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These Massachusetts organizations received donations from MacKenzie Scott

A number of Massachusetts organizations received millions of dollars in donations as part of Mackenzie Scott’s latest, $2.7 billion round of philanthropic gifts.

MacKenzie Scott donates $1.5 million to Rhode Island music program

Study says COVID-19 was likely present in Mass. as early as December 2019

The federal National Institutes of Health said it had found evidence that the coronavirus was in Massachusetts and four other states far sooner than previously thought.

Mass. reports 55 coronavirus cases, 2 deaths, and 47,980 vaccinations

Baker announces 'VaxMillions' lottery program, offering $1 million cash prizes to boost vaccination rates

Fully vaccinated residents 18 and older will have the opportunity to enter to win one of five $1 million cash prizes. Fully vaccinated residents between ages 12 and 17 can enter for the chance to win one of five $300,000 scholarship grants.

Five things to know about the VaxMillions lottery sweepstakes in Mass.Other states are using lotteries to increase vaccine rates, and Mass. has joined them

The state of emergency in Massachusetts has lifted. What does this mean for residents?

Residents might be wondering how the state of emergency being lifted changes anything about the situation in Massachusetts. Here’s what to know.

Charts: A good summer in Mass. appears on the horizon as coronavirus numbers drop to low levelsHow a city emerges from a 462-day state of emergency

A coalition led by Boston's carpenters union and several local developers plans to spend at least $500,000 to ensure that housing issues remain front and center in the city's mayor's race.

With housing at center of Boston mayor’s race, labor and developers are organizing to push candidates

A group of pro-development forces, led by one of Boston’s biggest construction unions, is marshaling resources to influence Boston’s mayoral race.

How Massachusetts communities are celebrating the state’s first official Juneteenth
For more than a century, Juneteenth was a Texan holiday, then a Southern holiday, commemorating the anniversary of June 19, 1865, when General Gordon Granger of the Union Army told formerly enslaved people in Galveston they were free. Now it will be celebrated for the first time across the Commonwealth as an official state holiday.

Jeneé Osterheldt: Juneteenth and the meaning of Black liberation in Boston

Historic heat wave brings 100-degree heat to 40 million in western US
More than 40 million Americans are in the crosshairs of extreme triple-digit heat this week, with some spots soaring over 120 degrees as records fall across the West.

Mount Lafayette, the ninth highest peak in the White Mountains is seen from Franconia.

‘People are awesome’: Dog rescued from White Mountains

A group of hikers helped carry a dog down the Ammonoosuc Ravine in New Hampshire’s White Mountains last week, a rescuer posted on Facebook.

Christian Santos, 17, holds the bottle he found floating in the water while he was spear-fishing in the Azores in June 2021. Inside the bottle was a note, apparently written in 2018 and thrown into the ocean in Rhode Island.

Message in a bottle, tossed into the sea in Rhode Island, found in Azores

The note was written in 2018 by a 13-year-old who was visiting family in Rhode Island.

Pitchers will be under increased scrutiny, though Garrett Richards's spin rates have actually increased since the crackdown was announced.

A few sticking points with MLB’s new ‘foreign substance’ policy, and other thoughts

Commissioner Rob Manfred had to do something, but there is a bit of hypocrisy here, as well as an overcorrection.

Peter Abraham: MLB’s crackdown on sticky substances is a move to re-balance a changing game

Documents shed new light on case of MIT grad student accused of murder in Connecticut

An MIT graduate student who allegedly fatally shot a Yale graduate student in February in New Haven knew the victim’s fiancee at MIT and had shown an interest in her, according to a newly unsealed arrest warrant.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Pressley urges Mass. lawmakers to shift funding away from school police to counselors, nurses
School discipline policies in the hands of law enforcement often are used to disproportionately punish students of color, Pressley said, pointing to a study published by the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality.

Former Mass. resident slain in robbery in Philadelphia remembered as ‘kind, caring person’
Christine L. Lugo, 40, was killed during an armed robbery in Philadelphia on June 5.

‘This was one thing we could save’: Cantab Lounge moves a step closer to reopening
The Cantab Lounge, which has not reopened since the pandemic shuttered it last March, may see a revival under new ownership following the recent transfer of the bar's liquor and entertainment licenses.

Death penalty should be reinstated for Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon bombings case, Biden administration tells US Supreme Court

The Biden administration is asking the US Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon terror bombings that killed three people and wounded hundreds more.

Texas Republican congressman cancels event with MassGOP over internal drama
GOP Chairman Jim Lyons, already a controversial figure in a state party divided between social conservatives and establishment moderates, has been under fire in recent weeks for his handling of anti-gay remarks made by a fellow Republican.

Opinion

People talk before the start of a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools, at the Loudoun County Government Center in Leesburg, Va., on June 12.

How white supremacy weaponizes ignorance

Racists have always understood that if they can censor what people learn, they can control what people believe.

Boston Latin School

Magda Hernandez

BPS shouldn’t permanently eliminate entrance exam

President Biden's administration released the first-ever national strategy for countering domestic terrorism, bringing the United States closer to the approaches used by our allies overseas to combat far-right extremism.

