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Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies

Marian Robinson, the mother of Michelle Obama who lived at the White House with the first family, has died.

Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war

Biden added that Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire.
Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

Man accused of killing his stepdaughter in Acton had been awaiting trial on rape charges for close to three years

Juliano F. Santana had been free on bail since 2021. He was slated to stand trial in July.

Public funds covered $30k in transit, hotels for Mass. governor’s trip to Italy

The Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund, which is funded in part by casino revenue, picked up the tab for Governor Maura Healey’s May trip to Italy.

Southborough teacher on leave after holding ‘mock slave auction,’ using racial slur, superintendent says

The incidents occurred in a fifth-grade class in January and April, Superintendent Gregory L. Martineau said in a letter to parents this week. The teacher, whose name was not released, was placed on leave during an investigation.

THE FINE PRINT
Federal judge rules against the city of Greenfield in lawsuit in home equity tax-taking case
A judge denies the city of Greenfield’s request to dismiss a lawsuit which, if successful, could force the city to pay a former homeowner $270,000 as restitution for the equity the city seized from him.

Report: Boston Beer could be bought by Japanese company
Suntory, which also owns Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, is in discussions with the brand behind Sam Adams and Truly hard seltzer.

5-alarm blaze rips through horse barn and stables in Templeton; 21 horses relocated

Campaign worker charged with falsifying nomination papers in R.I. congressional race

The Northern Lights are returning Friday night. Here’s where you can see them.

Biden says questioning Trump’s guilty verdicts is ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’

“The justice system should be respected. And we should never let never allow anyone to tear it down,” President Biden said.
Here’s what you should know about Trump’s conviction

Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump’s guilty verdict

Even before Trump verdict, most N.H. voters already had their minds made up

dan shaughnessy
It’s the Celtics’ time to end our championship drought, and other thoughts
Five years and four months have passed since the Patriots won their last Super Bowl, but it might be time for another duck boat parade soon.

The Finals matchup is set, and here are the keys to the Celtics-Mavericks series

Kyrie Irving discussed facing the Celtics in the NBA Finals, reflected on ‘rough time’ in Boston

MFA responds to Jaylen Brown’s ‘Hang it in the Louvre’ comment: ‘Your next masterpiece belongs right here’
MUSIC REVIEW

At Gillette, the Rolling Stones come out rocking with songs and a spirit that never get old

Eighty-year-old Mick Jagger was astonishing from the get-go.
Train to the Rolling Stones concert at Gillette Stadium breaks down, delays concertgoers

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Can a 1970s Cape Cod hotel with a slick makeover balance Instagram-ready style with substance?
I'll admit, I was a little worried when the amicable desk clerk at the Freebird Motor Lodge in West Yarmouth told me that “most of the people who come here find us through Instagram." Here's what happened next.

The Banana King of Wellfleet (and other things to know about this surprising seaside town)

He earns an extra $61,000 to lead two committees. They never considered a bill.

A Globe analysis found that more than 1 in 5 of the Massachusetts Legislature’s committees have held no hearings and considered no bills in the current two-year session. Their leaders still earn tens of thousands of dollars in additional stipends.

New England’s largest fossil fuel-fired plant is shutting down for good

The riverfront site of the Mystic Generating Station in Everett will be redeveloped, potentially to include a soccer stadium for the New England Revolution.
Boston Globe Today
Celtics: NBA title or bust
WATCH: Columnist Gary Washburn thinks that the C’s can bring home banner 18 this year, but “it’s not going to be easy.”

Watch: Is it a failure if the Celtics lose the NBA Finals?

WATCH: Columnist Gary Washburn thinks that the C’s can bring home banner 18 this year, but “it’s not going to be easy.”
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Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There seemed to be some chemistry’

Will these two daters conduct themselves with class?
LOVE LETTERS

Is my daughter’s boyfriend gay?

Should I ask?
ben volin | on football

Is the Cold War between the Belichick and Kraft sides thawing?

At a recent practice in Foxborough, there were demonstrations of respect and reconciliation that bode well.
Opinion
SCOT LEHIGH

Americans must reject Trump’s assault on rationality

It’s fine to disagree with Donald Trump’s conviction, but the idea that it was a rigged trial ordered by President Biden is absurd.
Erwin Chemerinsky

Trump verdict: No one is above the law
JOAN VENNOCHI

Will Trump’s convictions matter?
Renée Graham

My Gen Z weekend
LETTERS

We have a verdict
AAPI Heritage Month

Local council champions the AAPI business community, while dispelling model minority myth

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

In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own

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

More recent News

With a sense of urgency, filmmaker spotlights New Mexico’s victims of nuclear testing
"First We Bombed New Mexico," a 2023 documentary about Trinity atomic bomb fallout, premieres at the Berkshire International Film Festival this weekend.

