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With Friday night's loss, NBA MVP Joel Embiid fell to 1-10 in playoff games against the Celtics.

Dan Shaughnessy

The Celtics have won only one championship since 1986, but the path to another is clear

We’ve been speculating and celebrating the talents of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, now in their sixth season together. Now is their time.

The coronation of King Charles III, in photos
The coronation drew celebrities and crowds of people in London for a generational event full of ceremony and splendor.

King Charles III is crowned in ancient rite at uncertain moment

Caitlin Normington and her children Olivia, 9, left, and Joshua, 6, sang the British national anthem while they watched the coronation of King Charles III at the British Consulate-General's Residence on Beacon Hill in Boston.

‘It’s the heritage, it’s the pomp, it’s the circumstance’: In Boston, local residents celebrate King Charles’s coronation

Decked out in festive Union Jack glasses, T-shirts, and bow ties, a crowd gathered in the Beacon Hill home of the British consul general in Boston early Saturday morning.

‘Stunning’ revelations about Clarence Thomas unlike anything Supreme Court has seen before, legal experts say
“The revelations showcase how both wealthy and narrow interests cultivate their own relationships with justices with life tenure with the capacity to entrench or undermine policies for generations,” said Robert Tsai, professor at Boston University School of Law.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell says Clarence Thomas should resign over payments to his wife

The Christmas Tree Shops store on Old Oak Street in Pembroke.

The end of an era — all year round — as Christmas Tree Shops files for bankruptcy protection

The Massachusetts-based discount chain said it will close up to 10 stores amid financial restructuring.

A Black 9-year-old was handcuffed in class, a family demands answers

A Walpole family is seeking answers from the local school district and police department after a 9-year-old Black student with special needs was allegedly handcuffed while having a mental health crisis during class.

COVID global health emergency declared over as CDC director Rochelle Walensky announces her resignation

Both developments may be the clearest signals yet that COVID-19 is receding.

Disease experts warn White House of potential for Omicron-like wave of illness

‘My time is being wasted.’ Blue Line riders endure shutdowns as MBTA promises repairs.
Blue Line commuters already weary from service cuts and slowdowns endured the elimination of most weeknight train service over the last two weeks as the MBTA said it was working to repair its tracks.

Neera Tanden will head White House Domestic Policy Council
A Bedford native who currently serves as a senior adviser and staff secretary in the White House, Neera Tanden long been a fixture in Democratic political and policy circles.

‘You really hate unions, huh?’: BU community angered after Warner Bros. CEO announced as commencement speaker amid writer strike

“I think it’s just a very ‘read the room’ moment for BU,” said one alumnus, who is now striking with the Writers Guild of America, about the university's decision to choose David Zaslav as commencement speaker.

Writers’ strike brings end to 48th season of ‘SNL’

Man suffers life-threatening injuries in early morning Roxbury stabbing

Hoax text sent to Malden families threatened ‘unspecified school or community,’ police say

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Joe Manchin upended the Senate. Here’s how (and why) he could do the same to the 2024 presidential race.

Reader Response

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For a reader response article, we want to know the story of your name and what it means to you.

Don Mattingly, once a legendary player for the Yankees, has no problem playing a smaller role as the Blue Jays' bench coach.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Don Mattingly was worn down by managing, but that didn’t mean he wanted to leave baseball

At 62, he’s the bench coach of the Blue Jays, the new guy on the coaching staff of a World Series contender.

Texans general manager Nick Caserio dominated the NFL Draft, taking quarterback C.J. Stroud (left) at No. 2 overall and trading up to No. 3 to take defensive end Will Anderson (right).

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Final news and nuggets from last weekend’s NFL Draft

A total of 259 players were taken in last weekend’s three-day bonanza that lasted seven rounds and took 14 hours, 30 minutes to complete.

The 24 best albums of the year (so far)

We're not even halfway through 2023, and the Globe's music experts have already found two dozen albums for a "best-of" list. Here are their favorites, spanning pop, rock, alt-country, Americana, hip-hop, punk, ska, and R&B.

50 standout songs from 2023

Opinion

The First Republic Bank headquarters in San Francisco.

How to boost confidence in the US banking system

If the federal government wants to reassure depositors and investors, it must couple its officials’ words with swift action that empowers regulators.

IDEAS | ALEX BUTLER

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They started the AI revolution without us

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Prosecutors say they don’t believe Harvard extortion suspect ‘acted alone’
A federal judge in Boston on Friday agreed to release a New Hampshire man who allegedly targeted Harvard University with an extortion plot by claiming he was ready to detonate three remotely controlled bombs on the Cambridge campus unless he received a bitcoin payment.

