Everett, MA, 03/5/2019 -- The new Wynn Casino is seen in Everett. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 06wynn Reporter:

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?Everyone is going to know Everett?: The public reacts to casino decision

Around the city, local politicians and everyday residents said they were pleased that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission deemed the huge company suitable to keep its casino license.

EVERETT MA - 2/19/2019: ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR ..Encore casino construction continues on the site - they are looking for a swath of people to fill various jobs ahead of it's planned grand opening. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 20encorejobs

Wynn Resorts retains license for Everett casino, panel decides

The ruling by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission appears to lift a cloud of uncertainty over the company?s $2.6 billion casino, set to open June 23 with a workforce of more than 5,000 people.

Two road games, two tough losses

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Who really thought the Celtics were going to have it easy?

A sweep of the 60-win Bucks did not seem out of the realm of possibility. And then reality happened.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin043019GM2Celtics-Bucks_Spt11.jpg Miserable night by Celtics gives Bucks the momentum

Kyrie Irving played his worst game with the Celtics and worst statistical playoff game of his career.

4-30-19: Boston, MA: After he scored on Mitch Moreland's bottom of the fourth inning two run home run, Red Sox rookie Michael Chavis got a hand from veteran teammate Dustin Pedroia (left). The Boston Red Sox hosted the Oakland Athletics in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis /Globe Staff).

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

April put Red Sox in a hole, but they?re clearly climbing out

It?s been more than 80 years since a team won the World Series after an April as bad as Boston?s, but the team?s progress is unquestionable.

Rory McCann as Sandor Clegane in ?Game of Thrones.?

?Game of Thrones? cinematographer says episode ?wasn?t too dark?

Fabian Wagner defended his filming following reactions from fans and critics that the episode was too dark, making it hard to see what was happening.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Appreciation

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bd10c9f0-8d0b-4ac7-88a5-bf417449cff2.jpg John Singleton never forgot the ?Boyz n the Hood?

Filmmaker John Singleton, who gave us ?Boyz n the Hood,? understood black people didn?t need to be angels to deserve dignity and fair representation on the screen.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tlumackilehmanexhibit088.jpg Harvard exhibit details the rise and demise of Lehman Brothers

Harvard Business School exhibit traces the financial firm?s storied history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-6296.jpg Here?s a look at who is speaking at Boston-area commencements this spring

Spring is here and so is commencement season, which will include dozens of speeches from noted leaders, academics, actors, and activists.

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SCOT LEHIGH

Democrats should embrace a carbon tax

It feels as though Democrats are losing sight of the greenest, tallest tree for the broader public-policy forest.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiDCFDay102.jpg Thinking big on DCF reforms

Charlie Baker can point to improvements at the Department of Children and Families, but he?s far from achieving systemic reforms.

OPINION | STAN ROSENBERG

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/01KIDweb.jpg Being a foster child is traumatic enough. Let?s stop making it worse

We need to do better by our foster children.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-6173.jpg We asked readers if they trusted the State Police. Here?s what they said

Massachusetts State Police Colonel Kerry Gilpin and Governor Charlie Baker vowed last April to reform the agency. One year later, results are mixed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ptown7.jpg We?re digging into climate change on the Cape. We want your help

Climate change has changed Cape Cod, and it?s only going to become more apparent as the years progress. Tell us your experiences, what worries you, how you?re already affected.

Barr likely to face congressional questions on Mueller?s objections

Attorney General William Barr

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The attorney general appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday and may meet with the House Judiciary Committee Thursday.

Many supporters of Brenda Cassellius said she represents the greatest hope of healing bruised relationships between the School Department and its educators, parents, students, and community organizers.

Support building for superintendent candidate Brenda Cassellius

Educators, parents, and community activists are coalescing around one candidate: Brenda Cassellius, a former Minnesota commissioner of education.

The Maine School of Science and Mathematics was named the second-best public high school in the country Tuesday by US News & World Report.

This tiny New England high school was just ranked second best in the country

The school?s dean of enrollment at first thought its second-best ranking was a joke.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_24splitshifts-1_metro.jpg Fired Environmental Police colonel claims he was ousted for reporting misconduct

An internal state review found former colonel James McGinn fixed two tickets, installed unauthorized surveillance cameras, and hired a private investigator to follow an officer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_12deathpenalty2_MET.jpg New Hampshire is closer to abolishing the death penalty than advocates have seen in a generation

Democrats and Republicans are building momentum in the state Legislature to abolish the death penalty in New Hampshire.

Joe Biden at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Adrian Walker

Joe Biden, front-runner?

As expected, Joe Biden has immediately entered the Democratic race leading the polls. But will his promise to restore dignity to our politics have staying power?

Elizabeth Warren.

The Suffolk/Globe poll of N.H. voters has some warning signs for Elizabeth Warren

The stakes are high: Only one Massachusetts Democrat mounting a presidential campaign has ever lost the neighboring New Hampshire presidential primary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1FW5EG-6109.jpg Harvard, MIT share $9 million gift to study marijuana

Described as the largest donation to cannabis research, the money ? from an investor in the marijuana industry ? aims to fill huge gaps in knowledge of the drug?s effects.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiClinton02.jpg Clintons talk marriage, Mueller, and a little politics at the Opera House

The former president and the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee spoke for 80 minutes about their past life in politics and even delved into their personal life.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumackihchinatown204.jpg Residents, advocates, work to save Chinatown row houses

They are vestiges of Chinatown?s working-class immigrant community, the small brick row houses that line one of the last untouched pockets of a neighborhood that has been roiled by development.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

As managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch.jpg And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Baseball-108-Stitches-C-6305.jpg 108 Stitches

Follow the Sox as they try to repeat as world champs, with insight and analysis from the Globe?s beat writers and columnists. Sign up here.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Spring blossoms

In celebration of Earth Day, a look at photographs depicting the beautiful transformation of spring landscapes all over the globe.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12sellersxref.jpg The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/20190227_LonbergKorman_00010-1024x576.jpg The entrepreneur behind the cancer immunotherapy revolution

Nils Lonberg didn?t win a Nobel for developing some of the drugs that changed cancer medicine. But they might not have happened without him.

Podcasts