The Boston Globe

The Boston Globe

‘Unprecedented’: State mandates insurance coverage at urgent cares to relieve overwhelmed ERs

The capacity crisis is driven in part by troubles at Steward Health Care.

St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River is one of eight hospitals owned by Steward Health Care that are set to be auctioned later this month. State officials are negotiating with the hospitals' landlord to agree to lease reductions to help smooth the sale and keep the facilities open and financially viable.

State and Steward landlords are in a standoff as hospital sale date approaches

Your most pressing questions about a retrial in the Karen Read case, answered
Would the same judge preside over a retrial? Would the lead investigator in the case testify again? And just how common are mistrials?

After Karen Read trial, State Police expecting ‘additional scrutiny’

‘It’s insulting.’ Democrats begin breaking with Biden after debate debacle.

Despite the campaign’s effort to stem criticisms, the first congressional Democrat called for the president to step aside as party nominee.

Healey heads to White House to huddle with Biden, other governors, as Democrats’ anxiety grows after debate Biden’s lapses are said to be increasingly common

For RFK Jr., a powerful family legacy cuts both ways

Many of those with the surest claim on the Kennedy political dynasty have denounced the third-party candidate. But for his supporters, the meaning of the family legacy is more complicated.

Three revelations from Vanity Fair’s bombshell RFK Jr. article Tuesday

With latest announcement, the Healey administration eyes how to move power plants past fossil fuels

Money, Power, Inequality

More fossil fuel facilities are in environmental justice communities, BU researchers find

Lawsuit alleges counselor allegedly sexually ‘groomed’ teenager from El Salvador while he was a Boston school student

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after killing at least 6 people in the southeast Caribbean

Beryl may be a stark preview of what’s to come Hurricane tracker: Follow Beryl's path

Three injured after RV catches fire, explodes in Peabody

Oysters were delivered to a table at Publico in South Boston. Publico offers dollar oysters all day on Tuesdays, and owner Theo Bougas said sometimes diners eat as many as 200 oysters with their friends and family.

At Boston restaurants, dollar oyster deals defy inflation. Here’s why.

The sticker price of $1 oysters has scarcely ever covered the cost of acquiring and serving them, but those pressures are only amplified now.

Participants in the Island Creek farm tour get a lesson on how to shuck oysters. From that point on, they are free to shuck dozens of their own or devour the ones shucked for them.

Oyster orgies along the shores of Duxbury

Call it bivalves and bicycles. Step one, learn all the head-shaking facts about oysters on an Island Creek farm tour. Step two, feeding frenzy. Last step, a glorious bike ride to work off step two.

What She's Having: Cajun-style restaurants like Shaking Seafood are pure joy

Ricardo Almeida, a manager at Fajitas and Ritas, pours drinks on a Friday night in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fajitas & ‘Ritas, downtown Tex-Mex staple, to close its doors next week

The 35-year-old restaurant, which weathered the pandemic with traffic from college students, is only the latest establishment in Downtown Crossing to be driven out of business.

For years, the underside of the Cambridge end of the Longfellow Bridge was home to a collection of scores of trophies and medals dubbed the "Trophy Room." Then suddenly, they vanished. Only a few remain, although it's not clear if they're old or new additions.

What happened to all the trophies under the Longfellow Bridge?

In this otherwise drab concrete overhang along Memorial Drive, passersby could once find scores of gleaming trophies, topped with tiny statuettes of soccer players, bowlers, ice skaters, and countless other athletes.

‘Some of it looks like a storybook’: Why it’s been a remarkable year for hydrangeas in New England
By all accounts, this season has brought one of the most stunning displays of hydrangeas in many years, particularly for the macrophylla variety.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals headquarters in Boston pictured on Nov. 4, 2023.

Vertex to stay at Fan Pier headquarters, after floating potential move

Vertex, the most valuable homegrown biotech in the state, had for months been considering vacating its 1.1 million-square-foot headquarters in the Seaport neighborhood.

Are property taxes squeezing out Mass. homeowners?

It’s the downside of rising home values, particularly for senior citizens.

Eviction takes its toll on more than one’s finances

NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown lost a ring during the Celtics' championship parade.

Celtics fans reunite Jaylen Brown with ring he lost during championship parade

The Celtics star had promised "a big reward" to anyone who returned the ring that went missing during the team's celebration of its NBA Finals victory.

