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  ❤️ Donate Friday, July 10, 2026 ☀️ Mostly sunny with chance of showers, high of 89. Good Morning Boston, Boston's World Cup party is officially over. The nearly monthlong affair began with the welcome invasion by the Tartan Army and ended yesterday with France's 2-0 quarterfinal win over Morocco at Gillette Stadium. (Now they can send someone out to peel the tape off all 64,628 seats.) Let's kick it: Buggin' : We know many of you read this newsletter over breakfast, so maybe put the cereal spoon down while we tell you about the latest food-borne illness making headlines. Cyclospora is a tiny one-cell parasite having a big impact. Massachusetts is one of 17 states with a documented case of cyclosporiasis. Eighteen people have been sickened so far this year, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The DPH said that's a normal seasonal amount of cyclosporiasis, though other states have had larger outbreaks. Michigan has reported more than a t...

  ADVERTISEMENT New from CommonWealth Beacon MARIJUANA CHALLENGE, AGAIN: Don’t call it nine ballot questions just yet. At the eleventh hour, a cannabis advocacy group leader filed a new legal challenge alleging problems with signatures collected by the campaign seeking to repeal recreational marijuana legalization. Chris Lisinski details the complaint.   FOSSIL FUELS: For an illustration of how tricky it is to achieve a transition away from natural gas, look no further than the 10 cities and towns running a “fossil fuel free” pilot program: Utilities still spent $100 million on natural gas infrastructure in those communities despite local bans on fossil fuels in new construction. Jordan Wolman dives into the expenses, largely to fix leaky pipes, and what they reveal about the complexities of the current climate moment.   NO NOTES: Gov. Maura Healey signed into law a $63.4 billion annual state budget without making a single change – neither a veto nor a polic...