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Still no debt deal in Washington
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Compass Medical closure sends shockwaves to already struggling health care system

The abrupt closure of a large physician group in southeast Massachusetts has sent patients and nearby facilities scrambling as groups try to coordinate where patients should go for future health care.
Tell us how you’ve been affected by the closure of Compass Medical facilities

Matthew Nilo, lawyer charged in connection with Charlestown sexual assaults, agrees to be transferred to Mass.

Nilo, the 35-year-old lawyer accused of sexually assaulting four women in Charlestown in 2007 and 2008, waived extradition during an initial court appearance Thursday in New Jersey, where he lives with his fiancée.

Woman found dead in Marlborough hotel parking lot, suspect in custody, DA’s office says

Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan’s office called the woman’s death an “apparent homicide.” The victim’s name was not released.

‘Are you blind?’ Ron DeSantis snaps at reporter during New Hampshire campaign stop.

The Florida governor appeared to lose his temper after a speaking event in Laconia, N.H., sarcastically asking the reporter twice if he was blind.
Trump and DeSantis jab at each other on campaign trail in first dueling appearances as 2024 candidates

For some on a tight margin, debt ceiling deal could make things even tighter
The agreement passed by the House on Wednesday includes changes to food and cash assistance used widely across Massachusetts.

Senate races to wrap up Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal before default deadline

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pitches his long-shot Democratic presidential campaign to N.H. independents

803 confirmed cases and 9 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

Woman drives up ramp of tow truck on Georgia highway, launching into the air, video shows

A sedan rocketed into the air after driving up the ramp of a flatbed tow truck on a Georgia highway. And the whole crash was caught on video by an officer’s body camera.
APPRECIATION

WJIB’s Bob Bittner was always an easy listen

Bittner, who died May 26, was the owner, operator, and sole on-air voice of Cambridge radio station WJIB and its "Memories Stations" affiliates. He ran no ads, played his own records, and was a soothing presence on the airwaves.

Never mind about that Wegmans at the Natick Mall

The beloved grocery chain cited the "non-traditional location" as the reason behind the closure, which will happen later this summer.
Opinion
IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

The most interesting startup in America is in Massachusetts. You’ve probably never heard of it.

VulcanForms eyes a radical transformation of manufacturing.
SCOT LEHIGH

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal
EDITORIAL

Public dollars demand public disclosure
Phillip Levine

College financial aid system benefits white students
Gina McCarthy and Kari Nadeau

Carbon capture isn’t the climate change health benefit the world needs

More recent News

Somerville woman charged with assaulting and strangling mother who was found dead in her apartment

April Monroe is charged with strangulation and assault and battery on a person over 60 causing serious bodily injury for allegedly attacking her mother, Gail Gasperini, 73, of East Boston.

Timeline: How the MBTA reached a crossroads with federal regulators over safety issues

The MBTA has been under federal oversight for more than a year after a pattern of safety violations drew the attention of the Federal Transit Administration. The MBTA must submit a new workplace safety plan by Monday.

By day, they work at the MFA. After hours, they make their own art.
The Copley Society of Art on Newbury Street mounts a show of works by Museum of Fine Arts Boston employees.

Chad Finn | Sports Media
Channel 5 hires Boston native Angel Salcedo as a sports reporter to replace Bob Halloran
Salcedo, an Emerson College graduate, comes to Channel 5 from KOAT in New Mexico.

N.H. families struggle to afford food amid inflation, end of COVID-era food assistance
“I’ve never had to ask for help. I’ve been very willing to give it and I have at times, but the tables have turned,” said Ellen Lockharg, 83, of New Durham.

Former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed as Harvard fellow

Lightfoot’s four-year stand as mayor ended in May. Her new role as the Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow will run through the university’s fall 1 term, according to a statement from Harvard.

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 is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

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I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.

My decades-long quest to find the lone survivor of a massacre that wiped out a branch of our Jewish family in Poland — and the hidden truth about the killers.

Our Names, Our Culture: AAPI voices on reclaiming their names
Hear stories about how given names — and the process of reclaiming them — can shape identities, reveal family histories, and provide cultural connections.

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep
Chaim Bloom's family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

After being spotted in Eastern Mass. towns, ‘Buster the Bear’ becomes social media star
Like a child let loose at the playground, the approximately 2-year-old bear has been on the move in recent days, roaming through backyards and devouring seed mixes from bird feeders, often seen standing on his hind legs, sometimes swatting playfully at tree branches.

Culture & Lifestyle

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

WJIB’s Bob Bittner was always an easy listen

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

15 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Boston and beyond

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

RENÉE LOTH

Somerville shows how to be civically engaged
Eric Leslie

Boston must make civic engagement more equitable
JEFF JACOBY

AM radio in your car? Don’t let Congress decide.

IDEAS | JOHN SUMMERS

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

Two zoos? Then which zoo? Or no zoo at all?
IDEAS

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

Metro

In Worcester, Healey’s pick for housing secretary gets a mixed reception

Former Worcester city manager Edward M. Augustus has been hailed by some for his housing record, but questioned about racial inequalities during his tenure.

Amitai Etzioni, 94, dies; envisioned a society built on the common good

An Israeli American sociologist, Amitai Etzioni drew wide attention and storms of derision by fathering the communitarian movement, a vision of society in which people are asked to care less about their own rights than about one another.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pitches his long-shot Democratic presidential campaign to N.H. independents

In a speech to the New Hampshire Senate, the candidate spoke highly of the state’s first-in-the-nation primary and voters who can see beyond the "paralyzing iceberg of partisanship."

