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Cell tower records, video show Karen Read drove to Canton home by herself before returning with others, investigator testifies

Brian Tully, a State Police investigator, also testified that officials didn’t have “anything putting him inside the residence,” referring to John O’Keefe.

Healey calls State Trooper Michael Proctor’s behavior ‘terrible’ in Read case; says it harms law enforcement

State Police Trooper Michael Proctor testified Monday in Norfolk Super Court in the Karen Read trial.

What to know about Michael Proctor, lead investigator in the Karen Read case

Boston high school student, 18, shot after graduation ceremony at ICA in Seaport; expected to survive, police say
The 18-year-old was shot around 11:45 a.m. in a Seaport parking garage following an “altercation,” Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said.

A Coast Guard patrol boat is tied to the yacht Jess Conn in Nantucket Harbor in September 2023.

Retired Florida doctor arrested on yacht in Nantucket last year pleads guilty to gun, drug charges

Springfield police commissioners vote to suspend controversial officer Gregg Bigda without pay indefinitely

Springfield’s Board of Police Commissioners voted to suspend Bigda without pay indefinitely by a 3 to 1 vote on Wednesday.

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over

The Supreme Court unanimously upheld access to a drug used in the majority of US abortions, though abortion opponents say the ruling won’t be the last word in the fight over mifepristone.

Unanimous Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion medication Read the complete ruling

Mother sues Marblehead schools over restraint tactics allegedly used on third-grader

A lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges there were “at least eleven incidents” from September to December where school employees physically restrained the 9-year-old boy, in some cases triggering his asthma attacks and requiring emergency medical attention.

Kay Hagler, widow of Marvin Hagler, touched the glove of statue after unveiling Thursday morning in the heart of Brockton Center, a block from where he trained.

Statue honoring former middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler unveiled in Brockton park

Cambridge teen is second person arrested in connection with shooting at park, authorities say

Stephen A. Greyser, a Harvard Business School professor emeritus, has been attending Celtics games for more than 70 years.

For old-school Celtics fans, another potential title brings back the memories

Some have seen all the championships, stretching back 67 years.

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Xavier Tillman’s contribution to this Celtics win was the stuff championships are made of

On and off the court, the Celtics’ indispensable Jrue Holiday is guided by his faith

Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis listed as ‘questionable’ for Game 4 of the NBA Finals

TRAVEL

This tiny Maine island is recruiting new residents to join its tiny population
A big hardware store is a boat trip away, winter is long, and a medical center is nowhere to be found. If this sounds good to you, Isle au Haut could be home, sweet home.

This South Shore town was selected as the best seaside small town to visit in America in 2024

Good Samaritan Hospital is one of Steward's Massachusetts hospitals.

Judge approves new Steward lifeline as dispute surfaces over hospital sales

But a new dispute surfaced over how proceeds from the hospital sales will be allocated between Steward and its landlord, Medical Properties Trust.

Brian McGrory | Medical Properties Trust: A place where failure seems to pay

Newly transplanted cannabis cuttings grow in pots at a marijuana cultivation facility in Milford, Mass., in this 2018 file photo.

New Hampshire kills bill to legalize recreational marijuana

While an effort to do so cleared the Senate, the proposal didn’t have enough support in the House.

Cannabis can set sail to the Vineyard and Nantucket, after all

Tom Brady waves under his retired number 12 on stage as he wears his red jacket.

The 15 most memorable moments from Tom Brady’s Patriots Hall of Fame ceremony

More than 60,000 fans packed into Gillette Stadium for the legendary quarterback’s return.

Christopher L. Gasper: Tom Brady’s Foxborough Fete was one for the ages See photos from Tom Brady’s star-studded ceremony at Gillette Stadium Read Tom Brady’s speech from his Patriots Hall of Fame ceremony

A food delivery driver from the Dominican Republic, who identified himself by his first name, William, waited for an order across from the Old South Meeting House at Downtown Crossing in Boston on June 4, 2024.

