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Interim president Alan Garber has been credited with settling things down at Harvard.

Interim leader Alan Garber is running Harvard without expiration date: ‘Pretty clear that there’s no search’

Six months after scandal ended the presidency of Claudine Gay, the university still has not named a search committee to find her replacement.

First partial heart transplant in New England helps 4-year-old boy: ‘Jack was in the right hands’
The cutting-edge procedure is a major breakthrough in the treatment of children born with defects in portions of their hearts and circulatory systems.

In Salem, explosion of visitors has become a hot-button issue. Now the city is clamping down on tour guides.
Officials are seeking to bring some order to the Witch City's crowded downtown streets.

Representative Jerry Nadler of New York said Tuesday that President Biden “is going to be our nominee and we all have to support him.”

‘I think we’re losing the plot here,’ says Ayanna Pressley as Democrats remain divided on Biden

President Biden gained support among Democrats as they met about him on Tuesday, but they also are not uniformly behind him.

A space that functions as a cardiac catheterization lab and an operating room at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

‘I don’t know the end state’: Tufts is weathering a financial turnaround. What’s next?

The hospital chain enjoys a strong clinical reputation. But quality doesn’t always pay the bills.

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Staff at Lakewood Church handed out water and operated a cooling station in Houston on Tuesday. The effects of Hurricane Beryl left most in the area without power.

Frustrations mount in the Houston heat after Beryl moves on and leaves millions without power

Houston appeared to buckle under a storm not as powerful as previous ones.

The entrance to the main Duke University campus on Jan. 28, 2019, in Durham, N.C. Duke recently discontinued a scholarship that covered tuition and housing costs of some Black undergraduate students.

Many universities are abandoning race-conscious scholarships worth millions

In the year since the Supreme Court ruled colleges could no longer consider an applicant’s race as a factor in admissions, schools have also applied the principles underlying the ruling to financial aid.

Vice President Kamala Harris reacts to support from the crowd at a campaign rally, July 9, in Las Vegas.

For Kamala Harris, the challenge of getting ready without getting ready

With Biden’s future on the line, perhaps no one is in a more delicate position than his vice president.

A supporter of President Biden holds a sign during a reelection campaign event in Philadelphia on May 29.

After propelling Biden in 2020, black women aren’t eager to abandon him now

As Democratic leaders and voters called on President Biden to step aside after his faltering debate performance, Black women remained his firewall of support.

House Speaker Ron Mariano, pictured following his first meeting with Governor Maura Healey in January 2023. After senators passed bold climate legislation in June, legislators and advocates are looking to Mariano to see if he will act on the legislation before the session ends this month.

The Mass. Senate passed aggressive environmental policy to curb plastic use. Will the House act in time?

The Massachusetts Senate recently passed bills to address a single-use plastic bag ban and an expansion of the state’s bottle recycling system with sweeping, near unanimous support. The House has not yet acted.

The World

A girl napped in a stroller amid debris after a Russian missile strike on the Okhmadyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv.

At Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital, a horrific scene of destruction

The attack at the hospital left young patients sitting on the street with IV drips attached to their arms and damaged Ukraine’s premier laboratory for confirming certain types of cancer.

Workers installed a trench line in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on June 28. Russia's incremental advances have been slowed by the Ukrainians' hardened lines in recent months.

US officials say Russia is unlikely to take much more Ukrainian territory

Russia’s problems represent a significant change in the dynamic of the war, which had favored Moscow in recent months. Russian forces continue to inflict pain, but their incremental advances have been slowed by the Ukrainians’ hardened lines.

A Palestinian vendor sold cigarettes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 4.

Cigarette smuggling in Gaza turns aid trucks into targets

To evade Israeli inspections, smugglers in Egypt have been hiding cigarettes in sacks of United Nations-donated flour, diapers, and even a watermelon.

Mark Rutte, with President Biden during a bilateral meeting in January of 2023.

NATO’s new boss: affable, pragmatic, and ready for Trump, if required

Mark Rutte, known as a flexible pragmatist, will bring his experience at conciliation to the 32-nation military alliance when he takes over as secretary general from Jens Stoltenberg on Oct. 1.

Children checked the destruction at a UN-run school after Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Airstrike kills 25 in southern Gaza as Israeli assault on Gaza City shuts down medical facilities

Israel’s new ground assault in Gaza's largest city is its latest effort to battle Hamas militants regrouping in areas the army previously said had been largely cleared.

Editorial & Opinion

Tabs of buprenorphine, a prescribed drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings.

