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Boston celebrates Fourth of July with festivities. Follow along with live updates.

Greater Boston began marking Independence Day with speeches, music, and other festivities Thursday, amid a muggy forecast that could lead to a stray shower or two over parts of the region.
USS Constitution’s new commander will lead July 4 festivities as ‘Old Ironsides’ cruises harbor What’s open and closed on July 4th in Mass.

Pops goes the Fourth! Your guide to Fourth of July fun in Boston

Want to take the pulse of public opinion? Ask the flag store.

Photos: Harborfest kicks off Fourth of July celebration in Boston
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What we’re hearing about the Celtics’ looming sale, staff changes, and other offseason matters

Providence College fans will recognize the lineage of one of the Celtics' new assistant coaches.

‘We don’t have anywhere to go’: Migrants worry about Logan Airport deadline
Homeless and migrant families will no longer be allowed to sleep at Logan as of July 9, but some of the scores of migrants staying there said they had no idea where they'd wind up.

Amid buckling shelter system, Healey rolls up the migrant welcome mat Free tickets out of Massachusetts: the Healey administration hopes more migrant families take up the offer
CHAD FINN

The Patriots are the worst team in the NFL? Not buying it.

The very good defense should be even better, largely because it won’t have to constantly compensate for an almost unfathomably inept offense.

With legendary Joey Chestnut sidelined, Mass. man could wind up top dog at Coney Island eating contest

Geoffrey Esper, 49, a teacher from Oxford, is ranked second in the world by Major League Eating, which puts on the annual Fourth of July competition.

Marblehead fireworks celebration canceled after barge catches fire in harbor
“There was a fire on the barge in the middle of the night,” Marblehead Fireworks and Illumination said in social media posts. “Fire Marshals office is investigating."

The Sumner Tunnel closes for a month starting Friday. Here’s what to know (and how to avoid gridlock).
The Sumner Tunnel has been closing on weekends to allow for repairs, and it will be closed for a month straight starting July 5.

Biden wins Democratic governors’ backing after crisis meeting

Leading Democratic governors offered some of the strongest words of support yet for President Biden and his bid for reelection after a crisis meeting at the White House.
Clyburn mentions a ‘mini-primary,' fueling talk of whether Biden should end his campaign

‘Donald Trump is going to win. And I’m OK with that,’ says Democrat Jared Golden

A list of top Democrats who have publicly spoken about Biden’s debate performance

Michael Proctor, relieved of duty by State Police after testimony at Karen Read trial, is reassigned

Because Proctor remains a State Police employee, his name must appear somewhere on the agency’s roster, said State Police spokesperson Tim McGuirk.
Your most pressing questions about a retrial in the Karen Read case, answered

Tips for getting kids outside
We connected with Taylor Quimby, executive producer of New Hampshire Public Radio’s environmental podcast "Outside/In," to get some of his tips for getting kids away from their screens and out the door.

Netanyahu will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks, an Israeli official says

 Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

Labour is hopeful and Conservatives morose before voters deliver their verdict on UK’s election day

Salem Academy Charter School teacher arrested in underage sex sting

A proposed rule would slow down ships to protect right whales. That includes the Nantucket fast ferry.

Opponents say the proposed speed restrictions would threaten ferry businesses and upend island life for residents, visitors, and workers.
Critic's Notebook

The common clay of the new West: Blazing Saddles at 50

Excuse our film critic while he whips out an appreciation of Mel Brooks’ brilliant Western parody starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

The royal scam and the Supreme Court

With its disastrous immunity ruling and exquisite timing, the conservative Supreme Court majority has given us a Fourth to remember.
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

How much did Democrats and the press know about Biden’s decline before the debate?

Instead of country-first thinking, it looks like the first instinct of Democrats was to protect Biden's and the party’s chances of winning in November.
EDITORIAL

Why Biden should step aside
IDEAS | OMER AZIZ

The ‘pursuit of happiness’ may sound good. But what if that’s the wrong approach?
John Evangelakos, Jason H.P. Kravitt, and William Schmalzl

To restore Harvard’s reputation, faculty should speak up
IDEAS | DARYLN BREWER HOFFSTOT

Digging a grave for our beloved, departed goldendoodle was hard. We wouldn’t have had it any other way.
Independence Day

Boston celebrates Fourth of July with festivities. Follow along with live updates.

