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Dave Epstein | Forecast

Prepare for a scorcher. We could even break the all-time record for the month of May.

Temperatures will steadily rise through the day on Saturday and stay high Sunday.
Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

This weekend’s heat could break records. These maps show what to expect.

Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill
The Mass. job market weakened in April
The Massachusetts job market hit a speed bump in April, adding jobs at just half the pace of March.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show

Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, the conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Arizona lawmakers after the 2020 election to set aside Joe Biden's popular-vote victory and choose "a clean slate of Electors."

Republican panic grows after Mastriano wins
Republicans openly used words and phrases like “suicide mission,” “disaster,” and “voyage of the Titanic” to convey what they believed state Senator Doug Mastriano's candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania will spell for their party.

Will the MassGOP go hard to the right?

‘I feel like I’m failing him’: Mass. parents scramble to find formula for their infants as shortage continues

The situation is especially acute for parents rearing infants with milk, gluten, and other allergies, who require special formulas that are particularly scarce.
Parenting Unfiltered: Social media has been a judgmental cesspool for parents, until the COVID and formula crises

Ukraine says it repels Russian attack as war grinds in east

Ukraine said its troops repelled a Russian attack in the grinding, back-and-forth battle for the Donbas, the mostly Russian-speaking expanse of coal mines and factories that the Kremlin is bent on capturing.
Finland says Russia suspending natural gas supplies
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He has a dog who was popping in and out of the Zoom’

What will this grad student’s takeaway lesson be from her blind date?
MISS CONDUCT

My fiance’s sister is toxic. How do I cut her out of my life?

When we got engaged, she wrote me letter explaining why she hates her brother, but then threw a fit that she wasn’t involved in the wedding.

Here’s where Boston ranks among the nation’s top places to live, according to US News & World Report

While Boston moved up on the list this year, one other New England city ranked higher.
What's your view of the rankings?
Opinion
RENÉE LOTH

The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito

Despite the Supreme Court justice’s sunny claims about women’s lives being improved since Roe v. Wade, he has voted to restrict protections for them time and again.
EDITORIAL

In prison, phone calls home aren’t a frill. They’re as important as food and clothes.
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Radical menders vs. disposable everything
IDEAS | KELLY HORAN

Shadow histories come into the light
IDEAS | THE EDITORS

Let’s build a better Boston
Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

Tech Power Players 50

The Tech Power Players 50 is a list of the most influential — and interesting — people in the Massachusetts technology scene, as ranked by the Globe’s business journalists and an external advisory committee.
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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston Latin School apologizes for ‘disparaging’ student assignments about neighborhoods posted in library

For the assignment, students had been asked to write about stereotypes about their neighborhoods with the goal of countering biases, school leaders wrote in an apology letter to the school community.

In another indignity for BPS athletes, there aren’t enough buses to get to games. Some are resorting to dramatic tactics.

In April, one team hiked more than a mile amid heavy traffic to get to Revere. Some teams have to cancel. And the drivers' union isn't surprised: “When you don’t hire enough drivers and make a bunch of bad routes, then you have this problem on your hands."

Home of the Week: A Winnipesaukee vacation compound accessible only by boat
The property, on the market for $1.69 million, consists of a main house, a cottage, a bathhouse, and a boathouse.

Talbots to shut down Lakeville distribution center, lay off more than 275 employees
The Hingham-based women’s clothing chain has faced new challenges during the pandemic as many of its traditional customers stopped needing work attire.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she’s engaged
The 32-year-old New York congresswoman met her now-fiancé, Riley Roberts, while they were both undergraduates at Boston University.

Monkeypox is not highly contagious, scientists say. So why is it suddenly in nine countries?
The Boston case is one of more than 100 confirmed and suspected cases across nine countries in Europe and North America.

