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The jury in the Karen Read trial said they couldn’t reach a verdict. But could the judge have asked more questions?

In an unusual twist, lawyers for Read have filed a motion to dismiss two charges after a mistrial was declared. That has raised a host of questions about hung juries, partial verdicts, and the guidelines around them.

In Boston, peace and anxious hope as gun violence plunges

Boston’s decline in gun violence this year is unprecedented. Both nonfatal shootings and homicides have dropped sharply from 2023, which was itself one of the least violent years in recent memory.

If you think Boston’s hot now, get ready
In the future, the city could feel more like Baltimore — or Memphis — depending on how we respond to the climate crisis.

Ken Mahan | Forecast: A lingering pattern will increase chances of rain across southern New England Wildfire risk rises as Western states dry out amid protracted heat wave

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

A year after the deluge, floods return to Vermont
Vermonters are reeling after the waters devastated swaths of the state, a year to the day after the worst floods in a century.

Steward Health Care is under federal investigation for potential foreign corruption violations

Steward’s international activities have already drawn substantial scrutiny, most notably in Malta, where the company first attempted to expand its brand overseas.

Closed state prison reopened as migrant shelter spurs concern about schooling in a Massachusetts town

Officials from the King Philip Regional School District and Norfolk Public Schools sought to assure parents and others that enrolling migrant children staying at the shelter would not result in packed classrooms and diminished resources.

Local police didn’t want him to have guns. He was allowed to buy them anyway. Then he killed his wife — and himself.

Ousted Hull superintendent gets $700,000 payout in discrimination settlement

Moments from President Biden's high-stakes press conference

Biden batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years amid mounting calls from House Democrats for him to end his reelection campaign.

After an early stumble, Biden holds his own in pivotal news conference

The first question came with the type of mental slip he can’t afford, but the night was no disaster.

Here's how the press conference unfolded Biden’s challenge: Will he ever satisfy the media’s appetite for questions about his ability? Biden pushes on ‘blue wall’ sprint with Michigan trip as he continues to make the case for candidacy

President Biden's news conference is projected onto a screen inside the media center on the final day of the NATO Summit in Washington, Thursday, July 11, 2024.

Key takeaways from Biden’s news conference: Insistence on staying in the race and flubbed names

President Biden tried to make the case that what he’s doing matters more than how he talks about it.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter who ever lived, but there was bad luck and darkness in his family life, and other thoughts
“Claudia [Williams] was her father’s daughter,” husband Eric Abel told the Globe. “Ted and Claudia were the most principled people I have ever known . . . they wore their hearts on their sleeves, and they spoke their minds just as boldly.”

Claudia Franc Williams, daughter of Red Sox legend Ted Williams, has died

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

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Star-studded premieres will have you traveling across time.

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From left: Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool/Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman as Wolverine/Logan in "Deadpool & Wolverine."

This summer at the movies, you can tangle with ‘Twisters,’ party with Prince, go old school with Godzilla, and so much more

Our film critic handpicks the cinematic events of the season.

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons, who rediscovered his passion for taekwondo during the pandemic, practices a kick at C.W. Taekwondo at Boston, where he trains with head instructor Dan Chuang.

‘Strongest maestro in the world!’: The conductor who can snuff out a candle with a kick

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons, who recently earned his second-degree black belt in taekwondo, has a few secrets up his sleeve.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

The Jean family of North Hampton, N.H., continue to honor Felix, who died in infancy in March 2022.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Erin and Travis Jean’s son, Felix, died in infancy from a rare skin disorder. Here’s what they’d like other families to know about losing a child.

In March 2022, Felix died at two-and-a-half months old from complications associated with epidermolysis bullosa (EB).

The property at 28 Sheep Pond Road as it appeared in 1998 (left) and 2023 (right).

Assessed at nearly $2 million, Nantucket waterfront home sells for just $200,000. ‘Inevitably the ocean will win.’

The ocean is quickly encroaching on the property at 28 Sheep Pond Road, devouring more of the beachfront year after year.

Opinion

President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference on July 11, 2024, the final day of the NATO summit in Washington.

SCOT LEHIGH

Readers, over to you: What should President Biden do?

Do you believe he can win and govern competently? Or is it time for him to step aside?

