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GAME 3: HEAT 128, CELTICS 102

A seemingly disbelieving Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla watched his team all but get run off the court by the Heat in Game 3.

Shell-shocked Celtics fail to fight back against Heat attack, collapse into 0-3 hole in Eastern Conference finals

Stars Jayson Tatum (14 points) and Jaylen Brown (12) played big parts in the Celtics' shrinking offense. Teams that fall behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven series are 0-149 all-time.

Instant analysis: Celtics fall apart in horrendous 128-102 loss, and will now face their biggest challenge yet Horrendous 3-point shooting has helped doom Celtics against the Heat

Jaylen Brown, who scored just 12 points and was 0 for 7 on 3-pointers, appeared stunned as he headed to the bench in the third quarter.

Dan Shaughnessy

Game 3 was a disgraceful performance by the once-proud Celtics. Even though it’s not over, don’t you want it to be?

No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 deficit. Ever.

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics might end the season with a lot unfinished business, and plenty of unfulfilled promise.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

First Joe Mazzulla lost his team. Now the Celtics are on the verge of losing the series in embarrassing fashion.

The Game 3 loss to Miami was nothing more than a stage for the world to see how broken the Celtics are.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

While student chronic absenteeism numbers remain high, Boston and Mass. show signs of recovery
Through March of this year, those who were chronically absent in BPS fell five percentage points to 37.2 percent, meaning about 2,300 more students regularly showed up for school.

Brockton school district braces for cuts

Taylor Swift fans treated to another rain show in her second ‘Eras Tour’ performance at Gillette
It was a wet night in Foxborough, but that didn’t stop Swifties from soaking in every moment of Taylor Swift’s second of three shows at Gillette Stadium.

Fans recall the ‘magical’ night in 2011 when Taylor Swift danced in the pouring rain with all of Gillette Stadium Jenna Bush Hager, family among the crowd during Friday’s Taylor Swift concert Music review | At Gillette, Taylor Swift leads fans on a dazzling tour through every era

YouTubers film, insult public workers in towns across Mass. for self-declared ‘First Amendment audits’
For municipal workers, the stunts add to the rash of hostile behavior many face these days.

A Milton resident’s lawsuit against CVS raises questions about the use of AI lie detectors in hiring

The use of artificial intelligence is spreading through the employment landscape, fueling questions about the role emerging technology plays in the workplace, and the potential harm it could cause.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

As Everett power plant shutters, some worry LNG terminal will be next to go

The LNG terminal’s fate could become the latest flashpoint in New England’s seemingly endless debate about shifting away from fossil fuels.

‘David Zaslav, pay your writers’: Protests erupt as Warner Bros. executive gives BU commencement address

Outside Nickerson Field, more than 100 demonstrators picketed with signs and chanted pro-union slogans along Commonwealth Avenue, while thousands more crowded down Harry Agganis Way, including graduates in red robes.

Health officials racing to stay ahead of a possible Mpox resurgence

A cluster of recent Mpox cases in Chicago prompted an alert from federal health officials about the potential for new clusters or outbreaks.

4-year-old Mohamed Fofana remembered at Castle Island vigil
Dozens of mourners gathered as the sun set over Castle Island in South Boston on Sunday to remember 4-year-old Mohamed Fofana, who went missing there on Mother's Day and whose body was found the following day on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor.

Public advised to avoid Alewife Brook, parts of Mystic River after sewage released into waters

Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of ‘hostile’ laws

PETER ABRAHAM | PADRES 7, RED SOX 0

It’s time to take Corey Kluber out of the Red Sox rotation

Patrons enjoyed dinner at Lehrhaus in Somerville last month.

A new kind of Jewish space, where all are served

Lehrhaus, a "Jewish tavern and house of learning" in Somerville, connects all comers in a cultural celebration. “No space exists like this in the world."

The Haitian flag was raised during a ceremony in Florida on Thursday.

Haitian Unity Parade returns to Blue Hill Avenue in a blue and red celebration

The parade celebrates Haitian Flag Day, marked Thursday with a flag-raising ceremony at City Hall and a rally outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building calling for the federal government to assist Haitians as clashes in the country grow increasingly frequent and brutal.

