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Veronica "Ronnie" Dane watched a show while resting in bed at her home in Stratham, N.H. She suffers from Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and spends more than 20 hours in bed per day to save energy for picking her kids up from school and other daily tasks. Some experts say the current crisis of Long COVID is related to our government's neglect of similar post-acute infection chronic illnesses like ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in decades past.

Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, too

Chronic fatigue syndrome is something of a mystery to modern medicine; researchers don’t know what causes it, most doctors don’t learn about it in medical school, and it goes undiagnosed in around 90 percent of cases.

The new Prudential sign with individual, illuminated letters replacing what had been single signs. View Boston, the new observatory on top of the Prudential tower where Top of the Hub used to be, has three levels: "The View" on the 52nd floor, with an elevated viewing platform called "The Lookout"; "The Cloud Terrace" on the 51st floor, with a 360-degree open air roof deck, and an indoor/outdoor cocktail lounge called Stratus; and "The City" on the 50th floor, with a variety of interactive exhibits, including an immersive theater.

Three years after the Top of the Hub closed, View Boston takes its place

View Boston, an observatory, open-air terrace, and immersive tour through the city’s nearly two dozen neighborhoods spans the top three floors of the Prudential Tower.

AAPI HERITAGE MONTH

Lessons on the stove: What my mother taught me about cooking, and about herself
Globe reporter Diti Kohli spent a month learning how to make her favorite Indian dishes over FaceTime.

A spread of Indian food.

Want to try Indian cooking? Start with these dishes.

A few weeks ago, Globe reporter Diti Kohli reached out to her mother — a phenomenal Indian home cook — with the hopes that she would pass down her wisdom this Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. She delivered.

From college to the working world, a ‘hybrid’ life has become the norm for many 20-somethings
Graduates this spring are stepping into a working world that may be just as remote as their college experience was.

Do you prefer a hybrid work model?

Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged, Illinois investigation finds

Illinois’ attorney general announced Tuesday that investigators found that 451 clergy sexually abused nearly 2,000 children since 1950 — far more than the 103 individuals the church had named when the state review began in 2018.

Russia extends detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich by 3 months, state media reports

Gershkovich, an American citizen, was ordered held until Aug. 30. He had been arrested in March on espionage charges on a reporting trip in Russia. He, his employer, and the US government have denied the charges.

Watertown father, son sentenced to federal prison for near decade-long lottery scam

Ali Jaafar was sentenced to five years in prison and Yousef Jaafar was sentenced to 50 months behind bars, and they were ordered to pay restitution and to forfeit their profits from the scheme, officials said.

Jimmy Buffett, out of Boston hospital, says he’ll return to performing ‘once I am in shape’

The 76-year-old musician said he plans to return to performing after he was forced to cancel a show in Charleston, S.C. due to undisclosed medical issues.

Nearly a dozen nurses in the surgical services unit are pregnant at a N.H. hospital
Ten registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, surgical technologists, anesthesia technicians, and nurse practitioners are expecting at the hospital in Dover, N.H. Eleven women were pregnant before one gave birth earlier this month.

Amherst-Pelham schools administrator placed on leave in wake of discrimination probe

Motorcyclist arrested for driving 171 miles per hour in New Hampshire, police say

St. John’s Prep cancels classes one day after Danvers police officer fires gun while investigating ‘swatting’ incident

Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid."

Odie Henderson Review | ★★★

Halle Bailey makes ‘The Little Mermaid’ her own

Disney’s live-action remake of its 1989 animated classic is completely unnecessary. It’s also better than expected.

Devin McCourty announced his retirement in March after 13 seasons with the Patriots.

Devin McCourty will join NBC Sports as an analyst for ‘Football Night in America’

The former defensive back will join the weekly program that recaps Sunday afternoon's games and serves as a pregame show to "Sunday Night Football."

The “Party Animal” and chocolate peanut butter cookies from Southie Cookie.

She couldn’t find a perfect cookie, so she baked some in her South Boston kitchen. Then people started lining up.

Maude Gagnon is all in on her buzzy, gooey, and booming baking business, Southie Cookie.

