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Game 6: Celtics 104, Heat 103

‘It don’t do no good to stand in the corner:’ How Derrick White made the shot that saved the Celtics’ season

With the dramatic victory, Celtics forced a Game 7 and earned the chance to be first NBA team to win a playoff series after being down 3-0. The Finals will be on the line Monday at TD Garden.
How it happened: Celtics outlast Heat to force Game 7 in Boston Instant analysis: How the Celtics survived a massive Heat comeback to take Game 6

After a stunning Game 6 finish, do the Heat have anything left for the Celtics?
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics are a win away from history. But Derrick White has made some of his own.
Tara Sullivan

After that finish, who would doubt the Celtics now?
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Watch: Derrick White hits game-winner to send Celtics-Heat to a Game 7 — and his dad tweeted through it

”I’m just happy. We ain’t done yet,” White said after his buzzer-beating tip-in won Game 6 in Miami.

MUSIC REVIEW
Noah Kahan, Lumineers, Alanis Morissette spread the sunshine at Boston Calling
Saturday's highlights also included performances by Joy Oladokun and the Flaming Lips, but the day belonged to Kahan, who led spirited singalongs of his own songs before returning later to join the Lumineers for a cameo during their closing set.

See scenes from Boston Calling on Saturday A fan's guide to Boston Calling
THE GREAT DIVIDE

Massachusetts spends thousands more on school construction aid for white students than for students of color

Massachusetts took aggressive steps two decades ago to rein in school construction spending, but the effort has led to substantially more aid going to white students on a per pupil basis than to Latino and Black students.

Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous US default.
Debt-ceiling deal: What’s in and what’s out of the agreement to avert US default

McCarthy is confident of approval of debt agreement that he calls ‘transformational’

Pork-pocalypse now? In wake of Supreme Court ruling and 2016 vote, pork prices could soar in Mass.
A 2016 animal welfare ballot measure that would prohibit most US pork from being sold in Massachusetts could finally take effect as soon as next month. And pork purveyors here say that means prices are about to pop.

In Allston’s Koreatown, the American dream grinds on despite demographic shifts
On Harvard Avenue, a concrete expanse where storefront graffiti is much more commonplace than trees on the sidewalk, generations of Korean families have come to try their hand at success.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
Teaching is increasingly difficult. So why stay in that job?
As any teacher in the country will tell you, an already-difficult job is now exponentially harder. Why do those who stay stick it out? Three dedicated educators in Boston’s most challenging schools tell us.

Weather | Dave Epstein

Our clear weather means it’s a great time to take a look at the night sky

Planets and lots are stars are visible in our clear night skies, and even the International Space Station.

Memorial Day Weekend

11 ways to celebrate Memorial Day weekend in Boston

Memorial Day weekend traffic is expected to be heavy. These are best and worst times to hit the road.

See photos of the Memorial Day flag display on the Boston Common

Recipe: Top slices of charred, rosy, grilled flank steak with blue cheese butter this Memorial Day weekend

More people are dying on Mass. and US roads. It doesn’t have to be this way. Just look at the UK, France, and Japan.

Massachusetts, and the United States, have seen traffic deaths climb since 2019, while similarly developed countries around the world have been steadily reducing road carnage.
obituary

John A. Curry, first Northeastern graduate to serve as university’s president, dies at 88

"We’ve set a vision for the future — a smaller, but better university," Dr. Curry said after becoming president at a time of financial constraints.

As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motives

Questions still linger about her true intentions — so many that even the federal judge who presided over her trial seemed mystified.
Opinion
EDITORIAL

A year after killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, questions remain for Israel — and for Biden

Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli fire last year, was not only a member of the press but also a US citizen. The United States must pursue accountability.
IDEAS | DAVID CHRISINGER

The WWII newspaper column that dared to illuminate death
EDITORIAL

A pro-MCAS voice emerges

JEFF JACOBY

As ‘Taxachusetts’ is being revived, residents are fleeing
MARCELA GARCÍA

How to protect undocumented workers from exploitation

More recent News

‘Yes You Can’: Hundreds gather Saturday to honor Marathon legends Dick and Rick Hoyt
Rick Hoyt had “put his heart and soul” into planning Saturday's race and he would have wanted to it go on, according to organizers.

GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton
The historic vote came after a monthslong House investigation into the three-term attorney general that resulted in 20 charges alleging sweeping abuses of power, including obstruction of justice, bribery, and abuse of public trust.

Russia launched ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed
Ukraine’s capital was subjected to the largest drone attack since the start of Russia’s war, local officials said, as Kyiv prepared to mark the anniversary of its founding on Sunday.

Five firefighters injured in two-alarm fire in Manchester, N.H.,

Four firefighters were treated at the scene of the fire Friday night at 317-319 Pearl St., and a fifth was taken to a hospital and later released, a fire official said.

One man stabbed, one arrested outside Dorchester Stop & Shop Friday night

Officers responded to a report of a person stabbed at 1100 Massachusetts Avenue, near the Stop and Shop in South Bay Center, around 9:58 p.m., according to Boston police. The suspect was arrested around 11 p.m. in the area of Southampton Street and Dorchester Avenue, police said.

Man charged with allegedly bludgeoning neighbor to death in Bridgewater

Dinis Moreira, 69, pleaded not guilty to one count of murder for the death of his neighbor, Valerie Oakhem, 58, his neighbor on Spring Street, officials said Friday.

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?

DEBT

SAVINGS

HOUSING

REALITY CHECK CALCULATOR
Love Letters

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

Recommended reads

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.

This physician assistant is resuscitating the forgotten ‘nurse romance novel’
What exactly is a vintage nurse romance novel? It might be more illuminating to say what it’s not.

Harnessing the same forces as lightning, new technology extracts electricity from humidity
“Throughout history, we haven’t been able to find any means to capture the electricity in the air. It’s dangerous. It’s unpredictable. But I think this technology essentially turns that dream into reality,” said Jun Yao, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in the College of Engineering at UMass Amherst.

At Massachusetts 911 call centers, severe staffing issues and burnout
Dispatcher and call-taker staffing levels plunged during the pandemic and have been slow to rebound, leading to a vicious cycle, workers say, of overwork and burnout.

Culture & Lifestyle

When a great show like ‘Succession’ gives us such vivid characters, now you’re talking

Here’s everyone who’ll be playing at Boston Calling

How Boston Calling got its ‘Boston’ back

Tina Turner saved my soul

Special Projects

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

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

What my autistic son’s cold cheeseburgers taught me about bureaucracy
LETTERS

Two zoos? Then which zoo? Or no zoo at all?
Wes Ely

As long COVID turns three, Americans play disability roulette
EDITORIAL

When clinics can’t afford to keep detox and rehab beds open, state policy needs to change
Alex Beam

Everyone is getting into the trademark game
IDEAS | SETH MOULTON

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

Metro

Weather | Dave Epstein

Our clear weather means it’s a great time to take a look at the night sky

Planets and lots are stars are visible in our clear night skies, and even the International Space Station.
SUNDAY'S CHILD

Yaveliy, 10, loves to watch movies

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

In Allston’s Koreatown, the American dream grinds on despite demographic shifts

On Harvard Avenue, a concrete expanse where storefront graffiti is much more commonplace than trees on the sidewalk, generations of Korean families have come to try their hand at success.

‘Yes You Can’: Hundreds gather Saturday to honor Marathon legends Dick and Rick Hoyt

Rick Hoyt had “put his heart and soul” into planning Saturday's race and he would have wanted to it go on, according to organizers.

