Wynn Resorts retains license for Everett casino, panel decides

EVERETT MA - 2/19/2019: ENCORE BOSTON HARBOR ..Encore casino construction continues on the site - they are looking for a swath of people to fill various jobs ahead of it's planned grand opening. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 20encorejobs

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The ruling by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission appears to lift a cloud of uncertainty over the company?s $2.6 billion casino, set to open June 23 with a workforce of more than 5,000 people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi06wynn08-6236.jpg ?Everyone is going to know Everett?: The public reacts to casino decision

Around the Everett, local politicians and everyday residents said they were pleased that the Massachusetts Gaming Commission deemed Wynn Resorts suitable to keep its casino license.

Two road games, two tough losses

Milwaukee, WI - 4/30/2019 - (4th quarter) Kyrie Irving is stuffed by Milwaukee Bucks guard Eric Bledsoe (6) and Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) as he tries to drive for a layup during the fourth quarter. Irving had one of his worst games as a Celtic, finishing with 9 points on 4-of-18 shooting, along with 4 assists and 3 turnovers.The Milwaukee Bucks host the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference NBA Semi-Finals at Fiserv Forum. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Adam Himmelsbach, Topic: 01Celtics-Bucks, LOID: 8.5.1138982852.

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BUCKS 123, CELTICS 102

Celtics fall to surging Bucks in Game 2; series tied 1-1

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Khris Middleton rebounded with big games and Milwaukee used a 28-2 run in the second half to blow out Boston.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-5810.jpg Who really thought the Celtics were going to have it easy?

A sweep of the 60-win Bucks did not seem out of the realm of possibility. And then reality happened.

Columbus OH 4/30/19 Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky (72) makes a save against the Boston Bruins during first period action of game 3 of the second round of the NHL playoffs at Nationwide Arena. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

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BLUE JACKETS 2, BRUINS 1

Bruins lose to Blue Jackets in Columbus, fall behind in series

The Bruins allowed a pair of goals and couldn?t recover, despite a flurry of late shots, to fall behind, 2-1, in the series.

TARA SULLIVAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee043019bruinsjackets17SPTS.jpg Where have the Bruins we saw all season gone?

The Bruins would be wise to figure it out by Thursday night and Game 4.

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 30: Rick Porcello #22 of the Boston Red Sox pitches in the first inning against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park on April 30, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

RED SOX 5, ATHLETICS 1

Rick Porcello fires eight dominant innings in Sox win

Shaving nearly two runs off his ERA, the slow-starting righty leaned on his slider and sinker to allow just two hits in a 114-pitch gem.

Jeneé Osterheldt | Appreciation

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bd10c9f0-8d0b-4ac7-88a5-bf417449cff2.jpg John Singleton never forgot the ?Boyz n the Hood?

Filmmaker John Singleton, who gave us ?Boyz n the Hood,? understood black people didn?t need to be angels to deserve dignity and fair representation on the screen.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Life%20Alive_People_01_Ron%20Shaich_P9200676_Photo%20by%20Kate%20Weiser,%20Courtesy%20of%20Life%20Alive.jpg Life Alive gets a makeover in the next act by Panera?s Ron Shaich

Over the last few years, the Panera founder and former CEO has been quietly making over the Lowell-born, casual vegetarian restaurant into something that has the potential to scale nationally.

Hackers turned the Great Dome into R2-D2 in 1999 to celebrate the release of ?Star Wars: Episode I.?

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Take a look back at some of the best-known MIT ?hacks?

Pranking at Massachusetts Institute of Technology often goes above and beyond. This weekend?s Captain America shield was just the latest in a long line of hijinks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-6173.jpg We asked readers if they trusted the State Police. Here?s what they said

Massachusetts State Police Colonel Kerry Gilpin and Governor Charlie Baker vowed last April to reform the agency. One year later, results are mixed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ptown7.jpg We?re digging into climate change on the Cape. We want your help

Climate change has changed Cape Cod, and it?s only going to become more apparent as the years progress. Tell us your experiences, what worries you, how you?re already affected.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/9d2a7a9a1ab34955b52c08425b6e632b-9d2a7a9a1ab34955b52c08425b6e632b-5807.jpg A way-too-early projection on the Patriots? 53-man roster

The regular season is only four months away ? what could possibly change in that time?

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/klima_04dorms_20190101_02.jpg I?m a college student in Boston, and I deserve affordable housing, too

The city wants universities to make undergrads live in dorms, but that raises costs and makes us more likely to leave after graduating.

OPINION | STAN ROSENBERG

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/01KIDweb.jpg Being a foster child is traumatic enough. Let?s stop making it worse

We need to do better by our foster children.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiDCFDay102.jpg Thinking big on DCF reforms

Charlie Baker can point to improvements at the Department of Children and Families, but he?s far from achieving systemic reforms.

HOUSTON, TX - APRIL 24: Members of the audience laugh and cheer at a joke from Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at the She The People Presidential Forum at Texas Southern University on April 24, 2019 in Houston, Texas. Many of the Democrat presidential candidates are attending the forum to focus on issues important to women of color. (Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images)

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Renée Graham

Black women aren?t here to save America from itself

When black women vote, we are our own saviors. We aren?t maids charged with cleaning up America?s political messes.

