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Mitzi Rivas, left, hugs her daughter Maya Iribarren during an abortion-rights protest at City Hall in San Francisco following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade on Friday.

Roe’s fall pushes abortion to center of the midterms: ‘This is an eight-alarm fire’

Democrats are hoping to turn the abrupt erasure of a precedent relied on by millions of women into a rallying cry for their weary base.

Yes, abortion is still legal in Massachusetts. Here’s what else to know after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.Map: A state-by-state look at abortion laws now that Roe v. Wade is overturned Planned Parenthood sues to halt Utah’s ‘trigger law’ abortion ban

Activists who warned of an abortion rights reversal gear up for new battle
The most momentous setback to women’s rights in decades came in the wake of this era’s biggest surge in women’s activism — an irony lost on no one.

Abortion rights demonstrators chanted outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Saturday.

Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal

The Rhode Island State Police, Capitol Police and K-9 unit monitor the crowd at an abortion rights rally in Providence on Friday, June 24, 2022. Two people were arrested during the demonstrations, which were largely peaceful.

Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters as the Supreme Court is poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade and urge President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to protect abortion rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

34 Senate Democrats urge Biden to take ‘immediate’ action on abortion

A group of Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Biden on Saturday urging him to take “bold action” on abortion rights a day after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.

Trump privately called a Roe v. Wade reversal ‘bad’ for his party

Gunmakers are fleeing the Northeast, complaining about the region’s tough gun laws as they go
Gun Valley is rapidly declining as more conservative states lure gun manufacturers away with promises of cheaper labor and energy costs, generous incentives, and more favorable gun laws.

Tight bond between Clarence Thomas and his activist wife Ginni raises conflict of interest concerns
Even as Justice Clarence Thomas has found his voice in this emboldened right-wing court, revelations about his wife’s involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election could mar his moment and fuel the public’s increasing distrust of the institution.

At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known

Local newspaper Daily Dispatch reported that bodies were strewn across tables and chairs without any visible signs of injuries.

G-7 to ban Russian gold in response to Ukraine war, Biden says

President Joe Biden said Sunday that the United States and other Group of Seven leading economies will announce a ban on imports of gold from Russia.

Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in east

Pregnant woman, baby among five rescued in Ipswich after boat capsizes
All five were checked out by an ambulance and cleared, police said.

Appearing in 11 games since his callup from Worcester, Rob Refsnyder (left) is 12 for 29 with four doubles and a home run, getting time in both center and right field as well as designated hitter.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Rob Refsnyder has given Red Sox all they could want in a sneaky-tough role

Having a good at-bat coming off the bench is a skill not every player has, but the 31-year-old Refsnyder — in his 11th season in pro ball — takes comfort from a simple mantra: "Just be a baseball player."

The Red Sox bullpen, a muddled mess early this season, has come together beautifully

Commanders owner Daniel Snyder thumbed his nose at Congress by declining to appear at a hearing called by the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. Commissioner Roger Goodell instead took the heat.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

What’s next for Deshaun Watson and Daniel Snyder?

The Browns star quarterback and the Commanders owner still find themselves in a heap of trouble.

Source says NFL to seek at least a one-year ban of Deshaun Watson at Tuesday hearing

Former Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask Rask pulled on his familiar No. 40 Bruins sweater, sans pads and helmet, during a charity game at Warrior Ice Arena on Thursday.

Matt Porter | Sunday hockey notes

How former Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask is enjoying himself in retirement

“Driving the kids to school, dance practice, playing a lot of golf. It’s been great,” Rask said.

Patrice Bergeron to meet with Bruins GM Don Sweeney next week to discuss his future

Commuters waited at the Downtown Crossing MBTA station for the Orange Line on Monday, June 20. TheT switched to a Saturday schedule that morning due to staffing shortages.

Working on the railroad shouldn’t mean working all the livelong day

A federal audit revealed T train dispatchers working 20-hour shifts. The short-staffed agency must do a better job training its future workforce.

A newspaper’s job isn’t to tell people how to vote

Roe ruling turns back the clock

MARCELA GARCÍA

Once again, Boston misses out on its first Hispanic school superintendent

State throws a BPS curveball

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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Biden signs landmark gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved’
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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Overturning Roe feels like a kick in the uterus. Here’s how we can protect women.

Abortion-rights activists react after hearing the Supreme Court decision Friday.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

The fall of Roe v. Wade now threatens other rights

Senator Susan Collins chose to ignore the overwhelming suggestion from the judicial records of the conservative justices that they’d vote to overturn abortion rights. Here, Collins meets Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.

