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Internal analysis shows Black patients at Brigham faced more security calls

Researchers found that 2.8 percent of Black patients had security called on them, compared with 1.6 percent of white patients.

Missing Medford woman’s body found in recycling bin beneath her home’s back porch

Barbara Novaes, 61, was last seen alive on Sunday afternoon, and authorities said Monday night that her death is being investigated as “suspicious.”

Suspect in killing of Vermont cyclist in Texas remains at large

Kaitlin Armstrong was last seen by law enforcement walking out of the Austin Police Department on May 12.
A life lost, a community reeling: Killing of Vermont cycling star in Texas leaves family, friends, and athletes in shock

Boston monkeypox patient had 200 contacts
Health officials have identified 200 people who came in contact with a patient who was hospitalized last week in Boston with the monkeypox virus, a CDC official said Monday, adding that “the vast majority” were health care workers.

Monkeypox likely spread by sex at two raves in Europe, expert says

After 3 months, Russia still bogged down in Ukraine war
As the conflict marked its third month Tuesday, Moscow appears to be bogged down in what increasingly looks like a war of attrition, with no end in sight and few successes on the battlefield.

Ukrainian court convicts Russian soldier of war crimes and sentences him to life in prison

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pennsylvania Senate race

The campaign of David McCormick, who is in a neck-and-neck Republican primary contest for the US Senate against celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, sued in a Pennsylvania court to try to ensure counties obey a brand-new federal appeals court decision that could help him make up ground.

Charlie Baker wrote a book. Here’s what we learned from it.

"Results: Getting Beyond Politics to Get Important Work Done," due to be released Tuesday, is Governor Baker’s version of a public official’s playbook, rather than a traditional memoir.
Read an excerpt from Charlie Baker's book: What happened to reaching across the aisle to get things done?
Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox have fielded two wildly different teams

The Sox averaged 3.27 runs in their first 29 games and had an embarrassing .621 OPS. They have since averaged 6.58 runs with a .854 OPS.
Series with Astros and Mariners could prove pivotal in Red Sox season
Opinion
EDITORIAL

A damning audit calls for action at BPS

It’s up to Mayor Wu to take action that would ward off state takeover of the Boston schools.
Mitchell Zuckoff

Is cryptocurrency a Ponzi scheme?

MARCELA GARCÍA

Communications 101: Closing the language barriers in state agencies
Joan Vennochi

DA Kevin Hayden believes in criminal justice reform and public safety. What’s so bad about that?
LETTERS

What the Mass. secretary of state apparently thinks of Republicans
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Tech Power Players 50

The Tech Power Players 50 is a list of the most influential — and interesting — people in the Massachusetts technology scene, as ranked by the Globe’s business journalists and an external advisory committee.
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Maryland man who sprayed fire extinguisher at police on Jan. 6 given 33-month prison term

A Howard County man who discharged a fire extinguisher into a group of police officers trying to hold back the surging mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while also exhorting rioters to press forward, was sentenced to 33 months in prison Monday by a federal judge in the District.

SJC allows former owners of Everett casino property to pursue suit seeking another $40 million for land

The state’s highest court handed a win to the former owners of the Encore Boston Harbor casino site, ruling that a judge had erroneously dismissed a lawsuit they filed against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in a bid to collect an additional $40 million for the Everett land.

Maine man charged with fatally shooting 1-year-old niece after fight with brother over T-shirt, court documents say

The 19-year-old man who allegedly shot his 1-year-old niece to death Saturday in Wells, Maine, and also wounded his brother and father told police the violent dispute began with an argument he’d had with his sibling over a tee-shirt, according to legal filings.

Vulgar convention comments were ‘not appropriate,’ GOP gubernatorial candidate says, but backs claims of indoctrination in schools
Republican candidate for governor Geoff Diehl told reporters Monday that vulgar comments made about school curricula by candidate for secretary of state Rayla Campbell were “not appropriate.”

Greene seat, 2 Democratic primaries among top US House races
Primary elections in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Minnesota, and Texas will offer a glimpse of what the next Congress could look like, with some marquee matchups testing whether voters want to elect agents of change or a return to normal.

