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State placed migrant children in hotels with registered sex offenders, Globe investigation finds

After the Globe identified sex offenders in hotels housing new migrants and homeless families, the state said it is moving the individuals.

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‘I don’t remember going there.’ Witness Matthew McCabe testifies that Karen Read didn’t recall driving to Canton home
Matthew McCabe also testified that Karen Read told his wife that she had somehow broken or cracked her taillight.

‘I literally cried:’ Annual overdoses in Mass. fell for first time in four years, CDC says

Massachusetts saw 2,373 confirmed overdose deaths throughout 2023, compared to 2,647 confirmed overdoses in 2022.

Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler tees off at PGA Championship after being arrested hours before second round

Scheffler, who was trying to enter the grounds of Valhalla Golf Club after there was an unrelated traffic fatality, was booked for allegedly not following orders from police.

$1.5m for a wedding venue and conference center. $250,000 for historic ships. Here’s what top Senate brass put into the budget.

The Massachusetts Senate’s budget plan includes nearly $2.4 million targeting groups and causes in Senate President Karen Spilka’s district before the bill even hits the Senate floor, a Globe analysis found.

A few Mass. Democrats put $5m into the budget for dog parks, a castle, and more. And they did it in secret.

A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?

Neighborhoods still languish in the wake of a 2014 bill that created licenses for the city. Now there’s a new push to solve the enduring problem of who is given the privilege of serving alcohol — and where.

Watch: Can Boston finally fix its liquor license problem? Join the discussion

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Goodbye rain and hello sunshine Friday. But will the weekend remain dry?

Boston College student charged with stealing more than $45,000 worth of merchandise at Saks Fifth Avenue

Israeli military says it found bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza

Tom Furrier, the longtime owner of Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, is looking to pass the shop on to a new owner.

For sale: Typewriter shop, often used

Tom Furrier, the longtime proprietor and master repairman of Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, is in search of a new owner as he prepares to retire.

The author at one of the spots where Boston's border is clearly marked. The dividing line is not always so apparent.

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

I walked the entire 90-mile perimeter of Boston. It was surprising and delightful.

Trekking in a “circle” around a city is becoming one of the great urban adventures of our time.

The blistering shot of David Pastrnak is one no other Bruin can match — and one that a lot of his teammates would like to have.

What is it that the Bruins players admire most in each other?

We posed a simple question: Which skill from a teammate would you most want to add to your game?

Garden Party: The calm before the storm Game 6 preview: Brad Marchand could return for win-or-go-home contest at TD Garden

dan shaughnessy

The competition thus far isn’t helping the Celtics prepare for a title run, and other thoughts
The first two series weren't especially taxing for the Celtics, and the games weren't very entertaining from a fan standpoint, either.

TRAVEL

Biddeford — and ‘Maine’s Youngest Downtown’ — is worth a visit
There's a buzzing energy in this town, which has emerged as an under-the-radar hot spot for makers, artists, chefs, and entrepreneurs.

Christopher Muther: The unexpected and completely over-the-top pleasures of Abu Dhabi

Summer Arts Guide

From left: Laurence Fishburne as Los Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers, Ed O’Neill as team owner Donald Sterling, and Jacki Weaver as Shelley Sterling in FX's "Clipped."

10 TV shows to sit back and enjoy this summer

These are the shows Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert will be watching in the weeks ahead.

A guide to summer movies, from ‘Furiosa’ to ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ Read more from our Summer Arts Guide

Justice Samuel Alito at a formal portrait for Supreme Court justices, in Washington, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022.

At Justice Alito’s house, a ‘Stop the Steal’ symbol on display

An upside-down flag, adopted by Donald Trump supporters contesting President Biden’s victory, flew over Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

This week's daters: Allie and Peter.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We grew up a town over from each other’

Will these daters bond over their hometown ties?

Love Letters: The big red flag — alcohol

One of the writer’s daughters with Miss Fingal, their Irish wolfhound.

