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Search continues for answers in Medford woman’s mysterious death

Barbara Novaes was last seen alive Sunday afternoon and her body was discovered by authorities Monday behind the duplex at 21 Emery St. where she had lived with her college-age son for many years, according to officials and neighbors.

State Police superintendent’s son to face criminal charges for carrying unsecured weapons in his car
Reid Mason, son of State Police Superintendent Christopher Mason, will face five counts of improper storage of firearms after a court hearing that was made public amid concerns that the younger Mason could get favorable treatment due to his father.

Pence, Trump clash over Georgia primary that could mark revenge of the ‘RINOs’

Governor Brian Kemp and other political figures who have crossed former president Donald Trump, including former vice president Mike Pence, are expected to notch a victory over Trump’s hand-picked challenger, former senator David Perdue.

What to watch for in the 2022 midterms McCormick sues over counting mail ballots in Pennsylvania Senate race

Boston monkeypox patient had 200 contacts

Most were health care workers, and the risk to the general public remained low, the CDC said.

What is monkeypox, the rare disease now confirmed in Mass.?

Celtics 102, Heat 82

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Game 4 was Derrick White’s turn to step in and pick up the Celtics
After White's contributions in place of Marcus Smart, we should salute Brad Stevens, too, for the savvy deadline move to acquire him.

Chad Finn: Don’t overlook the importance of the Celtics winning the battle of the big men in Game 4

Chef David Welch recently opened an eponymous restaurant in Chestnut Hill.

David Welch started out at Formaggio Kitchen. Now he’s the big cheese at his own restaurant in Chestnut Hill

After a detour into high-end private catering (more on that later), he opened Chef Dave’s in Chestnut Hill earlier this year, not far from his home in Jamaica Plain.

Father Isaac Keeley in 2014, when the brewery was just getting started.

The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey are getting out of the beer business and closing Spencer Brewery

The brewery was founded in 2014 and made the country’s only officially recognized Trappist ales, but "brewing is not a viable industry for us and that it is time to close.”

Whole wheat crepes.

Crepe escapes: You can travel the world just by eating pancakes

It's no wonder this simple, fast, easy-to-eat, transportable food is favored the world over. And if you knew how easy it is to make French crepes, you’d probably make them quite often.

Recipe: Roll up whole-wheat crepes and serve them with berries or a savory filling Recipe: Socca, made with chickpea flour, are traditional pancakes in the south of France

Jeneé Osterheldt

For expecting moms, the state of the world is a lot to carry
Pandemic pregnancy is hard enough. America is adding reproductive rights and a formula shortage to the term.

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.

State Commissioner of Education Jeffrey Riley

THE GREAT DIVIDE

State education board, mayor, weigh fate of Boston Public Schools

The state is discussing the possibility of placing Boston Public Schools into state receivership, an extreme step that would be an effective takeover.

Key takeaways from the state’s BPS review Read the full state review of Boston Public Schools

In a list released Tuesday of the Best Places to Visit in the United States, Bar Harbor (above) ranked number 16, while Boston landed at 19 on the list.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

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

In a list released Tuesday of the best places to visit in the United States, Bar Harbor ranked number 16, while Boston landed at 19 on the list. But what destination came in first?

Al Folco and his wife, Leslie, photographed a husky American Black Bear in the Wood Estates neighborhood in Coventry, Rhode Island, on Monday, May 23. The Coventry Police Department had issued an alert for residents in the Wood Estates and Wisteria Drive area to keep kids and animals inside, with doors and windows locked until the bear passed through.

🐻 Husky American black bear picnics in Coventry

A husband and wife team were able to locate and photograph a husky American black bear strolling through the Wood Estates neighborhood in Coventry, R.I. on Monday.

Opinion

Mitchell Zuckoff

Is cryptocurrency a Ponzi scheme?

Crypto believers reject the accusation by citing the relative transparency of the currencies’ methods and the absence of deception. Detractors say the lack of underlying assets or government backing qualifies crypto for the Ponzi duck test.

IDEAS | ELIZABETH SVOBODA

Speaking up before it’s too late

A damning audit calls for action at BPS

MARCELA GARCÍA

Communications 101: Closing the language barriers in state agencies

What the Mass. secretary of state apparently thinks of Republicans

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

Tech Power Players 50

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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Racial justice is at the heart of a dispute over gig drivers’ rights
Some labor organizers and political officials say that the fight for full employment status at Uber and other app-based companies is rooted in civil rights.

