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Game 5 | Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98

Celtics center Al Horford reacts after he put the nail in the coffin with a killer 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Al Horford, the Celtics’ elder statesman, delivered a throwback effort in Game 5

Horford finished with 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocked shots as the Celtics won Game 5, 113-98, to close out the series and claim their third consecutive berth in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Celtics fed off Al Horford’s vintage performance in beating the Cavaliers

Al Horford will be playing in his fourth Eastern Conference Finals with the Celtics (fifth overall), while Jayson Tatum is already in his fifth.

Let’s take a moment to fully appreciate six Eastern Conference finals trips in eight years

There will be time to nitpick, but for now let's acknowledge the many encouraging, even inspiring, developments for the Celtics in Game 5 and series.

‘I have to convince you I’m not evil’: Some Israeli students feel shunned on college campuses
They fear some classmates and professors will always view them as personally compromised by the actions of their country’s government.

After end of pro-Palestinian MIT encampment, students march to the president’s home

Palestinians across the Middle East mark their original ‘catastrophe’ with eyes on the war in Gaza

Mayor Wu on the biggest hurdles for White Stadium, Revolution Stadium in Everett
Transportation and access issues are key issues in both the proposed White Stadium renovation and the Revolution venue in Everett.

The Patriots will open their season against Joe Burrow and the Bengals.

Analyzing the Patriots 2024 schedule, which opens at Cincinnati Sept. 8

The Patriots will play the Jaguars in London, a Thursday night game vs. the Jets in Week 3, enjoy a Week 14 bye, and, as of now, play zero Sunday or Monday night games.

Patriots to face Jaguars at London’s Wembley Stadium during 2024 season

When Biden’s new airline refund rule hit legislative turbulence, Warren swooped in to help save it

The White House had sold airline refunds as “automatic” but the legislation coming out of the Senate initially said something different.

Steward crisis adding to stresses on hospital care, as state scrambles to contain fallout

Nearby hospitals are finding that even as Steward’s eight hospitals in the state remain open for patients, the “level of intensity of care is clearly declining,” one state official said.

Colin Albert, key witness in Karen Read murder trial, testifies

Albert, the 20-year-old nephew of the couple who owned the home where O’Keefe’s body was found on the front lawn, spoke at the trial on Wednesday.

Here's how Wednesday's testimony unfolded Tracker: Who has testified and what did they say?

Biden approves flooding disaster declaration for Massachusetts, reverses earlier denial by FEMA
President Biden Wednesday night approved a disaster declaration for parts of Massachusetts which suffered major flash flooding last September, reversing an earlier denial from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the White House announced.

US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

Fraught with logistical, weather, and security challenges, the maritime route is designed to bolster the amount of aid getting into the Gaza Strip.

New study claims Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

Will jurors believe Michael Cohen? Defense keys on witness’ credibility at Trump hush money trial.

Prosecutors’ star witness will be back in the hot seat in Donald Trump’s hush money trial as defense lawyers try to chip away at Michael Cohen’s crucial testimony implicating the former president.

Tracker: Who has testified in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial, and what did they say?

Mariano casts doubt on tax on high-dollar real estate sales, a key priority of Healey and Wu

Melanie Sola, a 2020 Valedictorian at Madison Park Vocational Technical School, recently graduated with a degree in business from Northeastern University with help from The Valedictorian Project.

When good grades get a boost

All too often, some sky-is-the-limit valedictorians crash up against hard and immovable ceilings.

Jose Siri (right) scored one of the Rays' three runs in the sixth inning.

Rays 4, Red Sox 3

Red Sox can’t recover from Rays’ three-run sixth, lose at Fenway

The teams complete the four-game series Thursday night at Fenway Park.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate in November 2020 in Nashville in this composite image.

James Pindell | ANALYSIS

Biden and Trump agree to a pair of debates. Is this for real? What you need to know.

Maybe pencil in the dates, but don’t write it down with a permanent marker. We've been here before.

Biden and Trump agree to two debates

MATTHEW GILBERT | 'SNL' SHOWDOWN

Globe readers voted Kate McKinnon as the best "SNL" cast member of all time.

Kate McKinnon wins our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket

Who’s the best "Saturday Night Live" cast member of the past five decades? We asked readers to decide.

Kate McKinnon and John Belushi are the two finalists in our "Saturday Night Live" bracket to determine the best cast member of all time.

A pair of ‘SNL’ finalists with nothing in common — except that they’re very funny

John Belushi and Kate McKinnon represent different eras, genders, and comedic styles. But both were over-the-top performers who brought big energy to the “SNL” stage.

Opinion

IDEAS | DANIEL CONROY-BEAM

How the incels warped my research

Evolutionary psychology has developed an uncomfortable relationship with provocateurs and incel ideology.

The future of marriage equality

House leaders lard up the state budget with a side of pork

Ronald J. Mariano and John J. Lawn Jr.

