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Matthew Nilo rape arrest is sixth under Boston cold-case initiative

Unlike many jurisdictions, Boston does not have a backlog of untested evidence, freeing the department to re-examine unsolved cases.

Rachael Rollins’s resignation comes as progressive prosecutors face national backlash
A number of progressive prosecutors across the country have been removed, impeached, resigned, and, in at least one case, indicted on criminal charges.

Son of N.H. state lawmaker drowns after boat capsizes while fishing with wife in Seabrook, N.H.

The body of 26-year-old Justin Janvrin was recovered from the fishing pond shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, authorities said.

Inside the complicated reality of being America’s oldest president
A focus is on President Biden's age. Yet that question is complicated. He shows evidence of his 80 years, but people who deal with him regularly say he is sharp in private meetings.

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

‘I don’t think God made the fire’: Parishioners mourn loss of historic Spencer church in Sunday service
On Friday afternoon, a lightning strike during thunderstorms sparked a blaze that quickly engulfed the building — long a treasured source of pride for both the congregation and the wider town community.

Explosion-like noise heard across D.C. area was a sonic boom, officials say

Rays 6, Red Sox 2

Thanks to a few embarrassing defensive plays, Red Sox drop another one to the Rays

Marchers cheered at the start of the 49th Boston Pride Parade in 2019. The theme of the event was "Looking Back, Loving Forward." This year the parade will take place on June 10.

Boston’s LGBTQ+ Pride parade returns after 3-year hiatus with new organizers, inclusive mission

Organizers say the parade has brought roughly 1 million visitors to Boston in the past and they expect a similar turnout this year.

Yvonne Abraham: During Pride Month, there is liberation and repression everywhere in America

Eli cuddles his dog on the couch at his home in Casselberry, Fla., May 29, 2023. Eli and his fiancé Lucas, both transgender men, plan to move to Minnesota with their dog and two cats later this year.

Transgender adults in Florida ‘blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health care

A new law that Republican presidential candidate and Governor Ron DeSantis signed last month also makes it difficult – even impossible – for many transgender adults to get treatment.

Miami Heat veteran Udonis Haslem is playing his final days of professional basketball and is ready to take on social issues and he's asking people to stop Florida-shaming residents of Florida.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Heat’s Udonis Haslem is speaking up for Florida and Floridians in opposition to Governor Ron DeSantis’s opinions

“When I started to realize what the hell was really going on out here,'' Haslem said, "I had to tap in and re-teach myself about a lot of stuff that I was taught."

The cult of the classic Boston Whalers
As boating season begins again in the Northeast, tens of thousands of those classic Whalers are still afloat and remain perhaps the most popular boats in New England waters.

As lawmakers weigh solutions for child care emergency, some wonder: Why not help political candidates, too?
Amid promises to tackle the mushrooming emergency in child care, state leaders are facing a renewed push to allow Massachusetts political candidates to spend their own campaign funds to help cover such costs while they run for office.

Joe Mazzulla will have another shot running the Celtics, this time with his own staff and a full offseason to prepare.

The Celtics need urgency, but sticking by Joe Mazzulla shows needed patience, too

No one will benefit from a full off-season as much as Mazzulla, who was thrown into the fire at the last possible second last season.

NBC's Chuck Todd.

Chuck Todd announces that he is leaving NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ after almost 10 years leading the show

The moderator of NBC's long-running politics show “Meet the Press” will depart, to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker.

How do I ask this person out?

He’s staff, I’m a volunteer.

Opinion

The City of Lowell’s computer system was hacked in April.

How to thwart hackers

Cities and towns don’t have the knowledge, staff, or money to fend off cyberattacks themselves. They need help.

Middlebury College flunks a history test

IDEAS | SHERRIE DULWORTH

Why was it so hard to bear witness to my father’s final days?

Mass. owes feds $2.5 billion. Who’s going to pay?

Can MCAS be improved? Curbed? Learned from? All of the above?

More recent News

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.
Some economists predict the technology could replace hundreds of millions of jobs, in a cataclysmic reorganization of the workforce mirroring the industrial revolution.

Indian railways official says error in signaling system led to crash that killed 275 people
The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday.

By day, they work at the MFA. After hours, they make their own art.
The Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street mounts a show of works by Museum of Fine Arts Boston employees.

Debut author Kate Fussner sends Orpheus and Eurydice to a Boston middle school
The classic Greek myth gets a modern, in-verse retelling in the Roslindale resident’s new novel, ‘The Song of Us.’

Australia’s Rhiannan Iffland, Romania’s Constantin Popovici win Boston leg of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
Divers from all over the world leapt into Boston Harbor in front of thousand of spectators.

Apple is expected to unveil a sleek, pricey headset. Is it the device VR has been looking for?
Apple appears poised to unveil a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world.

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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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Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

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Keisha Robinson held her daughter, Tatyana, as the 4-year-old was examined by pediatrician Dr. Aaron Bornstein at Middleboro Pediatrics in Lakeville on April 13.

Independent pediatric practices are struggling to survive

Serving the health of children has never been more vital — as patients require increasingly complex care. And many practices, particularly those caring for high numbers of patients on Medicaid, say they cannot sustain the work.

