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(Left to right) Kamdyn Dunham, 9; Kiora Brown, 16; Kaiden Brown, 13; Sheila White, 59; Berlin Kilroy, 7; Braylon Brown, 15; and Briell Dunham, 11; pose for a family portrait together at home. White, a grandmother, is the fulltime caretaker of the six children, all living together under one roof.

Under one roof, a grandmother, six grandchildren, and the love of one family

Raising six kids under one roof can be a lot. But through tough times and frustrating moments, Sheila White enjoys every moment she spends with her grandkids.

Strickland Wheelock wants you to see this bird
For generations of New England birders, being infected by Strickland Wheelock’s enthusiasm is a rite of passage.

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History is on Celtics’ side in another Game 7, and other thoughts
What happened in the great old days has nothing to do with what will happen Sunday, but there’s some comfort in the team's winner-take-all legacy.

Beat Writer's Notebook: Marcus Smart’s pointed remark, a wrong-way Uber, and eight other observations from a season-saving win What time will Celtics-76ers Game 7 start? It all depends on who wins Lakers-Warriors Game 6.

Tom Brady (right) and Devin McCourty both retired after the 2022 season.

‘Room for one more?’ Tom Brady makes cameo appearance in Patriots’ schedule release video.

But it was the Tennessee Titans who made the NFL world laugh with their creativity in announcing their 2023 slate.

On football: The timing is finally right for Tom Brady to join the Raiders’ ownership group. But what about football?

Jack Teixeira, Guardsman charged with leaking top secret information, due in court next Friday

Jack Teixeira “may still have access to a trove of classified information that would be of tremendous value to hostile nation states," prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Even as Harvard endowment shrank last year, its managers got big paydays

Deferred compensation swelled the payouts to Harvard’s top endowment managers in 2021, despite market conditions that would later lead to losses.

After Trump’s CNN town hall, Sununu slams former president as ‘three-time loser’

After Donald Trump took the stage at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire this week, the state’s Republican governor Chris Sununu appeared on the network to slam the former president as a “three-time loser going on to be a four-time loser” who is hurting the party’s electoral chances.

CNN faces blowback for airing town hall with Trump

Scenes from the US-Mexico border amid expiration of Title 42
Title 42 immigration restrictions have been lifted, leaving many migrants gathered along the US-Mexico border concerned about their chances of claiming asylum in the United States. Here are some of the stories from along the 1,950-mile international boundary.

Migrants face new border reality as Title 42 pandemic restrictions expire

Idaho jury convicts Lori Vallow Daybell in murders of her 2 children and a romantic rival

The verdict marks the end of a three-year investigation that included bizarre claims of zombie children, apocalyptic prophesies, and illicit affairs.

Five Amtrak workers injured while working on tracks near Readville station in Hyde Park, officials say

These were the 10 most popular baby names in 2022

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Warm and sunny weather is expected for Mother’s Day weekend

Taylor Swift is coming to Gillette. The fans’ pre-show drama would make a great Taylor Swift song.

Some Swifties haven’t yet scored tickets. Some with tickets have no way to get there.

Going to see Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium? Here’s what to know.

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez attended "The Mother" premiere in Los Angeles this week. Affleck's "Hypnotic," also premiering this week, isn't getting the same fanfare.

Ben Affleck’s new movie ‘Hypnotic’ came out of nowhere and has very few reviews. Why the mystery?

Bank robberies. Ben Affleck. This film arguably has the basic ingredients of a blockbuster. So why is it creeping into theaters on cat feet?

Scenes from Cambridge Crossing. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff)

Cambridge Crossing arrives after two decades. It was worth the wait.

Located in an abandoned rail yard at the far eastern reaches of Cambridge, with some acreage in Somerville and Boston, CX, as it is also known, is a win both for Cambridge and Greater Boston.

Tech Power Players 50

The Boston Globe’s 2023 Tech Power Players

The second annual list of the most influential people in the region's tech sector.

See who ranked No. 1 Climate change is a major problem. These Boston leaders have solutions.

Opinion

In this courtroom sketch, US Rep. George Santos, left, sits with his attorney Joseph Murray in federal court on Wednesday. Santos pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges alleging financial fraud at the heart of a political campaign built on dubious boasts about his personal wealth and business success.

