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What kind of NFL analyst will Tom Brady be when he joins Fox Sports after his playing days end?

Brady is planning to play the 2022 season for the Buccaneers after stepping away from the game in February and then changing his mind.

Chalk message for choice causes stir outside Senator Susan Collins’s Maine home, reports say
Demonstrators scrawled an abortion rights chalk message across the sidewalk outside Collins’s home over the weekend, according to published reports and social media.

Women advise young people about the Bad Old Days before Roe v. Wade

These charts show how Massachusetts is faring in COVID-19 hospitalizations
Hospitalization levels have become a crucial indicator of the severity of COVID-19 surges as more people turn to at-home testing, the results of which are not factored into official case counts released by the state.

Globe readers grapple with life back in the COVID 'red zone'

Alabama jailbreak mystery deepens as manhunt ends with death

The death of an Alabama jailer found shot in the head with a gun in her hand after a weeklong manhunt has only deepened the mystery of why a trusted official would help free a murder suspect with a violent and frightening history.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali won’t testify at trial; Closing arguments underway

The defense will not call any witnesses to rebut evidence from the woman who testified she was groped by an inebriated Batali in the Towne Stove and Spirits bar on Boylston Street in 2017.

Not a single one of the 73 teams from 1995 (the introduction of the wild card) through 2021 that opened with a 10-19 record (or worse) played beyond the end of the regular season.

Is it already too late for the 2022 Red Sox?

This season marks just the third time in the last 56 years and the 15th time in franchise history that the Sox have won no more than 10 of their first 29 games.

Game 30: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

Game 4 | Celtics 116, Bucks 108

Dan Shaughnessy

A fourth quarter for the ages, a legendary dunk from Al Horford, and the Celtics-Bucks series is all even
If the Celtics go on to win Flag 18, years from now when tall tales are told, this might be the night folks talk about the most after Boston made an astounding 16 of 19 fourth-quarter shots from the floor.

Adam Himmelsbach: Observations from Game 4 Gary Washburn: In must-win game, Al Horford proves to be Celtics' best player

PERSPECTIVE

What age should kids start doing chores? Younger than they do now.
Sparing children dish duty in favor of lacrosse practice or another round of test prep is wrong for the present and the future.

Abe & Louie's is a prime power lunch spot in Boston. Server Victor Walker hands out a menu to customers at the restaurant.

Steak. Caviar. Lingering over bottles of wine. Has the power lunch returned?

A pent-up hedonism has been unleashed on the midday lunching landscape, and lines are, at times, snaking out the door.

A passenger boards an MBTA bus.

Man in wheelchair assaulted and robbed near Nubian Square T station; woman arrested, police say

A 25-year-old woman is facing charges for allegedly punching and robbing an 84-year-old man who was using a wheelchair outside a Roxbury T station on Monday, authorities said.

Pegasystems Inc. CEO Alan Trefler in 2014.

Cambridge software firm Pegasystems hit with $2 billion verdict

Virginia-based Appian had accused Pegasystems of stealing its trade secrets and violating the state’s computer crime law during a seven-week jury trial.

Opinion

How do we memorialize the COVID-19 pandemic?

As the United States nears its one millionth COVID-19 related death, artists, architects, and community leaders are calling for a permanent memorial to honor all those touched by COVID. Globe Opinion asked several artists for their vision of what a COVID memorial could look like.

Our responsibility to remember the faces of COVID-19

How to say goodbye to loved ones lost to COVID-19

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal and Heather Odell

Boston could take the lead in memorializing those lost to COVID

Harriet F. Senie

How to think about a memorial

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

Back to Boston

Back to Boston

Welcome Back to Boston

Consider this our love letter to the city, a celebration of all it has to offer visitors and locals alike.

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‘Extremely concerned’ with MBTA safety, federal agency recently started inspection of transit system

The Federal Transit Administration said it will take on an “increased safety oversight role” of the transit system, according to a letter it sent to the T last month that was obtained by the Globe.

Survey says: The future of work is hybrid
The Mass. Business Roundtable found that more employers open to hiring out-of-state and that most will only require workers come back to the office a few days each week.

Firefighters battled 3-alarm house fire in Weston

The town’s fire department confirmed via Twitter at 8:17 a.m. that firefighters responded to the blaze at a home on the 500 block of South Avenue.

