtics continue to keep the band together, agreeing to re-sign Luke Kornet, Neemias Queta as free agency gets underway

The team wasted little time maintaining its frontcourt depth around Kristaps Porzingis, who is expected to miss the beginning of next season after recent left ankle surgery.

Adding center Elias Lindholm would help the Bruins solidify things down the middle.

If rumors prove true, Bruins could open free agency with a bang by signing center Elias Lindholm and defenseman Nikita Zadorov

The two impact acquisitions likely would eat up more than half of the $21 million-plus budget general manager Don Sweeney will have in hand for Monday’s start of NHL free agency.

Analyzing the Bruins’ 2024 draft picks: A closer look at two forwards with high upside and two rugged defensemen

Niecy Nash and Alex Borstein in Season 3, Episode 1 of "Getting On," now on Max.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: It’s a non-Peak TV week, so here’s what you should watch instead

There are no new shows to highlight this week – which is a line I never thought I’d ever have to write. But I've got recommendations for you to fill the void. (Plus a few thoughts about how "The Bear" breaks the rules.)

Opinion

Donald Trump said in last week's debate that when it comes to abortion, "What happened is we brought it back to the states and the country is now coming together on this issue. It’s been a great thing."

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Remarkably, Trump is using the abortion issue to his benefit

Trump plays down the radical nature of Republican positions — and Supreme Court rulings give those claims a veneer of plausibility.

Eliminating the MCAS graduation requirement would turn the clock back

A man, a bear, and a woman walk into the woods

The Supreme Court’s dangerous power grab

Cynthia Roy and Shelley Scruggs

Massachusetts students don’t need MCAS

More recent News

Simone Biles secures third trip to the Olympics after breezing to victory at US trials
Biles posted a two-day all-around total of 117.225 to clinch the lone automatic spot on the five-woman team.

Trump ally Steve Bannon to report to federal prison to serve four-month sentence on contempt charges
A judge had allowed Bannon to stay free for nearly two years while he appealed, but ordered him to report to prison Monday after an appeals court panel upheld his contempt of Congress convictions.

Businessman in N.H. facing charges for failing to pay $14.8m in federal taxes
Nearly $435,000 of the unpaid tax bill pertains to his joint income tax filings with his spouse, who has worked as a professor for business programs at Ivy League institutions

Driver crashes vehicle into Salisbury Brook in Brockton, flees on foot, police say
The driver was traveling north on Moraine Street when the vehicle jumped a curb, slammed into a fence, and hit several trees before continuing down an embankment into the water, police said.

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.

What to do on July 4th in Boston: living history, fireworks, and outdoor fun
What better way to spend the holiday than in one of the nation’s most historic cities?

Recommended reads

A child helps decorate a banner during a community event organized by Norfolk Strong at the Norfolk Public Library on Saturday.

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.

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.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Racial discrimination complaints mount in Metco program as families seek legal action
As racial tensions have intensified nationwide, the amount of discrimination Metco children have experienced from their classmates and educators has become more prevalent, parents and advocates say, prompting some parents to seek legal recourse.

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

The cost of ambition

Reggie Jackson, left, in 1966. The outfielder from Arizona State University was the Kansas City Athletics' No. 1 pick in the baseball draft. He's pictured here with the team's executive vice president, Ed Lopat, after he signed a contract for $85,000 in Kansas City, Mo.

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

Jared Hendrix, left, chairman of Retire Congress North Dakota, and Scott Tillman, national field director for US Term Limits, looked over petitions they submitted for a ballot initiative in North Dakota that put an age limit on congressional candidates. A challenge to the measure could reopen the question over whether states also can impose term limits on their members of Congress.

A chance to bring term limits back to life

A school bus carrying only a few passengers traveled along Austin Street in Charlestown on Sept. 9, 1975, during the first week of school.

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

Sadly, the MCAS ballot-question battle is on

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

On Cape Cod, the pandemic marked a golden age for the summer rental market. Those days are over.

It’s a marked shift from the intense demand that Cape Cod and the Islands experienced during the pandemic, when people snatched up second homes and visitors typically booked lengthy stays well into the fall.

Businessman in N.H. facing charges for failing to pay $14.8m in federal taxes

Nearly $435,000 of the unpaid tax bill pertains to his joint income tax filings with his spouse, who has worked as a professor for business programs at Ivy League institutions

Forecast | Dave Epstein

July kicks off sunny and comfortable. Here’s an early look at the holiday weather in New England.