IDEAS | MIKE COTTER

How to get your baby to sleep — well, like a baby

EDITORIAL

Here’s a way to prevent foreclosures

Renée Graham

The rapid and unsurprising redemption of Will Smith

Say More podcast | Shirley Leung

What’s next for Karen Read? Five things you need to know.

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Sutton police no longer asking for public’s assistance in search for missing 4-year-old autistic girl
Around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, police posted to their department asking for help locating 4-year-old Eva in the Peachtree Drive area. Shortly before 7 p.m., police canceled the request but would not say if the girl had been found.

How a Teamster leader’s flirtations with Trump have divided the union
Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has framed his decision to speak at the Republican National Convention next week as a savvy maneuver to keep the union’s doors open to whoever prevails in November’s presidential election.

Republicans are gathering in Milwaukee to nominate Donald Trump again. Here’s what to expect.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

MVP of Red Sox? Ceddanne Rafaela’s versatility should not be overlooked in team’s resurgence
Rafaela started his 40th game at shortstop in a 7-0 win over the A's. He also has started 46 games in center field.

Embattled cannabis commission proposes overhauling itself

The move to establish a new governance structure follows months of turmoil at the agency, including calls for it to be taken over by a state receiver.

Three people arrested after allegedly robbing a barbershop and barricading themselves in a house in Dorchester
A SWAT team responded to the home on Adams Street and negotiated with the three suspects, Deputy Superintendent Joseph Gillespie told reporters at the scene around 9:40 p.m.

Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures, including slow response times and disorganization

The country's military acknowledged a string of errors in its core mission of protecting the country’s citizens, including slow response times and disorganization.

Fine dining, cigar lounges, and TD Garden suites: Here’s what happens when Beacon Hill’s most powerful pick up the tab

Beacon Hill’s most powerful figures rarely use their accounts to actually campaign but instead pick up extravagant dinner checks for colleagues and constituents, stock holiday party bars, and throw parties.

King’s Beach in Lynn has the worst water quality rating of any beach in the state. Here’s why.
For as long as most Lynn residents can remember, King’s Beach has been sullied with excessive levels of bacteria.

Happy days here again? Mass. Senate adds path for the revival of happy hour drink specials.
The Senate approved an amendment that would permit cities and towns statewide to facilitate restaurants’ abilities to offer drink specials for the first time since 1984.

Mass. communities increasingly seek overrides to tax cap to pay for schools, other services
Nearly 100 override votes have taken place over 18 months, making it one of the most robust periods for such votes in recent years.

Culture & Lifestyle

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ to Boston this holiday season

Michael and Kevin Bacon, a.k.a. the Bacon Brothers, will perform two shows in New England.

With their 12th album out now, the Bacon Brothers take the mic in Lynn on Saturday

Yuja Wang, pictured with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall in 2022, performs with the BSO at Tanglewood on July 13.

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Steve Carell as Michael Scott in "The Office."

A TV career that grew and grew and … Gru

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.

HIGH & DRY

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.

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

Judge Beverly Cannone looked over the verdict slip in Karen Read's murder trial, June 26.

EDITORIAL

A judge’s sound decision in the Karen Read case

Jay’dha Rackard and other members of the Girlz of Imani Dance Troupe threw carnations into the Boston Harbor as the names of enslaved members of Boston’s oldest churches were read during the dedication of Boston’s Middle Passage Port Marker in 2021.

Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks

US has a history of paying reparations. Why won’t it pay Black Americans?

At a campaign event at his golf club in Doral, Fla., Donald Trump spat misogynoir about Vice President Kamala Harris’s qualifications, spoke incoherently and falsely about the state of America’s major cities and airplanes, and praised the wife of his son, Don Jr., who is not married.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Biden and Trump are showing their stark contrast out in the open. But is anyone seeing it?

study rooted in scholarship, not pious apologetics, would defang Christian supremacy by teaching Christianity’s historical virtues and sins.

Rich Barlow

Oklahoma mandates Bible study; here’s how to do it right

Four of many reader-submitted design ideas for the Massachusetts flag.

JEFF JACOBY

Readers offer their designs for a new Massachusetts flag

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

RI ARTS

John Cafferty brings his rocking R.I. roots — and his Beaver Brown band — back to where it all began

“Fifty-one years later, to still have a guitar in front of me, and a great rock and roll band standing beside me — it’s still a dream in the making,” says Cafferty, who grew up in North Providence.

A lingering pattern will increase chances of rain across southern New England today

Temperatures will improve slightly, but the humidity will stick around.

