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Senate primaries set up a marquee race in Maryland and a likely Republican flip in West Virginia

Republican voters advanced strong Senate contenders in Maryland and West Virginia on Tuesday, giving the GOP a big boost in its push to claim control of Congress’ upper chamber.

Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say

It's the first arms shipment to Israel to be revealed since the administration put another arms transfer, consisting of 3,500 bombs of up to 2,000 pounds each, on hold this month.

Misery deepens in Gaza’s Rafah as Israeli troops press operation

Tom Brady admits he ‘didn’t like’ how Netflix roast ‘affected’ his children, would never do it again

During an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast Tuesday, the former Patriots star QB said that he learned a lot from the Netflix comedy special and maintained that it made him a “better parent.”

Michael Cohen faced fiery cross-examination from Trump’s lawyers, who sought to poke holes in his credibility

During Cohen’s second day of testimony, jurors heard details of the reimbursement plan for Stormy Daniels’s hush-money payment and how his family convinced him to turn on Trump after the FBI raided his office.

Tracker: Who has testified and what did they say? House Speaker Mike Johnson’s appearance at Trump’s felony trial marks a remarkable moment in US politics

Witness who attended Canton house party says she saw a ‘black blob’ near where John O’Keefe’s body was later found
It was the first time a witness had testified to seeing anything amiss outside the Canton home on the night of Jan. 29, 2022. Prosecutors have said that O’Keefe’s body was found in the same area as the object the witness described seeing.

See a recap of Tuesday's testimony Tracker: Who has testified and what did they say?

Mother of two young girls identified as person who died after illegal medical procedure

Nicole L. "Nikki" Sandoval underwent an illegal surgery on Thursday and later that night was rushed to CHA Everett Hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Salem man convicted in 1971 killing of Bedford woman inside her home

Arthur L. Massei was found guilty by a Middlesex Superior Court jury of killing Natalie Scheublin, a 54-year-old mother of two.

Middlesex DA’s office and police investigating fatal train strike in Natick

Cambridge man, missing nearly a month, found dead in White Mountains, officials say

Nearly 60 Providence teachers have been notified they will lose their jobs

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (center) celebrates his go-ahead second-period goal with teammates Charlie Coyle (left) and Danton Heinen (right) during Game 5's 2-1 victory against the Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.

‘This one had to go our way:’ Charlie McAvoy’s Game 5 arrival rescued Bruins in the nick of time

With a sizzling shot that whizzed by Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, McAvoy scored his first playoff goal in nearly three years in a 2-1 victory in Game 5.

Bruins keep season alive by beating Panthers in Game 5

Bruins center Charlie Coyle leveled Panthers defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson with a hit in the second period.

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

This time, Bruins able to handle Panthers’ forecheck, sending series back to Boston

The Bruins have a chance to square it on home ice and return here for decisive Game 7 on Sunday.

How Alan Garber ended the Harvard protest encampment peacefully
Harvard's interim president outlasted the demonstrators on campus without calling in police.

UNH Faculty Senate asks for an investigation into police response to protest

Harvard students broke down their encampment on Harvard Yard Tuesday.

At Harvard, Greater Boston’s last campus encampment folds up its tents

The Boston area's last encampment ended on Tuesday at Harvard after students said the university agreed to continue dialogue with protesters.

Some universities tiptoe toward divestment from Israel

RED SOX 5, RAYS 4

Red Sox beat the Rays in 12 innings on Romy Gonzalez’s hit to cap an eventful night for Ceddanne Rafaela
While Gonzalez delivered the walkoff win, the rookie Rafaela continued his big league maturation by following a negative play with more positives.

Peter Abraham | No designated hitter, platoons, and mismatched pieces but Alex Cora’s Red Sox remain in mix

Tech Power Players 2024

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

Our 2024 ranking highlights leaders who make New England’s technology scene vibrant and vital.

See more information on the Tech Power Players Boston innovation community celebrates the Globe’s 2024 Tech Power Players

Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu are scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis on Thursday.

‘How can we work together?’ On first day in Rome, Healey makes pitch to business leaders

Governor Maura Healey's meeting with Italian business leaders precedes a week-long list of appearances at the Vatican Climate Summit, cohosted by the UMass Foundation.

Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of Stephen Paul Gale.

Suspect identified in 1989 Framingham sex assault case at clothing store; authorities asking for help locating him

Stephen Gale has been charged with four counts of aggravated rape, two counts of kidnapping, and one count of armed robbery. He remains at large.