New England will start to heat up as we head into the holiday weekend.

Newport Mental Health joins federal program that expands access to lifesaving resources

The nonprofit is joining eight others in Rhode Island that are recognized as a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics.

Sports

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics celebrated the franchise's 18th championship.

Christopher L. Gasper | Boston Globe Today Sports

Watch: Boston sports fans have had it so good for so long. Let’s enjoy it while we can.

In this week's "Write or Wrong" commentary segment, columnist Chris Gasper says that only in Boston would going five years between championships be considered a drought.

Joe Milton III has been opening eyes and inspiring awe with the way he throws a football since his high school days.

Patriots QB Joe Milton III has legendary arm strength. But is that enough to keep him in the NFL?

The tales people tell about the way the rookie from Tennessee can throw a football sound mythic.

Longtime Lightning captain Steven Stamkos is one of the prized jewels of this free-agent class.

Unpredictable free agency is on tap Monday around the NHL

Some moves got done Sunday, including three-time Cup champion Patrick Kane re-signing with Detroit for next season.

If rumors prove true, Bruins could open free agency with a bang by signing center Elias Lindholm and defenseman Nikita Zadorov

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox hitters refuse to knuckle under, knock out Padres starter Matt Waldron early

Celtics continue to keep the band together, agreeing to re-sign Luke Kornet, Neemias Queta as free agency gets underway

Business

French voters propel far-right National Rally to strong lead in first-round legislative elections

The party is now closer to being able to form a government in round two and dealing a major slap to centrist President Emmanuel Macron.

On Cape Cod, the pandemic marked a golden age for the summer rental market. Those days are over.

It’s a marked shift from the intense demand that Cape Cod and the Islands experienced during the pandemic, when people snatched up second homes and visitors typically booked lengthy stays well into the fall.

Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion

Hezbollah drone wounds 18 Israeli troops as clashes escalate

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

Karen Read walked into Norfolk Superior Court with her attorney David Yannetti on Thursday.

The Karen Read jury went home for the weekend. And across the city, tension builds.

Driver crashes vehicle into Salisbury Brook in Brockton, flees on foot, police say

In Read case, judge has few options to resolve deadlocked jury

sports

Wyatt Langford capped his cycle with a three-run blast in the eighth.

Rangers rookie Wyatt Langford becomes first major leaguer to hit for the cycle this season

Simone Biles secures third trip to the Olympics after breezing to victory at US trials

It took a record five overtimes but Joey Logano finally outlasted everyone at Ally 400

business

A resident carries wood to cover his house's windows in preparation for Hurricane Beryl, in Bridgetown, Barbados, on June 30.

Dangerous Hurricane Beryl closes in on southeast Caribbean

US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say

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

politics

The Supreme Court building is seen on June 27, 2024, in Washington.

Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term. A decision on Trump’s immunity looms.

Biden’s family tells him to keep fighting as they huddle at Camp David

Trump ally Steve Bannon to report to federal prison to serve four-month sentence on contempt charges

Nation

Soma Golden Behr in an undated photo.

Soma Golden Behr, 84, dies; inspired enterprising journalism at The New York Times

BET Awards 2024: Usher is honored, Will Smith returns, and the election is top of mind

Caribbean prepares for Category 4 Hurricane Beryl

World

Far-right National Rally party president Jordan Bardella delivers his speech after the first round vote of the legislative election on June 30 in Paris.

French far-right ahead in first round of snap elections. Here’s how runoff works and what comes next.

Israel releases director of hospital it says was used as a Hamas base. He alleges abuse in custody

Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem

opinion

Judge Aileen Cannon

Judge Aileen Cannon is slow-walking the Trump documents case

¡Obsesionada con mis mascotas!

Our obsession with our pets

lifestyle

Captain Timothy Haraden of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company as he read the Declaration of Independence from the balcony of the Old State House during the Boston’s 247th Independence Day Celebration on July 4, 2023.

What to do on July 4th in Boston: living history, fireworks, and outdoor fun

I fell for a bartender

He supports his parents

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

Niecy Nash and Alex Borstein in Season 3, Episode 1 of "Getting On," now on Max.

This week’s TV: It’s a non-Peak TV week, so here’s what you should watch instead

‘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

music

Justin Timberlake performing at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in April in Los Angeles.

Justin Timberlake is all business at TD Garden

Janet Jackson shows versatility, joy at TD Garden

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

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