At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Georgia election probe

The prosecutor investigating possible illegal meddling in the 2020 election in Georgia has agreed to immunity deals with at least eight Republican fake electors who signed a certificate falsely stating that then-President Donald Trump had won the state.

Investigation into Newburyport explosion underway after authorities identify worker killed in blast
Fire investigators returned Friday to the scene of a deadly explosion at a pharmaceutical chemical plant in Newburyport and have preliminarily determined it does not appear suspicious, a state official said.

‘I didn’t hesitate at all’: Winchester nurse praised for helping save family from house fire
Tina LaTorella was honored by her hospital colleagues this week for thinking on her feet and jumping into action when she noticed the fire.

Mass. high court says criminal records must be automatically sealed if people are acquitted

“Sealing is mandatory,” the Supreme Judicial Court said in an opinion issued Friday.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He showed me up with his chopstick skills’
Will these studious daters pass each other’s test?

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Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

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A fisherman looking for bass in the Charles River found an abandoned car instead. Then he found another — and another.

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These South Carolina GOP women are warning their party about abortion politics, but will they listen?
Their opposition to certain restrictions stands as an act of defiance against a party that has been given a lot of rein in red states to regulate abortion access.

Culture & Lifestyle

A cardboard cut-out of King Charles III stands on a Windsor, England, street as the United Kingdom prepares for the actual king's coronation Saturday.

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SNL writer Bowen Yang picketed with members of the Writers Guild of America union outside Netflix headquarters near Union Square, May 3, 2023, in New York.

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Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

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Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

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Members of the Boston Police Department on duty at the 2023 St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston on March 19.

Ending the culture of police overtime abuse

The closed doors of a library

Protesters gathered outside of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on May 4 to protest the death of Jordan Neely, who died after another rider put him in a chokehold.

A Black man desperate for help instead finds death on a N.Y. subway

Yet while some justices take a stricter view of ethics laws and norms in the context of judges, Justice Clarence Thomas hasn’t been among them.

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The latest Nation’s Report Card, released Wednesday, highlights how eighth-graders are doing in US history and civics. Just 13 percent of students demonstrated proficiency in history on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, and 22 percent hit that target in civics.

US civics and history scores sink to new lows in Nation’s Report Card

A new fire escape was added as part of the renovations to the historic Harvard Lampoon building.

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‘It’s the heritage, it’s the pomp, it’s the circumstance’: In Boston, local residents celebrate King Charles’s coronation

Decked out in festive Union Jack glasses, T-shirts, and bow ties, a crowd gathered in the Beacon Hill home of the British consul general in Boston early Saturday morning.

Phunk Phenomenon steps out: An inside look of what it’s like to perform at a Celtics game

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Investigation into Newburyport explosion underway after authorities identify worker killed in blast

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MBTA commuter rail tickets for Taylor Swift concert sell out in hours

The $20 round-trip tickets for the trains, which run from Boston or Providence, sold out Friday afternoon, according to the MBTA Commuter Rail.

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With Friday night's loss, NBA MVP Joel Embiid fell to 1-10 in playoff games against the Celtics.

Dan Shaughnessy

The Celtics have won only one championship since 1986, but the path to another is clear

We’ve been speculating and celebrating the talents of Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum, now in their sixth season together. Now is their time.

Don Mattingly, once a legendary player for the Yankees, has no problem playing a smaller role as the Blue Jays' bench coach.

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Don Mattingly was worn down by managing, but that didn’t mean he wanted to leave baseball

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Deven Devaiah has replaced his older brother at No. 1 singles for Brookline boys' tennis.

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The Warriors compiled 82 consecutive victories and three straight Division 1 championships starting in 2018, before finally falling to Acton-Boxborough in last year’s state title match.

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‘You really hate unions, huh?’: BU community angered after Warner Bros. CEO announced as commencement speaker amid writer strike

“I think it’s just a very ‘read the room’ moment for BU,” said one alumnus, who is now striking with the Writers Guild of America, about the university's decision to choose David Zaslav as commencement speaker.

The end of an era — all year round — as Christmas Tree Shops files for bankruptcy protection

The Massachusetts-based discount chain said it will close up to 10 stores amid financial restructuring.

Beverly students win top prize in world robotics competition

McKee proposes tax credit program to spur production of affordable housing in Rhode Island

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Smugglers dumped millions in drugs off Maine’s coast. Struggling fishermen saw a jackpot.

A groundhog invaded my vegetable garden. It was the start of an all-out war.

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Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He showed me up with his chopstick skills’

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metro

Rochelle Walensky, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, participates in a panel discussion during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 4, 2022.

