Boston Globe Today | June 27, 2023

Watch today’s full episode of Boston Globe Today from June 27, 2023. Watch →

High stakes, big checks: the rise of extreme tourism

Reporter Spencer Buell explains the rise of extreme tourism for the super rich and how trips are becoming more dangerous. Watch →

Different trajectories and inequity in Boston Schools

Reporter Deanna Pan breaks down the disparities in Boston Public Schools and shares how some students are slipping through the cracks. Watch →

COVID-19

More than $200 billion in COVID aid may have been stolen, federal watchdog says

The numbers issued Tuesday by the US Small Business Administration inspector general are much greater than the office’s previous projections. Continue reading →

Nation

Jeffrey Epstein suicide blamed on jail guard negligence and misconduct, US watchdog says

The Justice Department’s watchdog said Tuesday that a “combination of negligence and misconduct” enabled financier Jeffrey Epstein to take his own life at a federal jail in New York City. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Senate report details Jan. 6 intelligence and law enforcement failures

The 106-page report, titled “Planned in Plain Sight,” highlighted and added to evidence already uncovered by the now-defunct House Jan. 6 committee, news reporting, and other congressional work to provide the most comprehensive picture to date of a cascading set of security and intelligence failures that culminated in the deadliest assault on the Capitol in centuries. Continue reading →

World

After mutiny against Putin, Russia’s friends have reason to hedge bets

As rattled as they may have been by an armed insurrection in a nuclear-weapons state, Russia’s friends and business partners are unlikely to abandon Putin. Continue reading →

World

A Wagner ex-convict returned from war and a Russian village lived in fear. Then he killed again

Some convicts recruited by Russia’s private military contractor Wagner to fight in the war in Ukraine are coming home and committing new crimes. Continue reading →

World

American who filmed tourist carving name in Colosseum ‘dumbfounded’ as hunt for culprit intensifies

Italy’s culture and tourism ministers have vowed to find and punish a tourist who was filmed carving his name and that of his apparent girlfriend in the wall of the Colosseum in Rome. Continue reading →

OPINION

Hunter Biden does not belong at a White House state dinner

President Biden must realize this controversy is about things well beyond his relationship with his son. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Supportive housing at Shattuck site in Franklin Park offers a practical alternative to Long Island

A solution to the woes at Mass and Cass is to build a therapeutic community in the city. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Wu, Boston councilors wage budget battle over vision for the city

Issues at stake range from nonpolice, community-based mental health crisis response to police payroll to participatory budgeting to the Boston Public Library. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Three family members slain in Newton home remembered at memorial Mass

Bruno D’Amore, 74, his wife, Gilda, 73, and her 97-year-old mother, Lucia Arpino, were “old country” Italians who took pride in their church, gardens, and family, mourners said Tuesday evening outside Our Lady Help of Christians church. Continue reading →

K-12

State education commissioner blasts BPS for lack of progress on state improvement plan

Last summer’s agreement between the state and city detailed wide-ranging changes to improve the district’s academics and operations after a state review found BPS had failed to make enough progress in addressing intractable problems. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey, in address to Irish leaders, says ‘threads of the same fabric’ bind Massachusetts and Ireland

Underscoring their shared values, Governor Maura Healey addressed Irish lawmakers Tuesday in commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the country decriminalizing homosexuality, saying at a time when rights and freedoms are under attack, Massachusetts and Ireland “must stand together now.” Continue reading →

Bruins

Bruins are content to let Patrice Bergeron and David Krejci take their time on deciding

GM Don Sweeney and president Cam Neely said they will give the free agent centers all the time they need. Continue reading →

Celtics

Celtics’ Grant Williams, a restricted free agent, is facing plenty of uncertainty this offseason

Other teams can offer Williams a contract this summer, but the Celtics retain a right to match. Continue reading →

Marlins 10, Red Sox 1

Marlins beat up on Garrett Whitlock, Red Sox for 10-1 victory

By the end of the game, the Marlins had collected 19 hits — with seven batters getting at least two each. Continue reading →

Business

As demand for COVID shots wanes, biotech superstar Moderna seeks its next success

The Cambridge company’s CEO says there is a “high probability” that it will become one of the top five drug makers in the world. Continue reading →

Retail

Amazon will soon launch a new delivery network, driven by local businesses, in Boston

The e-commerce giant will soon begin recruiting small businesses who can store an average of 30 packages a day and then deliver them to customers in the area. Continue reading →

Jobs

Encore casino pushing its luck on union contract as strike deadline looms

​Wynn Resorts and unions are ​set to return to the negotiating table Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to come up with a deal​​.​ ​ Continue reading →

Continue reading →

Continue reading →

Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Protesters gather at Provincetown dune shack on day artist is supposed to turn over the keys

The National Park Service gave the family until Tuesday to vacate the cottage. Continue reading →

Arts

Somerville Museum to put community at center of live reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech

The reading Wednesday at a public market in Somerville is free and every attendee is welcome to take part, aided by a printed handout. Continue reading →

FOOD

Readers, you have tales to tell about old stoves and new

After the author’s Globe story ran about saying goodbye to her broken range, she heard about your adventures in Consumer Land. Continue reading →