Health care in Massachusetts is in need of reform

IDEAS | ASHLEY BALZER VIGIL

In uncharted ocean depths, researchers find never-before-seen sea creatures

AAPI Heritage Month

Anne Nishimura Morse, the William and Helen Pounds Senior Curator of Japanese Art, sits for a portrait in one of the newly renovated galleries at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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

Amy Tan, pictured here in a park near Harvard Square, was recently in Cambridge on a book tour for her latest work, "The Backyard Bird Chronicles."

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

The oxtail pho with bone marrow at Le Madeline in Quincy.

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

Jeannie Salomon speaking at the Cultural Society for Entrepreneurship, Bilingualism, Resources and Inspirations' May 4 AAPI Heritage Month Celebration.

COMMENTARY | JEANNIE SALOMON

This AAPI Heritage Month, it’s time to get serious about teaching AAPI history in Rhode Island

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Massachusetts gambling helpline saw increase in calls last year; many from people wanting tech support for sports betting apps
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A view of the stern of Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas. The ship, which is the largest in the world, was designed by Wilson Butler Architects in Boston.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Meet the Boston architects who designed the largest cruise ship in the world

From a small office in Downtown Crossing, Wilson Butler Architects has been quietly changing the way people cruise for more than two decades.

A Cambridge City Council panel’s proposal would legalize six-story buildings. Everywhere.
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Special Projects

Ashfield, MA 06/13//2023, At Sanderson Academy, books in a fourth-grade classroom.

Suzanne Kreiter\Globe staff

Lost in a World of Words

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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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Karen Read arrived for court with her defense team attorneys at Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham on May 13.

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Shelby Hewitt in a photo taken circa 2022.

How did DCF fail to notice their social worker was attending high school?

Mary Bonauto, pictured in November 2004, represented seven couples in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the lawsuit that led to the landmark decision that made Massachusetts the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

The lawyer who led the case for marriage equality in Massachusetts

A cynical Washington Post tells Biden: Nothing matters more than beating Trump

Stephen Miller, who shaped former president Donald Trump's immigration policies, joined Senator Mike Lee of Utah, left, Representative Chip Roy of Texas, and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, as they talked to reporters about requiring American citizenship to vote in national elections, as they introduced the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, in Washington, D.C., on May 8.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Noncitizen voting is already illegal in federal elections. Here’s why Republicans are still pushing the issue.

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Pockets of soaking rain will make for messy morning commute

Flooding possible in southeastern Mass. and RI, with over 3 inches of rainfall so far in some locations.

COLUMN | DAN MCGOWAN

‘I became Natalie again.’ At age 90, she’s getting her college degree.

On Thursday, Natalie Tortolani will walk across the stage at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence to receive an associate's degree in fine arts from CCRI. Most of the graduates will be a quarter of her age, but she’s the epitome of what it means to be a lifelong learner.

Money, Power, Inequality

To center marginalized patients, this therapy practice uses an uncommon approach: a ‘liberation framework’

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Maine mass shooter’s family to testify Thursday about Lewiston attacks

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Sports

White Stadium in Franklin Park would be the home venue for a women's professional soccer team, but the refurbished facility would continue to be used by Boston Public School students.

sports business

Mayor Wu on the biggest hurdles for White Stadium, Revolution Stadium in Everett

Transportation and access issues are key issues in both the proposed White Stadium renovation and the Revolution venue in Everett.

Al Horford takes an uncontested 3-pointer, one of six he would make in Game 5 against the Cavaliers.

Celtics 113, Cavaliers 98

The Celtics fed off Al Horford’s vintage performance in beating the Cavaliers

The veteran left his mark on the game, finishing with 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

Celtics center Al Horford reacts after he put the nail in the coffin with a killer 3-pointer late in the fourth quarter.

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Al Horford, the Celtics’ elder statesman, delivered a throwback effort in Game 5

Horford finished with 22 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocked shots as the Celtics won Game 5, 113-98, to close out the series and claim their third consecutive berth in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Let’s take a moment to fully appreciate six Eastern Conference finals trips in eight years

Watch: Al Horford, Joe Mazzulla talk Celtics’ closeout Game 5 win over the Cavaliers

Business

‘It looks really optimistic’: Boston tourist attractions anticipate strong 2024 summer season

Meet Boston, the city’s visitors bureau, anticipates nearly 2.6 million international visitors in 2024, right behind the prepandemic visitor level of close to 2.7 million people.

Benson to become top AARP official in Mass.

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.

Harvard’s crackdown on Gaza protest violated US labor law, union claims

A second scourge is battering Brazil’s flooded south: disinformation

magazine

Marcia Kadish (left) and Tanya McCloskey celebrate after being married on May 17, 2004.

Marcia Kadish recalls the day she made same-sex marriage history in Cambridge

Harissa Potato Salad With Mint and Lemon

Harissa potato salad and other bold takes on standard picnic sides

On Sunday, take part in the the Somerville Bike Pageant.

Your Week Ahead

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From left: Leah Ellis of Sublime Systems, Sarah Hodges of Pillar VC, and Lily Lyman of Underscore VC

Tech Power Players 2024

The Globe’s 2024 Tech Power Players include more women in leadership in the startup scene

metro

Marcia Hams (left) and Susan Shepherd were the first same-sex couple to apply for a marriage license in Massachusetts in 2004.

