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Jasper White, acclaimed New England chef behind Summer Shack, dies
Long known as a leading authority on New England cuisine, White broke into the Boston dining scene with the opening of Jasper’s Restaurant on the waterfront in 1983.

As campus protests linger, parents anxiously watch from afar

For many parents, whether their students have been protesting or not, the friction between police, local lawmakers, administrators, faculty, and counterprotesters has triggered mixed emotions.

As campus protests put Israel-Hamas conflict on center stage, Democrats urge Biden to listen to young voters

British colleges are handling protests differently. Will it pay off?

At 11, she’s a TikTok sensation, raising awareness about her rare bone disorder. But this Marlborough tween has bigger plans.
Vitoria Bueno is a TikTok star — dancing her way into the hearts of 1.4 million followers and educating them about her battle with osteogenesis imperfecta.

Beth Teitell

The houseplant therapist will see you now
Houseplants are supposed to be calming, but they can trigger lovers’ quarrels, anxiety, even grief.

The long, tortured road to Biden’s clash with Netanyahu over Gaza War

As Israel steps up attacks, 300,000 Palestinians are on the move

Manchester, N.H., man arrested for allegedly knocking over porta potty with mother and daughter inside

Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick buys (another) home on Nantucket

Joost Klein of Netherlands arrives on stage for the introducing of the artists at the dress rehearsal for the final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, on May 10.

Dutch contestant kicked out of Eurovision hours before tension-plagued song contest final

Calvin Anderson with his wife, Sherée, who was instrumental in getting him the medical attention he needed when he was stricken with malaria last summer.

The harrowing tale of Patriots player Calvin Anderson’s near-fatal bout with malaria

“If I were to win Comeback Player of the Year,” said Anderson, “it wouldn’t be about me, but about how God brought me back from this.”

Photos: Northern Lights illuminate night skies in New England, and across Northern Hemisphere
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.

The science behind the Northern Lights Solar storm intensifies, filling skies with northern lights

David N. Sontag, senior associate general counsel and director of ethics at Beth Israel Lahey Health; LaShonda Walker-Robinson, community resource specialist; and Myraida Claros, director of the health justice initiative at Lawyers for Civil Rights.

Money, Power, Inequality

In some Boston hospitals, patients get lawyers, too

While medical professionals are trained for illnesses of the body, it’s difficult to navigate patients’ legal matters whether that’s a landlord refusing to cooperate or a need to make calls to help them connect to the right resource. That's where the lawyers step in.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Now it’s the Celtics' turn to bounce back and take control of the series against the Cavaliers
Losing Game 2 to the Cavaliers was a humbling experience, one that the Celtics realize they have to atone for in Game 3, and in this series moving forward.

Celtics at Cavaliers, Game 3 preview: Time to make those three-pointers Celtics stress need for consistent effort on defense

Kim Kardashian arrived for the 2024 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week in New York.

We’re doing corsets again? How very 1850.

“These images are frighteningly retrograde, that women should be doing everything they can to be smaller and conform to this disturbed and distorted idea of beauty."

The 19th-century mansion at 130 Commonwealth Ave. in Boston's Back Bay is listed on the market for $29.9 million.

Check out Boston’s most expensive single-family home: Back Bay mansion on market for $29.9 million

What else makes this property at 130 Commonwealth Ave. stand out? Skulls. Lots of skulls.

At the NFL Combine in February, Eliot Wolf said the Patriots were switching to the grading system Wolf learned in Green Bay in part because “it accounts value better.”

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Beyond Drake Maye, what should we make of the Patriots’ first draft post-Bill Belichick?

Bill Belichick became infamous for reaching for players. Eliot Wolf’s first draft wasn’t too different from those of his predecessor.

Patriots promote Eliot Wolf to executive vice president of player personnel

In his fourth start for the Red Sox, Cooper Criswell gave up two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out nine in five innings.

RED SOX 4, NATIONALS 2

Rafael Devers’s two-run, eighth-inning double empowers Red Sox to knock off Nationals

The only runs allowed by Red Sox starter Cooper Criswell over five innings came on a pair of solo homers by the Nationals.

On baseball: Teammates love to watch outfielder Tyler O’Neill flip his patented throws home

Glen Davis, a key member of the Celtics’ title team in 2008, last played in the NBA in 2015.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Glen Davis’s Big Baby act has been over for a long time. He’s the only one who doesn’t realize it.

