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Celtics back to the Garden for game 5

Chris Gasper breaks down what the Celtics need to do to beat the Heat in game 5, from three-point shooting to the play of Jayson Tatum.

Watch now: Celtics back to the Garden for another 'win or go home' game

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A volunteer for WWOOF USA, which places people on farms worldwide to work for room and board.

More people are looking to travel on the cheap — and discovering it’s priceless

Even in an era of suspicion and division, there are growing numbers of hosts worldwide who let strangers crash on their couches or work on their farms.

Memorial Day weekend traffic is expected to be heavy. These are best and worst times to hit the road.
AAA predicts this will be the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000, with more than 42 million Americans planning to travel 50 miles or more from home, a 7 percent increase from last year.

GAME 5: HEAT AT CELTICS | 8:30 P.M.

After dodging it for months, Shaquille O’Neal finally gets served over FTX lawsuit at Game 4 of Celtics-Heat
And it happened at a venue formerly known as ... FTX Arena.

Heat guard Gabe Vincent ruled out for Game 5 against Celtics with ankle injury Boston police warn of counterfeit ticket scams involving Celtics playoff tickets

Henry Casey, 5, is held by his father, Kevin Casey, at Boston Calling in 2022. Kids under 10 are admitted for free to the festival.

A fan’s guide to Boston Calling: Bring the kids, don’t bring cash, and leave the gummies at home

Here’s what you need to know if you’re going.

Dropkick Murphys will replace Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Boston Calling

Summer food guide: 12 unsung, yet perfect places to eat in Rhode Island this summer
From pop-ups at local breweries to farm-to-picnic dining on Block Island, these places are worth a visit.

Far from the Ocean State, a taste of Rhode Island in Los Angeles

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years in prison in first seditious conspiracy sentence in Jan. 6 attack

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison in the first seditious conspiracy sentence in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack.

Trump workers reportedly moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before Justice Department came for documents

Donald Trump and his aides also allegedly carried out a "dress rehearsal" for moving sensitive papers even before his office received the May 2022 subpoena, according to The Washington Post.

Quincy-based billionaire gives UMass Boston grads $1,000 — each

Rob Hale, one of this year's commencement speakers, gave each graduate the cash split into two envelopes, so they could donate half.

Watch: The moment UMass grads heard they were getting $1000

North Carolina GOP lawmaker assailed for questioning Black colleague’s Harvard credentials during floor debate

A North Carolina Republican lawmaker has come under fire for asking a Black Democratic colleague who attended Harvard University if he would’ve gotten into the Ivy League school if he wasn’t “a minority” or “an athlete.”

Man killed in Dorchester shooting was a pastor in Haverhill, family says
“We are extremely devastated and this loss is unfathomable as we try to understand the details of this tragedy and find who took the life of someone who impacted so many others in nothing but the most positive ways,” his family said.

Just days before possible default, Congress heads out of town empty-handed

While a small team of Republican negotiators remained to try to hammer out a deal with President Biden, House GOP leaders sent lawmakers home until June 5.

‘Ultimate cop-out’? How Sununu answered when ‘The View’ hosts asked about Trump

791 confirmed cases and 13 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

An overview of the inaugural Boston Pizza Festival at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The two-day event gives local pizzerias the opportunity to show off their pizzas and visitors the chance to learn more about pizza making.

Nubian Markets arrives in Roxbury; tickets go on sale for the Boston Pizza Festival

Plus boxed wine in the Seaport and herbs on the Greenway.

A visit to Barlette, a BYOB bar

The National Park service said this unidentified visitor at Yellowstone National Park tried to help a baby bison reunite with its herd on May 20, leading to the young bison being euthanized.

Yellowstone baby bison put to death after visitor picks it up, leading herd to reject it

A man who picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park caused it to be shunned by its herd, prompting park officials to kill the animal rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors.

This illustration photo shows the live Twitter talk with Elon Musk with a background of Ron DeSantis as the Florida governor announced his 2024 presidential run on his Twitter page on Wednesday

‘Failure to launch.’ DeSantis mocked following glitchy campaign announcement on Twitter.