‘It was wonderful to be legal’: Massachusetts couples reflect on 20 years of same-sex marriage

Family of Lewiston shooter to testify before commission investigating tragedy

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sports

The Panthers and Bruins will mix it up for the 13th time in the last two postseasons at 7 p.m. on Friday at TD Garden.

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Cale Makar scores twice as Avalanche bury Stars in Game 5 to stay alive

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business

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, owner of about a 0.2 percent stake in Exxon, is considering whether to vote against the reelection of chief executive Darren Woods to the company’s board.

More investors assail Exxon’s climate conduct

Steward crisis adding to stresses on hospital care, as state scrambles to contain fallout

Billionaire Frank McCourt says he’s putting together a consortium to buy TikTok

politics

Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade and sailors attached to the MV Roy P. Benavidez assemble the Roll-On, Roll-Off Distribution Facility (RRDF), or floating pier, off the shore of Gaza in the Mediterranean Sea on April 26.

US military says Gaza Strip pier project is completed, aid to soon flow as Israel-Hamas war rages on

RFK Jr. draws another $8 million from his running mate, Nicole Shanahan

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Nation

Workers surveyed the site where a barge crashed into the Pelican Island Bridge, Wednesday, May 15, 2024, in Galveston, Texas.

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Census estimates: Detroit population rises after decades of decline, South still dominates US growth

California college professor to stand trial in death of pro-Israel protester last year

World

Police arrest a man after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and injured following the cabinet's away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, on May 15.

Slovakian leader is in stable but serious condition after assassination attempt, hospital says

China and Russia reaffirm ties as Moscow presses offensive in Ukraine

South Korean court rejects effort to block plan that would boost medical school admissions

opinion

Mary Bonauto, pictured in November 2004, represented seven couples in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the lawsuit that led to the landmark decision that made Massachusetts the first state in the nation to legalize same-sex marriage.

The lawyer who led the case for marriage equality in Massachusetts

The disturbing rhetorical device permeating American politics

A cynical Washington Post tells Biden: Nothing matters more than beating Trump

lifestyle

A phone with an App Store selection of the dating app Bumble.

Bumble ran billboard ads that sneered at celibacy as an alternative to dating. Then it backtracked and apologized.

My husband is on Tinder

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

food & dining

The seared scallops entree at Seamark Seafood and Cocktails at Encore Boston Harbor.

At Seamark at Encore Boston Harbor, Michael Schlow resurfaces in a splashy setting

Move over filet mignon, meet the man who wants to make ostrich meat a staple

Grasshopper in Allston — a vegan pioneer — is closing. We went for one last meal.

travel

Josh Rudy, a tour guide with the Freedom Trail Foundation, joked about how beautiful John Hancock’s wife was as he played Captain Daniel Malcolm while leading a tour of the Freedom Trail.

‘It looks really optimistic’: Boston tourist attractions anticipate strong 2024 summer season

Meet the Boston architects who designed the largest cruise ship in the world

Here are five fun ‘Western’ foods to eat in South Korea

Arts

Suffragist Caroline Wellington memorialized in bronze in LexSeeHer's "Something Is Being Done" monument.

In Lexington, unveiling a monument to women who shaped history

Museum of Science to unveil major renovation in mid-2026

Magician Asi Wind is up to some new tricks

Books

Alice Munro posed for a photograph at the Canadian Consulate's residence in New York in 2002.

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, has died

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

Movies

Still from "We Will Not Fade Away."

‘You can illuminate this darkness’: Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston returns

Netflix adaption of Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ films on Martha’s Vineyard

John Krasinski’s kids’ flick ‘IF’ follows a 12-year-old girl on an imaginative adventure around New York City

Television

Globe readers voted Kate McKinnon as the best "SNL" cast member of all time.

Kate McKinnon wins our best ‘SNL’ cast member bracket

Netflix adaption of Judy Blume’s ‘Forever’ films on Martha’s Vineyard

Netflix will air NFL’s Christmas games, a major step for streaming service

music

Country musicians, from left, Luke Combs, Megan Moroney, and Morgan Wallen.

The Academy of Country Music Awards are here; Luke Combs leads the nominations

Live from the Museum of Science: It’s David Byrne ... talking about eels

On Joan Jett Night, a celebration for women who love rock ’n’ roll

Theater/Dance

Jennifer Mogbock, portraying the title character in "Toni Stone," rehearses a scene from Lydia R. Diamond's play about the first Black woman to play professional baseball.

With ‘Toni Stone,’ Lydia R. Diamond tips her cap to a baseball trailblazer

George Clooney to make his Broadway debut in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

Boston Dance Theater reaches for the ‘Pinnacle’

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

Dr. Shapiro in 1990

David Shapiro, who gained fame in poetry and protest, dies at 77

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, has died

Dr. Cyril Wecht, celebrity pathologist who argued more than 1 shooter killed JFK, dies at 93