Pence push for Kemp caps end of Georgia primary campaign
Former Vice president Mike Pence made an in-person push for Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection a day before the Republican incumbent faces his biggest challenge from a GOP candidate backed by Pence’s old boss.

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Traveling out of state for an abortion: A nightmarish journey that some Massachusetts women face, too

After learning their son would face years of pain and suffering, Kate Dineen and Alex Lawton decided on abortion. But doctors at MGH would not do the procedure, citing limitations of a new state law.

Why Wisconsin Republicans’ new interest in empowering the secretary of state has alarmed democracy experts
The battle for America’s election machinery is emerging as a major theme in the midterms, which is why this 81-year-old bureaucrat says he’ll keep the job just as it is.

Experimental pill prompts some to regrow a nearly full head of hair
Lexington-based Concert Pharmaceuticals said its therapy could restore hair in up to 42 percent of people with a severe form of hair loss.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
State releases blistering review of Boston Public Schools: ‘BPS needs immediate improvement’
Four major operational areas emerge in the report as key areas of concern: transportation, facilities, data reporting, and school safety protocols.

Read the full state review of Boston Public Schools

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Culture & Lifestyle

A Del Fuegos reunion rewinds to the 1980s and the heyday of the Channel

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

Mass. residents both value the arts and see racism in them, new survey shows

Your guide to the indie bookstores of Cape Cod and the islands

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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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Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2022

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

A Beautiful Resistance

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

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

To help close the wealth gap, put more money into Black and brown wealth managers’ hands
Simone Ngongi-Lukula

Massachusetts’ failure to forestall growing segregation
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AG Garland, the silence on Bulger’s killing is unacceptable
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The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito
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Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools
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RI BUSINESS

R.I. hospitals are asking for a big chunk of the state’s unspent ARPA funds

Most of the funds requested would help with recruitment and retention efforts such as premium pay to eligible workers.

Missing Medford woman’s body found in recycling bin beneath her home’s back porch

Barbara Novaes, 61, was last seen alive on Sunday afternoon, and authorities said Monday night that her death is being investigated as “suspicious.”

Boston monkeypox patient had 200 contacts

Health officials have identified 200 people who came in contact with a patient who was hospitalized last week in Boston with the monkeypox virus, a CDC official said Monday, adding that “the vast majority” were health care workers.

Internal analysis shows Black patients at Brigham faced more security calls

Researchers found that 2.8 percent of Black patients had security called on them, compared with 1.6 percent of white patients.

Sports

Game 4: Avalanche 6, Blues 3

Amid death threats, Nazem Kadri scores three goals as Avalanche top Blues in Game 4

Colorado took a 3-1 second-round playoff series lead after a 6-3 victory.
Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics get an exceptional effort in Game 4 victory

The Celtics controlled this game from the opening tip with their defense, stifling the Heat from scoring in their half-court offense.
GAME 4: CELTICS 102, HEAT 82 | SERIES TIED, 2-2

Celtics cleaned up their messes and turned up the heat on defense in Game 4 beatdown

“We have a prideful team, one of the best defensive teams in the league, as well as individuals,” Celtics coach Ime Udoka said, “and they heard some of the things that were said.”
Live updates

How it happened: A stunning and complete Celtics beatdown in Game 4 leaves the series tied
ADAM HIMMELSBACH | INSTANT ANALYSIS

Observations as Celtics run away from ice-cold Heat early to square the Eastern Conference finals, 2-2
Dan Shaughnessy

If Celtics don’t win series it will be one of the biggest blown opportunities in Boston sports history

Business

Pennsylvania company to complete purchase of R.I. utility

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

New housing strategy behind Mass. and Cass cleanup offers ‘hope, dignity’ — and may be a solution to homelessness, officials say

State health officials say they are expanding an effort to get former residents of the Mass. and Cass area in Boston off the streets and into permanent housing.

