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‘Massachusetts gun laws have been proven to work.’ Amid spate of mass shootings, policymakers tout Bay State as blueprint.

In the wake of horrific gun violence, activists and state officials are pointing to Massachusetts as a model, arguing that its rules weaving together background check mandates, far-reaching prohibitions, and local licensing standards should be a guide — if not for Congress, then other states.

In America, we let 18-year-olds buy assault rifles but not a case of beer

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Bruce Cassidy takes the fall for those who haven’t done their jobs as well as he did his
In the end, the Bruins coach took the fall for the collective shortcoming of GM Don Sweeney and team president Cam Neely. Specifically, their construction of a roster short of scoring moxie, speed, and grit.

Bruins fire Bruce Cassidy after five-plus seasons, one Stanley Cup Final appearance

Is a recession coming? Here’s what CEOs and economists are saying.

With inflation at its highest level in decades, the stock market tumbling, and the war in Ukraine driving fears of a prolonged downturn, corporate leaders are talking more about the likelihood of an economic contraction that lasts at least six months.

It’s time to bet against America

Our yawning partisan divide has morphed into something even more malignant — something that is a threat to the economy.

Marlborough man, 22, killed by alleged drunk driver on Storrow Drive remembered as ‘smart, caring, loving’

A Lynn man who was allegedly driving drunk when he hit and killed a 22-year-old Marlborough man before driving away was arraigned in a Boston courtroom as relatives of the victim looked on through tears.

A nurse prepared a COVID-19 vaccine booster in Washington in February. Drug makers are trying to create vaccines to more narrowly target Omicron's variants.

Omicron booster shots are taking longer than expected. Will the wait be worth it?

Pfizer once promised to make updated COVID shots in 100 days. More than 200 days will have elapsed by the time the FDA meets to discuss plans for those boosters in late June.

In its first COVID-19 data report since Friday, Mass. reports 5,060 confirmed cases; 6 deaths reported Friday Latest virus wave shows signs of abating in the Northeast

A good night's sleep may be elusive for some long COVID sufferers.

For many people with long COVID, a good night’s sleep may be hard to get, study says

Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic say they’ve found that a substantial number of people who have long COVID have sleep problems.

‘There’s little good news’: Mass. restaurants wrestle with high food and labor costs
Many are still struggling with the economic realities of pandemic life. And this time, there’s no relief coming from Washington.

NBA Finals | Celtics vs. warriors

No, Draymond Green shouldn’t have been ejected in Game 2, and eight other thoughts on the NBA Finals
Here's why Draymond Green didn't deserve to get one technical — never mind two — and some other matters.

Michael Wacha authored Boston's third complete game of the season.

RED SOX 1, ANGELS 0

Michael Wacha the latest Red Sox starting hero, throws three-hit shutout at reeling Angels

The 30-year-old's only other complete game in 190 career regular-season starts came July 18, 2017, while with the Cardinals. And this one extended Boston's winning streak to five straight games.

Prince Louis leans on Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant held outside Buckingham Palace, in London.

Squirmy Prince Louis taunts mom Kate Middleton at Jubilee Pageant — and parents everywhere can relate

The Duchess of Cambridge was on the receiving end of some grade-A snotty toddler behavior from her 4-year-old son, Prince Louis, while watching Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London.

Adam Buksa (right) appeared in 64 games in three seasons for the Revolution.

Revolution agree to $10 million transfer that sends leading scorer Adam Buksa to French Ligue 1 team

Buksa, 25, played his last game for the Revolution in May, when he extended his scoring streak to seven games.

Opinion

Kamillah Caballero, left, stands with her father Michael as they and other mourners visit a memorial at Robb Elementary School created to honor the victims killed in the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Stop asking parents to release graphic images of their children massacred in school shootings

It’s a cop-out, a red herring type of reaction that won’t have the effect its supporters think it will. Worse, releasing photos of the bodies of slaughtered 10-year-olds could be counterproductive.

Biden’s dilemma: Voters can despise Trump, yet still question whether Biden’s ‘the man for the moment’

IDEAS | JACKIE MANSKY

Reports of the buffet’s COVID death have been greatly exaggerated

OK, boomers. We broke America, now let’s fix it.

Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: The final chapter

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

Come see Globe journalists live on stage
Globe Live returns June 11-12 for two brand-new shows of original & adventurous nonfiction storytelling.

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150 years of The Boston Globe

Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol insurrection
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, the former Proud Boys chairman, and four others linked to the group are charged in the latest indictment against them. All five were previously charged with different conspiracy counts.

Phil Mickelson says he will play first event of Saudi-funded golf league, as well as remaining majors
Mickelson will be joining Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, and three other major champions in a 54-hole tournament at Centurion Golf Club near London.

Longtime BPS principal lands top post at Boston Latin School
Jason Gallagher will replace Rachel Skerritt, who announced on March 11 that she will be stepping down at the end of the school year after five years in the post.

Burrillville man with massive stockpile of firearms seeks release on bail
Ronald Armand Andruchuck has been in custody since his arrest in February, when police discovered more than 200 firearms on his property.

Two gig drivers’ perspectives, from opposite sides of the independent contractor debate
Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart have poured millions to promote a ballot question that would formally establish 200,000 drivers as independent contractors with limited benefits. Drivers have mixed feelings about the move.

Elon Musk says Twitter’s lack of info on bots breaches merger deal
In an amended securities filing on Monday, Musk said he believes Twitter is “actively resisting and thwarting his information rights” by refusing to disclose the information.

Musk tells all Tesla employees to return to office or find another job

Recommended reads

Ms. Scott handed in her shovel in February 1996, when she officially retired from WBZ-TV.

WBZ’s Shelby Scott, who took measure of Boston’s blizzards, dies at 86

Scott, who spent three decades at Channel 4, where she formed the nation’s first all-woman anchor team with Gail Harris in 1977, died Wednesday in her home in Tucson, Ariz.

Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Free Guy’ got $20.1m from Mass. taxpayers, part of nearly $100m of film tax subsidies in 2019, the most in a decade
After surviving repeated attempts to curb it, the state’s film tax credit program appears poised to grow bigger than ever.

Topless beaches on Nantucket? Locals share their views on the pending bylaw.
Residents last month voted to approve topless sunbathing on all Nantucket beaches, a move that promises bring a dash of European abandon to an enclave better known for privets and preppies. While voters wait for the attorney general to sign off on the law, the debate goes on.

Nearly one in three adults in Mass. are struggling to get enough food to eat, study finds
At least 1.8 million residents do not have enough to eat, a Greater Boston Food Bank survey found. The burden of food insecurity lies most heavily on Black and Latinx communities and families with children.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Joyce Edwards is a company member of Ronald K. Brown's Brooklyn-based Evidence.

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence moves in every way

Sara Porkalob and members of the company of "1776" at American Repertory Theater.

In ART’s ‘1776,’ the founding of a nation, with liberty and justice for some

Ringo Starr spoke after accepting his honorary degree from Berklee College of Music on Thursday.

Ringo Starr receives honorary degree from Berklee College of Music

Max Bard's “Red Flag” is part of Studios Without Walls' "The Ground We Walk."

Art among the trees in Brookline’s Riverway Park

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Why is it so hard to resist the lure of infinite variety — and helpings? Pictured: Donald's Serva-Teria, Route 54, Pratt, Kansas, circa 1993.

IDEAS | JACKIE MANSKY

Reports of the buffet’s COVID death have been greatly exaggerated

Mary Ann D'Urso

The Grocery Stories: The final chapter

Demonstrators in Washington, D.C., were part of a nationwide rally in support of abortion rights on May 14.

Protecting those on the front lines of reproductive health

Kindergartners work on an assignment while wearing masks inside the Sumner G. Whittier School in Everett on Feb. 9.

Alan Geller and Steve Koczela

State has a lot more to do to keep students and educators safe from COVID

A home along Pennsylvania Avenue, in Lovettsville, Va., displays a fence painted in the colors of the gay-pride rainbow flag.

IDEAS | BEN JACKSON

More pride in Pride?

East Main Street, the site of an 1892 lynching in Port Jervis, N.Y.

IDEAS | Philip Dray

Breaking the silence about a lynching in the North

Metro

West Newton Cinema hosts screening of ‘All the Lonely People’ June 15

The West Newton Cinema is hosting a June 15 screening of the film “All the Lonely People,” a documentary that tells the stories of people’s resilience overcoming crippling social isolation and loneliness, according to a statement.

