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Mass. man who received first kidney transplant from genetically engineered pig has died, family says
“Our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved Rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired so many,” his family said in a statement Saturday.

Jasper White, acclaimed New England chef behind Summer Shack, dies
Long known as a leading authority on New England cuisine, White broke into the Boston dining scene with the opening of Jasper’s Restaurant on the waterfront in 1983.

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case
Trump blames Biden for the criminal charges he’s facing as the presumptive nominees prepare to face off in the November election.

Past the deadline for Harvard students to leave encampment, a rally for Gaza in Harvard Square
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied Saturday outside the gates of Harvard Yard, which has been closed to the public for weeks amid ongoing student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.

As campus protests linger, parents anxiously watch from afar

 British colleges are handling protests differently. Will it pay off?

At 11, she’s a TikTok sensation, raising awareness about her rare bone disorder. But this Marlborough tween has bigger plans.
Vitoria Bueno is a TikTok star — dancing her way into the hearts of 1.4 million followers and educating them about her battle with osteogenesis imperfecta.

The long, tortured road to Biden’s clash with Netanyahu over Gaza War

 As Israel steps up attacks, 300,000 Palestinians are on the move

Manchester, N.H., man arrested for allegedly knocking over porta potty with mother and daughter inside

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98
Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93 | Game 3
Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93 | Instant Analysis

Jaylen Brown’s efficient shooting helped the Celtics take charge, and other observations from Game 3 win over Cavaliers

Brown played one of his most clean and efficient games as a Celtic and led Boston to a win that gave it a 2-1 series lead.

See a recap of how Game 3 against the Cavaliers unfolded

Photos: Celtics beat Cleveland on the road
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Glen Davis’s Big Baby act has been over for a long time. He’s the only one who doesn’t realize it.

Indie band Guster draws big numbers to Somerville Porchfest
It was a scene unlike any other at the annual outdoor music showcase, drawing a massive swell of people, their babies, and their pets at the intersection of Cedar Street and Aberdeen Road.

How a Somerville resident found out Guster wanted to perform on his porch at Porchfest

Photos: Northern Lights illuminate night skies in New England, and across Northern Hemisphere
An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in the skies across the Northern Hemisphere early Saturday, with no immediate reports of disruptions to power and communications.

Solar storm intensifies, filling skies with northern lights
Money, Power, Inequality

In some Boston hospitals, patients get lawyers, too

While medical professionals are trained for illnesses of the body, it’s difficult to navigate patients’ legal matters whether that’s a landlord refusing to cooperate or a need to make calls to help them connect to the right resource. That's where the lawyers step in.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

We’re doing corsets again? How very 1850.

“These images are frighteningly retrograde, that women should be doing everything they can to be smaller and conform to this disturbed and distorted idea of beauty."

Check out Boston’s most expensive single-family home: Back Bay mansion on market for $29.9 million

What else makes this property at 130 Commonwealth Ave. stand out? Skulls. Lots of skulls.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Beyond Drake Maye, what should we make of the Patriots’ first draft post-Bill Belichick?

Bill Belichick became infamous for reaching for players. Eliot Wolf’s first draft wasn’t too different from those of his predecessor.
Patriots promote Eliot Wolf to executive vice president of player personnel
On baseball | Red Sox 4, Nationals 2

Red Sox teammates love to watch outfielder Tyler O’Neill flip his patented throws home

There may not be a play in baseball that better embodies a player’s on-field persona than O’Neill’s throws to the plate from the outfield.
Rafael Devers’s two-run, eighth-inning double empowers Red Sox to knock off Nationals
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

Rarely do NHL teams hit on a homegrown No. 1 goalie. The Bruins have done it with Jeremy Swayman.

Swayman, at just 25, stands as the club’s most successful goalie to be drafted, cultivated, and kept on the roster since the draft began more than 60 years ago.
Matthew Gilbert | 'SNL' Showdown

Belushi vs. Wiig. Murphy vs. Murray. Vote in Round 3 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

Vote in the Globe’s "SNL" Showdown bracket to help pick the best cast member from the past five decades.
Round 2 recap

Bill Murray over Mike Myers? Voters again show that they prefer ‘SNL’ cast members of a certain vintage.