Felix G. Arroyo (left) with his brother and lawyer Ricardo Arroyo in court on Tuesday.

Settlement of City Hall sexual harassment suit feels strangely unsatisfying

While it isn’t unusual for civil cases to settle on the eve of trial, the announcement on Tuesday was surprising, given the years the city spent not cutting a deal.

Former city employee reaches tentative agreement with Boston in Arroyo sexual harassment case

Sage, a miniature poodle, poses for photos after winning best in show at the 148th Westminster Kennel Club dog show, May 14, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.

Miniature poodle named Sage wins Westminster Kennel Club dog show

A miniature poodle named Sage won the top prize Tuesday night at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, an event that often has proven to be a poodle’s realm.

For many readers, it all came back to the debate over carry-on luggage.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

‘I’ve witnessed people at their worst on airplanes.’ Globe readers react to advice on aviation etiquette.

Earlier this month, I offered up a list of rules about how to exit an airplane without being a jerk. Based on the 200-plus emails I received, it seems I’m not the only one with strong feelings on the subject.

MATTHEW GILBERT | 'SNL' SHOWDOWN

John Belushi vs. Kate McKinnon. Vote in the finals 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.

Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi perform as the Blues Brothers on "Saturday Night Live" in 1978. The comedic partners face off against each other in the semifinal round of our bracket.

John Belushi’s rock ’n’ roll spirit endures

Belushi — who beat Dana Carvey in Round 4 — has a star power that is almost unmatched by anyone else in the history of the show, except perhaps Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, or Gilda Radner.

Opinion

Stephen Miller, who shaped former president Donald Trump's immigration policies, joined Senator Mike Lee of Utah, left, Representative Chip Roy of Texas, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, as they talked to reporters about requiring American citizenship to vote in national elections, as they introduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, in Washington, D.C., on May 8.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Noncitizen voting is already illegal in federal elections. Here’s why Republicans are still pushing the issue.

The latest attempt by Republicans to zero in on undocumented immigrants who allegedly vote when they can’t serves at least four advantageous political purposes for themselves and Donald Trump.

Margaret Marshall and the judicial decision that changed the nation

IDEAS | DIANE JOSEFOWICZ

The unexpected healing powers of learning how to tap dance in middle age

How far has the stigma around AIDS really faded?

Encampments cleared, dustups still unsettled

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

More recent News

London woman charged with allegedly trying to smuggle 70 pounds of marijuana through Logan Airport, officials say

The woman was about to depart Logan Airport for England on Sunday night when she was intercepted by US Customs and Border Protection agents, prosecutors said.

Wayland college student identified as driver in fatal Conn. crash that killed himself, three others

Alexander Dennis, who had completed his junior year at Fairfield University, was the wrong-way driver who crashed into an oncoming minivan last week, killing himself and three members of a family.

Massachusetts high-school graduation rate dips after years of gains

Boston Public Schools also reported a decline in its graduation rate in 2023, but both the state and district remain near record levels set the year before.

Grasshopper in Allston — a vegan pioneer — is closing. We went for one last meal.

Owners Hoai Nguyen and Linh Le hope to find a new location. But for now, this may be our last chance to visit. I wasn’t going to miss it.

Republican kicked off N.H. House committee after Democrats said he plotted ‘ambush’ vote

The committee re-voted abruptly on a proposed constitutional amendment related to New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary

Sun shoots out biggest solar flare in nearly a decade, but Earth should be safe this time

The sun produced its biggest flare in nearly a decade Tuesday, just days after solar storms created dazzling northern lights. But the flare occurred on a part of the sun that is moving away from our planet.

Humpback whale washes up on on Swampscott Beach; second time in a month on the North Shore

A 65,000 pound, 42-foot long humpback whale carcass washed up on a beach in Swampscott on Tuesday morning, less than three weeks after the same whale carcass washed up on a beach in Marblehead.

MBTA lifts 13 speed restrictions on Red Line after completing ‘critical’ track work

The work included replacing approximately 11,500 feet of rail, more than 1,500 ties, and approximately 11,400 plates, as well as many other safety improvements, the agency said.

Driver of truck that hit farmworker bus in Florida, killing 8, arrested on DUI charges

Bryan Maclean Howard faces eight counts of DUI-manslaughter, the FHP said in a statement.

Recommended reads

Zach and Jen Holtzman, with their 3-year-old son Tate, on the deck of their home in Cambridge, Vt., in 2023.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

A 3-year-old boy died at a summer camp in Vermont. A grieving couple and community ask, ‘Where is the accountability?’