COVID global health emergency declared over as CDC director Rochelle Walensky announces her resignation

‘You really hate unions, huh?’: BU community angered after Warner Bros. CEO announced as commencement speaker amid writer strike

Prosecutors say they don’t believe Harvard extortion suspect ‘acted alone’

sports

Texans general manager Nick Caserio dominated the NFL Draft, taking quarterback C.J. Stroud (left) at No. 2 overall and trading up to No. 3 to take defensive end Will Anderson (right).

Final news and nuggets from last weekend’s NFL Draft

Grant Williams reacts to being accidentally injured by Joel Embiid: ‘I really got curb-stomped.’

A’s broadcaster apologizes after apparent racial slur

business

Longwood Medical Area, with its massive cluster of hospitals and medical schools, is one of several major assets in Greater Boston as Massachusetts bids to host a new federal agency that could direct billions in health research grants to tackle major medical challenges such as curing cancer.

Massachusetts makes its case to host coveted federal health research agency

DraftKings stock soars on increased online betting

America’s job machine keeps on cranking

politics

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis watches proceedings during a hearing to decide if the final report by a special grand jury looking into possible interference in the 2020 presidential election can be released Jan. 24, 2023, in Atlanta.

At least 8 fake electors have immunity in Georgia election probe

Biden said to pick Air Force general as Joint Chiefs chair

Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma

Nation

A fire burns at a Shell chemical facility in Deer Park, Friday, May 5, 2023, east of Houston. A chemical plant in the Houston area has caught fire, sending a huge plume of smoke into the sky.

Texas petrochemical plant fire sends 9 workers to hospital

Disease experts warn White House of potential for Omicron-like wave of illness

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World

Britain's King Charles III is crowned with St Edward's Crown by The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby during his coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey, London, on May 6.

King Charles III is crowned in ancient rite at uncertain moment

The coronation of King Charles III, in photos

Watch live: King Charles III crowned in coronation at Westminster Abbey

opinion

Tenderness and brutality: True stories from an ICU nurse

Novelist Richard North Patterson defies the publishing world’s stay-in-your-racial-lane dictates

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lifestyle

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food & dining

The inside of Block Island's Bethany's Airport Diner in September 2022, which shuttered after nearly three decades in business.

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travel

The Goring Hotel is a gilded property a four-minute drive from Buckingham Palace. Kate Middleton stayed there the night before her 2011 wedding to Prince William.

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Arts

Ming Smith, "Womb," 1992.

Every breath she takes: Ming Smith at MoMA

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Books

In Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s debut novel, ‘Chain Gang All-Stars,’ the darkest features of American society come together in a horrific — and horrifically plausible — reflection of dystopian greed and racist voyeurism

Julia Lee, in ‘Biting the Hand,’ traces the fallout of straddling two different worlds

Newbery Award-winning author Meg Medina on public libraries and how to get kids to read

Movies

Charles Martin Smith (as Terry "The Toad") and Candy Clark (as Debbie) in 1973's "American Graffiti," directed by George Lucas.

‘American Graffiti,’ turning 50, delivers happy days with a white gaze

Melissa Barrera and Paul Mescal are red-hot in ‘Carmen’

When documentarian Davis Guggenheim met Michael J. Fox, the actor had one request: ‘No violins’

Television

David Zaslav, president and CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, is a graduate of BU's School of Law.

‘You really hate unions, huh?’: BU community angered after Warner Bros. CEO announced as commencement speaker amid writer strike

Writers’ strike brings end to 48th season of ‘SNL’

Will you take comfort in King Charles’s coronation, or is hate-watching your thing?

music

Baritone Matthias Goerne performs as vocal soloist in Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 on Thursday night, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and members of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and NEC Symphonic Chorus under the baton of Andris Nelsons.

Shostakovich’s musical home for conscience, revisited at a time of need

The 24 best albums of the year (so far)

Concert to celebrate ‘Three Women’ of the Boston Women’s Memorial

Theater/Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s "Revelations" on May 4 at the Boch Center Wang Theatre in Boston.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual return pairs ‘Revelations’ with visions for the future

‘Beetlejuice’ has the time of its afterlife

In the Huntington’s ‘Joy and Pandemic,’ the scourge of sicknesses seen and unseen

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Obituaries

Petr Klima appeared at a Red Wings alumni game in 2016 in Detroit. The Red Wings were one of five NHL teams he played for.

Petr Klima, whose triple-OT goal vs. Bruins propelled Oilers to a Stanley Cup in 1990, dies at 58

Robert Patrick, early, and prolific, playwright of gay life, dies at 85

John Stobart, celebrated maritime painter, dies at 93