A 23-minute ride for $3.52: Boston’s food delivery drivers are getting squeezed from all sides

With little oversight from app-based companies, a largely migrant workforce trying to make ends meet is rushing around the city — and raising safety concerns — to satisfy the insatiable demand for takeout.

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Cheerleading is fine. But Boston needs more to thrive under new economic realities.

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Boston’s mojo ain’t working. Can Mayor Wu and business leaders get it back?

Indicators like employment and tourism have recovered from the pandemic, but the city isn’t firing on all cylinders.

Wu announces new phase on project to increase affordable housing in Dorchester, Mattapan

Molly Ringwald and Michael Schoeffling in the 1984 film "Sixteen Candles."

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Molly Ringwald is missing from the Brat Pack documentary. And that’s why we love her.

Passing up the documentary is the most Gen X thing Ringwald could do. As the kids would say, it’s iconic.

Paula Ebben and Chris Tanaka will coanchor WBZ's morning show starting June 17.

WBZ announces new morning show anchors following high-profile departures of Liam Martin, Kate Merrill

The revamped program will reunite two WBZ journalists who had previously co-anchored the station’s 5:30 p.m. show.

A scene from the second season of HBO's "Big Little Lies."

BUZZSAW | MATTHEW GILBERT

David E. Kelley has made dozens of shows. These are the best and worst.

The writer-producer has created 29 series in the last 35 years, including his new one on Apple TV+, “Presumed Innocent." But they haven't all been winners. Here are my favorites and least favorites.

Opinion

Rev. William Barber, center, at a rally in Washington, D.C., in December 2021. Barber's new book, 'White Poverty,' extolls America's moral obligation to all poor people, including the white ones.

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

‘White Poverty’ and the limits of progressive empathy

A new book by a Black civil rights leader urges his allies to acknowledge the plight of poor white people — and build a multiracial coalition for justice.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Crude and sexist State Police investigator compromises Karen Read trial

Brian Worrell

Boston City Council budget is fair; members should override Wu’s veto

Sam Oliker-Friedland

NH elections work; state shouldn’t require proof of citizenship to vote

Carine Hajjar

Could Massachusetts’ losses be Kelly Ayotte’s gain?

LGBTQ Pride Month

The Boston Pride for the People parade and festival, held Saturday in Boston, is estimated to draw more than 1 million people.

Boston Pride parade awash in positivity

Members of Island Pride Boston dance during the Boston Pride for the People parade.

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

Thousands took part in the 2023 Pride parade which started in Copley Square.

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

Leslie Rosenberg of Boston sported a pair of rainbow boots to match her rainbow skirt at a Pride flag raising at Boston City Hall on June 3.

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Elon Musk wins back his huge Tesla payday in shareholder vote
Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year.

President Biden says he won’t offer commutation to his son Hunter after gun sentence

Hunter Biden’s sentencing date has not been set, and the three counts carry up to 25 years in prison, though that’s unlikely as a first-time offender.

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck team up to rob the mayor of Boston in the first trailer for the Bay State-filmed heist comedy.

Senator John Fetterman was at fault in car accident and seen going ‘high rate of speed,’ police say
Earlier this year, the Democratic senator pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to a citation for exceeding the speed limit by 34 miles per hour, according to court records.

Project 2025, the far-right agenda for a second Trump administration, explained
There is growing alarm about the sweeping plan, which opponents have called a “dystopian plot,” “far-right manifesto,” and “blueprint for destroying our democracy.”

Supreme Court rules California man can’t trademark ‘Trump too small’

The justices upheld the government's decision to deny a trademark to a man seeking exclusive use of the phrase on T-shirts and potentially other merchandise.

Other major cases the Supreme Court will decide in the coming weeks

Minimum wage hike for tipped employees on track to hit Mass. ballots after court ruling

The Supreme Judicial Court turned aside a challenge brought by the head of the Massachusetts Restaurant Association and others.

Vehicle crashes, burns at toll plaza in Bedford, N.H.
New Hampshire state troopers are investigating after a vehicle crashed and burned at the Bedford toll plaza on the F.E. Everett Turnpike on Thursday afternoon, officials said Thursday.

