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A woman lit a candle at a makeshift memorial outside Uvalde County Courthouse in Uvalde, Texas, on Thursday.

Texas gunman’s final 90 minutes fuel questions about police delays

The gunman was still inside when the first US Marshals Service deputies arrived. They had raced to the school from nearly 70 miles away in the border town of Del Rio, the agency said in a tweet Friday.

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These maps and charts show how common gun violence is in America

Gun deaths in America are even more common than you might realize.

Following Texas school shooting, Newtown reflects on a decade of hard lessons

Families in Newtown know what those in Uvalde will be forced to learn about wounds and public trauma, and the way time reshapes grief without easing its burdens.

From unlocked doors to social media surveillance, Republican ideas on shootings raise eyebrows

Most Republican lawmakers say there’s one line they won’t cross: adding any significant hurdles to access weapons in a nation that has more guns than people.

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

Former president Donald Trump and other leading Republicans are scheduled to address the three-day firearms marketing and advocacy event, which is expected to draw protesters fed up with gun violence.

See how the NRA and other gun rights groups have spent money on political campaigns in recent years

Since 2010, the NRA has spent more than $148 million on federal elections ― about $91 million of which was spent trying to defeat candidates.

Volunteers began placing 37,400 American flags on Boston Common Wednesday morning to honor fallen Massachusetts service members since the Revolutionary War.

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ACLU of Massachusetts sues over US denying Afghans humanitarian entry

The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts filed a lawsuit in Boston federal court Wednesday on behalf of Afghans and their New England-area families seeking to bring them to the US through a rarely used immigration provision known as humanitarian parole.

‘We are at a precipice’: New Zealand prime minister talks about gun control in address to Harvard grads
New Zealand's prime minister spoke to the Harvard University graduating class of 2022 about her fears for the spread of disinformation during her commencement speech.

Many New England homeowners are facing rising property insurance costs amid worries of inflation and increasing building materials expenses.

Expect to pay more for homeowners insurance. Here’s why.

High inflation and building material costs are driving up premiums for many New England homeowners.

In re-rebrand, Suffolk Construction returns to its roots

Workers at Suffolk job sites have begun swapping out the contractor’s pandemic-era light blue and purple branding with a revived version of its original namesake.

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Opinion

People mourn as they attend the vigil in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday for the victims of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

State must be ready to act before the Supreme Court rolls back its gun control law

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill and local officials throughout the state cannot afford to give an inch when it comes to protecting the strides made to maintain one of the lowest gun death rates in America.

Obama’s campaign ‘gaffe’ now seems prophetic

Even if Congress won’t act on gun safety, states can

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Despite a series of safety incidents and a nearly unprecedented federal review of safety at the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, state and local elected officials and transit advocates say they remain supportive of MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak to lead the agency.

Latest White House plan would forgive $10,000 in student debt per borrower

White House officials are currently planning to cancel $10,000 in student debt per borrower, after months of internal deliberations over how to structure loan forgiveness for tens of millions of Americans, three people with knowledge of the matter said.

‘Relentless’: Russia squeezes Ukrainian strongholds in east

Russian forces on Friday pounded the last Ukrainian strongholds in a separatist-controlled eastern province of Ukraine, including a city where authorities said 1,500 people have been killed and 60 percent of residential buildings destroyed since the start of the war.

Rhode Island’s ‘Conjuring’ house sold, with one stipulation: No one can live there year-round
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Advocates hope Texas school shootings will build momentum to ban manufacture of assault rifles in Massachusetts
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Community members in Uvalde, Texas, embrace each other at a vigil on Wednesday for the 21 victims of the mass shooting at Rob Elementary School.

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Members of Gays Against Guns in New York City held pictures of individuals murdered in anti-gay violence.

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A family grieves outside of the SSGT Willie de Leon Civic Center following the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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Texas elementary school shooting: The latest

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Chris Evert appreciates that she, Serena Williams, and other Wimbledon women’s singles champions will now be listed on the All England Club’s honor boards in a Centre Court hallway simply by their first initial and last name — the way the men’s title winners always have been — instead of preceded by “Miss” or “Mrs.”

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The 2022 NBA Finals will open Thursday, June 2 at Golden State.

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business

House Speaker Ron Mariano spoke on the steps of the Massachusetts State House in March. After a speech to business leaders Thursday, Mariano signaled a willingness to pass a tax relief bill before the end of formal legislative sessions in July.

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MGH vaccinating workers against monkeypox, the first time the shots have been used in the US

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A convention attendee looks at NRA branded shirts for sale at the NRA Store at the NRA Annual Meeting held at the George R. Brown Convention Center Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Houston.

NRA opens gun convention in Texas after school massacre

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Nation

Law enforcement, and other first responders, gathered outside Robb Elementary School following the shooting on Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas.

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Damage from Russian shelling on a street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 26, 2022.

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Russia slams sanctions, seeks to blame West for food crisis

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Members of Threshold Choir in Concord, Mass., sang at the bedside of a dying patient in 2019. Left to right, Richard Friday, Patty Fraser, and Fran Hunt.

Lullabies for the dying

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Maggie Rogers.

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Celtic burger at R.F. O’Sullivan & Son in Somerville.

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At Assembly Row’s Salt + Stone, something for everyone, with a smile

Faccia Brutta opens on Newbury Street; Telegraph Hill returns to Southie

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Formerly the Providence Biltmore, the redesigned landmark in the heart of downtown is now part of the Graduate Hotels’ hand-crafted collection of accommodations located in university towns in the US and U.K.

A Beaux-Arts bash in Providence, a stylish base camp in N.H., and a Grand Canyon getaway

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Arts

Installation view of "Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms," currently at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston's Watershed in East Boston. Left, Ebony G. Patterson, "...and the dew cracks the earth, in five acts of lamentation ... between the cuts ... beneath the leaves ... below the soil...," 2020; center, Madeline Hollander, "Heads/Tails: Walker & Broadway 2," 2020; right, El Anatsui, "Area B," 2007.

Gorgeous trash and radical recycling at ICA’s Watershed

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Movies

Bob Belcher (voiced by H. Jon Benjamin) in 20th Century Studios' "The Bob's Burgers Movie."

Out of the frying pan into a film for ‘Bob’s Burgers’

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‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67, reports say

Television

Ben Whishaw in "This Is Going to Hurt."

In most TV medical dramas, doctors are heroes. This isn’t one of them

Kristen Wiig says hi, hi (to) ‘Mrs. American Pie’

Kevin Spacey charged in UK with 4 counts of sexual assault

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Celisse (left) and Ali McGuirk. (Photos by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP and Sam Williams)

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Alan White, longtime drummer for prog rock’s Yes, dead at 72

‘I want to be in school forever’: Maggie Rogers graduates from Harvard Divinity

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Dorrance Dance will appear at the Emerson Cutler Majestic on June 2.

A high-profile dance fest rises again

Out of the past and onto the Broadway stage

In Concord, ‘The Colored Museum’ puts racial stereotypes on exhibit

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Kate Darling posed for a portrait in Cambridge.

‘It’s so scary,’ hearing someone shouting after MBTA passenger takes control of public address system on Red Line train, rider says

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Newton city councilors call on mayor to use more federal aid money to avoid school job cuts

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Mr. Fletcher, performing with Depeche Mode in Washington, D.C., in 2017.

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Alan White, longtime drummer for prog rock’s Yes, dead at 72

‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67, reports say