Santos stands accused of being a petty con artist

But the GOP's real liar-in-chief once again hits the campaign trail.

IDEAS | MARY ZIEGLER

A California animal welfare case may be a loss for reproductive rights

Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and exposing the lie about a feud that never existed

IDEAS | ALICIA ANDRZEJEWSKI

Ode to bad mothers

Curb sport betting ads. They’ve become a scourge of the airways.

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LOVE LETTERS

Am I being pocketed?
What does “pocketed” — in dating — even mean?

Elon Musk confirms Twitter’s new CEO is Linda Yaccarino from NBCUniversal

Elon Musk has confirmed that the new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp. as it’s now called, will be NBCUniversal’s Linda Yaccarino, an executive with deep ties to the advertising industry.

Somerville PorchFest returns this weekend, filling neighborhood streets with more than 350 live acts
Casually strumming a guitar outside for your neighbors has a much bigger audience at Somerville’s annual music event.

Man accused of taking more than $230,000 from charity, gambling much of it at Mass. casino

A man has been indicted on charges of taking money from a New Hampshire charity and gambling much of it away at the MGM Springfield casino.

Duckling Day returns, bringing adorably dressed up children to the Common
Activities, readings of "Make Way for Ducklings," and a march of costumed ducklings will take place around the park on May 14.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

A peek at season 6 of ‘Black Mirror’
Short descriptions of the season's five episodes, courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

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Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

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Katrina (left) and Melissa enjoyed the quietness of Carson Beach in South Boston while the Metropolitan Beaches Commission held a press conference there Friday to release its report on increasing access to the urban beaches.

Urban beaches make some feel ‘unwelcome and uncomfortable.’ A new report says we should fix that.

The Metropolitan Beaches Commission wants to make beaches more inviting for people of color, people with disabilities, and non-native English speakers.

A Beautiful Resistance | Jeneé Osterheldt

The AAPI History I Carry With Me: Brad Czarnowski
A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

These women want Washington to know how guns, abortion bans, and social safety net cuts have impacted their lives
Representative Katherine Clark invited a group of women to Washington to help illustrate how government has imperiled their lives or their families due inaction or action in key policy areas.

State transportation secretary approached Bill Bratton, her former brother-in-law, before his firm won a $900,000 no-bid contract with MBTA
Gina Fiandaca connected with Bratton about developing a new management system at MassDOT shortly after she was appointed in January.

Culture & Lifestyle

Liana Farmer and her artwork. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Meet the Makers: Painter and public school art teacher Liana Farmer

Sarah Snook in "Succession."

Who’s the most interesting character on ‘Succession’? Shiv, big time.

Cambridge, MA - 5/5/2023 American Repertory Theater upcoming production of "Evita." Actress Shereen Pimentel (cq) middle who'll be playing Eva Peron in the title role at a rehearsal in Cambridge. ( Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

In the revival of ‘Evita’ at the ART, a tango between the two sides of Eva Perón

From left: Lisa Yuen, Mary Callanan, Johnny Kuntz, and Jared Troilo in "The Prom" at SpeakEasy Stage Company.

You’ll want to accept this invitation to ‘The Prom’

Special Projects

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Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Reporters watched a CNN town hall with former president and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump at St. Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., on May 10.

Donald Trump’s wacky comedy night in New Hampshire

A nurse cracked open the door to request more supplies while helping to put in a dialysis line for a patient in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit at UMass Memorial Medical Center on Dec. 29, 2021.

Doctors, not government, should decide when to require masks in health care

A Guatemalan migrant waited on the street for day-labor jobs in Homestead, Fla. on Aug. 17, 2022.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Undocumented immigrants get the job done. But at what cost?

In Haverhill, Odris Chege held photos of her younger sister, Indira Canario, who died in October, at the age of 31, in February 2023. Her death certificate lists long COVID as a significant condition contributing to her death.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

As nation moves on from COVID-19, it can’t leave long haulers behind

At Massachusetts General Hospital, in April 2020, hazmat suited EMTs wheeled a patient into the emergency department during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emergency rooms across the state are overwhelmed — there’s a proven fix

Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants near Baton Rouge, La.

IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Plastic actually isn’t cheap

Metro

Boston Public Schools nearing agreement with city police to formalize relationship

The memorandum will not place police back in schools, the officials said, but instead will clarify when educators should call police to respond to incidents.

Jack Teixeira, Guardsman charged with leaking top secret information, due in court next Friday

Jack Teixeira “may still have access to a trove of classified information that would be of tremendous value to hostile nation states," prosecutors wrote in a court filing.

Taylor Swift is coming to Gillette. The fans’ pre-show drama would make a great Taylor Swift song.

Some Swifties haven’t yet scored tickets. Some with tickets have no way to get there.

Strickland Wheelock wants you to see this bird

For generations of New England birders, being infected by Strickland Wheelock’s enthusiasm is a rite of passage.

Sports

Josh Harris also owns the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils.

Commanders’ $6.05 billion record sale agreed to by Snyder family, Harris group that includes Magic Johnson

The deal is the largest for a North American professional sports franchise.

A Globe All-Scholastic quarterback, Methuen junior Drew Eason is also rising above foes on the volleyball court this spring.

BOYS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

Methuen’s Drew Eason finds his multisport athletic talents transfer from football gridiron to volleyball court

The 6-foot-2-inch junior QB credited his participation in volleyball for improving his explosiveness and agility, traits that have helped him on the gridiron.

Jayson Tatum, Joe Mazzulla & Co. will get a chance to finish off the 76ers Sunday at TD Garden.

What time will Celtics-76ers Game 7 start? It all depends on who wins Lakers-Warriors Game 6.

The NBA also announced schedules for the Eastern and Western conferences even though the matchups are not finalized.

Boston Globe Today Sports | May 12, 2023

Dan Shaughnessy and Ben Volin preview NFL schedule

Dan Shaughnessy and Ben Volin play devil's advocate

Business

Rockport Shoes signals plan to shutter Newton HQ

Shoe company Rockport signals plans to close its headquarters in Newton and lay off 148 people here.

At Pine Street Inn shelter, a mother and daughter persevere and find community

Viola Homan, 76, and her daughter Dawn Rich, 48, arrived at the women's shelter after living together for several years in Foxborough. They had to leave home within weeks after their landlord died and the house was sold.

Even as Harvard endowment shrank last year, its managers got big paydays

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

Boston is a good place to start a tech company. Keeping it here is another story.

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The writer, center, is surrounded by some of the moms in his life after graduating from Hamilton College in 2016.

Honoring my moms — all 10 of them — on Mother’s Day

My boyfriend is comfortable financially while I struggle. It causes tension.

Everyone has pandemic amnesia. But we’re not ready for the next big one.

Smoky Chicken and Sweet Potato Tray Bake

Three chicken dinner recipes that use just one baking tray

metro

Dawn Rich (left) and her mother, Viola Homan (right), became homeless more than a month ago. They were at a brunch at the Women’s Inn at Pine Street, where they have been staying. They hope to find a place to live together after leaving the Women's Inn.

At Pine Street Inn shelter, a mother and daughter persevere and find community

The latest political news in Rhode Island

Five Amtrak workers injured while working on tracks near Readville station in Hyde Park, officials say

sports

Going Deep: Dan Shaughnessy on future of Boston sports

Celtics continuous procrastination on the parquet

James Paxton to make first start since April 2021 as Red Sox take on Cardinals; see lineups and game notes

business

The Bay Village condo at 19 Cortes Street #1 is a first-floor unit in a brick row house.

For sale: Homes in Boston’s smallest neighborhood

Elon Musk confirms Twitter’s new CEO is Linda Yaccarino from NBCUniversal

Who is Linda Yaccarino, Elon Musk’s pick for Twitter CEO?

politics

New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.

After Trump’s CNN town hall, Sununu slams former president as ‘three-time loser’

Ro Khanna to Biden: Don’t skip N.H. primary, Mr. President

Title 42 has ended. Here’s what it did, and how US immigration policy is changing.

Nation

Lori Vallow Daybell, appeared in court in Lihue, Hawaii, in February 2020.