NORTH OF BOSTON

Pentucket picks Panthers as new school mascot

The Pentucket Regional School District recently adopted the Panthers as its new Middle School and High School mascot.

‘Bewitched’ statue in Salem covered in red paint; man arrested

Witnesses told police they saw a man covering the landmark statue in red paint shortly before 5 p.m. Monday.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

Providence voters deserve more creativity and energy from the candidates for mayor

These lackluster campaigns give rise to an apathetic electorate that sees no differences among the candidates or has no clue that the election is less than 100 days away.

Sports

Michael Wacha authored Boston's third complete game of the season.

RED SOX 1, ANGELS 0

Michael Wacha the latest Red Sox starting hero, throws three-hit shutout at reeling Angels

The 30-year-old's only other complete game in 190 career regular-season starts came July 18, 2017, while with the Cardinals. And this one extended Boston's winning streak to five straight games.

Danny Woodhead, a former Patriots running back, came up short in his bid to qualify for the US Open at The Country Club in Brookline.

2022 US Open qualifying

Danny Woodhead’s US Open bid comes up short, and other top stories from final qualifying

The former Patriots running back won’t have a chance to thrill New England fans again this summer after he carded a 10-over (77-73) over 36 holes in final qualifying on Monday in Ohio.

Somerville senior William Capuano received a salute from both his teammates and players from host Concord-Carlisle Monday afternoon.

MONDAY'S MIAA ROUNDUP

After one last match, Somerville tennis ace William Capuano’s next serve will be for his country

The senior rounded off his high school tennis career Monday as he heads to Oklahoma for basic training with the Army Reserves.

MONDAY'S MIAA BASEBALL ROUNDUP

Seamus Marshall’s dominance on the mound, patience at the plate helps No. 4 Bishop Stang baseball top Old Rochester in Division 3

MONDAY'S MIAA SOFTBALL ROUNDUP

Julianna and Jenna Roche continue to honor their father’s memory as North Andover softball moves on in Division 1

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Bruce Cassidy takes the fall for those who haven’t done their jobs as well as he did his

Business

Local venture fund aims to diversify health tech industry

A just-closed $107 million fund launched by former Blue Cross execs has quickly pumped half its money into startups, many woman- or minority-owned

David Chang lands a new full-time gig at headhunting startup

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of movers and shakers in Boston's business scene.

Wall Street ticks higher as recession watch remains murky

Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production

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Summer Entertainment

31 outdoor events in New England to fill every summer weekend with fun

The Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland is one of many food-inspired events across New England this summer.

Summer Entertainment

10 New England food festivals guaranteed to leave you satisfied

An illustration of a lone woman walking superimposed over a silhouette of New Hampshire's outline.

With Roe set to fall, we must pay more attention to New Hampshire’s new abortion law

Carrot-lime soup with cilantro

Recipes: Transform your garden vegetables into refreshing summer soups

metro

The Massachusetts State House.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

‘Massachusetts gun laws have been proven to work.’ Amid spate of mass shootings, policymakers tout Bay State as blueprint.

Old, rusted bullet casing found on elementary school playground in Whitman

Rhode Island political news: June 2022

sports

Trevor Story forces Mike Trout in the seventh inning of Monday's game against the Angels.

Second nature: Trevor Story has taken to his new position

Astros see Yordan Álvarez as cornerstone player with six-year extension signed

Game 55: Red Sox at Angels lineups and notes

business

Tom Cruise attends the Royal Film Performance and UK Premiere of "Top Gun: Maverick" at Leicester Square on May 19, 2022 in London, England.

Paramount sued for releasing ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ without copyright license

Omicron booster shots are taking longer than expected. Will the wait be worth it?

‘There’s little good news’: Mass. restaurants wrestle with high food and labor costs

politics

The chamber of the House of Representatives is seen at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2022.

GOP incumbents face House primaries in Democratic California

An infamous day. A search for answers. Will America tune in?

Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in Capitol insurrection

Nation

California Governor Gavin Newsom discusses the recent mass shooting in Texas during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Newsom expected to cruise to victory in California primary

A woman who says Bill Cosby molested her as a teen begins testifying

For many people with long COVID, a good night’s sleep may be hard to get, study says

World

Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke after surviving an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership Monday in London.