Rachael Rollins listens to the closing selection by the Bethel A.M.E. Worship Team during her swearing-in ceremony as Suffolk district attorney on Jan. 2, 2019.

The rise and fall of Rachael Rollins

Critics and supporters alike have pored over Rollins’s record, highlighting her successes and missteps, and reexamining warning signs that might have foretold her spectacular fall.

AAPI Heritage Month

Local businesses Lemon Drop Team and Everyday Bakeshop are donating some of the proceeds from their lemon poppy mochi cake to the nonprofit Heart of Dinner.

Sisters, their Mass. businesses collaborate for AAPI Heritage Month

The beautiful resistance of Boston-based singer, songwriter and influencer, Sheena Melwani.

The AAPI History I Carry With Me: Sheena Melwani

The author with his older sister and grandfather, who are wearing hanbok, traditional Korean clothing, on New Year’s Day in 1984.

I struggled with my Korean-American name. Now I realize it was a gift.

Yvonne Hao, secretary of economic development in Governor Maura Healey's administration.

‘This is the moment’: Yvonne Hao stepped up just in time for Mass. tech

Opinion

In this Aug. 13, 2014 file photo, a student wearing an electrical shocker device on her leg lines up with her classmates after lunch at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton. Many students at the school, who were born with autism and development disorders, wear shocking devices to control violent outbreaks.

Availability of alternatives should guide decision on skin shock treatment

The use of electric shocks at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton has been controversial for decades. It would be irresponsible for the court to lift the consent agreement without addressing the core question of whether electric shock therapy should remain legal.

Coffee runs, car chases, and the insatiable celebrity-industrial complex

IDEAS | NATHAN DUNNE

I want AI to tell me how the story ends

IDEAS | EDITORIAL

Give in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants

IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The beauty of ugliness

More recent News

Michelle Wu says Boston is getting close securing permits to rebuild Long Island Bridge

The mayor also mentioned the possibility of ferries, however.

Jean Durkee, ‘Miss Jean’ for Boston’s ‘Romper Room’ children’s TV show, dies at 90
"Who wouldn’t enjoy being adored by thousands of preschoolers," Mrs. Durkee said of her time hosting "Romper Room."

Person flown to hospital after explosion inside Kingston home

A person was flown to a Boston hospital by a medical helicopter after suffering injuries from an explosion at a home on Nobadeer Circle in Kingston, officials said.

Bolton, Mass., man ejected from vehicle in single-car rollover crash in New Hampshire

Jonathan Fiore, 50, was driving a blue 2007 Honda Civic on Interstate 93 at high speed when he lost control of the car around 5:30 p.m., officials said.

Marty Walsh talks about overcoming obstacles at Suffolk graduation
“You kept going. You persevered,” Walsh said after accepting an honorary doctorate of public service. “Give yourself credit — you earned this.”

LOVE LETTERS

No sex, just sleep
“... but I have needs.”

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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.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Then Suffolk district attorney Rachael Rollins in the library at her office in Boston, on Oct. 29, 2020. Right: Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Who else should be accountable for Rachael Rollins’s brazen abuse of power?

Karen Spilka speaks during the Framingham Dems BBQ in Framingham in 2022.

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A statue of a minuteman, the mascot of UMass Amherst, in front of the school's Old Chapel.

(Blake Nissen/ For The Boston Globe)

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Sports

A seemingly disbelieving Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla watched his team all but get run off the court by the Heat in Game 3.

GAME 3: HEAT 128, CELTICS 102

Shell-shocked Celtics fail to fight back against Heat attack, collapse into 0-3 hole in Eastern Conference finals

Stars Jayson Tatum (14 points) and Jaylen Brown (12) played big parts in the Celtics' shrinking offense. Teams that fall behind 3-0 in a best-of-seven series are 0-149 all-time.

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics might end the season with a lot unfinished business, and plenty of unfulfilled promise.

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Dan Shaughnessy

Game 3 was a disgraceful performance by the once-proud Celtics. Even though it’s not over, don’t you want it to be?