Opinion

Melissa Ekvall of the MSPCA watched over Jellybean during a press conference at the Massachusetts State House in 2022 in support of Ollie's law.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Barking up the right tree: Regulate doggy day cares in Massachusetts

Massachusetts has a hodgepodge of rules that each municipality imposes at the local level in order to issue kennel licenses, but such rules are inadequate and oversight varies significantly.

The fate of the US economy is in Kevin McCarthy’s hands

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: We are literally abusing ‘literally’ to death

IDEAS | DANIELLE MARGALIT

I did everything I could. I still feel guilty.

Far right sets its sights on gutting the Constitution

More recent News

Tom Brady to buy stake in Raiders, owner tells ESPN

Las Vegas Raiders principal owner Mark Davis told ESPN that recently retired and seven-time Super Bowl champion quarterback Tom Brady will become a minority owner of the team.

Should the Bruins trade a goalie? Here are the pros and cons of dealing Jeremy Swayman or Linus Ullmark.

Both goalies would be attractive to teams in need of a No. 1 starter, and there are salary-cap considerations for the Bruins as they reconstruct for next season.

What you need to know before the Supreme Court rules on the future of affirmative action

The Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action in the college admissions process could reverberate far beyond academia.

Hate crimes in Mass. grew by a third in 2022, ADL report finds

The report found Mass. faced the nation’s second-highest rate of white supremacist propaganda in 2022, while antisemitic incidents rose by 41 percent.

Donald Trump to appear by video as judge reinforces ban on attacking witnesses

The judge in Donald Trump’s criminal case is holding a hybrid hearing to make sure that the former president is aware of new rules barring him from using evidence to attack witnesses.

U-Haul truck driver who crashed into security barrier at park near White House is arrested

Police have arrested a Missouri man they believe intentionally crashed a U-Haul truck into a security barrier at a park across from the White House.

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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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Mr. Hoyt and his father would run 32 Boston Marathons and participate in many triathlons.

Rick Hoyt, who pioneered duo wheelchair road racing to ‘motivate people and inspire them,’ dies at 61

"He was my motor, I was his heart," Mr. Hoyt said of his years-long teaming with his late father, Dick, who pushed his wheelchair in 32 Boston Marathons.

THE FINE PRINT

Couple says insurance company’s clawback letters overlook mother’s date of death
Pacific Life has failed to acknowledge that it wrongly demanded thousands of dollars in payments after a South Easton woman’s death.

Under pressure from patients, FDA faces tough choices on experimental gene therapy
The prospect of “accelerated approval” for a single-dose treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy has drawn criticism from some experts who say the FDA is loosening its standards.

It started as a promise over Celtics tickets. But for Rachael Rollins, it got a lot more complicated.
A Boston Celtics staffer later sent two free tickets to Rachael Rollins’s personal e-mail with a face value of $350 each, according to the report.

Culture & Lifestyle

Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid."

Halle Bailey makes ‘The Little Mermaid’ her own

Dorrance Dance performers in "SOUNDspace" at the ICA on May 19.

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Members of Chameleon Arts Ensemble — Deborah Boldin, flute and artistic director; Nancy Dimock, oboe; Hazel Dean Davis, French horn; Nik Hooks, bassoon; and Gary Gorczyca, clarinet — rehearsing a chamber work by Hindemith last week at First Church in Boston.

Chameleon celebrates a quarter-century of musical adventure

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

Six-month-old Jackson Kekula was brought to Boston Children’s Hospital for what should have been a routine procedure. He died after a series of medical errors. Jackson’s case was tragic and egregious, but medical errors at hospitals are unfortunately and inexcusably common.

Avoiding medical errors must become a priority

Blue sky Boston: Where inspiration meets aspiration for the city’s future

Caribbean flamingo's necks appear intertwined in their exhibit at the Stone Zoo, in Stoneham.

Does Greater Boston really need two zoos?