Alicia Keys, left, and Swizz Beatz arrive at the 61st annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

NAMES

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz take in Gordon Parks photography show at Harvard

The music industry titans, who married in 2010, own the largest private collection of work by Parks, the renowned photographer who captured African-American life in the 20th century.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1134898814.jpg Elizabeth Banks shares a photo of her visit to the Museum of Fine Arts

It seems like the Pittsfield native had a fun a visit to her home state over the past few days.

Mueller was frustrated with Barr?s summary of Russia probe?s findings

Robert Mueller wrote a letter in to Attorney General William Barr objecting to his description of the Russia investigation?s conclusions that appeared to clear President Trump on possible obstruction of justice, according to the Justice Department.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_12deathpenalty2_MET.jpg New Hampshire is closer to abolishing the death penalty than advocates have seen in a generation

Democrats and Republicans are building momentum in the state Legislature to abolish the death penalty in New Hampshire.

The Maine School of Science and Mathematics was named the second-best public high school in the country Tuesday by US News & World Report.

This tiny New England high school was just ranked second best in the country

The school?s dean of enrollment at first thought its second-best ranking was a joke.

Elizabeth Warren.

The Suffolk/Globe poll of N.H. voters has some warning signs for Elizabeth Warren

The stakes are high: Only one Massachusetts Democrat mounting a presidential campaign has ever lost the neighboring New Hampshire presidential primary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1G152L.jpg Biden, followed by Sanders and Buttigieg, leads among Democrats in N.H. survey

In the first New Hampshire poll since he entered the race, Joe Biden sits atop the primary field with 20 percent.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Trial_02.jpg Father testifies about last smile from his daughter

?I looked over to her and she was happy,? he testified Tuesday in Middlesex Superior Court. ?That is the memory I have.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_1G26G3.jpg North Carolina campus shooting leaves 2 dead, 4 injured

UNC Charlotte issued a campus lockdown late Tuesday afternoon, saying shots had been fired.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/moore-3b399e5c-4e61-11e9-a3f7-78b7525a8d5f.jpg Republican senators are questioning Trump?s pick for the Fed, raising doubts about his chances

Stephen Moore?s chances for winning a seat on the Federal Reserve Board are looking increasingly uncertain after a third Republican senator expressed concerns about him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_1FW5EG-6109.jpg Harvard, MIT share $9 million gift to study marijuana

Described as the largest donation to cannabis research, the money ? from an investor in the marijuana industry ? aims to fill huge gaps in knowledge of the drug?s effects.

A bill by Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts, to ease banking rules for the marijuana industry has attracted broad support in the US House.

Easing banking rules could have a big effect on marijuana sellers ? and make pot cheaper

Political momentum is gathering behind federal legislation to free up banks and similar institutions to work with the marijuana industry.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/yappier9__1274979175_5533.jpg ?Yappier Hour? back on at Liberty Hotel after dog-friendly event was canceled Monday

An event at a posh hotel bar that welcomes people and their pets for after work drinks and appetizers is back on Wednesday after briefly going to the dogs this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/turner042519METROprovidence357.jpg In Providence mayor?s budget, tax bills will rise

Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza proposed a $772.6 million budget Wednesday that includes a steep tax increase on homeowners.

CARACAS, VENEZUELA - APRIL 30: Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, recognized by many members of the international community as the country's rightful interim ruler, speaks to supporters on April 30, 2019 in Caracas, Venezuela. Through a live broadcast via social media, Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a military uprising against the government of Nicolás Maduro. He declared to be at the air base of La Carlota and was seen surrounded by soldiers and opposition activist Leopoldo Lopez, who was under house arrest. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)

What is happening in Venezuela, and why it matters

On Tuesday, Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó made his plea at a military base in the heart of the capital, raising speculation that the military might be ready to heed him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/ce1e03f313ee4b8ca51544b29cf279c4-ce1e03f313ee4b8ca51544b29cf279c4-6159.jpg Kraft defense attorneys try to poke holes in prosecution?s case

A Palm Beach County judge is considering a motion by the Patriots owner?s legal team to invalidate the search warrant that led to Kraft being recorded by police at the Orchids of Asia day spa.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/klima_29localvigils(2)_20190428_006-6129.jpg 2018 was the second-highest year for anti-Semitic incidents in Mass., report says

Although there were fewer anti-Semitic incidents reported last year compared to 2017, the numbers remain high and assaults against Jews are on the rise, the Anti-Defamation League said.

Greg Shell on evening economic disparities

As managing director of the Bain Capital Double Impact Fund, Greg Shell works to identify and fund companies that offer profitable models for addressing critical social problems.

Special reports

The house at 212 Forest St.

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.

Munch Madness

Munch Madness | Final

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/munch.jpg And the Munch Madness winner is . . .

Beloved Boston bakery Flour takes the cake over Sarma to clinch Munch Madness 2019.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Baseball-108-Stitches-C-6305.jpg 108 Stitches

Follow the Sox as they try to repeat as world champs, with insight and analysis from the Globe?s beat writers and columnists. Sign up here.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Spring blossoms

In celebration of Earth Day, a look at photographs depicting the beautiful transformation of spring landscapes all over the globe.

Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12sellersxref.jpg The things home sellers do that can turn off buyers or kill a sale

A hot housing market forgives a lot of mistakes, but that doesn?t stop sellers from undermining their own home sale.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/20190227_LonbergKorman_00010-1024x576.jpg The entrepreneur behind the cancer immunotherapy revolution

Nils Lonberg didn?t win a Nobel for developing some of the drugs that changed cancer medicine. But they might not have happened without him.

Podcasts