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19 children, 2 adults killed in Texas school shooting

Official says all victims were in same fourth-grade classroom

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People mourned outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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America, God take the guns from thee

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What we know about the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

The names of those slain by a gunman at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday — including at least 19 children and two teachers — were only beginning to emerge in the hours afterward, as the grief-stricken community tried to process what happened.

After Texas shooting, Mass. schools and police departments vow support for students and teachers

Leaders of public schools and police departments across Massachusetts vowed to support students and teachers in the aftermath of the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting.

Trump to speak at NRA meeting in Texas days after school shooting

Former president Donald Trump is scheduled to headline a forum at the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting in Houston this Friday, about a four-hour drive from where a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed at least 19 children and two teachers on Tuesday.

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State sues chemical companies for pollution from ‘forever chemicals’

More than a dozen manufacturing companies are responsible for millions of dollars in damages to communities across Massachusetts by “knowingly contaminating” drinking water sources, groundwater, and other natural resources, the lawsuit alleged.

Analysis

Four takeaways from Trump’s worst Election Day since 2020
This week’s primaries may have the most lasting impact on American politics of any held this spring.

Kemp cruises to victory in Georgia, dealing blow to Trump but not his voter fraud lies See the results from key races in Georgia, Texas, and more

Healthcare workers give a child a booster shot of the pediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Paul Harris School in Santiago, Chile, Friday, May 13, 2022.

People who rebound with COVID-19 after Paxlovid may be highly contagious, new studies suggest

The findings come as federal regulators issued a warning about Paxlovid rebounds.

In encouraging sign, levels of coronavirus in Eastern Mass. waste water have dipped in recent days

Police investigate behind 21 Emery St. in Medford, where the body of Barbara Novaes, 61, was found Monday in a recycling bin underneath a porch.

Police had been called multiple times to Medford home where woman was found dead under porch, records show

Police were called to the Medford home of Barbara Novaes, a 61-year-old bank officer whose body was found Monday in a recycling bin underneath a porch at her home, for multiple reasons in recent months, including a suicidal threat last November, records show.

The TD Garden scoreboard reflected another blowout in progress as the Celtics raced to a big early lead in Game 4.

Why were the first four games of this Celtics-Heat series so noncompetitive?

The top two teams in the conference have been playing a series of one-sided games. Explanations are hard to come by.

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You can judge an album by its cover

Some very famous photographers have had their work on some very famous album covers, as an exhibition in London amply demonstrates.

Opinion

Registered traveling nurse Patricia Carrete, of El Paso, Texas, walked down the hallway during a night shift at a field hospital set up to handle a surge of COVID-19 patients in Cranston, R.I., on Feb. 10, 2021.

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I loved my job tending to the sick. I’ve just had it with a system that compromises my patients’ safety — and my own.

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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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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he currently sees no willingness on the part of Russia to resume earnest negotiations on ending the three-month war.

Scars of war seem to be everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months

Andrea Campbell said ‘there is no super PAC money’ in her race for AG. One just paid for mailers to support her.

In an interview with WCVB’s “On the Record” Sunday, attorney general candidate Andrea Campbell named the Environmental League Massachusetts Action Fund as a super PAC that may support her in the race but said “there is no super PAC money in the AG race.”

Money, projects starting to flow at Suffolk Downs
Developers at Suffolk Downs, the 161-acre former horse racing track that straddles East Boston and Revere, have landed major financing deals to move forward with a lab and biomanufacturing facility and several thousand housing units.

Man shot in Jamaica Plain Tuesday night
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What Boston can learn from the R.I. takeover of Providence schools

Mass. officials may still be deciding how to solve Boston’s school problems, but there’s a lot that can be learned from Rhode Island's experience running Providence schools.

Adrian Walker: Voters elected Wu to fix the schools, and she deserves a chance to do it

Kate Moss testifies, denies Johnny Depp ever pushed her down staircase

Supermodel Kate Moss, a former girlfriend of Johnny Depp, denied Wednesday that she had ever been pushed or assaulted by Depp during the course of their relationship.

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In a joint news conference with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan in Tokyo on Monday, President Biden indicated that the United States would use military force to defend Taiwan if it were ever attacked by China.

Biden takes the ‘ambiguity’ out of defending Taiwan

Alexander Vindman appeared before the House Intelligence Committee during President Trump's impeachment hearings in 2019.

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Is cryptocurrency a Ponzi scheme?

Mayor Michelle Wu and state regulators are expected to meet on Tuesday to discuss a new audit of Boston Public Schools that found the system hobbled by "entrenched dysfunction."

A damning audit calls for action at BPS

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Communications 101: Closing the language barriers in state agencies

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Rhode Island governor urges support on gun laws

Too many lives have been tragically cut short by senseless gun violence across our nation – we cannot allow this to continue,” McKee said

Texas elementary school shooting: The latest

All victims of the Texas shooting were in the same fourth-grade classroom, official says

A gunman on Tuesday killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which is located about 85 miles west of San Antonio. Here are the latest updates.

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Boston School Committee to talk state review, superintendent search

The review described “entrenched dysfunction” including chronically late buses, aging facilities, the segregation of students of color with disabilities from their peers, and English learner programs that don’t comply with federal law.

Share with us: Leave a voicemail with your thoughts on the recent mass shooting tragedies

The recent shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas, have left many with an all-too-familiar feeling of helplessness, anger, and despair as the nation confronts yet another demonstration of senseless mass death.

Sports

The TD Garden scoreboard reflected another blowout in progress as the Celtics raced to a big early lead in Game 4.

