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Game 1 | Heat 123, Celtics 116

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Joe Mazzulla remained reactive in Game 1. That attitude could cost the Celtics this series.

Mazzulla stood idly by as the Celtics were torched by the Heat in the third quarter, and those 12 minutes made the difference.
Celtics again make things difficult for themselves, losing Game 1 and home-court advantage to Heat
Dan Shaughnessy

It’s only Game 1, but after a dysfunctional loss to the Heat, how can we trust these Celtics?

Joe Mazzulla did not call time during a meltdown in the third quarter, and questions arise anew about the coaching mismatch in this series.

Newly released federal reports fault Rachael Rollins’s conduct as US attorney for Mass.
The findings of two federal agencies conducting ethics investigations of US Attorney Rachael Rollins were released Wednesday, giving the public some insight into why she decided to resign after 16 months in office.

Read the two ethics reports on Rachael Rollins Timeline: Allegations of ethics violations by US Attorney Rachael Rollins
YVONNE ABRAHAM

The damage Rachael Rollins has done

Sen. Warren ‘deeply concerned’ by report findings on US Attorney Rachael Rollins

Here are some findings of the ethics probes into US Attorney Rachael Rollins
opinion | Joan Vennochi

The case against Rachael Rollins — she waged it herself

She had to resign. Two separate reports released on Wednesday — one by the Justice Department Inspector General and another by the US Office of Special Counsel — make that clear.

Fans recall the ‘magical’ night Taylor Swift danced in the pouring rain with all of Gillette Stadium

A rain-soaked 2011 concert in Foxborough has achieved almost legendary status for Taylor Swift fans and for the artist herself, who has called the performance one of her greatest memories.

Despite hype, it's just another concert for Foxborough

For many mothers and daughters, instead of a rift, there’s Taylor Swift

I spent $900 on Taylor Swift tickets and won’t even get inside Gillette

Massachusetts’ public housing is deteriorating. The cost to fix it could be billions.

The state public housing portfolio has gone so underfunded for so long that many of the buildings are in a state of chronic disrepair. Its residents — some of the state's poorest — pay the price.

Cape Cod bridges get a promise of up to $700 million from Healey
Governor Maura Healey’s pledge marks a major escalation in the state’s willingness to devote its own funding to the estimated $4 billion plan to replace the Sagamore and Bourne bridges, the 88-year-old arching structures that traverse the Cape Cod Canal.

A month after ransomware attack, Point32 still struggling to restore services

Members expressed frustration at not being able to look up basic information or get insurance ID cards.

Man charged with murdering Jeremiah Oliver, Fitchburg boy who went missing in 2013

Alberto Sierra, 32, is due to be arraigned Thursday in Worcester Superior Court on a murder charge in the slaying of Jeremiah Oliver, the Fitchburg 5-year-old boy who went missing in September 2013 and whose body was discovered seven months later in a suitcase dumped off a highway in Sterling, prosecutors said.
From 2014: The short, unhappy life of Jeremiah Oliver, failed by all

RED SOX 12, MARINERS 3
Red Sox cap uneven homestand with big-swinging beatdown of Mariners
As Brayan Bello had Seattle hitters flailing on his 24th birthday, his lineup was into the bullpen in the second inning, with Justin Turner leading a all-sides battery that quickly ended all doubt about the series finale.

Nick Pivetta moving to multi-inning bullpen role, squeezed out of Red Sox rotation
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Temperatures in the 30s, or even the 20s in some places, are possible overnight

A freeze warning is in effect in much of New England, and damage to plants is possible on Wednesday night.

Air National Guardsman was warned by superiors to stop ‘deep dives’ into classified information

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A vacationing Democrat planned to miss a high-stakes vote, so progressives launched a crowdfunding effort to get him to Concord. Republicans objected, noting that gifts are prohibited.

In Roxbury, Nubian Markets shows ‘what’s possible’ for grocery stores

Wednesday, dozens rejoiced as Bartlett Place inRoxbury became the official home to Nubian Markets, a fast-casual eatery, grocery store, and community space informed by the African diaspora.

Boston council moves to push back candidate deadline as a fourth redistricting map plan emerges

The effort came more than a week after a federal judge barred Boston from using the map it approved last fall for new City Council districts, saying a legal challenge to redistricting could be successful in proving race played too heavy a hand in the process.
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Wu, city councilors, and community members celebrate the first AANHPI Heritage Month on City Hall Plaza

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KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

DeSantis’s anti-woke laws can’t stand up to the First Amendment. They’re still dangerous.

The silencing has begun.
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My stepfather was dying. Why wouldn’t his doctors just say so?
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At around 12:03 p.m., crews responded to the blaze at the hotel on the Route 1 Bypass, said Kittery Fire Chief David O’Brien. Within 30 minutes, firefighters had struck a fifth alarm, he said.

Cranston councilman facing calls to resign after arrest, drug charge
City Council President Jessica Marino, a Democrat, said Wednesday that she had formally requested Reilly resign his position, “for his sake, for that of his family and for the city as a whole.”

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.
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Game 1: Heat 123, Celtics 116

Celtics again make things difficult for themselves, losing Game 1 and home-court advantage to Heat

The Celtics were throttled by 21 points during the Heat’s dominant 46-point third quarter, and this time their own comeback attempts fizzled.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Joe Mazzulla remained reactive in Game 1. That attitude could cost the Celtics this series.

Mazzulla stood idly by as the Celtics were torched by the Heat in the third quarter, and those 12 minutes made the difference.
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