Nearly a year later, accountability for Tate Holtzman’s drowning death at Smugglers’ Notch Resort appears scant.

THE FINE PRINT

An Ontario man tried to order merch from the Bruins souvenir shop. He ‘lost faith’ after four botched deliveries.
Ian Daigle grew upset when the Bruins’ souvenir shop badly screwed up his online order for a new Bruins sweatshirt and hat.

After long search for new home, South Boston’s Marian Manor nursing home will close this fall
The religious order has been discussing redevelopment for years but could not find a financially feasible way to keep the nursing home open.

In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history
"Something Is Being Done," a bronze arch monument designed by Meredith Bergmann, memorializes more than 20 historic women.

Culture & Lifestyle

Suffragist Caroline Wellington memorialized in bronze in LexSeeHer's "Something Is Being Done" monument.

In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history

Jazz vocalist Samara Joy, tenor Lawrence Brownlee, and countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo.

Mark your calendars for these classical events next season

Close-up exterior view of the Public Science Common. (Museum of Science, Boston)

Museum of Science to unveil major renovation in mid-2026

John Ehrlich conducts a rehearsal of the Spectrum Singers in Cambridge. Ehrlich is retiring after more than four decades as the group's music director, with a final performance Saturday.

One more show for Spectrum Singers conductor John Ehrlich before he takes his final bow

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

Photos: Bruins push series against Panthers to Game 6

The Boston Bruins beat the Florida Panthers 2-1 in Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs on Tuesday, May 14, 2024.

Fall River sailor killed at Pearl Harbor identified, to be buried in northern Calif.

George Herbert, 37, was a gunner’s mate first class on the USS Oklahoma battleship when it was torpedoed by Japanese aircraft early on Dec. 7, 1941 and swiftly sank in the Hawaiian waters, He will be buried May 30 at the veterans cemetery in Igo, Calif., the Navy Personnel Command’s public affairs office said Tuesday.

Tom Brady admits he ‘didn’t like’ how Netflix roast ‘affected’ his children, would never do it again

During an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast Tuesday, the former Patriots star QB said that he learned a lot from the Netflix comedy special and maintained that it made him a “better parent.”

How Alan Garber ended the Harvard protest encampment peacefully

Harvard's interim president outlasted the demonstrators on campus without calling in police.

Sports

Connor Wong had Tuesday off from behind the plate but was in the Red Sox lineup as the designated hitter in the No. 3 hole.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

No designated hitter, platoons, and mismatched pieces but Alex Cora’s Red Sox remain in mix

Cora is bailing out a leaky boat with a paper cup these days. But the Red Sox manager is keeping it afloat.

Winning pitcher Brennan Bernardino doused Romy Gonzalez after the walkoff hero delivered in the 12th inning.

RED SOX 5, RAYS 4

Red Sox beat the Rays in 12 innings on Romy Gonzalez’s hit to cap an eventful night for Ceddanne Rafaela

While Gonzalez delivered the walkoff win, the rookie Rafaela continued his big league maturation by following a negative play with more positives.

Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (center) celebrates his go-ahead second-period goal with teammates Charlie Coyle (left) and Danton Heinen (right) during Game 5's 2-1 victory against the Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla.

‘This one had to go our way:’ Charlie McAvoy’s Game 5 arrival rescued Bruins in the nick of time

With a sizzling shot that whizzed by Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky, McAvoy scored his first playoff goal in nearly three years in a 2-1 victory in Game 5.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Vaughn Grissom spends bulk of time in catch-up mode with Red Sox after late start to season

The Bruins hang on, hold off Panthers in Game 5 to stay alive. Here’s how it happened.

Business

Latest US inflation report may provide clues to future path of prices and interest rates

It’s perhaps the biggest question swirling around the US economy right now: Is inflation stuck at an elevated level — or will last year’s steady decline resume sometime soon.

Boeing got orders for just seven planes in April

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Meme stocks are roaring again. This time may be different.

Wholesale price increases accelerated in April as inflation remains sticky

magazine

Marcia Kadish (left) and Tanya McCloskey celebrate after being married on May 17, 2004.

Marcia Kadish recalls the day she made same-sex marriage history in Cambridge

Harissa Potato Salad With Mint and Lemon

Harissa potato salad and other bold takes on standard picnic sides

On Sunday, take part in the the Somerville Bike Pageant.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, May 13-19

From left: Leah Ellis of Sublime Systems, Sarah Hodges of Pillar VC, and Lily Lyman of Underscore VC

Tech Power Players 2024

The Globe’s 2024 Tech Power Players include more women in leadership in the startup scene

metro

Providence school department offices in the Dr. Robert Roberti Administrative Building.