The former Celtic has never taken his post-basketball career seriously, and now he's headed to prison for his participation in a scheme to defraud the NBA Players’ Health and Benefit Welfare Plan.

Matthew Gilbert | 'SNL' Showdown

Belushi vs. Wiig. Murphy vs. Murray. Vote in Round 3 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

Vote in the Globe’s "SNL" Showdown bracket to help pick the best cast member from the past five decades.

Bill Murray over Mike Myers? Voters again show that they prefer ‘SNL’ cast members of a certain vintage.

Round 2's biggest surprise was Bill Murray's lopsided win over Mike Myers. And its toughest call may have been Cecily Strong vs. Maya Rudolph.

AAPI Heritage Month

Anne Nishimura Morse, the William and Helen Pounds Senior Curator of Japanese Art, sits for a portrait in one of the newly renovated galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

MFA reopens its Arts of Japan galleries after six years of closure

Amy Tan, pictured here in a park near Harvard Square, was recently in Cambridge on a book tour for her latest work, "The Backyard Bird Chronicles."

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

The oxtail pho with bone marrow at Le Madeline in Quincy.

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

Jeannie Salomon speaking at the Cultural Society for Entrepreneurship, Bilingualism, Resources and Inspirations' May 4 AAPI Heritage Month Celebration.

COMMENTARY | JEANNIE SALOMON

This AAPI Heritage Month, it’s time to get serious about teaching AAPI history in Rhode Island

Opinion

Shoppers visited the grand opening of the Dorchester Food Co-op, Oct. 14, 2023.

Joan Fitzgerald and Gregory King

How to bring solar energy to low-income communities

Low- and moderate-income households are only a small percentage of those benefiting from community solar. A couple of projects in Boston are seeking to change that.

Legislature should pass health equity bill

Mass. should focus on long-term solutions for homeless families

IDEAS | LARISSA KOSMOS

Mother of dragons

The politicization of climate change

More recent News

Will you accept the election results? Republicans dodge the question.
Leading Republicans, including several of Donald Trump’s potential running mates, have refused to commit to accepting the results of the November election.

Fake Irish heiress arrested in Maine should be extradited to UK, judge rules
Marianne Smyth, who accusers say has also fashioned herself as a witch, a psychic and a friend to Hollywood stars, has been in a Maine jail waiting to learn if she will be extradited.

Trump may owe $100 million from double-dip tax breaks, audit shows
When Trump sought to reap tax benefits from his losses, the IRS has argued, he went too far and, in effect, wrote off the same losses twice.

Trump heading to Jersey Shore to rally ‘mega crowd’ in weekend break from hush money trial
Donald Trump is heading to the Jersey Shore after a long week in court.

Tuna crabs, neither tuna nor crabs, are swarming near San Diego
The animals typically live on the high seas, around Baja California in Mexico. But this is their second appearance in six years in the area.

‘This has gotta be a scam.’ How a Somerville resident found out Guster wanted to perform on his porch at Porchfest.
Local indie icons Guster have toured the world. On Saturday, they just announced, they'll play from a smaller stage, er, porch.

Recommended reads

At Harvard University, Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman led an effort to produce the most detailed map of a piece of human brain every created.

Harvard scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: ‘It’s an alien world inside your own head’

The researchers, with Google and other partners, spent a decade deciphering 1 cubic millimeter of tissue.

‘It feels pointless sometimes’: As hospitals grow more corporate, fed-up doctors are pushing back
Burned out and frustrated with bottom-line-oriented hospital management, doctors are starting to unionize, including at Salem Hospital.

no stupid questions

Introducing No Stupid Questions, how-to guides for navigating adult life in Boston
The first installment of this series will cover five topics: Traffic, taxes, networking, finding a neighborhood to call home, and locating trustworthy services. It launches on May 13.

The T is paying consultants up to $610 per hour — to figure out how to save money
The MBTA entered into a $450,000 contract with a consulting firm last month, with consultants charging between $244 and $610 per hour.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Dance Theater

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

The 20 best albums of 2024 (so far)

But you aren’t alone. Ever. Happy Mother’s Day.

What Mother’s Day cards should really say

Boston Ballet in Ken Ossola's "The Space Between."

Boston Ballet is in shape for Paris with ‘Spring Experience’

Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

stuart landing page illustration

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Police line tape covered part of a campus map after police officers cleared a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at George Washington University on May 8, in Washington, D.C.

