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‘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.

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.

Sheriff’s race in Maine county is usually a staid affair. Not this year.
The race for Sagadahoc sheriff has become a deeply emotional and divisive topic: candidates faulted for failing to intervene and prevent the mass shooting.

Past the deadline for Harvard students to leave encampment, a rally for Gaza in Harvard Square
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied Saturday outside the gates of Harvard Yard, which has been closed to the public for weeks amid ongoing student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.

As campus protests linger, parents anxiously watch from afar

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

Mass. man who received first kidney transplant from genetically engineered pig has died, family says
“Our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved Rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired so many,” his family said in a statement Saturday.

As Israel pushes deeper into Rafah, Hamas regroups elsewhere in ungoverned Gaza

Profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day

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

Maya Rudolph embraces ‘mother’ status on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ while Vampire Weekend performs
“Saturday Night Live” on May 11 was hosted by Maya Rudolph, and the musical guest was rock band Vampire Weekend.

Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93 | Game 3

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dribbles against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus during the second quarter in Game 3 of the second round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

‘We didn’t come to Cleveland for the weather, so let’s go’: How Jaylen Brown’s voice and play got the Celtics back on track

Jaylen Brown knew he could make his message resonate by setting the standard himself, so he took the floor in front of a hungry crowd and controlled every step in Boston’s 106-93 win over the Cavaliers that gave it a 2-1 series lead.

Photos: Celtics beat Cleveland on the road

Celtic Jayson Tatum was unstoppable against the Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Jayson Tatum delivered a star turn when the Celtics needed it most

Isaac Okoro and the Cavaliers couldn't stop Jaylen Brown.

INstant analysis

Jaylen Brown’s efficient shooting helped the Celtics take charge, and other observations from Game 3 win over Cavaliers

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

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.

A Massachusetts disability rights warrior’s posthumous last battle against estate recovery
A Massachusetts advocate for disability rights may be subject in death to a policy he spent his last years fighting.

A few Mass. Democrats put $5m into the budget for dog parks, a castle, and more. And they did it in secret.
With 15 in total, the House budget’s primary author included more individual earmarks for himself than any of the chamber’s other 158 representatives.

How many earmarks did your state representative insert into the House budget?

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.

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.

Communications consultant Josh McElveen, the former political director at WMUR-TV in New Hampshire, was previously bound by noncompete contracts in TV news.

TV news jobs are rife with noncompete agreements. Banning them could be a boon for journalists.

The change could give workers in broadcast media more flexibility at a time when it is harder than ever to build a sustainable career in media.

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.

On baseball | Red Sox 4, Nationals 2

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.

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

Vitoria Bueno, 11, makes videos for her 1.4 million TikTok followers.

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.

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

A cyclist passing a stretch of restaurants on Allston Avenue encountered a double-parked car in the bike lane.

IDEAS | SCOTT KIRSNER

I signed up to drive for DoorDash. Now I know why food delivery causes traffic chaos.

The design of delivery apps encourages drivers to double park and block bike lanes. The city needs to hold them accountable.

I rejoice that Boston didn’t get the 2024 Olympics

Joan Fitzgerald and Gregory King

How to bring solar energy to low-income communities

IDEAS | HARSHEE SHAH

A mother-daughter tradition lost — and found

CHRISTOPHER WEYANT

It turns out RFK Jr. is a pretty good job creator

More recent News

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case
Donald Trump is blaming President Biden for the criminal charges he’s facing as the presumptive nominees prepare to face off in the November election and called his New York hush money case “a Biden show trial.”

Amid scrutiny, Paul Manafort leaves Republican convention role

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.

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.

SUV slips out of gear, rolls across sports field in Cohasset
Two young children who were in car seats suffered minor injuries in the incident Saturday morning, Cohasset police said.

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.

Indie band Guster draws big numbers to Somerville Porchfest
It was a scene unlike any other at the annual outdoor music showcase, drawing a massive swell of people, their babies, and their pets at the intersection of Cedar Street and Aberdeen Road.

Recommended reads

Members of the Know Nothing Party burned down the Charlestown Nunnery in 1834.

Riots, arson, and executions: Immigrants have long faced a hostile reception in Mass.

Xenophobia. Racism. Riots. Murder. In Boston’s immigration story, it’s all there. Also courage, resilience, privation, and pluck — and the gradual acceptance of some newcomers and their rise to to social and political influence.

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.

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 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

The Tobin Bridge framed Broadway as traffic moved in downtown Chelsea in 2021.