Alan Jackson brings his ‘Last Call’ to TD Garden this summer
Grammy-winning country star will kick off his 10-stop farewell tour in Boston on Aug 2.

RI POLITICS
Key things to watch as R.I. House unveils state budget
House Speaker Shekarchi announces the budget won’t include funding for a State Archives and History Center, and it won’t include changes in bank taxation sought by R.I.-based Citizens Bank.

MIT undergraduates receive diplomas at the end of a tense graduation season
MIT took the unusual step of barring media from today’s ceremony, and instead offering the public a view of the proceedings on livestream.

Moderna’s vaccine for RSV gets FDA approval for people 60 and older
Moderna said Friday that US drug regulators have approved its second product, a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, for people aged 60 and older.

NH CRIME
Stricter name-change rules for violent felons signed into N.H. law
Governor Chris Sununu said the legislation serves a collective responsibility to protect “the most vulnerable among us.”

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing ‘partisan extremism’
His announcement left many questions unanswered. Manchin did not disclose if he will continue caucusing with Democrats in the Senate, where they hold a slim majority.

First shelter exit notices won’t go out until July
Healey administration officials said earlier this month that families could start getting kicked out of the emergency shelter system by Sept. 1, after receiving a 90-day notice to exit on June 1.

PODCAST | SAY MORE WITH SHIRLEY LEUNG
The Asian-American singer changing the world of opera
Meet Nina Yoshida Nelsen, the artistic director of the Boston Lyric Opera.

Recommended reads

innovation economy

Mainvest helped people ‘invest in Main Street.’ It’s shutting down in June.

Mainvest helped more than 100 companies in Massachusetts raise money, including Nightshade Noodle Bar, Top Shelf Cookies, and restaurant chain Mike and Patty’s.

Tech Lab
Mass. voters passed a ‘right to repair’ automotive law in 2020. Why is it still on hold?
Consumers, automakers, car repair shops, and Massachusetts’ attorney general are all waiting for a single federal judge to make up his mind.

Boston Globe Today
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau passionately advocates for physical and mental health
May is mental health awareness month. Canada's unofficial First Lady uses her international platform to advocate for youth self-esteem, gender equality, emotional literacy, and physical activity.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
At a Pittsfield prep school, an alleged abuser had impunity for decades
Over decades, students at Miss Hall’s School told adults that history teacher Matt Rutledge was preying on students. They were ignored and silenced.

Culture & Lifestyle

MIT adds another architectural standout to its collection

At Gillette, the Rolling Stones come out rocking with songs and a spirit that never get old

Beethoven’s utopian Ninth in a world riven by violence

What music would you actually hear at a ‘Bridgerton’-era ball?

Special Projects

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.

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 doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

JOAN VENNOCHI

The humbling of Harvard
SCOT LEHIGH

How I learned to get over my anxiety of flying
IDEAS | ROB HENDERSON

Don’t be a stranger: The power of renewing old friendships
JEFF JACOBY

The law that ruined America’s immigration system
EDITORIAL

Booze, Boston, and Beacon Hill need to be shaken and stirred
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

MIT researchers locate three of the oldest stars in the universe hovering on outskirts of Milky Way Galaxy, study says

The stars were formed about 13 billion years ago, and they were discovered with the help of undergraduate students.

First shelter exit notices won’t go out until July

Healey administration officials said earlier this month that families could start getting kicked out of the emergency shelter system by Sept. 1, after receiving a 90-day notice to exit on June 1.

Public funds covered $30k in transit, hotels for Mass. governor’s trip to Italy

The Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund, which is funded in part by casino revenue, picked up the tab for Governor Maura Healey’s May trip to Italy.

‘Very, very scary’: Passenger describes JetBlue flight from Boston that made emergency landing in North Carolina

A JetBlue plane that was heading to Florida from Boston’s Logan International Airport had to make an emergency landing in North Carolina on Tuesday night.

Sports

boxing

Mike Tyson’s illness forces fight against Jake Paul in July to be postponed

The 57-year-old fell ill on a flight last weekend, meaning the 27-year-old Paul, a YouTube star who has forged a successful prizefighting career mostly by taking on mixed martial artists and journeymen boxers, will have to wait.
nfl

Bills take a chance that wrestling great Gable Steveson can make transition to the NFL

The Olympic gold medalist and two-time NCAA champion was signed as a defensive lineman by Buffalo, which hopes his leverage techniques and agility can be put to use.
RED SOX

Sam Kennedy clarifies comments on Red Sox’ having underperformed, and Alex Cora responds

Kennedy, the CEO and president of the Red Sox, originally spoke of underperformance in a radio interview Thursday. Cora and Kennedy talked and the free agent-to-be manager said the two are "good."

