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Friday, June 21, 2024
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Massachusetts

From military roots, how duck boats grew into parade fixture

Meandering through Back Bay is a far cry from the boats’ original purpose: carrying soldiers over land and water during World War II, most notably onto the beaches of Normandy during D-Day. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘We’re still here’: In Shrewsbury, Nipmuc tribe seeks to reclaim, preserve artifacts

There is a sweeping endeavor underway to preserve and study Nipmuc artifacts and heritage in Shrewsbury, which lies at the heart of the tribe's historic homeland in central New England. Continue reading →

Higher Education

‘Our movement is not going to die down’: Pro-Palestinian student protesters gear up for future disruptions

Protesters are continuing to organize in communities across the state this summer, and the college students leading them say they’re gearing up for another intense season of activism in the fall. Continue reading →

Climate

Is your air conditioning working? Thank a solar panel.

The regional power grid has performed well through this week’s record temperatures. It’s been solar’s time to shine. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge in Trump documents case rejected suggestions to step aside

Shortly after Judge Aileen M. Cannon drew the assignment in June 2023 to oversee former president Donald Trump’s classified documents case, two more experienced colleagues on the federal bench in Florida urged her to pass it up and hand it off to another jurist, according to two people briefed on the conversations. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Inside look: 50 years of BPS students' fight for equality

WATCH: Editors Kris Hooks and Melissa Taboada preview the Globe’s "Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope” series exploring the legacy of Boston’s busing era. Watch →

Sumner Tunnel closing – again. How to avoid gridlock.

WATCH: The critical artery for drivers will shutter for at least a month. Reporter Emily Sweeney has what you need to know to steer clear of traffic headaches. Watch →

Beating burnout at work and home

WATCH: Globe Opinion’s “Say More” podcast host Shirley Leung delves into why today's workforce is more susceptible to burnout and offers practical solutions. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax provision

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a tax on foreign income that helped finance the cuts President Donald Trump imposed in 2017 in a case that many experts had cautioned could undercut the nation’s tax system. Continue reading →

Nation

Democrats seek to repeal Comstock abortion rule, fearing Trump crackdown

Democrats’ push to defang the 151-year-old law comes less than five months before a presidential election in which reproductive rights appear destined to play a defining role. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden’s lead with women is smaller than Trump’s with men, a warning for Democrats

Almost every path to victory for President Biden relies on strong support from women. But his current standing among women is the weakest lead a Democrat has had since 2004, a key factor in how tight the race is. Continue reading →

The World

World

Divisions between Israel’s military and government spill into open

JGrowing divisions between Israel’s military commanders and the civilian government over the war in the Gaza Strip spilled into the open this week, raising questions about how Israel will conduct the next phase of the war. Continue reading →

World

US will redirect deliveries of Patriot missiles to Ukraine

The Biden administration will rush advanced air defense missiles to Ukraine by delaying certain weapons shipments to other countries, a move that a White House spokesperson described Thursday as “difficult but necessary” given Russian advances in the war. Continue reading →

World

Quiet administrative change advances far-right Israeli minister’s effort to control West Bank

Israel is putting key responsibilities in the occupied West Bank under an administrator who answers to a hard-line government minister who favors annexation of the territory, in what analysts and human rights activists describe as the latest step toward the far right’s aim of expanding Israeli settlements there. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

This Celtics championship team inspired us

Enjoy the parade and the championship glow, Boston. Sports titles remain one of the few things we can all agree on. Continue reading →

OPINION

Surgeon general is wrong; social media apps don’t need warning labels

The apps aren’t cigarettes, and there is little evidence that reducing social media time improves mental health. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Causation, correlation, both? Let’s act.

Very often correlation has heuristic value in generating research that deals with the more complex statistical process of establishing a causal link between two variable phenomena. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Jurors hear Karen Read’s voice messages to John O’Keefe at trial

Read’s seething anger and accusatory tone were captured in eight voicemails investigators recovered from O’Keefe’s phone and prosecutors played for jurors in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

With risks of extreme summer heat, Boston’s homeless community gets extra help

People who live on the streets were particularly vulnerable to the record-breaking temperatures this week. Continue reading →

Cape Cod and Islands

Dennis announces beach restrictions for July 4th to crack down on unruly behavior

Officials in Dennis announced new beach restrictions for the Fourth of July on Wednesday in response to large, unruly gatherings of young people at Cape Cod beaches last Independence Day and on previous holidays. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

How to get to the Boston Celtics’ championship parade

Here's your guide for how to get to the route and secure a good viewing spot so you’re not sitting in traffic while all the other fans are having fun. Continue reading →

Celtics

How to order the Celtics championship edition of The Boston Globe

Here are the details on how to get a copy of Tuesday’s Boston Globe to remember the Celtics' dominant win. Continue reading →

red sox

Red Sox have jump-started their offense by becoming baseball’s men of steal

Recent rule changes clearly have facilitated their uptick in stolen bases, but it is nonetheless impressive — and effective. Continue reading →

Business

Trendlines

Boston, we have a property tax problem

Fiscal progressives should forget the fanciful notion that the city’s many strengths ensure it will remain competitive despite falling commercial property values. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Stop & Shop celebrates grand opening at Allston Yards development project

The new supermarket is central to the 1.2 million-square-foot campus on the edge of the Massachusetts Turnpike. Continue reading →

Business

Boston’s reenactors eschew comfort for authenticity in heat wave

Despite searing-high temperatures in the Boston area, living history guides on the Freedom Trail are staying in costume — more for their audience's comfort than their own. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

James Nicolson, who brought late-blooming virtuosity to harpsichord and early music, dies at 90

Turning to harpsichord in his early 30s, Mr. Nicolson became a leader in Boston's early music community. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Donald Sutherland, prolific actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘The Hunger Games,’ has died

Before transitioning into a long career as a respected character actor, Sutherland epitomized the unpredictable, antiestablishment cinema of the 1970s. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Angela Bofill, R&B balladeer with a dreamy, dynamic voice, dies at 70

With her expansive range and classically-trained voice, Ms. Bofill was a mainstay on a new radio format known as quiet storm in the late 1970s and ’80s. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Visual Arts

MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum announces retirement after decade-long tenure amid social and cultural change

"These are challenging times, but my God, people need more museums, more than they ever have," says Teitelbaum, who will leave in August 2025. Continue reading →

PARENTING UNFILTERED

New England’s 16 best beaches for families

We asked beachgoers to reveal their family-friendly favorites, and these are the ones that floated to the top. Tell us: What’s yours? Continue reading →

Arts

Molly Ringwald is missing from the Brat Pack documentary. And that’s why we love her.

Passing up the documentary is the most Gen X thing Ringwald could do. As the kids would say, it’s iconic. Continue reading →