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Chef Barbara Lynch on the dock near her new Gloucester restaurant, The Rudder, in 2022.

Amid toxic workplace allegations, Barbara Lynch restaurants drift on

Lynch has continued to deny the allegations of a toxic workplace culture within her restaurants, but many who have invested in the famed chef are wondering whether her future is adrift.

Game 7: Celtics 112, 76ers 88

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics did not go the way of Bruins and the spring hopes of a championship remain alive
Jayson Tatum's fantastic performance led the Celtics to a rout of the Sixers in Game 7.

Why did Jayson Tatum shout out Kevin Hart after the Celtics beat the 76ers? The Heat remain Jimmy Butler’s team, and other things to know about the Celtics’ next playoff opponent The Celtics are on to the Eastern Conference Finals. Here’s the schedule.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Father knows best: Justin Tatum took his own approach with his son before Jayson Tatum dominated the 76ers in Game 7

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Jaylen Brown excuses Sixers’ Georges Niang for grabbing his leg, resulting in double techs: ‘He just got caught up’

Brianna Gonzalez (left) from Lynn and her twin sister Jelanny as they sat in their umbrella chairs with the temperature near 80 degrees last week at Revere Beach.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Dry, warm days this week will put southern New England under a fire weather watch

We are not in a drought. But the pattern we are in — if it were to continue — would put us in one over the next few weeks.

SJC rules pedestrians have right to challenge arrests based on racial bias

The state’s high court Monday ruled that people arrested following a pat and frisk on the street can challenge the resulting criminal prosecution on the grounds that they were targeted by the officers on the basis of their race alone.

Search resumes for 4-year-old boy who went missing on Castle Island Sunday
A massive search resumed Monday morning for a 4-year-old South Boston boy from who went missing on Castle Island Sunday evening, authorities said.

Brian McGrory

Hey, Boston business leaders, give Mayor Wu a chance
A certain part of Boston’s business community is freaking out.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The economy looks OK — if you ignore that ticking time bomb in D.C.

A "soft landing" is still possible, but not if the US stops paying its bills.

Exodus from Mass. accelerated in 2021, Pioneer analysis shows
The state said goodbye to taxpayers with $4.3 billion in adjusted gross income, up 40 percent from 2020, according to the most recent IRS data.

Mass. hiker rescued after slipping on ice in the White Mountains, officials say

At current pace, it would take the MBTA more than a decade to reach its staffing goals for next year

Andrew Baker, son of former Mass. governor, charged with operating under the influence of alcohol

Garnet Hathaway, acquired by the Bruins at the trade deadline, played 25 games for Boston.

A fan caught a foul ball at Sunday’s Red Sox game. It turned out to be Garnet Hathaway.

The Bruins forward snagged the ball with his bare hands, and said it would be a gift for his son.

Former president Donald Trump and CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins at a CNN town-hall event in Manchester, N.H., on May 10, 2023.

Globe NH | Morning Report

What left Saint Anselm ‘deeply’ disturbed about Trump’s N.H. town hall

The college rebuked one part of Trump’s town Hall while defending its involvement in the event.

Isaiah Wynn (right) celebrates a touchdown with Mac Jones during the 2021 season.

Former Patriots OT Isaiah Wynn reportedly agrees to deal with Dolphins

Wynn was drafted by the Patriots in 2018, but by last season — and after a position change — he had fallen out of favor.

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

"I want to sound an alarm," the author writes, "that our health care system is set up in a way that makes emergency rooms doomed to fail to meet patients’ expectations."

IDEAS | BRIAN MCGUIRE

America broke George Clooney’s ER

Working in a short-staffed, crammed emergency room feels like you’ve been set up to fail.

How can humans maintain control over AI — forever?

PRESTON ESTEP, RANJAN AHUJA, BRIAN M. DELANEY, AND ALEX HOEKSTRA

Don’t stop AI R&D, redirect it

ChatGPT in the classroom — why not?

Massachusetts needs to regulate ghost guns

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MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: ‘Alaska Daily’ folds, remembering Donna Summer, and a Sly Stallone reality series

The ABC newspaper drama starring Hilary Swank has been canceled after one season. Meanwhile, Apple TV+ is launching “High Desert,” with Patricia Arquette, Paramount+ premieres a reality series about the Stallone clan, and HBO presents "Love to Love You, Donna Summer."

