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In a nasty surprise, state learns it erred by using $2.5 billion in federal money to pay jobless claims
A pivotal question is whether employers, who pay into the state unemployment trust fund to cover jobless benefits, will have to bear some of the cost of the mistake.

After summerlike heat, a chance of thunderstorms before temperatures fall to 50s on Saturday

Friday will be the second of a two-day hot streak with temperatures rising into the 90s in Western Massachusetts and hovering in the 80s along the coast.

Woman, 82, allegedly killed by son in Marlborough hotel parking lot

An 82-year-old Westborough woman was fatally injured when her son allegedly drove into her with his pickup truck in the parking lot of a Marlborough hotel on Thursday, prosecutors said.

Sports Media
Fred Toucher returns to Sports Hub morning show, explains absence and concerning tweets
Toucher revealed that he had checked himself into an alcohol treatment facility after posting alarming, since-deleted comments on social media over Memorial Day weekend.

‘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.

Biden expected to sign debt ceiling bill, will deliver remarks from White House

 For some, debt ceiling deal could make things tougher How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal

Here’s where you can get a free doughnut in Mass. for National Doughnut Day

Where to find great doughnuts in R.I.
Tara Sullivan

Boston’s Stanley Cup nightmare has come true: It’s the Panthers vs. Bruce Cassidy’s Golden Knights

The Stanley Cup Final features the team that bounced the Bruins from the playoffs against the coach they fired after last season.

Wegmans to close massive Natick Mall location

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

Draft-night footage shows how Patriots discussed trade offer from Commanders

The clips released by the Commanders offered a glimpse at how draft-day trade discussions begin and evolve, but often fizzle.
Tom Brady talks about returning to Foxborough, his current relationship with Bill Belichick
Opinion
Heather Furnas

Trying to close the gender pay gap — 60 years after the Equal Pay Act

Before becoming parents, men and women earn about the same. But after becoming parents, men earned 60 percent more than women.
EDITORIAL

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb
SCOT LEHIGH

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal
IDEAS | TYLER HARPER

I am the wrong kind of Black professor
Sian Beilock and Phil Hanlon

Speaking up on campus doesn’t mean shouting down others

More recent News

A pint with your pug? Dog-friendly dining starts in Boston
Boston’s dog-friendly dining program at beer gardens and outdoor restaurant patios officially launched this week, and nearly two dozen businesses have received special variances allowing customers to bring their canines to the al fresco spots, city officials said.

Abrupt closure of Compass Medical sends shockwaves through already struggling Mass. health care system
The abrupt closure of a large physician group in southeast Mass. has sent patients and nearby facilities scrambling as groups try to coordinate where patients should go for care.

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

KEVIN CULLEN
A love story, baked in Vermont
Gesine Bullock-Prado ran her movie star sister’s production company in Hollywood for a decade. She left the glitz of Tinseltown for the grit of Vermont, became a baker and teacher, and never looked back.

Governor, mayor kick off LGBTQ+ Pride Month with celebration on City Hall Plaza

This year marks the return of Boston’s annual Pride parade after it was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, then scuttled in 2022 when organizers said they would disband amid complaints the group disregarded BIPOC and transgender community members.
Photos: Boston kicks off LGBTQ+ Pride Month on City Hall Plaza

Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery
An Iowa task force has completed a search for survivors at the site of a partially collapsed Davenport apartment building and is moving ahead to shore up the structure so it can begin recovery efforts, authorities said Friday.

Former US government informer faces life in prison for role in 2021 Haiti’s president assassination

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a Haitian-Chilean businessman to life in prison for his role in helping a group of Colombian mercenaries obtain weapons to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.

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?

DEBT

SAVINGS

HOUSING

REALITY CHECK CALCULATOR
Love Letters

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

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

The growing movement against drag even has a name: “drag panic.” The animosity that Massachusetts queens are experiencing is mild compared with what the drag community faces in states such as Florida and Tennessee.

In Worcester, Healey’s pick for housing secretary gets a mixed reception
Former Worcester city manager Edward M. Augustus Jr. has been hailed by some for his housing record, but questioned about racial inequalities during his tenure.

Letters: Healey should have picked a person of color for housing chief

shirley leung
Are bus-only lanes on Summer Street a way to ease Seaport traffic congestion?
A stalled plan is back in play, but not everyone thinks it’s a smart idea.