State pauses multimillion expansion of St. Mary’s Home for Children

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families said the decision is a “pause in construction, not a termination."

From folk to funk: Your guide to summer music festival season in Mass. and R.I.

Whether you’re seeking kid-friendly fun or jam sessions with green goals, this season offers fresh-air lineups for all ages.

Innovation Economy

HubSpot has been a pillar of Boston tech for nearly 20 years. What if it gets acquired?
There are reports that the Cambridge company could be bought by Google. Here's what that would mean.

In prison, tablets give inmates connection to the outside world
Under an expanded education program, all Massachusetts Department of Correction facilities now have electronic tablets available for inmates, complete with educational programs and job-training courses.

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There may not be another group of people in the entire working world who are rewarded better to fail more spectacularly than the fortunate people atop Medical Properties Trust.

Culture & Lifestyle

A summer screening of "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" at Boston Common last year. More free movie nights in public parks, put on by the City of Boston, will be held this August.

6 Bay State film fests and events to soak up this summer

Hanover, NH - 6/5/2024 Intern Kaitlyn Anderson (cq) was working with Photographer Cara Romero (cq) who stages and photographs elaborate scenes. Romero has a show coming to the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College . She and her crew were creating works for that show. (Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

Photographer turns subjects into life-sized ‘American Girl’ dolls, with an Indigenous twist

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Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgust and Anxiety in "Inside Out 2."

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Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

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.

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

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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.

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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.

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Hunter Biden arrived at the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building in Wilmington, Del., on June 6.

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

In April, activists in Mexico City demanded the passage of a law that grants equal rights to animals.

IDEAS | WILLIAM SCHULZ

The case for animal personhood

Tenth-graders Ben Stimac and Colin Beers-Murphy embraced on May 5 at the memorial site Beers-Murphy created for their classmate who died in a murder-suicide. She was killed by her stepfather, Juliano Santana, the previous day. Santana was charged in 2021 for raping his stepdaughter and she had an active restraining order against him.

EDITORIAL

16-year-old Acton girl’s tragic death was preventable

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

For old-school Celtics fans, another potential title brings back the memories

Some have seen all the championships, stretching back 67 years.

Submerged wreckage in Lake Champlain identified as jet that mysteriously disappeared more than 50 years ago

Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long-lost jet in Vermont's Lake Champlain.

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Performers announced for Providence’s 10th PVDFest

PVDFest, the city’s signature arts and culture festival, will return to downtown Providence for its 10th anniversary.

Marijuana

New Hampshire kills bill to legalize recreational marijuana

While an effort to do so cleared the Senate, the proposal didn’t have enough support in the House.

Sports

Kristaps Porzingis was taking one-footed shots from the elbow, a la Dirk Nowitzki, during Thursday's practice.

CELTICS

Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis listed as ‘questionable’ for Game 4 of the NBA Finals

Porzingis missed five weeks of the playoffs, including all of the second round and conference finals, with a left calf strain, then suffered another injury late in Game 2 of the Finals.

The Pembroke High School girls' tennis team is headed to the Division 3 state final vs. Weston Saturday at MIT.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

With third set ‘played to its conclusion’ vs. Newburyport, Pembroke girls’ tennis team will play in Division 3 state final

The deciding set in Wednesday's semifinal was played in a super tiebreaker format, not a complete full set – a misapplication of the format.

For old-school Celtics fans, another potential title brings back the memories

Some have seen all the championships, stretching back 67 years.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Southborough’s Alex Karaban is ‘happiest guy in the world’ to have coach Dan Hurley returning to UConn

NFL

Falcons lose pick for tampering with three players, Eagles not punished for Saquon Barkley signing

TENNIS

Rafael Nadal decides to skip Wimbledon to prepare for clay at Paris Olympics

Business

Judge approves new Steward lifeline as dispute surfaces over hospital sales

But a new dispute surfaced over how proceeds from the hospital sales will be allocated between Steward and its landlord, Medical Properties Trust.