Stefanos Tsitsipas eases into the French Open fourth round
CELTICS

Kyrie Irving discussed facing the Celtics in the NBA Finals, reflected on ‘rough time’ in Boston

Business

Report: Boston Beer could be bought by Japanese company

Suntory, which also owns Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, is in discussions with the brand behind Sam Adams and Truly hard seltzer.

‘Very, very scary’: Passenger describes JetBlue flight from Boston that made emergency landing in North Carolina

A JetBlue plane that was heading to Florida from Boston’s Logan International Airport had to make an emergency landing in North Carolina on Tuesday night.
THE FINE PRINT

Federal judge rules against the city of Greenfield in lawsuit in home equity tax-taking case

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector
magazine
Globe Magazine

Gifted and talented programs are vanishing from schools. That’s a bigger problem than you think.
GLOBE MAGAZINE

Smiles, tears, and a spitting llama: Untold tales from the Stone Zoo
MISS CONDUCT

Advice needed: My 40-year-old son visits us too much
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘There seemed to be some chemistry’

metro

Key things to watch as R.I. House unveils state budget

The Earth had its warmest May on record. How does New England stack up?

Stricter name-change rules for violent felons signed into N.H. law

sports

Lexi Thompson makes a tearful exit from US Women’s Open

Draymond Green defends Celtics amid claims they had easier path to NBA Finals

MFA responds to Jaylen Brown’s ‘Hang it in the Louvre’ comment: ‘Your next masterpiece belongs right here’

business

The Asian-American singer changing the world of opera

Moderna’s vaccine for RSV gets FDA approval for people 60 and older

Fox News hosts trash Trump conviction, vow political redemption

politics

Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies

Biden details a 3-phase hostage deal aimed at winding down the Israel-Hamas war

Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to state’s abortion law over medical exceptions

Nation

Trump rails against his guilty verdict, claiming ‘sick people’ are behind his prosecution

Judge denies petition to recall death sentence of man who killed 12-year-old Polly Klaas

Minneapolis police officer dies in ambush shooting that killed 2 others including suspected gunman

World

Blinken hints US may allow Ukraine greater latitude to strike in Russia

US and Chinese defense chiefs hold first in-person talks since 2022

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah in expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city

opinion

Former State Dept. officials: Israel has crossed the red line

Getting a grip on health care costs

Boston needs a temporary tax hike on commercial properties

lifestyle

Is my daughter’s boyfriend gay?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so let’s talk. (I’ll start.)

My sister is moving away with her partner

food & dining

House votes to approve bill adding 205 liquor licenses in Boston

Verveine, from Monica Glass and Ken Oringer, is the bakery that Cambridge needs

New shows at the whaling museum, a Seattle hotel with a robotic butler, and TripIt kicks it up a notch

travel

‘People need cool stuff.’ Inside three unique stores on the Cape.

Oh, the things you’ll see in Springfield! Exploring the Bay State’s own Smithsonian

The Banana King of Wellfleet (and other things to know about this surprising seaside town)

Arts

At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, the photograph as reliquary

How do you sit still and get paid at the same time? Try becoming a nude, figure-drawing model.

The many selves of Gearóid Dolan, MIT instructor, activist, and costumed artist

Books

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau passionately advocates for physical and mental health

Two comics events, and a summer of literary conversations in Provincetown

Author readings around Boston through June 8

Movies

The real hit man? Richard Linklater.

Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, and Diane Keaton go to ‘Summer Camp’

‘Young Woman and the Sea’ swims into murky waters

Television

Guy Ritchie to revisit Sherlock Holmes in Amazon Prime series

When shows are exactly the right size, that’s perfection

FX’s ‘The Bear’ marathon a boon to non-streamers

music

Alan Jackson brings his ‘Last Call’ to TD Garden this summer

At Gillette, the Rolling Stones come out rocking with songs and a spirit that never get old

What music would you actually hear at a ‘Bridgerton’-era ball?

Theater/Dance

Joe Spaulding, the folkie who became Boch Center CEO, reflects on a transformed arts district as he prepares to exit

At Vilna Shul synagogue, the souls of the dead are stirring

‘Gatsby’ arrives at the ART, driven by a powerhouse creative team

Health

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

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

Obituaries

Sue Johnson, psychologist who took a scientific view of love, dies at 76

Stanley Goldstein, who helped start and build the CVS drugstore empire, dies at 89

Joseph Slavet, ‘fearless’ and thoughtful watchdog of Boston government, dies at 104