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Beacon Hill aiming to delete old abortion ban in Mass.

?The threat is there,? said Senate President Harriette Chandler, who led the successful charge to pass the NASTY (Negating Archaic Statutes Targeting Young) Women Act in her chamber.

Heat wave due to end ? but not today

By mid-afternoon Friday, the wave of hot and humid air that has beset Massachusetts will collapse as a cold front arrives in the region.

We know ICE asks local police to make arrests. But we don?t know a lot more, because data is hidden

The Trump administration has clamped down on releasing information about the administrative requests from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

One man dead, four others injured in two separate July 4 shootings in Dorchester

A man was killed in a Dorchester shooting Wednesday night, just hours after four other men were injured in another shooting less than a mile away.

Stormy Daniels? lawyer says he might run against Trump in 2020

?I hope somebody that?s competent enough to beat this guy . . . steps forward,? Michael Avenatti said. ?If they don?t, I will.?

Brad Paisley invites Boston police officers to sing when he plays Mansfield

The country star invited Officers Stephen McNulty and Kim Tavares in a tweet Wednesday night.

Lawyers for Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev want the Todashev tapes

Lawyers challenging Tsarnaev?s death sentence are seeking recordings of law enforcement interviews with Ibragim Todashev.

Here?s where applicants for recreational marijuana licenses are in Massachusetts

Data released by the Cannabis Control Commission show where marijuana companies are trying to open.

Lady Libertys in New York (left) and Las Vegas. Attorneys argued in court that the Vegas version was unmistakably different from the original and was more ??fresh-faced,?? ??sultry?? and even ??sexier.? — Mark Lennihan/Associated Press; Ethan Miller/Getty Images

Wrong Statue of Liberty on stamp to cost US Postal Service $3.5 million

The stamp mistakenly featured the image of the copyrighted replica in Las Vegas instead of the original Lady Liberty in New York.

Statue of Liberty base climber identified

The woman who climbed the Statue of Liberty?s base and spurred the statue?s evacuation yesterday told police she was protesting US border immigration policy.

Christopher Muther

How to survive an Airbnb disaster, bugs and all

As convenient as Airbnb can be, a rental also has the potential to go horribly, horribly wrong. Here?s how one man survived a long, hot weekend in a bug-infested Airbnb hell.

Music review

With big assists from Moreno and Giddens, the Pops envisions a welcoming America

The Fireworks Spectacular concert also included the Indigo Girls, Rachel Platten, and plenty of pro-immigrant commentary.

Missed the fireworks last night? Here are some other fireworks displays this week

Boom go the fireworks. But where? We?ve got you covered, with a list of all the displays in the state.

David Ortiz reflects on Marathon bombings, meaning of freedom

?When you get scared to leave [your] house, that?s not freedom man,? the former Red Sox slugger said about the April 2013 bombings.

Names

This is Tom Brady?s face when he spots a bear

He can ?bear-ly? contain his excitement.

Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before rains

With more rain coming, Thai rescuers are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave before they can extract 12 boys and their soccer coach with minimum risk.

Your high school yearbook is going online

The Boston Public Library is involved in an ambitious project to digitize every high school yearbook in the state.

The Fine Print

Pay attention to the tiny type when opening ? and closing ? a money market account

Let?s say you open an interest-bearing money market account with a $10,000 deposit. Two weeks later, you close the account. Question: How much is the check for?

You might recognize the concept from transit systems at airports that use glass walls and sliding doors that open only once the vehicle moves in. — stock.adobe.com

MBTA wants to put barriers, doors on subway platforms

The technology is common at airports, on Asian subway systems, and increasingly in Europe. But it has not been deployed on a major US transit system.

?Star Wars? actor who played Jar Jar says hate from fans almost ruined his life

Actor Ahmed Best, who portrayed the universally ridiculed ??Star Wars?? character, posted a picture of himself and his son on a bridge saying it ?was the place I almost ended my life.?

?She?s our everything.? Rockland family searching for missing dog

A Rockland family is frantically searching for Gigi, their young Bernese mountain dog who bolted from the family home, apparently spooked by fireworks.

The Martha?s Vineyard crowd strikes back at Alan Dershowitz

The former Harvard Law professor?s high-profile friends have turned combative because of his vocal and visible support of President Trump.

Life Sciences 2.0 stokes Mass. competitiveness

The new life sciences initiative comes at a time when Massachusetts risks being outpaced by states where lower taxes and housing costs are increasingly attractive to tech workers.

Special reports

A night of horror, heroism, and tragedy in Coventry

Six months after a fire killed a father and his little son, questions still outrun an answer to the biggest lingering question: Why couldn?t they get out?

