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Aketa Narang Kapur said she resigned as the head of the English learners department in Boston Public Schools when threatened with firing after she repeatedly complained the district was improperly steering students into regular classes instead of special smaller programs designed just for them.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston Public Schools administrator says she was pushed out for raising concerns over how English learners are taught

The administrator in charge of English learning said she resigned when threatened with firing after she repeatedly complained the district was improperly steering students into regular classes instead of special smaller programs designed just for them.

Timeline provides details of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting, including a parent’s anguish outside the school
This account of the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook is based on law enforcement’s timeline, records, and numerous interviews with Uvalde residents in the hours and days after the massacre.

US marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings The Uvalde shooting ‘stirred something’ in him - so he gave up his gun Biden sees chance of ‘rational’ Republican approach on guns

Water quality at Boston area beaches declined in 2021, report says
The overall water quality safety rating for beaches in the greater Boston area declined in 2021, according to a newly released report by environmental group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, which gave the region’s beaches a safety rating of 86 percent — a 7 percentage point decrease from the 2020 figure.

Jayson Tatum had a team-high 26 points along with 10 rebounds and 6 assists in the win that propelled the Celtics into the NBA Finals.

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Jayson Tatum answered the bell for the Celtics in the biggest moment

In a Game 7 win that finally got the Celtics over the hump, Jayson Tatum answered any outstanding questions about his place in the hierarchy of NBA stars.

Jayson Tatum, sporting No. 24 band in honor of Kobe Bryant, awarded inaugural Larry Bird trophy A few things to know about the Warriors, who will face the Celtics in the NBA Finals Jimmy Butler nearly carried the Heat to the NBA Finals, but can’t deny it: Celtics ‘deserve the win’

Jayson Tatum starred during this entire series, earning himself the inaugural Larry Bird trophy.

Dan Shaughnessy

Finally, the Celtics earn their chance to bring another championship to Boston

Al Horford (left) once again led the way for the Celtics in rebounding, grabbing 14 in Sunday's series-clinching win.

In his long and distinguished career, Al Horford had never made an NBA Finals. For him, Game 7 was the most satisfying win of all.

Steph Curry missed the rest of the regular season after colliding with Marcus Smart during a March 2022 game — one of two matchups between the teams this year.

NBA FINALS 2022

Your guide to the 2022 NBA Finals: When Celtics-Warriors tips off, how they got here, and more

Ballooning case backlog at the state’s anti-discrimination agency forces people to wait years for justice
The backlog of discrimination complaints that have been waiting more than 18 months for resolution has climbed more than five-fold since 2019 as staff members left the MCAD and were not replaced.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl (right) talked with campaign adviser and former Trump aide Corey Lewandowski during the 2022 Republican State Convention in Springfield.

Even in Massachusetts, GOP politics are all about Trump

A quite conservative party convention in a reliably blue state raises questions about the future of moderate Republicans.

People cooled off at Cochituate State Park to escape the early heat wave in 2018, and three-year-old Laylani Delarosa arrives at the beach all decked out for beach fun.

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Some Mass. state parks close Memorial Day after reaching capacity

Capacity closures are in effect for Ashland State Park, Cochituate State Park, and Hopkinton State Park, according to the dashboard. Douglas State Forest is closed for the rest of the day, according to the DCR.

Sun, sand, and violence: Arrests at area beaches as summer season kicks off

Metallica, with Lars Ulrich (left) and James Hetfield, closes out Boston Calling with a headlining set Sunday night.

Metallica emphatically brings Boston Calling to a close

The festival's final day also featured sets by Cliff Notez, Oompa, Weezer, Japanese Breakfast, Glass Animals, and many more.

Opinion

Alison Malachowski, herself a Marine veteran, visits the grave of her son James, who was killed by an IED while serving with the Marines, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021. Even as Memorial Day is celebrated, some services for surviving veterans are insufficient. A Massachusetts bill regarding the management of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home, where 76 veterans died during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, remains in limbo on Beacon Hill.

Honoring their sacrifice by caring for the living

Memorial Day should be a time to remember but also to help those who returned home.

