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Biden’s uncertain political future divides Democrats as they return to Capitol Hill

Deeply torn over President Biden’s candidacy, Democratic lawmakers are returning to Washington at a pivotal moment.

Top House Democrats privately look for Biden to withdraw, multiple outlets report Biden’s focus shifts to this week’s NATO summit. But questions about his campaign may only intensify.

MBTA audit reveals gaps in safety training, inspections

The MBTA did not effectively train customer service “ambassadors” on operations and safety, and most station safety inspections were not completed on schedule, the report found.

High-profile endorsements and controversy heat up race for Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court clerkship

Two very different candidates, Boston City Councilor Erin Murphy and experienced attorney Allison Cartwright, are vying to fill the role.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Heat advisory issued as stretch of intense hot and humid weather continues across New England
The advisory covers parts of Mass., Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, National Weather Service says

Beryl has made landfall on the middle Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds.

Searing heat wave grills large parts of the US, causes deaths in the West and grips the East

17-year-old boy fatally shot in Lawrence, officials say

Russian missiles hit a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian capital and kill at least 20 elsewhere

Israel deepens its operation in Gaza City, as pockets of militancy confront the military

Garry A. Porter Sr., a psychotherapist at the African Diaspora Mental Health Association, pointed to where bullets hit a window next to the center.

Big cities have seen drop in homicides. Not Springfield.

Gun violence is a persistent problem in Springfield, a city that has worked for decades to recover from the evaporation of its manufacturing economy in the late 20th century.

BRIAN MCGRORY

Dear JetBlue: What happened? And can you please fix it?
JetBlue was once a hero in Boston. Can they revive their service and reputation?

Inside the last company building boats in Boston
Along the Mystic River, Boston Boatworks continues a tradition that reaches back centuries to the construction of the USS Constitution and the clipper ships built in Donald McKay’s shipyard.

Alex Cora has an imperfect roster in the hunt for a playoff spot with the season more than half over.

peter abraham | on baseball

At this point, the best sign for Red Sox’ future would be a new contract for manager Alex Cora

This young team has shown it can win with Cora, who is signed through the end of the season, on the top step of the dugout. With any other candidate, it’ll just be a guess.

Devers backs Crawford’s scoreless start with a pair of homers as Red Sox shut out Yankees

Gymnasts Frederick Richard (second from left) and Stephen Nedoroscik (center) are representing Team USA at the Olympics.

Meet the two Massachusetts gymnasts looking to make history at the Paris Olympics

Stoughton's Frederick Richard and Worcester's Stephen Nedoroscik are on the five-man United States team for the Paris Games.

Celtics guard Payton Pritchard says the NBA title win is finally sinking in, and called the duck boat parade through the streets of Boston on June 21 "unforgettable."

Payton Pritchard reveling in the glory of highlight shot, Celtics’ historic NBA title triumph

After scrimmaging against USA Basketball’s Olympic team as a member of the USA Select team, the Celtics reserve guard said that half-court shot and the NBA championship that followed are finally beginning to feel real.

Frances Lonergan, 33, of Longmeadow, heard a man call out for help and jumped into the water at Osterville Beach to save him, Barnstable police said.

Longmeadow woman rescues man struggling in water at Osterville beach, police say

A 33-year-old Longmeadow woman who was on vacation with her family and newborn baby rescued a man after he cried out for help while swimming at Dowses Beach in Osterville on Friday, police said.

Mary-Lou Pardue, an MIT professor emerita, traveled widely for hiking, including trekking in the Annapurna range in Nepal in 1982.

Mary-Lou Pardue, MIT professor whose anti-bias efforts lifted women in science, dies at 90

When Dr. Pardue and her MIT colleague Nancy Hopkins decided in the mid-1990s to take on gender bias at the school, "I knew the world had shifted," Hopkins said.

Opinion

St. Anne’s Hospital, a Steward-owner hospital in Fall River.

Why was Steward paying millions to spy on critics while its business was suffering?

As Governor Maura Healey has said, Steward needs to leave Massachusetts. The state should not pay a penny to the company on its way out.

IDEAS | KIRSTEN LIE-NELSEN

Oysters, please — without a side of plastic

Why Trump, not Biden, should drop out of the race

It’s John Roberts’s Supreme Court after all

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Justice Barrett may show streaks of independence, but when it counts, she’s as conservative as they come

More recent News

Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says
Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

INNOVATOR Q&A

‘Bringing joy back to making art’: New workforce development program launches at Brown
Avery Willis Hoffman, artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute, has been thinking about the hit the arts industry took during and since the pandemic. She hopes to support people in the arts through ArtsCrew, a robust workforce development program.