New mothers should not be penalized for taking prescription medications

A state law requiring hospitals to tell the state when a newborn tests positive for drugs wrongly hurts mothers who take medication to overcome addiction.

study rooted in scholarship, not pious apologetics, would defang Christian supremacy by teaching Christianity’s historical virtues and sins.

Oklahoma mandates Bible study; here’s how to do it right

Study rooted in scholarship, not pious apologetics, would defang Christian supremacy by teaching Christianity’s historical virtues and sins.

A ticket that pairs Vice President Kamala Harris with Senator Mark Kelly, above, could bring Arizona’s 11 electoral votes, and perhaps Nevada’s six, into the Democratic column

If Biden steps aside, who should step up?

These Democrats have the depth for an impressive ticket if the president drops out of the race.

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at the Global Black Economic Forum during the 30th annual Essence Festival of Culture at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center on July 6 in New Orleans.

Biden needs Black voters’ support to save his campaign. But could Kamala Harris save the Democrats’ hopes of beating Trump?

Some Democrats believe the vice president should replace the president as their presumptive nominee. But it’s complicated.

Metro

Karen Read and her lawyers addressed the media in front of Norfolk Superior Court after a mistrial was declared in her murder trial.

In Karen Read trial, defense motion could raise new legal questions

“It’s hard to imagine there wouldn’t be an appeal of anything,” said retired Superior Court judge Jack Lu, though he said the issue was “complicated.”

Eddy Chrispin, then-deputy superintendent of the Boston Police Department, spoke to Haitian migrants while visiting the AMI Healthcare overflow shelter for migrants at the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex in Boston in February. He has since been demoted to sergeant detective after a dispute with police Commissioner Michael Cox over his service on a state officer transparency board.

Wu defends police commissioner’s demotion of deputy over seat on state accountability panel

Supporters said that Eddy Chrispin's service for the Boston Police Department made him an ideal candidate to serve on the POST Commission.

Eddy Chrispin, then-deputy superintendent of the Boston Police Department, in February.

Why can’t the Boston Police Department explain Eddy Chrispin’s demotion?

Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox himself could clear up this controversy by addressing the issue of Eddy Chrispin’s demotion, but has chosen not to.

CharlieCards will no longer be needed to board MBTA subway trains and buses come Aug. 1, the agency said.

No need for a CharlieCard to board T buses and subway come Aug. 1, agency says

The long awaited new payment method is more than six years in the making and part of a larger new fare collection system that will eventually include commuter rail lines and ferries.

A man and child walked through Logan Airport on Tuesday morning.

For Boston’s migrant families and homeless people, no more sleeping at Logan Airport

For the first time in months, Logan Airport offered no shelter to immigrants fleeing economic unrest and violence, as a ban on sleeping overnight went into effect.

Brigadier General John “Pogo” Pogorek, commander of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, was killed in a hit-and-run in Rochester, N.H.

N.H. Air National Guard commander, married father of five, killed in hit-and-run crash

New Hampshire Air National Guard Brigadier General John “Pogo” Pogorek was killed Monday evening in a hit and run crash near his home in Rochester, N.H., officials said.

Lorrie Higgins and then-labor secretary Martin J. Walsh arrived for a state dinner at the White House in 2022.

Former Boston mayor Marty Walsh marries longtime partner Lorrie Higgins

Walsh and his longtime partner were married in March in the Turks and Caicos Islands after nearly two decades as a couple.

Today in History: July 10, the Battle of Britain begins in World War II

Today is Wednesday, July 10, the 192nd day of 2024. There are 174 days left in the year.

Trooper Michael Proctor

State Police union calls Trooper Michael Proctor’s suspension without pay after Karen Read trial ‘disappointing’

“The State Police Association of Massachusetts will never condone the unacceptable language used in personal text messages presented as evidence during the trial,” Brian Williams, the union president, said in a statement.

Police took students away in plastic handcuffs on the UMass Amherst campus in May after protesters set up an encampment outside the student union.

Four UMass protesters arrested in May sent to diversion program as judge begins hearing 130 cases

A judge will hear UMass cases all week and into next week, about 20 per day, officials said.

Amica is the next jersey sponsor for the Celtics

The multiyear deal means the Lincoln, R.I.-based insurance giant will replace Vistaprint on the front of the Celtics’ uniforms every game of the season.

Business

University of Vermont students sat in the Center for Community News, which on Tuesday announced it received a $7 million gift to grow local news reporting by college students across the country.

University of Vermont local news center receives $7 million to expand student reporting nationwide

The Center for Community News raised the funding to help bolster news-academic partnerships, which give students reporting experience and provides towns with local news coverage.

