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☀️Prepare for a hot weekend. Today is mostly sunny with highs in the 80s and sunset at 8:25 p.m.

Today we have a look at what happens next for scientists who had their federal funding cut by the Trump administration and then later, ordered restored by a federal judge. But first of all: if you’re looking for something to do this weekend, GBH’s Lisa Williams has put together a month-long list of pride events across the state. This weekend’s events include a free crafting session at the Boston Public Library, a free dance party in Somerville, and a festival with food and performances in Holyoke. Get the full list here, or check it out in Spanish here.

Four Things to Know

1. As tensions escalate and death tolls mount between Israel and Iran, Boston area residents with ties to the region are watching in fear. Soheil Fathi, who owns La Saison Bakery in Charlestown, said his family in Iran tells him about power outages, water shortages, and difficulties evacuating.

Fathi told GBH’s Magdiela Matta he’s heartbroken seeing destruction around Teheran and wakes up in panic every few hours when he tries to sleep. He hopes people growing up now won’t have to face the same things he did during the war between Iran and Iraq in the ’80s. “We’ve been through that and we paid a lot of the price,” he said. “Why do we have to do it again?”

2. Three minors were arrested in Chelsea for playing with BB guns on the street — and when their families came to pick them up from the police station, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were there to detain the minors. The situation has people worried that local police departments are automatically sharing information with immigration agents.

“In the past, that has not been an automatic trigger for immigration enforcement, although we’re seeing it now with the Trump administration,” said Joshua Dankoff, director of strategic initiatives at Citizens for Juvenile Justice. “Right now, as soon as fingerprints get shared with the FBI, they’re also getting shared with ICE.”

3. After an immigration operation in the city last month, elected officials in Worcester say they’re getting threats to their safety. Councilor Etel Haxhiaj, who participated in a protest against immigration officers and now faces a charge of assaulting an officer (more on that case here), said she has been stalked and has received threatening messages involving her sons.

“There was a bomb threat specific to my house,” Haxhiaj said. “My agenda is to serve people, and I have done that. I have done that for people that would rather see me dead than alive.” Mayor Joseph Petty said he has “almost become numb” to threats, and Councilor Luis Ojeda called on council members to stand together.

4. Your weekend travel warnings: the MBTA’s Orange Line will be out of commission between Forest Hills and North Station this weekend and next, with shuttle buses replacing train service. Crews are working on signal upgrades. Expect shuttle buses next week, too, between Forest Hills and Back Bay.

And traffic on the Mass Pike will be down to one lane in each direction this weekend between Weston and Newton, exits 123 and 125, for work on the Mass Pike-Route 128 interchange. Closures will start at 9 p.m. Friday and end at 5 a.m. Monday. “If you do not need to be coming through the region this weekend, you should avoid it,” State Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver said. “Give yourself extra time. You’re going to need it.”

After court rules against NIH, researchers wonder if their canceled grants will be restored

In March, Harvard Medical School instructor Ariel Beccia got an email from the National Institutes of Health, the federal agency that funded her research into mental health inequities LGBTQ people experienced during the onset of the COVID pandemic.

“It was an email from the NIH saying that, effective immediately, the grant was terminated because its focus no longer aligned with agency priorities,” Beccia said.

Beccia was not alone: Massachusetts had more NIH and National Science Foundation grants terminated than any other state, almost 1,000 in all. Lawsuits followed, and this week U.S. District Court Judge William Young said the terminations were “arbitrary and capricious” and ordered the NIH to resume payments.

So where does that leave Beccia and other researchers? It’s not yet clear. The case included about 800 grants to people who are plaintiffs in the lawsuit, members of the American Public Health Association, UAW union members, and scientists working at public universities in 22 states.

“I’m not sure if my grant is included,” Beccia said. “I’m reading almost every article I can that’s coming out reporting on this court decision, and there are no clear answers yet.”

While Beccia waits, she said she was thankful to hear Young rule that the terminations were discriminatory.

“We are so, I guess, grateful to hear it finally spoken out loud that this is indeed discrimination,” Beccia said. “It makes a real tangible difference in the lives of marginalized communities when we have evidence to say, ‘here are the inequities and here are solutions.’”

A spokesperson for the department of Health and Human Services said that the agency is looking into its next steps, which may include appealing the order or asking for a delay. “HHS stands by its decision to end funding for research that prioritized ideological agendas over scientific rigor and meaningful outcomes for the American people,” the spokesperson wrote.

Read Craig LeMoult’s full reporting here. 

Read more: 

Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in federal funds. Now they have their day in court.

Judge rebukes Trump administration, orders NIH to resume paying canceled grants