Legislature should pass health equity bill

Food is distributed to migrants at the La Colaborativa day shelter in Chelsea on Feb. 22. The shelter opened on February 20, and is currently helping about 200 migrants, mainly refugees from Haiti, build resumes, get work, receive health care.

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

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

The author's son, foreground and looking like the cat who got the cream, at Old Trail School's craft fair and bake sale in Bath, Ohio, in March 2016.

IDEAS | LARISSA KOSMOS

Mother of dragons

Cows grazed in a field near the coal-fueled Oak Grove Power Plant on April 29, in Robertson County, Texas. In conjunction with the Biden-Harris administration's attempt to mitigate climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency has finalized new rules that seek to reduce carbon emissions and mercury pollution among businesses and communities.

The politicization of climate change

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Sheriff’s race in Maine county is usually a staid affair. Not this year.

The race for Sagadahoc sheriff has become a deeply emotional and divisive topic: candidates faulted for failing to intervene and prevent the mass shooting.

A Massachusetts disability rights warrior’s posthumous last battle against estate recovery

A Massachusetts advocate for disability rights may be subject in death to a policy he spent his last years fighting.

Lexus, 12, is outgoing and creative

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

Past the deadline for Harvard students to leave encampment, a rally for Gaza in Harvard Square

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied Saturday outside the gates of Harvard Yard, which has been closed to the public for weeks amid ongoing student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.

Sports

Celtic Jayson Tatum was unstoppable against the Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Jayson Tatum delivered a star turn when the Celtics needed it most

There are nights in which any team needs its star to do star things, and Tatum shined brightly to lift the Celtics in a raucous environment.

Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown dribbles against Cleveland Cavaliers guard Max Strus during the second quarter in Game 3 of the second round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

‘We didn’t come to Cleveland for the weather, so let’s go’: How Jaylen Brown’s voice and play got the Celtics back on track

Jaylen Brown knew he could make his message resonate by setting the standard himself, so he took the floor in front of a hungry crowd and controlled every step in Boston’s 106-93 win over the Cavaliers that gave it a 2-1 series lead.

Joe Mazzulla reacts during the first half of Game 3.

Video: Joe Mazzulla, Jayson Tatum, and Jrue Holiday on Celtics’ Game 3 win over Cavaliers

After getting blown out in Game 2, Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Celtics responded by pummeling the Cavaliers, 106-93, on Cleveland’s home court.

PWHL Boston playoff schedule and results

PWHL: Boston 2, Montreal 1 (3 OT)

Taylor Wenczkowski is the triple-OT hero, as Boston beats Montreal to climb one win away from PWHL Finals

Business

TV news jobs are rife with noncompete agreements. Banning them could be a boon for journalists.

The change could give workers in broadcast media more flexibility at a time when it is harder than ever to build a sustainable career in media.

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.

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

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

Rick Slayman in his hospital room at Massachusetts General Hospital before his discharge on April 3.

Mass. man who received first kidney transplant from genetically engineered pig has died, family says

Indie band Guster draws big numbers to Somerville Porchfest

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

sports

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics hope 2024 is the year they can win the NBA title.

Celtics taking on Cavaliers in second round. See playoffs schedule and results here.

Jayson Tatum put up 33 points as the Celtics downed the Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. See how it unfolded.

Jaylen Brown’s efficient shooting helped the Celtics take charge, and other observations from Game 3 win over Cavaliers

business

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, on May 7.

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

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

Union dispute bubbles up at Harvard Book Store

politics

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during his campaign rally in Wildwood, N.J., Saturday, May 11.

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case

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

Producer Roger Corman poses in his Los Angeles office, May 8, 2013.

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98

Amid scrutiny, Paul Manafort leaves Republican convention role

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case

World

A man sits on the rubble as others wander among debris of buildings that were targeted by Israeli airstrikes in Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, Nov. 1, 2023.

As Israel pushes deeper into Rafah, Hamas regroups elsewhere in ungoverned Gaza

With the shock of Oct. 7 still raw, profound sadness and anger grip Israel on its Memorial Day

Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over Gaza war

opinion

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

How to bring solar energy to low-income communities

Legislature should pass health equity bill

Mother of dragons

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

From left: Musical guest Vampire Weekend, host Maya Rudolph, and Kenan Thompson during Promos in Studio 8H on Thursday.

Maya Rudolph embraces ‘mother’ status on ‘Saturday Night Live,’ while Vampire Weekend performs

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.

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