“We had the greatest economy in the history of our country,” Trump said last month in his debate with Joe Biden. A look at the facts shows that's not true.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Trump’s economic successes are exaggerated. So are Biden’s failures.

A review of the facts might help undecided voters assess whether Donald Trump’s economic record warrants a second chance.

A Stepwise box attached to a home electrical panel. By moderating the amount of power sent to the home's EV charger, Stepwise allows home EV charging even in homes with old, low-capacity electric wiring.

innovation beat

Older homes need smarter EV charging. Two companies are on the job.

Two companies with local roots developed devices that can ensure that multiple high-powered devices can coexist on low-capacity power panels.

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair.

Powell welcomes cooling inflation but wants ‘more good data’ before rate cut

Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, indicated Tuesday that recent inflation data had given the central bank more confidence that price increases were returning to normal, and that continued progress along these lines would help to pave the way toward a central bank rate cut.

The Federal Trade Commission said it was pushing to protect children online by examining apps and services that violated child privacy and consumer protection laws.

FTC bars anonymous messaging app from serving users younger than 18

The Federal Trade Commission said the NGL app had violated child privacy and consumer protection laws and had harmed children and teenagers.

Pharmacy benefit managers have attracted growing attention in Washington, and the Federal Trade Commission’s study adds to pressure on the industry.

Drug middlemen pay their own pharmacies more, FTC says

Drug middlemen paid their own mail-order pharmacies as much as 200 times more than rival pharmacies for common cancer medicines, generating at least $1 billion in excess revenue and potentially raising patient costs, the US Federal Trade Commission found in an interim study.

John Hancock hires executive from Equitable

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Obituaries

Mr. Bonsall (left), with Oak Ridge Boys Duane Allen, William Lee Golden, and Richard Sterban, held a sound check during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in 2012.

Joe Bonsall, tenor in the country and gospel group the Oak Ridge Boys, dies at 76

The singer was part of the band through its golden period in the ’80s and beyond, which included its signature 1981 song, “Elvira.”

Then-Senator Inhofe, speaking at a Republican Party watch party in Broken Arrow, Okla., in 2020.

Former senator Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a ‘hoax,’ dies

Mr. Inhofe, a powerful fixture in Oklahoma politics for over six decades, died Tuesday morning after he had a stroke over the July Fourth holiday, his family said in a statement.

Sports

Joonas Korpisalo's contract ($3 million per season through 2027-28) could become burdensome if he does not right the ship and establish himself as a steady No. 2 option behind Swayman.

Bruins plan on giving Joonas Korpisalo a fresh start, but roster spot far from a lock

The Bruins are moving forward with the belief that Korpisalo has more to give after a rough 2023-24 season in Ottawa.

Red Sox starting pitcher Brayan Bello twirled a gem in Tuesday's 12-6 rout of the visiting Oakland A's, striking out 11 batters over 5.1 innings, including the first 10 outs.

Red Sox 12, A's 9

With Brayan Bello dealing on the mound, Red Sox rally vs. the A’s for 50th win of season

Bello allowed five runs on nine hits but struck out 11 batters and got reprieve when the Sox offense erased a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the bottom half of the first inning and eight in the second of a 12-9 win over the A's.

Red Sox third baseman Rafael Devers was voted into his third All-Star Game in four seasons over the weekend.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Rafael Devers won’t play in All-Star Game due to left shoulder soreness

“As a group, we believe it’s a good time for him to get some rest and take care of it,” manager Alex Cora said.

Ceddanne Rafaela made this play in the fifth inning, bubble and all.

Alex Speier | On baseball

Ceddanne Rafaela made a play without bursting his bubble, indicative of how freely Red Sox are playing

The young shortstop beamed after making a difficult play look easy in a 12-9 win over the A's.

Action in the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League playoffs from 1996, some 30 years into the BNBL's storied existence.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

For more than a half-century, the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League has brought peace to and love for the city

The goal was to give city youths a constructive and fun activity on hot summer nights. There was never any trouble at the games.

Vanderbilt-bound teenager Ryan Downes is on to the match play as he seeks to defend his Massachusetts Amateur title.

Defending champion Ryan Downes reaches Massachusetts Amateur match play via playoff; Patriots’ Bryce Baringer fails to qualify

The 18-year-old freshly graduated from Longmeadow High birdied to advance at Framingham CC, moving on alongside the player he beat in last year's final, reigning Framingham club champion Matthew Naumec.