GAME 3: HEAT 128, CELTICS 102

Instant analysis: Celtics fall apart in horrendous 128-102 loss, and will now face their biggest challenge yet

Business

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Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of ‘hostile’ laws

The NAACP over the weekend issued a travel advisory for Florida, joining two other civil rights groups in warning potential tourists that recent laws and policies championed by Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers are “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”

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A Milton resident’s lawsuit against CVS raises questions about the use of AI lie detectors in hiring

magazine

The French King Bridge, opened in 1932, spans the Connecticut River between Erving and Gill.

This bridge needed lifesaving barriers. It took a grieving mother to get them.

The author with his older sister and grandfather, who are wearing hanbok, traditional Korean clothing, on New Year’s Day in 1984.

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I spent $900 on Taylor Swift tickets and won’t even get inside Gillette

Chinese Beef Skewers (Niu Rou Chuan).

Add salmon kimchi burgers or Chinese beef skewers to your barbecue mix

metro

At the 59th annual Fitchburg Police memorial, a statue of K9 Frankie, who was killed in the line of duty, was unveiled.

Fitchburg police honor K9 Frankie, killed in line of duty, at annual memorial

Marty Walsh talks about overcoming obstacles at Suffolk graduation

Haitian Unity Parade returns to Blue Hill Avenue in a blue and red celebration

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politics

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Biden voices optimism on debt talks despite sharp statements by both sides

2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold

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Nation

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NAACP issues Florida travel advisory, joining Latino and LGBTQ groups

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World

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opinion

Karen Spilka speaks during the Framingham Dems BBQ in Framingham in 2022.

Reading the tax-relief tea leaves

Two contrasting views on which books should be read in schools

They decry the removal of activist’s memorial in N.H.

lifestyle

Boston Fashion Week's runway show in Downtown Crossing will return on May 24. This model wears a design by designer AK Liesenfeld and photographer Bob Packert from the show in 2019.

Boston Fashion Week returns Wednesday with Downtown Crossing Open Runway

No sex, just sleep

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food & dining

Patrons enjoyed dinner at Lehrhaus in Somerville last month.

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Sisters, their Mass. businesses collaborate for AAPI Heritage Month

Bar Toscana and Stubbys arrive in the Seaport; Mass Hole Donuts debuts in Somerville

travel

An American Airlines plane lands on a runway near a parked JetBlue plane at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on July 16, 2020.

American Airlines and JetBlue must abandon their partnership in the Northeast, federal judge rules

A Northampton arts festival, a poncho for chilly times, and a gravel race for all ages

Ellie Smart on diving into travel, a great fanny pack, and loving Oprah Winfrey

Arts

Texas Isaiah, "My Name Is My Name I," 2016, from As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021).

Picture by picture, a Canadian dentist built a photography collection by artists from the Black Atlantic

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Zhang Xiao’s photos look at rural life during Lunar New Year celebrations in northern China

Books

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In R.F. Kuang’s ‘Yellowface,’ intellectual theft by a white writer unleashes hauntings of all kinds

Millennials, in Brandon Taylor’s ‘The Late Americans,’ confront a broken world through sex and theory

Burkhard Bilger on German Westerns and his favorite historical novels

Movies

Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell cross Mineral Spring Avenue in North Providence, Rhode Island, on Friday, May 19, 2023, with security, to meet fans.

Cast of ‘Good Burger 2′ greets fans during filming in North Providence

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Television

Julianne Moore (pictured in February at the BAFTA Awards) will play Mary Villiers in "Mary & George."

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music

Taylor Swift performs at Gillette Stadium on May 19.

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Jenna Bush Hager, family among the crowd during Friday’s Taylor Swift concert at Gillette Stadium

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Theater/Dance

Dorrance Dance performers in "SOUNDspace" at the ICA on May 19.

Dorrance Dance at the ICA has all the right moves

July offers a rare chance to see the celebrated Dutch National Ballet in New England

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globe local

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

Obituaries

Jean Durkee when she was "Miss Jean" hosting "Romper Room" on TV in Boston from 1958 to 1972.

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