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GAME 5: Celtics 110, Heat 97

Dan Shaughnessy

Instead of being history, the Celtics have a real chance to make history after dominating Heat in Game 5
No NBA team has come back from a 3-0 series deficit in 150 tries.

The Celtics’ struggles didn’t quite make sense. In Game 5, they showed they may have it all figured out. After dodging it for months, Shaquille O’Neal finally gets served over FTX lawsuit at Game 4 of Celtics-Heat

What Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics have done to turn things around is simply remarkable
The Celtics will enter Game 6 Saturday having rediscovered the confidence and fortitude that had been lost.

‘Big-time player, big-time shots:’ Derrick White is essential to the Celtics’ playoff success, and he came alive in Game 5.
White led all scorers with 24 in Boston’s blowout win over Miami.

A new artificial intelligence-powered website, Forgemytrip, is designed to build customized travel itineraries. So we put it to the test.

We asked AI to plan the perfect Boston day. Here’s where it took us.

A new artificial intelligence-powered website, Forgemytrip, is designed to build customized travel itineraries. So we put it to the test.

Jeneé Osterheldt

The Little Mermaid, Black Girls, and a wave of memories
With Halle Bailey as “The Little Mermaid,” memories of my mother and me come flowing back.

Review | ★★★ : Halle Bailey makes ‘The Little Mermaid’ her own

Farewell to Matignon, a beloved Cambridge Catholic high school
Seeing the school close its doors after 75 years of academic and athletic achievements stirs up feelings of nostalgia and pride, students and their families said.

Cape bridge repairs highlight how the housing crunch has exacerbated commutes

The share of workers commuting from the mainland has roughly doubled in six years as housing costs push people farther from their jobs.

Boston police lieutenant facing OUI charge was previously fired, rehired after another incident

John Earley, a 25-year veteran who made more than $211,000 last year, was arrested Sunday and charged with driving under the influence. In 2015, he was involved in an accident and reportedly had been drinking.

Man killed in Dorchester shooting was a pastor in Haverhill, family says
“We are extremely devastated and this loss is unfathomable as we try to understand the details of this tragedy and find who took the life of someone who impacted so many others in nothing but the most positive ways,” his family said.

Conn. woman’s leg bitten off by shark in Turks and Caicos, authorities say

The 22-year-old woman was at the Bone Yard dive site in Princess Alexandra National Park when she was attacked, the Department of Environment & Coastal Resources said Thursday.

To address worker shortage, MBTA to hire new bus drivers to full-time positions

Just days before possible default, Congress heads out of town empty-handed

AAA predicts this will be the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000.

Memorial Day weekend traffic is expected to be heavy. These are best and worst times to hit the road.

AAA predicts this will be the third busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2000, with more than 42 million Americans planning to travel 50 miles or more from home, a 7 percent increase from last year.

Speaker and honoree Tom Hanks arrived at the stage at Harvard Commencement.

Tom Hanks urges Harvard grads to be kind and help others in commencement speech

The actor encouraged students to take action and responsibility as they go out into a world full of malevolence as “we could all use a superhero right now.”

Boston-05/25/2023 UMass Boston held their graduation ceremony on Thursday morning. Granite CEO Robert Hale speaking after getting the Chancellor’s Medal. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

Quincy-based billionaire gives UMass Boston grads $1,000 — each

Rob Hale, one of this year's commencement speakers, gave each graduate the cash split into two envelopes, so they could donate half.

Opinion

Construction workers participated in a "job site stand down" in the Seaport on April 28 remembering workers who died from addiction and substance use disorder.

When clinics can’t afford to keep detox and rehab beds open, state policy needs to change

Substance use should be treated like other mental health care.

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What my autistic son’s cold cheeseburgers taught me about bureaucracy

As long COVID turns three, Americans play disability roulette

Everyone is getting into the trademark game

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After days of negotiating, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a nearly $56 billion spending plan Thursday for fiscal year 2024, which begins July 1.

GOP-led Texas House panel issues 20 impeachment counts against state Attorney General Ken Paxton

Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office.

‘Ultimate cop-out’? How Sununu answered when ‘The View’ hosts asked about Trump

The New Hampshire governor, a potential Republican presidential candidate, keeps saying the GOP frontrunner won’t win the nomination — but that wasn’t the question.

Conservationists begin to clean George Washington statue in Boston Public Garden
The statue, erected in 1869, depicts the first US president on horseback, mounted above a towering granite pedestal. Surrounded by winding paths and a sea of tulips, it greets visitors at the Arlington Street entrance.

Trump workers reportedly moved Mar-a-Lago boxes a day before Justice Department came for documents
Donald Trump and his aides also allegedly carried out a “dress rehearsal” for moving sensitive papers even before his office received the May 2022 subpoena, according to The Washington Post.

Boston police focusing on city ATV, dirt bike riders as summer approaches
The issue moved to the fore during the tumultuous summer of 2020, when the city was shut down at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial-justice protests flooded the streets. Simultaneously, the noise from fireworks and ATVs caused noise complaints all night long.

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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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Juvenile detention inmates at New York's Rikers Island jail. Research suggests that putting juvenile offenders in the adult facilities increases the chances they will reoffend.

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Game 5: Celtics 110, Heat 97

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The writer in the copilot seat of a Boeing B-29 bomber, at an air show.

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

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metro

Slide from PowerPoint presentation describing legislation to legalize and regulate recreational adult-use marijuana in Rhode Island.

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In passing Senate budget with key differences from House, it sets up summertime fight

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sports

Dennis-Yarmouth sophomore Breanna Braham won the 200 meter final in 28.87 seconds, besting Norton’s highly-accomplished duo of Ali Murphy and Jillian Strynar for the first time in her career.

Dennis-Yarmouth’s Breanna Braham has a breakthrough performance in girls’ 200-meter final at the Division 5 track & field championships

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business

Brian Cornell, chief executive officer and chairman of Target Corp.

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politics

Representative Marc Molinaro, a New York Republican, waved next to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican, on Thursday as House members headed home for Memorial Day weekend.

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Supreme Court limits EPA’s power to address water pollution

Nation

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Books

World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle writing in Anzio, Italy.

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Rachel Louise Snyder’s memoir ‘Women We Buried, Women We Burned’ recounts a dark past and holds out the possibility of transformation

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Television

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‘A Small Light’ sees Anne Frank’s story through the eyes of those who helped her

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One way or another, reboot brings ‘Nurse Jackie’ back to life

music

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers performed at the Viejas Arena in 2014.

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Press Play: Baroque beyond Bach

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Theater/Dance

ArtsEmerson will bring "Little Amal" to Boston for a free outdoor "Event of Welcome" on Sept. 7 at a location to be announced later. The 12-foot puppet represents a 10-year-old Syrian refugee.

‘Little Amal’ leads the way to ArtsEmerson’s 2023-24 season

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globe local

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Robert Zimmer presided over the University of Chicago from 2006 to 2021.

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