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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.

#MeToo exposed a history of sexual harassment in the Mass. House. A key position to address it has been empty for years.
The Massachusetts State House is now requiring mandatory harassment and discrimination training for all employees after House employees slammed their employer for the fact that the training hasn’t been mandatory for over three years.

Republicans make Biden’s EV push an election-year issue as Democrats take a more nuanced approach

Donald Trump says the Biden administration’s policy to promote electric vehicles is a “radical plan” that would kill the economy in automaking states.

Jennifer Lopez cancels summer tour: ‘I am completely heartsick and devastated’
“Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” they said in a statement.

To track H5N1, these scientists test wildlife from as far away as Hawaii
It’s still an open question, experts say, what will happen as the bird flu virus continues to spread.

Condemnations mount over Israeli proposal to label UN aid agency a terrorist group

Qatar and Saudi Arabia on Sunday condemned an Israeli parliamentary bill that seeks to label UNRWA, the main provider of aid for Palestinians in Gaza, a terrorist group, joining a growing number of nations opposed to the proposal.
34 in police custody after pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn Museum, damage to artwork reported Accusations of inhumane treatment at Israel’s hospital for Gaza detainees rise

AP photographer Ron Edmonds, who took Pulitzer-winning photos of Reagan shooting, has died

Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision
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.
OPINION | ERNESTO BARBIERI & JESS RULIFFSON

Recovery and decline: True stories from an ICU

An interactive comic that explores the impact of addiction and substance use disorder on ICU nurses and hospital employees.
Share your thoughts on this interactive comic

A morning at Boston Immigration Court: Hope, anguish, and so much waiting
A backlog, which has reached 150,000 cases in Massachusetts, continues to congest immigration courts here and across the country. And everyone waiting their turn to enter a courtroom has a story.

‘Rats and bedbugs and roaches and mold’: Dismal conditions found at some hotels sheltering homeless families and migrants ‘We’re safe here’: In Cambridge, a welcome celebration for immigrants

chad finn
Al Horford has been indispensable to the Celtics. It’s time he gets rewarded with his first NBA title.
Horford has played 181 playoff games in his career. Only Karl Malone (193) and John Stockton (182) played more without winning a championship.

Dan Shaughnessy: It’s the Celtics’ time to end our championship drought

All systems go for Kristaps Porzingis at Celtics practice
Coach Joe Mazzulla said Porzingis looked good in drills, but noted that the intensity level at practice wasn’t as high as it will be in the coming days.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes
Kendrick Perkins already enjoying the Kristaps Porzingis story line in the NBA Finals

SUMMER READING PREVIEW

75 books we’re most excited to read this summer

The Globe’s annual summer reading preview features 75 books — fiction, nonfiction, romance, and mystery — we think you’ll want to slip into that beach bag, backpack, or picnic basket.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Ever the gamer, Dustin Pedroia may fall short of Baseball Hall of Fame for one key reason

What Pedroia has in his favor is that he’s the only second baseman to win all the awards he did and he was a two-time World Series champion.
Red Sox: With a shot of confidence, Enmanuel Valdez showing he’s ready to contribute more in the majors

Five women ordained as deacons by the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

Four of the new deacons plan to continue their formation and be ordained as priests as the church nears the 50th anniversary of the ordination of its first female priests.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

NFL teams are starting to practice the new kickoff rules, and no one knows how it’s all going to work

The new rules are perhaps the most drastic change to the sport since the forward pass was legalized in 1933.
Opinion
JEFF JACOBY

If you can wager on the price of orange juice, why not on elections?

Some regulators want to ban election betting markets. Here’s why they’re wrong.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Negro League baseball players are finally recognized in MLB’s record books

EDITORIAL

For too many, the path to overdosing starts at work
CARINE HAJJAR

The view from the right on Trump’s conviction
SCOT LEHIGH

Americans must reject Trump’s assault on rationality

More recent News

On the most mellow day of the week, we need music that’s easy like a ...
A just-right soundtrack for Sunday mornings gives us a chance to chill out, recover, regroup. After all, tomorrow’s Monday.

Mass. man killed by tractor-trailer on Maine Turnpike in Kittery after crashing car into entrance of weigh station

Chhoeunly Phoeung, 36, was struck by a tractor-trailer in Kittery, Maine State Police said in a statement Saturday.

‘It won’t make any difference.’ In this Wisconsin community, Trump’s conviction isn’t a game-changer
Wisconsin's narrowly divided electorate is being heavily targeted by both the Trump and Biden campaigns.

Trump has few ways to overturn his conviction as a New York felon

More than a dozen ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Greater Boston area
In addition to the celebrations highlighted here, many towns and businesses in the Greater Boston area are hosting local Pride festivals, block parties, and bar crawls.

Events to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community all June in Massachusetts

Two dead, 7 injured after shooting at a bar in suburban Pittsburgh, police say
First responders discovered the bodies of a man and a woman inside the bar around 3 a.m. Sunday. Seven additional victims were found.

