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Lithium is becoming more crucial in a warming world, but Maine’s huge deposits may never be mined because of environmental concerns

By some estimates, the lithium deposits near Newry may be the largest in the country — with the potential to become a critical domestic supply for automakers and so valuable that they could provide a needed boost to Maine’s economy. But there's more to the story.

A young boy’s nightmare diagnosis, and the $3 million one-time treatment that will likely save his life
The groundbreaking treatment is one of six gene therapies cleared since 2017 that have transformed the outlook for disorders once considered hopeless — and also renewed questions about how the health care system can afford such breathtakingly expensive medicines.

Inside the state commission for the blind: alleged verbal abuse, shrinking services, questionable spending

Last week, the state’s largest advocacy group for blind and visually impaired people wrote to Governor Maura Healey’s office saying that the commissioner needed to go.

‘An expensive state.’ Healey says tax and budget plans will help struggling seniors

"We need to do everything we can to make life more affordable for seniors as they age,” Healey said.

At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South

Fundraiser set to finish ‘Emily’s Hike’ in New Hampshire
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Why Gregg Popovich resisted the Hall of Fame for so long, and why he’s OK with being inducted now

The 74-year-old Popovich, who has won five NBA championships and is considered a top-five coach of all time, made it into the Hall of Fame on the first ballot.
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Is Lamar Jackson ready to sit out, with his market seemingly dry?

Jackson hasn’t gotten a whiff of interest in the two-plus weeks he has been available to all 32 teams.

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

Where an editor saw a handful of unrelated deaths, Loretta McLaughlin saw a series of connected murders that were likely committed by a single person.
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The misleading arguments of MCAS foes

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Trump’s 50-year playbook of lie, deflect, and deny
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The Emancipator

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Where lynching was an arbitrary and barbaric act to terrorize Black people, modern attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten the livelihoods of those challenging oppressive systems and keep us all in the dark.
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Hundreds of high school girls dress for prom, walk the red carpet at Hynes
Fitting rooms and seamstresses were available to help the girls to be sure dresses of their choice fit just right. When the girls were ready in their new gowns, they walked down the red carpet, cheered by peers, teachers, and volunteers.

STAGE REVIEW
In ‘Shadows Cast,’ a haunting dreamscape where secrets go to hide
Director and choreographer Raphaëlle Boitel, whose “When Angels Fall” in 2019 left Boston audiences gasping, returns to ArtsEmerson for a too-brief run of “Shadows Cast,” a stunning combination of sound, light, and movement delivered by six extraordinary performers.

Celtics notebook
Once a front-line NBA starter, Blake Griffin relishing his role as an agitator in reserve with the Celtics
Unafraid to take a charge or hard foul, Griffin has emerged as a player who annoys opponents with his hustle and grit.

Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips
A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis, quipping to journalists before being driven away that he’s "still alive."

LOVE LETTERS
We moved and now he’s miserable
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Kamaia, a 14-year-old lion at Franklin Park Zoo, has serious pneumonia, officials say
Recent exams show Kamaia has other underlying chronic medical issues in addition to the pneumonia, but diagnostic tests have been inconclusive, Zoo New England said in a statement Friday.

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After ‘The Embrace,’ Boston to see two more memorials to MLK and Coretta Scott King
The two projects showcase a continued commitment to cementing the Kings’ legacy in Boston, an effort to recognize grassroots organizing work by them and other Black residents that has been overlooked in a city with a historic reputation for racism.

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Trump to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday, court officials say

The exact nature of the charges was unclear Friday because the indictment remained under seal, but they stem from payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter.

Hundreds of high school girls dress for prom, walk the red carpet at Hynes

Fitting rooms and seamstresses were available to help the girls to be sure dresses of their choice fit just right. When the girls were ready in their new gowns, they walked down the red carpet, cheered by peers, teachers, and volunteers.

Inside the state commission for the blind: alleged verbal abuse, shrinking services, questionable spending

Last week, the state’s largest advocacy group for blind and visually impaired people wrote to Governor Maura Healey’s office saying that the commissioner needed to go.

