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Helicopter carrying Iran’s hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy, mountainous region

There was no word on the condition of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Rescuers were attempting to reach the rugged location but were hampered by bad weather.

State parties play a critical role in elections— are Democrats or Republicans best positioned in 2024?
In an election year that is likely going to be decided on the margins, the ground game state parties are responsible for overseeing could be pivotal— as Republicans respond to state-level turmoil, Democrats are hoping their investment pays off.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he’s sorry, calls his actions ‘inexcusable’

The state’s new housing law aimed to help fix the affordability crisis. Experts now say it won’t deliver.
As towns file their MBTA Communities plans with the state, many are drawing zones that will likely produce far less new housing than the law anticipates. And it’s entirely by the book.

$1.5m for a wedding venue and conference center. $250,000 for historic ships. Here’s what top Senate brass put into the budget.
The Massachusetts Senate’s budget plan includes nearly $2.4 million targeting groups and causes in Senate President Karen Spilka’s district before the bill even hits the Senate floor, a Globe analysis found.

Biden talks about manhood and faith in commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel’s leaders are increasingly divided

For $35,000, you could own the Boston area’s last remaining typewriter shop

Tom Furrier, the longtime proprietor and master repairman of Cambridge Typewriter in Arlington, is in search of a new owner as he prepares to retire.
Dave Epstein

New England weather proves a blooming bonanza this spring

Whether it's azaleas, lilacs, dogwoods or other flowering plants — the colorful nature of the season is stunning right now across New England.

Much of Boston is built on artificial land. It’s vulnerable to sea level rise and hard to protect.
As climate change worsens and sea levels climb, the huge share of artificial land in Boston is not just an interesting factoid of history, but a significant engineering challenge.

‘We knew that our college experience would be like no other:’ Graduates from Brandeis, Tufts, BU receive degrees Sunday
Thousands of undergraduates received their degrees Sunday during commencement ceremonies for Tufts, Brandeis, and Boston universities, marking a milestone for a generation whose college years began with a pandemic and amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Harvard disciplines undergrads who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment, student coalition says

The student coalition alleged that the sanctions violate an agreement it reached with Alan Garber, Harvard’s interim president, to break down the encampment.
Looking back at the pro-Palestinian encampments around Massachusetts

Haitian cultural center slated to open in Boston’s North End later this year

Tucked inside a 2,000-square-foot space at the Lovejoy Wharf luxury condominiums, the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center will serve as a meeting place for community organizations to gather and artists to hone their craft.
red sox 11, cardinals 3

Rafael Devers homers in fifth straight game as bats back Nick Pivetta, Red Sox avoid sweep in St. Louis

Pivetta limited the Cardinals to one hit in six innings, and the Boston offense piled up 14 hits and 11 runs to break a long stretch of offensive struggles.
On baseball: Sunday’s Red Sox offensive breakout a reminder that luck sometimes evens out
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT

When it comes to the Bruins’ goalie situation, it looks like Linus Ullmark is a goner

Ullmark is expected to be traded ahead of the NHL Draft. Some of his salary will go toward a big bump in pay for Bruins partner Jeremy Swayman.
On hockey: After another Bruins exit, is coach Jim Montgomery also out of here?

The Celtics face the Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals. See the schedule.

Boston, by virtue of earning the No. 1 seed with a 64-18 regular-season record, has ensured it will have home-court advantage throughout the postseason.
Pacers win right to play Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals
Opinion
EDITORIAL

Who you gonna call? In Franklin Park, it’s not so clear.

Like several other parts of Boston, state and local cops share responsibility for the park area. Residents say complaints too often fall through the jurisdictional cracks.
JEFF JACOBY

In Argentina, Milei’s exhilarating chainsaw revolution is underway

Timothy Scalona

I survived homelessness and am now graduating to a better life
Sage Stossel

Finding common ground on campus
LETTERS

Biden, Trump, the media, the moderators, and the stakes
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

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Manchester City wins record fourth-straight Premier League title after win over West Ham on final day of season
City is the first team to be crowned champion of English soccer’s top division four years in a row, after holding off the challenge of second-place Arsenal.

Jake Gyllenhaal explains why it’s so great to host the ‘Saturday Night Live’ season finale in musical monologue, Sabrina Carpenter performs
The "Saturday Night Live" season finale was hosted by actor Jake Gyllenhaal, and the musical guest was pop star Sabrina Carpenter.

Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid

Slovakia’s defense minister says the country's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, remains in serious condition but now has a positive prognosis.

SUMMER ARTS GUIDE
After roasting Tom Brady, Nikki Glaser is just getting warmed up
Glaser brings her latest tour, “Alive and Unwell,” to the Cape Cod Melody Tent for a sold-out show July 12.

What we’ve learned so far in the Trump hush money trial and what to watch for as it wraps up
Testimony in the hush money trial of Donald Trump is set to conclude in the coming days.

America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket
Ed Dwight, an astronaut candidate in the early 60s, rocketed into space briefly on Sunday morning on Blue Origin. At 90 years old, Dwight is the new record-holder for oldest person in space.

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An identity thief stole $5,000 from me. I spent two years tracking down how.

When a stranger got $5,000 of my money from a bank teller, it sent me on a two-year odyssey to figure out who was impersonating me and how.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
A family’s anguish, and grace
The family of the man who committed Lewiston’s horrific mass shooting blame themselves

Soon-to-be Suffolk Law graduate shares story of struggling through homelessness
“In the beginning of my childhood, I lived what I thought was a peaceful life, sort of not rich but not poor either,” Timothy Scalona said. “And then deteriorating circumstances led to the foreclosure that thrust us into homelessness.”

Woman’s death after illegal medical procedure in Somerville raises concerns about underground clinics
The death of an Everett mother and the hospitalization of another woman following illicit medical procedures have renewed concerns about the dangers of underground clinics and unlicensed practitioners, who often target communities of color.

Culture & Lifestyle

Neil Young and Crazy Horse ride again at Xfinity Center

What’s red, red, and red all over? We spoke with Jonathan Yeo about the reaction to his official portrait of King Charles III.

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

Steven Tyler, in shrieking good voice, sings ‘Mama Kin’ at Black Crowes concert

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

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

I walked the entire 90-mile perimeter of Boston. It was surprising and delightful.
Renée Loth

The much-published letter writer David English extols his craft
Kenneth R. Manning

The value of graduations during times of political turmoil
RENÉE GRAHAM

The future of marriage equality
SCOT LEHIGH

A brush with political death could make Mike Johnson a better speaker
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘We knew that our college experience would be like no other:’ Graduates from Brandeis, Tufts, BU receive degrees Sunday

Thousands of undergraduates received their degrees Sunday during commencement ceremonies for Tufts, Brandeis, and Boston universities, marking a milestone for a generation whose college years began with a pandemic and amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Haitian cultural center slated to open in Boston’s North End later this year

Tucked inside a 2,000-square-foot space at the Lovejoy Wharf luxury condominiums, the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center will serve as a meeting place for community organizations to gather and artists to hone their craft.
Dave Epstein

New England weather proves a blooming bonanza this spring

Whether it's azaleas, lilacs, dogwoods or other flowering plants — the colorful nature of the season is stunning right now across New England.

Photos: Lexington celebrates Hindu Festival of Colors

The event, organized by the Bhakti Center of Lexington that celebrates the onset of spring, also featured 24 multicultural performances with more than 200 performers, two live bands, and a plethora of cultural cuisines.

Sports

Celtics

The Celtics face the Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals. See the schedule.

Boston, by virtue of earning the No. 1 seed with a 64-18 regular-season record, has ensured it will have home-court advantage throughout the postseason.
Eastern Conference semifinals Game 7: Pacers 130, Knicks 109

Pacers win right to play Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals

The winners will have little time to rest as they will play Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals in Boston on Tuesday night.
ISL GIRLS' LACROSSE: NOBLES 13, GOVERNOR'S 2

Nobles girls’ lacrosse juggernaut rolls to third straight ISL crown

With eight different players registering goals, the Bulldogs barreled to their fifth league title in seven years by throttling visiting Governor’s Academy, 13-2.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT

When it comes to the Bruins’ goalie situation, it looks like Linus Ullmark is a goner
UNITED STATES 10, Kazakhstan 1

United States routs Kazakhstan at hockey worlds behind Brady Tkachuk’s opportune hat trick

Business

US and Chinese automakers are headed in completely different directions

Chinese automakers are entering markets all over the world, while American companies like GM and Ford are focusing on North America.

Biden’s China tariffs are the end of an era for cheap Chinese goods

Biden’s decision Tuesday to codify and escalate tariffs imposed by Trump made clear that the United States has closed out a decades-long era that embraced trade with China and prized the gains of lower-cost products over the loss of geographically concentrated manufacturing jobs.

