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Tom Brady has arrived for his Patriots Hall of Fame induction. Follow along.

The ceremony begins Wednesday at 7 p.m. at sold-out Gillette Stadium, or you can stream it on Patriots.com.
Live updates

Governor Healey declares June 12, 2024, ‘Tom Brady Day’ before his induction into Patriots Hall of Fame

The proclamation recognizes the legendary quarterback’s six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and 135 wins.

NBA Finals | Celtics vs. Mavericks, Game 3 | 8:30 p.m.

Celtics have seldom blown a 2-0 lead in a playoff series, but it has happened
In the 2018 Eastern Conference finals against Cleveland, the Celtics won the first two at home but lost the series in seven games.

Celtics fans gear up for the Garden’s first-ever NBA Finals watch party
nba finals | celtics vs. mavericks

How the similar skill sets of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown actually work to the Celtics’ advantage
dan shaughnessy

Celtics legend Bob Cousy is eager to see that 18th championship banner go up

The first heat wave of the summer could reach New England next week

Triple-digit temperatures are expected when a widespread heat dome stalls over much of the eastern US starting Tuesday.
Father’s Day outlook: It could be a ‘Top 10 summer weekend’ after a stormy Friday
Brian McGrory

The compromise between a billionaire and a Nantucket clam shack we can all learn from

A year ago, a Nantucket clam shack seemed ready to fall victim to familiar forces. And then a funny thing happened.
Money, Power, Inequality

With ‘Fifteen Cents on the Dollar,’ journalists illustrate America’s Black-white wealth gap

In 2022, the average Black family’s wealth divided by the average white family’s wealth was 15.5 percent, or about 15 cents for every white dollar, the book says.

Here are the major cases the Supreme Court will decide on in the coming weeks

The court is set to issue a series of landmark decisions, with significant implications for politics, guns, access to abortion medication, and how cities manage their homeless populations.

House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

The contempt action represents House Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department and of Garland’s leadership.
Republicans vote to hold Garland in contempt of Congress. Here’s what that means.

State Police investigator says ‘all the information gathered’ indicated Karen Read was responsible for John O’Keefe’s death

“There was just no evidence that Mr. [Brian] Albert was involved in any way," Michael Proctor testified, referring to the owner of the Canton home where O'Keefe's body was found near the road.
With focus on texts, a clear strategy emerges for Read’s defense team ‘We’re gonna lock this whack job up.’ Text messages from State Police investigator under scrutiny. Tracker: Here are the notable people who have testified in the trial so far, and what they said

Cambridge Schools to pay ousted superintendent more than $200,000 in severance

Greer agreed not to sue the district for anything other than a breach of the settlement agreement itself.

State says migrant, homeless families will start getting notices to leave shelters in July

The nine-month limit on how long the state should provide a place for homeless families to sleep marks the first restrictions on the system since the inception of Massachusetts’ right-to-shelter law.

Massachusetts lawmakers are embracing a ban on so-called revenge porn. Finally, survivors say.

If signed into law, the proposal would make South Carolina the only state left in the country to not explicitly make it illegal for former partners and others to disseminate sexually explicit images of another person without consent.

Voicing concern with district leaders, City Council approves $1.5 billion budget for Boston Public Schools

Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year

Some Massachusetts students are so anxious, they’re missing school for months on end. What can schools do?

Watch: ‘It’s like she’s not a human being’: Are Braintree Public Schools equipped to educate special needs students?

Blinken says some of Hamas’s proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are ‘workable’ and some not

Report by UN-backed experts cites crimes by Israeli forces, Palestinian militants starting 0ct. 7
tara sullivan

Leaving Caitlin Clark off the US Olympic team is hardly scandalous, and here’s why

When nuance and reason don’t move the needle the way outrage and anger do, reality barely stands a chance of being heard.

Ten years after opening, Assembly Row booms on

The massive mixed-use complex has transformed its corner of Somerville and is spinning off smaller projects all around it.

A Boston TV weather power couple jumps to the smaller screen

Matt and Danielle Noyes have launched 1Degree Outside, an app- and internet-based forecasting site focusing on New England.
Opinion
JOAN VENNOCHI

Crude and sexist State Police investigator compromises Karen Read trial

Trooper Michael Proctor’s juvenile, tasteless, and amateurish approach to a murder investigation gave a big boost to the defense.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Two verdicts and two very different pictures of America’s future
LETTERS

Readers weigh verdict in trial of Hunter Biden
Joan Donovan

Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI
JEFF JACOBY

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LGBTQ Pride Month

Boston Pride parade awash in positivity

See photos of Boston’s Pride parade on a sunny and colorful day

More than a dozen ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Greater Boston area
PARENTING UNFILTERED

How parents can support LGBTQ+ youth in an often hostile world

More recent News

Democrats are running for state legislatures in record numbers, but will they help Biden’s chances?
The hope, Democratic officials say, is that the bounty of candidates will not only boost their state-level power but uplift President Biden's re-election in key states.

