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Friday, July 7, 2023
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Arts

Looking for an earful of history? Summer’s high season for John Adams and Paul Revere reenactors in Boston.

Foxborough resident Michael LePage, who has been moonlighting as figures from America’s distant past for more than 30 years, is just one of the local reenactors staying busy during tourism season. Continue reading →

Politics

Rival Republicans need an early victory to knock Donald Trump off his path to the nomination. Is New Hampshire the place to do it?

“New Hampshire gives an open field and an even chance to underfunded candidates,” said Fergus Cullen, a former chair of the state GOP. “Those things don’t happen in other places.” Continue reading →

Healthcare

FDA grants full approval for Biogen Alzheimer’s drug that slows cognitive decline

The medicine, developed by Eisai and Cambridge-based Biogen, is expected to be covered by Medicare. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Defendant in Newton triple homicide openly discussed his diagnosis of mental illness

The fate of Christopher L. Ferguson Jr. now rests with the criminal justice system, which will likely weigh his alleged crimes against his mental state at the time prosecutors say he killed three people. Continue reading →

Climate

Massachusetts has vast solar potential, according to new state report

The analysis appears to dispel long-held concerns that the state might be too densely developed to meet its solar energy commitments. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today | July 6, 2023

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How affirmative action decision impacts workplace diversity

Financial columnist Larry Edelman breaks down what SCOTUS’ affirmative action ruling could mean for the future of America’s workforce. Watch →

Discharge delays cripple Massachusetts hospitals

Medical reporter Jessica Bartlett reveals discharge problems in Massachusetts hospitals that have led to overcrowding and emergency room backups. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Trump aide Walt Nauta pleads not guilty in classified documents case

Donald Trump’s personal aide, Waltine “Walt” Nauta, pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges he schemed with his boss to hide classified documents from authorities at Mar-a-Lago, the former president’s Florida residence and private club. Continue reading →

Nation

US is destroying the last of its once-vast chemical weapons arsenal

At the Army’s Pueblo Chemical Depot in Colorado, a team of robotic arms was busily disassembling some of the last of the United States’ vast and ghastly stockpile of chemical weapons. Continue reading →

Nation

Father of the bride and teen who tried to save friend among 5 killed in Philadelphia shooting

The stories of those killed in the all-too-familiar thrum of another mass shooting. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russian cruise missile attack on Lviv kills 6 people and injures dozens

Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war, killing at least six people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv since the Kremlin’s forces invaded the country last year. Continue reading →

World

The US will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine as part of a new military aid package, sources say

The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine and is expected to announce on Friday that the Pentagon will send thousands as part of a new military aid package worth up to $800 million for the war effort against Russia, according to people familiar with the decision. Continue reading →

World

Lukashenko says Prigozhin is in Russia, not Belarus

Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is in Russia and a “free man,” the leader of Belarus said Thursday, adding to the questions swirling around Prigozhin’s fate nearly two weeks after he called off his stunning armed rebellion against Moscow’s military leadership. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

The unexpected intimacy of a Zoom memorial service

It turns out that this was the best way to honor her memory. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The MBTA let the Lynn commuter rail station fall apart. The T should now expedite its reopening.

Deferred maintenance on the commuter rail station contributed to its closing. Taking until 2030 to replace it would be a travesty. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Maybe the time is up for legacy admissions

Schools have a finite number of seats in each class. By reserving seats for children of alumni, they limit opportunities for all others, especially immigrants and first-generation college students. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

COVID-19 waste water numbers reach lowest levels in two years

Despite the drop, experts say it’s still too soon to simply forget about COVID-19. Continue reading →

Transportation

‘Really smooth’: Top officials hype using free Blue Line while the Sumner Tunnel is closed

Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll joined state lawmakers and transit officials for a Blue Line commute Thursday morning, promoting the free MBTA subway service from Revere to East Boston to downtown on the second morning of the Sumner Tunnel closure. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Prosecutor cleared of withholding evidence, will rejoin Suffolk DA’s office

A high-ranking Suffolk County homicide prosecutor accused of withholding evidence that could have freed a man wrongly convicted of murder was cleared of misconduct by an independent investigator hired by District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden’s office to probe the allegations. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins

Bruins prospect Andre Gasseau is the latest to take up an unusual off-ice regimen: Martial arts training

Like current Bruin Jakub Lauko, BC's Gasseau gets his licks in over the summer — on the mat and in the ring rather than on the ice. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

Damian Lillard wants out of Portland, but the Celtics shouldn’t bring him to Boston

There are already a lot of miles on Lillard’s NBA odometer. He turns 33 on July 15. Continue reading →

Red Sox Notebook

With the Red Sox’ rotation battered, Nate Eovaldi’s Fenway return is even harder to swallow

Eovaldi is having the best season of his career after leaving this winter for a two-year deal in Texas. Continue reading →

Business

Technology

Injunction against Biden social media ‘censorship’ is under fire

A judge this week called on the Biden administration to halt efforts to discourage social media companies from posting user comments that the government considers false or misleading. Continue reading →

Commercial

In biggest office lease of the year, Deloitte plans move to Winthrop Center

Deloitte plans to shift its Boston operations from the old Hancock building at 200 Berkeley Street in Back Bay to the new 138,000 square feet of office space in the tower in fall 2024. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Fight to streamline corporate taxes heats up on Beacon Hill, with some blue-chip companies opposed

The business community is divided over how to proceed with taxing multistate companies in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Winnie Ewing, who transformed Scottish politics, dies at 93

After winning her seat in Parliament in a stunning upset, Ms. Ewing sliced through Scotland’s torpid, sclerotic politics with her vision for an energized, independent nation. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Restaurants

The Nantucket clam shack battle is turning into something out of a movie

Crotchety 90-year-old billionaire Charles Johnson is determined to shut down a Nantucket clam shack. It’s like a cliché from a bad movie — only he appears to be winning. Continue reading →

Arts

Sculpture park distances itself from star architect

The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln is one of numerous US arts institutions that has stepped away from its partnership with renowned Ghanaian British architect David Adjaye following allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Spotlight on Dover, N.H., as it celebrates its 400th anniversary

The city has a thriving, revived downtown with an eclectic mix of restaurants and shops, historic buildings, museums, and parks. Come check it out. Continue reading →