While intended to signal an unconventional start to his campaign, the messy campaign rollout on Twitter Spaces was met with ridicule online from DeSantis’s political opponents and meme-savvy critics.

Opinion

Ron DeSantis is a strange mix of nasty and nerdy, timorous and truculent. He’s a whiny warrior, not a happy one.

Ron DeSantis’s ill-conceived campaign

The Florida governor tries to take on Trump without offending MAGA.

Joan Wickersham

Don’t call my breasts ‘boobs.’ It’s degrading.

How Tina Turner helped Black girls and women feel free

IDEAS | JULIA HOTZ

Feeling sick? The lawyer will see you now.

Boston’s planning apparatus has to change. Keep at it, Mayor Wu.

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Art Review

Step inside Guadalupe Maravilla’s sculptures at the ICA Watershed and prepare to heal
The artist’s traumatic journey from El Salvador to the US pervades his work, but his intention is repair.

Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after Republican investigation

In an unanimous decision, a Republican-led House investigative committee that spent months quietly looking into Attorney General Ken Paxton recommended impeaching the state's top lawyer.

Who’ll be the heir to the ‘Succession’ throne?
“Succession” comes to an end Sunday, and we’re all guessing which of the show’s many scoundrels will be sitting atop Waystar Royco when all is said and done. So let's weigh the pros and cons of the six likeliest candidates.

Tell us: Who do you think will succeed Logan Roy?

Massachusetts provides highest rate of special education support to young kids, report says

Massachusetts was one of only six states that provides early support to more than five percent of children under 3.

Lawsuits filed after three people say they were stricken with salmonella at Brighton restaurant
Three people recently stricken with salmonella after dining at Los Amigos Taqueria in Brighton have filed lawsuits against the local chain, according to legal filings.

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★

‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’: Hats off to this new doc about the TV legend
It premieres Friday on MAX.

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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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Tina Turner performs in a concert in Cologne, Germany on Jan. 14, 2009. Turner, the unstoppable singer and stage performer, died Wednesday after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, according to her manager.

Tina Turner saved my soul

To say I am a fan would be a massive understatement. Tina Turner was the first singer for whom I camped outside a concert venue hoping to score tickets. Experiencing her live was a must.

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Amy Carnevale was elected to clean up the Mass. GOP. She’s got her work cut out for her.
The new party chair knew when she took over in February that her job was to rebuild the party. But even she didn’t realize the scope of the mess she inherited.

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Culture & Lifestyle

A local grassroots effort to promote gender equality in festival lineups looked deeper into Boston Calling's artist history. While they believed that this year's makeup was a significant improvement, Book More Women tracked imbalances in years' past. Pictured: Lorde at Boston Calling in 2014.

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

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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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Juvenile detention inmates at New York's Rikers Island jail. Research suggests that putting juvenile offenders in the adult facilities increases the chances they will reoffend.

An unfinished piece of criminal justice reform business: Raising the age for juvenile offenders

This telemedicine session in 2022 connected a patient with a doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

IDEAS | KAREEM KING AND DOMINICK CONTRERAS

More broadband access, better health

US Attorney Rachael Rollins at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston on May 24. Rollins resigned after a pair of ethics investigations by the US Department of Justice inspector general and the US Office of Special Counsel found she had misused the power of her office.

Rachael Rollins is a flawed messenger but her message is not

President Biden met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office on Monday.

There is no ‘14th Amendment option’ to raise the debt ceiling

Councilor Liz Breadon, who chaired the redistricting committee last year, and Councilor Ricardo Arroyo stood beside a proposed "unity map" at a press conference last year. The map was later struck down by a federal judge.

Boston’s redistricting mess makes the case for independent commissions

An aerial image taken by a Ukrainian drone in 2022.

IDEAS | SETH MOULTON

AI may pull the trigger in war, but it shouldn’t call the shots

Metro

Boston police focusing on city ATV, dirt bike riders as summer approaches

The issue moved to the fore during the tumultuous summer of 2020, when the city was shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial-justice protests flooded the streets. Simultaneously, the noise from fireworks and ATVs caused noise complaints all night long.

Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to be kind and help others in commencement speech

The actor encouraged students to take action and responsibility as they go out into a world full of malevolence as “we could all use a superhero right now.”

Elderly woman rescued in two-alarm Dorchester fire

The woman was rescued from the second floor of 8 Thetford Ave., where the fire broke out around 3 p.m. Thursday, a fire department spokesman said.

Police defend cellphone data grab that led to N.H. double-murder suspect

“I believed that Logan Clegg was an immediate threat to the public,” said the lieutenant who oversaw those investigating a retired couple’s 2022 slaying on a popular walking trail in Concord.

Sports

Matthew Tkachuk's last-second winner on Wednesday night to sweep the Carolina Hurricanes was his ninth goal of the postseason in 16 games — far more action than most expected he and the Florida Panthers would see in the playoffs.

After years lost in the swamps, Florida puts together a run like few in NHL history

Since going down, 3-1, to the Bruins, the Panthers have won 11 of 12 against basically the best possible teams they could have faced, including eight straight to dismiss the Maple Leafs and Hurricanes to win the East.

Top prospect Marcelo Mayer is among the Red Sox minor leaguers showing an increase in bat speed this season.

An innovative training technique gets Red Sox minor leaguers to speed up their bats

In batting cage work, players use two bats that are heavier than usual and one that is lighter. The results are striking.

Jimmy Garoppolo signed with the Las Vegas Raiders in March.

Foot injury could keep Jimmy Garoppolo out of Raiders practices until July

Garoppolo sustained the injury late last season with the 49ers, but said after signing with the Raiders in March that he wasn’t concerned about being available.

Patriots lose two practice days as a penalty for holding late meetings

United States 3, Germany 0

US advances to semifinals at men’s hockey worlds, getting goals from Matt Coronato, Cutter Gauthier

After dodging it for months, Shaquille O’Neal finally gets served over FTX lawsuit at Game 4 of Celtics-Heat

Business

Burlington 3-D printing company merging with Minnesota rival

The companies said the merger would combine Stratasys’s mostly plastic-focused 3-D printing technology with Desktop Metal’s focus on other materials including metals, composites, and wood.

In CCRI chat, Boston Fed’s Susan Collins says pause in interest rate hikes may be near

"While inflation is still too high, there are some promising signs of moderation,” the Boston Fed president said in prepared remarks for her "chat" with students and staff at CCRI on Thursday.

R.I. sues manufacturers for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ contamination

Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal

magazine

The writer in the copilot seat of a Boeing B-29 bomber, at an air show.

My dad flew B-29s in WWII. An air show let me reconnect with his memory.

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.

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

“They needed storage and an open area for imaginative play,” the designer says.

Home design: Creating a dreamy shared bedroom for little girls

metro

Gompo Yarmolinsky, an employee with Daedalus, washed down the George Washington statue by the entrance to Boston Public Garden. Workers began to remove dirt, urban grime, and bird’s nests from the statue on Thursday.

Conservationists begin to clean George Washington statue in Boston Pubic Garden

Best things to do in Rhode Island this week: May 26-June 2

Man killed in Dorchester shooting was a pastor in Haverhill, family says

sports

Miami guard Gabe Vincent went down after getting hurt in Game 4.

Heat guard Gabe Vincent ruled out for Game 5 against Celtics with ankle injury

BC women’s lacrosse shoots for another national title, this time with defense its strength

The Celtics need a miracle. In Italy, there’s a shrine for that.

business

UHL Felicity traveled through the New Bedford hurricane barrier carrying the first shipment of wind turbine parts for the state's offshore wind farm by Vineyard Wind.

Building a tower in the sea: First shipment of towers for offshore wind turbines arrives in New Bedford

More Americans apply for jobless benefits but labor market remains tight

Elon Musk wants to build a digital town square. But his debut for DeSantis had a tech failure.

politics

Representative Marc Molinaro, a New York Republican, waved next to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, on Thursday as House members headed home for Memorial Day weekend.