‘Big loss, big dog’: The grief-hound that helped hold my family together

I like to imagine my brother going on the drive to get our new puppy, throwing his head back in laughter.

A mobile smart phone wrapped with a chain and padlock. Close up view.

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Meet the Wellesley psychiatrist who wants families to ban smartphones before 8th grade

Dr. Allison Baker wants kids to have more independence, resilience, and triumph. As a local proponent of the Wait Until 8th pledge, she’s trying to normalize a screen-free childhood.

MATTHEW GILBERT | 'SNL' SHOWDOWN

Globe readers voted Kate McKinnon as the best "SNL" cast member of all time.

Kate McKinnon wins our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket

Who’s the best "Saturday Night Live" cast member of the past five decades? We asked readers to decide.

Here’s how readers voted in each round

Kate McKinnon (left) portrays Hillary Rodham Clinton — one of her many political impressions — while Clinton herself plays a bartender in a "Saturday Night Live" sketch in 2016.

As a political satirist, Kate McKinnon made her biggest impression

Her portrayals of Jeff Sessions, Lindsey Graham, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Rudy Giuliani, and so many more likely played a big role in voters choosing her as the best "SNL" cast member in the show's history.

Opinion

The author at one of the spots where Boston's border is clearly marked. The dividing line is not always so apparent.

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

I walked the entire 90-mile perimeter of Boston. It was surprising and delightful.

Trekking in a “circle” around a city is becoming one of the great urban adventures of our time.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Will the Trump team’s bigoted pandering to Black voters work?

MARCELA GARCÍA

Concord’s school-naming controversy: Will a Black pioneer be honored?

Will the doctor be in? Massachusetts prisoners are about to find out.

Kenneth R. Manning

The value of graduations during times of political turmoil

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

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Trump heads to Minnesota to campaign after attending his son Barron’s Florida high school graduation
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Ducklings take over a swimming pool; suspected car thieves hide under a gazebo; and an Amazon delivery driver saves the day

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Cape Cod Hospital to pay $24.4 million following DOJ investigation into Medicare billing practices
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A jogger passed a sign supporting efforts to name a new middle school after abolitionist Ellen Garrison. Thus far, the School Committee has resisted calls from the community to rename the school, set to open next February.

Concord residents want to name new middle school after Black abolitionist Ellen Garrison. The School Committee disagrees.

Despite a groundswell of Concord support, the School Committee has resisted calls from the community to rename the state-of-the-art middle school for Garrison.

High speed internet can be expensive. Do towns in Western Massachusetts hold the secret to sustainable, affordable connectivity?
With larger providers having little economic incentive to upgrade internet infrastructure, some Western Massachusetts towns created their own municipal broadband networks, treating high speed internet as a public utility.

This Mass. city is one of the best places to retire, according to Forbes
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Mass. couples reflect on 20 years of same-sex marriage: ‘We don’t have to feel like we’re in the shadows’
Marriage guaranteed something completely revolutionary: the same rights heterosexual couples had under the law.

Culture & Lifestyle

The cover of "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968."

Lenny Kaye and friends to celebrate the garage rock treasures he unearthed for ‘Nuggets’

This image released by Focus Features shows Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in a scene from "Back to Black."

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Jennifer Mogbock, portraying the title character in "Toni Stone," rehearses a scene from Lydia R. Diamond's play about the first Black woman to play professional baseball.

With ‘Toni Stone,’ Lydia R. Diamond tips her cap to a baseball trailblazer

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.

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Nightmare in Mission Hill

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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

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

A brush with political death could make Mike Johnson a better speaker

IDEAS | DANIEL CONROY-BEAM

How the incels warped my research

In one of Boston's first legal gay marriages, David Wilson, left, and Robert Compton were married at the Arlington Street Church on May 17, 2004.

The future of marriage equality

Karen Read arrived for court with her defense team attorneys at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham on May 13.