In Boston, peace and anxious hope as gun violence plunges

Boston’s decline in gun violence this year is unprecedented. Both nonfatal shootings and homicides have dropped sharply from 2023, which was itself one of the least violent years in recent memory.

A second person has died in Vermont flooding from Hurricane Beryl’s remnants, officials say

The remnants of Hurricane Beryl dumped heavy rain on Vermont, washing away much of an apartment building, knocking out bridges and cutting off towns, and retraumatizing a state still recovering from catastrophic floods that hit a year ago to the day.

Sports

Ted Williams was honored at the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park. He died three years later.

Dan Shaughnessy

Ted Williams was the greatest hitter who ever lived, but there was bad luck and darkness in his family life, and other thoughts

“Claudia [Williams] was her father’s daughter,” husband Eric Abel told the Globe. “Ted and Claudia were the most principled people I have ever known . . . they wore their hearts on their sleeves, and they spoke their minds just as boldly.”

Serena Williams emcee's the ESPY awards on July 11, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

Serena Williams hosts an ESPY awards show celebrating landmark year for women’s sports

Led by host Serena Williams, The ESPYS celebrated a landmark year for women’s sports, with Simone Biles, A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Dawn Staley, and JuJu Watkins among the honorees on Thursday night at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Red Sox manager Alex Cora doesn't hesitate to take the ball from Tanner Houck, but what if his pitcher had a no-hitter going? "That's a different situation,'' Cora said.

Red Sox notebook

Alex Cora: Risk-reward of letting a pitcher strain for a no-hitter can be a tough call

Sox manager reacted to decision of Pirates manager Derek Shelton to remove phenom rookie righthander Paul Skenes after seven no-hit innings in a 1-0 win over the Brewers.

Red Sox 7, A's 0

Tanner Houck, Red Sox in complete command in series-clinching win over the A’s

Peter Abraham | On baseball

MVP of Red Sox? Ceddanne Rafaela’s versatility should not be overlooked in team’s resurgence

NFL

Monte Kiffin, defensive innovator behind the Tampa 2, dies at 84

Business

TALKING POINTS

Costco raises membership fees

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Steward Health Care is under federal investigation for potential foreign corruption violations

Steward’s international activities have already drawn substantial scrutiny, most notably in Malta, where the company first attempted to expand its brand overseas.

How a Teamster leader’s flirtations with Trump have divided the union

Embattled cannabis commission proposes overhauling itself

magazine

Best of the Best

22 places to find amazing food in Boston for about $20 or less. Sometimes much less.

LOVE LETTERS

When it comes to relationships, ‘I see only green flags’

PERSPECTIVE

$50 for what?! Junk fees are everywhere, and consumers are fed up.

Cooking

The jury in the Karen Read trial said they couldn’t reach a verdict. But could the judge have asked more questions?

In Boston, peace and anxious hope as gun violence plunges

If you think Boston’s hot now, get ready In the future, the city could feel more like Baltimore — or Memphis — depending on how we respond to the climate crisis.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen A year after the deluge, floods return to Vermont Vermonters are reeling after the waters devastated swaths of the state, a year to the day after the worst floods in a century.

Steward Health Care is under federal investigation for potential foreign corruption violations

Closed state prison reopened as migrant shelter spurs concern about schooling in a Massachusetts town

Local police didn’t want him to have guns. He was allowed to buy them anyway. Then he killed his wife — and himself.

Ousted Hull superintendent gets $700,000 payout in discrimination settlement

After an early stumble, Biden holds his own in pivotal news conference

Key takeaways from Biden’s news conference: Insistence on staying in the race and flubbed names

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER TV shows to watch this summer Star-studded premieres will have you traveling across time.

This summer at the movies, you can tangle with ‘Twisters,’ party with Prince, go old school with Godzilla, and so much more

‘Strongest maestro in the world!’: The conductor who can snuff out a candle with a kick

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Erin and Travis Jean’s son, Felix, died in infancy from a rare skin disorder. Here’s what they’d like other families to know about losing a child.

Assessed at nearly $2 million, Nantucket waterfront home sells for just $200,000. ‘Inevitably the ocean will win.’

Readers, over to you: What should President Biden do?

How to get your baby to sleep — well, like a baby

Here’s a way to prevent foreclosures

The rapid and unsurprising redemption of Will Smith

What’s next for Karen Read? Five things you need to know.