Monkeypox spreads in Europe, US, baffling African scientists

150 years of The Boston Globe
Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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Suspect in Whitey Bulger murder has been in solitary ever since

Fotios “Freddy” Geas, a Mafia enforcer from West Springfield serving a life sentence for two gangland murders, has been held in solitary confinement at a West Virginia federal prison since Bulger was beaten to death by inmates in 2018.
Kevin Cullen: The feds protected Whitey Bulger for decades. Now they’re protecting themselves.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Trumpists, Tucker Carlson cultists, white supremacists: When will you finally feel satisfied, unafraid?
It feels good to find villains to blame when life is complicated or hard. And it sure as heck works as an electoral strategy.

Michelle Wu was asked about Patrick Rose’s internal affairs file. Her answer raises more questions.
Mayor Wu, speaking on a local news show, implied she was prevented from accessing the full, unredacted internal affairs report of Patrick Rose, the former Boston police officer and union president who last month pleaded guilty to molesting half a dozen children over several decades.

Larry Edelman
Gas station owners also hate sky-high prices. Here’s why.
When oil prices spike, retailers try to hold on to customers by eating some — and sometimes all — of their higher fuel costs.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Mass. residents both value the arts and see racism in them, new survey shows

Your guide to the indie bookstores of Cape Cod and the islands

The Who strike a familiar chord at TD Garden

‘I didn’t intend to do an abortion drama,’ says ‘Happening’ director

Special Projects

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.
Globe Magazine

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.
Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Karyn Polito and James Peyser

Massachusetts students need employers to provide internships
Joan Vennochi

Numbers don’t lie: Even in Mass., GOP candidates are outpacing Democrats
EDITORIAL

Congress shouldn’t let global tax deal fail
Victor Shi

How to get Gen Z to the voting booth
JEFF JACOBY

Is George Washington fit only for contempt?
IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

Our totally healthy true crime obsession

Metro

RHODE MAP

Another spike in COVID-19 cases in Rhode Island

But health leaders say they're hopeful that high vaccine rates, treatments, and precautions (like mask wearing) will help avoid a surge similar to the one the state saw after Christmas.

This weekend’s heat could break records. These maps show what to expect.

Temperatures in most parts of Massachusetts are expected to reach the mid- and upper-90s on Saturday and Sunday, potentially breaking records in communities across southern New England, the National Weather Service said.

Live weather updates from Boston-area meteorologists

With severe weather in the forecast, here’s a look at what to expect, according to Boston-area meteorologists.

A month after grisly murders, unease lingers in Concord, N.H.

A sense of unease hangs over New Hampshire’s state capital a month after a brutal double murder. The release of a sketch of a “person of interest” generated more than 100 tips in a case that still dominates local conversation.

Sports

christopher l. gasper

Jaylen Brown was the sharpest of the sharpshooting Celtics in Game 2

In what became a redemptive victory, Brown and the Celtics turned the tide in the first quarter and sent a message to Miami.
Mariners at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m, (NESN)

Game 39: Mariners at Red Sox lineups and notes

The Red Sox will activate Michael Wacha from the 15-day injured list ahead of Friday night’s game and he will start.
Celtics

Jimmy Butler said the Celtics embarrassed the Heat, and that will provide some motivation

Despite Miami suffering its worst loss of the postseason, Butler expressed confidence in his team’s ability to bounce back.
Game 2: Blues 4, Avalanche 1

David Perron scores twice, Blues even series with 4-1 win over Avs
Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Coach Ime Udoka had a plan, and the Celtics bounced back as they have after tough losses all season
Game 2: Celtics 127, Heat 102

There was no stopping the Celtics in Game 2, so the Heat and their fans just called it a night

Business

Talbots to shut down Lakeville distribution center, lay off more than 275 employees

The Hingham-based women’s clothing chain has faced new challenges during the pandemic as many of its traditional customers stopped needing work attire.
Larry Edelman | The 2-minute drill

The Mass. job market weakened in April

The Massachusetts job market hit a speed bump in April, adding jobs at just half the pace of March.

