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Game 7 | Heat 103, Celtics 84

Jayson Tatum scored 14 points and shot just 5 on 13 in Game 7.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics’ loss to Heat in Game 7 was a meltdown of epic proportions in Boston sports

The Green Team’s spring of “Unfinished Business” is officially finished.

Jaylen Brown says he ‘came up short’ after Jayson Tatum got hurt in Game 7 Jayson Tatum wants the Celtics to give Jaylen Brown his contract extension: ‘It’s extremely important’

Jaylen Brown had an awful performance in a crushing Game 7 defeat.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

The Celtics finally ran out of gas in Game 7, but it never should have come to this

The Celtics pushed themselves to the limit one time too many, and didn't have enough left in the decider.

‘They’ll walk in the street’: Commuters leaving North Station face a daily bottleneck along the sidewalks
Road closures triggered by a nearby construction project leave just a handful of footpaths to downtown — and some of them are bumpy.

Meet Edward Blum, the man behind the Harvard affirmative action case
Edward Blum has crafted a second-act career in multiple attempts to remove race as a factor from public policy, education, voting, and the private sector.

New details in debt limit deal: Where $136 billion in cuts will come from

The full legislative text of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s agreement in principle with President Biden to suspend the nation’s borrowing limit revealed new and important details about the deal, which House lawmakers are expected to vote on this week.

Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote

Russia says drones damage Moscow buildings in pre-dawn attack, blames Ukraine
Russian air defenses stopped eight drones converging on Moscow, officials said Tuesday, in an attack that authorities blamed on Ukraine, while Russia pursued its relentless bombardment of Kyiv with a third assault on the city in 24 hours.

High levels of hunger persist in Mass., as COVID-era benefits roll back

A new report from the Greater Boston Food Bank found that a third of residents struggle with finding enough to eat, and it fears those figures could get worse.

Massachusetts has passed just 10 laws this year, the fewest to open a legislative session in decades. It’s a sign of the times.

“No one would confuse the current day Legislature with a New England town meeting or an Athenian hillside,” said Secretary of State William F. Galvin, a former lawmaker himself.

Following Rachael Rollins’s resignation as US attorney, selecting her successor may be challenging

Several legal experts predict choosing Rollins's successor will be done cautiously, with the next nominee likely to face intense scrutiny in the Senate and possibly trigger another contentious, partisan battle.

After woman killed at Fall River carwash, a suspect turns himself in

Maine troopers shoot at aggressive driver who claimed to have a bomb

Marcelo Mayer is fluid in the field and has a natural swing at the plate that turns heads.

How shortstop prospect Marcelo Mayer put himself on the fast track in the Red Sox system

Mayer is the first player drafted by the Red Sox since 2009 to reach the Double A level before turning 21.

From left, Chet Ruszczyk, Parker Steen, John Glover, Pedro Elosegui, Dhiman Mondal, and Chris Eckert. The teammates at the MIT Haystack Observatory posed with an early prototype of their ice penetrator and parts of the current ice penetrator that's on its way to Alaska.

They’re building an ‘ice penetrator’ on a hillside in Westford

What Chester A. Ruszczyk and his teammates at the MIT Haystack Observatory are doing now at the edge of the Earth is worthy of the imagination of Hollywood’s most creative science fiction scriptwriters.

Jeremy Strong in the final moment of "Succession."

MATTHEW GILBERT

In a ‘Succession’ finale to savor, the Roys save their worst for last

“Succession” was true to its deeply cynical self until the very end in its thoroughly satisfying finale.

Opinion

Steven Rubin, owner of Huntington Wine and Liquor, shows some of the mini bottles of alcohol for sale at his store April 5 in Boston. Rubin, whose family has owned the store since 1970, estimates that the bottles account for up to 15 percent of his sales. But he might be on the verge of losing those sales. Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo has proposed banning city liquor stores from selling the small bottles, which he says would address both alcohol abuse and excessive litter.

Nipping litter in the bud

Boston has already taken steps to phase out the mini bottles of alcohol that are preferred by teens, litterbugs, and drunk drivers. Now it should take the policy citywide.

Ron DeSantis, unlikable as he is, can still win

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Don’t rule out a national abortion ban in 2025

Let’s give AI a chance

Councilors’ slave-trade apology cites Faneuil by name. Why won’t they act?

More recent News

MISS CONDUCT

Should you give the gift of cash to new graduates?
Plus, why you should honor people’s requests for no presents on their birthday and other special occasions.

COOKING

Recipes: Make pour-in-a-pan pizza or pasta with pesto
Focaccia makes a great base for this pizza dish with Parmesan cream, fontina, and arugula. Plus, going beyond just basil in your pesto.

Across the city on Memorial Day, Boston honors its fallen soldiers
Services from West Roxbury to the South End remember those who gave all.

