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‘Are you guys going to shoot me?’ Police encounters with mentally ill people increasingly turn deadly

A Globe review shows that most people shot by police in Massachusetts are suicidal, mentally ill, or having a breakdown.

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.
Some economists predict the technology could replace hundreds of millions of jobs, in a cataclysmic reorganization of the workforce mirroring the industrial revolution.

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

President Biden signed legislation on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, just two days before the US Treasury warned that the country would struggle to pay its bills.

How a Boston court case could help prevent another debt limit crisis Biden’s debt deal strategy: Win in the fine print

DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at ‘Roast and Ride’ rally in Iowa
Eight Republican presidential hopefuls are in Iowa on Saturday to attend a political event hosted by US Senator Joni Ernst.

Franklin, N.H., man found dead after fatally shooting toddler daughter and her mother, authorities say

Jamie Bell, 42, was found dead following a massive search by police after he fled the scene of the shootings at a home on Elkins Street.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Heat’s Udonis Haslem is speaking up for Florida and Floridians in opposition to Governor Ron DeSantis’s opinions

Game 1: Red Sox 8, Rays 5 | Game 2: Rays 4, Red Sox 2
Red Sox drop Game 2 to Rays after opening day/night doubleheader with come-from-behind win
Justin Turner provided the big hit in Game 1 in the sixth, a three-run double, as the offense picked up the starting pitching and defense. After Kenley Jansen closed out the opener, Tampa Bay scored a pair of runs off him in the ninth inning of Game 2 to get its win.

Keisha Robinson held her daughter, Tatyana, as the 4-year-old was examined by pediatrician Dr. Aaron Bornstein at Middleboro Pediatrics in Lakeville on April 13.

Independent pediatric practices are struggling to survive

Serving the health of children has never been more vital — as patients require increasingly complex care. And many practices, particularly those caring for high numbers of patients on Medicaid, say they cannot sustain the work.

Biotechs face headwinds as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston
As more than 15,000 executives, investors, and promoters from around the world arrive at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, industry leaders are bracing for multiple challenges even as they trumpet their triumphs.

Trans Resistance MA holds march and festival in Boston
Marchers gathered Saturday in Boston to show support for transgender people with a parade that originated in 2020 — and comes in a year when the transgender community has increasingly come under attack across the nation from conservatives.

Gabrielle Logan holds a rainbow umbrella while attending the LGBTQ+ Pride Month kickoff event at City Hall Plaza on Thursday.

During Pride Month, there is liberation and repression everywhere in America

Our kids are growing up with gay Disney characters and an acceptance that love is love, and who you are is who you are. And yet. This is also a country currently gripped by a horrific wave of anti-LGBTQ hate.

‘It’s devastating’: Florida questioning Michael Mota after resort’s protected mangrove trees chopped down
A state investigation found nearly 17,800 square feet of mangroves were destroyed. Mota, who is listed as the “contractor/agent” in the state’s report, denies involvement.

The health of new quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, specifically of his left foot, is of utmost importance to the Raiders this offseason.

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Josh McDaniels and the Raiders are putting on a good face, but Jimmy Garoppolo’s foot injury is a disaster

The bottom line is if the Raiders don’t like what they see with Garoppolo’s foot during preseason, they can flunk his physical and release him with no penalty.

Diver Iris Schmidbauer from Germany prepared for landing as she’s framed by the South Boston skyline on the first day of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston’s Seaport.

Elite divers complete first rounds of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Seaport

The divers, twelve men and twelve women, leaped from platforms off the Institute of Contemporary Art, performing intricate flips and turns for a panel of judges.

The key hit of the Red Sox' six-run sixth inning in Game 1 was Justin Turner's bases-clearing double.

Peter Abraham I On baseball

Justin Turner has been valuable to the Red Sox this season, both on the field and off

The on-field part is easy to see. Turner is hitting .271 with a .765 OPS and 25 RBIs. At 38, he has started all but five games this season.