IDEAS | TOM SHEEHAN

The empty wartime bedrooms of Saugus

Patents are only as good as the laws and rules intended to enforce them

Azavia Barsky-Elnour

Brookline’s Black students have the right to achieve. Why won’t the schools let us?

Hold large corporations accountable for exposing the public to ‘forever chemicals’

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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Though BC lost in women’s lacrosse title game, Charlotte North will have a lasting impact
The Eagles' superstar will inspire a new generation of female lacrosse players after an honorable career that included a national title in 2021.

BILLY BAKER

Drop and give me 20,000 pushups
Dr. Joe DeMarco, a North Shore chiropractor, shattered the world record for most pushups in 12 hours, averaging a pace of more than 29 per minute.

Boston police issues community alert about uptick in drink spiking at local bars
The advisory follows “numerous social media posts from various individuals who state that they were victims of drink spiking at local area bars,” Boston police said.

Connecticut grand marshal leads Memorial Day parade and turns 105
It’s an extra grand day for the grand marshal of Westport’s Memorial Day parade: It’s her 105th birthday. Choosing Wells as grand marshall fit with this year’s theme of Honoring Women Veterans.

Families place flowers, flags, and remember loved ones at Everett cemetery

Wives and sisters of surrendered Azovstal fighters renew their pleas to free prisoners of war
Wives and sisters of Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol issued an urgent appeal Monday to Ukrainian authorities and to the world to free their loved ones.

EU leaders aim to break impasse over Russian oil ban with unity at stake

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This week’s TV: Ray Liotta’s TV series, Norm Macdonald’s special, and the Sex Pistols
Although Liotta is best known for his movie work, he also had a number of TV credits, including the upcoming "Black Bird" on Apple TV+ and an Emmy-winning role on "E.R."

150 years of The Boston Globe
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“The detective work really starts with listening very carefully to what people say and letting them tell their stories,” said Dr. Nesli Basgoz, an infectious disease specialist at MGH.

How a Boston doctor diagnosed the first US case of monkeypox

After a few days, the doctor noticed a telling change. The patient’s rash consisted of fluid-filled blisters that had a dent in the center. His rash looked like smallpox.

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Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly road warrior, is dead at 87
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Local Asian American business owners get groups to call their own
The ABEC — as the new council will be known — arises out of the Boston Foundation’s Asian Community Fund and hopes to become a standalone nonprofit within five years.

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Cracking the code at Brookline’s venerable and fiercely private The Country Club
The world’s best golfers and thousands of spectators will descend on the club for the US Open in June.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Viktorina Kapitonova and Lasha Khozashvili in Boston Ballet's presentation of "Swan Lake."

Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ is a spellbinder

A typical afternoon of speed chess and trash talk outside Harvard Square's Pavement Coffeehouse.

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From left: Kurt Csolak, Beanie Feldstein, and Justin Prescott in "Funny Girl," a revival of the musical that made Barbra Streisand a star.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

American troops of the 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach on June 6, 1944, while Allied forces stormed the Normandy beaches.

IDEAS | TOM SHEEHAN

The empty wartime bedrooms of Saugus

Rabbi Roland Gittelsohn, far right, reading his sermon at the dedication of the 5th Marine Division Cemetery on Iwo Jima on March 21, 1945.

‘Like hearing Lincoln at Gettysburg’

A memorial to fallen Finnish soldiers at a war cemetery in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of the soldiers buried here died in the Winter War of 1939-40, which ended with Finland ceding territory to the Soviet Union.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Bringing Finland into NATO is a big mistake

Community members in Uvalde, Texas, embrace each other at a vigil on Wednesday for the 21 victims of the mass shooting at Rob Elementary School.

Gun violence is a disease. Health care can help.

Members of Gays Against Guns in New York City held pictures of individuals murdered in anti-gay violence.

IDEAS | MICHAEL J. STERN

I am a gay man, and I sense danger coming

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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The real reason nurses are burned out

Metro

Even in Massachusetts, GOP politics are all about Trump

A quite conservative party convention in a reliably blue state raises questions about the future of moderate Republicans.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston Public Schools administrator says she was pushed out for raising concerns over how English learners are taught

The administrator in charge of English learning said she resigned when threatened with firing after she repeatedly complained the district was improperly steering students into regular classes instead of special smaller programs designed just for them.

