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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Organization calls Boston students sharing their unlicensed counseling experiences an ‘attack’

The international organization that promotes Re-evaluation Counseling, an unorthodox brand of peer counseling, is dismissing criticism by Boston students who said they were pressured to participate in traumatizing sessions, calling it an “attack” on what they consider a powerful form of therapy. Continue reading →

Biotech

FDA narrows recommended use of Biogen Alzheimer’s therapy after flood of criticism

The Aduhelm drug, which has been marred by controversy since its approval in June, is being recommended for patients with early symptoms of the disease. The FDA conceded Thursday that its original usage language was confusing to some doctors and patients. Continue reading →

Commentary

There’s only one side to the saga of American Airlines Flight 893

This whole story is starting to smell like an airplane bathroom in the last leg of a flight. Here is why I think there is only one side to it. Continue reading →

Business

One of the nation’s top lines of cyber defense runs through this company in Davis Square

Recorded Future, which operates out of a former laundromat, has provided Washington’s top officials with intelligence on the country’s biggest breaches, from the Jan. 6 insurrection to recent ransomware attacks. Continue reading →

Health

Massachusetts and other states reach $4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma over company’s role in opioid crisis

The settlement with the Sackler family and its disgraced drug company caps years of legal disputes as states tried to hold accountable the country’s most notorious manufacturer of prescription painkillers for its part in the opioid epidemic. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Conservative groups mount opposition to increase in IRS budget, threatening White House infrastructure plan

Conservative political groups are mobilizing against a key element of a bipartisan infrastructure deal, and their opposition could make it harder for the US government to collect unpaid taxes. Continue reading →

Nation

‘Overdue’: Biden sets Aug. 31 for US exit from Afghanistan

President Biden said Thursday the US military operation in Afghanistan will end Aug. 31, delivering an impassioned argument for exiting the nearly 20-year war without sacrificing more American lives even as he bluntly acknowledged there will be no “mission accomplished” moment to celebrate. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Trump charged Secret Service nearly $10,200 in May for agents’ rooms

Since Trump left office in January, US taxpayers have paid Trump’s businesses more than $50,000 for rooms used by Secret Service agents, records show. Continue reading →

The World

World

World’s reported COVID death toll passes 4 million

The world’s known coronavirus death toll passed four million Thursday, a loss roughly equivalent to the population of Los Angeles, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Continue reading →

World

Bodies of three Paraguayans found in Florida condo, officials say

Paraguay’s foreign minister said Thursday that rescuers had found in the rubble of a collapsed Florida condominium the bodies of Sophia López Moreira, the sister of Paraguay’s first lady Silvana Abdo, her husband Luis Pettengill and the youngest of their three children. Continue reading →

World

Pope temporarily had fever 3 days after intestinal surgery

Pope Francis temporarily ran a temperature three days after intestinal surgery, but routine tests proved negative, the Vatican said Thursday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Let Boston vote early and by mail

With a mayoral election fast approaching and Beacon Hill unwilling to extend statewide pandemic voting reforms, the city should act quickly. Continue reading →

OPINION

Libel laws, the Supreme Court, and Donald Trump’s not-so funny campaign pledge

Press protections can survive the social media age, despite Gorsuch’s dire warnings. Continue reading →

LETTERS

A standoff on the highway, a riddle in our midst

You cannot carry long guns, possess high-capacity magazines and numerous handguns, and wear body armor and not be looked at with suspicion. Continue reading →

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Globe Local

Rise of the Moors member sued Danvers police, then sought to pay filing fees with a silver coin

Much of the language in the 2019 lawsuit foreshadowed arguments made by Rise of the Moors members in Malden District Court this week. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Man who allegedly stabbed rabbi in Brighton faces hate crime, civil rights charges

The Egyptian national who allegedly attacked a rabbi outside a Jewish day school in Brighton is now charged with violating the civil rights of Rabbi Shlomo Noginski who was stabbed multiple times during an attack on July 1. Continue reading →

Politics

House, Senate negotiators agree to $48.1 billion state budget

A deal to raise tax collection estimates by more than $4.2 billion and spend nearly $48.1 billion in fiscal year 2022 came together Thursday with House and Senate lawmakers filing a compromise budget that would also make the state’s controversial film tax credit permanent. Continue reading →

Sports

stan grossfeld

For Boston Glory players in Ultimate Disc League, their sport is not just a fling

These dedicated pro athletes don't want people to think of their game as a picnic activity — they're quite serious about it. Continue reading →

Chad Finn

This Red Sox season has been a delight, and four players who have exceeded expectations are a big reason why

There have been many pleasant surprises dotting the roster of the first-place Red Sox, but four stand out. Continue reading →

Beat writer's notebook

For Bruins, action should pick up on Tuukka Rask, David Krejci and Taylor Hall with NHL expansion draft looming

The Bruins must submit their protected list July 17, and four days later the Kraken pick their team. Continue reading →

Business

Business

One of the nation’s top lines of cyber defense runs through this company in Davis Square

Recorded Future, which operates out of a former laundromat, has provided Washington’s top officials with intelligence on the country’s biggest breaches, from the Jan. 6 insurrection to recent ransomware attacks. Continue reading →

Business

2 Haitian Americans detained in slaying of Haiti’s president

Two men believed to be Haitian-Americans — one of them purportedly a former bodyguard at the Canadian Embassy in Port au Prince — have been arrested in connection with the assassination of Haiti’s president, a senior Haitian official said Thursday. Continue reading →

Business

James Carmody heads for Boca Raton after a long run as GM of the Seaport Hotel

Carmody, a respected leader in Boston’s hospitality industry, is taking a senior management role at the Boca Raton Resort & Club in Florida. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Richard C. Lewontin, eminent geneticist with a sharp pen, dies at 92

Richard C. Lewontin, widely considered one of the most brilliant geneticists of the modern era and a prolific, elegant and often caustic writer who condemned the facile use of genetics and evolutionary biology to “explain” human nature, died Sunday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 92. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

STAGE REVIEW

A teller of tales, buffeted by waves of ridicule

Is this rollicking account of seafaring adventures truthful? Maybe, maybe not. But Donald Margulies's play at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater has other questions on its mind. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

At the ICA Watershed, artist Firelei Báez draws history from the deep

Her site-specific work takes inspiration from the Haitian Revolution. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW

In ‘Black Widow,’ it’s all in the family

The long-delayed solo film for Scarlett Johansson’s Avengers character is a mix of loopy superhero family therapy and MCU destructo business as usual. Continue reading →