Round 2's biggest surprise was Bill Murray's lopsided win over Mike Myers. And its toughest call may have been Cecily Strong vs. Maya Rudolph.
AAPI Heritage Month

MFA reopens its Arts of Japan galleries after six years of closure

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month
COMMENTARY | JEANNIE SALOMON

This AAPI Heritage Month, it’s time to get serious about teaching AAPI history in Rhode Island
Opinion
Joan Fitzgerald and Gregory King

How to bring solar energy to low-income communities

Low- and moderate-income households are only a small percentage of those benefiting from community solar. A couple of projects in Boston are seeking to change that.
Judith Garcia

Legislature should pass health equity bill
Kim Janey

Mass. should focus on long-term solutions for homeless families
IDEAS | LARISSA KOSMOS

Mother of dragons
LETTERS

The politicization of climate change

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Will you accept the election results? Republicans dodge the question.
Leading Republicans, including several of Donald Trump’s potential running mates, have refused to commit to accepting the results of the November election.

Fake Irish heiress arrested in Maine should be extradited to UK, judge rules
Marianne Smyth, who accusers say has also fashioned herself as a witch, a psychic and a friend to Hollywood stars, has been in a Maine jail waiting to learn if she will be extradited.

Trump may owe $100 million from double-dip tax breaks, audit shows
When Trump sought to reap tax benefits from his losses, the IRS has argued, he went too far and, in effect, wrote off the same losses twice.

SUV slips out of gear, rolls across sports field in Cohasset
Two young children who were in car seats suffered minor injuries in the incident Saturday morning, Cohasset police said.

Tuna crabs, neither tuna nor crabs, are swarming near San Diego
The animals typically live on the high seas, around Baja California in Mexico. But this is their second appearance in six years in the area.

Beth Teitell
The houseplant therapist will see you now
Houseplants are supposed to be calming, but they can trigger lovers’ quarrels, anxiety, even grief.

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Harvard scientists unveil the most detailed map of the brain ever: ‘It’s an alien world inside your own head’

The researchers, with Google and other partners, spent a decade deciphering 1 cubic millimeter of tissue.

‘It feels pointless sometimes’: As hospitals grow more corporate, fed-up doctors are pushing back
Burned out and frustrated with bottom-line-oriented hospital management, doctors are starting to unionize, including at Salem Hospital.

no stupid questions
Introducing No Stupid Questions, how-to guides for navigating adult life in Boston
The first installment of this series will cover five topics: Traffic, taxes, networking, finding a neighborhood to call home, and locating trustworthy services. It launches on May 13.

The T is paying consultants up to $610 per hour — to figure out how to save money
The MBTA entered into a $450,000 contract with a consulting firm last month, with consultants charging between $244 and $610 per hour.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

The 20 best albums of 2024 (so far)

What Mother’s Day cards should really say

Boston Ballet is in shape for Paris with ‘Spring Experience’

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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

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

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Alex Shieh

I’m a conservative student. Freedom of speech protects pro-Palestinian protesters too.
EDITORIAL

Despite shaky rollout, Wu’s White Stadium plan is good for student athletes
SCOT LEHIGH

Readers respond: There are ways to talk to family and friends who support Trump
IDEAS | VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

A sensory twist in the story of human evolution

IDEAS | MAURA KELLY

How to hang out better
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Past the deadline for Harvard students to leave encampment, a rally for Gaza in Harvard Square

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters rallied Saturday outside the gates of Harvard Yard, which has been closed to the public for weeks amid ongoing student demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.
celtics

Photos: Celtics beat Cleveland on the road

The Boston Celtics led at the half in a pivotal Game 3 of the NBA Eastern Conference Playoffs on Saturday, May 11, 2024.

Mass. man who received first kidney transplant from genetically engineered pig has died, family says

“Our family is deeply saddened about the sudden passing of our beloved Rick but take great comfort knowing he inspired so many,” his family said in a statement Saturday.

Indie band Guster draws big numbers to Somerville Porchfest

It was a scene unlike any other at the annual outdoor music showcase, drawing a massive swell of people, their babies, and their pets at the intersection of Cedar Street and Aberdeen Road.

Sports

Jayson Tatum delivered a star turn when the Celtics needed it most

There are nights in which any team needs its star to do star things, and Tatum shined brightly to lift the Celtics in a raucous environment.
PWHL

PWHL Boston playoff schedule and results

Montreal and Boston split four games in the regular season, each winning once in regulation and once in overtime, as well as once each at on the home and on the road.
PWHL: Boston 2, Montreal 1 (3 OT)

Taylor Wenczkowski is the triple-OT hero, as Boston beats Montreal to climb one win away from PWHL Finals

The forward batted home her own rebound at 11:34 of the third extra session to lift the visitors to their second straight overtime victory in Montreal to take a 2-0 series lead.
live updates

Jayson Tatum put up 33 points as the Celtics downed the Cavaliers in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. See how it unfolded.
Celtics 106, Cavaliers 93 | Instant Analysis

Jaylen Brown’s efficient shooting helped the Celtics take charge, and other observations from Game 3 win over Cavaliers

Business

Farewell, Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band

For decades, Munch’s Make Believe Band at Chuck E. Cheese has performed for countless birthdays, end-of-season Little League parties and other celebrations. There’s been Chuck E. Cheese and Helen Henny on vocals, Mr. Munch on keys, Jasper T. Jowls on guitar, and Pasqually on drums.

