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State releases blistering review of Boston Public Schools

Four major operational areas emerge in the report as key areas of concern: transportation, facilities, data reporting, and school safety protocols.

Maine man charged with fatally shooting 2-year-old niece to face court hearing

Andrew Huber Young, charged with fatally shooting his niece Saturday in Wells, Maine, and wounding her father and grandfather, is tentatively scheduled to make his first court appearance Tuesday, according to officials and published reports.

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden rules police were legally justified in using deadly force in Roxbury and Revere fatal shootings in 2019
Hayden on Monday concluded that the officers in each case acted to protect themselves or members of the public from potentially fatal harm.

A life lost, a community reeling: Killing of Vermont cycling star in Texas leaves family, friends, and athletes in shock
The killing of rising gravel-racing star Moriah “Mo” Wilson has left athletes, family, and friends grieving in Austin, in Wilson’s native Vermont, and across the country on the national bike racing scene.

Man, 84, found dead in car in Falmouth beach parking lot

The man was found in the lot of Menauhant Beach in Falmouth. His death is not considered suspicious.

Only piers remain of the Long Island Bridge, which had connected Long Island to Moon Island in Boston

US Attorney investigates Quincy’s efforts to block Long Island Bridge

Quincy's mayor rejected the premise of the inquiry, saying the city has never objected to the plan to restore the treatment program but has serious concerns about the impact the bridge would have on the community.

Experimental pill prompts some to regrow a nearly full head of hair
Lexington-based Concert Pharmaceuticals said its therapy could restore hair in up to 42 percent of people with a severe form of hair loss.

celtics vs. heat | 8:30 p.m. (ABC)

Celtics haven’t had much of a home-court advantage in these playoffs
Going into Monday's Game 4 at TD Garden, the Celtics were only 4-3 at home in the playoffs, but a sparkling 5-2 on the road.

Miami’s Tyler Herro is out for Game 4 vs. the Celtics, while Jimmy Butler intends to play

Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette.

A secretary of state’s pitch to save democracy: Don’t expand my job

The battle for America’s election machinery is emerging as a major theme in the midterms, which is why this 81-year-old bureaucrat says he’ll keep the job just as it is.

From left: Justin Hartley as Kevin, Chrissy Metz as Kate, and Sterling K. Brown as Randall in "This Is Us."

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The end of ‘This Is Us,’ the return of ‘Stranger Things,’ the arrival of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

The official wrap-up of one of the last outstanding network dramas is Tuesday at 9 p.m., and I'll miss the show. No matter how broad the saga has gotten, no matter how non-linear it was, the writers always kept a firm grasp on story and continuity.

Ilyas Rhim spun his 6-year-old daughter Amina while spending the afternoon at Revere Beach on Saturday.

Dave Epstein | Forecast

Expect comfortable weather this week and a beautiful Memorial Day weekend

The next weather pattern moving into town will allow you to keep your windows open without the need for air conditioning.

Opinion

Fotios "Freddy" Geas is being investigated as a suspect in the slaying of former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was killed behind bars on Oct. 30, 2018. Geas has been held in solitary confinement since the killing.

AG Garland, the silence on Bulger’s killing is unacceptable

The longer this inquiry drags on, the more it looks like a coverup.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

To help close the wealth gap, put more money into Black and brown wealth managers’ hands

Simone Ngongi-Lukula

Massachusetts’ failure to forestall growing segregation

Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools

The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito

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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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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More recent stories

Helicopter crashes at Nashua Airport, minor injuries reported
At 11:39 a.m., Nashua fire rescue wrote on Twitter that they had cleared a low-altitude helicopter crash at Nashua Airport.

Skier rescued after falling several hundred feet down Great Gulf on Mount Washington

An experienced backcountry skier from Mont Vernon, N.H., fell and struck rocks while attempting to ski steep terrain.

Woman killed at Newbury farm stand identified

Susan Sforza Nico was working the stand when a vehicle careered into the checkout area, killing her and injuring a man and a child, the Essex District Attorney’s office said in a statement Sunday.

Report documented troubling environment of harassment in the state Senate. Staff now ask: What’s next?

The survey, conducted in March 2019 and obtained by the Globe this month, has gained new relevance as staff have refocused their attention on workplace conditions amid an effort to unionize.

INNOVATORS Q&A

How a boating ‘subscription’ is expanding further into Rhode Island
Freedom Boat Club has expanded into North Kingstown and Wakefield, giving people without boats better access to them.

Russian diplomat resigns: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’

A diplomat in Russia’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva quit his post Monday, expressing shame over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and describing it as a crime against both countries.

Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial

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

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Kate Dineen posed for a portrait with her husband, Alex Lawton, at their home in Boston. Last year, the couple traveled out of state to a clinic that performs late-in-pregnancy abortions after learning their son had suffered a catastrophic stroke in utero.

Traveling out of state for an abortion: A nightmarish journey that some Massachusetts women face, too

After learning their son would face years of pain and suffering, Kate Dineen and Alex Lawton decided on abortion. But doctors at MGH would not do the procedure, citing limitations of a new state law.

This summer, teens have the upper hand in the job market
The younger generation hasn’t necessarily been the saving grace businesses had hoped for to solve their labor shortage, and filling summer positions in retail and restaurants, for example, is harder than ever.

Summer is starting earlier. Massachusetts is not prepared.
As New England warms thanks to the climate crisis, summer-like temperatures in May are becoming the new normal — and local institutions and cultural practices are struggling to keep up.

As affirmative action decision looms, colleges look for alternative ways to achieve diversity
Admissions experts said although there is no direct substitute for race, other factors and methods can help to admit people from diverse backgrounds — including some strategies that the complainants in the case, Students for Fair Admissions, have suggested as “race-neutral” alternatives.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Garth Brooks performs at Gillette Stadium Friday night, the first of his two shows in Foxborough.

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

From left: Melody Buyukozer Dawkins, a researcher with Slover Linett, joined arts leaders Doneeca Thurston, executive director of Lynn Museum/LynnArts; Marquis Victor, founder and executive director of Elevated Thought; and Catherine T. Morris, founder and artistic director of BAMS Fest, to discuss the survey on Wednesday at the Boston Public Library.

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

Titcomb's Bookshop in East Sandwich

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

Anamaria Vartolomei as Anne in Audrey Diwan’s "Happening."

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

Special Projects

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

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

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

President Biden met with Finland's president, Sauli Niinistö, and Sweden's prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, at the White House on Thursday.

For Putin, a self-own for the history books

Karyn Polito and James Peyser

Massachusetts students need employers to provide internships

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

The AG, the DPU, the industry, and the Future of Gas

After delivering remarks on the racist massacre at a Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y., President Biden spoke to reporters at Buffalo-Niagara International Airport on Tuesday.

Calling out the GOP’s dangerous emboldening of white supremacy

Former Boston Police officer Patrick M. Rose Sr. wiped away tears after he read a statement to the court following his plea of guilty in the molestation of several children, on April 25.

The mystery of the Patrick Rose file

Bridget Harvey, an artist in the UK, bought this sweater secondhand and turned it into a statement.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Radical menders vs. disposable everything

Metro

Suffolk DA Hayden rules police were legally justified in using deadly force in Roxbury and Revere fatal shootings in 2019

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden Monday ruled that officers from the Boston and Everett police departments were legally justified when they shot and killed two men in separate incidents in Roxbury and Revere in 2019.

Helicopter crashes at Nashua Airport, minor injuries reported

At 11:39 a.m., Nashua fire rescue wrote on Twitter that they had cleared a low-altitude helicopter crash at Nashua Airport.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

State releases blistering review of Boston Public Schools

Four major operational areas emerge in the report as key areas of concern: transportation, facilities, data reporting, and school safety protocols.

Brookline reinstates mask mandate for schools and municipal buildings amid rising COVID-19 cases

Starting Monday, people have to wear face coverings in Brookline municipal buildings including schools and the town library, with COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts continuing to spike.

Sports

Fans gathered outside of TD Garden before Game 3 against the Heat Saturday.

celtics vs. heat | 8:30 p.m. (ABC)

Celtics haven’t had much of a home-court advantage in these playoffs

Going into Monday's Game 4 at TD Garden, the Celtics were only 4-3 at home in the playoffs, but a sparkling 5-2 on the road.

Heat guard Tyler Herro (left) is dealing with a groin injury.

Miami’s Tyler Herro is out for Game 4 vs. the Celtics, while Jimmy Butler intends to play

For the Celtics, Marcus Smart and Robert Williams are both listed as questionable.

The 18th green at The Country Club in Brookline.

Ben Volin | On Golf

The US Open is right around the corner, and many players aren’t very familiar with The Country Club

Only a handful of younger players competed at the 2013 US Amateur in Brookline, and a few PGA Tour veterans are old enough to have played in the 1999 Ryder Cup.

Game 3: Warriors 109, Mavericks 100

Stephen Curry, Warriors beat Mavericks, move one win away from returning to NBA Finals

Ryan Blaney ‘nets’ $1 million payday with victory in NASCAR’s All-Star Race

ben volin | on golf

One careless decision costs Mito Pereira everything at PGA Championship

Business

Wall Street on track for a breather, but bear market looms

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped more than 400 points, or 1.3 percent, in morning trading, trying to turn around its longest weekly losing streak in nearly a century.