Democrats try to stop Project 2025 plans for a Trump White House

Video shows deer jumping through bus windshield in R.I.
Three passengers on the bus were injured, and the animal did not survive the incident Monday.

Charles Daniels, who photographed rock’s biggest legends, gets show extended at Nave Gallery in Somerville
“We kept finding more film,” Daniels’s longtime partner, Susan Berstler, said during a recent tour of the exhibition. “We still have another batch.”

Maine man charged with five felonies in Jan. 6, 2021, attack on US Capitol; allegedly pepper sprayed police officer
A Maine man is facing five felony charges after he allegedly pepper-sprayed a police officer while participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that attempted to block the certification of President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, officials said Wednesday.

Jerry West, NBA Hall of Fame player and executive for the Lakers, dies at 86
West was nicknamed “Mr. Clutch” for his late-game exploits as a player, and his silhouette is considered to be the basis of the NBA logo.

President Biden faces first lawsuit over new asylum crackdown at the border
The order Biden issued last week would limit asylum processing once encounters with migrants between ports of entry reach 2,500 per day.

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums
Ganz Blythe, who currently serves as deputy director of exhibitions, education, and programs at the RISD Museum, will take over as director of the Harvard museums Aug. 12.

Mass. sees largest decline in opioid-related deaths in more than a decade
The state's Black population, however, suffered more opioid-related overdose deaths last year than in any of the previous five years.

LOVE LETTERS
He called things off; should I wait to see if he changes his mind?
We were together for two years, and I was blindsided by the breakup.

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Apple bets its future on trustworthy AI. Elon Musk isn’t so sure.

Apple Intelligence could transform AI from a toy to a tool. It’s up to Apple to ensure it’s a tool we can trust.

Swimming spots back on track after pandemic-related lifeguard shortage
Lifeguard recruitment efforts throughout Boston and Massachusetts seem to have paid off.

Bedford woman accused of killing her parents suffers from mental illness, her lawyer says
The lawyer for Jessica Lynn Cavallaro, the Bedford woman charged with murder for allegedly shooting her parents to death last week, said Tuesday that his client suffers from a “long-standing mental illness.”

Summer is almost here, but sidewalk dining is fading across most of Boston. Why?
Al fresco tables were hailed as a silver lining of the pandemic but then many restaurants gave up on them.

Culture & Lifestyle

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

Looking like Matt Damon continues to haunt Jesse Plemons

Catch up on ‘The Serpent Queen’ before season 2 arrives

Special Projects

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

If Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown beat the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals and carry the team to Banner No. 18, their legacies would be cemented. But all of this year’s success means nothing without a ring.
HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.
Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

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.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

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At Hunter Biden’s trial, many families heard the familiar sorrow of a relative’s struggles with addiction

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The new reality of racial segregation in Mass. schools
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Boston students meet with Netanyahu on campus antisemitism

The meeting was an initiative of Olami, an organization that offers Jewish students international travel opportunities and on-campus programming.

Celtics fans gear up for the Garden’s first ever NBA Finals watch party

Fans are looking to bring a home-game intensity to TD Garden despite the team playing in Texas for Game 3.

Maine man charged with five felonies in Jan. 6, 2021, attack on US Capitol; allegedly pepper sprayed police officer

A Maine man is facing five felony charges after he allegedly pepper-sprayed a police officer while participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol that attempted to block the certification of President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election, officials said Wednesday.

Cambridge Schools to pay ousted superintendent more than $200,000 in severance

Greer agreed not to sue the district for anything other than a breach of the settlement agreement itself.

Sports

live updates

Tom Brady has arrived for his Patriots Hall of Fame induction. Follow along.

The ceremony begins Wednesday at 7 p.m. at sold-out Gillette Stadium, or you can stream it on Patriots.com.
BRUINS

Bruins shuffle staff, welcome back Jay Leach as an assistant, promote Joe Sacco

Sacco, the former Medford High and Boston University standout, has been a Boston assistant since 2014 and perennially directs one of the league’s top penalty-killing units. Leach served as the Providence Bruins coach from 2017-21
Live Updates

The Celtics are in Dallas for Game 3 of the NBA Finals, perhaps without Kristaps Porzingis. Follow live updates.

The Celtics can take a commanding 3-0 lead in the series down in Dallas.