Red, yellow, green ... and white? Smarter vehicles could mean big changes for the traffic light.

Researchers are exploring ways to use features in modern cars, such as GPS, to make traffic safer and more efficient.

Check out Boston’s most expensive single-family home: Back Bay mansion on market for $29.9 million

America’s debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress
magazine
Tech Power Players 2024

Meet the CEOs, founders, and investors on the Globe’s third annual list of New England tech leaders
Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘I really wish I asked him what his skin care regimen was’
CONNECTIONS

My mom and I butted heads. But never at the Christmas Tree Shops.
Globe Magazine

The secret lives of Shelby Hewitt, 32-year-old high school imposter

metro

Healey outlines stops on visit to speak at Vatican climate summit

We’re doing corsets again? How very 1850.

In some Boston hospitals, patients get lawyers, too

sports

Photos: Boston holds lead against Cavaliers

Hurricanes finally take advantage of power play and avoid getting swept by the Rangers

Revolution’s attack shows promise vs. Red Bulls, but can’t secure second straight road win

business

Federal judge temporarily halts Biden plan to lower credit card late fees to $8

Union dispute bubbles up at Harvard Book Store

Former Patriots coach Bill Belichick buys (another) home on Nantucket

politics

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case

The long, tortured road to Biden’s clash with Netanyahu over Gaza War

Barron Trump, 18, won’t be serving as a Florida delegate to the Republican convention after all

Nation

Amid scrutiny, Paul Manafort leaves Republican convention role

Trump tells Jersey Shore crowd he’s being forced to endure ‘Biden show trial’ in hush money case

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and ‘King of the Bs,’ dies at 98

World

Switzerland’s Nemo wins 68th Eurovision Song Contest after event roiled by protests over Gaza war

As Israel steps up attacks, 300,000 Palestinians are on the move

Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee

opinion

I’m boring. So are you.

A sensory twist in the story of human evolution

Does focus on youth mental health do no harm? It’s debatable.

lifestyle

Juli Min’s ‘Shanghailanders’ transports readers to the root of one family’s fractured relationships

There’s a good reason she didn’t respond …

What Mother’s Day cards should really say

food & dining

There’s a new food hall coming to Cambridge (and it will appeal to ‘90s ‘mall babies’)

For Providence Brewing Company, the American Dream is within reach

What is ‘queer food’? A conference at BU explores that question and others.

travel

Waterbury, Vt.: The best little foodie town in New England

A trip to The Vermont Country Store is a trip back in time

Welcome to the most Vermont-ish village in the Green Mountain State

Arts

MFA appoints Anastasia Christophilopoulou as new chair of ancient Greek and Roman art

Two shows in Maine highlight Louise Nevelson, a giant of American Modernism

At Worcester Art Museum, photo show gives a different lay of the land

Books

Juli Min’s ‘Shanghailanders’ transports readers to the root of one family’s fractured relationships

Jamaica Kincaid’s primer on colonialism’s flora resonates with history behind Aimee Nezhukumatathil’s honeyed memories

An homage to eros in new poetry collection; Roxbury book festival returns for a second year; and more

Movies

Ryusuke Hamaguchi on letting real life frame his new film, ‘Evil Does Not Exist’

Never see R-rated films with Mom — and other life lessons I learned movie-watching with my mother

‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is a simian snore

Television

Bill Murray over Mike Myers? Voters again show that they prefer ‘SNL’ cast members of a certain vintage.

Belushi vs. Wiig. Murphy vs. Murray. Vote in Round 3 of our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket.

TV’s Holocaust dramas are part remembrance, part warning

music

The 20 best albums of 2024 (so far)

Sarah Shook and the Disarmers: attitude with a twang

Crazy Horse’s Billy Talbot on Neil Young, the ragged glory of their live shows, and the road ahead

Theater/Dance

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

Boston Ballet is in shape for Paris with ‘Spring Experience’

A Boston therapist assumed gay sons and their mothers had strong bonds. Then he heard more of their stories.

Health

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

Obituaries

Sean Burroughs, Little League hero and former MLB player, dies at 43

Jim Simons, math genius who conquered Wall Street, dies at 86

Nancy Neveloff Dubler, mediator for life’s final moments, dies at 82