‘Are you guys going to shoot me?’ Police encounters with mentally ill people increasingly turn deadly
A Globe review shows that most people shot by police in Massachusetts are suicidal, mentally ill, or having a breakdown.

Biotechs face challenges as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston
As more than 15,000 executives, investors, and promoters from around the world arrive at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, industry leaders are bracing for multiple challenges even as they trumpet their triumphs.

Globe Magazine

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.
My decades-long quest to find the lone survivor of a massacre that wiped out a branch of our Jewish family in Poland — and the hidden truth about the killers.

Culture & Lifestyle

From left: Dawn M. Simmons, cofounder and co-producing artistic director of the Front Porch Arts Collective; Loretta Greco, artistic director of the Huntington; and Megan Sandberg-Zakian, artistic director of Boston Playwrights' Theatre.

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

Bob Bittner ran WJIB from a studio next to his home in West Bath, Maine. He died May 26 at the age of 73.

WJIB’s Bob Bittner was always an easy listen

Shameik Moore is the voice of Spider-Man/Miles Morales in "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse."

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

Head to Revere Hotel on June 9 for a rooftop silent disco.

15 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Boston and beyond

Special Projects

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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.

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

President Joe Biden talked with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on May 31 before traveling to Colorado.

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal

"I was . . . advised to study the Black French poet Aimé Césaire rather than Lord Byron." Pictured: A marble statue of Byron in Rome's Villa Borghese park.

IDEAS | TYLER HARPER

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

Trying to close the gender pay gap — 60 years after the Equal Pay Act

Bolton alpaca farmer Alan DiPietro is challenging the state law in federal court, charging the town made a $310,000 profit from the sale of his property to settle a $60,000 tax debt.

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

Edwin F. Atkins in the gardens of Soledad, his sugar plantation in Cuba, in 1923.

IDEAS | ULBE BOSMA

The sugar baron of Boston

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

Metro

Digital finances were a boon for the legal adult industry. Now, they’re shutting out sex workers.

In an industry with a history of exploitation, access to banking can help workers build a life. But banks and digital payment platforms are excluding sex workers at a rapid clip.

The cult of the classic Boston Whalers

As boating season begins again in the Northeast, tens of thousands of those classic Whalers are still afloat and remain perhaps the most popular boats in New England waters.

As lawmakers weigh solutions for child care emergency, some wonder: Why not help political candidates, too?

Amid promises to tackle the mushrooming emergency in child care, state leaders are facing a renewed push to allow Massachusetts political candidates to spend their own campaign funds to help cover such costs while they run for office.

‘I don’t think God made the fire’: Parishioners mourn loss of historic Spencer church in Sunday service

On Friday afternoon, a lightning strike during thunderstorms sparked a blaze that quickly engulfed the building — long a treasured source of pride for both the congregation and the wider town community.

Sports

Carlos Alcaraz plays a tweener against Lorenzo Musetti during their fourth round match at the French Open.

Carlos Alcaraz reaches French Open quarterfinals using his bag of tricks

His quarterfinal opponent will be No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas, a two-time major runner-up who advanced by beating qualifier Sebastian Ofner 7-5, 6-3, 6-0.

Knights coach Bruce Cassidy (left) and Stars coach Peter DeBoer both have the savvy that comes from years of experience.

Experienced coaches key to Stanley Cup success

Bruce Cassidy or Paul Maurice will hoist the Cup for the first time, and their presence in the final is evidence of why NHL teams looking to win put a priority on experienced coaches.

As he did on Friday, Barry Walsh homered against Troy on Sunday, this time it helping lead Boston College to a victory.

Boston College beats Troy to remain in NCAA baseball tournament, must beat Alabama twice to advance

Regional host Florida knocked UConn out of the tournament on Sunday, leaving the Eagles the last New England squad standing.

Brandon Belt’s two-run homer launches Blue Jays past Mets to complete three-game sweep

US women’s basketball wins gold at 3-on-3 World Cup, US men settle for silver

SUN 80, WINGS 74

East-best Sun hold on in second half to beat Wings for third straight victory

Business

Digital finances were a boon for the legal adult industry. Now, they’re shutting out sex workers.

In an industry with a history of exploitation, access to banking can help workers build a life. But banks and digital payment platforms are excluding sex workers at a rapid clip.

Chuck Todd announces that he is leaving NBC’s ‘Meet the Press’ after almost 10 years leading the show

The moderator of NBC's long-running politics show “Meet the Press” will depart, to be replaced in the coming months by Kristen Welker.

Apple is expected to unveil a sleek, pricey headset. Is it the device VR has been looking for?

Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default

magazine

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.

Thomas, the moray eel.

What it’s like to dive in the New England Aquarium’s giant tank (watch out for Thomas the eel)

This week's daters: Will and Eric.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘The foundation for feelings is there’

On Cape Cod, I’ll always try to stay in my summer landlord’s good graces

metro

Marchers cheered at the start of the 49th Boston Pride Parade in 2019. The theme of the event was "Looking Back, Loving Forward." This year the parade will take place on June 10.