Firefighters battle brush fire at White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire

‘It’s going to have a major impact’: Boston neighborhoods brace for Sumner Tunnel construction, closures
The upcoming closures of the Sumner Tunnel will not only affect motorists, but also residents and businesses in East Boston, South Boston, and the North End as traffic is rerouted.

INNOVATION BEAT

As tech stocks plummet, VCs focus on startup ‘centaurs’ — not unicorns
After two years of high-flying tech company valuations, prices are coming back down to earth.

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When it comes to construction, demolition is often the most dangerous part

Two serious demolition accidents in Boston in recent weeks have left one man dead and three others injured. The incidents highlight the hazards that come with tearing down buildings, which experts say is often more difficult than new construction.

The Globe turns 150

150 YEARS OF THE BOSTON GLOBE
Scenes from a century and a half, as covered by the Boston Globe.

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Workers cleaned up after repairs with green skylights filtering the illumination, the interior takes on a greenish hue. After damage sustained in a vehicle strike closed access, the Lincoln Covered Bridge over the Ottauquechee River in Woodstock, Vt. underwent repairs.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

New life for a beloved, old covered bridge

The wooden covered bridge is a regional touchstone that carries schoolchildren, soccer moms, truck drivers, and memories that stretch back to the days of the Model T, the souped-up hot rods of the 1950s, and those classic big-finned convertibles enshrined in the technicolor movie magic of Hollywood.

North End restaurateurs sue Mayor Wu over outdoor dining fee
The restaurant owners involved in the lawsuit are seeking $1.5 million in punitive and compensatory damages, according to a copy of the complaint filed Monday.

THE FINE PRINT

An Apple-FedEx debacle had a local man caught in the middle, batted back and forth
Vic Son placed his trust in two of the country’s mightiest corporate titans, Apple and FedEx, and both let him down badly.

RI NEWS

Warwick woman who recruited a Tinder kickball team is banned from the dating app for life
Swiping right on everyone helped her build a real-life community where some people even found love. But Tinder says Gianna Pecchia, 30, violated its Terms of Service and Community Guidelines by soliciting the people she met on the app.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Spanish-Style Flatbread With Roasted Peppers, Artichokes, and Prosciutto

Recipes: With the right fillings, flatbreads make a satisfying meal

Billy Crystal appears onstage during the Broadway opening night curtain call of "Mr. Saturday Night" at the Nederlander Theatre.

First staged in the Berkshires, Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ nominated for top Tony Award

From left: James Jackson Jr., Jason Veasey, Michael Lyles, Jaquel Spivey, L Morgan Lee, John-Andrew Morrison, and Antwayn Hopper during a performance of "A Strange Loop" in New York. Spivey, Lee, and Morrison were all nominated for Tony Awards.

‘A Strange Loop’ snags 11 Tony nominations, including best musical

Rachel Sumner

Will this Winchester songwriter win the $20k Lennon grand prize? That’s up to Bob Weir, Flea, and Sheila E.

Special Projects

Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

A guide to 36 Greater Boston communities where demand — and prices — are surging.

Into the Red illustration.

Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

Black joy, Black lives, as celebrated by culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt.

‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

As lawmakers craft their own tax relief package, they need to consider at least one thing Governor Baker got right — that policy counts, that this is the time to make policy changes that need to be made anyway.

Tax relief gets trendy on Beacon Hill

Apart from her leadership position, Karen Spilka is still a state senator with constituents, who have a right to know how she is representing them on Beacon Hill.

Massachusetts lawmakers should put their name where their vote is

A unanimous Supreme Court has ruled that Boston violated the free speech rights of a conservative activist when it refused his request to fly a Christian flag on a flagpole outside City Hall.

Boston’s ignominious record of disrespecting free speech

A new Chase Bank branch opened in Mattapan Square on Blue Hill Avenue last year. A public bank would help fill the credit gap that private banks leave behind.

Massachusetts should have a state-owned bank

A playground by the Mission Hill School in Jamaica Plain.

It’s not enough to shut down ‘failed’ Mission Hill School. BPS owes the public some answers on the scandal.

IDEAS | MARISSA CONRAD

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Metro

Rhode Island business news: May 2022

Regular updates from Rhode Island business leaders and industry experts.