A travesty foretold

Protesters gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington on June 24. The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years, a decision by its conservative majority to overturn the court's landmark abortion cases.

Abortion rights, guns: a one-two punch from the high court

Protective fencing remains up around the US Supreme Court building in anticipation of protest related to a possible decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that could essentially overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion decision.

Michelle A. Williams

The Supreme Court is misinformed on eugenics

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Boston was once a wildly ambitious city. It’s time to go big again.

Metro

Pregnant woman, baby among five rescued in Ipswich after boat capsizes

All five were checked out by an ambulance and cleared, police said.

Roe v. Wade overturned: The latest

Day 2 of nationwide protests are underway

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade. We’re gathering the latest news, updates, and analyses.

A day after landmark abortion ruling, raw emotions on display in Boston

Outside the State House in Boston, the arrival of hundreds of abortion rights supporters – less than 24 hours after thousands converged on Copley Square on Friday evening – showed that shockwaves from the ruling were still rippling through the community.

Providence off-duty police officer on paid leave after assaulting political opponent at abortion rights rally

Rally organizer and R.I. Political Cooperative co-founder Jennifer Rourke was attempting to deescalate a conflict when Jeann Lugo, her Republican opponent for State Senate District 29, began punching her in the face. Lugo was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct.

Sports

Jarren Duran dives toward first base during the eighth inning against the Cleveland.

red sox 4, guardians 2

Jarren Duran brings the speed, Alex Verdugo the power as Red Sox rally past Guardians to win sixth straight

Boston trailed by two when Verdugo hit a three-run homer in the sixth, while Duran went 4 for 5 with an RBI single and two stolen bases.

John Schreiber has ascended quickly in the Red Sox bullpen, allowing only two earned runs on 11 hits over 22⅔ innings and struck out 27.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

The Red Sox bullpen, a muddled mess early this season, has come together beautifully

The Sox came out of spring training believing they had the ingredients of a good bullpen, but didn’t know how to blend them together. Now that they do, the corps — and the team — is soaring.

Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson could be facing an NFL-mandated one-year suspension.

Source says NFL to seek at least a one-year ban of Deshaun Watson at Tuesday hearing

The NFL is poised to argue for an indefinite suspension of at least one year for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson at a hearing scheduled to begin Tuesday in front of the sport's new disciplinary officer, according to a person familiar with the case.

Women's Football Alliance | Boston Renegades 42, Pittsburgh Passion 24

Tytti Kuusinen leads Boston Renegades to WFA Pro National Conference Championship

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

Rob Refsnyder has given Red Sox all they could want in a sneaky-tough role

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Connor Seabold joins Red Sox, could start Monday’s series opener in Toronto

Business

Biden’s mission in Europe: Shore up alliance against Russia

President Biden is out to sustain the global alliance punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine as he embarks on a five-day trip to Europe as the 4-month-old war shows no sign of abating and its aftershocks to global food and energy supplies are deepening.

Chasm opens between states over abortion pills and out-of-state care

The Supreme Court decision to strike down Roe v. Wade is expected to trigger new battles between red and blue states over abortion access, as women and advocates try to get around newly enacted bans by seeking the procedure out of state and using hard-to-trace medications.

Abortion ruling thrusts companies into divisive arena

Juul can keep selling e-cigarettes as court blocks FDA ban

Paul Damon harvests clams in Ipswich.

‘It’s a lost cause’: Inside the last stand of New England’s soft-shell clam

Jared Auerbach of Red's Best poses for a portrait on Boston Fish Pier.

Area waters are teeming with fish species. The problem is we eat too few of them.

The untapped power of bottle deposits could save us from plastic bottle purgatory

In high school, when things weren’t great, a welcoming family became my refuge

metro

Green Line train service between Government Center and Lechmere stations was suspended Thursday night and replaced by shuttle buses. MBTA officials said Saturday that they are "aiming" to resume service on both the Green and Orange lines Monday morning.

Downtown service on Green, Orange lines may reopen Monday, MBTA says

Summer is definitely here, with a weekend of sun and heat

Activists who warned of an abortion rights reversal gear up for new battle

sports

Xander Schauffele keeps an eye on his tee shot at 17 during the third round of Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn.

Xander Schauffele leads his pal Patrick Cantlay by one at Travelers Championship

Denny Hamlin wins NASCAR Cup Series pole at Nashville

Grading the Celtics’ starters from this past season

business

People walk past the Waikiki Gun Club, Thursday, June, 23, 2022 in Honolulu.