Karen Read trial: How the bland and mundane morphed into the dark and dangerous

Shelby Hewitt in a photo taken circa 2022.

How did DCF fail to notice their social worker was attending high school?

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘I don’t remember going there.’ Witness Matthew McCabe testifies that Karen Read didn’t recall driving to Canton home

Matthew McCabe also testified that Karen Read told his wife that she had somehow broken or cracked her taillight.

‘I literally cried:’ Annual overdoses in Mass. fell for first time in four years, CDC says

Massachusetts saw 2,373 confirmed overdose deaths throughout 2023, compared to 2,647 confirmed overdoses in 2022.

The correctional officers vs. Governor McKee

Tension is brewing at the Rhode Island Department of Corrections, and it’s not because of the inmates at the ACI.

State placed migrant children in hotels with registered sex offenders, Globe investigation finds

After the Globe identified sex offenders in hotels housing new migrants and homeless families, the state said it is moving the individuals.

Sports

Newton North's Sam Huang, (15) and Simon Vardeh, (21) go up for the block on a spike from Natick’s Nicholas Bonavire, in Thursday's match. North won, 3-0.

EMASS BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: TOP 20

EMass boys’ volleyball: With big Bay State wins, Newton North nets No. 1 spot in Globe Top 20

The Tigers (14-2) look every bit a complete team ready for the postseason after recording wins over Bay State Conference rivals Needham and Natick.

EMASS BOYS' VOLLEYBALL: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass boys’ volleyball: Setting up a St. John’s Prep win, Cole Morrison headlines Players of the Week

With 63 assists in just four sets, the senior directed the Eagles offense in a stunning road nonconference win over Winchester.

Brad Marchand (right) arrives for Game 5 on Tuesday.

PANTHERS AT BRUINS | 7 P.M. (TNT)

Panthers at Bruins, Game 6 preview: Brad Marchand could return for win-or-go-home contest at TD Garden

Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. Boston needs a win to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.

Garden Party: The calm before the storm

Top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler tees off at PGA Championship after being arrested hours before second round

Business

‘I literally cried:’ Annual overdoses in Mass. fell for first time in four years, CDC says

Massachusetts saw 2,373 confirmed overdose deaths throughout 2023, compared to 2,647 confirmed overdoses in 2022.

For sale: Typewriter shop, often used

Tom Furrier, the longtime proprietor and master repairman of Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, is in search of a new owner as he prepares to retire.

Could cannabis stores open on Federal Hill or the East Side of Providence?

Join the discussion: A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?

magazine

An identity thief stole $5,000 from me. I spent two years tracking down how.

To meet people in her new town, she wanted to start a book club. She got 200 replies.

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

Whose order should a restaurant server take first?

metro

Walpole Animal Control Officer Briana Williams made sure these ducklings got out of this swimming pool safely.

Ducklings take over a swimming pool; suspected car thieves hide under a gazebo; and an Amazon delivery driver saves the day

Could cannabis stores open on Federal Hill or the East Side of Providence?

Let’s prioritize children’s nutrition in Rhode Island

sports

Brayan Bello is 2-0 with a 3.38 ERA (6 ER/16.0 IP) in three starts on the road this season.

Game 45: Red Sox at Cardinals lineups and notes

Sitting a first-round quarterback isn’t easy. When is the right time for the Patriots to start Drake Maye?

The competition thus far isn’t helping the Celtics prepare for a title run, and other thoughts

business

Photo illustration by Ashley Borg

A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?

UAW’s push to unionize factories in South faces latest test in vote at 2 Mercedes plants in Alabama

J. Jill approves first quarterly dividend

politics

Attorney John Eastman talks to reporters after a hearing in Los Angeles.

Attorney John Eastman pleads not guilty to felony charges in Arizona’s fake elector case

Judge says South Carolina can enforce 6-week abortion ban amid dispute over when a heartbeat begins

Trump heads to Minnesota to campaign after attending his son Barron’s Florida high school graduation

Nation

Members of the Relief Gang helped remove fallen tree limbs from crushed cars in the aftermath of a severe thunderstorm that passed through downtown, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Houston.