UK’s Johnson survives no-confidence vote but is left politically wounded

Potent weapons reach Ukraine faster than the know-how to use them

In Iraq, British man gets 15 years over smuggling artifacts

opinion

An attendee of the National Rifle Association's annual convention argued with gun control advocates outside the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston last weekend.

I’m right, and you’re an evil monster

An exclusive country club, and the others that rose as a result

Strong case to be made for bringing Finland into NATO

lifestyle

Prince Louis leans on Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant held outside Buckingham Palace, in London.

Squirmy Prince Louis taunts mom Kate Middleton at Jubilee Pageant — and parents everywhere can relate

The temporary distance is terrible

She’s the eye of the Friendly Toast: Visual designer Ann-Marie Morse knows exactly what she’s looking for

food & dining

While Krispy Kreme has plenty of options, local bakeries are the stars.

Here’s where to get some great doughnuts in Rhode Island

From the owners of Bacaro, Otra brings authentic flavors of the Iberian Peninsula to Providence

The Boston Public Market plans for a cocktail bar; Serafina opens in the Seaport

travel

According to reports, low-cost airline Ryanair planned transatlantic flights as part of five year growth strategy.

Ryanair gives Afrikaans quiz to South Africans entering UK

Topless beaches on Nantucket? Locals share their views on the pending bylaw.

Debbie Gibson on her jet-setting dog, used bookstores, and bringing her own hot plate

Arts

Rob "ProBlak" Gibbs worked on his Dewey Square mural called "Breathe Life Together." It's the first time a Black Boston artist has painted this wall for the Greenway Conservancy.

When a mural is a mirror: In Dewey Square, Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs pays tribute to youth around the city

I don’t know how we should talk to kids about difficult topics. I just know that art can help.

Things and ‘thneeds’ — and what they say about us

Books

Influential hip-hop producer J Dilla, who died in 2006, is the subject of Dan Charnas's best-selling biography, “Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm."

Hip-hop historian and ‘Dilla Time’ author Dan Charnas comes to CitySpace

Looking at a horse, from all the angles

A parade of ex-boyfriends in Sloane Crosley’s ‘Cult Classic’

Movies

“Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story”

Extraordinary animals, an extraneous wall, a musical celebration

See Jane run (an underground abortion network) in ‘The Janes’

‘Benediction’: in war and love and well beyond

Television

From left: Ed Helms, Dana L. Wilson, and Jana Schmieding in "Rutherford Falls" on Peacock, a streaming service that's free if you opt for the ad-supported version.

Sadly, the pickings are slim for TV viewers who can’t afford to stream

This week’s TV: Farewell to Shelby Scott, a Navajo Nation mystery, and ‘Irma Vep’

Who got the most ‘SNL’ screen time this season?

music

Portrait of Sidy Maiga who is a djembefola, which is the musician who gives the djembe (African drums) its voice. The drums behind him were all handmade by Maiga.

Sidy Maïga, a R.I.-based musician, brings African drumbeats to the mainstream

Hip-hop historian and ‘Dilla Time’ author Dan Charnas comes to CitySpace

Alec John Such, former Bon Jovi bassist and founding member, dies at 70

Theater/Dance

Joyce Edwards is a company member of Ronald K. Brown's Brooklyn-based Evidence.

Ronald K. Brown/Evidence moves in every way

In ART’s ‘1776,’ the founding of a nation, with liberty and justice for some

Lissa deGuzman had always hoped to play Elphaba in ‘Wicked.’ Now she is that girl.

globe local

A still from the film "All The Lonely People," a documentary about the impact of social isolation. Shown here is a statue in Liverpool of Eleanor Rigby, the fictional subject of a 1966 Beatles song.

West Newton Cinema hosts screening of ‘All the Lonely People’ June 15

Pentucket picks Panthers as new school mascot

Newton residents file lawsuit to block proposed replacement of senior center in Newtonville

Obituaries

Bassist Mr. Such was a founding member of Bon Jovi.

Alec John Such, former Bon Jovi bassist and founding member, dies at 70

WBZ’s Shelby Scott, who took measure of Boston’s blizzards, dies at 86

Sophie Freud, Simmons professor who called psychoanalysis ‘a narcissistic indulgence,’ dies at 97