State transportation leaders confident in MBTA leader Steve Poftak amid federal safety review

Despite a series of safety incidents and a nearly unprecedented federal review of safety at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, state and local elected officials and transit advocates say they remain supportive of MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak to lead the agency.

Water quality at Boston area beaches declined in 2021, report says

The overall water quality safety rating for beaches in the greater Boston area declined in 2021, according to a newly released report by environmental group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, which gave the region’s beaches a safety rating of 86 percent — a 7 percentage point decrease from the 2020 figure.

Sports

Matt Strahm has posted a 3.68 ERA in 18 relief appearances for Boston this season.

Red Sox place lefty Matt Strahm on COVID-19 list, recall Hirokazu Sawamura from Worcester

Straham has posted a 3.68 ERA in 18 relief appearances for Boston this season.

The Celtics and Warriors clashed twice this season, with each team winning once.

NBA FINALS: CELTICS VS. WARRIORS

10 things to watch in this star-filled Celtics-Warriors Finals series

No Boston player has experience on a stage this big, while the Warriors core will be playing in its sixth NBA Finals.

Jeff Gladney, pictured here during his time with the Vikings, died at the age of 25 Monday.

Arizona Cardinals defensive back Jeff Gladney dies in crash

Gladney, 25, died in an accident on the service road of Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas.

Could Novak Djokovic vs. Rafael Nadal, Part 59, be their last?

Roger Clemens’s son Kody is called up to the majors by the Tigers

women's lacrosse

Though BC lost in women’s lacrosse title game, Charlotte North will have a lasting impact

Business

Summer’s here, and tourists are returning to the Cape and Islands

Seasonal businesses are readying for a busy season, despite high prices and the tight labor market.

EU leaders aim to break impasse over Russian oil ban with unity at stake

European Union leaders intend to give their political backing to a ban on Russian oil, paving the way for a possible agreement next month on a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.

Local Asian American business owners get groups to call their own

McConney Scheepers steps up at Mass. Bar Foundation

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Liuginsa Rosa (left) and Ersen’S Joseph.

College & Careers

These students saved big money on their college degrees. Here’s how.

Perspective | Book Excerpt

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

Spiced Lamb Burgers With Feta and Tahini Sauce

Recipes: Take your cookout to the next level with these spicy burgers

The Solid Sound festival at Mass MoCA features dozens of musical acts, including Wilco, in addition to comedy performances, food, and more.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do in and around Boston, May 23-June 5

metro

A ferry boat leaves the docks at Woods Hole in 2021.

Steamship Authority cancels two round trip ferries scheduled for Monday evening

Ballooning case backlog at the state’s anti-discrimination agency forces people to wait years for justice

Connecticut grand marshal leads Memorial Day parade and turns 105

sports

Steph Curry missed the rest of the regular season after colliding with Marcus Smart during a March 2022 game — one of two matchups between the teams this year.

Your guide to the 2022 NBA Finals: When Celtics-Warriors tips off, how they got here, and more

Game 49: Orioles at Red Sox lineups and pregame notes

Red Sox pitching prospect Bryan Mata may be ready for minor league rehab assignment

business

This 2003 electron microscope image was made available by the CDC and shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. WHO's top monkeypox expert Dr. Rosamund Lewis said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic, but acknowledged there are still many unknowns about the disease, including how exactly it’s spreading and whether the suspension of mass smallpox immunization decades ago may somehow be speeding its transmission.

WHO: Monkeypox won’t turn into pandemic, but many unknowns

US gasoline prices rise to another record

Flight cancellations pile up on busy Memorial Day weekend

politics

Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl (right) talked with campaign adviser and former Trump aide Corey Lewandowski during the 2022 Republican State Convention in Springfield.

Even in Massachusetts, GOP politics are all about Trump

Speaker Pelosi urges Brown University graduates to unify America

Justice Department to review police response to school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

Nation

The scene of a fatal shooting that happened at a Memorial Day event in Taft, Okla., on Sunday.

