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A deputy paused while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic on Saturday in Hunt, Texas.

Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

Rescuers continued their desperate search for missing victims, including 11 girls from a riverside summer camp. Governor Greg Abbott said that authorities will work around the clock, and he said new areas were being searched as the water receded.

See photos of the devastating flooding in TexasA look at some of the deadliest floods in the US in the last 25 years

What we know so far about the Texas flood victims
On Sunday, the search was growing more desperate and determined after flooding that left scores dead.

Onlookers survey damage along the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Kerrville, Texas.

How weather conditions set the stage for deadly Texas flash floods

Meteorologists say incredible amounts of moisture in the air fueled a storm that moved slowly over central Texas, creating conditions for fatal flash floods.

Jackson has emerged as a forceful critic of her conservative colleagues and, lately, their approach to the Trump agenda.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes herself heard, prompting a rebuke

Despite writing the fewest majority opinions, her voice resonated nonetheless, in an unusually large number of concurring and dissenting opinions, more than 20 in all.

The Red Sox are 45-45 after 90 games this season.

Red Sox president Sam Kennedy says team has ‘blessing from ownership’ to be buyers at the trade deadline

"We need to start playing better baseball, get back to .500 and winning series to put ourselves in a position to add to this club at the deadline," Kennedy said in an appearance on WEEI.

Savannah Bananas share a different style of baseball in two-day Fenway Park appearance

The traveling baseball entertainment show brought its “Banana Ball” troupe to the home of the Red Sox for a pair of holiday weekend performances.

DA’s office investigating death of 40-year-old woman in Brookline police custody
The woman was found “breathing but unresponsive” by a Brookline police officer about 2:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead an hour later.

Is Boston the ‘safest major city’? Is Josh Kraft really new to town? The Globe is fact-checking Boston mayor’s race.
What’s true and what’s false in the Boston mayoral election? Plenty of attacks have already been leveled in the race between Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft.

US tariffs on European goods threatens world’s largest trade relationship
The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Trump will impose more tariffs, in a move that would have repercussions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Two people killed, one seriously injured, after two-vehicle crash in Milton

A 71-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man died in the collision at about 4:30 p.m.

Israeli airstrikes kill 38 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 38 Palestinians in Gaza, hospital officials said on Sunday, as Israel’s military said it has struck over 100 targets in the embattled enclave in the past day.

Man dies after a firework ‘exploded’ in his face in Wareham, officials say

A 70-year-old man died after he was involved in a fatal fireworks accident in Wareham Friday night, officials said.

Hey, Waymo, have you tried the Fresh Pond rotary yet?
The Google spinoff got gobs of attention on social media as its sensor-laden cars navigated Boston streets.

My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home

Is remote work the issue?

Arrow Johnson of the Narragansett Tribe dances in the Grand Entry during 104th Annual Mashpee Wampanoag Powwow in Mashpee.

‘We dance for our ancestors’: Mashpee Powwow marks 104 years

The Powwow is an annual three-day celebration, where Native American dancers, drummers, artists, and food vendors from around the Northeast convene in Mashpee, Mass., home of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe.

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performed during night one of their "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" on Sept. 2, 2023, in Philadelphia.

A surprise from ‘demon of screamin’ Steven Tyler, plus James Taylor’s Tanglewood guests

Music sightings in Birmingham, England and Lenox, Mass. this weekend.

The Choice Canning shrimp processing plant in Amalapuram, India.

The Outlaw Ocean Project

Forced labor in the shrimp industry, and a whistleblower’s efforts to expose it

A new plant manager thought he had found the dream job. What he found were inhumane working conditions.

Without compromise, American democracy has no future

IDEAS | Theo Zenou

It’s time for a United States of Europe

The Supreme Court stripped judges of a powerful tool to fight Trump’s autocracy. Congress must give it back.

Despite the Combs verdict, Cassie Ventura gets a modicum of accountability

More recent News

Everyone is watching Musk’s influence on D.C. politics. But what about Texas?

Elon Musk says he will start a new political party

Amid a turbulent political era, the Cape watches fireworks and reflects
People of all political stripes thronged to Cape Cod for the weekend, as they always do.

Trump’s EPA has terminated over $15 million in funding for ‘forever chemicals’ research

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.

Your kid is getting a ‘Trump account.’ Should you put your money in it?
Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” includes a gift to millions of families: $1,000 in an investment account for every eligible newborn.

Long a drug store, this key spot on Beacon Hill could soon be apartments
A developer is pitching a 12-unit apartment building with ground-floor retail where a 24-hour CVS now stands.

HIGHER EDUCATION
UNH pulls DEI webpage, changes a staffer’s title, and certain hiring practices as state DEI law takes effect
The new law, tucked into the state’s budget, went into effect Tuesday.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Mary and Joe Bussiere of Maynard join their children in the water off West Dennis Beach on June 25, 2025.