Chalk message for choice causes stir outside Senator Susan Collins’s Maine home, reports say

Demonstrators scrawled an abortion rights chalk message across the sidewalk outside Collins’s home over the weekend, according to published reports and social media.

Man in wheelchair assaulted and robbed near Nubian Square T station; woman arrested, police say

A 25-year-old woman is facing charges for allegedly punching and robbing an 84-year-old man who was using a wheelchair outside a Roxbury T station on Monday, authorities said.

URI establishes scholarship program for Indigenous students

The Narragansett Undergraduate Scholarship stems from a 2017 proposal that the university’s American Indian/Native American Advisory Council seeking tuition waivers for undergraduate students

Sports

Not a single one of the 73 teams from 1995 (the introduction of the wild card) through 2021 that opened with a 10-19 record (or worse) played beyond the end of the regular season.

Is it already too late for the 2022 Red Sox?

This season marks just the third time in the last 56 years and the 15th time in franchise history that the Sox have won no more than 10 of their first 29 games.

Garrett Whitlock has made three starts and allowed only two earned runs over 12 innings in that role.

Red Sox at Braves | 7:20 p.m. (NESN, TBS)

Game 30: Red Sox at Braves lineups and notes

Garrett Whitlock will be on the mound as the Red Sox begin a five-game road trip at Atlanta.

Tom Brady will join Fox Sports when his playing career is over.

What kind of NFL analyst will Tom Brady be when he joins Fox Sports after his playing days end?

Brady is planning to play the 2022 season for the Buccaneers after stepping away from the game in February and then changing his mind.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Al Horford has been the Celtics’ best player in the playoffs, and he proved it in a must-win Game 4

game 4 | celtics 116, bucks 108

Inside the Celtics’ fourth-quarter comeback, from a statement dunk to some Smart defense

Game 4 | Celtics 116, Bucks 108

Giannis Antetokounmpo was gassed down the stretch, and the Bucks now have to head back to Boston tied

Business

INNOVATION BEAT

As tech stocks plummet, VCs focus on startup ‘centaurs’ — not unicorns

After two years of high-flying tech company valuations, prices are coming back down to earth.

Cambridge software firm Pegasystems hit with $2 billion verdict

Virginia-based Appian had accused Pegasystems of stealing its trade secrets and violating the state’s computer crime law during a seven-week jury trial.

Invetx raises $60.5 million to make long-lasting antibody therapies for cats and dogs

Judge to decide fines for pharmacies in Ohio opioid case

magazine

This week's daters: Jessica and Ajey

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He . . . was quick to apologize for his choice of shoes’

She’s 30 and feels like time is running out on her dreams

An A.D. Makepeace solar array in Wareham.

A solar battle in sleepy Wareham is pitting environmentalists against each other

At Nuggets in Kenmore Square, Ekenedilichukwu Uwanaka (left) and Stephanie Laporte browse vinyl for their new record player.

Why it seems like everyone you know is buying vinyl and record players

metro

Celebrity chef Mario Batali listens in Boston Municipal Court on the second day of his trial on Tuesday in Boston.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali won’t testify at trial; Closing arguments underway

Nellie Gorbea and Helena Foulkes aren’t besties right now

Firefighters battle brush fire at White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire

sports

Jayson Tatum delivered from all spots on the floor -- including this unique angle -- down the stretch to help lift the Celtics Monday night in Milwaukee.

A fourth quarter for the ages, a legendary dunk from Al Horford, and the Celtics-Bucks series is all even

Evan Blanco blanks another rival as top-ranked Austin Prep baseball shuts down St. Mary’s

Panthers beat Capitals in overtime to tie series

business

A Moma Therapeutics scientist at work in the startup's Brighton lab.

Moma Therapeutics raises $150m for precision cancer drugs

Survey says: The future of work is hybrid

North End restaurateurs sue Mayor Wu over outdoor dining fee

politics

On May 7, 2022, volunteers unloaded food supplies to residents that they have delivered daily from a warehouse in eastern Ukraine. The space has acted as a humanitarian aid distribution center in Severodonetsk, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Democrats push for $5 billion for food aid in Ukraine relief package

Chalk message for choice causes stir outside Senator Susan Collins’s Maine home, reports say

Senate passes bill to boost security for Supreme Court

Nation

Undated photos provided by the Lauderdale County, Ala., Sheriff's Office show Vicki White (left), and Casey White.

