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As Uvalde parents seethe, recourse against police may be limited
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Students in classroom repeatedly called 911 as officers waited, official says

In mass shootings, police are trained to ‘confront the attacker’

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South Boston man charged with 1984 slaying linked to drug trade, ‘Whitey’ Bulger shakedowns

Michael Lewis, 61, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of Brian Watson and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, according to Boston police and the Suffolk district attorney’s office.

COVID ICU admissions hit their lowest levels during spring wave

On Wednesday, the most recent day for which data is available, only 79, or 9.7 percent, of hospitalized patients were in the ICU.
Mass. to end COVID-19 school testing program

Governor Baker vetoes bill to give driver’s licenses to undocumented residents
In his veto letter, Governor Charlie Baker said the bill requires the Registry of Motor Vehicles “to issue state credentials to people without the ability to verify their identity” and “increases the risk that noncitizens will be registered to vote.”

Macy’s contract negotiations continue as contract expires
For the past month, Macy’s has been locked in negotiations with the union representing 900 area workers. On Friday, as the contract expired, a federal mediator stepped in, and talks went down to the wire as they tried to hammer out a deal.

Deep in Vatican archives, a Brown University professor discovers ‘flabbergasting’ secrets

Using the Vatican’s own archives, the soft-spoken professor has become arguably the most effective excavator of the Vatican’s hidden sins, especially those leading up to and during World War II.
TOM FARRAGHER

That old Cape magic — and signs of hope in the sand

Another summertime on Cape Cod is dawning, this one with the promise of many joyful reunions and reconnections.

White shark detections off Cape Cod increased by 24 percent last year

More white sharks were detected in the waters off Massachusetts and Rhode Island in 2021 compared to previous years, according to data from two research organizations. But then again, the number of receivers identifying the sharks has increased, too.
Opinion
MARCELA GARCÍA

We’ll move on. Uvalde won’t.

The pernicious ripple effects of mass school shootings.
James Alan Fox

Responses to school shootings should be based on the level of risk, not the level of fear
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How middlemen mucked things up
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The ‘Star Trek’ movie that makes a case against pursuing perfection
RENÉE GRAHAM

Obama’s campaign ‘gaffe’ now seems prophetic
Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.
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NOTE: Mass DPH releases data Monday-Friday. Fully vaccinated means Mass. residents with 2 doses of Moderna/Pfizer vaccine or a dose of J&J. Boosters include Pfizer or Moderna. Mass. population of 6,892,503 is used to calculate vaccination percentages. SOURCE: Mass. Dept. of Public Health

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The Strokes cancel Boston Calling performance after member tests positive for COVID-19
Indie rock band The Strokes canceled a Saturday performance at the Boston Calling Music Festival in Allston after someone in the group tested positive for COVID-19, the festival and the band said Friday.

LOVE LETTERS
Sixteen years on, I think she was the one
“I can’t stop thinking about what I might have done wrong.”

Rhode Island surfer helps families honor loved ones with ‘one last wave’
After the death of his father, Dan Fischer created the One Last Wave Project in January to use the healing power of the ocean to help families coping with a loss.

McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy is making it clear that he will likely defy a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, escalating a standoff with the panel over his and other GOP lawmakers’ testimony.

Retired Mass. state trooper avoids prison in overtime scandal

The last of eight Massachusetts State Police troopers to face federal charges in the department’s overtime abuse scandal, Daren DeJong, has been sentenced to two years of probation, the first six months of which must be spent in home confinement, federal prosecutors said.

Former North Kingstown athletic director resigns as principal at Cape Cod middle school as ‘fat test’ investigation continues

Keith Kenyon is being sued by a North Kingstown High School student-athlete and his father, who also accuse other former school administrators and athletic directors of allowing coaches to behave inappropriately with students.

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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.

How inequality makes climate change worse
Study after study has found the climate crisis is compounding global inequality. A new peer-reviewed analysis suggests inequality is also exacerbating climate change.

‘This one is different’: Tech companies brace for impact amid market plunge
Some of the region’s biggest startups are cutting jobs and reducing spending. With inflation raging, interest rates rising, and supply shortages still unresolved, it’s a hard time to navigate even for the most successful companies.

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Even if Congress won’t act on gun safety, states can
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State must be ready to act before the Supreme Court rolls back its gun control law
Alex Beam

One pill, two pill, red pill, blue pill
Alex Johnson

Gun violence is a disease. Health care can help.
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Texas elementary school shooting: The latest

As Uvalde parents seethe, recourse against police may be limited

A gunman on Tuesday killed 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, which is located about 85 miles west of San Antonio. Here are the latest updates.

NH man arrested in probe of ‘school shooter’ signs in three towns

Guy Hanson, 61, of Pittsfield, was arrested Friday as part of the investigation into "SCHOOL SHOOTER" signs that appeared Friday in Barnstead, Epsom and Pittsfield, New Hampshire State Police said.