I’m a conservative student. Freedom of speech protects pro-Palestinian protesters too.

Renderings for the White Stadium renovation proposal

Despite shaky rollout, Wu’s White Stadium plan is good for student athletes

Former vice president Mike Pence, left, and former national security adviser John Bolton, right, shown with then-president Donald Trump at the White House in 2018, are on the long list of former Trump administration alums who have made it clear that they won’t support Trump again.

Readers respond: There are ways to talk to family and friends who support Trump

When you smell a flower (or anything at all), your experience is being filtered through things that may be far older than the concept of smell itself.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

A sensory twist in the story of human evolution

IDEAS | MAURA KELLY

How to hang out better

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Jasper White, acclaimed New England chef behind Summer Shack, dies

Long known as a leading authority on New England cuisine, White broke into the Boston dining scene with the opening of Jasper’s Restaurant on the waterfront in 1983.

Sean Burroughs, Little League hero and former MLB player, dies at 43

Sean Burroughs, a former Little League World Series hero and first-round MLB draft pick who played seven big league seasons, died Thursday at 43.

Healey outlines stops on visit to speak at Vatican climate summit

The governor's trip this week will include an audience with the pope.

We’re doing corsets again? How very 1850.

“These images are frighteningly retrograde, that women should be doing everything they can to be smaller and conform to this disturbed and distorted idea of beauty."

Sports

Tyler O'Neill has already become a Red Sox fan favorite with his big-swinging bat and electrifying play in the outfield at Fenway Park.

ALEX SPEIER | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox teammates love to watch outfielder Tyler O’Neill flip his patented throws home

There may not be a play in baseball that better embodies a player’s on-field persona than O’Neill’s throws to the plate from the outfield.

Kyrie Irving of the Mavericks looks to make a move against Aaron Wiggins of the Thunder during Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals Saturday.

mavericks 105, thunder 101

Kyrie Irving comes up clutch as the Mavericks take a 2-1 series lead over the top-seeded Thunder

P.J. Washington led host Dallas in scoring with 27 points, but it was the former Celtic guard who sank a key basket in the final minute.

In his fourth start for the Red Sox, Cooper Criswell gave up two runs on three hits and a walk while striking out nine in five innings.

RED SOX 4, NATIONALS 2

Rafael Devers’s two-run, eighth-inning double empowers Red Sox to knock off Nationals

The only runs allowed by Red Sox starter Cooper Criswell over five innings came on a pair of solo homers by the Nationals.

celtics notebook

After Game 2 lapse for second straight series, Celtics stress need for consistent effort on defense

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS NOTEBOOK

Acton-Boxborough freshman Marti Sarquella got his start with a beach paddle in Beijing. Now he’s among the state’s tennis elite.

Business

Farewell, Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band

For decades, Munch’s Make Believe Band at Chuck E. Cheese has performed for countless birthdays, end-of-season Little League parties and other celebrations. There’s been Chuck E. Cheese and Helen Henny on vocals, Mr. Munch on keys, Jasper T. Jowls on guitar, and Pasqually on drums.

Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light.

Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more efficient.

Check out Boston’s most expensive single-family home: Back Bay mansion on market for $29.9 million

America’s debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress

magazine

Tech Power Players 2024

Meet the CEOs, founders, and investors on the Globe’s third annual list of New England tech leaders

This week's daters: Ben and Gabe

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I really wish I asked him what his skin care regimen was’

After more than a half century in business, the Christmas Tree Shops closed its remaining stores last summer to the dismay of devoted customers.

My mom and I butted heads. But never at the Christmas Tree Shops.

Photos of Shelby Hewitt, including her 2023 booking photo (center).

The secret lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-year-old high school imposter

metro

Keynote speaker David A. Thomas, president of Morehouse College, delivers his address during Northeastern University’s Class of 2024 commencement at Fenway Park.

For commencement speakers, a choice whether to address war and protests

Harvard’s encampment is the last one standing in Greater Boston

Photos: Northern Lights illuminate night skies in New England, and across Northern Hemisphere

sports

After guiding Mystik Dan to a victory in the Kentucky Derby, Brian Hernandez Jr. will attempt to guide the horse to victory at the Preakness Stakes.