Why were the first four games of this Celtics-Heat series so noncompetitive?

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Former Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman was one of several Boston-area athletes who reacted to the Texas school shooting on Twitter.

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The former Patriots wide receiver took to Twitter after another mass shooting.

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A new study from Cambridge Mobile Telematics compared the safety performance of Tesla drivers when they drove their EV versus when they drove other vehicles.

Russia must withdraw to pre-war positions for talks, Ukraine says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he currently sees no willingness on the part of Russia to resume earnest negotiations on ending the three-month war.

FDA chief to detail delays inspecting baby formula plant

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Anania Williams just finished his bachelor’s degree at Emerson College, and is planning to move to New York City to look for work on the stage. But he’s already making a decent living as a social media influencer.

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The 4 fastest growing jobs for college graduates in 2022

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I have a crush on the person I carpool with. At risk: My heart and my ride.

This week's daters: Desire' and Kevin.

Dinner with Cupid

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

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The "Superman Building," center, stands in downtown Providence, R.I., on March 27, 2013.

Rhode Island business news: May 2022

Police had been called multiple times to Medford home where woman was found dead under porch, records show

After Texas shooting, Mass. schools and police departments vow support for students and teachers

sports

North Andover's Tyler Fay (right) chases Billerica's Steven Lucozzi.

Dominic Terrazzano sets the tone early as Billerica boys’ lacrosse beats North Andover

Rangers power past Hurricanes, 4-1, to even Eastern Conference series

Jayson Tatum named All-NBA first team

business

Glasses of wine sit on a table in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Scars of war seem to be everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months

Social media companies face mounting questions over advertising

politics

Republican Governor Brian Kemp waved to supporters during an election night watch party on Tuesday.

Four takeaways from Trump’s worst Election Day since 2020

Takeaways: Trump’s big primary defeat; scandals for the win

Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger beats Trump ally

Nation

People at a candlelight vigil for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School gather in downtown Houston on Tuesday evening, May 24, 2022.

What we know about the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Desperation becomes sorrow after elementary school shooting

Gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers in Texas elementary school rampage

World

A local resident gathered up belongings from his heavily damaged house after a Russian strike in Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Two rockets struck the eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, in the Donetsk region early Wednesday morning, causing at least four injuries.

Russian rockets hit eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk

200 bodies found in basement in Mariupol’s ruins, Ukraine says

Turkey lists demands before talks with Sweden and Finland on NATO bids

opinion

A guard holds the door as Gianna Floyd, the daughter of George Floyd, walks out of the West Wing of the White House on May 25, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

America let George Floyd’s death fester in vain

Biden takes the ‘ambiguity’ out of defending Taiwan

Speaking up before it’s too late

lifestyle

A woman embraces two children outside Willie de Leon Civic Center in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.

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Bird sightings on Cape Cod

Steven Tyler enters treatment after relapsing, Aerosmith cancels part of Vegas residency

food & dining

Glasses of wine sit on a table in Providence, Rhode Island.

It’s National Wine Day 2022. Visit one of these Rhode Island vineyards

How to get rid of fruit flies — and stop them before they appear

Delini Gelato shop owner is back from Paris with fresh ideas and a reopened shop

travel

People look on as firefighters battle a fire at The Wayfinder Hotel in Newport on Monday.

After a four-alarm fire, what’s next for the Wayfinder Hotel in Newport?

When it comes to summer vacations, Maine has Massachusetts beat, according to US News & World Report

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

Arts

Unknown, "Photographer and Sitter with Dog," 1907

At the MFA, a camera-ready country

You can judge an album by its cover

MFA hires curator of folk art, a first for the museum

Books

Feeding on fairy tales in ‘How to Be Eaten’

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

Peter Swanson: reading scary books at a young age

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

This combination of photos shows departing "Saturday Night Live" cast members (from left) Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, Kate McKinnon, and Kyle Mooney.

For ‘SNL,’ veterans’ departures may signal fresh start for younger cast members

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

music

Baritone Brian Major (L) and baritone Markel Reed (R) portrayed prizefighter Emile Griffith at different stages of his life in Boston Lyric Opera's production of Terence Blanchard's "Champion."

Overcoming COVID obstacles, ‘Champion’ is a winner

A Del Fuegos reunion rewinds to the 1980s and the heyday of the Channel

Under new leadership, Phoenix takes on Mahler and Schreker

Theater/Dance

From left: Nael Nacer, John Kuntz, and Marianna Bassham in "People, Places & Things." The SpeakEasy Stage Company production won three Elliot Norton Awards, including Bassham as outstanding actress in the midsize theater category.

SpeakEasy, Huntington, Gloucester Stage lead the honorees at a virtual Norton awards ceremony

ArtsEmerson’s 2022-2023 season leans into social justice

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

globe local

Police walk near Robb Elementary School following Tuesday's shooting.

After Texas shooting, Mass. schools and police departments vow support for students and teachers

Mayor appoints longtime firefighter to become new Newton chief

Newton police investigating swastika found at Brown Middle School

Obituaries

FILE - Joe Pignatano, newly signed baseball catcher for the New York Mets, poses for a photo July 14,1962, at the Polo Grounds in New York. Pignatano, who made his major league debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1957 and later was a coach for the Mets, died Monday, May 23, 2022, in Naples, Fla. (AP Photo/Harry Harris; File)

Ex-Brooklyn Dodgers catcher, Mets coach Joe Pignatano dies at 92

Simon Preston, Acclaimed Organist and Conductor, Dies at 83

Urvashi Vaid, pioneering LGBTQ activist, is dead at 63