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After demotion of BPD deputy superintendent, department’s commitment to reform is questioned
Eddy Chrispin says Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox demoted him after he accepted a position as commissioner for the state agency that certifies law enforcement officers in Massachusetts.

In Provincetown, Harris reaffirms support for Biden as he faces pressure to step down
The vice president headlined a sold-out fund-raiser at the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum that featured a star-studded roster of national politicians and celebrities.

More updates from the campaign trail

Senator Joe Manchin urges Biden to withdraw from the race

Senator Joe Manchin is the latest lawmaker who is urging President Biden to reconsider his reelection effort.

Here are Democrats who have called for Biden to drop out of the race

From honor student to the gunman who tried to kill Donald Trump

Nantucket Triathlon participant dies after being pulled from water, fire department says

The person, whose name and age were not released, was visiting from Connecticut, the Nantucket Fire Department said.

Migrants in the Boston area rush to secure legal status amid concerns over upcoming election
With the election approaching, migrants in Massachusetts area are scrambling, terrified of what the future could look like under a second Trump presidency.

Behind Biden’s asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked

Man dies after being pulled from pond in Lakeville

The man was found in Long Pond at 5:43 p.m. and died shortly after arriving at a local hospital, police said.

More than 50 people arrested at illegal car show in Worcester

Shooting in Lowell temple parking lot under investigation

From left to right: Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Alyssa Naeher, Frederick Richard, Gabby Thomas, Jayson Tatum

Hometown heroes: Meet the New Englanders competing in the 2024 Paris Olympics

There are some big names, such as Jayson Tatum, looking to add another Olympic gold; some rising superstars that are about to become household names (have you heard about Frederick Richard yet?); and plenty in between.

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution want to release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.

Travel

The latest TikTok challenge involves doing nothing on an airplane. Are you tough enough to try it?
Is it a digital detox or just dumb? Our travel writer hopes the bizarre trend spreads fast. Here’s why.

From run-down lodging to retro boutique chic: A unique Maine motel gets a second life Exploring Mexico City, a few days at a time

A masseur was charged with multiple counts of indecent assault and battery on a woman, but the case at Dedham District Court (pictured in 2005), dragged on for two years. He then allegedly sexually assaulted an Arlington woman.

For one woman allegedly assaulted by a masseur, a long wait for justice

The Middlesex DA initially charged the masseur with rape, then downgraded the charges to indecent assault and battery. “He [could get] only two years, and I have a whole lifetime of this,” the accuser said.

The Celtics won a championship and Jayson Tatum got his money, but there is not much left to spend in free agency.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

The Celtics have not been active in free agency. Here’s why.

This is the first summer the Celtics have been affected by repercussions from the second apron of the salary cap.

Scott Zolak (left) will have different partners in the booth for two preseason games.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Patriots’ preseason broadcasts will go unconventional route — without play-by-play person for two games

Scott Zolak and Devin and Jason McCourty will be in the booth for two locally-produced broadcasts on Ch. 4.

Stars such as Bryce Harper (left) and Shohei Ohtani (right) would be interested in playing in the Olympics in 2028.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

This summer’s Olympics won’t include baseball, but what about 2028 in Los Angeles?

MLB could forgo the All-Star Game that year with players instead joining their nations for an eight-team tournament that could be wrapped up in a few days.

With AI, jets and police squadrons, Paris is securing the Olympics — and worrying critics South Sudan gives US men’s basketball a major scare in advance of meeting at Olympics

Dave Gettleman's ties to the NFL date to 1986, when he entered the league as a scout.

Christopher L. Gasper

What is the future of the NFL? Massachusetts’s own Dave Gettleman continues to provide the answer.

Gettleman sees a disconcerting flaw in the player development pipeline — the lack of a dedicated developmental league.

For the Texans, the 2024 season is a rare turn in the NFL’s spotlight

Opinion

Migrants used a homemade ladder to climb a section of the border wall with the help of a smuggler in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in 2021.