A Triple Crown winner is still possible this year after Mystik Dan will run at the Preakness Stakes

USA Hockey registers first victory at men’s championships, besting reigning runner-up Germany

Fast times were flowing for Wellesley’s Chris Brooks as he rewrote the record book at the MSTCA Coaches Invitational

business

Several VISA and MASTER credit cards in Buffalo Grove, Ill., on Feb. 8.

Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

Union dispute bubbles up at Harvard Book Store

Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick buys (another) home on Nantucket

politics

Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Freeland, Mich., on May 1.

Trump heading to Jersey Shore to rally ‘mega crowd’ in weekend break from hush money trial

The long, tortured road to Biden’s clash with Netanyahu over Gaza War

Barron Trump, 18, won’t be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican convention after all

Nation

Dozens of Virginia Commonwealth University students walked out of the auditorium as Governor Glenn Youngkin gave the commencement address in Richmond on Saturday.

A few graduations are disrupted by protest, but many are held as planned

Trump may owe $100 million from double-dip tax breaks, audit shows

Tuna crabs, neither tuna nor crabs, are swarming near San Diego

World

A boy looked on as he sat atop cushions and mattresses loaded in the back of an animal-drawn cart led by a man as they evacuated from Sheikh Zayed in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday.

As Israel steps up attacks, 300,000 Palestinians are on the move

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil’s south, where many who remain are poor

opinion

I’m boring. So are you.

A sensory twist in the story of human evolution

Does focus on youth mental health do no harm? It’s debatable.

lifestyle

From left: the cover of "Shanghailanders," and its author, Juli Min.

Juli Min’s ‘Shanghailanders’ transports readers to the root of one family’s fractured relationships

There’s a good reason she didn’t respond …

What Mother’s Day cards should really say

food & dining

A rendering of CanalSide Food + Drink, opening this fall.

There’s a new food hall coming to Cambridge (and it will appeal to ‘90s ‘mall babies’)

For Providence Brewing Company, the American Dream is within reach

What is ‘queer food’? A conference at BU explores that question and others.

travel

Michael’s on the Hill, an elegant restaurant located in an 1820 farmhouse, serves classic, well-composed European fare, emphasizing local ingredients, like the crab cake shown here.

Waterbury, Vt.: The best little foodie town in New England

A trip to The Vermont Country Store is a trip back in time

Welcome to the most Vermont-ish village in the Green Mountain State

Arts

This fall at the Museum of Fine Arts, Anastasia Christophilopolou will begin as George D. and Margo Behrakis Chair, Art of Ancient Greece and Rome.

MFA appoints Anastasia Christophilopoulou as new chair of ancient Greek and Roman art

Two shows in Maine highlight Louise Nevelson, a giant of American Modernism

At Worcester Art Museum, photo show gives a different lay of the land

Books

From left: the cover of "Shanghailanders," and its author, Juli Min.

Juli Min’s ‘Shanghailanders’ transports readers to the root of one family’s fractured relationships

Jamaica Kincaid’s primer on colonialism’s flora resonates with history behind Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s honeyed memories

An homage to eros in new poetry collection; Roxbury book festival returns for a second year; and more

Movies

A scene from "Evil Does Not Exist," directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi.

Ryusuke Hamaguchi on letting real life frame his new film, ‘Evil Does Not Exist’

Never see R-rated films with Mom — and other life lessons I learned movie-watching with my mother

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is a simian snore

Television

In Round 2, only one half of the "Wayne's World" tandem survived.

Bill Murray over Mike Myers? Voters again show that they prefer ‘SNL’ cast members of a certain vintage.

Belushi vs. Wiig. Murphy vs. Murray. Vote in Round 3 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

TV’s Holocaust dramas are part remembrance, part warning

music

The 20 best albums of 2024 (so far)

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers: attitude with a twang

Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot on Neil Young, the ragged glory of their live shows, and the road ahead

Theater/Dance

Boston Dance Theater

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

Boston Ballet is in shape for Paris with ‘Spring Experience’

A Boston therapist assumed gay sons and their mothers had strong bonds. Then he heard more of their stories.

Health

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

Obituaries

Mr. Burroughs fired a throw to first from his knees while playing for the Padres in 2005.

Sean Burroughs, Little League hero and former MLB player, dies at 43

Jim Simons, math genius who conquered Wall Street, dies at 86

Nancy Neveloff Dubler, mediator for life’s final moments, dies at 82