Just days before possible default, Congress heads out of town empty-handed

US study finds 1 in 10 get long COVID after Omicron, starts identifying key symptoms

President Biden taps Air Force fighter pilot to be next Joint Chiefs chairman

Nation

The United States has grown older last decade. The share of residents 65 or older grew by more than a third from 2010 to 2020, at the fastest rate of any decade in 130 years.

America aged quickly in the last decade as baby boomers lived longer and births dropped

Texas lawmakers recommend impeaching Attorney General Ken Paxton after Republican investigation

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

World

People walked along Sutton High Street on Wednesday in Sutton, England.

Brexit promised control of UK migration. Now numbers have surged.

Police say car collides with gates of Downing Street, where UK prime minister lives

Three dead after attacks in central Japan; police searching for masked man with rifle and knife

opinion

Florida, we have a problem

Rachael Rollins is a flawed messenger but her message is not

Arab Americans Have Been Without A Census Category for Years. Here’s Why That Matters

lifestyle

He’s been lying for most of the marriage

A daily multivitamin to boost memory? Here’s what to know

11 ways to celebrate Memorial Day weekend in Boston

food & dining

An overview of the inaugural Boston Pizza Festival at City Hall Plaza in downtown Boston on Saturday, July 8, 2017. The two-day event gives local pizzerias the opportunity to show off their pizzas and visitors the chance to learn more about pizza making.

Nubian Markets arrives in Roxbury; tickets go on sale for the Boston Pizza Festival

A visit to Barlette, a BYOB bar

Federal Hill is getting some new culinary faces

travel

A volunteer for WWOOF USA, which places people on farms worldwide to work for room and board.

More people are looking to travel on the cheap — and discovering it’s priceless

American Queen Voyages takes five months to process refund

A taste of Rhode Island in Los Angeles

Arts

Wendy "MoMa" Michel’s “Creativity” is part of the “CROWN” exhibition at the AFH Gallery at the AFH EpiCenter. Acrylic on canvas, 48x48.

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

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

10 museum shows you’ll want to wander this summer

Books

World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle writing in Anzio, Italy.

‘The Soldier’s Truth,’ a biography of Ernie Pyle, chronicles the World War II correspondent’s efforts to connect the soldier’s experience of war to a distant public

Rachel Louise Snyder’s memoir ‘Women We Buried, Women We Burned’ recounts a dark past and holds out the possibility of transformation

On the benefits of reading for work

Movies

Alessandro Borghi as Bruno and Luca Marinelli as Pietro in “The Eight Mountains.”

‘The Eight Mountains’: This film talks about Bruno (and Pietro)

‘You Hurt My Feelings’: Sex, lies, and manuscripts

‘Being Mary Tyler Moore’: Hats off to this new doc about the TV legend

Television

Liev Schreiber as Otto Frank and Bel Powley as Miep Gies in "A Small Light."

‘A Small Light’ sees Anne Frank’s story through the eyes of those who helped her

Who’ll be the heir to the ‘Succession’ throne?

One way or another, reboot brings ‘Nurse Jackie’ back to life

music

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performed at the Viejas Arena in 2014.

Amid allegations of theft, Boston auction house will pull items listed for sale from Tom Petty’s estate, lawyer says

Press Play: Baroque beyond Bach

Dropkick Murphys will replace Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Boston Calling

Theater/Dance

ArtsEmerson will bring "Little Amal" to Boston for a free outdoor "Event of Welcome" on Sept. 7 at a location to be announced later. The 12-foot puppet represents a 10-year-old Syrian refugee.

‘Little Amal’ leads the way to ArtsEmerson’s 2023-24 season

The heavy-metal mysticism of poet Janaka Stucky

Dorrance Dance at the ICA has all the right moves

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

Robert Zimmer presided over the University of Chicago from 2006 to 2021.

Robert J. Zimmer, who promoted free speech on campus, dies at 75

Tina Turner, ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ whose triumphant career made her world-famous, dies at 83

Tina Turner, magnetic singer of explosive power, is dead at 83