Your guide to celebrating July 4th in Boston: living history, fireworks, and outdoor fun

Americans to celebrate Fourth of July with parades, cookouts — and lots of fireworks

Want to take the pulse of public opinion? Ask the flag store.

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Plans to redevelop pier on East Boston’s waterfront park scratched for now
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Mass. reforms to wheelchair repair industry are stalling as legislative session nears end
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State mandates insurance coverage at urgent cares to relieve overwhelmed ERs
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“These allegations dating back to 2012 involving one of our former contractors are deeply troubling," a spokesman for the Boston Public Schools said.

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Boston celebrates Fourth of July with festivities. Follow along with live updates.

Greater Boston began marking Independence Day with speeches, music, and other festivities Thursday, amid a muggy forecast that could lead to a stray shower or two over parts of the region.
TRAVEL | PARENTING

Tips for getting kids outside

We connected with Taylor Quimby, executive producer of New Hampshire Public Radio’s environmental podcast "Outside/In," to get some of his tips for getting kids away from their screens and out the door.
NH POLITICS

Unintentional loophole in N.H. election law upheld on final appeal

The decision means a Democrat will be allowed to run in a district where she doesn’t live

The Sumner Tunnel closes for a month starting Friday. Here’s what to know (and how to avoid gridlock).

The Sumner Tunnel has been closing on weekends to allow for repairs, and it will be closed for a month straight starting July 5.

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With Carles Gil once again out, Giacomo Vrioni stepped up to provide both goals in an important win for New England.
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metro

A proposed rule would slow down ships to protect right whales. That includes the Nantucket fast ferry.

Pops goes the Fourth! Your guide to Fourth of July fun in Boston

Mass. reforms to wheelchair repair industry are stalling as legislative session nears end

sports

A strong outing from Brayan Bello helps propel Red Sox past Marlins

Giacomo Vrioni sparks the Revolution to a home victory over Atlanta United FC

Nine innings with the Red Sox, starting with the joy of watching Jarren Duran

business

GM sold millions of cars that were more polluting than allowed, EPA says

Business leaders call on Biden to step aside

Panda Express and McDonald’s come to opposite conclusions

politics

Biden wins Democratic governors’ backing after crisis meeting

Biden tells allies he knows he has only days to salvage candidacy

Clyburn mentions a ‘mini-primary,' fueling talk of whether Biden should end his campaign

Nation

Americans to celebrate Fourth of July with parades, cookouts — and lots of fireworks

Justice Dept. plans to pursue Trump cases past Election Day, even if he wins

Trump advisers hope Biden stays in race, as they eye alternate scenarios

World

Hurricane Beryl roars toward Mexico after leaving destruction in Jamaica and eastern Caribbean

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

Netanyahu will dispatch negotiators to resume Gaza cease-fire talks, an Israeli official says

opinion

Why Biden should step aside

As soon as it began, the US almost fell apart

The solution to America’s gerontocracy

lifestyle

Your guide to celebrating July 4th in Boston: living history, fireworks, and outdoor fun

‘One million checkboxes’ is a website that tells us something about today’s Internet, and human nature

Meet R. Eric Thomas, taking over for Ask Amy

food & dining

Pour one out for Fajitas & ‘Ritas, the downtown Tex-Mex staple, slated to close next week

Oyster orgies along the shores of Duxbury

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

travel

Tips for getting kids outside

Summer sculpture trails, direct flights to Vienna, and a secure travel belt

I tried to cancel my ticket to Argentina. Can you find my refund?

Arts

At the Griffin Museum, the jury is in; distressed photographs; fun with photo books

MFA’s first exhibition of Salvador Dali unveils his hidden depths

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

Books

Poems of rage and protest, touring literary Gloucester, a Berkshire bookstore in need

With her new novel ‘Jackie,’ Westport’s Dawn Tripp aims to peel back the Kennedy myth

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

Movies

The common clay of the new West: Blazing Saddles at 50

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

Television

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

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

A solo musical for an exploding world

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

Health

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

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

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

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