Alas, Trump has already won on the issue of immigration

A majority of Americans now want immigration to be curtailed and all undocumented migrants expelled.

IDEAS | JOHN BENJAMIN

Israel is destroying the Zionism I can support

Donald Trump seems to have united the GOP. Has he?

Why Biden should exit the race

This election is not over

Best of the Best

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The 9 best coffee shops around Boston in 2024

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Israel shoots down a missile fired from Yemen hours after an Israeli strike on Houthi rebels
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian peninsula country.

Fajitas & ‘Ritas closure leaves one less casual spot downtown
After the beloved Tex-Mex spot closed its doors for good last Saturday, downtown is facing a margarita mug-sized hole in its increasingly upscale dining landscape.

Pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist at Boston Children’s Hospital arrested for allegedly possessing and distributing child pornography

Christopher Sheerer, 35, made an initial appearance in federal court in Boston Friday and was detained pending a hearing on Tuesday, prosecutors said.

N.H. governor signs bill barring transgender girls from girls’ sports, vetoes broader bathroom bill
The governor also signed a bill outlawing gender-affirming genital surgeries for minors, and one that enforces key components of the so-called “parental rights” movement in schools.

Commentary | Jeremy C. Fox

Bob Newhart showed me how to be a man
Four decades ago, what I wanted more than anything was to be Bob Newhart.

Bangladesh’s top court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest killed scores
Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30% of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971.

Recommended reads

Paul McCartney. "Self-portraits. Paris," January 1964.

‘It was like being in a very exciting film’: Paul McCartney describes being at the center of Beatlemania

“Paul McCartney Photographs 1963-64: Eyes of the Storm” is a front-row seat on that film. It runs at the Brooklyn Museum through Aug. 18.

From apocalyptic action to vacation comedies, here are 20 hot and cold-themed movies to stream this summer
Beat the heat indoors with these streamable summer movie night recommendations.

Is New England really the hydrangea capital of the US? These are the best spots to see them.
Data collected by nature enthusiasts give us an idea of how often — and where — hydrangeas are grown in Massachusetts and around the country.

tech lab

How errant keystrokes at CrowdStrike led to a global outage of Microsoft networks
The cybersecurity firm issued a software update for computers running Microsoft’s Windows operating system, but the update contained a bug so severe that it caused the “blue screen of death.”

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Symphony Orchestra music director Andris Nelsons, who rediscovered his passion for taekwondo during the pandemic, practiced 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

The Charles Hayden Planetarium at the Museum of Science, Boston displays 360-degree visuals of Martian landscapes during performances of David Ibbett's "Mars Symphony.”

When composers and scientists join forces, it’s alchemy for the ears

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Glen Powell, left, and Daisy Edgar-Jones, center, with director Lee Isaac Chung on the set of "Twisters."

‘It always felt like life was imitating art’: Lee Isaac Chung talks weathering real tornadoes on ‘Twisters’ set

Love Letters

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Special Projects

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?

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

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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Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

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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

The author, age 3, and her father wash the family car in the driveway of her childhood home in Evanston, Ill., in 1979.

IDEAS | LISA WEISS

My father couldn’t fix everything, but that didn’t keep him from trying

Woof!

The dog days are here

The Olympics we need

A pedestrian passed a mixed-income housing project in progress at Washington Street in Nubian Square in Roxbury in 2023.

Lawmakers should send housing bond bill to governor’s desk

"This doesn’t mean Caesarist leaders are less dangerous than fascist ones," the author writes. "They’re actually more threatening in one sense."

IDEAS | Elizabeth Svoboda

Trump isn’t a fascist. He’s a Caesarist.

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Nguyen Phu Trong, powerful Vietnamese leader, is dead at 80

For 12 years, Mr. Trong presided over his country’s economic and geopolitical transformation and worked to ferret out corruption within its political circles.

Here are the Democrats who have called for Biden to drop out of the presidential race

President Biden faces growing skepticism within the Democratic Party about his 2024 reelection bid in the wake of his performance in the first presidential debate against former president Donald Trump.