Nine injured in shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida

Nine people were injured Monday evening when gunfire erupted along a beach boardwalk in Hollywood, Florida, sending people frantically running for cover along the crowded beach on Memorial Day.

Baby eels remain one of America’s most valuable fish after strong year in Maine
Baby eels, called elvers, are often worth more than $2,000 per pound because of how valuable they are to Asian aquaculture companies.

Ex-Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett has a new band
Barrett's new band, the Defiant, includes former members the Offspring, Street Dogs, Smash Mouth, and the Briggs. His refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccination led to the break-up of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in 2022.

Photo Illustration

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

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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

From left: Brett Goldstein, Jason Sudeikis and Brendan Hunt in "Ted Lasso."

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: How ‘Ted Lasso’ might end, anticipating ‘The Idol,’ and ‘After Uvalde’

“Ted Lasso” is coming to an end, and we have some theories about how the show will wrap up the season, and perhaps the series.

Innovation economy

Massachusetts must take charge of its narrative
If you like a state with high housing prices, a crumbling public transit system, barren downtown neighborhoods, and a new tax on income above $1 million, we are the place for you.

Amid lifeguard shortage, Boston officials, DCR ramp up recruitment efforts
“It’s not the easy summer day at the beach that many might think it is,” said Shawn DeRosa, director of pool and waterfront safety for the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. “There’s quite a lot of training . . . and not everyone is up to that challenge.”

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Dicky Barrett performs with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the House of Blues in 2019. The band broke up last year after decades together.

Ex-Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett has a new band

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

Ruth E. Carter with some of her handiwork.

Dressing for movie success: A new book celebrates Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter

Michael Feinstein (left) and Jean-Yves Thibaudet will perform their Gershwin tribute “Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for Anything More?” at Symphony Hall May 31 and June 1.

When Michael Feinstein plays a Gershwin program at the Pops, he’ll have an old friend in mind

Special Projects

Main marathon 10th anniversary gif

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.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Children run through US flags set next to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common. More than 37,000 US flags were planted around the monument to honor each US military member from the state who died while serving since the Revolutionary War.

Memorial Day 2023: Remembering those who died, doing right by the living

Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University.

Affirmative action hurts Asian American kids like me

In this 2018 file photo, students walked past Sather Gate on the University of California at Berkeley campus. The University of California's governing board voted in 2020 to unanimously support a measure to restore affirmative action programs and repeal a controversial statewide ban that has been blamed for a decline in diversity in the prestigious university system.

Natasha Warikoo

If affirmative action in college admissions ends, here’s who will fill those spots

Two large dead beech trees (background) that died within the last few years from beech bark disease in a Pennsylvania forest studied by the author. In the foreground, two small dead beeches.

IDEAS | DAVID ORWIG

Saving the forest for the trees

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, in 2012.

Vincent D. Rougeau

Clarence Thomas was a beneficiary of race-based admissions at my school

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

Candidates in Senate District 1 weigh in on R.I. legislation

Four candidates respond to questions about abortion coverage, gun legislation, the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, and iGaming.

‘They’ll walk in the street’: Commuters leaving North Station face a daily bottleneck along the sidewalks

Road closures triggered by a nearby construction project leave just a handful of footpaths to downtown — and some of them are bumpy.

Outside TD Garden, Celtics fans are swarming — and ready for victory

With tickets or, often, without them, fans came for the party and to be a part of history as the Celtics try to win a playoff series after being down 3-0.

Across the city on Memorial Day, Boston honors its fallen soldiers

Services from West Roxbury to the South End remember those who gave all.

Sports

Jayson Tatum (left) was hampered by an ankle injury suffered in the first possession. Jaylen Brown (right) lamented he didn't do more to step up.

Jayson Tatum wants the Celtics to give Jaylen Brown his contract extension: ‘It’s extremely important’

One of the biggest offseason questions swirling around Boston is Brown's future with the team.

Jaylen Brown led the Celtics with 19 points.

Heat 103, Celtics 84

Jaylen Brown says he ‘came up short’ after Jayson Tatum got hurt in Game 7

Brown had as many turnovers (8) as he did made field goals in the Celtics’ 103-84 loss to the Miami Heat in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Jayson Tatum (left), Marcus Smart (center), and Jaylen Brown watch from the bench as the Heat finish off the Celtics.

GAME 7: HEAT 103, CELTICS 84

‘We let the whole city down:’ With momentum on their side, the Celtics tried to make history. Instead, it’s just another bitter end.

