Fourth of July

Esplanade visitors know what they want: the Pops, fireworks

?What a patriotic event. . . The way things are going right now, in the country, in the world ? we need it.?

Andy Grammer performed in the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

MUSIC REVIEW

Pyrotechnics and patriotism from the Boston Pops

This year?s Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular represented a rebirth of sorts for the long-running, city-beloved concert.

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The president pledged his ??unwavering support?? and told the crowd that he will ??always have your back.??

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Content is just a fraction of what these teachers must convey to students, most of whom are still learning English.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirley-6679.jpg Globe?s poll omission leaves Asian-Americans invisible and unheard

Stories on politics and race did not include poll results from likely Asian-American voters.

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?The administration owes it to the American people and to our men and women putting their lives at risk, to provide that clear vision of where we?re headed.?

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Even in crisis, UMass Boston can?t shake its habit of political hiring

I thought the University of Massachusetts Boston had fallen on hard times, but apparently that depends on whose times we are discussing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/06064310.jpg A day later, taxi drivers regroup and reflect on disastrous crash

Ten cab drivers were hurt Monday, but none had life-threatening injuries. Several remained hospitalized Tuesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BostonChildrensExteriorA.jpg $10 million gift launches joint Harvard, Children?s Hospital brain center

A new research center at Harvard and Boston Children?s Hospital will explore the evolution of the human brain.

RED SOX 11, RANGERS 4

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Benintendi went 5 for 5 and David Price threw six scoreless for the Sox, who won their sixth straight.

US confirms that N. Korea tested a long-range missile

The Trump administration said North Korea had tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

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The head of the Mass. conference authored the resolution denouncing President Trump?s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord.

What?s that smell in the air? In Boston, it?s marijuana ? again and again and again.

Pot smokers emboldened by the drug?s new legal status are altering the scentscape.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/millennium_07.jpg Drought over for Mass. biotech IPOs

But there?s a caveat.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Advance/Images/camps018.jpg A life-changing summer for every Boston kid

The Boston summer learning model, paid for with public and private funds, is worthy of replication.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/b81494b318ad46aba3801ea4897f7c1d-b81494b318ad46aba3801ea4897f7c1d-0.jpg It?s official: Gordon Hayward chooses Celtics

Hayward made the announcement on the Players? Tribune Tuesday night.

Artist Ann Lewis operated a lift to work on her mural ?See Her.?

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A South End mural makes a big impact

?See Her,? the first piece in a public art series entitled Year of the Woman, is inspired by the experiences of incarcerated women.

TV Critic?s Corner

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Ali, who won an Oscar this year as best supporting actor in ?Moonlight,? is in serious talks to star in a third season of HBO?s anthology series.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/tuscany.jpg Ancient concrete outlasted an empire, and it could help us outlast rising seas

Roman builders used the world?s ?most durable? concrete, and it still holds lessons for modern engineers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/skate%20Macs%20fish%20house%20-%201.jpg Dogfish ? it?s what?s for dinner on the Cape

The small shark was on the Memorial Day menu courtesy of the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen?s Alliance Pier to Plate Program.

Cheap Eats

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/20170629_CESARIA_002.jpg Restaurante Cesaria conjures Cape Verde

For 15 years the restaurant has been bringing the hearty dishes of Cape Verde to Dorchester.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0299_GW-Teeth-Still.jpg How George Washington?s teeth became an American legend

His teeth were crafted from gold leaf, lead plates, hippopotamus ivory, and the teeth of cows, horses, and, likely, his slaves.