Severe storms kill at least 4 in Houston, knock out power in Texas and Louisiana

Army will present Purple Heart to Minnesota veteran 73 years after he was wounded in Korean War

At least 12 arrested at UC Berkeley after police order protesters to disperse

World

People visited the site where revelers were killed and kidnapped on Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas militants at the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, in March.

Israeli military says it found bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza

Slovak prime minister underwent another operation, remains in serious condition

Israel insists it is doing all it can to protect civilians in Gaza and denies genocide charges

opinion

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson.

A brush with political death could make Mike Johnson a better speaker

Concord’s school-naming controversy: Will a Black pioneer be honored?

House leaders lard up the state budget with a side of pork

lifestyle

A mobile smart phone wrapped with a chain and padlock. Close up view.

Meet the Wellesley psychiatrist who wants families to ban smartphones before 8th grade

The big red flag: alcohol

These were the most popular baby names in Mass. and nationwide in 2023

food & dining

Photo illustration by Ashley Borg

A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?

Small Victories serves empanadas and caviar in Southie; Althea opens in Central Square

Michelle T. King’s ‘Chop Fry Watch Learn’ remembers Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese food to TV — and the world

travel

The Rockport Harbor Hotel was designed to be welcoming for the community — and fit into the look of Rockport Village.

Funny — you don’t look two years old! This new, ‘olde’ Rockport, Maine, hotel is full of surprises

Beaches, palaces, and high culture. The unexpected and completely over-the-top pleasures of Abu Dhabi.

Biddeford — and ‘Maine’s Youngest Downtown’ — is worth a visit

Arts

"Old Age, Adolescence, Infancy (The Three Ages)," 1940, Salvador Dalí. Collection of The Dalí Museum, St. Petersburg, Fla.; Gift of A. Reynolds & Eleanor Morse.

10 museum exhibitions to enrich long summer days

In a solo show at the Portland Museum of Art, Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey transforms an ancient tradition

In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history

Books

illustration for books

John Kaag, in ‘American Bloods,’ follows the sprawling branches of a powerful dynasty throughout American history

Two new poetry collections and a literary journal exploring ‘the pastoral and the passed-over’ in Maine

Author readings around Boston through May 25

Movies

Adam Sandler in the 1996 comedy "Happy Gilmore."

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix

Ready to get your summer movies on? Here’s your guide, from ‘Furiosa’ to ‘Fly Me to the Moon.’

‘Back to Black’ star Marisa Abela on telling Amy Winehouse’s story ‘authentically’ through her music

Television

Adam Sandler in the 1996 comedy "Happy Gilmore."

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix

10 TV shows to sit back and enjoy this summer

This ‘Presumed Innocent’ rewrites the legal thriller’s script

music

Billy Strings performs at the Newport Folk Festival in 2023. The boundary-breaking bluegrass star returns to the area this summer for a pair of shows at Worcester's DCU Center.

For Americana fans, there’s Willie, Billy, and 8 more great shows

Lainey Wilson wins big at the 2024 Academy of Country Music Awards, including the top honor

10 pop concerts that promise hot fun in the summertime

Theater/Dance

Cirio Collective will perform in July in Boston

The weather’s heating up and so is dance: 10 shows to see in New England

From ‘Holy Grail’ to ‘Catholic Guilt,’ 10 comedy shows to lighten up summer

10 must-see shows for theatergoers this summer

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

An undated photo of painter Katherine Porter provided by Katherine Porter, via LewAllen Galleries.

Katherine Porter, painter of intuitive expressionism, dies at 82

Cancer claims Iditarod champion Rick Mackey. His father and brother also won famed Alaska race

A.T. Ariyaratne, a hero in Sri Lanka for helping the poor, dies at 92