What we know about the potential sale of the Celtics

Boston native and former Colby College hockey player Tracey Roberts was tapped by Pixar to serve as an unofficial consultant on "Inside Out 2."

How a Boston native and former Colby College hockey player became an unofficial consultant on ‘Inside Out 2′

Pixar tapped Boston native Tracey Roberts to serve as an unofficial hockey consultant on the billion-dollar box office hit.

Mark Cavendish sprinted for the win in the fifth stage of the Tour de France, pulling away some 100 meters from the line despite being bunched in.

Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France record with 35th career stage win

Cavendish equaled Eddy Merckx’s mark of 34 wins during the 2021 Tour and went close to No. 35 in the seventh stage last year.

Today will be sunny and dry but hotter across New England.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Long Fourth of July weekend will feel hotter, muggy. Check out the forecast details.

One great pick of the weekend will make a perfect beach day.

Opinion

President Biden arrived to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on March 19.

Why Biden should step aside

For the good of the country, the president should graciously bow out of the race and free his delegates to cast their votes for someone else at the Democratic National Convention.

The solution to America’s gerontocracy

Biden needs to come clean about his health

The Great Trumpkin confronts the most terrible time of the year

The Read trial did produce a verdict — on law enforcement

Independence Day

Fireworks over Turner Field in Cumberland, R.I. in 2022.

🎆 Rhode Island fireworks are the best fireworks

PBS's "A Capitol Fourth" is among the holiday viewing options.

Fireworks, frankfurters, and fabulous performers for the Fourth

Soul singer and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Darlene Love, seen here in 2015, is one of the performers on the slate for the 2024 Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

A quick introduction to the guest stars at this year’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

US Naval Sea Cadets hold up the American Flag at the start of the 233rd Bristol Fourth of July Parade, July 4, 2018 in Bristol, R.I.

4th of July in Bristol, R.I.: tradition, patriotism, and civic pride

More recent News

Amid buckling shelter system, Healey rolls up the migrant welcome mat
Ninety-day notices to leave shelters embody the message her office has endeavored to deliver to migrants in recent months and weeks.

‘He’s a hero.’ Firefighter hurt while rescuing child from burning building in Everett

The child was rescued from the third floor of a triple-decker home on Hancock Street.

Boston ends needle collection program that gathered thousands of syringes daily

The needle collection program may be replaced, but organizers say the updated version will have less reach.

Prospect Medical Holdings, the owner of 2 Rhode Island hospitals, was under investigation by DOJ

The Justice Department issued the subpoena on Nov. 3, Prospect’s attorneys wrote in a new legal document filed on June 27.

US field hockey is back in the Olympics, thanks to players such as Duxbury’s Ally Hammel
After not qualifying for the last Summer Games, the US is trying to put itself back on the international map in the sport.

Israel makes West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

The Palestinians view the expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank as the main barrier to any lasting peace agreement.

Recommended reads

The emergency room at Good Samaritan Hospital, one of eight Massachusetts hospitals in the Steward Health Care network. On one night, there were 101 patients in the emergency department with only six nurses to care for them.

Globe Spotlight

Steward Health Care spent millions on surveillance of its critics — even amid financial crisis

The surveillance was part of what Steward’s general counsel called a “spare no expenses mission” to gather dirt on people who were viewed as problematic by the hospital chain’s executives.

Here’s a list of Bob’s Stores closing in New England as company announces liquidation sale
The clothing and footwear retailer has 21 locations, including six in Massachusetts, 10 in Connecticut, one in Salem, N.H., and one in Cranston, R.I. The company also has stores in New Jersey and New York.

‘Profound concern’: Unsent email drafts show Emerson officials acknowledging injuries, condemning protest arrests
Emerson sent the draft letter to the office of Mayor Michelle Wu for approval before cutting references to student injuries.

THE FINE PRINT

An auto dealership signed a four-year lease to a 92-year-old. Was she taken advantage of?
Grace Gangemi told her family she intended to stop driving forever after a minor car accident in April, but when she brought her leased vehicle back to the dealership, she wound up signing a new four-year lease.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston emcee Rayel will battle on behalf of Boston's hip-hop scene at "Poetry vs. Hip-Hop" next Wednesday at City Winery.

Who wins: poetry or hip-hop?

Abby Elliott in "The Bear."