Luis Perales will miss the remainder of this season and most if not all of 2025 while recovering from Tommy John surgery.

Alex Speier I Minor details

Minor league report: Red Sox position players will be well represented at All-Star Futures festivities, but what about the pitchers?

The absence of pitchers from the group underscores the franchise’s uneven talent distribution in the minors.

Keegan Bradley is ranked No. 19 in the world, making it clear he could play his way on to the Ryder Cup team he's been tasked to captain.

Keegan Bradley was just as surprised as you were to learn he’d been chosen US Ryder Cup captain

Tiger Woods was widely viewed as the heir to the captaincy, but thought it was in the PGA’s best interest to go with someone else. That became the 38-year-old New Englander, the youngest US Ryder Cup captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963.

Daniil Medvedev had 13 winners in the fifth set alone.

Daniil Medvedev outlasts top-seeded Jannik Sinner in five sets in Wimbledon quarterfinals, will face Carlos Alcaraz next

Sinner was treated by a trainer and left the court during the third set, seemingly surged in the fourth, and then faltered again in the fifth.

Jasper Philipsen captured his seventh career stage win in the last three Tours de France.

Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen wins thrilling sprint in Stage 10 of Tour de France

Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey with the same 33-second gap on Remco Evenepoel and more than a minute on two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.

Arts & Lifestyle

The Royal Ballet in Pam Tanowitz’s "Secret Things" at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2024.

From the Royal Ballet, a heaping serving on a hot summer night at Jacob’s Pillow

For its first visit to Becket, the famed company brought 22 dancers and an outsize program of fiery love stories, with a few cooling moments.

Bookworm Wednesdays returns with its summer-reading program offering free admission to children's movies including "Trolls Band Together."

Showcase Cinemas brings back Bookworm Wednesdays, inviting children to embrace summer reading

Young readers get free admission to select films every Wednesday for the rest of the month at participating theaters.

Kara Baskin is no fan of the summertime potluck, but some readers disagree.

Summer potlucks: 8 rules for success

Summer potluck tips for dishes, hygiene, and etiquette

Chef de cuisine Douglas Martinez in front of Watertown's new ButterBird.

ButterBird chef Douglas Martinez on fried chicken, pupusas, and the cheese he adores

At the Watertown restaurant, he makes food fun.

Gloucester MA 7/7/21 The tuna tartare served at Talise in Annisquam. (photo by Matthew J Lee/Globe staff)

Where to really eat by the water in and around Boston this summer

Here are some waterside restaurants to visit when you’re not a tourist (or just don’t want to feel like one).

Kidney Bean Salad with Roasted Poblanos

THE CONFIDENT COOK

Recipe: Stir roasted poblanos and vegetables into a summery kidney bean salad

Recipe for Kidney Bean Salad with Roasted Poblanos

Rosangela Teodoro at her shop, Teodora's Boucherie Gourmande, in Cohasset.

We check out Teodora’s Boucherie Gourmande, a European-style butchery in Cohasset

Having grown up on a large cattle farm in central-western Brazil, Rosangela Teodoro learned the trade from her father, who taught her to honor the land and commit to ethical, sustainable farming.

The flavors of Mexico, in a jar

SOMOS just launched a new line of simmer sauces made in Mexico and sold at Whole Foods.

Participants who have come to a French Club gathering wrapped in the French flag.

Relive your French student days at Zuzu’s Petals

Every Tuesday from 7-9 p.m., this cozy wine and dessert bar hosts a friendly get-together for French speakers of all levels.

Law's Corvus Vodka line consists of three brands: original, tropical, and grilled pineapple.

Ty Law is an entrepreneur — and a big-time multitasker

We talked about his spirits business, Corvus Vodka, on a recent phone call, during which he admitted he was also working out.

Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in "The Bear."

‘The Bear’ is packed with culinary lingo. Here’s what it all means.

Here’s a glossary of just some of the high-end food that Carmy and company are dishing up this season.

Blueberry Cornmeal Muffins

SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: For a summer treat, make blueberry cornmeal muffins for the breakfast table

Recipe for Blueberry Cornmeal Muffins

Heatwave Strawberries and Cream

SEASONAL RECIPES

Recipe: Serve strawberries in cream dusted with gingersnaps when it’s too hot to fuss with dessert

Recipe for Heatwave Strawberries and Cream

Former friend can’t shake ghosting guilt

Advice from R. Eric Thomas.

Jimmy Kimmel hosting the Oscars last March.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Jimmy Kimmel: final answer? Final answer.

The late-night host is bringing "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" back to prime time for a brief run.