Mass. owes feds $2.5 billion. Who’s going to pay?

The state wrongly used federal funds for jobless benefits during the pandemic, and now it needs to repay them.

Can MCAS be improved? Curbed? Learned from? All of the above?

IDEAS | ULBE BOSMA

The sugar baron of Boston

Trying to close the gender pay gap — 60 years after the Equal Pay Act

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

More recent News

Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism
A top Twitter executive responsible for safety and content moderation has left the company, her departure coming soon after owner Elon Musk publicly complained about the platform’s handling of posts about transgender topics.

Indian officials end rescue work for 2 wrecked passenger trains that killed over 300 people
With rescue work finished, authorities began clearing the mangled wreckage of two passenger trains that derailed in eastern India, killing more than 300 people and injuring hundreds in one of the country’s deadliest rail accidents in decades, officials said Sunday.

New Bedford man allegedly kills 8-year-old son before taking his own life, authorities say
The son of former Boston Red Sox first baseman George Scott allegedly killed his 8-year-old son, Dante Hazard, in their New Bedford home on Friday before taking his own life, authorities said.

‘I have a lot of regret,’ Charlestown bank robber says of 1990s carjacking, slaying of two security guards

Anthony Shea’s life sentence was slashed to 35 years.

Saundra Lane, visionary benefactor of MFA’s photography collection, dies at 84
"I felt like we were educators," Mrs. Lane, a former schoolteacher, said of the art donations she and her late husband made.

Brother, sister intentionally set fire to occupied Brockton home, jury finds

Sentencing for the two siblings, who had previously lived in the home, is schedule for June 22.

Photo Illustration

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

DEBT

SAVINGS

HOUSING

REALITY CHECK CALCULATOR

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

Recommended reads

Chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom is in his fourth year with the Red Sox, but his family tree in Boston traces back much, much further.

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep

His family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

Healey said error was ‘avoidable’ after state wrongly used $2.5 billion in federal money to pay jobless claims
"Why it happened, I’m not sure, and we’ll try to get to the bottom of that,” Healey said in an interview Friday.

‘This is Boston’s big challenge’: A new plan to defend downtown against sea-level rise
A long-awaited resiliency plan for Boston’s Wharf District outlines $1.2 billion worth of upgrades to protect the waterfront from flooding.

The best new books for summer 2023
Some of our favorite critics offer suggestions for the latest (and up-and-coming!) titles to transport you, whether you’re basking at the beach or hanging in the hammock.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Dawn M. Simmons, cofounder and co-producing artistic director of the Front Porch Arts Collective; Loretta Greco, artistic director of the Huntington; and Megan Sandberg-Zakian, artistic director of Boston Playwrights' Theatre.

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

Bob Bittner ran WJIB from a studio next to his home in West Bath, Maine. He died May 26 at the age of 73.

WJIB’s Bob Bittner was always an easy listen

Shameik Moore is the voice of Spider-Man/Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

Head to Revere Hotel on June 9 for a rooftop silent disco.

15 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Boston and beyond

Special Projects

Main marathon 10th anniversary gif

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

President Joe Biden talked with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on May 31 before traveling to Colorado.

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal

"I was . . . advised to study the Black French poet Aimé Césaire rather than Lord Byron." Pictured: A marble statue of Byron in Rome's Villa Borghese park.

IDEAS | TYLER HARPER

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

Sian Beilock and Phil Hanlon

Speaking up on campus doesn’t mean shouting down others

When Joseph Curtatone took office in 2004, his city was still derided as “Slummerville” in the leafier precincts nearby. He set about fixing that.

Somerville shows how to be civically engaged

Bobby Gutierrez, the mayor of Bryan, Texas, adjusted the volume of his car radio, May 14.

AM radio in your car? Don’t let Congress decide.

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

Metro

Boston police seek suspect who allegedly attacked woman, stole necklace with her late husband’s wedding ring

A woman was attacked as she sat outside Zion Apostolic Church around noon Sunday, Boston police said.

