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A new kind of Jewish space, where all are served

Lehrhaus, a "Jewish tavern and house of learning" in Somerville, connects all comers in a cultural celebration. “No space exists like this in the world."

Mayor Wu’s big plans for Boston’s development agency has run up against an uncertain economy. But she’s pushing ahead.
Some people in the real estate world warn now is not the time to overhaul the powerful Boston Planning & Development Agency. The mayor disagrees.

As Boston Mayor Michelle Wu seeks changes, old power brokers push back

Taylor Swift fans treated to another rain show in her second ‘Eras Tour’ performance at Gillette
It was a wet night in Foxborough, but that didn’t stop Swifties from soaking in every moment of Taylor Swift’s second of three shows at Gillette Stadium.

Fans recall the ‘magical’ night in 2011 when Taylor Swift danced in the pouring rain with all of Gillette Stadium Here are some of the best Taylor Swift Eras Tour fan looks: They never go out of style See more news and information about the concerts

MUSIC REVIEW
At Gillette, Taylor Swift leads fans on a dazzling tour through every era

Jenna Bush Hager, family among the crowd during Friday’s Taylor Swift concert at Gillette Stadium

Game 3| Celtics and Heat | 8:30 p.m.

Dan Shaughnessy
It’s put up or shut up time for Celtics stars Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and other thoughts
The two Jays were no-show, turnover machines in crunch time of the stunning losses to the Heat in Games 1 and 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.

The rise and fall of Rachael Rollins
Critics and supporters alike have pored over Rollins’s record, highlighting her successes and missteps, and reexamining warning signs that might have foretold her spectacular fall.

Plan to expand hangar space for private jets at Hanscom sparks concerns about a surge in climate pollution
Private jets are among the most polluting forms of transportation on the planet, catering mainly to the wealthy and powerful, and in recent years, their use has soared at airports such as Hanscom Field.

Yellen doubts US could still pay all of its bills by June 15
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US is unlikely to reach mid-June and still be able to pay its bills, underscoring the urgency of the White House reaching a deal with Republicans to raise the debt limit.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
The GOP work requirement for social safety net programs requires work
Republicans’ debt-ceiling ultimatum: Either poor people get whacked, or the global economy will.

New hope for bill to ban size discrimination, after three decades of trying

Massachusetts residents could demand better treatment in medical settings, the workplace, and recreational areas under a bill before the state Legislature that would ban discrimination based on weight or height — a proposal that may have fresh momentum after a similar measure passed the New York City Council this month.

G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders, Russia claims a battlefield victory
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of his biggest backers as the Group of Seven summit closed in Hiroshima on Sunday, building momentum for his country’s war effort even as Russia claimed a symbolic victory on the battlefield.

Zelenskyy denies Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces
Summer Arts Preview

10 museum shows you’ll want to wander this summer

From Pueblo pottery, to plants, and giant parade balloons, creativity in many forms will be on display in the welcoming cool of museum galleries.

10 comedy shows that’ll provide relief from the summer heat

Sam Jay, Jinkx Monsoon, Jay Leno, and Punkie Johnson are some of this summer's comedy headliners.

10 folk and country shows that’ll bring the sunshine this summer

Valerie June, Calexico, and Rodney Crowell are among the Americana artists who'll be heating up concert stages this summer.
AAPI Heritage Month

Sisters, their Mass. businesses collaborate for AAPI Heritage Month

The AAPI History I Carry With Me: Sheena Melwani

I struggled with my Korean-American name. Now I realize it was a gift.

‘This is the moment’: Yvonne Hao stepped up just in time for Mass. tech
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Availability of alternatives should guide decision on skin shock treatment

The use of electric shocks at the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton has been controversial for decades. It would be irresponsible for the court to lift the consent agreement without addressing the core question of whether electric shock therapy should remain legal.
RENÉE GRAHAM

Coffee runs, car chases, and the insatiable celebrity-industrial complex
IDEAS | NATHAN DUNNE

I want AI to tell me how the story ends
IDEAS | EDITORIAL

Give in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants
IDEAS | TOM JOUDREY

The beauty of ugliness

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PREAKNESS STAKES
National Treasure holds off Blazing Sevens to make winner of Bob Baffert in return to Triple Crown racing
Kentucky Derby winner Mage finished third in the Preakness, meaning there will not be a Triple Crown winner for a fifth consecutive year. Baffert, National Treasure's trainer, was back after serving a suspension related to the 2021 Derby.

Man found fatally shot in Mansfield Saturday morning

Samuel P. Waters, 23, was identified Saturday night as the man killed in the shooting that occurred in the area of 42 West Church St. in the late morning, officials said.