The Celtics' flaws were exposed by the Heat in the Game 7 loss, and the season wraps without another championship banner.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

The Celtics finally ran out of gas in Game 7, but it never should have come to this

Heat 104, Celtics 83

The Celtics’ run through the Eastern Conference finals is over after falling apart in Game 7 loss to Heat

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics’ loss to Heat in Game 7 was a meltdown of epic proportions in Boston sports

Business

High levels of hunger persist in Mass., as COVID-era benefits roll back

A new report from the Greater Boston Food Bank found that a third of residents struggle with finding enough to eat, and it fears those figures could get worse.

New details in debt limit deal: Where $136 billion in cuts will come from

The full legislative text of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s agreement in principle with President Biden to suspend the nation’s borrowing limit revealed new and important details about the deal, which House lawmakers are expected to vote on this week.

Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried’s arguments to dismiss cryptocurrency charges are meritless

Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote and Biden calls lawmakers for support

magazine

A colorful illustration of some popular foods of summer. From left to right: a lobster, a soft serve ice cream cone, a cup of Del's frozen lemonade, a hotdog and a cheeseburger.

24 perfect foods worth a New England road trip this summer

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

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.

metro

A state trooper put up yellow tape on the bandstand to keep people off it a day after two people were shot nearby and dozens were involved in fights.

Revere Beach reopens after two shootings injure three people Sunday night

They’re building an ‘ice penetrator’ on a hillside in Westford

Meet Edward Blum, the man behind the Harvard affirmative action case

sports

Turnovers, including this one by Jayson Tatum, played a big part in the Celtics being unable to pull off a fourth straight win against the Heat.

Instant analysis: The Celtics’ worst habits showed up at the worst possible time, and their season is over

The Heat and Nuggets will open the NBA Finals on Thursday. Here’s the schedule.

Vegas Golden Knights clamp down on Stars to reach Stanley Cup Final

business

Some see the hostility toward Target and other retailers as just the latest obstacle in a decades-long struggle for equality.

LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Why spending cuts probably won’t shake the economy

Baby eels remain one of America’s most valuable fish after strong year in Maine

politics

Activists demonstrate as the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on a pair of cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, in Washington, Oct. 31, 2022.

Most in US say don’t ban race in college admissions but that role should be small, new poll shows

New details in debt limit deal: Where $136 billion in cuts will come from

Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote and Biden calls lawmakers for support

Nation

Police investigate a shooting near Hollywood Beach on Monday, May 29, 2023, in Hollywood, Fla.

Nine injured in shooting near beach in Hollywood, Florida

Trial for accused gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre slated to start

Why spending cuts probably won’t shake the economy

World

Rescuers prepare to use a crane after a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims to a shrine skid off a highway bridge into a Himalayan gorge near Jammu, India, on May 30.

At least 10 dead, 55 injured as bus of Hindu pilgrims falls into gorge in Indian-controlled Kashmir

Russia says drones damage Moscow buildings in pre-dawn attack, blames Ukraine

Offshore Typhoon Mawar lashes eastern Taiwan, northern Philippines as it heads for southern Japan

opinion

In this 2018 file photo, students walked past Sather Gate on the University of California at Berkeley campus. The University of California's governing board voted in 2020 to unanimously support a measure to restore affirmative action programs and repeal a controversial statewide ban that has been blamed for a decline in diversity in the prestigious university system.

If affirmative action in college admissions ends, here’s who will fill those spots

Affirmative action hurts Asian American kids like me

Envisioning Boston’s future with a blue-sky mind-set

lifestyle

Friends Chloe Patch, Kaitlyn Sass, Kaleigh Wandell, and Delaney Diaz match with cowgirl hats at Boston Calling.

Boston Calling 2023 Festival Fashion: Coordinated cowgirl hats, pink tulle, and a Pat Smear tiara

All my friends have found love. Do I need new friends?

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

food & dining

Pour-in-the-Pan Pizza With Parmesan Cream, Fontina, and Arugula

Recipes: Make pour-in-a-pan pizza or pasta with pesto

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

What to eat at Boston Calling

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

Peabody Essex Museum is the first art museum in the US to create a TikTok creator-in-residence position.

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

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

Halle Bailey in "The Little Mermaid."

‘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

From left: Brett Goldstein, Jason Sudeikis, and Brendan Hunt in "Ted Lasso."

How ‘Ted Lasso’ might end

In a ‘Succession’ finale to savor, the Roys save their worst for last

This week’s TV: How ‘Ted Lasso’ might end, anticipating ‘The Idol,’ and ‘After Uvalde’

music

Genesis Owusu performs at Boston Calling Sunday.

A celebratory last blast brings Boston Calling to a close

Scenes from the final day of Boston Calling

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

Theater/Dance

Ji Young Chae and Jeffrey Cirio in "The Sleeping Beauty."

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

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

Dr. Hacking taught at the University of Toronto, among other institutions.

Ian Hacking, eminent philosopher of science and much else, dies at 87

William S. Edgerly, who revived State Street Bank’s fortunes, dies at 96

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