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Steven Tyler of Aerosmith performed during night one of their "Peace Out: The Farewell Tour" on Sept. 2, 2023, in Philadelphia.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson shakes hands with Majority Leader Steve Scalise as he celebrates with fellow Republicans after final passage of President Donald Trump's signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 3, 2025.

Trump just sent the national debt into the stratosphere

Senator Ed Markey addressed the crowd during the Boston Pride for the People Parade on June 14.

Locked shampoo and woke politics: Will Auchincloss take on Markey?

People walk past the US Supreme Court building.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Supreme Court puts voting rights on the menu

IDEAS | SIDHI DHANDA

I don’t know if I’m proud to be an American. But I am grateful.

Buildings are reflected in Downtown Boston.

Boston hits its high rises just when they’re down

The photos on these banners in a Beirut suburb say a lot about the governance of Lebanon. On the left is the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. On the right is Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27. Lebanon hasn’t had a president for two years because Hezbollah keeps blocking candidates.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Trump’s EPA has terminated over $15 million in funding for ‘forever chemicals’ research

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in funding for “forever chemicals” research.

DA’s office investigating death of 40-year-old woman in Brookline police custody

The woman was found “breathing but unresponsive” by a Brookline police officer about 2:30 p.m. and was pronounced dead an hour later.

Dave Scott, hip-hop choreographer, is dead at 52

Mr. Scott was a creative force for the moves on such street dancing films as "You Got Served" and reality shows including "So You Think You Can Dance."

Is Boston the ‘safest major city’? Is Josh Kraft really new to town? The Globe is fact-checking Boston mayor’s race.

What’s true and what’s false in the Boston mayoral election? Plenty of attacks have already been leveled in the race between Mayor Michelle Wu and Josh Kraft.

Sports

The Red Sox are 45-45 after 90 games this season.

Red Sox president Sam Kennedy says team has ‘blessing from ownership’ to be buyers at the trade deadline

"We need to start playing better baseball, get back to .500 and winning series to put ourselves in a position to add to this club at the deadline," Kennedy said in an appearance on WEEI.

US goalkeeper Matt Freese plays for New York City FC in Major League Soccer.

The United States men’s soccer team faces Mexico in the Gold Cup final Sunday. Here’s a preview.

Mexico is the defending champion and has the most Gold Cup titles, but the US brings a five-game winning streak into the title game in Houston.

Cooper Flagg (right) was the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Celtics beat writer's notebook

Will Cooper Flagg ever play for the Celtics? Will they get a Christmas game? We have a few thoughts.

As the Celtics gear up for the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, here's the latest from reporter Adam Himmelsbach.

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Game 91: Red Sox at Nationals lineups and preview

Savannah Bananas share a different style of baseball in two-day Fenway Park appearance

Timbers 2, Revolution 1

David Da Costa’s goal in the 72nd minute lifts Timbers over Revolution

Business

US tariffs on European goods threatens world’s largest trade relationship

The European Union expects to find out on Monday whether President Trump will impose more tariffs, in a move that would have repercussions on both sides of the Atlantic.

Your kid is getting a ‘Trump account.’ Should you put your money in it?

Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” includes a gift to millions of families: $1,000 in an investment account for every eligible newborn.

Long a drug store, this key spot on Beacon Hill could soon be apartments

White House to start notifying countries about tariffs, Trump says

A round of golf at Pirate's Cove.

How to have a classic summer on Cape Cod and around New England with mini golf, camp, and more

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, part of the annual Boston Harborfest, as seen from the roof of MIT’s Green Building in 2024.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, June 30-July 13

In 1972, Roxie Laybourne was a 61-year-old ornithologist working in Washington, D.C., when she was asked to testify at a Maine murder trial.

She was a quiet bird expert. Then she was called to investigate a murder in Maine.

At left: Jason Gay, at home in Sharon, holds his late grandfather’s Army uniform, photo, and newly-found dog tag, in June. At right: Dutch metal detectorist Laurent Stemkens revisits the German forest in April.

After finding buried WWII dog tags, a Dutch man spent years trying to return them to the owner’s family

metro

People enjoying a Cape Cod beach.

Amid a turbulent political era, the Cape watches fireworks and reflects

Trooper injured after large police response in Revere

Maine Senate approves 116 bills of the special appropriations table

sports

Rob Refsnyder's RBI double in the first inning helped get the Red Sox' offense rolling.

Red Sox get better pitching from Walker Buehler, offense keeps rolling in another rout of Nationals

From a chance encounter with Don Sweeney to draft night, an inside look at James Hagens’s journey to the Bruins

Walpole’s Cam Schlittler eyes Major League debut with Yankees this week

business

An accessibility ramp leads to the orchestra pit at Boston's Huntington Theatre.

Boston launches new business training, certification for disability inclusion

Medicaid, food aid recipients worry about safety net cuts in bill sent to Trump

What’s in Trump’s big bill that passed Congress and will soon become law

politics

Jackson has emerged as a forceful critic of her conservative colleagues and, lately, their approach to the Trump agenda.