Alabama jailbreak mystery deepens as manhunt ends with death

Young Thug, Atlanta rap star, is arrested on gang-related charges

Fugitive inmate captured after manhunt; ex-jail officer dead

World

An Ukrainian firefighter worked near a destroyed building on the outskirts of Odesa, Ukraine, on Tuesday.

Russia pounds vital port of Odesa, targeting supply lines

In speech, Putin shows reluctance in demanding too much of Russians

Russia’s invasion upends a shared World War II history with Ukraine

opinion

Apart from her leadership position, Karen Spilka is still a state senator with constituents, who have a right to know how she is representing them on Beacon Hill.

Massachusetts lawmakers should put their name where their vote is

Mission Hill School’s closure is result of adults failing children

In looming Roe decision, will of the people will take a hit

lifestyle

The Lazy Susans chat with Kelly Clarkson. From left, Imge Ceranoglu , Martha Kennedy, Joanna Weiss, Leila Mitchell, Heather Shaw, and Kelly Clarkson.

A group of Milton moms started a rock band during the pandemic. Now, they’re performing on Kelly Clarkson’s show.

Provincetown International Film Festival announces Jenny Slate and Bowen Yang are part of 2022 lineup

Seaport to host an open-air market for four weekends this summer

food & dining

Hecate's Aliz Meszesi.

At Hecate in the Back Bay, an aspiring surgeon administers a different kind of medicine

Grey Lady has undergone some changes, and now she’s a zestier character

Recipes: With the right fillings, flatbreads make a satisfying meal

travel

Back to Boston

Welcome back to Boston

An independent bookstore tour through Boston

A frugal guy spends a day on the cheap in Boston

Arts

"Watermark," 2022, two-channel video installation with sound.

‘Rights Along the Shore’ probes painful history of segregation and swimming

Boston Children’s Museum celebrates trans children’s dreams in new exhibit

Are we ready to look at ‘Philip Guston Now’?

Books

"City on Fire" by Don Winslow

Bestselling novelist Don Winslow pivots from writing to politics

‘Young Rich Widows’: This Providence-based thriller has a twist of its own

Stealing back what’s been stolen in ‘Portrait of a Thief’

Movies

Rock band Spinal Tap, with Mr. Parnell on drums, performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis in 1992. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images).

Ric Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70

Can I learn to love Doctor Strange?

Building a house and ‘Building a Bridge’

Television

The Lazy Susans chat with Kelly Clarkson. From left, Imge Ceranoglu , Martha Kennedy, Joanna Weiss, Leila Mitchell, Heather Shaw, and Kelly Clarkson.

A group of Milton moms started a rock band during the pandemic. Now, they’re performing on Kelly Clarkson’s show.

This week’s TV: ‘This Is Us’ gets ready to go, Claire Danes returns, and the Kids in the Hall reunite

SNL addresses Roe v. Wade as Benedict Cumberbatch hosts

music

Rachel Sumner

Will this Winchester songwriter win the $20k Lennon grand prize? That’s up to Bob Weir, Flea, and Sheila E.

A group of Milton moms started a rock band during the pandemic. Now, they’re performing on Kelly Clarkson’s show.

Ric Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70

Theater/Dance

Billy Crystal appears onstage during the Broadway opening night curtain call of "Mr. Saturday Night" at the Nederlander Theatre.

First staged in the Berkshires, Billy Crystal’s ‘Mr. Saturday Night’ nominated for top Tony Award

Select list of nominees for 2022 Tony Awards

Livestream: Nominations announced for the 2022 Tony Awards

globe local

Janice Bennett, a NewMo driver, drops off a passenger outside the Newton Senior Center.

NewMo lifts mask mandate, in line with federal transportation guidelines

Police seek suspect in attempted kidnapping in Burlington

Methuen man convicted of child rape who fled trial arrested in Maine

Obituaries

Rock band Spinal Tap, with Mr. Parnell on drums, performed at the Orpheum Theatre in Minneapolis in 1992. (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images).

Ric Parnell, real drummer in a famous fake band, dies at 70

Dr. Waldo L. Fielding, who wrote of pre-Roe v. Wade’s medical horrors, dies at 100

Mickey Gilley, country music star whose club inspired ‘Urban Cowboy,’ dies at 86