Man dies after being pulled from pond in Lakeville

The man was found in Long Pond at 5:43 p.m. and died shortly after arriving at a local hospital, police said.

Elyjah is thoughtful and compassionate

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child or teen currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Sports

Sam Hauser was 9 for 16 from beyond the arc in the final three games of the NBA Finals against the Mavericks.

Celtics, Sam Hauser agree on four-year contract extension worth $45 million

In addition to returning their top nine rotation players from their title squad, the Celtics now have all five of last season’s starters, as well as Hauser and Payton Pritchard, under contract through at least 2025-26.

The New England Free Jacks are hosting another Eastern Conference finals next weekend.

New England Free Jacks hold off Old Glory DC, will host Eastern Conference finals

The Eastern Conference finals will be held at Quincy’s Veterans Memorial Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Kutter Crawford has the ball for the Red Sox on Sunday.

RED SOX AT DODGERS | 7:10 P.M. (ESPN)

Game 98: Red Sox at Dodgers lineups and notes

Boston will try to avoid a sweep in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

With AI, jets and police squadrons, Paris is securing the Olympics — and worrying critics

TEAM WNBA 117, TEAM USA 109

Arike Ogunbowale, Caitlin Clark, and Angel Reese team up to lead the WNBA stars past the US Olympic squad

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Back-to-back bullpen failures coming out of the All-Star break provide Red Sox cause for some alarm

Business

What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing

The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 — before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today’s oldest teenagers were born.

EPA weighing controversial geoengineering ocean experiment south of Martha’s Vineyard

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution want to release more than 6,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide into the open ocean in an attempt to increase seawater’s carbon dioxide absorption.

What happened to ‘digital resilience’?

Fajitas & ‘Ritas closure leaves one less casual spot downtown

magazine

Penn Ruderman designed the deck and Simon Lax, who lives in the home’s rental unit, filled it with plants. “I set the stage and Simon ran with it beyond what I anticipated,” the architect says.

Smaller Space Living

Potted plants help turn a tight Cambridge backyard into a shady oasis

The writer’s mother teaches swim lessons to a group of kids in the 1970s.

Why my mom devoted herself to teaching kids to swim for the Red Cross and YMCA for 22 years

This week's daters: Susan and Peter.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘Our first order of business was to ask the waitress to move our table’

Lamplighter Brewing

Best of the Best

9 best craft breweries and taprooms to visit in Greater Boston

metro

Eddy Chrispin, then-deputy superintendent of the Boston Police Department, spoke to Haitian migrants while visiting the AMI Healthcare overflow shelter for migrants at the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Boston in February.

After demotion of BPD deputy superintendent, department’s commitment to reform is questioned

A special day of remembrance at military salute at Patton Homestead

South End celebrates the summer with annual Latino festival

sports

Los Angeles' Kiké Hernández (left) celebrates his ninth-inning solo home run with teammate Teoscar Hernández, as the former Red Sox utility man forced extra innings Saturday night at Dodger Stadium.

Tyler O’Neill’s pair of late two-run shots not enough, as Dodgers rally again to dump Red Sox

Can you believe it? Joe Castiglione rises to occasion, accepts Ford C. Frick Award for baseball broadcasting.

Vaughn Grissom begins rehab stint with WooSox

business

Former lieutenant governor Evelyn Murphy (left) and Megan Driscoll Murphy in front of the Massachusetts State House. They've worked close to six years on pay equity legislation, which is on the verge of being passed by the Legislature.

Massachusetts moves closer to mandating employers to disclose salary ranges on job postings

Broken wind turbine blade, nearly the length of a football field, settles on ocean floor off Nantucket, officials say

Canceled flights, missed meetings, and free coffee: The CrowdStrike glitch reroutes Bostonians’ days

politics

Senator Joe Manchin on July 11.

Senator Joe Manchin urges Biden to withdraw from the race

Senator Joe Manchin urges Biden to withdraw from presidential race

Follow live updates on the 2024 presidential election

Nation

Men wait in a holding area, Dec. 15, 2023, at a Border Patrol station in Ajo, Ariz.