Airlines face crucial test this summer in quest for profitability

Boards for Meta, Twitter face backlash from NY pension fund
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What happens when you tell the truth about racism in America?
College & Careers

5 ways Gen Z is insisting on changes to the workplace

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Charlie Baker: What happened to reaching across the aisle to get things done?
CONNECTIONS

Making friends as an adult is hard, building a community is even harder

metro

Prime Minister of Greece calls Boston College graduates to action in his commencement address

Suspect in killing of Vermont cyclist in Texas remains at large

New housing strategy behind Mass. and Cass cleanup offers ‘hope, dignity’ — and may be a solution to homelessness, officials say

sports

Celtics’ Marcus Smart and Heat’s Tyler Herro both sit out Game 4 of Eastern Conference finals

Trevor Story’s dominant week boosts Red Sox

Red Sox have fielded two wildly different teams

business

Boston’s unexpectedly pleasant day sent power prices to -$150

Stressed-out supply chain managers are throwing in the towel

For the first time, there’s a new name calling the shots at Sullivan Tire

politics

Greene seat, 2 Democratic primaries among top US House races

McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pennsylvania Senate race

Pentagon says more high-tech weapons going to Ukraine

Nation

After 3 months, Russia still bogged down in Ukraine war

Maryland man who sprayed fire extinguisher at police on Jan. 6 given 33-month prison term

Man pleads guilty to federal charge of threatening Anthony Fauci

World

Russian diplomat resigns: ‘Never have I been so ashamed of my country’

Biden: US would intervene with military to defend Taiwan

Climate change fuels heat wave in India and Pakistan, scientists find

opinion

It’s not ‘bias’ — liberal media are telling the truth, pointedly

To tackle addiction crisis, housing and services must be combined

These Supreme Court justices are showing us who they are

lifestyle

How award-winning cartoonist and Malden native Keith Knight created the ‘Charlie Brown of activism’

I want more control over when we get engaged

Need to beat this weekend’s heat? Head to one of these 75+ spray fountains

food & dining

Cocktail gardens in bloom; a star pastry chef comes back to Boston

The importance of a grocery store

The Salon, a downtown lounge, finally reopens with an emphasis on local Providence music

travel

When it comes to summer vacations, Maine has Massachusetts beat, according to U.S. News & World Report

A music fest in Lowell, a wellness fest in Sun Valley, and a speaker to go

Gardens, art, and whimsy combine to offer a place of solace — and delight

Arts

When the wild rumpus gave way to Mozart: Maurice Sendak at the Gardner

Milton Avery’s color sense and sensibility

Missing children and maligned mothers

Books

‘Either/Or’: When the college novel deserves a second look

Peter Swanson: reading scary books at a young age

Young love is in bloom in ‘Avalon’

Movies

Summer’s hottest movies, from ‘Top Gun’ to ‘Nope’

9 spots around Boston to see a drive-in movie

‘Hold Your Fire’: finding high drama in ‘dynamic inactivity’

Television

This week’s TV: The end of ‘This Is Us,’ the return of ‘Stranger Things,’ the arrival of ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

‘SNL’ celebrates veteran comedians Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Pete Davidson, and Kyle Mooney as they say goodbye

(Most of) ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 to drop next week

music

A Del Fuegos reunion rewinds to the 1980s and the heyday of the Channel

Under new leadership, Phoenix takes on Mahler and Schreker

Garth Brooks gets rowdy with his friends in Gillette’s low places

Theater/Dance

SpeakEasy, Huntington, Gloucester Stage lead the honorees at a virtual Norton awards ceremony

ArtsEmerson’s 2022-2023 season leans into social justice

In connecting the busing era to today, ‘Common Ground Revisited’ follows a long, complicated path to the stage

globe local

‘It’s a great community’: Want List Records joins stores at Newton’s Mall at Echo Bridge

Newton Schools Foundation honors five inspiring teachers

‘I can picture the people who eat the food I grow.’ Amid worldwide supply threats, local farmers keep feeding Greater Boston.

Obituaries

Simon Preston, Acclaimed Organist and Conductor, Dies at 83

Urvashi Vaid, pioneering LGBTQ activist, is dead at 63

Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies at 101