Watch ?Runnin??: The opioid crisis hits Somerville

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Globe must-reads

Mansplaining underrepresents the breadth of explaining men do.

Opinion | Raymond P. Howell

Am I a mansplainer? More of a multi-splainer

Boston Duck Tours named a top US travel experience

A crowd gathered Wednesday on a pier to photograph the USS Constitution as it came into view. The ship headed to Castle Island in South Boston for a turnaround.

USS Constitution sets sail, briefly, on Fourth of July voyage

Declaration read again at Old State House

-- PHOTO MOVED IN ADVANCE AND NOT FOR USE - ONLINE OR IN PRINT - BEFORE DEC 13, 2015. -- Alan Dershowitz, the criminal defense attorney, in New York, Nov. 11, 2015. Dershowitz is in an increasingly virulent war with one of the few attorneys whose fame matches his own, David Boies, who is representing a woman alleging that Dershowitz had sex with her when she was underage. ?This is very serious,? Dershowitz said. ?It involves my life, my legacy, my career, my history, my reputation.? (Todd Heisler/The New York Times)

Martha?s Vineyard strikes back at Dershowitz for his defenses of Trump

Lawrence, MA - July 04, 2018: Gabriela Taveras poses for a portrait on Amesbury Street in Lawrence, MA on July 03, 2018. (Taveras, who is of Dominican, Haitian, and Chinese descent, on Sunday became the first woman of color to win the Miss Massachusetts pageant, a preliminary contest in the Miss America competition. She?ll go on to participate in the Miss America pageant, held in Atlantic City, NJ. It airs Sept. 9 on ABC. (Another independent competition crowns Miss Massachusetts USA, which leads to the Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants.)) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

Gabriela Taveras becomes first black woman to win Miss Massachusetts title

Anyone who played George Wright Golf course in the 1980s or ?90s would be blown away by its current condition.

Restoration has made George Wright and Franklin Park golfing jewels

The Boston School Committee on Monday unanimously approved Laura Perille?s appointment as interim superintendent. Above: Perille addressed the Globe?s editorial board last week.

Newly installed Boston schools chief already under fire

Mayra Garcia packed up her belongings onSunday after she was told to leave the New Bedford hotel where she had been staying for several months.

Judge orders FEMA to extend stays for Puerto Rican evacuees

Massachusetts State Police headquarters.

Former State Police trooper pleads guilty in overtime fraud case

Nantucket?s Madaket section was not previously warned by the US Army Corps of Engineers about discarded munitions.

Are bombs lurking under the sand on Nantucket?

New England Soundproofing employees installed a heavyweight sound-deadening door for Andrew Hassey of the North End.

When telling your neighbors to keep quiet just won?t do

Sports

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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 04: Eduardo Nunez #36 of the Boston Red Sox celebrates a win with teammates after a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

Are the Red Sox that good or are the Nationals that bad?

There were 42,528 people on hand, a sellout, Wednesday in Washington. They watched Nationals amateur hour.

Metro

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State lawmakers are pursuing widespread changes to the state?s pension laws that could allow former public employees to keep a portion of their taxpayer-funded benefits even after they have been convicted of job-related crimes.

Some criminally convicted retirees could keep more of their pensions under new proposal

The proposal has won the approval of a key legislative committee and would have widespread impact on each of the state?s 100-plus public retirement systems.

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Senators Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Lindsay Graham of South Carolina toured Mosul, Iraq.

On Mideast trip, Elizabeth Warren polishes her credentials

For the senator, the trip is bound to raise further talk about her 2020 plans, as the Massachusetts Democrat continues trying to bolster her foreign policy credentials.

Columnists

NESTOR RAMOS

Alan Dershowitz said he?s being shunned on the Vineyard. Then the mocking began

Interim Boston Public Schools superintendent Laura Perille spoke to the Globe editorial board on Thursday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

?Interim? is an illusion for new schools chief

David Price got a new ball as the Yankees? Gleyber Torres rounds the bases on his three-run homer in the first inning.

Dan Shaughnessy

This might?ve been David Price at his worst

Google and other tech giants have the resources to comply with California?s new legislation, but small companies could face difficult challenges.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Calif. takes the lead on Internet privacy

The Hadwen Park Congregational Church in Worcester helps gay and transgender people fleeing persecution in the Caribbean and Africa seek help when they arrive in the United States.

Yvonne Abraham

People pull back from the darkness

(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 3, 2016 US President Barack Obama speaks at the Presidential Summit of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. Former US president Barack Obama will deliver the annual Nelson Mandela memorial lecture at a 4,000-capacity arena in Johannesburg in July, South African organisers announced on April 23, 2018. Obama, who met with Mandela in 2005 and who made an emotional address at his funeral, will speak at the lecture marking 100 years since the anti-apartheid icon was born. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan SmialowskiBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

Renée Graham

Face it, Democrats: Obama is gone

An image of a new plaza, dubbed the ?Blueway,? that could be built at the base of a skyscraper Chiofaro Co. is proposing on the site of the Harbor Garage. A sliver of the tower is visible at top right.

