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Steward doesn’t own its hospitals’ real estate. So what, exactly, is for sale?

With the company in bankruptcy and bids due Monday, the appetite for buying the hospitals appears to be tepid.

An Israeli attack on southern Gaza kills 71 people and said to target head of Hamas’ military wing

The Israeli official identified the target of the strike in Khan Younis as Mohammed Deif, believed by many to be the chief architect of the Oct. 7 attack that killed some 1,200 people in southern Israel and triggered the Israel-Hamas war.

Obituary
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.

Alec Baldwin weeps in court as judge announces involuntary manslaughter case is dismissed midtrial
The judge dismissed the case based on the misconduct of police and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense.

Inside the courtroom as case dismissed against Alec Baldwin in fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins

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.

Eight-year-old child is killed and another critically injured in head-on crash in Loudon, N.H.

The crash happened Friday evening when a car collided with an SUV. A child died and another child had life-threatening injuries.

Prosecutors in Karen Read case push back against dismissal motion, call defense claims about jurors ‘hearsay’

Woman rescued, others helped to shore as rip current causes dangerous conditions at Maine beach

Boston to pay $1 million in Arroyo sexual harassment settlement

Judge throws out Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case, says he flouted process with lack of transparency
Devra First

Where to really eat by the water in and around Boston this summer

Here are some waterside restaurants to visit when you’re not a tourist (or just don’t want to feel like one).

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.
See updates from the presidential campaign trail

‘I’m not going anywhere,’ a fiery Biden says at rally in Detroit on Friday night

How Project 2025, a once-obscure right-wing blueprint for Trump’s second term, became Biden’s rescue plan

Trump heads to Pennsylvania for pre-convention rally as VP announcement looms

Summer camps feel the heat and adapt
They are adding misting stations to keep campers cool and lake dams to prevent flooding from more-frequent rainstorms.

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.
See more arts recommendations

Somerville life sciences building put on hold as developers confront lab space glut

Developers have halted construction on the nine-story life sciences building off McGrath Highway, a sign of the sluggish market for new lab space in the Boston area.

Hydrangea heaven: Nine places to see the season’s most spectacular blooms
From picturesque gardens on Cape Cod to unassuming street corners around Boston, magnificent clusters of hydrangeas are blooming across the region. Here's where to find them.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

It’s a big week for baseball. Here are the story lines to follow.

The All-Star Game, the draft, and the Hall of Fame inductions are on the upcoming slate.
Ted Williams was the greatest hitter ever, but there was bad luck and darkness in his family life

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

Data breaches like the most recent one involving AT&T customers are becoming an almost regular occurrence.
AT&T 2022 security breach hits nearly all cellular customers and landline accounts with contact
Tara Sullivan

Rivals already have gained on the Celtics, but will it make much of a difference?

The Knicks and 76ers reloaded in the offseason with the Celtics in mind.
Opinion
IDEAS | MIKE ORCUTT

A First Amendment fight for the future of the internet

A case emerging from a cryptocurrency heist is testing the claim that computer code is speech.
Jean McGuire and Louis Elisa

Don’t sell out the people who use Franklin Park
Herby Duverné, Juan Fernando Lopera, Frederick Lowery, and Linda Whitlock

White Stadium renovation is a commitment to Boston youth
SCOT LEHIGH

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

Should President Biden run? Answers to the question Americans are asking.
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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Here’s what to know about the two-week partial Red Line shutdowns until July 26
Train service will be shut down on portions of the Red Line in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston over the next two weeks as the MBTA works to reduce the number of slow zones.

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.

THE FINE PRINT
It’s so hot. Are landlords legally obliged to provide air conditioning?
State health codes don't require landlords to provide air conditioning, but if they promise air conditioning, they have to maintain it.

Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine Paolini
Krejcikova won her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Paolini.

The glowing swings at Lawn on D in South Boston have been ‘retired,’ Mass. Convention Center Authority says
After 10 years, and thousands of selfies illuminated by the swings’ soft glow, officials with the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, which operates the Lawn on D and commissioned “Swing Time,” said the display has been “retired.”

Man charged with animal cruelty after three dogs found dead inside a U-Haul truck in Mattapan

William Cobb, 33, of Boston, was ordered held in lieu of posting $2,500 cash bail after pleading not guilty Friday during his arraignment in Boston Municipal Court, records show.

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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.

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.

Brokers’ fees for rentals may soon be shifted onto landlords
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, they can also add significant costs to food budgets for families already struggling to make ends meet.

