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Friday, June 23, 2023
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Lifestyle

A 94-year-old artist is ordered to leave Provincetown dune shack after 77 years

Despite protests and petitions, the National Park Service has told Salvatore Del Deo that an occupancy arrangement he's had since 1946 is no longer valid and he must vacate it. Continue reading →

Health

Abortion funders shouldering unprecedented requests as prices skyrocket

Many requests come from Massachusetts, where inflation has made health care increasingly unaffordable. Continue reading →

Immigration

Migrants in Boston’s fast-track immigration court are more likely to be ordered deported, report finds

A new Harvard Law School report provides the first detailed look inside the fast-tracked program. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Deep in the Atlantic, a ‘catastrophic implosion’ and five lives lost

The quest for the missing vessel was seen at the start as a race against time, as rescuers who hoped the Titan might still be intact hurried to reach the area where it had descended before its supply of oxygen ran out. Continue reading →

Health

More than 2,300 people in Mass. died of an overdose in 2022, the highest number ever

State plans more spending, novel initiatives, and a look at overdose prevention sites in an effort to curb the rise in deaths. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | June 22, 2023

Watch today’s full episode of Boston Globe Today from June 22, 2023. Watch →

Avoiding an “urban doom loop” in Boston

Business enterprise reporter Janelle Nanos compares and contrasts Boston and San Francisco and shares what we can learn from the City by the Bay. Watch →

Travel fear for pregnant Massachusetts residents

Medical reporter Felice Freyer explains why some pregnant Massachusetts residents are fearful about traveling out of state. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Immigration drove white, Asian population growth in US last year

Population estimates released Thursday by the US Census Bureau show what drove changes in different race, ethnic, and age groups last year, as well as since the start of COVID-19′s spread in the the country in April 2020. Continue reading →

Nation

Report cites more than 350 anti-LGBTQ+ incidents over 11 months

The incidents, which were reported in 46 states and the District of Columbia, included online harassment, gatherings of armed protesters outside drag shows, and bomb threats against hospitals that provide gender transition care. Continue reading →

Nation

Firefighters struggled to identify the toxic freight in fiery Ohio train derailment, chiefs say

Firefighters who responded to February’s fiery train derailment in Ohio struggled to communicate with each other and were unable to quickly identify the hazardous chemicals the train was hauling, officials said Thursday. Continue reading →

The World

World

Countries on front lines of climate change seek new lifeline in Paris

Many believe a new international monetary system, one that offers developing countries facing climate crises financial support, might be in the making. Continue reading →

World

Belarus is fast becoming a ‘vassal state’ of Russia

The most recent manifestation of Belarus’s fealty to Moscow is its professed decision to allow Moscow to position tactical nuclear weapons on its soil, as well as outfitting its bombers with nuclear weapons. Continue reading →

World

Bridge to Russian-occupied Crimea is damaged

The Crimean Peninsula, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014, is important to Moscow’s control over occupied territories in southern and eastern Ukraine. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

All that is right with South Africa — and all that is wrong

A concert in Soweto is a perfect metaphor for all that is hopeful and joyful and all that is dysfunctional. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The sharks threatening Cape Cod don’t have fins

Large companies that buy up homes to offer as short-term vacation rentals are driving up prices and making it hard for year-round residents and workers to stay. Continue reading →

LETTERS

May Daniel Ellsberg’s courageous actions continue to inspire

His brave act sparked a nationwide debate on government’s role and the importance of an informed citizenry. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Submersible plunged into exotic, dangerous world on way to Titanic

The very deep sea is a forbidding, almost alien environment, inhabited only by odd, eyeless creatures that have adapted to pressures that could instantly crush the most advanced Navy submarine. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘The real story of Nathan Carman may never be told,’ lawyer says at funeral

About two dozen people, including Carman’s lawyers and a handful of journalists attended his funeral Mass in Waterbury, Conn., on Thursday. Continue reading →

Politics

Promising $100 million operation to beat Trump, DeSantis super PAC founder hits Massachusetts to gin up donors

Kenneth Cuccinelli, a former homeland security official in the Trump administration, pitched his PAC and the Florida governor to conservative activists and businesspeople in Boston on Wednesday. Continue reading →

Sports

Christopher L. Gasper

It’s not as easy now for the Patriots to deflect off-field trouble such as the Jack Jones case

The Patriots no longer have the on-field glory to fall back on when problems arise with one of their players. Continue reading →

celtics

‘Complete shock’: Inside what went down after Marcus Smart learned he was being traded

A source close to the guard said he took it like “a gut punch,” though he subsequently accepted it as part of the business. Continue reading →

chad finn

It was always complicated between Marcus Smart and the Celtics fan base

As he leaves Boston, there are mixed feelings about a player whose desperate desire to win was sometimes impeded by his exaggerated faith in his own skills. Continue reading →

Business

Technology

Lean green flying machines take wing in Paris, heralding transport revolution

There has been much dreamy and not always credible talk of skies filled with flying and nonpolluting electric taxis. That's about to change, industry leaders say. Continue reading →

Biotech

Cambridge biotech Sarepta wins fast-track approval for the first muscular dystrophy gene therapy

The FDA limited the approval of Sarepta Therapeutics’ treatment to patients ages 4 to 5 years old who still have the ability to walk. Continue reading →

Business

Encore casino workers vote to authorize a strike

The work stoppage, which which could start July 1, would be the largest walkoff of hospitality workers in Boston since the Marriott strike in 2018. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Firouz Naderi, NASA scientist who led Mars missions, dies at 77

For many Iranians and Iranian Americans, Dr. Naderi’s career demonstrated how far an immigrant could reach in America — in his case, literally for the stars. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Haim Roet, who kept Holocaust victims’ names alive, dies at 90

Haim Roet, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in a Dutch village, came up with the simple but powerful idea of memorializing Jewish victims of the Nazis by intoning their names. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Restaurants

Gillette Stadium to open new beer hall in field-level space

Celebration Beer Hall, a new ticketed premium space with field-level views of the game, is scheduled to open in September before the start of the 2023 season. Continue reading →

Music

At Boch Center’s eclectic WasFest, whatever happens, happens

Curated by record executive and producer Don Was, the weekend shows will feature the Dark Star Orchestra, Robert Glasper, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lettuce, Steel Pulse, the Julian Lage Quartet, and the Gerald Clayton Quintet. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★

‘No Hard Feelings’: Jennifer Lawrence balances raunchy humor with heart

She plays an Uber driver who answers an ad from helicopter parents who want their 19-year old son deflowered before he heads off to college. Continue reading →