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N.H. lawmakers send bills banning gender-affirming care, surgeries for minors to Governor Kelly Ayotte - The Boston Globe

1 day ago | bostonglobe.com | Amanda Gokee

CONCORD, N.H. – On Thursday, New Hampshire lawmakers sent a pair of bills to the governor that would ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors in the state. House Bill 377 would ban puberty blockers and cross sex hormones for minors in the state starting in 2026. The version lawmakers agreed to includes a provision allowing minors already receiving care to continue to do so even after the ban is in place.
Top Republicans on House Judiciary Committee subpoena Harvard for documents in tuition pricing investigation - The Boston Globe

1 day ago | bostonglobe.com | Aidan Ryan

Republican lawmakers in the House Judiciary Committee sent a subpoena to Harvard University on Thursday, requesting documents it says it needs to determine whether Ivy League schools have run afoul of antitrust laws in setting tuition prices.
‘Smoke’ stretches too much story over too many episodes - The Boston Globe

1 day ago | bostonglobe.com | Chris Vognar

Taron Egerton, the wiry, bantam-energy Welsh actor who stars in the new arson thriller “Smoke” (out June 27 on Apple TV+), has perfected a smile that conveys anything but good cheer. It’s the smile of an insecure narcissist, or a psycho who covers up under studied bravado and fools most people most of the time. And somehow these qualities make Egerton most effective playing dangerous Americans who don’t think they’ll ever get caught.
A love letter to St. Peter’s Fiesta - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Billy Baker

On Tuesday night, I was in the St. Peter’s Club in Gloucester, when I heard it for the first time this year. “Me chi samiou, dute mute!” a guy sitting at the bar suddenly shouted. “Viva San Pietro!” everyone responded. “Me chi samiou, dute mute!” he shouted even louder this time, since what he’s asking translates to, “What are we, mute?”“Viva San Pietro!” the bar shouted back. And just like that, I got that feeling of surprise again.
Add this name to list of why these Red Sox have proven to be an average team: Alex Cora - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Tara Sullivan

A day before the Red Sox tried to salvage the final game of a three-city West Coast road swing Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif., a few hours prior to the team being walked off yet again in losing to the Angels, Alex Cora provided a blunt assessment of the 2025 season. “We’ve been an average team,” he said. The math proves his point: With a 40-42 record after Wednesday’s 5-2 loss to the Angels, the Red Sox stumbled past the season’s official halfway point stuck in the middling neighborhood.
‘Naughty’ bears escape, steal a week’s worth of honey and take long nap - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Vivian Ho

In the fairy tale, Goldilocks enters the home of the three bears to eat their porridge and sleep in their beds. But at the Wildwood Devon conservation park in Britain, it’s the bears who are doing the breaking and entering - and sleeping. Two young bears named Lucy and Mish escaped from their enclosure earlier this week and headed straight for their food store, where they gobbled up a week’s worth of honey before falling asleep, the park said in a statement on social media.
GM Don Sweeney not ruling out options to bolster Bruins, which may include trading No. 7 pick in NHL Draft - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Conor Ryan

The Bruins have not picked in the top 10 of an NHL Draft in 14 years. A blue-chip center prospect tossing a Black-and-Gold sweater over his head in Los Angeles on Friday night would be a welcome sight for an organization whose contention window rests on young talent complementing a core of David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy.
New Bedford names outsider as police chief amid scrutiny of its past practices - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Dugan Arnett |Andrew Ryan

Shifting from its longstanding tradition of promoting from within, the mayor of New Bedford this week appointed a new police chief from outside the department, marking a new chapter for an agency that’s re-examining many of its past practices. Tuesday’s appointment of Jason Thody marked the first time since 1997 that an outsider was chosen to lead the department.
The most pro-American Muslims in the Middle East - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | Jeff Jacoby

When I argued in a column last week that Israel’s war against Iran is America’s war too, I didn’t know that US B-2 bombers were just days away from attacking Iran’s key uranium-enrichment sites.
Teen arrested after allegedly opening fire on group of people at Hampton Beach, wounding three, police say - The Boston Globe

2 days ago | bostonglobe.com | John R. Ellement |Nick Stoico

A Manchester, N.H., man allegedly opened fire on a group of people at Hampton Beach on Tuesday, injuring three, before leading police on a 30-mile chase, according to police, court records, and police radio transmissions. Divaris O. Ruiz, 18, was arraigned Wednesday in Hampton District Court on four counts of reckless conduct with a deadly weapon and four counts of first-degree assault with a firearm, the Hampton Police Department said in a statement.