Cynthia Miller-Idriss

Biden strategy takes on homegrown extremism

Mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George.

Annissa Essaibi George says she’s ready to lead Boston, but where?

Assistant Medical Director Brian Clark checks vital signs in the Sobering Unit at the Restoration Center in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016.

Where mental illness and criminal justice meet

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THE GREAT DIVIDE
In seismic shift, a lottery might govern admission to Boston’s exam schools
For generations, the exam-school admission process has worked by rewarding students with the highest grades and test scores — in rank order — by getting first dibs on their preferred exam school. A School Committee task force is now giving serious consideration to scrapping the assignments and replacing them with a lottery.

A Milton gay couple was harassed anonymously for years. Then a piece of handwriting unraveled the mystery

After years of dead ends, police recently were led to a suspect, a neighbor who lives a few doors from the couple and had shared hellos, waves, and casual conversation with them.

His murder conviction was overturned. But the state is fighting his claim for compensation

The state acknowledges that Frederick Weichel spent 36 years in prison for a crime he may not have committed. But that’s not enough to earn him compensation from the state for wrongful imprisonment, according to the Attorney General’s office.

‘You’re on your own up there’: The rise of air rage in the era of COVID

Mask requirements have contributed to an increase in confrontations on planes, and threats of steep fines don’t seem to be deterring bad behavior.

dan shaughnessy

Honoring John Calipari and Marcus Camby with statues is not a good look for UMass

Camby and Calipari were basketball greats at UMass but brought disgrace to the school when the 1996 Final Four appearance was vacated because of NCAA violations.

metro

Qinxuan Pan's booking photo at the Montgomery County Detention Center.

Documents shed new light on case of MIT grad student accused of murder in Connecticut

An MIT graduate student who allegedly fatally shot a Yale graduate student in February in New Haven knew the victim’s fiancee at MIT and had shown an interest in her, according to a newly unsealed arrest warrant.

With housing at center of Boston mayor’s race, labor and developers are organizing to push candidates

MacKenzie Scott donates $1.5 million to Rhode Island music program

Sports

The Bruins missed Brandon Carlo's talents after the defenseman was injured during the loss to the Islanders.

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Once again, Bruins left looking for a key contributor on defense

The team's brass acknowledged the need for a well-rounded blue liner for the top four after their depth was exposed by injuries in the postseason.

patriots notebook

Cam Newton says he was ‘overthinking’ the Patriots offense last season

Baseball notebook

Rays’ Tyler Glasnow has torn elbow ligament, but will wait on surgery

business

ZUMIX Walk For Music 2017.

These Massachusetts organizations received donations from MacKenzie Scott

Beth Israel Lahey Health agrees to acquire Joslin Diabetes Center

Targeted by short sellers, DraftKings gets aid from Reddit’s online brigade

politics

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Pelosi says the House will move forward with Jan. 6 investigations

Trump pressed official to wield Justice Dept. to back election claims

White House to host July 4 ‘independence from virus’ bash

Living Arts

Mae Martin (left) and Charlotte Ritchie in "Feel Good."

‘Feel Good’ maintains mix of romance and conflict to the end

Have a unibrow? Boston Casting wants you.

‘Kalamata’s Kitchen’ aims to open up a whole new world to kids

education

US Representative Ayanna Pressley.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Pressley urges Mass. lawmakers to shift funding away from school police to counselors, nurses

Conn. towns face losing funds if tribal team mascots don’t change

THE GREAT DIVIDE

In seismic shift, a lottery might govern admission to Boston’s exam schools

rhode island

MacKenzie Scott, the former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced Tuesday, June 15, 2021, that she has given $2.7 billion to 286 organizations, including one non-profit in Rhode Island.

MacKenzie Scott donates $1.5 million to Rhode Island music program

Blood shortage in Rhode Island is now an emergency

Message in a bottle, tossed into the sea in Rhode Island, found in Azores

Newton

Newton musicians get ready to perform live and in person again

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North of Boston, an old industrial city gets a second look

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Podcast
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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Assistant Medical Director Brian Clark checks vital signs in the Sobering Unit at the Restoration Center in San Antonio, Texas, in 2016.

Where mental illness and criminal justice meet

Mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George.

Annissa Essaibi George says she’s ready to lead Boston, but where?

Benjamin Franklin Institute.

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A new high-speed Acela train pulls into Union Station in Washington in June, 2020. Testing for prototypes of the train is underway in the Northeast Corridor and at a federal facility in Pueblo, Colo.

Northeast Region Leaders

A North Atlantic Rail network would support the economy, climate, and equity

A worker at Hope House, an organization that sponsors the use of cryptocurrencies in El Zonte beach, makes a purchase at a small store that accepts Bitcoin, in Tamanique, El Salvador.

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Movie stills from the film "Blue Hill Avenue."

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We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

Scenes from "Blue Hill Avenue."

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I’ve been working at home with cats. Will I ever be fit for the office again?

Rib-Eye Steaks With Rosemary and Pomegranate Molasses.

