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The Peking duck at Jiang Nan restaurant.

I am always on the hunt for Peking duck. I am not alone.

At Jiang Nan, we find what we’ve been craving — and more.

Sheryl Julian’s beloved Old Girl in her Watertown home.

So long, old stove

After 25 years and 1,000 roast chickens, many hundred dozen sugar cookies, and zillions of sheet-pan dinners, the author’s 6-burner range gave up the ghost.

Game 7 | Heat 103, Celtics 84

christopher l. gasper

Joe Mazzulla’s insistence on living and dying by the 3-pointer was not a championship formula for these Celtics
Their stubbornness in sticking with that strategy proved to be their undoing. They are not Golden State East.

Charles Barkley and other former NBA players rip Celtics after Game 7 loss Dan Shaughnessy: Celtics’ loss in Game 7 was a meltdown of epic proportions in Boston sports

The Heat got to hoist the Eastern Conference championship trophy, and they got to do it on the Celtics' home floor.

beat writer's notebook

A few final observations on Game 7, and some Celtics thoughts looking forward

Joe Mazzulla accomplished enough to deserve a shot to assemble his own coaching staff and spend an entire summer preparing for next season.

Carson Beach in South Boston last summer.

Will we have a scorching summer in New England? Here’s what the forecasters are saying.

Forecasters say a warmer-than-average summer could be ahead. See the predictions for heat and precipitation.

Dave Epstein: Let’s look at the weather June has in store for New England

Thick plumes of heavy smoke filled the sky in Halifax, Nova Scotia on Sunday. Some of the Nova Scotia made it to Massachusetts Tuesday, forecasters say.

What’s that smell? It could be the smoke from wildfires in Nova Scotia.

You may be able to smell smoke from Canadian wildfires when you go outside Tuesday.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston now spends more per student than any other large school district in the nation

Yet for all the money BPS is spending, many education advocates, parents, and students are bewildered at how little the district generally has to show for it.

Kaelyn McInnis held her valedictorian certificate while posing for a picture with her mom Karen Gales at the Valedictorians Luncheon at Fenway Park on Tuesday. The annual event recognizes and celebrates the 33 top graduates of the Boston Public Schools.

BPS celebrates top graduates

ANALYSIS | JAMES PINDELL

3 ways the debt ceiling deal could still go awry

A tentative deal between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the nation’s debt ceiling was a relief to a lot of Americans and to Wall Street. Now comes the tricky part: passing the legislation under a tight timeline during which a lot could go wrong.

McCarthy labors to shore up votes for debt deal in time to prevent US default What the debt ceiling deal means for student loan payments

Mass. attorney general gets green light to enforce right-to-repair law
Carmakers are continuing their effort to overturn the statute, which requires them to provide consumers and independent repair shops with wireless access to digital information needed to diagnose a vehicle’s performance.

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, was escorted by prison officials into a federal women’s prison camp on Tuesday in Bryan, Texas.

Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence

Rosalynn Carter has dementia, the Carter Center says

Man dies after falling under Green Line trolley at North Station

AI poses ‘risk of extinction,’ industry leaders warn

A Red Line train arrives at the MBTA Park Street station in Boston in March.

Federal officials reject MBTA worker safety plan, calling it ‘insufficient’

In a May 19 letter to MBTA general manager Phillip Eng, the FTA said the Right of Way Rules Compliance and Safety Work Plan submitted by the T on May 5 was deemed “insufficient and must be resubmitted."

SNAP recipient Marina Pena at the Catholic Charities Boston food pantry in Lynn this March.

One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report finds

Respondents of a new survey frequently reported having to choose between buying food and other essentials.

Tanoshi Inomata (left), 10, from Boston, and Adarsh Venkannagari (right), 9, from Acton, competed during the Scripps National Spelling Bee.

Two Massachusetts children compete in National Spelling Bee

A pair of students from Massachusetts are competing in this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee, testing their acumen against more than 200 other kids from around the country and the globe, according to the contest’s official website.

Who picks the words for the National Spelling Bee?

Opinion

A masked rider on a subway train at Union Square in Manhattan on May 11.

COVID — remember COVID? — hits home

The virus that very few want to talk about anymore is still having its say in our lives.

AM radio in your car? Don’t let Congress decide.

Nipping litter in the bud

Ron DeSantis, unlikable as he is, can still win

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

Don’t rule out a national abortion ban in 2025

More recent News

The first 10 words of the African American English dictionary are in
Editors and researchers are working on a first-of-its-kind dictionary of African American English and aim to publish the first batch of 1,000 definitions by March 2025.

Local brand ReFleece finds new uses for worn, ‘used up’ outdoor gear and garments
Blankets, lunch bags, and pet accessories are in the works for this fall.

Fertility doctor accused of using own sperm dies in crash of hand-built plane

A New York fertility doctor who was accused of using his own sperm to impregnate several patients died over the weekend when the hand-built airplane he was in fell apart mid-flight.

innovation beat

Mass Pike EV chargers took the holiday weekend off
The state’s Department of Transportation arranged for portable chargers to be in place at four locations during the busy travel period.

Florida deputy faces trial for alleged failure to confront Parkland school shooter
A former Florida sheriff’s deputy is about to be tried on charges he failed to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people at a Parkland high school five years ago.

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.

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

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

A pedestrian balanced on the curb on John F. Fitzgerald Surface Road during the morning commute near Haymarket station in Boston.

‘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.

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.

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.

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.

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

BPS celebrates top graduates

Boston Public Schools honored 33 valedictorians at an annual luncheon at Fenway Park.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston now spends more per student than any other large school district in the nation

Yet for all the money BPS is spending, many education advocates, parents, and students are bewildered at how little the district generally has to show for it.

