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Sunday, July 5, 2026
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Massachusetts

American flags are everywhere this weekend. But the symbol has become politicized to a degree unseen before.

The flag is the quintessential emblem of the United States. But as the country marks its founding, the flag also has become politicized to a degree unseen in decades. Continue reading →

Healthcare

After treatment ends, many cancer survivors are still living with the lingering consequences

Hospitals across New England are working to help cancer patients navigate emotional scars and medical debt. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Back-to-back college closures prompt demand for stronger consumer protection

The consecutive collapses of Hampshire and Anna Maria exposed a number of weaknesses in the broader system, according to families, officials, and experts. Continue reading →

Vermont

A Vermont prosecutor’s dog keeps biting people. Critics say the woman’s behaving like she’s above the law.

Police reports and other public records obtained by the Globe indicate Moose has been involved in at least seven attacks over the past three years. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

We picked the best bagels, Cape Cod restaurants, and more. Here’s what readers say we missed.

The top Cape Cod dining, ice cream, bakeries, and more, according to you. Continue reading →

What we can learn about dating in Boston from reading Dinner With Cupid

The column's editor shares some insights she's gleaned over more than a decade of setting up blind dates. Continue reading →

Here are five summer travel experiences you’ve probably never had before in New England

Hot-air ballooning, moonlight paddling, and other adventures to try this summer. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘Who should I Vote for?’ Voters turn to AI before casting their ballots.

Mia Taylor looked down at her Los Angeles County election ballot a few weeks ago and felt a familiar mix of duty and dread. How could she possibly know the best choices in the dozens of local contests she was asked to vote in? Partly on a lark, she turned to a newly ubiquitous tool: Claude. Continue reading →

Nation

A child can drown in seconds. Doctors want more families to be prepared.

Doctors and others are sounding an alarm: More US children have been drowning in recent years. Continue reading →

Nation

Pilot was bitten by bat after swarm invaded hotel room, lawsuit says

A commercial pilot from California awoke in the middle of the night last August to a swarm of bats in his Denver hotel room, one of which bit him on the foot, leading to expensive rabies treatment, according to a lawsuit filed last month in Colorado state court. Continue reading →

The World

World

Iran begins dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed in war

Authorities unveiled the casket containing Khamenei’s body in a glass case at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran. Continue reading →

World

Momentary unity at a funeral masks deep divisions among Iran’s leaders

When Iran's leaders and senior military commanders paid tribute to the slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in the elaborate, weeklong funeral that began on Friday, it was supposed to be a display of strength, endurance and unity after war with the United States and Israel. Continue reading →

World

Ukrainian drones hit St. Petersburg oil terminal in latest long-range attack on Russia

Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

We should all be homesharing

While home sharing alone will not solve the crisis, it is one of the fastest, most cost-effective, and immediately scalable strategies because it makes better use of existing housing. Continue reading →

Editorials

Important issues linger heading into last month of legislative session

Lawmakers should prioritize school cellphone ban, graduation standards. Continue reading →

Letters

He preyed on the vulnerable

That this man should be allowed within blocks of probably the most vulnerable among us in any city is criminal. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

‘We showed our potential to the world.’ Brockton’s Cape Verde fans celebrate and mourn the end of team’s historic World Cup run.

Cape Verde stunned the world when it became the smallest country to reach the knockout round during this year’s tournament. Continue reading →

Metro

America at 250, betting on the nation

The other day I found myself standing in the Encore casino. And, for whatever reason, I found myself thinking about my mother and, by extension, America itself on its 250th birthday. Continue reading →

Metro

From the ‘Boston Game’ to the World Cup: The unlikely origins of the beautiful game in Boston

On a visit for the World Cup, historian Kevin Tallec Marston stopped by the Boston Common to untangle the layers of history carved onto a soccer monument. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Alexandra Eala upsets defending champion Iga Swiatek in third round at Wimbledon

Eala is the first Filipino player, male or female, to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam singles tournament on a day of upsets in the women's draw. Continue reading →

Celtics

The Jaylen Brown trade was unprecedented for the Celtics, and other thoughts

The Celtics have traded a superstar in his prime before, but what they got back in 1956 was a tad better than Paul George. Continue reading →

Red Sox

How Caleb Durbin recovered from the ghastly start to his Red Sox career: ‘You gotta do what you gotta do’

Even when he endured the worst stretch of his career, the 26-year-old remained convinced he’d climb a ladder out of his hole. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

Ideas

The Boston Tea Party’s international roots

The Americans weren’t the only ones resisting British rule in 1773. Continue reading →

Ideas

The Declaration of Independence has a Boston accent

It stings to share the glory with a city that did relatively little to bring on the Revolution. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Artur Dmitriev, two-time Olympic Pairs skating champion, dies at 58

Artur Dmitriev, a two-time Russian Olympic champion in pairs figure skating who combined the build of a linebacker with the elegance of a ballet dancer and was the only man to win gold medals in the sport with different partners, died June 28 in Moscow. He was 58. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Victoria Cruz, veteran of the trans rights movement, dies at 79

Victoria Cruz, a matriarchal figure in the New York transgender community who was at the Stonewall Inn in 1969 when a police raid set in motion the gay liberation movement, and who later worked as an advocate for survivors of antitrans violence, died on June 25 in New York City. She was 79. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Courtney Sale Ross, founder and funder of a quirky school, dies at 78

Courtney Sale Ross, whose desire to homeschool her daughter eventually inspired her to spend hundreds of millions of dollars creating an idiosyncratic new school in the Hamptons, died on June 1 at her home in Malibu, California. She was 78. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Early New England had its own robust musical style. Then a Boston composer helped suppress it.

Mississippi and Chicago can lay claim to the blues and New Orleans has jazz. Memphis is famous for soul, while Nashville is synonymous with country. What about Massachusetts? Continue reading →

Visual Arts

At the MFA, the past and present converge in a fractious moment

The museum rejected federal support for its new 18th-century American galleries. They tell a story the current administration may not like. Continue reading →

Television

‘Widow’s Bay,’ ‘Half Man,’ and more of the best TV of the year so far

There's a lot to watch out there, but these are the shows most worth your time in 2026 (so far). Continue reading →

Travel

Travel

How to relive a mid-century vacation on Cape Cod   

Throughout the Cape’s arm-shaped peninsula, you can immerse yourself in eateries, theaters, and attractions that have remained virtually unchanged since vacationers enjoyed them three-quarters of a century ago. Continue reading →

Travel

Looking for a lodging adventure? Beat the heat at a floating B&B in Charlestown.

All the amenities of a hotel on the water. Motion sickness, no additional charge. Continue reading →