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

How Much Did Election Denial Hurt Republicans in the Midterms?
Denying the results of the 2020 election and casting doubts about the nation’s voting system cost statewide Republican candidates 2.3 to 3.7 percentage points in the midterms last year, according to a new study from States United Action, a nonpartisan group that promotes fair elections.

Parent whose convictions were overturned in Varsity Blues college admissions scandal calls decision ‘true vindication’
Legal analysts say the Wednesday decision is a narrow ruling and is unlikely to impact affect the convictions of those who have previously pleaded guilty and served their sentences in the scandal.

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Classical music is being used to disperse unhoused people. There are some deeply flawed assumptions at play here.

Some were shocked when the LA Metro police piloted a program of broadcasting loud classical music to disperse unhoused people. But it’s only the latest attempt in a sad, Kafkaesque history of weaponizing the art form.

Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok.

You might usually think of Fruit Roll-Ups, those leathery, jammy snacks, as something you might find in a school lunch box. But now they're being discovered in a more unexpected spot: in luggage.

Hackers claim to publish data seized from Lowell in cybersecurity breach

Cybersecurity experts say the group that has claimed responsibility for the disruption in Lowell has published sensitive information purportedly seized from the city with a threat to release more data unless a ransom is paid.

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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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Boston Jewish organization to launch ‘Face Jewish Hate’ advocacy campaign, raise awareness of local antisemitism
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Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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Jenes Ochoa Rojas reviews a three-scene play written by ChatGPT in Donnie Piercey's class at Stonewall Elementary in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Feb. 6. Piercey entered parameters of the play into the ChatGPT site, along with instructions to set the scenes inside a fifth-grade classroom. Line by line, it generated fully-formed scripts, which the students edited, briefly rehearsed, and then performed.

ChatGPT in the classroom — why not?

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

Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville hosted an event to celebrate the first day of legal sports betting in Massachusetts on Jan. 31.

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

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?

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X met just once, at the US Senate on March 26, 1964, after a hearing on the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

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

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

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Plastic actually isn’t cheap

Metro

Search resumes for 4-year-old boy who went missing on Castle Island Sunday

A massive search resumed Monday morning for a 4-year-old South Boston boy from who went missing on Castle Island Sunday evening, authorities said.

Globe NH | Morning Report

What left Saint Anselm ‘deeply’ disturbed about Trump’s N.H. town hall

The college rebuked one part of Trump’s town Hall while defending its involvement in the event.

Boston Jewish organization to launch ‘Face Jewish Hate’ advocacy campaign, raise awareness of local antisemitism

Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will be part of the announcement.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Dry, warm days this week will put southern New England under a fire weather watch

We are not in a drought. But the pattern we are in — if it were to continue — would put us in one over the next few weeks.

Sports

Tanner Houck is 1-0 with a 2.61 ERA in four career appearances (one start) against the Mariners.

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Game 42: Mariners at Red Sox lineups and notes

Tanner Houck will be on the mound as the Red Sox will look to snap a three-game losing streak when they take on Seattle at Fenway Park.

Garnet Hathaway, acquired by the Bruins at the trade deadline, played 25 games for Boston.

A fan caught a foul ball at Sunday’s Red Sox game. It turned out to be Garnet Hathaway.

The Bruins forward snagged the ball with his bare hands, and said it would be a gift for his son.

Jayson Tatum went off for 51 points in Game 7.

Why did Jayson Tatum shout out Kevin Hart after the Celtics beat the 76ers?

Hart, who's a big Philadelphia fan, responded to Tatum on Sunday night.

Former Patriots OT Isaiah Wynn reportedly agrees to deal with Dolphins

The Heat remain Jimmy Butler’s team, and other things to know about the Celtics’ next playoff opponent

Game 6: Golden Knights 5, Oilers 2

Jonathan Marchessault scores 3 to lead Golden Knights past Oilers to advance to West final

Business

Exodus from Mass. accelerated in 2021, Pioneer analysis shows

The state said goodbye to taxpayers with $4.3 billion in adjusted gross income, up 40 percent from 2020, according to the most recent IRS data.