Nearly 60 Providence teachers have been notified they will lose their jobs

Republican kicked off N.H. House committee after Democrats said he plotted ‘ambush’ vote

‘How can we work together?’ On first day in Rome, Healey makes pitch to business leaders

sports

PWHL Boston celebrates after its final regular-season game.

PWHL Boston playoff schedule and results

Plenty for Caitlin Clark to improve upon after she scores 20 in her WNBA debut in an Indiana Fever loss

Freshman Bradon Spiess wins mile and 2-mile to lead O’Bryant boys to Boston City track title; Latin Academy captures girls’ crown

business

The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said, suggesting there may be few, if any, rate cuts this year.

Fed chair’s confidence in slowing inflation is ‘not as high’ as before

Boston innovation community celebrates the Globe’s 2024 Tech Power Players

Grasshopper in Allston — a vegan pioneer — is closing. We went for one last meal.

politics

Maryland voters cast their ballots in early voting in Silver Spring.

Senate primaries set up a marquee race in Maryland and a likely Republican flip in West Virginia

Biden administration is sending $1 billion more in weapons, ammo to Israel, congressional aides say

Check stubs, fake receipts, blind loyalty: Cohen offers inside knowledge in Trump’s hush money trial

Nation

Emergency workers work the scene of a fatal bus crash carrying laborers that overturned Tuesday morning, in Ocala, Fla.

Mexican citizens were traveling to work at a Florida farm when a pickup hit their bus, killing 8

Utah judge to decide if author of children’s book on grief will face trial in her husband’s death

Michael Cohen tells jurors of Oval Office deal to pay back the hush money

World

Girls looked on from a window as they watched civil defense and volunteer efforts to recover survivors and bodies of victims from beneath the rubble of a collapsed building in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Israel strikes on home and school building kill dozens as fighting rages across Gaza

The other busing program: Mexico is pushing migrants back south

As Israel fights again in Gaza’s north, military’s discontent grows

opinion

Interior of a passenger airplane.

Do jerks on planes deserve lifetime bans?

Will Michael Cohen’s testimony matter to jurors?

El contraataque de TikTok

lifestyle

A phone with an App Store selection of the dating app Bumble.

Bumble ran billboard ads that sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating. Then it backtracked and apologized.

My husband is on Tinder

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

food & dining

Grasshopper in Allston is closing after 27 years at its North Beacon Street location.

Grasshopper in Allston — a vegan pioneer — is closing. We went for one last meal.

What it’s like to be a small brand in a big sea at Expo West food show

A rum you’ll want to sip like a cognac

travel

The Jeonju Bibim Rice Burger.

Here are five fun ‘Western’ foods to eat in South Korea

‘I’ve witnessed people at their worst on airplanes.’ Globe readers react to advice on aviation etiquette.

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

Arts

Suffragist Caroline Wellington memorialized in bronze in LexSeeHer's "Something Is Being Done" monument.

In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history

Museum of Science to unveil major renovation in mid-2026

Magician Asi Wind is up to some new tricks

Books

Alice Munro posed for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York in 2002.

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, has died

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

Movies

Actor Steve Buscemi attended the premiere of "The Dead Don't Die" in New York in 2019.

Actor Steve Buscemi OK after being punched in the face in New York City

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

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

Television

John Belushi vs. Kate McKinnon. Vote in the finals of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

John Belushi’s rock ’n’ roll spirit endures

Dana Carvey and David Spade reflect on five decades of ‘Saturday Night Live’

music

Zildjian, the maker of cymbals that date back to 1623 in Turkey, has released a fully electronic drum kit. Senior business manager Mike Weber demoed the company's new Alchem-E drum set at headquarters.

Drumroll, please: Norwell cymbal maker Zildjian enters the digital age

One more show for Spectrum Singers conductor John Ehrlich before he takes his final bow

Donald Glover is back as Childish Gambino. Here’s when his ‘New World Tour’ stops in Boston.

Theater/Dance

George Clooney will star onstage as Edward R. Murrow in "Good Night, and Good Luck," an adaptation of the 2005 movie he wrote and directed.

George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

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

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

Alice Munro posed for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York in 2002.

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, has died

Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93

Alex Hassilev, the last of the original Limeliters, dies at 91