NBA Playoffs: Celtics 115, Wizards 105

Celtics knock out Wizards in Game 7 to advance to conference finals

Behind 29 points from Isaiah Thomas and 26 points from Kelly Olynyk, Boston was able to ward off a stubborn Wizards team.

Boston, MA - 5/15/2017 - (4th quarter) Boston Celtics center Kelly Olynyk (41) embraces Isaiah Thomas who provided the assist on Olynyk's three pointer to give the Celtics a 110-100 lead during the fourth quarter. The Boston Celtics host the Washington Wizards in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Adam Himmelsbach, Topic: 16Celtics-Wizards, LOID: 8.3.2508922496.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Dare we say it? Anything?s possible

After a resounding Game 7 triumph, the Celtics are dreaming big again.

Business

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The old Boston Edison plant site would feature about 1,600 housing units and 1,000 parking spaces, and three buildings at least 200 feet tall.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_newhotel2_biz.jpg Politicians, business leaders welcome Omni to Seaport

VIPs jammed into a tent in the Seaport to celebrate the coming of a 1,000-plus-room hotel.

Customers at Flour Bakery in Boston waited for their lunches after having stood in line to order.

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Even kindergartners know you can?t cut the line. Unless you order with an app.

A growing number of restaurant and coffee shop customers are ordering ahead, and not everyone is happy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_sb20_spts-13464.jpg Unlike Ali, Tom Brady won?t claim that he?s the greatest

?I really believe if a lot of people were in my shoes they could accomplish the same kinds of things,? Brady said in an interview with ESPN.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Students_04.jpg ACLU files complaint over Malden school?s policy on braids

The organization claims Mystic Valley Regional Charter School is targeting students of color for punishment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/FraminghamPD_16dog04_met-9582.jpg Framingham man accused of brutally beating his dog

The 9-month-old dog urinated on the ground before the beating.

The Trump presidency

President Trump and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met last week in the Oval Office.

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White House tries to limit fallout from report of classified info leak

Members of Congress said if President Trump did pass on the info to Russian officials, they want answers.

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Officials pushed back at the reports, which began circulating Monday.

Metro

Andris Nelsons, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, was photographed during a rehearsal.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

A love affair is in the making at the BSO

Something special is happening at the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Andris Nelsons.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/a1224ec7c1cc4bc498d5de5592cbfe5a-a1224ec7c1cc4bc498d5de5592cbfe5a-0.jpg Aaron Hernandez fiancée?s ?wants answers? on his death

Said Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez of Hernandez?s suicide: ?None of it is very believable to me.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Images/03282010_28rail.1-7550211-3512.jpg Should private schools benefit from aid given to their students?

Mass. provides the colleges and universities, including some with endowments of $1 billion or more, with millions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_24Baker-2_metroasdf.jpg Disabled homeless girl is at center of fight over housing

The case illustrates a human dimension of Governor Baker?s push to reduce the number of homeless families in motels.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-9609.jpg The insidious staying power of the N-word

Darren Cromwell heard the N-word 44 years ago at Fenway and for years after found reasons to avoid going to the ballpark.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_15emerson-4_metro.jpg Lehane apologizes for using slur during Emerson speech

The author made the comment while talking about protests in South Boston during the busing crisis.

World

White House homeland security adviser Thomas Bossert said ?the best and the brightest are working on? tracking who was behind the ransomware cyberattack.

Clues suggest North Korean link to ransomware attack

Code points toward the rogue nation, though experts caution the evidence is not conclusive.

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An interactive guide for transitioning records from paper to digital

Take these steps to go digital and your business will save more than space.

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Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Greg Bialecki

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To stay ahead, we have to project where we?re going to be in five, 10, and 20 years.

Special reports

Special section | Game Changers

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In a revolutionary place like Boston, innovators and innovations are as common as bad drivers. See who made our annual list.

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Transplant.jpg Surgeons plan to use hepatitis-infected hearts to slash transplant wait

After success transplanting hepatitis C-infected kidneys, researchers now plan to try using infected hearts in transplants.