Recipes: A Father’s Day feast of rib-eye steak and more

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Umpire Joe West (left) examines a baseball on Sunday as Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen watches on.

MLB’s crackdown on sticky substances is a move to rebalance a changing game

Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka are separated — on US Open tee sheet

Nets upgrade James Harden to questionable for Game 5 vs Bucks

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\Brad Ross donates blood at the Kraft Family Blood Donor Center at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women's Hospital on May 13, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Blood shortage in Rhode Island is now an emergency

Former Mass. resident slain in robbery in Philadelphia remembered as ‘kind, caring person’

UMass Lowell investigating ‘cybersecurity incident’

Nation

Senior Boston College nursing student Danielle Palmieri administered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to BC sophomore John Petit inside Boston College's Conte Forum.

55 cases, 2 deaths, and 47,980 vaccinations: See today’s new COVID-19 data from Mass.

Senate bill would ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in makeup, which new study found are often unlabeled

New emails detail Trump’s efforts to have Justice Department take up his election fraud claims

World

Jewish ultranationalists waving Israeli flags participate in the "Flags March" next to Damascus Gate, outside Jerusalem's Old City, on Tuesday.

Far-right march tests Israel’s new governing coalition, amid threats from Hamas

China, its military might expanding, accuses NATO of hypocrisy

Donated US vaccines arrive for Mexican border cities

politics

President Biden.

Biden and Putin are set to meet this week. But the big theme of Biden’s first foreign trip? Containing China

Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin

Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin

business

MacKenzie Scott donates another $2.7 billion to charities

Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is auctioning off an NFT with his original code

Trump’s FDA commissioner joins Flagship, the Cambridge firm that launched Moderna

lifestyle

Spicy Fish Cakes with Carrot-Cucumber Slaw.

Recipe: Stir quinoa into spicy fish cakes and serve with a crisp carrot-cucumber slaw

Recipe: For a bright pasta primavera, toss penne with lots of herbs and green vegetables

Who wants a treat? These ice cream trucks are just for dogs

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Former Celtics player Paul Pierce earlier this month in Miami Beach, Fla.

Paul Pierce to launch ‘Truth’ marijuana brand in Massachusetts

Taunton microbusiness makes state’s first-ever recreational marijuana delivery — to founder’s house

Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements

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Boston Latin School

BPS shouldn’t permanently eliminate entrance exam

How white supremacy weaponizes ignorance

Biden strategy takes on homegrown extremism

food & dining

The cover of the book "Kalamata’s Kitchen," the first of a series from Random House.

‘Kalamata’s Kitchen’ aims to open up a whole new world to kids

Here’s how you can receive $100 in dining vouchers through the ‘Dining Passport’ program

Jamaican jerk marinades from a hot-sauce maker raised in Milton

travel

Travelers boarded a Jet Blue flight from Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Fla., to Washington Reagan Airport, on March 1, 2021. The number of disruptive incidents reported by the FAA averages out to one per 1,277 flights.

‘You’re on your own up there’: The rise of air rage in the era of COVID

Planning to travel? See how vaccinated your ideal destination is

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Books

Here’s your official summer reading list

Aaron Lecklider on the queer activists who came before

A novel set in Havana, a new set of poets laureate for Massachusetts, and the return of the Nantucket Literary Festival — with a virtual Juneteenth panel

Movies

Now this is a unibrow.

Have a unibrow? Boston Casting wants you.

The Brattle to reopen at last on July 2

‘The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard’: It isn’t necessarily the character who needs protecting

Television

Mae Martin (left) and Charlotte Ritchie in "Feel Good."

‘Feel Good’ maintains mix of romance and conflict to the end

Network TV is where originality goes to die

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music

18-year-old Brandon Greenstein of Lynnfield, who creates music under the name The BreakBomb Project, is working on his second album.

An EDM whiz kid from Lynnfield cracks a million streams on Spotify

The Boston Pops to stage Fourth of July concert at Tanglewood

Springfield Symphony musicians to raise their instruments in protest

Theater/Dance

Nael Nacer and Celeste Oliva in Gloucester Stage Company's "Tiny Beautiful Things" at Windhover Center for the Performing Arts in Rockport.

In ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ hard-earned words of wisdom

Everyone loves a comeback story. John Mulaney has 21 sold-out shows to prove it.

American Repertory Theater’s 2021-2022 season to feature a pre-Broadway revival of ‘1776’

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Christine Lugo, 40, was killed on June 5 in Philadelphia.

Former Mass. resident slain in robbery in Philadelphia remembered as ‘kind, caring person’

In a post-COVID world, there’s a craving for outdoor dining to stay on the menu

From Rockport to Plymouth, in-person shopping never felt so good

Obituaries

Ms. Burns during a rehearsal of “The Comedy of Errors” for the New York Shakespeare Festival in Central Park in 1992.

Karla Burns, who broke a ‘British Tonys’ color barrier, dies at 66

Rudolph Kass, judge whose writing flair illuminated legal principles, dies at 90

Mudcat Grant, American League’s first Black 20-game winner, dies at 85