BETH TEITELL | COMMENTARY
Remember last summer’s drought? Your azaleas do.
The drought, the historic arctic blast in February, the wild swings in temperature — they’re all contributing to the lackluster spring for some flowering bushes, trees, and plants in Eastern Massachusetts.

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

AROUND RI

Support local farmers in R.I. and head to one of these summer markets

A sure sign of summer: Farmers markets are the ideal warm weather activity, and that joy of buying local, outdoors, is about to return to the Ocean State.

A pint with your pug? Dog-friendly dining starts in Boston

Boston’s dog-friendly dining program at beer gardens and outdoor restaurant patios officially launched this week, and nearly two dozen businesses have received special variances allowing customers to bring their canines to the al fresco spots, city officials said.

After summerlike heat, a chance of thunderstorms before temperatures fall to 50s on Saturday

Friday will be the second of a two-day hot streak with temperatures rising into the 90s in Western Massachusetts and hovering in the 80s along the coast.
Sports Media

Fred Toucher returns to Sports Hub morning show, explains absence and concerning tweets

Toucher revealed that he had checked himself into an alcohol treatment facility after posting alarming, since-deleted comments on social media over Memorial Day weekend.

Sports

Rays at Red Sox | 7:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 57: Rays at Red Sox lineups and pregame notes

Garrett Whitlock will start as the Red Sox welcome the MLB-best Rays at Fenway Park.
Patriots

Draft-night footage shows how Patriots discussed trade offer from Commanders

The clips released by the Commanders offered a glimpse at how draft-day trade discussions begin and evolve, but often fizzle.
Sports Media

Fred Toucher returns to Sports Hub morning show, explains absence and concerning tweets

Toucher revealed that he had checked himself into an alcohol treatment facility after posting alarming, since-deleted comments on social media over Memorial Day weekend.
Tara Sullivan

Boston’s Stanley Cup nightmare has come true: It’s the Panthers vs. Bruce Cassidy’s Golden Knights
Red Sox

After an already long work week, the Red Sox bullpen is in for a long weekend, but says it is ‘ready for it’
patriots

It’s obvious why the Patriots drafted kicker Chad Ryland: ‘He was money, man’

Business

Eating-disorder group suspends use of AI chatbot after it gave ‘harmful’ advice

The National Eating Disorders Association had recently shut down a human-staffed helpline before issues with its AI service arose.

Here’s where you can get a free doughnut in Mass. for National Doughnut Day

The Salvation Army established the holiday in Chicago in 1938 to commemorate “Doughnut Lassies” who brought baked goods to soldiers on the front lines during World War I.

This Maine island, with a lighthouse, is on the market for $425,000

US employers added a strong 339,000 jobs in May as labor market stays durable
magazine
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

Here’s where to get some great doughnuts in Rhode Island

In accepting First Amendment award, McGrory urges journalists to be bold

This Maine island, with a lighthouse, is on the market for $425,000

sports

Danny Ainge, the principal architect of this Celtics team, has some thoughts on their playoff run

The Nuggets have adopted Nikola Jokic’s selfless style, and now they’re three wins from an NBA title

If the Red Sox lose a resurgent Chris Sale again, where does the rotation go from here?

business

Wegmans to close massive Natick Mall location

Boston developer plans massive film studio complex on Braintree-Weymouth line

Senate passes bill to raise debt ceiling, staving off default just days before deadline

politics

Biden expected to sign debt ceiling bill, will deliver remarks from White House

How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal and staved off a catastrophe

White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world

Nation

Fort Bragg drops Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, as part of US Army base rebranding

Rescuers at site of Iowa building collapse complete search for survivors, move on to recovery

Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states

World

China Ukraine envoy urges governments to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace

US retaliates for Russia’s suspension of New START treaty by revoking visas of nuclear inspectors

Australia’s ‘trial of the century’ stains its most decorated soldier

opinion

Public dollars demand public disclosure

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

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

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

Support local farmers in R.I. and head to one of these summer markets

Here’s where you can get a free doughnut in Mass. for National Doughnut Day

Here’s where to get some great doughnuts in Rhode Island

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

The best new books for summer 2023

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

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