Macron refuses French prime minister’s resignation after chaotic election results
French voters split the legislature on the left, center, and far-right, leaving no faction even close to the majority needed to form a government.

LOVE LETTERS

I want to be able to contact my boyfriend’s friends
Is it weird that I want their numbers?

18-year-old man’s body pulled from Plug Pond in Haverhill, police say

Officers responded about 1:30 p.m. Sunday to a report that the teen had gone into the water and later could not be found, Haverhill police said.

Toddler rescued after 3 minutes underwater in Georgetown pool, officials say

Man identified as suspect in Hopkinton, R.I., homicide found dead after police chase

Joseph Francis, the estranged husband of the victim, 44-year-old Stephanie Francis, was pronounced dead after his vehicle rolled over.

Recommended reads

The Legislature is scheduled to wrap up formal sessions on July 31, giving lawmakers mere weeks to finish a host of unfinished work.

It’s crunch time for the Massachusetts Legislature. Among the bills still in the dark: one promising transparency.

The legislative session is scheduled to end on July 31, and many proposals across a range of topics and issues remain in play.

This former state employee is still fighting for his pension benefits — five years after retiring
Long delays are common in state retirement disputes. John Sorrentino, who worked for the newborn screening program for 18-plus years, has learned that firsthand.

‘If New Hampshire is in play, then Donald Trump is going to win.’ GOP sets sights on Granite State.
Republicans are growing bullish about ending their presidential losing streak in New Hampshire after President Biden's debate performance.

Detective’s testimony in Karen Read trial puts focus on police misconduct and discipline
The importance of credibility in law enforcement witnesses was underscored during the Karen Read trial, when text messages by lead investigator Michael Proctor came to light.

Culture & Lifestyle

Whatever your Tanglewood type — first-timer, serial lawn lounger — our guide has you covered

Rashida Jones in Apple TV+'s "Sunny," premiering July 10.

New shows to watch before the Olympics arrive

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′

Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."

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

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

Donald Trump at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 20.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Donald Trump wants to destroy American democracy. He will fail.

Sandra Birchmore

Where is justice for Sandra Birchmore?

President Biden at a campaign rally in Raleigh, N.C., on June 28.

How to replace Biden as the Democratic nominee

Brenda Peyser, Laurie Weingart, Lise Vesterlund, and Linda Babcock.

Why is saying ‘no’ so hard?

Changes are the norm for colleges

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Big cities have seen drop in homicides. Not Springfield.

Gun violence is a persistent problem in Springfield, a city that has worked for decades to recover from the evaporation of its manufacturing economy in the late 20th century.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Heat advisory issued as stretch of intense hot and humid weather continues across New England

The advisory covers parts of Mass., Rhode Island, and Connecticut.

‘Bringing joy back to making art’: New workforce development program launches at Brown

Avery Willis Hoffman, artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute, has been thinking about the hit the arts industry took during and since the pandemic. She hopes to support people in the arts through ArtsCrew, a robust workforce development program.

Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, National Weather Service says

Beryl has made landfall on the middle Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and strong winds.

Sports

Gymnasts Frederick Richard (second from left) and Stephen Nedoroscik (center) are representing Team USA at the Olympics.

Meet the two Massachusetts gymnasts looking to make history at the Paris Olympics

Stoughton's Frederick Richard and Worcester's Stephen Nedoroscik are on the five-man United States team for the Paris Games.

Rafael Devers, a three-time All-Star in eight seasons with the Red Sox, swatted a pair of home runs in the series finale against the Yankees.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Rafael Devers, Jarren Duran, and Tanner Houck will represent the Red Sox as American League All-Stars

While Devers was chosen for the All-Star Game for the third time, for Duran and Houck the honor marks a first in their Red Sox careers.

Kutter Crawford saw his ERA dip to 3.24 after throwing seven scoreless innings against the Yankees.

RED SOX 3, YANKEES 0

Rafael Devers backs Kutter Crawford’s scoreless start with a pair of homers as Red Sox shut out Yankees

Crawford finished a seven-inning outing having allowed just four hits and no walks while striking out four on 68 pitches (54 strikes). Ceddanne Rafaela also homered as the Red Sox secured the series win.

Brockton’s AJ Dybantsa powers Team USA to seventh straight U17 World Cup gold

peter abraham | on baseball

At this point, the best sign for Red Sox’ future would be a new contract for manager Alex Cora

Alex Bowman secures a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs with a win on a rainy Chicago street course

Business

Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says

Federal prosecutors gave Boeing the choice last week of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine as part of its sentence or facing a trial on the felony criminal charge of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Paramount agrees to merge with Skydance

Paramount’s board on Sunday signed off on a deal to merge with Skydance, two people familiar with the negotiations told the NYT.

Scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year. Worse, most crooks are getting away with it.

innovation economy

Inside the last company building boats in Boston

magazine

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

How Carmy and ‘The Bear’ helped me understand my father’s grief

Boston Harborfest runs from Monday, July 1, through Thursday, July 4.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, July 1-14

Crème Fraîche and Honey Ice Cream

Here’s the scoop: You can make delicious ice cream at home

metro

Fog overtook Boston Harbor on Friday morning.

Dense fog overnight could cause difficult driving; heat advisory set for Monday and Tuesday

MBTA audit reveals gaps in safety training, inspections

High-profile endorsements and controversy heat up race for Suffolk County Supreme Judicial Court clerkship

sports

Bronny James hit 2 of 9 shots in his Summer League debut, then sat out his second game with a sore knee.

A swollen knee kept Bronny James from playing in the Lakers’ second NBA Summer League game

Payton Pritchard reveling in the glory of highlight shot, Celtics’ historic NBA title triumph

Storm rain on Angel Reese’s record-setting day

business

CHAPEA crew member Kelly Haston, center, shakes hands with NASA Deputy Director Flight Missions Kjell Lindgren, second right, as other crew emerge from their craft, on July 6 at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

Crew of NASA’s earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year

What do bagged chickens have to do with sliced cheese?

North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation

politics

President Biden, left, and first lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, July 7, after returning from events in Pennsylvania.

Jill Biden to rally veterans and military families as Biden team seeks to shift focus back to Trump

Biden’s uncertain political future divides Democrats as they return to Capitol Hill

Biden’s focus shifts to this week’s NATO summit. But questions about his campaign may only intensify.

Nation

Ed Campbell works to secure his boat as he prepares for Beryl's arrival, July 7, in Port Lavaca, Texas.

Beryl makes landfall on Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, National Weather Service says

Searing heat wave grills large parts of the US, causes deaths in the West and grips the East

Pretrial hearing sets stage for Alec Baldwin’s arrival in court in fatal shooting of cinematographer

World

Demonstrators climb on the Monument a la Republique during a protest following the legislative election results on July 7 in Paris, France.

Macron refuses French prime minister’s resignation after chaotic election results

Israel deepens its operation in Gaza City, as pockets of militancy confront the military

Russian missiles hit a children’s hospital in the Ukrainian capital and kill at least 20 elsewhere

opinion

Donald Trump at a campaign event in Manchester, N.H., on Jan. 20.

Donald Trump wants to destroy American democracy. He will fail.

More education spending? Not so fast.

Listen to teachers: MCAS must go

lifestyle

Somerville's longest running street festival returns to Davis Square this weekend. This year's theme? It's wild. (No, really, it is.)

Free Boston events: Live comedy, a JP night market, and more

I want to be able to contact my boyfriend’s friends

Expect more big names and AI story lines in season 4 of ‘The Morning Show’

food & dining

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

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

The tail of a JetBlue Airways Airbus A321.

Dear JetBlue: What happened? And can you please fix it?

Cole Strange on Dramamine, nacho cheese Doritos, and, most importantly, helping veterans

The Museum of the City of New York celebrates 100 years

Arts

Mr. Enger (center) sat in court during an appeal of his theft case in the Borgarting Court of Appeal in Oslo, in 1997.

Paal Enger, who stole Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ is dead at 57

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

Books

The personal is political in Jennifer Martelli's new poetry collection.

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

Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."

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

Laura Benanti

‘The Gilded Age’ actress Laura Benanti is back in Newport, headlining two musical evenings with Newport Classical

New shows to watch before the Olympics arrive

Fireworks, frankfurters, and fabulous performers for the Fourth

music

Laura Benanti

‘The Gilded Age’ actress Laura Benanti is back in Newport, headlining two musical evenings with Newport Classical

Whatever your Tanglewood type — first-timer, serial lawn lounger — our guide has you covered

Rob Stone, master marketer of hip-hop, is dead at 55

Theater/Dance

The Faneuil Hall BosTix booth in 2011.

BosTix booth reopens at Faneuil Hall on July 10

A solo musical for an exploding world

A nine-play cycle chronicling three generations of a Nigerian-American family is on the way

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

Mary-Lou Pardue, an MIT professor emerita, traveled widely for hiking, including trekking in the Annapurna range in Nepal in 1982.

Mary-Lou Pardue, MIT professor whose anti-bias efforts lifted women in science, dies at 90

Paal Enger, who stole Munch’s ‘The Scream,’ is dead at 57

Vic Seixas, winner of 15 Grand Slam tennis titles, dies at 100