DANTE RAMOS

Never mind height, focus on the width

Sweden's Andreas Granqvist, left, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the group F match between Mexico and Sweden, at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Yekaterinburg Arena in Yekaterinburg , Russia, Wednesday, June 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Bob Ryan

Even if you?re not a fan, World Cup is great

01zobeckham -- Lucy Rose Falcone accepts her diploma at Canton?s Galvin Middle School. (Scott Clyve)

BEVERLY BECKHAM

She is loved. Isn?t that everything?

Boston MA 5/28/18 Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price delivers a pitch against the Toronto Blue Jays during first inning action at Fenway Park. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This is his latest, best chance

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Take two apps and call me in the morning

Young activists demonstrate at the Supreme Court as President Donald Trump prepares to choose a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2018 (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Michael A. Cohen

America is not great again

Nation & World

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Gas prices were seen at a pump in North Carolina.

Iran claims Trump?s tweets are driving up oil prices

Iran?s representative to OPEC says President Trump should stop tweeting about wanting lower oil prices, saying that doing so has the opposite effect.

Business

Forest Tian founded Dongguan Precision Intelligent Technology in Dongguan, China. Rising labor costs have spurred on a wave of modernization in cities like Dongguan.

Why the Made in China 2025 modernization drive is on track to succeed, despite Trump

China will succeed in building a powerful technology industry that will rival that of the United States, even if President Trump starts a trade war to stop it.

Arts

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Television Review

The mysteries of HBO?s addictive ?Sharp Objects? cut deep

Yes, it is as good as HBO?s other female-driven murder mystery, ?Big Little Lies.?

Lifestyle

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Kids love swimming at Purity Spring Resort.

Summer camp is not just for kids anymore

Family camp-style vacations are wildly popular, fueled by a desire to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life to spend quality time together.

Real Estate

Address

One man dead, four others injured in two separate July 4 shootings in Dorchester

Wrong Statue of Liberty on stamp to cost US Postal Service $3.5 million

How to survive an Airbnb disaster, bugs and all

MBTA wants to put barriers, doors on subway platforms

Special reports

Globe must-reads

Opinion | Raymond P. Howell

Am I a mansplainer? More of a multi-splainer

Boston Duck Tours named a top US travel experience

USS Constitution sets sail, briefly, on Fourth of July voyage

Declaration read again at Old State House

Martha?s Vineyard strikes back at Dershowitz for his defenses of Trump

Gabriela Taveras becomes first black woman to win Miss Massachusetts title

Restoration has made George Wright and Franklin Park golfing jewels

Newly installed Boston schools chief already under fire

Judge orders FEMA to extend stays for Puerto Rican evacuees

Former State Police trooper pleads guilty in overtime fraud case

Are bombs lurking under the sand on Nantucket?

When telling your neighbors to keep quiet just won?t do

NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

Are the Red Sox that good or are the Nationals that bad?

Some criminally convicted retirees could keep more of their pensions under new proposal

Braintree ranch with open layout, finished basement for $459,500

On Mideast trip, Elizabeth Warren polishes her credentials

Here are Boston's street closures, parking restrictions around July 4th

Columnists

NESTOR RAMOS

Alan Dershowitz said he?s being shunned on the Vineyard. Then the mocking began

JOAN VENNOCHI

?Interim? is an illusion for new schools chief

Dan Shaughnessy

This might?ve been David Price at his worst

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

Calif. takes the lead on Internet privacy

Yvonne Abraham

People pull back from the darkness

Renée Graham

Face it, Democrats: Obama is gone

DANTE RAMOS

Never mind height, focus on the width

Bob Ryan

Even if you?re not a fan, World Cup is great

BEVERLY BECKHAM

She is loved. Isn?t that everything?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

This is his latest, best chance

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Take two apps and call me in the morning

Michael A. Cohen

America is not great again

Nation & World

Iran claims Trump?s tweets are driving up oil prices

Why the Made in China 2025 modernization drive is on track to succeed, despite Trump

Television Review

The mysteries of HBO?s addictive ?Sharp Objects? cut deep

Summer camp is not just for kids anymore

Real Estate

Globe staff photos of the month, June 2018

Crossword

Photo essay: A look at the loud, unpredictable action at Hudson Speedway

Recipes: Three summer dips featuring red lentils

A cold war: Which is better, hard or soft-serve ice cream?

Recipes: Comforting old-fashioned chicken and spring peas for dinner