Boston’s LGBTQ+ Pride parade returns after 3-year hiatus with new organizers, inclusive mission

Matthew Nilo rape arrest is sixth under Boston cold-case initiative

SUV crashes into former lingerie store near Boston Public Garden

sports

Carlos Alcaraz pulled out every shot he had to advance to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.

Carlos Alcaraz keeps making highlights at French Open, while Novak Djokovic reaches record 17th quarterfinal

Thanks to a few embarrassing defensive plays, Red Sox drop another one to the Rays

Australia’s Rhiannan Iffland, Romania’s Constantin Popovici win Boston leg of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

business

On Friday, workers set up for the BIO 2023 convention at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Biotechs face challenges as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

ChatGPT took their jobs. Now they walk dogs and fix air conditioners.

politics

The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul is shown against a hazy sky on the morning of Thursday, May 18, 2023.

In a contentious lawmaking season, red states got redder and blue ones bluer

DeSantis hits Trump from the right while the ex-president looks ahead to the general election

Inside the complicated reality of being America’s oldest president

Nation

Lucas prepared his weekly testosterone shot at his home in Casselberry, Fla., May 29. The Associated Press is not using Lucas’s last name because he fears reprisal. After Governor Ron DeSantis signed a new law preventing nurse practitioners from providing gender affirming care, thousands of transgender adults in Florida lost access to their providers and medications without warning, including Lucas.

Transgender adults in Florida `blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health care

In a year of Capitol feuds, Oregon has a political breakdown

Transgender adults in Florida ‘blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health care

World

People watch at the site where trains derailed, in Balasore district, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa,, on June 4.

Indian railways official says error in signaling system led to crash that killed 275 people

Ukrainian president says at least 500 children killed by war

US, Saudi Arabia urge Sudan’s warring parties to agree to a new cease-fire, amid fresh battles

opinion

Bolton alpaca farmer Alan DiPietro is challenging the state law in federal court, charging the town made a $310,000 profit from the sale of his property to settle a $60,000 tax debt.

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

Bowed but unbroken, a defiant LGBTQ+ community begins Pride Month

lifestyle

How do I ask this person out?

Debut author Kate Fussner sends Orpheus and Eurydice to a Boston middle school

Mainers can’t get enough of retro flag, which will now appear on license plates

food & dining

Garmi Mawolo at her fresh vegetable stand outside Urban Greens in Providence, R.I. She farms at Bami Farm in Johnston, which is run by the African Alliance of Rhode Island.

Support local farmers in R.I. and head to one of these summer markets

A pint with your pug? Dog-friendly dining and drinking starts in Boston

Here’s where you can get a free doughnut in Mass. for National Doughnut Day

travel

Boston drag queen Kori King performs at a "Little Mermaid"-themed drag night at the Barking Crab.

From campy to controversial: How drag queens became a target of conservative lawmakers

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

More travelers are taking the train — to save the planet

Arts

Eva Lundsager, “First Attempt."

Paintings that are all about touch

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

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

Books

Kate Fussner's debut novel, "The Song of Us."

Debut author Kate Fussner sends Orpheus and Eurydice to a Boston middle school

The best new books for summer 2023

Kaija Langley, author of verse novel ‘The Order of Things,’ has built a writing career in the margins of a busy life

Movies

Actors Ted Danson and Mary Steenburgen at the Democratic National Convention, July 28, 2016. The couple will be recognized Monday for a lifetime of contributions to the arts, and for their their activism.

Danson and Steenburgen to receive lifetime achievement award from Trinity Rep

Hang on to your fedoras. ‘Noir City: Boston’ is headed to the Brattle Theatre

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

Television

Tom Hiddleston in "The Night Manager." Hiddleston will reprise his role as Jonathan Pine in season 2.

In the works: ‘Constant Gardener’ miniseries, ‘Night Manager’ season 2

‘Somebody Somewhere’ earns third season on HBO

In conclusion, ‘Barry’ lacked resonance almost until the end

music

(From left) Alex Holman, Giordana Mecagni, Derrik Albertelli, Chris Keene and James Brockman, members of the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, a seven-person band that only uses typewriters, practiced in Arlington on May 17.

A symphony of typewriters? These machines are the offbeat instrument of choice for the Boston Typewriter Orchestra.

Handel and Haydn Society’s ‘Crossing the Deep’ troubles the waters of early music

With her upcoming tour, Rina Sawayama is reclaiming creative control of her story

Theater/Dance

Playwright-director Sasha Denisova at Beat Brew Hall in Harvard Square, where her play, "The Gaaga," will be staged.

In Arlekin’s ‘The Gaaga,’ a Ukrainian playwright puts Vladimir Putin on trial

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

In Lyric Stage’s ‘Rooted,’ a tree grows on Clarendon Street

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

Owners Mary-Catherine Deibel (right) and Deborah Hughes of UpStairs on the Square in a 2012 photograph.

Mary-Catherine Deibel dies at 72; UpStairs on the Square co-owner was ‘unofficial mayor of Harvard Square’

Saundra Lane, visionary benefactor of MFA’s photography collection, dies at 84

Kaija Saariaho, pathbreaking composer of singular colors, is dead at 70