A lovely détente born of intensity and trauma on ‘The Bear’

Ben Shattuck's new short story collection is titled “The History of Sound."

In ‘The History of Sound,’ Shattuck’s stories sing

The Boston French Film Festival will feature a screening of "The Animal Kingdom" by Thomas Cailley.

Bonjour, Boston! The MFA’s French Film Festival returns this month.

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.

FROM OUR PARTNERS

product by Studio/B. What is this?This content was produced by Boston Globe Media's Studio/B in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of the Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.

product by BG BRANDLAB. What is this?This content was produced by Boston Globe Media's Studio/B in collaboration with the advertiser. The news and editorial departments of the Boston Globe had no role in its production or display.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | LILY GAGE

Misinformation and political polarization aren’t the only things keeping people from getting COVID vaccines

President Biden during the presidential debate at a CNN studio in Atlanta on June 27.

Standing up to Biden takes courage, just like standing up to Trump

Boston City Councilors Sharon Durkan, Henry Santana, and Enrique Pepén

MARCELA GARCÍA

Is Boston City Council going to be more than a rubber stamp for Mayor Wu?

This image was shown at the Karen Read trial on June 12 as Massachusetts State Police Detective Lieutenant Brian Tully was on the witness stand talking about the weather conditions during a search for evidence in Canton.

The Read trial did produce a verdict — on law enforcement

John O'Keefe.

In the hoopla of the Karen Read trial, John O’Keefe is all but forgotten

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

New multilingual signs set up at 15 state beaches across Massachusetts

The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) partnered with Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC) to add sign decals that welcome visitors in nine different languages, according to a press release.

State and Steward landlords are in a standoff as hospital sale date approaches

A high-stakes game of chicken over $100 million a year in leases is underway as sale deadline for eight Massachusetts hospitals nears.

Hurricane Beryl may be a stark preview of what’s to come

The monster storm is a history-maker, fueled by extremely high ocean heat and proving the Atlantic season is off to an extremely active start.

Money, Power, Inequality

More fossil fuel facilities are in environmental justice communities, BU researchers find

Researchers found that neighborhoods labeled as environmental justice communities had three times greater density of energy emitting infrastructure than other communities nationally.

Sports

LeBron James averaged 25.7 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 8.3 assists this past season as the oldest active player in the NBA.

LeBron James agrees to two-year contract to remain with Lakers

The NBA's all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates father-son duo in NBA history.

Mark Cavendish sprinted for the win in the fifth stage of the Tour de France, pulling away some 100 meters from the line despite being bunched in.

Mark Cavendish breaks Tour de France record with 35th career stage win

Cavendish equaled Eddy Merckx’s mark of 34 wins during the 2021 Tour and went close to No. 35 in the seventh stage last year.

Coco Gauff beat qualifier Anca Todoni, 6-2, 6-1, to advance to the third round at the All England Club.

Coco Gauff cruises into third round at Wimbledon

The victory also allows Gauff, the No. 2 seed, to move another step away from last year’s first-round exit.

How a Boston native and former Colby College hockey player became an unofficial consultant on ‘Inside Out 2′

Red Sox at Marlins | 6:40 p.m. (NESN)

Game 85: Red Sox at Marlins lineups and notes

Celtics fans reunite Jaylen Brown with ring he lost during championship parade

Business

Fajitas & ‘Ritas, downtown Tex-Mex staple, to close its doors next week

The 35-year-old restaurant, which weathered the pandemic with traffic from college students, is only the latest establishment in Downtown Crossing to be driven out of business.

State and Steward landlords are in a standoff as hospital sale date approaches

A high-stakes game of chicken over $100 million a year in leases is underway as sale deadline for eight Massachusetts hospitals nears.

Vertex to stay at Fan Pier headquarters, after floating potential move

At Boston restaurants, dollar oyster deals defy inflation. Here’s why.

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

President Biden talks with Governor Maura Healey after arriving on Air Force One at Logan International Airport in May.

Healey heads to White House to huddle with Biden, other governors, as Democrats’ anxiety grows after debate

🎆 Rhode Island fireworks are the best fireworks

Prospect Medical Holdings, the owner of 2 Rhode Island hospitals, was under investigation by DOJ

sports

Wyc Grousbeck hoists the NBA Eastern Conference finals trophy after the Celtics beat the Pacers in Game 4.