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Embattled cannabis commission proposes overhauling itself

Three people arrested after allegedly robbing a barbershop and barricading themselves in a house in Dorchester A SWAT team responded to the home on Adams Street and negotiated with the three suspects, Deputy Superintendent Joseph Gillespie told reporters at the scene around 9:40 p.m.

Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures, including slow response times and disorganization

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Fine dining, cigar lounges, and TD Garden suites: Here’s what happens when Beacon Hill’s most powerful pick up the tab

King’s Beach in Lynn has the worst water quality rating of any beach in the state. Here’s why. For as long as most Lynn residents can remember, King’s Beach has been sullied with excessive levels of bacteria.

Happy days here again? Mass. Senate adds path for the revival of happy hour drink specials. The Senate approved an amendment that would permit cities and towns statewide to facilitate restaurants’ abilities to offer drink specials for the first time since 1984.

Mass. communities increasingly seek overrides to tax cap to pay for schools, other services Nearly 100 override votes have taken place over 18 months, making it one of the most robust periods for such votes in recent years.

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Commonwealth Shakespeare Company brings ‘A Christmas Carol’ to Boston this holiday season

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Special Projects

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A judge’s sound decision in the Karen Read case

US has a history of paying reparations. Why won’t it pay Black Americans?

Biden and Trump are showing their stark contrast out in the open. But is anyone seeing it?

Oklahoma mandates Bible study; here’s how to do it right

Readers offer their designs for a new Massachusetts flag

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

John Cafferty brings his rocking R.I. roots — and his Beaver Brown band — back to where it all began

A lingering pattern will increase chances of rain across southern New England today

In Boston, peace and anxious hope as gun violence plunges

A second person has died in Vermont flooding from Hurricane Beryl’s remnants, officials say

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Ted Williams was the greatest hitter who ever lived, but there was bad luck and darkness in his family life, and other thoughts

Serena Williams hosts an ESPY awards show celebrating landmark year for women’s sports

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Costco raises membership fees

Steward Health Care is under federal investigation for potential foreign corruption violations

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Embattled cannabis commission proposes overhauling itself

22 places to find amazing food in Boston for about $20 or less. Sometimes much less.

When it comes to relationships, ‘I see only green flags’

$50 for what?! Junk fees are everywhere, and consumers are fed up.

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The jury in the Karen Read trial said they couldn’t reach a verdict. But could the judge have asked more questions?

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Army nurse who treated Maine mass shooter last summer testifies before state investigators Thursday

sports

Incredible Skenes: Pirates rookie All-Star throws seven no-hit innings, fans 11 Brewers in another gem

Matthew Naumec, Ricky Stimets set up mid-amateur meeting to decide Massachusetts Amateur champion

In another blow to NCAA, appeals court says some athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage-and-hour laws

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Biden awards $1.7 billion to boost electric vehicle manufacturing and assembly in eight states

If you think Boston’s hot now, get ready
In the future, the city could feel more like Baltimore — or Memphis — depending on how we respond to the climate crisis.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

A year after the deluge, floods return to Vermont
Vermonters are reeling after the waters devastated swaths of the state, a year to the day after the worst floods in a century.

SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

TV shows to watch this summer
Star-studded premieres will have you traveling across time.

Peter Abraham | On baseball

MVP of Red Sox? Ceddanne Rafaela’s versatility should not be overlooked in team’s resurgence
Rafaela started his 40th game at shortstop in a 7-0 win over the A's. He also has started 46 games in center field.

Three people arrested after allegedly robbing a barbershop and barricading themselves in a house in Dorchester
A SWAT team responded to the home on Adams Street and negotiated with the three suspects, Deputy Superintendent Joseph Gillespie told reporters at the scene around 9:40 p.m.

King’s Beach in Lynn has the worst water quality rating of any beach in the state. Here’s why.
For as long as most Lynn residents can remember, King’s Beach has been sullied with excessive levels of bacteria.

Happy days here again? Mass. Senate adds path for the revival of happy hour drink specials.
The Senate approved an amendment that would permit cities and towns statewide to facilitate restaurants’ abilities to offer drink specials for the first time since 1984.

Mass. communities increasingly seek overrides to tax cap to pay for schools, other services
Nearly 100 override votes have taken place over 18 months, making it one of the most robust periods for such votes in recent years.