N.H. families struggle to afford food amid inflation, end of COVID-era food assistance

“I’ve never had to ask for help. I’ve been very willing to give it and I have at times, but the tables have turned,” said Ellen Lockharg, 83, of New Durham.

Sports

NBA

Nick Nurse becomes the latest coach to chase an NBA championship in Philadelphia

The Sixers haven’t reached the Eastern Conference finals since 2001 at least in part because of Nurse, whose Toronto Raptors knocked out Joel Embiid and the 76ers on their way to the championship in 2019.
NHL

Patrick Kane has hip surgery and is expected to be out 4-6 months

Kane has been dealing with a nagging hip injury that hampered him this past season with the Chicago Blackhawks and then in the playoffs with the New York Rangers.
MIAA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

State baseball tournament: Favorites, sleepers, players to watch and analysis

Franklin, Taunton, Westford, and Central Catholic headline a deep and potent D1 field. Milton is No. 1 in D2, Taconic, Medfield, and Foxborough top D3 and unbeaten English is vying to make history in D4.
minor details

Some young Red Sox players to keep an eye on in the lower minors
GOLF

Rose Zhang shoots 2 under in her long-awaited professional golf debut
French Open

The latest teen sensation in tennis, Mirra Andreeva, rolls along as seeds continue to fall at French Open

Business

Supreme Court backs employer in suit over strike losses

Justices ruled that federal labor law did not protect a union from liability for damage that arose during a strike, and that a state court should resolve questions of liability.

Amazon settles FTC privacy complaints, to pay $31m in penalties

The Federal Trade Commission alleges it deceived parents by keeping kids’ voice and location data recorded by its popular Alexa voice assistant.

Never mind about that Wegmans at the Natick Mall

Mayor Michelle Wu signs new construction safety rules
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Globe Magazine

I went searching for a relative who escaped the Holocaust. I found a secret some want to forget.
CONNECTIONS

On Cape Cod, I’ll always try to stay in my summer landlord’s good graces

LOVE LETTERS

The man I am seeing lives with his girlfriend in another state
Perspective

We need to better regulate our banks. Even the father of capitalism thought so.

metro

Former Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot appointed as Harvard fellow

Tell us how you’ve been affected by the closure of Compass Medical facilities

The success of Ocean State Job Lot endures, as some retailers struggle

sports

Brad Stevens won’t address a super-max extension but says, ‘We want Jaylen to be here’

Game 56: Reds at Red Sox lineups and notes

Joe Mazzulla gets strong backing from Brad Stevens and will get to fortify his coaching staff

business

Are bus-only lanes on Summer Street a way to ease Seaport traffic congestion?

Senate races to wrap up Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal before default deadline

Money stored in Venmo, other payment apps could be vulnerable, financial watchdog warns

politics

‘Are you blind?’ Ron DeSantis snaps at reporter during New Hampshire campaign stop.

Trump and DeSantis jab at each other on campaign trail in first dueling appearances as 2024 candidates

Still no debt deal in Washington

Nation

Former Playboy model accuses Bill Cosby of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1969

Town-by-town COVID-19 data in Massachusetts

803 confirmed cases and 9 deaths in a week. See the latest COVID-19 data from Mass.

World

Canada becomes first in the world to require health warnings on individual cigarettes

Pride Month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

Jordan’s crown prince weds scion of Saudi family in ceremony attended by Britain’s William and Kate, Dr. Jill Biden

opinion

Somerville shows how to be civically engaged

Boston must make civic engagement more equitable

Congress has no choice but to pass debt limit deal

lifestyle

I’m stuck in my grief

15 ways to celebrate Pride Month in Boston and beyond

At 83, Al Pacino is expecting another baby

food & dining

ReelHouse Oyster Bar opens in the Seaport; East Cambridge hosts a bread-baking grand prix

At Vault Medford, tater tots are not a crime

A modern Asian noodle bar replaces Fortnight in downtown Providence

travel

From campy to controversial: How drag queens became a target of conservative lawmakers

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

More travelers are taking the train — to save the planet

Arts

Paintings that are all about touch

The Peabody Essex Museum to hire a TikTok creator-in-residence

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

Books

Kaija Langley, author of verse novel ‘The Order of Things,’ has built a writing career in the margins of a busy life

Children’s book contemplates animals and eternity; Boston Public Library presents special exhibit for Pride Month; program encourages students to write to their favorite authors

Author readings around Boston June 4-10

Movies

Hang on to your fedoras. ‘Noir City: Boston’ is headed to the Brattle Theatre

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

‘The Boogeyman’: You’ve seen what’s hidden under this bed before

Television

‘Somebody Somewhere’ earns third season on HBO

In conclusion, ‘Barry’ lacked resonance almost until the end

In a sweet finale, ‘Ted Lasso’ has the last word on toxic masculinity

music

With her upcoming tour, Rina Sawayama is reclaiming creative control of her story

Zelda soundtrack as legendary as the game itself

WJIB’s Bob Bittner was always an easy listen

Theater/Dance

In Arlekin’s ‘The Gaaga,’ a Ukrainian playwright puts Vladimir Putin on trial

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

In Lyric Stage’s ‘Rooted,’ a tree grows on Clarendon Street

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

Amitai Etzioni, 94, dies; envisioned a society built on the common good

Robin Wagner, set designer who won three Tony Awards, dies at 89

Ed Ames, singing star who became a familiar face on TV, dies at 95