US marks Memorial Day weekend with at least 11 mass shootings

Timeline provides details of the Uvalde, Texas, shooting, including a parent’s anguish outside the school

President Biden mourned with families in Uvalde

World

Tetiana Kharko, the sister of one of the soldiers who were ordered to surrender at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, spoke in Kyiv on Monday, May 30, 2022. The wives and sisters of Ukrainian servicemen who surrendered to Russian forces at the Azovstal steel plant issued an urgent appeal on Monday to Ukrainian authorities and to the world to free their loved ones.

Wives and sisters of surrendered Azovstal fighters renew their pleas to free prisoners of war

Hurricane Agatha is set to hit southern Mexico

Russian troops entering Sievierodonetsk in eastern Ukraine

opinion

Rolls of laces are displayed at the New Craft House, a sewing workshop studio in East London.

Kudos to clothes menders — and to Mass. for its ban on discarding textiles

Childhood cancer gets little attention but deserves much more

Like the 300 Spartans, his workplace had but a few hardy souls propping up the BlackBerry

lifestyle

Cirque du Soleil brings its first on-ice production, "Crystal," to Agganis Arena this week for 15 shows.

This ice skater plays it cool in Cirque du Soleil’s ‘Crystal’

Sixteen years on, I think she was the one

‘I want to be in school forever’: Maggie Rogers graduates from Harvard Divinity

food & dining

A jumbo cup from Joy Baking Group.

When it comes to ice cream cones, you have to hand it to Joy

Using his abuela’s recipe, this R.I. founder is bringing traditional Puerto Rican coquito to market

12 Boston-area burgers you need to eat right now

travel

The US border station in Blaine, Wash., south of Vancouver. Entering the United States by air requires a negative coronavirus test. Some people who can't provide one are using a workaround: flying to Canada or Mexico, then entering via a land border.

Testing positive and using the ‘backdoor’ to get into the US

A Beaux-Arts bash in Providence, a stylish base camp in N.H., and a Grand Canyon getaway

Her travel advice? Keep your papers safe, ‘mind your manners,’ and eat like vacation calories don’t count

Arts

Installation view of "Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms," currently at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston's Watershed in East Boston. Left, Ebony G. Patterson, "...and the dew cracks the earth, in five acts of lamentation ... between the cuts ... beneath the leaves ... below the soil...," 2020; center, Madeline Hollander, "Heads/Tails: Walker & Broadway 2," 2020; right, El Anatsui, "Area B," 2007.

Gorgeous trash and radical recycling at ICA’s Watershed

At the MFA, a camera-ready country

You can judge an album by its cover

Books

A deadly silence

The power of books to challenge dictators

Toni Bentley: reading everything by Edith Wharton

Movies

Bob Belcher (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) in 20th Century Studios' "The Bob's Burgers Movie."

Out of the frying pan into a film for ‘Bob’s Burgers’

‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ has heart — and (mostly) hits the spot

‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67, reports say

Television

The late Ray Liotta with Jennifer Lopez in the NBC series "Shades of Blue."

This week’s TV: Ray Liotta’s TV series, Norm Macdonald’s special, and the Sex Pistols

‘Stranger Things’ features Emerson College in its new season. One student is raising thousands for Uvalde victims as a result.

Jodie Foster to star in Alaska-set fourth season of ‘True Detective’

music

Jeff Tweedy performs with Wilco during the band's headlining set on Saturday at the Solid Sound Festival at Mass MoCA.

At Solid Sound, Wilco contemplates a ‘Cruel Country’

Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly road warrior, is dead at 87

Metallica emphatically brings Boston Calling to a close

Theater/Dance

Viktorina Kapitonova and Lasha Khozashvili in Boston Ballet's presentation of "Swan Lake."

Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ is a spellbinder

A high-profile dance fest rises again

Out of the past and onto the Broadway stage

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Emerson College is located in downtown Boston.

‘Stranger Things’ features Emerson College in its new season. One student is raising thousands for Uvalde victims as a result.

Boston Calling shut down for about 2 hours by severe weather

New England news in brief

Obituaries

Mr. Hawkins, flanked by his wife, Wanda, and Daniel Roher, director of "Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band" in 2019.

Ronnie Hawkins, rockabilly road warrior, is dead at 87

Angelo Sodano, once-powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94

Morton L. Janklow, agent for best-selling authors, dies at 91