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Around New England with Kevin Cullen

1988 murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry remains Maine’s most notorious case. Man convicted still insists he was framed.

The case offers competing narratives that fascinate and repulse Mainers, pitting the memory of a defenseless child against a man with no previous record of crime or violent behavior who insists he was wrongly accused by law enforcement.

Iran’s president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister, and several other officials have been found dead after their helicopter crashed in a foggy, mountainous region of the country’s northwest.

What do we know so far about the helicopter crash? Who is Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, appointed acting president after crash?

Michael Cohen to face more grilling as Trump’s hush money trial enters its final stretch

Donald Trump’s hush money trial is heading into the final stretch, with prosecutors’ last and star witness expected back on the stand for more grilling before the former president’s lawyers get their chance to put on a case.
Tracker: Who has testified and what did they say?

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Surge of summerlike heat is on the way. Here’s how hot it will get in New England.
Monday kicks off a beautiful, dry week that will send temps soaring well into the 80s starting Tuesday.

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

Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel’s leaders are increasingly divided
MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: The story of Stax, the origin of Lollapalooza, and a heartfelt Summer Olympics

Premiering Monday on HBO, “Stax: Soulsville U.S.A.” includes rare archival material as it looks into artists connected to the label, including Otis Redding, Booker T. & the M.G.’s, Isaac Hayes, the Staple Singers, and Sam & Dave.
Boston at a Bargain

Boston Calling brews, free screenings and shows, and a secret society-themed dance party

Celebrate and learn about Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage in Quincy, watch “A Man Called Ove” with the Fenway Community Center, and more.

Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What’s behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves.

Surprising flavor combinations — think gravy-flavored Jones Soda or Sour Patch Kids Oreos — are showing up more frequently in grocery stores and restaurants.
Opinion
Elsa Pearson Sites

What to do when Medicare runs out of money

It’s simple math: More recipients means more spending. But the catch is we’re already spending a lot of money and how fast we’re spending it is alarming.
EDITORIAL

We ask too much of primary care doctors. 26.7 hours a day, to be exact.
IDEAS | TED WIDMER

The limits of comparisons to 1968
David Dam

What it means to be Asian in America
JEFF JACOBY

In Argentina, Milei’s exhilarating chainsaw revolution is underway

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

More recent News

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.

Bruce Nordstrom, who helped grow family-led department store chain, has died
Bruce Nordstrom, a retail executive who helped expand his family’s Pacific Northwest department store chain into an upscale national brand, has died.

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL
Sunday’s Red Sox offensive breakout a reminder that luck sometimes evens out
Boston's big hits in the finale against the Cardinals were a sun-aided triple, a 38.4-m.p.h. grounder to first base, and a Dom Smith bloop he said he couldn't have thrown into a better spot.

What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees.
Exploring the cosmos makes for happy employees, federal workers like to work from home like everyone else, and an agency that has struggled with low morale is showing improvement.

INNOVATOR Q&A
Expanding into global markets is not out of reach for small R.I. businesses, says trade leader
Eva-Marie Mancuso, the director of the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, said businesses facing interruptions from the Washington Bridge problems can turn to trade.

FRANK DELL'APA | ON SOCCER
The Revolution are at a crossroads, with a roster unable to get out of its own way
From the top down, the Revolution simply have not been putting themselves in position to succeed.

Recommended reads

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.

HIGH & DRY
A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?
Neighborhoods still languish in the wake of a 2014 bill that created licenses for the city. Now there’s a new push to solve the enduring problem of who is given the privilege of serving alcohol — and where.

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.

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

EDITORIAL

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

I survived homelessness and am now graduating to a better life
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
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

COMMENTARY | CRUZ CARIDAD BUENO

Investing in child care is an investment in R.I. families and our economy

The General Assembly is considering two bills that would help more families afford quality child care and incentivize more early educators to remain in the sector.
INNOVATOR Q&A

Expanding into global markets is not out of reach for small R.I. businesses, says trade leader

Eva-Marie Mancuso, the director of the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, said businesses facing interruptions from the Washington Bridge problems can turn to trade.
Forecast | Dave Epstein

Surge of summerlike heat is on the way. Here’s how hot it will get in New England.

Monday kicks off a beautiful, dry week that will send temps soaring well into the 80s starting Tuesday.
Around New England with Kevin Cullen

1988 murder of 12-year-old Sarah Cherry remains Maine’s most notorious case. Man convicted still insists he was framed.

The case offers competing narratives that fascinate and repulse Mainers, pitting the memory of a defenseless child against a man with no previous record of crime or violent behavior who insists he was wrongly accused by law enforcement.

Sports

FRANK DELL'APA | ON SOCCER

The Revolution are at a crossroads, with a roster unable to get out of its own way

From the top down, the Revolution simply have not been putting themselves in position to succeed.
NASCAR: All-Star Race

Joey Logano proves he’s NASCAR’s shiniest All-Star of all

Logano dominated the short track at North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway, leading all but one of 200 laps to win his second All-Star Race and earn $1 million.
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS GAME 7: TIMBERWOLVES 98, NUGGETS 90

Timberwolves take final bite out of defending champion Nuggets in Game 7

The Wolves got 23 points each from Karl-Anthony Towns and Jaden McDaniels and advanced to the Western Conference finals for the first time in 20 years.
red sox 11, cardinals 3

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

With Pacers up next, Celtics continue on favorable path toward NBA Finals

Business

INNOVATOR Q&A

Expanding into global markets is not out of reach for small R.I. businesses, says trade leader

Eva-Marie Mancuso, the director of the John H. Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, said businesses facing interruptions from the Washington Bridge problems can turn to trade.

London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Assange is extradited to the US

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a court hearing in London that could end with him being sent to the US to face espionage charges, or provide him another chance to appeal his extradition.

‘Mind-numbing’: Why grocery prices in Massachusetts are rising faster than in most of the country

Minnesota Uber and Lyft driver pay package beats deadline to win approval in Legislature
magazine
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

Fierce debate at Harvard, MIT over sanctions against pro-Palestinian demonstrators

Harvard students march, demanding reverse of discipline for encampment protesters

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

sports

Gotham FC’s Lynn Williams becomes NWSL’s all-time leading scorer

Aerin Frankel claims Game 1 of Walter Cup Finals for PWHL Boston over PWHL Minnesota

Endicott baseball and Tufts softball reach NCAA Super Regionals, plus more New England college results

business

Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What’s behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves.

Bruce Nordstrom, who helped grow family-led department store chain, has died

US and Chinese automakers are headed in completely different directions

politics

What a blast to work at NASA. Space agency is sky-high again in latest survey of federal employees.

Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump

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

Nation

Michael Cohen to face more grilling as Trump’s hush money trial enters its final stretch

Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What’s behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves.

Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse to be refloated and moved

World

Who is Iran’s first vice president, Mohammad Mokhber, appointed acting president after crash?

London court to decide whether WikiLeaks founder Assange is extradited to the US

What do we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others?

opinion

Score one for the little guys in fending off Boston’s Olympic bid

Kids’ job was to get in to their top pick. Parents’ duty was to pay for it.

Mass. succumbing to corporate medicine

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

‘Mind-numbing’: Why grocery prices in Massachusetts are rising faster than in most of the country

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

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

This week’s TV: The story of Stax, the origin of Lollapalooza, and a heartfelt Summer Olympics

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’

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

Bruce Nordstrom, who helped grow family-led department store chain, has died

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

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