Ed Ames, singing star who became a familiar face on TV, dies at 95

Mr. Ames, a Malden native, was part of a chart-topping group with his brothers before developing successful careers as a solo artist and an actor.

Shifting landscape may finally lift sex education bill, cosponsor says

Over the past decade, the Senate has passed a bill that would remodel what sex education looks like in Massachusetts on four occasions — but House Democrats have never taken it up.

Sports

The Needham boys' volleyball team, posing with the trophy after winning the 2022 Division 1 state title, hope to reprise their success when they open their title defense in the tournament.

MIAA BOYS' VOLLEYBALL

Needham, Westfield look to be strong contenders to repeat as Division 1 and 2 champions in the boys’ volleyball state tournament

Needham continues to be the class in Division 1 and has not lost since before the pandemic while Westfield hopes to maintain its own dynastic run of four Division 2 state titles in five seasons.

Anthony Bass addressed the media Tuesday after coming under fire over social media posts.

Baseball Notebook

Blue Jays’ Bass apologizes for sharing anti-LGBTQ social media post

Bass shared a post on his Instagram stories Monday urging others to boycott Target and Bud Light over support they showed for the LGBTQ+ community.

Daniil Medvedev became the first second-seeded man to lose in the first round of the French Open since 2000.

No. 2 seed Daniil Medvedev loses to qualifier ranked 172nd in first round of French Open

Thiago Seybolt Wild needed to win three matches in qualifying rounds last week just to make it into the men’s bracket.

Miami’s role players — particularly Caleb Martin — were difference-makers in this series

christopher l. gasper

Joe Mazzulla’s insistence on living and dying by the 3-pointer was not a championship formula for these Celtics

Stanley Cup Final, between Bruce Cassidy’s Golden Knights and a Panthers team that bounced the Bruins, set to open Saturday

Business

Mass. attorney general gets green light to enforce right-to-repair law

Carmakers are continuing their effort to overturn the statute, which requires them to provide consumers and independent repair shops with wireless access to digital information needed to diagnose a vehicle’s performance.

Companies push prices higher, protecting profits but adding to inflation

As a result, some economists warn, policymakers at the Federal Reserve may feel compelled to keep raising interest rates, or at least not lower them, increasing the likelihood and severity of an economic downturn.

Facing GOP backlash, McCarthy labors to shore up votes for debt deal in time to prevent US default

innovation beat

Mass Pike EV chargers took the holiday weekend off

magazine

Should you give the gift of cash to new graduates?

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

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

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

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

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 Public Garden

Will we have a scorching summer in New England? Here’s what the forecasters are saying.

Bear caught on video in Plymouth

sports

Brayan Bello went a career-high seven innings against the Angels in his last start.

Game 54: Reds at Red Sox lineups and notes

A few final observations on Game 7, and some Celtics thoughts looking forward

As agonizing as this Celtics finish was, it was all too familiar and even fitting

business

Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, was escorted by prison officials into a federal women’s prison camp on Tuesday in Bryan, Texas.

Elizabeth Holmes enters Texas prison to begin 11-year sentence

Healey administration gives $24.4 million in incentives to create life sciences jobs in state

Ruling clears way for Purdue Pharma to settle opioid claims, protect Sacklers from lawsuits

politics

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke to members of the media at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

Facing GOP backlash, McCarthy labors to shore up votes for debt deal in time to prevent US default

What the debt ceiling deal means for student loan payments

3 ways the debt ceiling deal could still go awry

Nation

Artwork was placed on a fence around the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, site of the 2018 mass killing that was the deadliest act of antisemitism in US history.

Prosecutor recounts a day of worship turned deadly in a Pittsburgh synagogue

Utah Republican Chris Stewart planning to resign from Congress, AP source says

DeSantis, wading into debt ceiling fight, puts pressure on Trump

World

This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows the Sohae Satellite Launching Station near Tongchang-ri, North Korea, Tuesday, May 30, 2023. Satellite images taken Tuesday analyzed by The Associated Press showed activity at a main pad at North Korea's Sohae Satellite Launching Station, suggesting the satellite's blast off would be soon.

North Korea launches rocket likely connected to military spy satellite, South Korea says

Ugly fight over climate bill exposes cracks in German coalition

Malta says it didn’t find migrant boat in distress alerted by NGOs

opinion

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

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

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

lifestyle

Former Scripps National Spelling Bee winners Kavya Shivashankar, from left, George Thampy, Sameer Mishra, and Pronouncer Jacques Bailly attend a word panel meeting to finalize the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee words on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion

Local brand ReFleece finds new uses for worn, ‘used up’ outdoor gear and garments

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

food & dining

The Peking duck at Jiang Nan restaurant.

I am always on the hunt for Peking duck. I am not alone.

‘A celebration of nature, curiosity, and wonder’

MOM’s — a market with a mission — brings good things to Burlington

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

Mr. Ames, shown in 1967, had a career that spanned musical theater, a television series, and pop music.

Ed Ames, singing star who became a familiar face on TV, dies at 95

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

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

Television

Alexander Skarsgård (second from right) and Kieran Culkin (right) in Sunday's series finale of HBO's "Succession."

In the end, ‘Succession’ drew buzz, but not as many viewers as you might think

How ‘Ted Lasso’ might end

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

music

Mr. Ames, shown in 1967, had a career that spanned musical theater, a television series, and pop music.

Ed Ames, singing star who became a familiar face on TV, dies at 95

A celebratory last blast brings Boston Calling to a close

Scenes from the final day of 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

Mr. Ames, shown in 1967, had a career that spanned musical theater, a television series, and pop music.

Ed Ames, singing star who became a familiar face on TV, dies at 95

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