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Stop & Shop set to close 32 stores, including 15 in New England. Here’s where they are.

It’s part of the Quincy-based grocery chain’s plan to weed out underperforming stores.

Missing 4-year-old Sutton girl dies after being found unresponsive in neighbor’s pool
The search for the girl, named Eva, began after Sutton police received a 911 call at 3:50 p.m. Thursday reporting that she had gone missing from her home.

Massachusetts to get $1 billion more in federal money toward replacing Cape Cod bridges
The $993 million grant would account for nearly half of the estimated $2.1 billion it would take to replace the Sagamore Bridge, one of the two 89-year-old structures that provide the only roads on and off the Cape.

People on food assistance increasingly turn to grocery delivery. But not without a price tag.
While the services add convenience for households where people sometimes work multiple jobs and care for relatives, they can also add significant costs to food budgets for families already struggling to make ends meet.

Legal specialists weigh in after Karen Read lawyers seek dismissal of two charges

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.

Retired Norwell pediatrician arraigned on multiple charges of child rape, indecent assault

Dr. Richard A Kauff, who turns 69 on Monday, appeared in a Brockton courtroom Friday and pleaded not guilty to all counts, officials said.

Beacon Hill is mulling a bill that could make landlords — not tenants — pay brokers’ fees

 Mass. Senate tacks measure to try 18-year-olds as juveniles, not adults, onto economic development bill

In Boston, peace and anxious hope as gun violence plunges

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

Legoland New York Resort: Plastic overload or a brickin’ good time?

This park is just the right size — lots of activity, but not dauntingly huge — and the employees seem to genuinely like children. If you ask us, they’ve built a great place.

Making the most of a skip-gen vacation

There are a lot of healthy, retired baby boomers with grandkids, and they have the time and money to spend on travel. Some industry folks are coining it “gramping," and it's a growing trend. Here are some tips.

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.
Key takeaways from Biden’s news conference
James Pindell | Analysis

Trump is picking a VP. Biden is fighting for his future. RFK Jr.? Four months to election, he went fishing in Maine.

President Biden’s woes have created an opening for Kennedy, but he might not be taking advantage of the moment.
Senator Elizabeth Warren raises $1.4 million for reelection More updates from the campaign trail
SEVEN WEEKS OF SUMMER

‘Only Murders in the Building’ returns, ‘Time Bandits’ debuts, plus more new 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, and more 14 outdoor summer concerts for any music fan See more arts recommendations

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
Olympics

Jayson Tatum comments on Jaylen Brown being left off US men’s basketball team for Olympics

Tatum said he has not spoken to Brown following Team USA's decision to replace Kawhi Leonard with another Celtics player, Derrick White.
The first Esports Olympics will be held in 2025 in Saudi Arabia
Dan Shaughnessy

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

“Claudia [Williams] was her father’s daughter,” her husband 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.”

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.
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).
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Reader survey: 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.
Best of the Best

Uni and 6 more of the best sushi spots in and around Boston

9 great craft breweries and taprooms to visit in Greater Boston

10 great Italian restaurants, starting in Boston’s North End

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Wimbledon
Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz takes down Daniil Medvedev in four sets to reach Wimbledon final
The Spaniard is one victory away from joining Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg as the only men in the Open era with multiple championships at the All England Club before turning 22.

‘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.

Tour de France
Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen wins 13th stage of Tour de France in sprint finish
Several riders fell in a crash a few hundred meters from the line but leader Tadej Pogacar, who was just ahead, avoided it.

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

Sean O’Brien 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.

AT&T 2022 security breach hits nearly all cellular customers and landline accounts with contact

The compromised data includes files containing AT&T records of calls and texts between May 1, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2022.
What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach

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

Officials in Norfolk sought to assure parents that enrolling migrant children staying at the shelter would not result in packed classrooms and diminished resources.

Recommended reads

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.

state secrets
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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Camille A. Brown, a longtime Jacob’s Pillow star, returns to present world premiere of ‘I AM’

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

Broadway-bound musical ‘The Queen of Versailles’ comes to Boston

Boston Comedy Blowout offers something for every comedy fan

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

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.
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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

EDITORIAL

A judge’s sound decision in the Karen Read case
Linda J. Bilmes and Cornell William Brooks

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

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

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

Readers offer their designs for a new Massachusetts flag
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Retired Norwell pediatrician arraigned on multiple charges of child rape, indecent assault

Dr. Richard A Kauff, who turns 69 on Monday, appeared in a Brockton courtroom Friday and pleaded not guilty to all counts, officials said.

In Winchester, a ‘climate of deep mistrust’ stymies early literacy instruction, new report finds

Winchester commissioned the report earlier this year in response to mounting community pressure for a review following a Globe investigation into how Boston’s suburban districts are teaching children to read.

Beacon Hill is mulling a bill that could make landlords — not tenants — pay brokers’ fees

The fees, normally equal to one month's rent, are a common point of contention among the state's increasingly cost-burdened renters.