Celtics fans gear up for the Garden’s first ever NBA Finals watch party
MIAA TOURNAMENT MANAGEMENT

MIAA’s Tournament Management stays the course on two-year divisional alignments
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Patriots cornerback Christian Gonzalez wants to be light on his feet to handle a heavy load

Business

Student loan bills are dropping next month for many, but there’s a hiccup

Starting next month, borrowers enrolled in the SAVE plan with only undergraduate loans will have their monthly payments capped at 5 percent of their discretionary income, down from the current 10 percent limit.

Activist hedge fund fined for secret payments to researcher

The Securities and Exchange Commission fined affiliated money managers Anson Funds Management and Anson Advisors Inc. a total of $2.25 million on Tuesday, accusing them of hiding payments to an unidentified publisher of bearish research.

European Union hits EVs from China with extra tariffs up to 38%

Elon Musk sued for harassment by former SpaceX employees
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LOVE LETTERS

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Cooking

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metro

Needham middle school graduates 23 sets of twins

Governor Healey declares June 12, 2024, ‘Tom Brady Day’ before his induction into Patriots Hall of Fame

Voicing concern with district leaders, City Council approves $1.5 billion budget for Boston Public Schools

sports

Robert Saleh downplays Aaron Rodgers’ absence from mini camp, says QB told Jets ahead of time he wouldn’t attend

Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov back at practice ahead of Game 3 of Stanley Cup Final

How the similar skill sets of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown actually work to the Celtics’ advantage

business

Federal Reserve sees some progress on inflation but envisions just one rate cut this year

Apple bets its future on trustworthy AI. Elon Musk isn’t so sure.

Johnson & Johnson settlement includes $14.5m for Mass., $6m for N.H., nearly $7m for R.I.

politics

House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

Donald Trump’s lawyers press judge to lift gag order in wake of former president’s felony conviction

About half of US adults approve of Trump’s conviction, but views of him remain stable, AP-NORC poll says

Nation

White House aide does not say if Biden would commute son’s sentence

Southern Baptists vote to condemn IVF

Oklahoma Supreme Court dismisses Tulsa massacre lawsuit

World

Russian warships reach Cuban waters ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean

Wreck of the last ship of famed Irish explorer Shackleton has been found off the coast of Canada

Blinken says some of Hamas’s proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are ‘workable’ and some not

opinion

Beware of identity fraud empowered by generative AI

At Hunter Biden’s trial, many families heard the familiar sorrow of a relative’s struggles with addiction

Pride in their corporate colors

lifestyle

Feels like home

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez timeline: Couple reportedly selling Beverly Hills mansion

Houseplant woes? Botanical ‘telehealth’ is just a call away.

food & dining

Mass. man went viral after being stopped by TSA with a bag full of SPAM. Now he is becoming a ‘SPAM influencer.’

She wanted cows for her growing Vineyard farm. First, she had to catch them.

On the grill or in the oven, these skewer recipes are great for pork, chicken, and beef

travel

Where to experience Meow Wolf

Lesser-known battles — and people — will fight for attention as state marks more 250th anniversaries

Journey to other planets, stay in Denver

Arts

Sarah Ganz Blythe to lead Harvard Art Museums

Fruitlands Museum to reopen its galleries with three exhibitions focused on Native American Art

A ‘Meadow’ in the Fenway and a ‘Glacier’ in Kenmore Square

Books

A new volume on home design, a poetry festival in Vermont, and a bookish Juneteenth in Cambridge

Local bestsellers for the week ended June 9

James Parker writes an ode to odes with ‘Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes’

Movies

In ‘Inside Out 2,’ big emotions return, but great storytelling does not

Looking like Matt Damon continues to haunt Jesse Plemons

In ‘Treasure,’ Lena Dunham plays a Holocaust survivor’s daughter who road trips across Poland looking for answers

Television

‘Presumed Innocent’ is a classic David E. Kelley beach read of a whodunit

AMC to expand Anne Rice franchise with ‘The Talamasca’

Looking like Matt Damon continues to haunt Jesse Plemons

music

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez timeline: Couple reportedly selling Beverly Hills mansion

Canadian supergroup Trans-Canada Highwaymen keeps CanRock’s flame burning

Alisa Amador almost quit music. Then, NPR called.

Theater/Dance

In the musical ‘Next to Normal,’ a family grapples with mental illness

Some enchanted evenings coming up at Reagle Music Theater

‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’ channels Chekhov with a twist

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

Fumihiko Maki, honored architect of understated buildings, dies at 95

Jerry West, NBA Hall of Fame player and executive for the Lakers, dies at 86

Guy Mainella, whose ‘Calling All Sports’ ushered sports talk radio into Boston, dies at 85