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NBA Finals Game 5: Warriors 104, Celtics 94

Instant Analysis

Celtics show third-quarter fight, but Warriors put their backs to the wall, and other Game 5 observations

Steph Curry and the Warriors couldn't find a shooting rhythm for most of the night, but the Celtics were done in again by their own cold spells and all-too-common spates of turnovers and mistakes.

Dan Shaughnessy: It’s not over for the Celtics yet, but it sure feels like it

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What Ime Udoka said after the game: ‘We’ve been here before’
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Shaughnessy: It’s not over, but it feels like it
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Adam Himmelsbach’s observations
11:40 p.m.
Turnovers doom Boston

How it happened: Celtics surge back, but fall apart late and lose to Warriors 104-94, in Game 5
The Celtics' backs are up against the wall, with the only chance to keep their championship dreams alive coming Thursday at TD Garden with a must-win Game 6.

Cuts to maternal health services ignite protests
The closing of a North Shore Birth Center and failure to adopt other health proposals statewide has raised concerns about dwindling access to maternity services, particularly for low-income families and women of color.

Mayor Michelle Wu rejects $10 million police overtime cut proposed by City Council, calling it a ‘false reduction’
The Boston City Council, which for the first time this year had the authority to directly amend the mayor’s spending plan instead of just approving or rejecting it, had proposed cutting the perennially bloated and controversial overtime budget in order to fund other priorities, like youth jobs programs.

Trump was clinging to outlandish theories to stay in power, witnesses testify at Jan. 6 hearing

Donald Trump’s closest campaign advisers, top government officials, and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 voting fraud on election night, several said.

Officer describes how Jan. 6 rioters pursued him through Capitol

3 takeaways from the second day of the Jan. 6 committee public hearings

The second day of the Jan. 6 select committee’s public hearings rewound the tape a bit - back to the event that precipitated the notorious assault on the Capitol: Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 election.

‘Extremely concerned’ feds want these four safety issues at the T fixed right now
The Federal Transit Administration flagged four problems it wants the T to address immediately, the T’s safety chief told board members Monday.

S&P slumps into bear market, Dow dives 875 points Monday

The index sank 3.9 percent in the first chance for investors to trade after getting the weekend to reflect on the stunning news that inflation is getting worse, not better.

Hot inflation dims likelihood Fed can achieve ‘soft landing’

These companies were local giants 30 years ago. Where are they now?

Two Boston police officers arrested in separate domestic violence incidents

Officers Walter Suprey and Andrew Blake were placed on administrative leave, and the Boston Police Anti-Corruption Unit has opened an investigation into both cases, the police department said.

Construction company reported worker to immigration officials as retaliation, government lawyers allege

The government alleges that the West Bridgewater company and its chief executive officer, Pedro Pirez, retaliated against Paz because he reported the 2017 accident, triggering an investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

In December, Governor Charlie Baker signed a sweeping bill into law, authorizing the use of nearly $4 billion of American Rescue Plan Act funds, including $1.2 billion for climate change mitigation and adaptation.

‘Seize the moment’: Advocates push state to use pandemic relief funds for climate action

Governor Charlie Baker needs the legislature’s buy-in, and so far, Beacon Hill officials haven’t passed legislation codifying that funding.

The US Open is the only major Phil Mickelson has yet to win, and the heat will be on him this week in Brookline.

Ben Volin | On Golf

Phil Mickelson seems to be bearing the brunt of the LIV golf controversy by himself

Fourteen golfers in the field for this week's US Open are playing the LIV Series, but only one is having to answer questions about 9/11.

The story of Titleist, the No. 1 golf ball at the US Open, started with a wobbly putt

The Coast Guard came to the rescue of this leatherback sea turtle that was entangled in Nantucket Harbor on Saturday.

Watch: 900-pound leatherback sea turtle freed from being tangled up in Nantucket Harbor

A 900-pound leatherback sea turtle that was severely entangled in Nantucket Harbor was freed by the Coast Guard on Saturday afternoon.

Opinion

As goes Raytheon, so goes our smart, Massachusetts workforce?

The Raytheon experience tells us that, in the end, a company always does what’s best for the company, and that includes decisions about geographic locations.

MARCELA GARCÍA

As SCOTUS’ conservative majority weakens civil rights, Sonia Sotomayor begs to differ

Tara D. Sonenshine

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The mental health crisis afflicting American youth demands health care reforms

The freedom to uphold an unpopular opinion

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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Driver’s licenses for residents without legal status just became law. Now, the GOP wants Mass. voters to repeal it.

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Game 5: Warriors 104, Celtics 94

How it happened: Celtics surge back, but fall apart late and lose to Warriors 104-94, in Game 5

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Jaylen Brown (right) and the Celtics had few answers for the Warriors in Game 5.

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A cooked lobster is served on a picnic table in New England.

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A discarded mound of tinsel sits next to a pile of giant jacks made of wire tomato cages in "Lily Cox-Richard: Weep Holes" at Mass MoCA.

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