Maine man, 19, ordered held without bail in slaying of 1-year-old niece

A 19-year-old Wells, Maine man who allegedly shot his 1-year-old niece to death Saturday and also wounded his brother and father was ordered held without bail at his first court appearance Tuesday, authorities said.

15-year-old arrested in connection with Roxbury shooting; charged with armed assault to murder

Boston police on Monday arrested a 15-year-old boy in Jamaica Plain on aggravated assault and weapons charges, the department said Tuesday in a statement.

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.

200 bodies found in Mariupol basement as war rages in east

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 Baker's book: What happened to reaching across the aisle to get things done?

Amber Heard rests case in civil suit without calling Johnny Depp to the stand
Actor Amber Heard rested her case Tuesday in the civil suit between her and ex-husband Johnny Depp without calling Depp to the stand.

150 years of The Boston Globe
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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.

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.

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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.

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From left: Nael Nacer, John Kuntz, and Marianna Bassham in "People, Places & Things." The SpeakEasy Stage Company production won three Elliot Norton Awards, including Bassham as outstanding actress in the midsize theater category.

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

The Del Fuegos (with Dan Zanes, center) play a reunion show at the Paradise in June 2011, the last time the band performed together.

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Garth Brooks performs at Gillette Stadium Friday night, the first of his two shows in Foxborough.

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

From left: Melody Buyukozer Dawkins, a researcher with Slover Linett, joined arts leaders Doneeca Thurston, executive director of Lynn Museum/LynnArts; Marquis Victor, founder and executive director of Elevated Thought; and Catherine T. Morris, founder and artistic director of BAMS Fest, to discuss the survey on Wednesday at the Boston Public Library.

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

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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

Fotios "Freddy" Geas is being investigated as a suspect in the slaying of former Boston crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger, who was killed behind bars on Oct. 30, 2018. Geas has been held in solitary confinement since the killing.

AG Garland, the silence on Bulger’s killing is unacceptable

The hypocrisy of Samuel Alito

Demonstrators outside the White House on May 11 protested against new rules proposed by the Education Department governing a federal grant program for charter schools. Critics say the proposed rules are overly restrictive and would thwart the growth of charter schools, whose 3.6 million students are largely Black and Hispanic.

Proposed federal changes would hurt charter schools

Bridget Harvey, an artist in the UK, bought this sweater secondhand and turned it into a statement.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Radical menders vs. disposable everything

Metro

Jeneé Osterheldt

For expecting moms, the state of the world is a lot to carry

Pandemic pregnancy is hard enough. America is adding reproductive rights and a formula shortage to the term.

Watch live: Mayor Wu provides an update on Mass. and Cass

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is speaking Tuesday afternoon to give an update on the city’s response to Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. Watch live here.

State Police superintendent’s son to face criminal charges for carrying unsecured weapons in his car

Reid Mason, son of State Police Superintendent Christopher Mason, will face five counts of improper storage of firearms after a court hearing that was made public amid concerns that the younger Mason could get favorable treatment due to his father.

Shawn Newton to return to Salem State as dean of students

Salem State University recently tapped Shawn Newton to become its next associate vice president and dean of students.

Sports

Derrick White (center) scored the first 7 points of the game, and the Celtics were off and running.

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Game 4 was Derrick White’s turn to step in and pick up the Celtics

After White's contributions in place of Marcus Smart, we should salute Brad Stevens, too, for the savvy deadline move to acquire him.

Triston Casas is hitting .248/.359/.457 with 6 homers in 36 games for Worcester.

WooSox place prospect Triston Casas on injured list with sprained ankle

Meanwhile, prospect Marcelo Mayer, who is at Single A Salem, received encouraging news about his sore right wrist.

Nick Pivetta got a hug from catcher Christian Vazquez after pitching a complete game in his last start.

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Game 42: Red Sox at White Sox lineups and notes

Nick Pivetta will be on the mound when the Red Sox open a three-game series at Chicago.

Don’t overlook the importance of the Celtics winning the battle of the big men in Game 4

The Heat couldn’t buy a bucket in the first quarter, and things didn’t get much better after that

Game 4: Avalanche 6, Blues 3

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

Business

UN chief urges college grads to shun companies funding fossil fuels

The head of the United Nations implored graduating college students on Tuesday to reject jobs at companies that fund the fossil fuel industry he described as “killing our planet.”

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki hired by MSNBC

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has officially landed at MSNBC, where she is expected to make appearances on the network’s cable and streaming programs as well as host a new original show.