Biden to nominate Cancer Chief Monica Bertagnolli to lead US NIH, White House says

President Biden will nominate National Cancer Institute head Monica Bertagnolli to lead the full National Institutes of Health as soon as Monday morning, the White House said.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines

The economy looks OK — if you ignore that ticking time bomb in D.C.

Vice Media files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the latest in a string of digital media setbacks

magazine

Tech Power Players 2023

Meet the most influential people in Boston's tech industry

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

This week's daters: Reed and Rachelle

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I was put at ease pretty early on’

My father won’t wish me happy Mother’s Day

metro

State and local officials as well as business leaders tossed dirt around at the groundbreaking for the Tidewater Landing soccer stadium project in Pawtucket last August.

A groundbreaking work of R.I. journalism

Andrew Baker, son of former Mass. governor, charged with operating under the influence of alcohol

The latest political news in Rhode Island

sports

The horses come around a turn during the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.

Eighth horse dies at Churchill Downs

With a chance to step up and salvage a win from weekend series vs. the Cardinals, the Red Sox fall flat

Father knows best: Justin Tatum took his own approach with his son before Jayson Tatum dominated the 76ers in Game 7

business

Chef Barbara Lynch on the dock near her new Gloucester restaurant, The Rudder, in 2022.

Amid toxic workplace allegations, Barbara Lynch restaurants drift on

Cranston Street Armory shelter for homeless people in R.I. to close Monday

Vice Media to file Chapter 11 bankruptcy as soon as Monday

politics

Former president Donald Trump and CNN moderator Kaitlan Collins at a CNN town-hall event in Manchester, N.H., on May 10, 2023.

What left Saint Anselm ‘deeply’ disturbed about Trump’s N.H. town hall

Backlogged courts and years of delays await many migrants

Why the Anti-Trump Republican primary has yet to emerge

Nation

Oakland Unified School District teachers, students and parents picket outside La Escuelita Elementary School on the fifth day on strike in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Oakland students to return to class after district, striking teachers reach deal

How Much Did Election Denial Hurt Republicans in the Midterms?

A Florida man living underwater won’t resurface even after breaking the record

World

Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Amy Pope listens as President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 20, 2016.

UN migration agency elects American as 1st woman director, replacing her European boss

Powerful cyclone floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar; at least 6 dead, 700 injured

Turkey presidential election will go to runoff as Erdogan performs better than expected

opinion

A Palestinian woman refugee and her child are separated from their home by the "green line" after the 1948 war.

The real origin of the Palestinians’ catastrophe

A few prescriptions for what ails the Mass. health insurance market

Culture war waged in South Coast tri-town school committee race

lifestyle

Skooby Laposky in his East Cambridge music studio. Laposky uses biometric data from plants to create music and soundscapes.

East Cambridge artist Skooby Laposky wants you to listen to nature

I’m concerned about his pacing

These were the 10 most popular baby names in 2022

food & dining

TikTok.

Why are Americans smuggling Fruit Roll-Ups into Israel? Blame TikTok.

Climate change imperils coffee. A rescue plan is brewing in Vietnam.

Amid toxic workplace allegations, Barbara Lynch restaurants drift on

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

Dinorá Justice's exhibition "Mother/Nature" will be on view at NAGA Gallery through June 3.

Dinorá Justice turns to ‘Mother/Nature’ to reimagine artists’ objectification of women

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

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

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

Donna Summer, in an image from the HBO documentary "Love to Love You, Donna Summer."

This week’s TV: ‘Alaska Daily’ folds, remembering Donna Summer, and a Sly Stallone reality series

A peek at season 6 of ‘Black Mirror’

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

music

Skooby Laposky in his East Cambridge music studio. Laposky uses biometric data from plants to create music and soundscapes.

East Cambridge artist Skooby Laposky wants you to listen to nature

Boston Pops opens its spring season with an evocative ‘Ragtime’

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

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

Owen S. Walker, the first federal public defender in Massachusetts.

Owen S. Walker, state’s first federal public defender, dies at 79

Bernadine Strik, whose insights helped blueberries thrive, dies at 60

Thomas Stacy, master of the English horn, dies at 84