Henry Kissinger, then the national security advisor, briefed the press on May 14, 1969.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Henry Kissinger at 100: A contradictory legacy of peace and terror

Melissa Ekvall of the MSPCA watched over Jellybean during a press conference at the Massachusetts State House in 2022 in support of Ollie's law.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Barking up the right tree: Regulate doggy day cares in Massachusetts

"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

Metro

Which New Englanders are on latest list of people banned by Russia?

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, Vermont Representative Rebecca Balint, Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella, and others with New England ties -- including comedian Seth Meyers -- are now banned from entering Russia.

St. John’s Prep says police, counselors and comfort dogs will be on campus when classes resume on Wednesday

St. John’s Preparatory School canceled classes Tuesday, one day after a Danvers police officer accidentally fired a gun inside a building as law enforcement was investigating a hoax call about an armed person on the sprawling campus.

Black children are more likely to have asthma than kids of any other race in America

Asthma is treatable. But Black children often struggle to get treatment, and are more likely than white kids to end up in the emergency room with asthma symptoms.

Baby boom: Nearly a dozen nurses in the surgical services unit are pregnant at a New Hampshire hospital

Ten registered nurses, nurse anesthetists, surgical technologists, anesthesia technicians, and nurse practitioners are expecting at the hospital in Dover, N.H. Eleven women were pregnant before one gave birth earlier this month.

Sports

Devin McCourty announced his retirement in March after 13 seasons with the Patriots.

Devin McCourty will join NBC Sports as an analyst for ‘Football Night in America’

The former defensive back will join the weekly program that recaps Sunday afternoon's games and serves as a pregame show to "Sunday Night Football."

Brayan Bello has allowed six earned runs in 21 innings in his last four starts, going 3-0 in that span.

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Game 49: Red Sox at Angels lineups and notes

Brayan Bello will be on the mound as the Red Sox look to snap a two-game losing streak at Anaheim.

Jeremy Swayman (left) and Linus Ullmark led the Bruins to 65 wins in 2022-23.

Should the Bruins trade a goalie? Here are the pros and cons of dealing Jeremy Swayman or Linus Ullmark.

Both goalies would be attractive to teams in need of a No. 1 starter, and there are salary-cap considerations for the Bruins as they reconstruct for next season.

The Heat are daring the Celtics to abandon the 3 and shoot jumpers. That’s why they’re up 3-0.

Tom Brady to buy stake in Raiders, owner tells ESPN

Buddy Melges, American sailing champion, dies at 93

Business

8 tips for parents and teens on social media use — from the US surgeon general

Dr. Vivek Murthy called for “immediate action” by tech companies and lawmakers to protect kids’ and adolescents’ mental health from the effects of social media.

Companies are taking a harder line on union organizers, workers say

A pattern of worker accusations — and corporate denials — of disciplining or firing in retaliation for union activity has arisen at Apple, Starbucks, Trader Joe’s, and REI.

Tom Brady to buy stake in Raiders, owner tells ESPN

Three years after the Top of the Hub closed, View Boston takes its place

magazine

This week's daters: Jonah and Surabhi.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We follow the same meme accounts’

The Public Radio Exchange and Cambridge Community Television will offer a class in podcasting.

Your Week Ahead

Five things to do around Boston, May 22-June 4

The French King Bridge, opened in 1932, spans the Connecticut River between Erving and Gill.

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

The author with his older sister and grandfather, who are wearing hanbok, traditional Korean clothing, on New Year’s Day in 1984.

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

metro

Amherst, MA—05/18/2023—The Amherst-Pelham Regional School Committee held an emergency school committee meeting in Amherst, MA, May 18, 2023.

(Nathan Klima for The Boston Globe)
Topic:
Reporter:

Amherst-Pelham schools administrator placed on leave in wake of discrimination probe

‘I’m still the governor 24/7,′ Sununu says as he faces criticism for extensive travel

Learning to treat long COVID could help those struggling with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, too

sports

Jayson Tatum and the Celtics face the Heat in Game 4 of their playoff series on Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.

Can the Celtics make an unprecedented comeback? Here’s what happens to teams after going down 3-0.