Mark Zuckerberg sued over Cambridge Analytica data breach, D.C. says

The District of Columbia said it sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for his alleged role in the data breach that allowed political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to target Facebook users during the 2016 presidential election.

Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns about inflation

Broadcom in talks to acquire cloud company VMware

magazine

A mural depicting George Floyd with makeshift memorials in his honor in Minneapolis on March 30, 2021.

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?

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

metro

Mourners lighted candles in honor of the Tops supermarket shooting victims in Buffalo.

America is locked in a battle, and the haters must lose

Wyatt detention facility agrees to provide treatment for opioid disorder

Skier rescued after falling several hundred feet down Great Gulf on Mount Washington

sports

Isaac Lamson gets a lift from CJ Egrie (22) as they celebrate with Phillip Andover teammates following Lamson's walkoff hit.

Finally up to speed, Isaac Lamson delivers Central New England Prep School baseball title for Phillips Andover

Red Sox place top prospect Marcelo Mayer on injured list

Red Sox blow ninth-inning lead, but Franchy Cordero walks it off with a grand slam in the 10th

business

A nurse holds a vial of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, right, and a vial of the vaccine for adults, which has a different colored label.

Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5

Experimental pill prompts some to regrow a nearly full head of hair

How a boating ‘subscription’ is expanding further into Rhode Island

politics

Mark Zuckerberg testified before a House committee in 2019.

Mark Zuckerberg sued over Cambridge Analytica data breach, D.C. says

A secretary of state’s pitch to save democracy: Don’t expand my job

The Jan. 6 insurrection is the reason this year’s PGA Championship is in Tulsa. Let us explain.

Nation

A woman wearing a face mask crossed Broad Street in November 2020, in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia reinstates mask mandate in schools

Pfizer says 3 COVID shots protect children under 5

Scorned by Trump, Brooks rises in Alabama Senate race

World

The United Nation flag on the top of an UN building in Geneva, Switzerland.

Russian diplomat resigns: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’

Biden says US military would defend Taiwan if China invaded

Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns about inflation

opinion

Abortion rights supporters march through downtown Detroit on May 7, days after a Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked.

Too often unasked in abortion debate: What about the men?

Jewish students feel ostracized — and unsupported — over Israel views

Home protests may be only way to get a powerful person’s attention

lifestyle

Cartoonist and Malden native Keith Knight and his son, Julian, outside For Five Coffee in Boston on May 19.

How award-winning cartoonist and Malden native Keith Knight created the ‘Charlie Brown of activism’

I want more control over when we get engaged

Need to beat this weekend’s heat? Head to one of these 75+ spray fountains

food & dining

Cool off at Shore Leave's new cocktail garden.

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

The free Lowell Folk Festival, July 29-31, includes about 20 performers on four stages in downtown Lowell. Performances feature blues, polka, Cajun, and more than a dozen other types of traditional music. Pictured here: Mariachi Mexico Antiguo.

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

Maurice Sendak, "Study for stage set #5 (Where the Wild Things Are)," 1979-1983.

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

Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans, in "Lightyear."

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

From left: Justin Hartley as Kevin, Chrissy Metz as Kate, and Sterling K. Brown as Randall in "This Is Us."

This week’s TV: The end of ‘This Is Us,’ the return of ‘Stranger Things,’ the arrival of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

‘SNL’ celebrates veteran comedians Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney as they say goodbye

(Most of) ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 to drop next week

music

Conductor Joshua Weilerstein, recently named as music director of Phoenix, leads members of the ensemble on Thursday night at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter.

Under new leadership, Phoenix takes on Mahler and Schreker

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

Pops open season with a beautiful beast of a show

Theater/Dance

"Common Ground Revisited” playwright Kirsten Greenidge (left) and director Melia Bensussen are shown at the Calderwood Pavilion, where the Huntington Theatre Company's production will begin performances May 27.

In connecting the busing era to today, ‘Common Ground Revisited’ follows a long, complicated path to the stage

10 dramas, comedies, and musicals on stages this summer

This version of comedian Jerrod Carmichael is no act

globe local

Brooks Veling, just 2 months old, gets some nap time on the back of her mother, Mary Liz Veling, while she works in the field planting different type of herbs at Clark Farm in Carlisle.

‘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

Vaid, a lawyer and activist who was a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ equality for more than four decades, died on Saturday, May 14.

Urvashi Vaid, pioneering LGBTQ activist, is dead at 63

Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies at 101

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