These local leaders struggled in school. It hasn’t held them back.

The state’s new housing law aimed to help fix the affordability crisis. Experts now say it won’t deliver.
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Globe Magazine

An identity thief stole $5,000 from me. I spent two years tracking down how.
Globe Magazine

To meet people in her new town, she wanted to start a book club. She got 200 replies.
PERSPECTIVE

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

Whose order should a restaurant server take first?

metro

Episcopal Diocese of Mass. elects first woman bishop

Harvard disciplines undergrads who participated in pro-Palestinian encampment, student coalition says

Looking back at the pro-Palestinian encampments around Massachusetts

sports

With playoff run over, Jake DeBrusk deals with possibility of leaving Bruins behind in free agency

PWHL Boston to host league’s inaugural final starting Sunday vs. Minnesota

Rafael Devers homers in fifth straight game as bats back Nick Pivetta, Red Sox avoid sweep in St. Louis

business

NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre

Moderna wins a battle in vaccine patent dispute with Pfizer-BioNTech

Despite looming tax base worries, Moody’s affirms Boston’s strong credit rating

politics

State parties play a critical role in elections— are Democrats or Republicans best positioned in 2024?

New star wars plan: Pentagon rushes to counter threats in orbit

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

Nation

Biden talks about manhood and faith in commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits beating ex-girlfriend Cassie, says he’s sorry, calls his actions ‘inexcusable’

America’s first Black astronaut candidate finally goes to space 60 years later on Bezos rocket

World

Slovak prime minister’s condition remains serious but prognosis positive after assassination bid

Helicopter carrying Iran’s hard-line president apparently crashes in foggy, mountainous region

Taiwan’s new president inherits a strong foreign policy position but political gridlock at home

opinion

La desmedida controversia para nombrar una escuela en Concord

The value of graduations during times of political turmoil

Will the doctor be in? Massachusetts prisoners are about to find out.

lifestyle

A college puts the ‘cat’ into ‘education’ by giving Max an honorary ‘doctor of litter-ature’ degree

I’m concerned about my wife’s mental health

Meet the Wellesley psychiatrist who wants families to ban smartphones before 8th grade

food & dining

A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?

Small Victories serves empanadas and caviar in Southie; Althea opens in Central Square

Michelle T. King’s ‘Chop Fry Watch Learn’ remembers Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese food to TV — and the world

travel

Funny — you don’t look two years old! This new, ‘olde’ Rockport, Maine, hotel is full of surprises

Beaches, palaces, and high culture. The unexpected and completely over-the-top pleasures of Abu Dhabi.

Biddeford — and ‘Maine’s Youngest Downtown’ — is worth a visit

Arts

What’s red, red, and red all over? We spoke with Jonathan Yeo about the reaction to his official portrait of King Charles III.

In a solo show at the Portland Museum of Art, Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey transforms an ancient tradition

10 museum exhibitions to enrich long summer days

Books

John Kaag, in ‘American Bloods,’ follows the sprawling branches of a powerful dynasty throughout American history

Two new poetry collections and a literary journal exploring ‘the pastoral and the passed-over’ in Maine

Author readings around Boston through May 25

Movies

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix

Ready to get your summer movies on? Here’s your guide, from ‘Furiosa’ to ‘Fly Me to the Moon.’

‘Back to Black’ star Marisa Abela on telling Amy Winehouse’s story ‘authentically’ through her music

Television

Jake Gyllenhaal explains why it’s so great to host the ‘Saturday Night Live’ season finale in musical monologue, Sabrina Carpenter performs

Ari Shapiro to host new season of ‘The Mole’

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix

music

Neil Young and Crazy Horse ride again at Xfinity Center

Steven Tyler, in shrieking good voice, sings ‘Mama Kin’ at Black Crowes concert

For Americana fans, there’s Willie, Billy, and 8 more great shows

Theater/Dance

From Covent Garden to the Berkshires: London’s Royal Ballet visits US for the first time since 2015

The weather’s heating up and so is dance: 10 shows to see in New England

From ‘Holy Grail’ to ‘Catholic Guilt,’ 10 comedy shows to lighten up summer

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

Jon Urbanchek, who led swimmers to Olympic glory, dies at 87

Eddie Gossage, the longtime head of Texas Motor Speedway, dies at 65

Katherine Porter, painter of intuitive expressionism, dies at 82