Culture & Lifestyle

How do you say ‘binge-watching’ in French?

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

Kevin Bacon on finding love in Boston and rocking out with his brother as their band tours New England

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

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Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court
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

Say More podcast | Shirley Leung

What’s next for Karen Read? Five things you need to know.
IDEAS | MIKE COTTER

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

Here’s a way to prevent foreclosures
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The rapid and unsurprising redemption of Will Smith

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Readers offer their designs for a new Massachusetts flag
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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died.

Summer camps feel the heat and adapt

They are adding misting stations to keep campers cool and lake dams to prevent flooding from more-frequent rainstorms.

Pockets of heavy rain will move in tonight for a soggy start to the weekend

Flood watches have been issued for parts of Southern New England, including Boston.
NH Politics

In unusual move, Republican leaders in N.H. sideline candidate convicted of murder

Mark Edgington served eight years in a Florida prison on a second-degree murder conviction for helping a friend kill a motel manager in 1988, when he was 17.

Sports

wimbledon

Barbora Krejcikova wins Wimbledon for her second Grand Slam trophy by beating Jasmine Paolini

Krejcikova won her second Grand Slam title with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Paolini.
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Game 94: Royals at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Red Sox will have Kutter Crawford on the mound as they look to win their fourth straight series.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Jaylen Brown is not upset with teammate Derrick White, but he does have issues with USA Basketball and Nike

Brown was passed over for a spot on the Olympic team, a decision he finds curious and, perhaps, political.
Jim McBride | Sunday hockey notes

Imposing defenseman Nikita Zadorov has big plans for his time in Boston
Nicole Yang | Sunday football notes

Netflix’s ‘Receiver’ docuseries begs the question: Why can’t the Patriots find a top pass catcher?
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

It’s a big week for baseball. Here are the story lines to follow.

Business

Steward doesn’t own its hospitals’ real estate. So what, exactly, is for sale?

With the company in bankruptcy and bids due Monday, the appetite for buying the hospitals appears to be tepid.

The son of Asia’s richest man gets married in the year’s most extravagant wedding

The youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, has married his longtime girlfriend in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.

AT&T says phone data of ‘nearly all’ customers was breached in 2022

Somerville life sciences building put on hold as developers confront lab space glut
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Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She said she brought a book to read so she could seem scholarly’
MISS CONDUCT

Should out-of-town guests be invited to the wedding rehearsal dinner?
PERSPECTIVE

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

metro

Former Boston police officer sentenced to two years probation in overtime fraud scheme

Beacon Hill powerbrokers say they spend lavishly to build camaraderie. But who’s picking up the tab?

Amid COVID uptick, state suspends respiratory illness reporting until August

sports

Rivals already have gained on the Celtics, but will it make much of a difference?

Princess of Wales set to attend Wimbledon men’s final on Sunday in rare public appearance

As trade deadline looms, this was a glaring reminder the Red Sox still have needs to address

business

What’s next for Roger Williams Medical Center? CEO warns Boston University could terminate affiliation, court docs show.

Brokers’ fees for rentals may soon be shifted onto landlords

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

politics

‘I’m not going anywhere,’ a fiery Biden says at rally in Detroit on Friday night

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

Biden’s supporters want to ‘let Joe be Joe’ — but his stumbles are now under a bigger spotlight

Nation

After homelessness ruling, cities weigh whether to clear encampments

Deeply Democratic Milwaukee wrestles with hosting Trump and the Republican National Convention

Things to know about heat deaths as a dangerously hot summer shapes up in the western US

World

A Pakistani court acquits ex-PM Khan and wife in marriage case, paving the way for possible release

Rescuers recover first body from 2 buses that were hit by landslide and fell into a river in Nepal

UN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans ‘to move like human pinballs’

opinion

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

The rapid and unsurprising redemption of Will Smith

A judge’s sound decision in the Karen Read case

lifestyle

The race is on to keep a 150-year-old lighthouse from crumbling into the Hudson River

Shoot my shot?

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.

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

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

How do you say ‘binge-watching’ in French?

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

music

Kevin Bacon on finding love in Boston and rocking out with his brother as their band tours New England

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

12 concerts to enjoy this summer

Theater/Dance

Eight enticing dance events to enjoy before fall

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

Boston Comedy Blowout offers something for every comedy fan

Health

What’s next for Roger Williams Medical Center? CEO warns Boston University could terminate affiliation, court docs show.

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

Obituaries

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

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

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