Idaho jury convicts Lori Vallow Daybell in murders of her 2 children and a romantic rival

White House Taps Two Economists for Top Fed Jobs

US faces ‘significant risk’ of running out of cash in June, CBO warns

World

Palestinians inspected the rubble of a house after it was struck by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Friday.

Fighting between Israel and Islamic Jihad: Where things stand

Palestinian militants fire more rockets, Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza despite cease-fire efforts

Pakistan on edge as court to decide whether ex-PM Imran Khan goes free or is rearrested

opinion

Grabbed

Doctors, not government, should decide when to require masks in health care

Plastic actually isn’t cheap

lifestyle

The toes of a baby are seen.

These were the 10 most popular baby names in 2022

Am I being pocketed?

Here’s what motherhood means in 2023

food & dining

The margarita pizza at Paolo's in Saugus.

Paolo’s in Saugus is like going to the North End, but with free parking

Scores opens in the West End, and Government Center goes glam with Caveau

Where to get ice cream in Rhode Island? Here are some favorite spots.

travel

The Grandmere Trip was started by a savvy grandmother who was also a savvy travel agent.

One of the best gifts from my mother is one she actually gave to others: The Grandmere Trip

Artists on an island, bike trips in the canyon, and fully charged adventures

15 Boston staycation packages that make sticking around fun

Arts

Liana Farmer and her artwork. (Erin Clark/Globe Staff)

Meet the Makers: Painter and public school art teacher Liana Farmer

What do Indian public archives and Richard Avedon have in common?

Charles Yuen’s paintings are cosmic puzzles to be pondered

Books

Kharkiv musicians performed in the demolished courtyard of the Palace of Labor.

‘Sky Above Kharkiv’ is an intimate account of the earliest months of war from Serhiy Zhadan, Ukraine’s most beloved poet

Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited ‘The Covenant of Water’ chronicles three generations of an Indian family haunted by a water curse

Elizabeth Benedict’s ‘Rewriting Illness’ injects tragicomedy into a personal account of cancer diagnosis and treatment

Movies

Amanda Kim's first film, "Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV," airs May 16 on PBS.

First-time filmmaker Amanda Kim explores the life of the ‘father of video art’ Nam June Paik

Ben Affleck’s new movie ‘Hypnotic’ came out of nowhere and has very few reviews. Why the mystery?

Long walk back to the big screen: ‘The Way’ returns to theaters for one day

Television

Salma Hayek (pictured last month at the Time100 Gala in New York City) will star in “Joan Is Awful,” one of the five episodes in season 6 of "Black Mirror."

A peek at season 6 of ‘Black Mirror’

‘Succession’ star Jeremy Strong lands a role on Broadway in 2024

Who’s the most interesting character on ‘Succession’? Shiv, big time.

music

Taylor Swift performed during "The Eras Tour" at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tenn.

Going to see Taylor Swift at Gillette Stadium? Here’s what to know.

A thrill a minute from Kali Uchis at MGM Music Hall

In Medford Square, a new live music venue aims to fill a void

Theater/Dance

Cambridge, MA - 5/5/2023 American Repertory Theater upcoming production of "Evita." Actress Shereen Pimentel (cq) middle who'll be playing Eva Peron in the title role at a rehearsal in Cambridge. ( Jonathan Wiggs /Globe Staff)

In the revival of ‘Evita’ at the ART, a tango between the two sides of Eva Perón

You’ll want to accept this invitation to ‘The Prom’

Five standout shows at the Boston Comedy Festival

globe local

Brothers Brian Worrell (left), District 4 Councilor, and state Representative Chris Worrell just opened a district office on Erie Street.

Worrell brothers, one a councilor and one a state representative, open joint Dorchester office for ‘top-notch constituent services’

Fire destroys multiple homes along beachfront in Scituate

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

Obituaries

Mr. Carter was best known for his tenure as assistant secretary of state for public affairs.

Hodding Carter III, State Department spokesman in Iran crisis, dies at 88

James Shearer, who cofounded Spare Change News to aid homeless people, dies at 64

Jacklyn Zeman, veteran ‘General Hospital’ cast member who played Bobbie Spencer, has died