What we know about the potential sale of the Celtics

US field hockey is back in the Olympics, thanks to players such as Duxbury’s Ally Hammel

Red Sox’ Brayan Bello presses restart ahead of important outing against Marlins

business

The emergency department at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, one of two hospitals Prospect Medical Holdings owns in Rhode Island.

Prospect Medical Holdings, the owner of 2 Rhode Island hospitals, was under investigation by DOJ

US filings for jobless claims inch up modestly, but continuing claims rise for ninth straight week

Are property taxes squeezing out Mass. homeowners?

politics

President Biden.

Biden will bestow the Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hijack a train in confederacy

For RFK Jr., a powerful family legacy cuts both ways

Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again

Nation

Volunteer signature gatherers Judy Robbins, left, and Lara Cerri, center, collect Grace Harders' signature on a petition to enshrine the right to abortion in Arizona's consitution, April 10, in Phoenix.

Abortion-rights advocates turn in around 800,000 signatures for Arizona abortion ballot measure

New Mexico denies film incentive application on ‘Rust’ movie after fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

Judge’s order greatly expands where Biden can’t enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students

World

A bulldozer cleared rubble from a road destroyed in Israeli raids at the Nur Shams refugee camp near Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on July 3, 2024.

Israel makes West Bank settlement expansion with largest land grab in decades

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Jamaica after killing at least 6 people in the southeast Caribbean

Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city

opinion

A police officer stood near the security gate at the Supreme Court in Washington.

Supreme Court immunity ruling means more than a delay of the Trump trial. It could make future despots untouchable.

Standing up to Biden takes courage, just like standing up to Trump

Is Boston City Council going to be more than a rubber stamp for Mayor Wu?

lifestyle

Meet R. Eric Thomas, taking over for Ask Amy

Do I have bad juju when it comes to love?

For wedding content creators, it’s the ‘imperfect moments’ that matter

food & dining

Ricardo Almeida, a manager at Fajitas and Ritas, pours drinks on a Friday night in 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fajitas & ‘Ritas, downtown Tex-Mex staple, to close its doors next week

Oyster orgies along the shores of Duxbury

At Boston restaurants, dollar oyster deals defy inflation. Here’s why.

travel

Participants in the Island Creek farm tour get a lesson on how to shuck oysters. From that point on, they are free to shuck dozens of their own or devour the ones shucked for them.

Oyster orgies along the shores of Duxbury

What’s open and closed on July 4th

How an airline industry vet from Boston hopes to help fly JetBlue back to profitability

Arts

Poster for Henry Dreyfuss Symbol Sourcebook 1972, designed by Henry Dreyfuss, 1971.

In New York, Devlin puts on a show; acquired tastes; dictionaries verbal and visual

June Leaf, artist who explored the female form, dies at 94

Laura Petrovich-Cheney is stitching the revolution one scrap of wood — yes, wood — at a time

Books

Kevin Barry

Kevin Barry on doomed romances and how Butte, Mont., inspired his latest novel

Local bestsellers for the week ended June 30

In ‘The History of Sound,’ Shattuck’s stories sing

Movies

Boston native and former Colby College hockey player Tracey Roberts was tapped by Pixar to serve as an unofficial consultant on "Inside Out 2."

How a Boston native and former Colby College hockey player became an unofficial consultant on ‘Inside Out 2′

New Mexico denies film incentive application on ‘Rust’ movie after fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin

Robert Towne, Oscar-winning writer of ‘Chinatown,’ dies at 89

Television

PBS's "A Capitol Fourth" is among the holiday viewing options.

Fireworks, frankfurters, and fabulous performers for the Fourth

A lovely détente born of intensity and trauma on ‘The Bear’

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

music

Levitate Music and Arts Festival runs July 5-7.

Five must-see artists at this weekend’s Levitate Music and Arts Festival

Who wins: poetry or hip-hop?

A quick introduction to the guest stars at this year’s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular

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

The emergency department at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, one of two hospitals Prospect Medical Holdings owns in Rhode Island.

Prospect Medical Holdings, the owner of 2 Rhode Island hospitals, was under investigation by DOJ

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.

Obituaries

Ms. Leaf joined her husband, Robert Frank, as he was introduced to lengthy applause at the opening of the exhibition featuring Frank's work at New York University in 2016.

June Leaf, artist who explored the female form, dies at 94

Darrell Christian, former AP managing editor and sports editor, has died

Albania’s world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88