Finland says Russia suspending natural gas supplies

Biden starts Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda
magazine
Globe Magazine

What happens when you tell the truth about racism in America?
College & Careers

5 ways Gen Z is insisting on changes to the workplace

Perspective | Book Excerpt

Charlie Baker: What happened to reaching across the aisle to get things done?
CONNECTIONS

Making friends as an adult is hard, building a community is even harder

metro

Prepare for a scorcher. We could even break the all-time record for the month of May.

‘I feel like I’m failing him’: Mass. parents scramble to find formula for their infants as shortage continues

For years, MassGOP has been battling which way it will go. Saturday’s convention may give the answer: Hard to the right.

sports

Tanner Houck changed the game for the Red Sox, and it appears his new role suits him

Lily Newhall throws a curve: St. Mary’s topples No. 1 Bishop Feehan for Catholic Central Cup title

How it happened: A massive first half propels Celtics to rout of Heat in Game 2

business

SpaceX paid $250,000 to settle harassment claim against Elon Musk, report says

‘I feel like I’m failing him’: Mass. parents scramble to find formula for their infants as shortage continues

Driver must stand trial for deadly Tesla crash in California

politics

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Ariz. lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show

Biden starts Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby moving to White House

Nation

Bill de Blasio, former NYC mayor, to run for redrawn House seat

The coronavirus levels in Eastern Mass. waste water keep increasing, suggesting cases will continue rising

Driver must stand trial for deadly Tesla crash in California

World

Ukraine says it repels Russian attack as war grinds in east

Monkeypox spreads in Europe, US, baffling African scientists

Ed Sheeran announces birth of second daughter

opinion

Assessing the promise of upgraded Boston school buildings

Boost in digital access for low-income Americans is welcome — now sustain it

Biden can stop White supremacist violence. Or he can support the police unconditionally.

lifestyle

Social media has been a judgmental cesspool for parents, until the COVID and formula crises

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she’s engaged

Pictures of the year on display in Copley Square

food & dining

Cocktail gardens in bloom; a star pastry chef comes back to Boston

The importance of a grocery store

The Salon, a downtown lounge, finally reopens with an emphasis on local Providence music

travel

A music fest in Lowell, a wellness fest in Sun Valley, and a speaker to go

Gardens, art, and whimsy combine to offer a place of solace — and delight

A design-forward hotel finds a home in Somerville

Arts

When the wild rumpus gave way to Mozart: Maurice Sendak at the Gardner

Milton Avery’s color sense and sensibility

Missing children and maligned mothers

Books

‘Either/Or’: When the college novel deserves a second look

Peter Swanson: reading scary books at a young age

Young love is in bloom in ‘Avalon’

Movies

Summer’s hottest movies, from ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Nope’

9 spots around Boston to see a drive-in movie

‘Hold Your Fire’: finding high drama in ‘dynamic inactivity’

Television

10 TV shows we’ll be watching this summer

TV used to take the summer off. Now it brings some heat.

‘Ten Percent’ borrows too much narrative, not enough satire

music

‘X’ marks the spot: BMOP brings ‘The Life and Times of Malcolm X’ to Boston

10 standout pop concerts this summer

10 essential shows for folk, country, and world music fans

Theater/Dance

10 dramas, comedies, and musicals on stages this summer

10 terrific dance events to catch this summer

This version of comedian Jerrod Carmichael is no act

globe local

‘I can picture the people who eat the food I grow.’ Amid worldwide supply threats, local farmers keep feeding Greater Boston.

Should Massachusetts raise MCAS graduation requirements?

Police come to the rescue of trapped ducklings

Obituaries

Bob Neuwirth, colorful figure in Dylan’s circle, dies at 82

Vangelis, Oscar-winning composer of ‘Chariots of Fire’ theme, dies at 79

Rosmarie Trapp of the ‘Sound of Music’ family dies at 93