Martin Amis, acclaimed author of bleakly comic novels, dies at 73
Martin Amis's caustic, erudite, and bleakly comic novels redefined British fiction in the 1980s and ’90s with their sharp appraisal of tabloid culture and consumer excess, and his private life made him tabloid fodder himself.

For one Somali immigrant, graduating college is just the start of his American Dream
Abdi Nor Iftin, the Somali immigrant well known for his 2018 memoir of growing up in a war torn country and resettling in the US, is graduating from Boston College. But for the 37-year-old, his work is not over yet.

Two-alarm fire destroys YMCA pool clubhouse in Plainville
The fire at the YMCA Family Pool Club at Park Terrace on Berry Street broke out around 5 p.m. Saturday. Heavy fire was already showing when firefighters arrived at the building, which was under renovation, Plainville fire said in a statement.

Charlie Baker tells Bentley graduates life is a series of choices and challenges
The former governor said he’s drawn purpose from aspects of his life beyond the public sphere, like his marriage and children.

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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SUMMER ARTS PREVIEW | Matthew Gilbert

10 TV shows we’ll be watching over the summer

Highlights include "Hijack" with Idris Elba, Tom Holland in "The Crowded Room," a new "Full Monty" with the original cast, and "Painkiller" with Uzo Aduba and Matthew Broderick.
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Her staff told her not to attend a Democratic fund-raiser. Rachael Rollins went anyway.
One employee said she told the US attorney “very clearly … multiple times” that it was the staff’s recommendation that she not attend the event at all.

DeSantis’ choreographed New Hampshire visit had babies, diners, and adoring fans. But the road ahead is far less predictable.
All the smooth staging belied the tricky territory DeSantis could face when he makes his long anticipated entry into the presidential race, likely next week.

MUSIC REVIEW
All hits, no misses from Janet Jackson at Xfinity Center
Touching on a whopping 44 songs, Janet Jackson's show whirred by at a dizzying pace — a flex of how many absolute bangers she has bequeathed unto the world.

Culture & Lifestyle

All hits, no misses from Janet Jackson at Xfinity Center

‘Ted Lasso’ stays positive to the (likely) end

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

‘Fast X’ reunites the family

Special Projects

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

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

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

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

How the missing become the uncounted

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

Two Weeks in America

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

MARCELA GARCÍA

Who else should be accountable for Rachael Rollins’s brazen abuse of power?
EDITORIAL

Reading the tax-relief tea leaves
IDEAS | KARA MILLER

Public colleges should be truly public again
LETTERS

Nancy Gertner: Don’t scrap improved process for picking US attorney
NEWSLETTERS

How ‘anti-woke’ laws are awakening Florida’s students

IDEAS | BRIAN MCGUIRE

America broke George Clooney’s ER

Metro

SUNDAY'S CHILD

Max is energetic and easy to engage with

Sunday’s Child is a weekly column featuring a child currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

Short documentary shows deep bonds, ‘souls’ of St. John’ Seminary basketball team

“Souls In The Game” follows the team as they trained for the Father Pat O’Malley Invitational tournament held outside Chicago earlier this year, which featured teams from seminaries across the country.

‘We can never forget the sacrifices of our neighbors’: Boston re-dedicates square honoring soldier killed in WWI

Eugene Thomas Zanni was awarded a Purple Heart for his heroism more than a century ago, and left behind a large family, including his parents and nine siblings.

Boston Common rally protests GOP efforts to force US to default on debt

“You shouldn’t have to demand that the GOP stop extorting American families and yet here we are, less than two weeks from unprecedented catastrophe,” said Representative Katherine Clark, the House Democratic Whip.

Sports

RED SOX AT PADRES | 4:10 P.M. (NESN)

Game 47: Red Sox at Padres lineups and notes

Corey Kluber is on the mound against the struggling Padres on Sunday afternoon.
Celtics beat writer's notebook

Derrick White needs to be back in the starting lineup, and other observations as Game 3 looms

White has made 6 of 10 3-pointers in the series and the Celtics have a plus-9.0 rating with him on the court.
RED SOX 4, PADRES 2

For every punch the Padres threw, Chris Sale had a counterpunch, and he led the Red Sox to a fourth straight victory

The lefthander allowed only three hits over seven innings and Enmanuel Valdez hit an early three-run homer as the Red Sox won for the second time on their Western swing.

At least 9 dead in stampede at soccer stadium in El Salvador
Game 2: Panthers 2, Hurricanes 1, OT

If it’s overtime, it must be Matthew Tkachuk — he scores another winner as Panthers take a 2-0 series lead over Hurricanes
aces 105, storm 64

Aces rout Storm to open WNBA title defense without suspended coach Becky Hammon

Business

Yellen doubts US could still pay all of its bills by June 15

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the US is unlikely to reach mid-June and still be able to pay its bills, underscoring the urgency of the White House reaching a deal with Republicans to raise the debt limit.

Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russian forces weren’t occupying Bakhmut, casting doubt on Moscow’s claims that the eastern Ukrainian city had fallen.

Biden, McCarthy to speak on debt limit; talks stalled as Republicans seek deep spending cuts

Mayor Wu’s big plans for Boston’s development agency has run up against an uncertain economy. But she’s pushing ahead.
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Globe Magazine

This bridge needed lifesaving barriers. It took a grieving mother to get them.

Globe Magazine

I struggled with my Korean-American name. Now I realize it was a gift.
PERSPECTIVE

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

Add salmon kimchi burgers or Chinese beef skewers to your barbecue mix

metro

New hope for bill to ban size discrimination, after three decades of trying

Charlie Baker tells Bentley graduates life is a series of choices and challenges

For one Somali immigrant, graduating college is just the start of his American Dream

sports

Jamal Murray, Nuggets shoot past Lakers again for a commanding 3-0 series lead in West finals

With Garrett Whitlock nearing return, Red Sox must reshuffle rotation again

Carles Gil injured in Revolution’s shutout loss to Philadelphia Union

business

Why is inflation so stubborn? Cars are part of the answer.

Biden aims to reassure world on US debt standoff as he consults with Indo-Pacific leaders

Building boom on Mykonos reveals ‘wretched’ side of Greece’s recovery

politics

Biden voices optimism on debt talks despite sharp statements by both sides

2024 Republican hopefuls rush to defend Marine who put NYC subway rider in fatal chokehold

DeSantis’ choreographed New Hampshire visit had babies, diners, and adoring fans. But the road ahead is far less predictable.

Nation

As Boston Mayor Michelle Wu seeks big changes, old power brokers push back

Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college

Shermane Billingsley, guardian of the Stork Club’s legacy, dies at 78

World

G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders, Russia claims a battlefield victory

Greece votes in first election since international bailout spending controls ended

Ukraine’s Zelensky at center of last day of high-level diplomacy as G7 looks to punish Russia

opinion

Reading the tax-relief tea leaves

Two contrasting views on which books should be read in schools

They decry the removal of activist’s memorial in N.H.

lifestyle

‘The Friday Night Club’ spotlights pioneer of abstract paintings Hilma af Klint

Do I owe him a breakup conversation?

Dr. Nawal Nour, chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, on maternal health equity

food & dining

A new kind of Jewish space, where all are served

Sisters, their Mass. businesses collaborate for AAPI Heritage Month

Bar Toscana and Stubbys arrive in the Seaport; Mass Hole Donuts debuts in Somerville

travel

American Airlines and JetBlue must abandon their partnership in the Northeast, federal judge rules

A Northampton arts festival, a poncho for chilly times, and a gravel race for all ages

Ellie Smart on diving into travel, a great fanny pack, and loving Oprah Winfrey

Arts

Picture by picture, a Canadian dentist built a photography collection by artists from the Black Atlantic

10 museum shows you’ll want to wander this summer

Zhang Xiao’s photos look at rural life during Lunar New Year celebrations in northern China

Books

In R.F. Kuang’s ‘Yellowface,’ intellectual theft by a white writer unleashes hauntings of all kinds

Millennials, in Brandon Taylor’s ‘The Late Americans,’ confront a broken world through sex and theory

Burkhard Bilger on German Westerns and his favorite historical novels

Movies

Cast of ‘Good Burger 2′ greets fans during filming in North Providence

You can observe a lot by watching the Yogi Berra doc ‘It Ain’t Over’

‘Master Gardener’ is a lot of raging bull

Television

Royal intrigue on the way in ‘Mary & George’

Sixteen years later, ‘Aqua Teen Hunger Force’ creators open up about 2007′s Mooninite panic

10 TV shows we’ll be watching over the summer

music

Taylor Swift fans treated to another rain show in her second ‘Eras Tour’ performance at Gillette

Jenna Bush Hager, family among the crowd during Friday’s Taylor Swift concert at Gillette Stadium

On the train to Gillette with thousands of Swifties, and the looks we saw along the way

Theater/Dance

July offers a rare chance to see the celebrated Dutch National Ballet in New England

10 standout shows for theatergoers this summer

With her hot dog chronicle, Jamie Loftus is on a roll

globe local

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

Martin Amis, acclaimed author of bleakly comic novels, dies at 73

Robin Guenther, architect of healthy hospitals, dies at 68

Prominent NYC-based pastor and best-selling author Timothy Keller dies at 72