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Business

Days before Rick Kamal killed his Dover family, his wife’s life insurance policy saw a shakeup

Rick Kamal’s brother became a beneficiary on Teena Kamal’s $1.25 million policy less than a week before the shocking murder-suicide. Continue reading →

Politics

Here are the five statewide questions likely to appear on November’s ballot

Unions, advocates, and out-of-state groups are pushing to put five ballot questions before Massachusetts voters this fall, creating what would be the largest single slate in 24 years. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Steward paid surveillance firm $1.6 million in months before it filed for bankruptcy

A recent Globe Spotlight Team investigation revealed how Steward has relied on Audere International to surveil and gather dirt on people viewed as problematic by the hospital chain’s executives. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden faces fresh calls to withdraw as Democrats fear electoral rout

President Biden faced a fresh wave of pressure on Wednesday to end his campaign or rethink his decision to run for reelection, as Democrats from Hollywood to Capitol Hill aired grave concerns that he would lose to former president Donald Trump in November and drag his party’s chance of controlling Congress down with him. Continue reading →

World

Israeli military urged Palestinians to head south, signaling that renewed fighting would likely continue

The Israeli military on Wednesday urged Palestinians across the city to evacuate to the south, a sign that the renewed fighting meant to crack down on a resurgent Hamas insurgency would likely continue after nine months of war. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

‘Unprecedented’ solution for ER capacity crisis

WATCH: State health insurers will now cover some urgent care treatments, even if they’re out of network. Will it help? Reporter Jason Laughlin explains. Watch →

OPINION: Could Trump topple American democracy?

WATCH: “Reports of the republic’s demise are greatly exaggerated,” says ideas writer David Scharfenberg. Watch →

Udder chaos: Illegal raw milk trade thrives

WATCH: As STAT reporter Nicholas Florko found out, people are illegally selling unpasteurized dairy across state lines and the FDA is doing nothing to stop it. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

As climate toll grows, FEMA imposes limits on building in flood plains

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will take new steps to ensure that the structures it funds — including schools, hospitals, police stations, libraries, sewage treatment plants, and bridges — are protected from flooding. Continue reading →

Nation

Rising frustration in Houston after millions lost power in storm

Millions of sweltering residents emerged from the rapid thrashing of Hurricane Beryl to face a prolonged power outage — the largest ever seen by the city’s utility, according to the state’s lieutenant governor. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Stephanopoulos apologizes for comments on Biden

An ABC spokeswoman said that Stephanopoulos “expressed his own point of view and not the position of ABC News.” Continue reading →

The World

World

Squirt guns and ‘go home’ signs: Barcelona residents take aim at tourists

Residents of the Catalan capital took to the streets Saturday with water guns, squirting them at diners eating al fresco. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine is on an ‘irreversible’ path to NATO, US and Europe say. But only after war with Russia ends.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia has long bitterly opposed neighboring Ukraine’s fight to join the Western alliance, declaring it an encroachment on Russia’s security and interests. Continue reading →

World

South Sudan peace talks face collapse over a new security law as country gears up for first election

Opposition groups are demanding that a newly passed bill allowing the detention of people without an arrest warrant be scratched out in order to sign a proposed agreement. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

US has a history of paying reparations. Why won’t it pay Black Americans?

The federal government already has the capacity, expertise, and experience to fulfill the promise of the Civil Rights Act to actually repair America’s racial harms. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A judge’s sound decision in the Karen Read case

Their names are now under seal, but their thoughts begin to leak out. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Teaching Christianity — and atheism and nationalism

A crucially important piece of creating an informed citizenry is for people to keep asking questions. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

‘Why choose this particular issue?’ Mass. life sciences industry frets over Senate’s scaled-back proposal.

The Massachusetts Senate’s economic development package dramatically scaled back what Governor Maura Healey and the House sought for life sciences, proposing to borrow $225 million over five years for the sector — less than half of the $500 million that Healey and House lawmakers sought. Continue reading →

Politics

‘There is tremendous fear.’ As Massachusetts farmworkers toil under brutal conditions, some push for legislative change

The conditions under which farmworkers toil in Massachusetts and around the country at times violate basic rights under federal labor law. Yet few farms face consequences for such violations. Continue reading →

Weather

As city sizzles, these spaces serve as fleeting refuges

People flocked to malls, libraries, and subway cars to cool off. Continue reading →

Sports

Christopher L. Gasper

Baseball’s ghost runner is not in the true spirit of the game, so it has to go

The current bonus baseball setup is simply too benevolent to the best players in the world. Continue reading →

Red Sox notebook

Rafael Devers looking forward to resting his sore left shoulder during All-Star break

With the team in contention for a wild-card spot, the Red Sox felt their All-Star third baseman would be better suit to get healthy for the second half of the season. Continue reading →

Olympics

Celtics’ Derrick White to replace Kawhi Leonard on Team USA Olympic roster

USA Basketball will bring in White to take the place of Leonard, who missed 12 of the Clippers’ final 14 games this past season with knee inflammation. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Days before Rick Kamal killed his Dover family, his wife’s life insurance policy saw a shakeup

Rick Kamal’s brother became a beneficiary on Teena Kamal’s $1.25 million policy less than a week before the shocking murder-suicide. Continue reading →

chesto means business

Boston’s office-to-residential conversion program has only a handful of takers so far. Here’s why.

The Wu administration’s program to help convert underused office space into housing is making progress, but slowly. Continue reading →

Business

Happy hour? More licenses for Boston? Senate set to take up liquor reform.

The House unanimously approved a measure to create 205 new liquor licenses; now the Senate is eyeing amendments that would improve nightlife and increase access in underserved communities. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Maxine Singer, guiding force at the birth of biotechnology, dies at 93

Dr. Singer was instrumental in developing guidelines that protected the then-nascent field of biotechnology, which in the 1970s was viewed with trepidation in many corners of academia and science. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Hope Alswang, 77, who transformed Florida’s largest art museum, dies

Ms. Alswang, a veteran arts administrator, also helped lead museums at RISD in Providence and the Shelburne Museum in Vermont. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard M. Goldstein, who helped map the cosmos, dies at 97

Dr. Goldstein used ground-based radars to map planets with techniques that scientists now use to measure geographical changes on Earth, including melting glaciers. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

With their 12th album out now, the Bacon Brothers take the mic in Lynn on Saturday

Kevin and Michael Bacon talk Cambridge days, “Footloose,” and their new songs ahead of two New England shows. Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW

At the Gardner, two photo shows celebrate LGBTQ community from the West Village to Boston and beyond

Museum pairs Mark Seliger’s portraits of transgender people on Christopher Street with “Portraits From Boston, With Love.” Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

A TV career that grew and grew and … Gru

Steve Carell went from small screen to big screen without ever really leaving. Continue reading →