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson makes herself heard, prompting a rebuke

Everyone is watching Musk’s influence on D.C. politics. But what about Texas?

How weather conditions set the stage for deadly Texas flash floods

Nation

A deputy paused while combing through the banks of the Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic on Saturday in Hunt, Texas.

Texas floods leave at least 51 dead, 27 girls missing as rescuers search devastated landscape

What we know so far about the Texas flood victims

Search for 27 missing girls continues after floods in Texas

World

Palestinian children stand on a street covered in the rubble of a building targeted in an Israeli strike in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood in Gaza City, in the central Gaza Strip on July 6.

Israeli airstrikes kill 38 Palestinians in Gaza

The cost of victory: Israel overpowered its foes but deepened its isolation

Alleged arsonist charged over fire at Australian synagogue

opinion

El presidente Donald Trump recorrió un nuevo campo de detención de migrantes ubicado en el aeropuerto Dade-Collier en Ochopee, Florida, el martes 1 de julio de 2025. El centro ha sido denominado “Alligator Alcatraz”

Alligator Alcatraz, la detención migratoria al estilo medieval

Inside ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Supreme Court puts voting rights on the menu

lifestyle

My husband, who works remotely, is annoyed when I get home

Why more newlyweds are honeymooning closer to home

I think my husband had a baby with another woman

food & dining

Competitive eater Joey Chestnut celebrates after winning the 2025 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn.

Joey Chestnut reclaims title in Nathan’s Famous hot dog eating contest, wins 17th Mustard Belt

Meet the soon-to-be owner of one of Providence’s oldest brewpubs

Mike & Patty’s opens in Lexington; Darling debuts in Cambridge

travel

27NHMRoutdoors - Amanda's dog, Alux, enjoys the trails at Jim Hill Riverwalk in Concord. The Contoocook River is pictured to the left. (Amanda Gokee/Globe Staff)

It’s summer in N.H., and the great outdoors is calling

How to enjoy Madrid like a local during the deep sizzle of summer

These are some of the best beaches around New England, according to Globe staffers

Arts

Artist and educator Paul Belenky is pictured next to his artwork entitled "Elevated Fruit" in Franconia, N.H. The installation was only displayed for four days before the banana was stolen on May 29, according to the organizers of the Franconia Artwalk, an outdoor art exhibit. (Kathie Lovett)

After an art heist hit a New Hampshire town, ‘the banana is back’

At the Peabody Essex Museum, tracking the American Experiment through more than two centuries of art

At the Boston Athenaeum, botanical beauty of the photographic sort

Books

Author Casey Sherman.

Casey Sherman’s latest true crime narrative puts readers in the jury box

Local bestsellers for the week ended June 29

David R. Slavitt, poet and critic with a side gig in soft pornography, dies at 90

Movies

Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners.”

‘Sinners,’ Joey Chestnut’s return, plus the best movies and TV shows to watch July Fourth weekend

Michael Madsen, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and ‘Kill Bill’ actor, dies

James Gunn and the ‘Superman’ cast on why the world needs the Man of Steel now more than ever

Television

Michael B. Jordan in “Sinners.”

‘Sinners,’ Joey Chestnut’s return, plus the best movies and TV shows to watch July Fourth weekend

On Colbert’s ‘Late Show,’ John Cena dishes on things to do in his native Essex County, Mass.

Does ‘Dept. Q’ look familiar? There may be some reasons for that.

music

Mr. Scott (second from left) joined fellow choreographer Laurieanne Gibson (second from right) and fans at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival in July of 2012.

Dave Scott, hip-hop choreographer, is dead at 52

A surprise from ‘demon of screamin’ Steven Tyler, plus James Taylor’s Tanglewood guests

Whether you’re seeking Motown or hair metal, these Boston bands have you ‘covered’

Theater/Dance

Barbara Walters and Roy Cohn attend a party at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 1983.

Roy Cohn makes another pop culture appearance, this time alongside Barbara Walters

Seeing Blue Man Group for the first time as it closes after 30 years

More than one shining moment in Barrington Stage’s ‘Camelot’

Health

Ephriam Akiva, senior director of peer respite for the Wildflower Alliance, posed for a portrait.

In Holyoke, a radical approach to mental health care offers respite to a community under siege

Shooting of North Andover police officer puts spotlight on postpartum depression

Bankrupt Steward eyes clawbacks from former CEO Ralph de la Torre and others

Obituaries

Mr. Scott (second from left) joined fellow choreographer Laurieanne Gibson (second from right) and fans at the Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival in July of 2012.

Dave Scott, hip-hop choreographer, is dead at 52

Jim Shooter, editor who ‘saved the comics industry,’ dies at 73

Richard A. Boucher, veteran State Department spokesman, dies at 73