Sports

Chad Finn

Whatever comes of Derrick White’s season-saving putback, he stamped himself in Celtics lore forever

From Havlicek to Henderson, from Bird to DJ, the list of legendary Celtics moments has a new entrant.
RED SOX AT DIAMONDBACKS | 4:10 P.M. (NESN)

Game 53: Red Sox at Diamondbacks lineups and notes

Tanner Houck has the ball looking to help the Sox complete a sweep.
Celtics

After a stunning Game 6 finish, do the Heat have anything left for the Celtics?

“At 11:35 p.m. right now, I have no idea how we are going to get this done,” Miami coach Spoelstra said. “I’m as shocked by that play as anyone. I just know in the next 48 hours, we are going to figure this out."
live updates

Celtics outlast Heat, 104-103, to force winner-take-all Game 7 in Eastern Conference finals

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Watch: Derrick White hits game-winner to send Celtics-Heat to a Game 7 — and his dad tweeted through it
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics are a win away from history. But Derrick White has made some of his own.

Business

McCarthy is confident of approval of debt agreement that he calls ‘transformational’

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that he believed that Congress would pass the debt-limit deal he negotiated with President Joe Biden.

Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling, but now Congress must rush to approve the spending cuts package in a matter of days to avert a potentially disastrous US default.

Russia launched ‘largest drone attack’ on Ukrainian capital before Kyiv Day; 1 killed

Voters in Turkey choose between Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu in presidential runoff
magazine
GLOBE MAGAZINE

24 perfect foods worth a New England road trip this summer

Globe Magazine

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

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

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

metro

Massachusetts spends thousands more on school construction aid for white students than for students of color

Teaching is increasingly difficult. So why stay in that job?

At Massachusetts 911 call centers, severe staffing issues and burnout

sports

‘It don’t do no good to stand in the corner:’ How Derrick White made the shot that saved the Celtics’ season

After that finish, who would doubt the Celtics now?

Norwell boys claim first title in program history, North Reading girls cruise in Division 5 track and field championships

business

McCarthy says negotiators are ‘closer to an agreement’ on debt crisis, but no deal yet

Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming ‘green corridors’ to fast-track cleaner technologies

Pork-pocalypse now? In wake of Supreme Court ruling and 2016 vote, pork prices could soar in Mass.

politics

Debt ceiling tests McCarthy, as GOP speaker rides breezily through fight of his career

Debt-ceiling deal: What’s in and what’s out of the agreement to avert US default

White House and GOP strike debt limit deal to avert default

Nation

Maternity’s most dangerous time: after new mothers come home

GOP-controlled Texas House votes to impeach Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton

Fixer-uppers with waterfront views: The US is unloading lighthouses

World

South Korean arrested for opening plane emergency exit door, faces up to 10 years in prison

‘It’s time’: Ukraine’s top commander says counteroffensive is imminent

Protesters encircle Serbian state TV building to press government to ease its grip on media

opinion

When clinics can’t afford to keep detox and rehab beds open, state policy needs to change

As long COVID turns three, Americans play disability roulette

What my autistic son’s cold cheeseburgers taught me about bureaucracy

lifestyle

The Peabody Essex Museum to hire a TikTok creator-in-residence

After all this, I have to see him at work every day

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters

food & dining

Pork-pocalypse now? In wake of Supreme Court ruling and 2016 vote, pork prices could soar in Mass.

What to eat at Boston Calling

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

travel

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

The Peabody Essex Museum to hire a TikTok creator-in-residence

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

Books

‘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

The Little Mermaid, Black girls, and a wave of memories

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

‘You Hurt My Feelings’ is a gentle cringe comedy

Television

There will be plenty to see on ‘Talking Sopranos’

When a great show like ‘Succession’ gives us such vivid characters, now you’re talking

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

music

Noah Kahan, Lumineers, Alanis Morissette spread the sunshine at Boston Calling

Scenes from day two of Boston Calling

Foo Fighters bring the first day of Boston Calling to a roaring conclusion

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet’s ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ is alive and well

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

The heavy-metal mysticism of poet Janaka Stucky

globe local

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

John A. Curry, first Northeastern graduate to serve as university’s president, dies at 88

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