People on food assistance increasingly turn to grocery delivery. But not without a price tag.

While the services add convenience for households where people sometimes work multiple jobs and care for relatives, they can also add significant costs to food budgets for families already struggling to make ends meet.

Sports

Tour de France

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen wins 13th stage of Tour de France in sprint finish

Several riders fell in a crash a few hundred meters from the line but leader Tadej Pogacar, who was just ahead, avoided it.
Wimbledon

Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz takes down Daniil Medvedev in four sets to reach Wimbledon final

The Spaniard is one victory away from joining Boris Becker and Bjorn Borg as the only men in the Open era with multiple championships at the All England Club before turning 22.
Royals at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 93: Royals at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Red Sox will try to solve All-Star Cole Ragans in Friday's series opener against Kansas City at Fenway Park.
Olympics

The first Esports Olympics will be held in 2025 in Saudi Arabia
Olympics

Jayson Tatum comments on Jaylen Brown being left off US men’s basketball team for Olympics
Dan Shaughnessy

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

Business

Beacon Hill is mulling a bill that could make landlords — not tenants — pay brokers’ fees

The fees, normally equal to one month's rent, are a common point of contention among the state's increasingly cost-burdened renters.

People on food assistance increasingly turn to grocery delivery. But not without a price tag.

While the services add convenience for households where people sometimes work multiple jobs and care for relatives, they can also add significant costs to food budgets for families already struggling to make ends meet.

What to do if your personal info has been exposed in a data breach

Stop & Shop set to close 32 stores, including 15 in New England. Here’s where they are.
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

Summer recipes: Three delicious cherry desserts

metro

Legal specialists weigh in after Karen Read lawyers seek dismissal of two charges

Mass. Senate tacks measure to try 18-year-olds as juveniles, not adults, onto economic development bill

Someone polled Gina Raimondo for president

sports

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

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

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

business

European Union says X’s blue checks are deceptive ‘dark patterns’ that breach its social media laws

AT&T 2022 security breach hits nearly all cellular customers and landline accounts with contact

Pfizer developing weight-loss drug

politics

After high-stakes press conference, Biden returns to campaign trail with trip to Michigan

Senator Elizabeth Warren raises $1.4 million for reelection

Melania Trump will attend the Republican convention in a rare political appearance, AP sources say

Nation

Alec Baldwin trial on hold as judge considers defense request to dismiss case over disputed ammo

Wildfire risk rises as Western states dry out amid protracted heat wave

On NYC beaches, angry birds are fighting drones on patrol for sharks and swimmers

World

British police arrest man on suspicion of crossbow murders of 3 women near London

2 buses carrying more than 50 people were swept into a river by a landslide in Nepal

The son of Asia’s richest man is set to marry in one of India’s most extravagant weddings

opinion

A First Amendment fight for the future of the internet

Disaster for democracy

Trump is ‘shocked, shocked!’

lifestyle

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.

JFK’s only grandson Jack Schlossberg joins Vogue as a political correspondent

Getting over him all over again

food & dining

People on food assistance increasingly turn to grocery delivery. But not without a price tag.

Rebelle, a Providence bagel pioneer, spreads out in Kendall Square

Qué Mas opens in Beverly from Scampo scion Alex Pineda; Smoke Shop closes two locations while planning a suburban expansion

travel

Three summer music festivals, a Palm Springs spa, and relief from tired legs

Making the most of a skip-gen vacation

Legoland New York Resort: Plastic overload or a brickin’ good time?

Arts

Five museum shows to visit during your late summer travels

The Clark Art Institute brings Guillaume Lethière’s remarkable, singular story to light

Hope Alswang, 77, who transformed Florida’s largest art museum, dies

Books

‘Every age gets the Arthur it deserves,’ says Lev Grossman

Author readings around Boston through July 20

Deborah Harkness writes fiction about witches, reads nonfiction about Shakespeare

Movies

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

‘John Williams’ Film Night’ is so nice, this year they’ll do it twice

Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville’ dies at 75

Television

‘Only Murders in the Building’ returns, ‘Time Bandits’ debuts, plus more new TV shows to watch this summer

‘UnPrisoned’ returns for a second season on Hulu

Soccer’s Darke knight rises to the occasion

music

12 concerts to enjoy this summer

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

‘John Williams’ Film Night’ is so nice, this year they’ll do it twice

Theater/Dance

Eight enticing dance events to enjoy before fall

10 promising theatrical productions in the offing, including ‘Westminster,’ ‘Hoops,’ and ‘Tootsie’

Camille A. Brown, a longtime Jacob’s Pillow star, returns to present world premiere of ‘I AM’

Health

Fatal overdoses drop in R.I. for the first time in five years

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

Obituaries

Bengt Samuelsson, Nobel Prize-winning medical scientist, dies at 90

Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville’ dies at 75

Claudia Franc Williams, daughter of Red Sox legend Ted Williams, dies at 52