First Literacy scholarship winners receive college degrees

Two scholarship recipients from First Literacy, a nonprofit adult education program in Boston, have added the title of college graduate to their resumes.

South Boston man charged with 1984 slaying linked to drug trade, ‘Whitey’ Bulger shakedowns

Michael Lewis, 61, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge for the slaying of Brian Watson and is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in Suffolk Superior Court, according to Boston police and the Suffolk district attorney’s office.

Sports

Game 6: HEAT 111, CELTICS 103

Jimmy Butler takes charge and the Heat force winner-take-all Game 7 in Miami

Butler made 16 of 29 shots and finished with 47 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists. Amid all the talk about Jayson Tatum’s ascension, the 32-year-old veteran loudly and emphatically made it clear that he was the best player on the floor on this night.
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With a sloppy, lackluster performance, the Celtics simply didn’t take care of business

Game 6, and a trip to the NBA Finals, was there for the taking, but Boston committed 18 turnovers and couldn't hold off a Miami team that simply wanted it more.
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The Heat’s response to Draymond Green? Thanks for the motivation.

After the Warriors star said Boston would definitely advance to the NBA Finals, Udonis Haslem and P.J. Tucker offered their thanks.
Heat 111, Celtics 103

Celtics lose to Heat, 111-103, in Game 6, and now a winner-take-all Game 7 looms on Sunday in Miami
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Goal with 18 seconds to play sends the Boston College women’s lacrosse team to national title game
Dan Shaughnessy

It was supposed to be a coronation, but instead was a stunning, wasted opportunity for Celtics

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Macy’s contract negotiations continue as contract expires

For the past month, Macy’s has been locked in negotiations with the union representing 900 area workers. On Friday, as the contract expired, a federal mediator stepped in, and talks went down to the wire as they tried to hammer out a deal.

NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school shooting, protest roils

The NRA had said that convention attendees would “reflect on” the shooting at the event and “pray for the victims, recognize our patriotic members and pledge to redouble our commitment to making our schools secure.”

Major stock indexes rose for the week for the first time in months
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Charlie Baker: What happened to reaching across the aisle to get things done?
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New England news in brief

Providence Mayor places recreation director Michael Stephens in $125k police department job

A half century of vigilance in the big poolside chair

sports

Tatum and Brown were mostly subdued, and other observations as Celtics head back to Miami for Game 7

A bullpen meltdown ruined another solid showing by the Red Sox’ offense

For Wellesley’s Rory Clare, finishing kick also scores a victory on the track

business

In re-rebrand, construction giant Suffolk returns to its roots

Key inflation gauge slowed to still-high 6.3 percent over past year

At Boston Chamber, Mariano outlines plans for tax relief

politics

As US mourns shootings, NRA in turmoil but influence remains

McCarthy, GOP lawmakers escalate standoff with Jan. 6 panel

NRA speakers unshaken on gun rights after school shooting, protest roils

Nation

Students in classroom repeatedly called 911 as officers waited, official says

In mass shootings, police are trained to ‘confront the attacker’

Students in classroom repeatedly called 911 as officers waited, official says

World

Ukraine fears repeat of Mariupol horrors elsewhere in Donbas

Sensitive Iranian military site was targeted in attack

Deep in Vatican archives, a Brown University professor discovers ‘flabbergasting’ secrets

opinion

Obama’s campaign ‘gaffe’ now seems prophetic

The real threat to our schools

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

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Sixteen years on, I think she was the one

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

Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular to return to the Esplanade July Fourth

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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

travel

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

Her travel advice? Keep your papers safe, ‘mind your manners,’ and eat like vacation calories don’t count

Beyond Bean: 10 things to love about Freeport, Maine

Arts

Gorgeous trash and radical recycling at ICA’s Watershed

At the MFA, a camera-ready country

You can judge an album by its cover

Books

A deadly silence

Three books on Stalin that shed light on Russian history

Toni Bentley: reading everything by Edith Wharton

Movies

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

‘The Bob’s Burgers Movie’ has heart — and (mostly) hits the spot

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

Television

Jodie Foster to star in Alaska-set fourth season of ‘True Detective’

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

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

music

The Strokes cancel Boston Calling performance after member tests positive for COVID-19

Two Boston Calling artists connect over careers, guitars, and the view from the festival stage

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

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’ is a spellbinder

A high-profile dance fest rises again

Out of the past and onto the Broadway stage

globe local

New England news in brief

Safety at the beach and around the barbeque paramount this Memorial Day weekend, state officials say

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

Obituaries

Morton L. Janklow, agent for best-selling authors, dies at 91

Depeche Mode founding keyboardist Andy Fletcher dies at 60

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