Amid talk of border chaos, crossings have sharply declined

Behind Biden’s asylum halt: Migrants must say if they fear deportation, not wait to be asked

Secret Service says it denied earlier Trump requests for more federal resources

World

Trash from a balloon in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, on July 21, presumably sent from North Korea.

South Korea boosts border propaganda broadcasts after North Korea flies more trash balloons

Bangladesh’s top court scales back government jobs quota after deadly unrest killed scores

China and the Philippines reach deal in effort to stop clashes at fiercely disputed shoal

opinion

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Las mascotas y el derecho a una muerte digna

Zero hour ... and counting ... for Biden and the Democrats

Trump puts his indelible imprint on the GOP

lifestyle

Love Letters

Get free advice. Send your relationship question to Love Letters.

I want to open my marriage

Kate Pierson of the B-52s is a Cape Codder now

food & dining

Customers waited outside to be seated at Fajitas & 'Ritas on July 11, days before it shut its doors for good. Patrons are lamenting the loss of the casual atmosphere amid a downtown that is slowly becoming more upscale.

Fajitas & ‘Ritas closure leaves one less casual spot downtown

$15 minimum wage for tipped workers headed to ballot

An award-winning chef and a longtime neighborhood restaurant join forces

travel

The Nevada motel in York, Maine, has reopened after a total renovation.

From run-down lodging to retro boutique chic: A unique Maine motel gets a second life

What it’s like to stay at Hotel Volga in Mexico City

Tomato tasting, coaster thrills, and a handy phone gadget

Arts

From left: Claire Howard and Carmen Hermo.

Two new curatorial hires at the MFA

‘It was like being in a very exciting film’: Paul McCartney describes being at the center of Beatlemania

Beau McCall, a.k.a. The Button Man, blurs the lines between art, fashion, and craft

Books

Marcela Fuentes

For Marcela Fuentes, it’s fairy tales and books with female villains

A group portrait of Provincetown’s artists, poetry of broken beauty, and a panel on trans writers

Local bestsellers for the week ended July 14

Movies

Last year’s Puerto Rican Festival of Massachusetts, at City Hall Plaza.

Five things to do around Boston, July 22-28

‘It always felt like life was imitating art’: Lee Isaac Chung talks weathering real tornadoes on ‘Twisters’ set

Amy Adams films new movie ‘At the Sea’ in Plymouth and Marshfield, leaving fans star-struck

Television

Actor-comedian Bob Newhart sat with a bronze likeness of Dr. Bob Hartley, the character he played in the 1972-'78 sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show," at the unveiling of the statue in 2004. Newhart died on Thursday.

Bob Newhart showed me how to be a man

A Globe critic remembers Bob Newhart, as humble and dry-witted in real life as he was on TV

Amid a bountiful Emmy haul for ‘The Bear,’ her nod stands out

music

Noah Kahan performs at Fenway Park on Thursday.

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‘I’m mean because I grew up in New England’: Noah Kahan was in full force during his star-studded show at Fenway Park

When composers and scientists join forces, it’s alchemy for the ears

At the inaugural Home Alone Fest, Boston artists aim to pack the house

Theater/Dance

Miguel Gutierrez performed at Jacob's Pillow on Wednesday.

At Jacob’s Pillow, Miguel Gutierrez invites the audience to join in grief, and in silliness

Bugs take the limelight when Cirque du Soleil’s ‘OVO’ returns to Boston

The power of ‘Hoops’

Health

A CVS pharmacy location in San Francisco, Calif.

What consumers should know about the FTC’s upcoming lawsuit against CVS over how it negotiates drug prices

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

Obituaries

Mr. Trong was the first Vietnamese Communist Party leader to visit the United States, meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office in 2015.

Nguyen Phu Trong, powerful Vietnamese leader, is dead at 80

Longtime US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who had pancreatic cancer, has died

Naomi Pomeroy, chef who made Portland a dining destination, dies at 49