INNOVATION BEAT

Boston VC partners with Google on entrepreneur training

Social media stocks set to erase $100 billion on Snap warning

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Anania Williams just finished his bachelor’s degree at Emerson College, and is planning to move to New York City to look for work on the stage. But he’s already making a decent living as a social media influencer.

College & Careers

Lots of young people dream of being an influencer. He’s really doing it.

College & Careers

The 4 fastest growing jobs for college graduates in 2022

Love Letters

I have a crush on the person I carpool with. At risk: My heart and my ride.

This week's daters: Desire' and Kevin.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘He has a dog who was popping in and out of the Zoom’

metro

Al Folco and his wife, Leslie, photographed a husky American Black Bear in the Wood Estates neighborhood in Coventry, Rhode Island, on Monday, May 23. The Coventry Police Department had issued an alert for residents in the Wood Estates and Wisteria Drive area to keep kids and animals inside, with doors and windows locked until the bear passed through.

🐻 Husky American black bear picnics in Coventry

Maine man, 19, ordered held without bail in slaying of 1-year-old niece

Search continues for answers in Medford woman’s mysterious death

sports

The Celtics' aggressiveness was relentless as Jayson Tatum battles for a loose ball with Miami Heat guard Duncan Robinson.

It was ugly and rugged, but an exceptional effort carried the Celtics to a crucial Game 4 victory

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

How it happened: A stunning and complete Celtics beatdown in Game 4 leaves the series tied

business

Uber and Lyft driver Charles Clemons Muhammad disinfected his vehicle after driving a customer in Boston.

Racial justice is at the heart of a dispute over gig drivers’ rights

Pennsylvania company to complete purchase of R.I. utility

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

politics

San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone celebrated Easter Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in San Francisco on April 12, 2020. The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco said on Friday, May 20, 2022, that he would no longer allow US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.

Pelosi pushes back on archbishop who denies her Communion

2022 midterms: What to watch in Georgia, Texas, and elsewhere

Pence, Trump clash over Georgia primary that could mark revenge of the ‘RINOs’

Nation

US actress Amber Heard.

Amber Heard rests case in civil suit without calling Johnny Depp to the stand

UN chief urges college grads to shun companies funding fossil fuels

US birth count rises for first time since 2014

World

People walked past a destroyed building in Mariupol, in territory under the government of the Donetsk People's Republic, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday.

200 bodies found in Mariupol basement as war rages in east

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

Biden: US would intervene with military to defend Taiwan

opinion

Massachusetts’ failure to forestall growing segregation

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

To tackle addiction crisis, housing and services must be combined

lifestyle

Cartoonist and Malden native Keith Knight and his son, Julian, outside For Five Coffee in Boston on May 19.

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

Grilled Flatbreads with Figs and Blue Cheese

Recipe: This no-yeast, no-rise flatbread dough is grilled and topped with figs and blue cheese

Recipe: Salty, sweet, spicy grilled chicken skewers on rice noodles is your new go-to dish

Recipe: When salad season overlaps with grilling season, make a hearty, vegetable salad

travel

In a list released Tuesday of the Best Places to Visit in the United States, Bar Harbor (above) ranked number 16, while Boston landed at 19 on the list.

When it comes to summer vacations, Maine has Massachusetts beat, according to US 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

Marsha Nouritza Odabashian, "Blossoms and Bones," onionskin dye, acrylic paint, graphite on canvas.

Watertown exhibition ‘Across Cultures’ breaks down borders

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

Milton Avery’s color sense and sensibility

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

Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Chris Evans, in "Lightyear."

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

From left: Justin Hartley as Kevin, Chrissy Metz as Kate, and Sterling K. Brown as Randall in "This Is Us."

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

The Del Fuegos (with Dan Zanes, center) play a reunion show at the Paradise in June 2011, the last time the band performed together.

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

From left: Nael Nacer, John Kuntz, and Marianna Bassham in "People, Places & Things." The SpeakEasy Stage Company production won three Elliot Norton Awards, including Bassham as outstanding actress in the midsize theater category.

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

Shawn Newton was recently appointed associate vice president and dean of students at Salem State University.

Shawn Newton to return to Salem State as dean of students

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

Newton Schools Foundation honors five inspiring teachers

Obituaries

Simon Preston performed at Yale University in New Haven, Conn., Nov. 20, 2011. Preston, an organist, conductor, and composer who was an instrumentalist of consummate, intelligent virtuosity, and a force in the early-music movement, died on May 13. He was 83.

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