4 people arrested on suspicion of hanging Vinícius Junior effigy off bridge

Tanner Houck makes his best bid for a Red Sox rotation spot, but Angels win it late

business

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) looks on as President Biden speaks during a meeting on the debt ceiling, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2023.

No agreement yet on debt ceiling, but Biden and McCarthy say they’re optimistic after meeting

Amazon employees plan to walk off the job as tech worker tension rises

From college to the working world, a ‘hybrid’ life has become the norm for many 20-somethings

politics

Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey.

Which New Englanders are on latest list of people banned by Russia?

8 tips for parents and teens on social media use — from the US surgeon general

Donald Trump to appear by video as judge reinforces ban on attacking witnesses

Nation

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Jan. 9, 2023, in Springfield, Ill.

Catholic clergy sexual abuse of kids was far more common than church acknowledged, Illinois investigation finds

Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ and ‘Thor’ movies, dies at 58

Family of Colorado man killed by police during mental health crisis gets $19 million settlement

World

Leader of the main opposition Syriza party, Alexis Tsipras, speaks to the media after his meeting with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou to receive the mandate to form a coalition government, at the Presidential Palace in Athens, Greece, on May 23.

Stung by election defeat, Greek opposition forced to pass on chance to form government

Police in Portugal resume search for Madeleine McCann, British child missing since 2007

Cars set on fire in Welsh capital as police face ‘large scale disorder’

opinion

People walked through Boston Common past the State House on May 7, 2023.

It’s time to restore legislative democracy on Beacon Hill

Henry Kissinger at 100: A contradictory legacy of peace and terror

In adding probate judges, seize moment to increase diversity on bench

lifestyle

A teenager held her phone as she sat for a portrait near home in Illinois.

8 tips for parents and teens on social media use — from the US surgeon general

She wanted the world

Boston Fashion Week returns Wednesday with Downtown Crossing Open Runway

food & dining

Grilled Chipotle Chicken Tortas

Recipe: Spicy grilled chipotle chicken stars in these irresistible Mexican street food sandwiches

Recipe: Top slices of charred, rosy, grilled flank steak with blue cheese butter this Memorial Day weekend

Recipe: Thread shrimp in a spicy marinade on skewers for this super quick Memorial Day grill

travel

A Delta airplane takes-off from Boston Logan International Airport on March 8, 2023.

Airlines and FAA try to head off summer travel meltdowns

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

Arts

Texas Isaiah, "My Name Is My Name I," 2016, from As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic (Aperture, 2021).

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

illo for sunday books 5/21

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

Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid."

Halle Bailey makes ‘The Little Mermaid’ her own

Irish actor Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ and ‘Thor’ movies, dies

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

Television

Ray Stevenson, at the world premiere of "Thor: Ragnarok" in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2017.

Irish actor Ray Stevenson, of ‘Rome’ and ‘Thor’ movies, dies

This week’s TV: Spoiler-free thoughts on the end of ‘Succession,’ and memories of Mary Tyler Moore

Royal intrigue on the way in ‘Mary & George’

music

Beach balls were flying when Jimmy Buffett performed at Fenway Park in August 2018.

Jimmy Buffett, out of Boston hospital, says he’ll return to performing ‘once I am in shape’

Chameleon celebrates a quarter-century of musical adventure

Was Charlie Baker at the Blink-182 concert in Boston Sunday night? Of course he was.

Theater/Dance

Janaka Stucky outside Vilna Shul, where he'll be performing his poems from "Ascend Ascend" on Thursday.

The heavy-metal mysticism of poet Janaka Stucky

Dorrance Dance at the ICA has all the right moves

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

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

An undated photo provided by the Lake Geneva Yacht Club showed Mr. Melges in 1953. “"Buddy was one of the best sailors the world has ever seen,” famed yachtsman Dennis Conner said.. “He will not be matched.”

Buddy Melges, American sailing champion, dies at 93

Rick Hoyt, who pioneered duo wheelchair road racing to ‘motivate people and inspire them,’ dies at 61

Terry McDermott, 500-meter speedskating champion for the United States in 1964 Olympics, dies at 82