LOVE LETTERS
Three dates with a Trump supporter
They were good dates. But ... can it work?

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2024 summer olympics

Wars in Gaza and Ukraine, and threat of terrorism, loom over Paris Olympics this summer

Paris elevated its terror threat to maximum two months ago, and the opening ceremony will be conducted amid the heaviest security in Olympic history.

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.

GLOBE MAGAZINE
Smiles, tears, and a spitting llama: Untold tales from the Stone Zoo
Zookeeper Sandra Elliott shares some of her favorite stories from four decades in Stoneham.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

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

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

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

SCOT LEHIGH

Americans must reject Trump’s assault on rationality
Erwin Chemerinsky

Trump verdict: No one is above the law
Renée Graham

My Gen Z weekend
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

SUNDAY'S CHILD

Edwin, 14, enjoys cooking for others and making jokes

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

A morning at Boston Immigration Court: Hope, anguish, and so much waiting

A backlog, which has reached 150,000 cases in Massachusetts, continues to congest immigration courts here and across the country. And everyone waiting their turn to enter a courtroom has a story.

To track H5N1, these scientists test wildlife from as far away as Hawaii

It’s still an open question, experts say, what will happen as the bird flu virus continues to spread.

#MeToo exposed a history of sexual harassment in the Mass. House. A key position to address it has been empty for years.

The Massachusetts State House is now requiring mandatory harassment and discrimination training for all employees after House employees slammed their employer for the fact that the training hasn’t been mandatory for over three years.

Sports

TIGERS AT RED SOX | 1:35 P.M. (NESN)

Game 60: Tigers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Brayan Bello has the ball for the finale.
chad finn

Al Horford has been indispensable to the Celtics. It’s time he gets rewarded with his first NBA title.

Horford has played 181 playoff games in his career. Only Karl Malone (193) and John Stockton (182) played more without winning a championship.
Boston Globe Today Sports

There’s no need to argue which player is more responsible for the Celtics’ success

The debate over which Celtics star has done more to get Boston to the NBA Finals is a false choice, opines Christopher L. Gasper.
Red Sox

With a shot of confidence, Enmanuel Valdez showing he’s ready to contribute more in the majors

panthers 2, rangers 1

Panthers vanquish Rangers to return to the Stanley Cup Final for a second straight year
us gymnastics championships

Stoughton’s Frederick Richard finishes second at the US gymnastics championships

Business

Maldives will ban Israelis from entering the country over the war in Gaza

The Maldives government will ban Israelis from the Indian Ocean archipelago, known for luxury resorts, as public anger in the predominantly Muslim nation rises over the war in Gaza.

Republicans make Biden’s EV push an election-year issue as Democrats take a more nuanced approach

Donald Trump says the Biden administration’s policy to promote electric vehicles is a “radical plan” that would kill the economy in automaking states.

A Chinese spacecraft lands on the moon’s far side to collect rocks in growing space rivalry with US

Boeing’s first astronaut flight halted at the last minute
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

Pilot injured in helicopter crash in N.H.

Drag storytime kicks off Pride Month at Cambridge Public Library

Five women ordained as deacons by the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts

sports

Carles Gil, Esmir Bajraktarevic score to propel the Revolution to their third victory of the MLS season

Westford’s Paul Bergeron ends career with golden mile at Meet of Champions

Robert MacIntyre, aiming for his first PGA Tour win, owns a lead over the Canadian Open’s local favorite

business

Panama prepares to evacuate first island in face of rising sea levels

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

Report: Boston Beer could be bought by Japanese company

politics

AP photographer Ron Edmonds, who took Pulitzer-winning photos of Reagan shooting, has died

‘It won’t make any difference.’ In this Wisconsin community, Trump’s conviction isn’t a game-changer

Time to ‘fight back’: GOP out for revenge after Trump conviction

Nation

Trump verdict confirms how far former master of New York City has fallen

Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision

Trump has few ways to overturn his conviction as a New York felon

World

Condemnations mount over Israeli proposal to label UN aid agency a terrorist group

Accusations of inhumane treatment at Israel’s hospital for Gaza detainees rise

Iran’s hard-line former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registers for June 28 presidential election

opinion

Our health care workers are suffering from more than burnout

A close look at the ivory tower turns up some loose masonry

A *chef’s kiss* to Mayor Wu from North End’s non-restaurant owners

lifestyle

Three dates with a Trump supporter

Is my daughter’s boyfriend gay?

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

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

Can a 1970s Cape Cod hotel with a slick makeover balance Instagram-ready style with substance?

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

It’s Sunday morning. What music are you playing?

On the most mellow day of the week, we need music that’s easy like a ...

10 Sunday morning favorites, courtesy of some music savants

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

Clarence Sasser, 76, Vietnam medic honored for lifesaving valor, dies

Nora Cortiñas, a founder of Argentina’s mothers of the ‘disappeared,’ dies at 94

AP photographer Ron Edmonds, who took Pulitzer-winning photos of Reagan shooting, has died