Franklin, N.H., man found dead after fatally shooting toddler daughter and her mother, authorities say

Jamie Bell, 42, was found dead following a massive search by police after he fled the scene of the shootings at a home on Elkins Street.

Trans Resistance MA holds march and festival in Boston

Marchers gathered Saturday in Boston to show support for transgender people with a parade that originated in 2020 — and comes in a year when the transgender community has increasingly come under attack across the nation from conservatives.

Saundra Lane, visionary benefactor of MFA’s photography collection, dies at 84

"I felt like we were educators," Mrs. Lane, a former schoolteacher, said of the art donations she and her late husband made.

Sports

Kenley Jansen was feeling good after closing out the Game 1 win for the Red Sox, but a handful of hours later he took the loss in Game 2 against the Rays.

Game 1: Red Sox 8, Rays 5 | Game 2: Rays 4, Red Sox 2

Red Sox drop Game 2 to Rays after opening day/night doubleheader with come-from-behind win

Justin Turner provided the big hit in Game 1 in the sixth, a three-run double, as the offense picked up the starting pitching and defense. After Kenley Jansen closed out the opener, Tampa Bay scored a pair of runs off him in the ninth inning of Game 2 to get its win.

Mark Stone celebrates after scoring a goal on Sergei Bobrovsky, one of three Panther goals in the third period in a 5-2 win.

STANLEY CUP FINAL | Knights 5, Panthers 2

Knights open Stanley Cup pursuit with a win

The Golden Knights are in the final for the second time in six years of existence, five years after making it in their inaugural season.

New York Knicks' Julius Randle grabs his ankle after an injury during the first half of Game 5 of the first-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers in April.

Knicks All-Star Julius Randle has arthroscopic surgery on left ankle

Randle had started the first 77 games of the season before spraining the ankle on March 29 in a victory over Miami.

Rory McIlroy (70) grabs share of lead, while Muirfield Village battles Memorial field

HS TRACK & FIELD | MEET OF CHAMPIONS

Cambridge Rindge & Latin’s Kylee Bernard finishes with flourish, wins girls’ 400-meter race at Meet of Champions

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Kiké Hernández’s two throwing errors bring need for healthy cure at shortstop back to surface for Red Sox

Business

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

President Biden signed legislation on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, just two days before the US Treasury warned that the country would struggle to pay its bills.

Biotechs face headwinds as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston

As more than 15,000 executives, investors, and promoters from around the world arrive at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, industry leaders are bracing for multiple challenges even as they trumpet their triumphs.

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.

Thomas, the moray eel.

What it’s like to dive in the New England Aquarium’s giant tank (watch out for Thomas the eel)

This week's daters: Will and Eric.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The foundation for feelings is there’

On Cape Cod, I’ll always try to stay in my summer landlord’s good graces

metro

Spencer Mangiacotti (left) and, Anthony Zunino, beekeepers for Best Bees, inspected hives on the roof of the Warren Rudman courthouse in Concord, N.H.

Roof of New Hampshire courthouse is home to thousands of honeybees

Independent pediatric practices are struggling to survive

‘Are you guys going to shoot me?’ Police encounters with mentally ill people increasingly turn deadly

sports

Framingham defender Liam Gilbert (left) put pressure on Andover’s Ben Redlener in a Division 1 boys’ lacrosse first-round game.

Ben Redlener’s first-half hat trick helps Andover boys’ lacrosse get early jump on Framingham

Justin Turner has been valuable to the Red Sox this season, both on the field and off

The Heat’s Udonis Haslem is speaking up for Florida and Floridians in opposition to Governor Ron DeSantis’s opinions

business

Twitter logos hang outside the company's offices in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.

Twitter executive responsible for content safety resigns after Elon Musk criticism

In R.I. House budget package, what to know about housing and development

Three ‘forever chemicals’ makers settle public water lawsuits

politics

Former Vice President Mike Pence rides a Harley Davidson motorcycle during Joni Ernst's Roast and Ride event on June 03, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa.