Guns in paradise: Ruling could undo strict Hawaii carry law

Pfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost Omicron protection

Inflation sparks global wave of protests for higher pay, aid

politics

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., talk to reporters as the Supreme Court is poised to possibly overturn Roe v. Wade and urge President Joe Biden to use his executive authority to protect abortion rights, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

34 Senate Democrats urge Biden to take ‘immediate’ action on abortion

Decades ago, Alito laid out methodical strategy to eventually overrule Roe

Tight bond between Clarence Thomas and his activist wife Ginni raises conflict of interest concerns

Nation

A visitor views a historical exhibit of the Gay rights movement, displayed on fencing dressed with flags affirming LGBTQ identity at the Stonewall National Monument, on June 22, in New York.

Pride parades march on with new urgency

Planned Parenthood sues to halt Utah’s ‘trigger law’ abortion ban

Abortion foes, supporters map next moves after Roe reversal

World

South African police are investigating the deaths of at least 20 people at a nightclub.

At least 20 dead in South African club; cause not yet known

US and Iran to restart nuclear talks within days, says EU

Russia strikes Kyiv as troops consolidate gains in the east

opinion

Flora Chen (left) handed out water to members of the TL volleyball team as they practiced in high temperatures in Chinatown’s Reggie Wong Memorial Park on a Thursday evening, until 11:30 p.m., in August 2021.

Extreme heat is coming. Boston needs to prepare — now.

How to Build Wealth Through Your 9-to-5

Boston confronts its legacy of slavery

lifestyle

Inside nonprofit Welcome Home's new 1,600-square-foot West Newton location.

Welcome Home, devoted to helping families in need, expands in West Newton

Is it too late to apologize?

Vaccines for little kids are finally here. Why aren’t we more excited?

food & dining

Blue Ribbon Sushi

Blue Ribbon Sushi opens in Kenmore Square; Fresh Pond gets a beer garden

Gourmet Dumpling House announces it will close its doors in Chinatown after 15 years

Blue Ribbon Sushi will open at the Hotel Commonwealth Thursday

travel

The band ABBA at the 1974 Eurovision song contest and those same outfits on display at ABBA: The Museum in Stockholm.

An ABBA-obsessed guide to Stockholm

A guide to some of the best beaches on Cape Cod

A guide to some of the best beaches in Rhode Island

Arts

Winslow Homer, "The Gulf Stream," 1899. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1906.

At the Met, ‘Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents’ offers a completist’s view

Delighting in ‘Lines and Colors’ at Bernay Fine Art

‘In the heart of their hug’: Hank Willis Thomas on his ‘Embrace’ tribute to the Kings

Books

In short pieces, Hilary Mantel recalls her difficult past

Building a library for a better life

Twilight of the white guys

Movies

Kevin Hart (left) and Woody Harrelson in "The Man From Toronto."

A case of very mistaken identity in ‘The Man From Toronto’

The legacy of Chernobyl, a portrait of the hustler as an aging man

‘Hit the Road’ follows a family, and their dog, on a road less traveled

Television

George Clooney (pictured last year in London) will produce the still-untitled documentary that will focus on the crimes of Richard Strauss, a former sports doctor at Ohio State who has been accused of sexually abusing more than 300 athletes over two decades.

HBO documentary to look back at Ohio State scandal

Some favorites from TV’s archive of LGBTQ characters and stories

‘Loot’ is rich with relationships, if not messages

music

Roland Orzabal (left) and Curt Smith lead Tears for Fears at Leader Bank Pavilion.

Tears for Fears let it all out at Leader Bank Pavilion

Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and Disney harmonize on a first-of-its-kind concert

Former Boston Pops conductor John Williams, 90, steps away from film, but not music

Theater/Dance

From left: Malachi Rosen, Karla Lang, Channing Rion, and Jude Torres rehearse the bilingual radio play "The Ghost of Keelung" at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Greenway.

Troupe brings a bilingual Taiwanese ghost story to the Greenway

Massachusetts native James Jackson Jr.’s head-spinning journey into ‘A Strange Loop’

Jacob’s Pillow kicks off the 2022 season with provocative ‘America(na) to Me’

globe local

Mayor Wu announces that Quincey J. Roberts Sr., left, will serve as the inaugural Executive Director for the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement at the Boston Pride Kick-Off in the City Hall Plaza on June 1.

Highlighting Pride Month, Roxbury Film Festival, and Black Music Month during ‘Black News Hour’

News flash: Fireworks are back!

Should Massachusetts suspend the state gas tax?

Obituaries

Former Foreign Minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen poses for a photo, in Frederiksberg, Denmark, March 11, 2021.

Danish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80

Haleh Afshar, who fought for rights of Muslim women, dies at 77

Hall of Fame NFL running back Hugh McElhenny dies at 93