Fundraiser set to finish ‘Emily’s Hike’ in New Hampshire

Hikers will honor a young Massachusetts woman who died in New Hampshire by climbing multiple peaks this summer and raising funds for a foundation created by her family

Sports

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox already have a very real problem preventing stolen bases

Orioles run wild again in Game 2, with four more steals in the first three innings. Sox pitchers and catchers have adjustments to make to catch up to speed of their opponents and quicker pace to the game with MLB's new rules.
GOLF ROUNDUP

Rose Zhang adds final amateur jewel, the Augusta Women’s, despite squandering six-shot lead

The best amateur in women's golf for the last three years was flawless for two rounds at Champions Retreat, where she set tournament scoring records two days in a row, but shot a 4-over 76 Sunday at Augusta National.
Bruins 4, Penguins 3

David Pastrnak scores hat trick, notching his 100th point, as Bruins dispatch Penguins

Pastrnak scored his 54th, 55th, and 56th goals of the season.
NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Caitlin Clark, Iowa aim to finish the championship story against LSU
Celtics notebook

Once a front-line NBA starter, Blake Griffin relishing his role as an agitator in reserve with the Celtics
Bruins notebook

Coach Jim Montgomery grew up watching fabled Canadiens teams and now his Bruins are chasing all-time wins record held by Montreal

Business

A young boy’s nightmare diagnosis, and the $3 million one-time treatment that will likely save his life

The groundbreaking treatment is one of six gene therapies cleared since 2017 that have transformed the outlook for disorders once considered hopeless — and also renewed questions about how the health care system can afford such breathtakingly expensive medicines.

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A medieval English village is being swallowed by the sea

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When I lived too far to help my dying dad, a stranger stepped in to help

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‘Anybody need tickets?’: At Opening Day, an anachronistic part of the Fenway experience returns

Kamaia, a 14-year-old lion at Franklin Park Zoo, has serious pneumonia, officials say

Wisconsin firebombing suspect arrested at Boston’s Logan International Airport

sports

Why Gregg Popovich resisted the Hall of Fame for so long, and why he’s OK with being inducted now

Northeastern’s Devon Levi had a great debut in Buffalo — how have other local college goaltenders made the jump to the pros?

Longtime Amherst men’s coach David Hixon elected to Basketball Hall of Fame

business

Clean Harbors founder Alan McKim steps aside as CEO after 43 years

Italy privacy watchdog blocks ChatGPT, citing data breach

New federal rules will make many electric cars ineligible for tax credits

politics

Wisconsin court mega-fight crashes to an end, with a Trump coda

Trump to be arraigned in New York on Tuesday, court officials say

Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility

Nation

At least 21 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South

How Trump’s playboy persona came back to haunt him

Shocked and defiant: How Trump is responding to unprecedented indictment

World

Thailand’s unemployed elephants are back home, huge and hungry

A medieval English village is being swallowed by the sea

Pope Francis quips he’s ‘still alive’ after hospital stay

opinion

Boston scores a win on vaccine mandates

Juvenile justice should focus on rehabilitation not punishment

As my students watch animals online, I witness a kind of extinction

lifestyle

Boston indie-rockers Q-Tip Bandits will bring a taste of Boston Calling downtown

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Cash use is way down, so why have members of Gen Z embraced coin collecting?

food & dining

10 restaurants to eat at near Fenway Park

Drag brunch is a celebration

Eat like a sophisticated shepherd at Bar Vlaha

travel

Are people losing interest in sustainable travel? This study says so.

Does Amtrak owe me anything for a forced downgrade?

Learning in action in Acton, Amtrak fully reopens Northwest route, and an armchair trip around the globe

Arts

Under Spain’s thumb, a mysterious art took root

Gawking at the weird and the wild at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery

Tillie Walden will be Vermont’s fifth — and youngest — ‘cartoonist laureate’

Books

The heroine of Victor LaValle’s western gothic ‘Lone Women’ wrestles with a horror from her past

Amid colonial rule and Japanese occupation, young lovers pay the price of modernity in Rachel Heng’s ‘The Great Reclamation’

Blythe Roberson sorts her unread books by color and credits her love of reading to Pizza Hut

Movies

‘A Thousand and One’: a family drama unspools across a changing city

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

Television

Catch up on ‘Happy Valley’ before the final season arrives

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Loretta McLaughlin is famous for breaking the Boston Strangler case, but coworkers remember so much more

music

Born into a cult, singer Mikel Jollett is reaching out to students about turning their own trauma into art

Arlo Guthrie on aging, Alice, and why he’s unretiring . . . sort of

Donald Glover participated in a panel discussion at Berklee ‘Career Jam’ event

Theater/Dance

In ‘Shadows Cast,’ a haunting dreamscape where secrets go to hide

A chef’s kiss for ‘Clyde’s’

After more than 30 years, Central Square’s Dance Complex still has the moves

globe local

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

Reading harpist returns to hometown for performance with the US Air Force Concert Band

Autism Alliance is teaching restaurants and other places how to accommodate families with special needs children

Obituaries

Suzanne Rheinstein, designer of classic American interiors, dies at 77

Peterson Zah, 85, Navajo Nation’s first president, dies

Emily Fisher Landau, theft victim turned art patron, dies at 102