DeSantis signs Bible, Pence hops on motorcycle at ‘Roast and Ride’ rally in Iowa

Trump lawyer’s notes could be a key in the classified documents inquiry

Debt deal imposes new work requirements for food aid and that frustrates many Democrats

Nation

President Biden attends a parade at the Marine Barracks on June 2.

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’

World

People watch at the site where trains derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa,, on June 4.

Indian officials end rescue work for 2 wrecked passenger trains that killed over 300 people

3 Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in gunbattle at the border

India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters

opinion

Female pigs in the pens of a gestation barn at a farm in Strawn, Illinois, in 2012.

Pigs will be kept in larger crates but their suffering will persist

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal

Welcome to Florida

lifestyle

This image provided by the Secretary of State's office shows the proposed new design for the Maine license plate. If a bill before the Legislature is approved, it would replace the chickadee plates that have been in use in Maine for almost 25 years. The new design features elements of the 1901 Maine state flag, with a navy blue star and dark green pine tree. (Maine Secretary of State’s Office via AP)

Mainers can’t get enough of retro flag, which will now appear on license plates

What am I missing with these breakups?

I’m stuck in my grief

food & dining

Garmi Mawolo at her fresh vegetable stand outside Urban Greens in Providence, R.I. She farms at Bami Farm in Johnston, which is run by the African Alliance of Rhode Island.

Support local farmers in R.I. and head to one of these summer markets

A pint with your pug? Dog-friendly dining and drinking starts in Boston

Here’s where you can get a free doughnut in Mass. for National Doughnut Day

travel

Boston drag queen Kori King performs at a "Little Mermaid"-themed drag night at the Barking Crab.

From campy to controversial: How drag queens became a target of conservative lawmakers

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

More travelers are taking the train — to save the planet

Arts

Eva Lundsager, “First Attempt."

Paintings that are all about touch

The Peabody Essex Museum to hire a TikTok creator-in-residence

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

Books

Summer is the perfect season to browse new books.

The best new books for summer 2023

Kaija Langley, author of verse novel ‘The Order of Things,’ has built a writing career in the margins of a busy life

Children’s book contemplates animals and eternity; Boston Public Library presents special exhibit for Pride Month; program encourages students to write to their favorite authors

Movies

Actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen at the Democratic National Convention, July 28, 2016. The couple will be recognized Monday for a lifetime of contributions to the arts, and for their their activism.

Danson and Steenburgen to receive lifetime achievement award from Trinity Rep

Hang on to your fedoras. ‘Noir City: Boston’ is headed to the Brattle Theatre

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

Television

Tom Hiddleston in "The Night Manager." Hiddleston will reprise his role as Jonathan Pine in season 2.

In the works: ‘Constant Gardener’ miniseries, ‘Night Manager’ season 2

‘Somebody Somewhere’ earns third season on HBO

In conclusion, ‘Barry’ lacked resonance almost until the end

music

Spoken word artist Regie Gibson performing in "Crossing the Deep" with the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Trecek-King.

Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Crossing the Deep’ troubles the waters of early music

With her upcoming tour, Rina Sawayama is reclaiming creative control of her story

Zelda soundtrack as legendary as the game itself

Theater/Dance

Playwright-director Sasha Denisova at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square, where her play, "The Gaaga," will be staged.

In Arlekin’s ‘The Gaaga,’ a Ukrainian playwright puts Vladimir Putin on trial

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

In Lyric Stage’s ‘Rooted,’ a tree grows on Clarendon Street

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Saundra B. Lane at the Museum of Fine Arts in 2003.

Saundra Lane, visionary benefactor of MFA’s photography collection, dies at 84

Kaija Saariaho, pathbreaking composer of singular colors, is dead at 70

Cynthia Weil, Grammy-winning lyricist who teamed husband Barry Mann, dead at 82