Supreme Court ruling in Starbucks case curbs labor regulation

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Starbucks on Thursday in a challenge against a labor ruling by a federal judge, making it more difficult for a key federal agency to intervene when a company is accused of illegally suppressing labor organizing.

Elon Musk wins back his huge Tesla payday in shareholder vote

Boeing discloses 787 fastener issue as FAA steps up scrutiny

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Want to bridge the wealth gap? Teach entrepreneurship.

MISS CONDUCT

For a condo board trustee, neighbors demand much time

Boston, MA. 06/05/24 - DelRosso holds up some beech leaves to reveal the patterned dark spots caused by disease. Numerous varieties of beech tree in the Arnold Arboretum suffer attacks from nematodes that spread disease, with many of the trees unlikely to survive another year, according to Head Arborist John DelRosso (cq). (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (Maura Intemann) Topic: (061624beechdisease).

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Retired Florida doctor arrested on yacht in Nantucket last year pleads guilty to gun, drug charges

Springfield police commissioners vote to suspend controversial officer Gregg Bigda without pay indefinitely

Takeaways from Supreme Court ruling: Abortion pill still available but opponents say fight not over

Mother sues Marblehead schools over restraint tactics allegedly used on third-grader

Statue honoring former middleweight champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler unveiled in Brockton park

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Judge approves new Steward lifeline as dispute surfaces over hospital sales

New Hampshire kills bill to legalize recreational marijuana

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Boston City Council budget is fair; members should override Wu’s veto

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Elon Musk wins back his huge Tesla payday in shareholder vote Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year.

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First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston Matt Damon and Casey Affleck team up to rob the mayor of Boston in the first trailer for the Bay State-filmed heist comedy.

Senator John Fetterman was at fault in car accident and seen going ‘high rate of speed,’ police say Earlier this year, the Democratic senator pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to a citation for exceeding the speed limit by 34 miles per hour, according to court records.

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Supreme Court rules California man can’t trademark ‘Trump too small’

Minimum wage hike for tipped employees on track to hit Mass. ballots after court ruling

Vehicle crashes, burns at toll plaza in Bedford, N.H. New Hampshire state troopers are investigating after a vehicle crashed and burned at the Bedford toll plaza on the F.E. Everett Turnpike on Thursday afternoon, officials said Thursday.

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This tiny Maine island is recruiting new residents to join its tiny population
A big hardware store is a boat trip away, winter is long, and a medical center is nowhere to be found. If this sounds good to you, Isle au Haut could be home, sweet home.

Elon Musk wins back his huge Tesla payday in shareholder vote
Tesla shareholders on Thursday voted to restore CEO Elon Musk’s record $44.9 billion pay package that was thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year.

First trailer for Matt Damon and Casey Affleck’s ‘The Instigators’ features Fenway, Gronk, and a whole lot of Boston
Matt Damon and Casey Affleck team up to rob the mayor of Boston in the first trailer for the Bay State-filmed heist comedy.

Senator John Fetterman was at fault in car accident and seen going ‘high rate of speed,’ police say
Earlier this year, the Democratic senator pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania to a citation for exceeding the speed limit by 34 miles per hour, according to court records.

Project 2025, the far-right agenda for a second Trump administration, explained
There is growing alarm about the sweeping plan, which opponents have called a “dystopian plot,” “far-right manifesto,” and “blueprint for destroying our democracy.”

Vehicle crashes, burns at toll plaza in Bedford, N.H.
New Hampshire state troopers are investigating after a vehicle crashed and burned at the Bedford toll plaza on the F.E. Everett Turnpike on Thursday afternoon, officials said Thursday.

Innovation Economy

HubSpot has been a pillar of Boston tech for nearly 20 years. What if it gets acquired?
There are reports that the Cambridge company could be bought by Google. Here's what that would mean.

In prison, tablets give inmates connection to the outside world
Under an expanded education program, all Massachusetts Department of Correction facilities now have electronic tablets available for inmates, complete with educational programs and job-training courses.

Brian McGrory

Medical Properties Trust: A place where failure seems to pay
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