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Wayfair goes brick-and-mortar with first big-box store. Take a look inside.
A giant new store in suburban Chicago is part of the Boston-based online retailer’s foray into the physical world.

Despite the state’s efforts, Logan Airport continues to be a front line in the migrant crisis
On a recent night, it was deja vu at Terminal E, as people sprawled out to grab some shut-eye while travelers whisked by with their luggage, en route to Dublin or Doha, Istanbul or Zurich.

Migrant and other families may start losing emergency shelter coverage on Sept. 1, causing alarm among providers

Witness describes flirtatious text exchanges with Karen Read during testimony

Brian Higgins and Read exchanged flirty text messages and kissed once in the weeks before John O’Keefe was found fatally injured and covered in snow.
How Friday's testimony unfolded

Read the texts between Karen Read and ATF agent Brian Higgins: ‘You think you can handle me?’

ADRIAN WALKER

Dropping Harvard ‘assault’ case would be justice

Though the incident attracted little local notice at the time, it immediately became a cause celebre in right-wing circles.

Justice Sotomayor describes frustration with being a liberal on the Supreme Court during Harvard speech
Sotomayor spoke to a crowd Friday at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University, where she was being honored.

Three people injured in vehicle fires in Ted Williams Tunnel

Healey attended Thursday night’s White House state dinner. It wasn’t on her list of public events.

BU to change the name of dorm named for English colonist who massacred Native Americans

The YIMBYs are coming, to the suburbs

There's a fast-growing network of new advocacy groups that have sprung up in suburbs across Greater Boston, whose members go to public meetings to say yes to more housing development, instead of no.

US airports set a new record: The most passengers screened in one day

Friday, ahead of Memorial Day, saw more than 2.9 million people travel through airports in the US, surpassing the record set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2023.
The best and worst times to travel this weekend So many ways to savor Memorial Day weekend in and around Boston

Ben Volin | Sunday football notes
Which NFL veterans are angling for new contracts?
More than a dozen players are angling for new contracts, with some skipping voluntary Organized Team Activities and others choosing to handle their business more quietly.

It’s been four years since the pandemic shutdowns. Riders in Boston are still waiting extra long for the train.
The lag represents a so-far unfulfilled promise by T General Manager Phillip Eng, who on his first day a little over a year ago vowed to “restore service for people.”

Celtics at Pacers | 8:30 p.m. (ABC)

Celtics at Pacers, Game 3 preview: Jrue Holiday questionable because of illness

The Eastern Conference finals shift to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, where the Pacers will try to avoid falling into a 3-0 hole.
Playoff appearances couldn’t keep these three NBA coaches from being fired
ANALYSIS | James Pindell

The now-controversial flag flown at Justice Alito’s beach house? It’s rooted in Massachusetts.

A version of the Pine Tree Flag is still in use in Massachusetts today.
Democratic senators request meeting with Chief Justice Roberts over flags flown at Alito’s homes

Drug giant Takeda plans more than 640 layoffs in Massachusetts

The state's largest drug maker by headcount confirmed Friday that it plans to lay off hundreds of local employees between early July and next March.

From oil to electricity: New England’s biggest battery facility could soon rise in Everett

Jupiter Power’s proposal to build grid-scale batteries across 20 acres would be among the largest such project in New England.
Massachusetts moves to add more EV charging on highways, but not from Tesla
MUSIC REVIEW

At Boston Calling, Reneé Rapp leads the love parade

Ed Sheeran may have been Friday’s headliner, but it was the off-the-cuff whimsy of singer Renee Rapp and bursts of diverse sounds from other artists down the lineup that colored a solid but noticeably rock-heavy opening day of the festival.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Through MLB ballpark tour, a family gives back after tragedy

The Jackson Yelle Family Foundation was created with the goal of helping young people and organizations who reflected Jackson’s values and giving personality.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

While a team streams, a sports fan has reason to steam

It’s extremely frustrating when you pay for an app to discover that a particular game is on another service, especially one that requires busting out the credit card yet again.
Opinion
IDEAS | WHITNEY ELLENBY

My son is profoundly autistic. Please don’t say he’s merely ‘neurodiverse.’

It's dangerous to eliminate terminology that accurately describes thousands of people with severe disabilities.
KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

The Supreme Court is a potential threat to our democracy
SCOT LEHIGH

Here’s how blue state voters can help the Democrats’ swing-state efforts
LETTERS

MBTA Communities law has people talking about housing. That’s progress.
Christopher Weyant

We’re going to need a bigger boat
AAPI Heritage Month
SHIRLEY LEUNG

In Malden, the booming Asian community could soon have a place of their own

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

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‘I was always one of the boys,’ 102-year-old Zecil Gravitz of Canton recalls her Navy service during WWII
A Navy veteran of World War II, Zecil Gravitz served at a time when there were no warm uniforms or antibiotics. Female and Jewish soldiers were even more sparse. She was both.

THE FINE PRINT
Senate votes to prohibit seizing home equity in municipal tax-taking cases
Critics of a practice they call “home equity theft” hailed the vote as a major step forward in a years-long effort to protect the equity homeowners have in property taken from them due to delinquent property taxes.

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53
Mr. Spurlock was an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet.

Involuntary manslaughter allegation against Alec Baldwin advances toward trial with new court ruling
A New Mexico judge has rejected a request by Alec Baldwin to dismiss the sole criminal charge against him in a fatal shooting on the set of ‘Rust.'

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PWHL Boston’s season is on the brink after losing Game 3 to Minnesota in Walter Cup finals
Boston has to win Sunday to force a deciding fifth game. On Friday, it got as close as 2-1 on a Alina Müller goal in the final minute of the second period.

Trump will address the Libertarian Party convention as he goes after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Donald Trump is addressing the Libertarian National Convention, courting a segment of the conservative electorate that’s often skeptical of the former president’s bombast.
Prosecutors seek to bar Trump in classified files case from statements endangering law enforcement

Louisiana governor signs bill making abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

Opponents of the measure included many physicians who said the drugs have other critical reproductive health care uses, and that changing the classification could make it harder to prescribe the drugs.

The bodies of three more hostages are recovered from Gaza by the Israeli army

Israel is also expecting a ruling Friday afternoon by the International Court of Justice to decide on an urgent plea by South Africa to order Israel to cease operations.
Top UN court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah; Israel unlikely to comply

Independent commission probes law enforcement communication amid reports of ‘chaotic’ police response to Maine mass shooting

The state commission investigating law enforcement's response to the Oct. 25 mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston focused Friday on communication among multiple agencies.

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Retracing the deep Celtics roots of Pacers coach Rick Carlisle, and other thoughts

Carlisle was here for three seasons in the 1980s — he was on the legendary 1986 champions — and has seen a lot of changes in the NBA game.

Could Martha’s Vineyard run out of weed?
Two cannabis businesses on the Vineyard and Nantucket warn that strict shipping rules could crimp supply on the islands. They’re suing to change them.

So you want to be a working musician in Greater Boston? Here’s what it takes.
The region’s cost-of-living crunch has not spared performers like Trama and his craft. Real estate prices are squeezing small performance venues and performers alike.

‘Part of the further fracturing of American society’: GBH’s suspension of ‘Basic Black’ seen as troubling media trend
GBH suspended the TV program on Wednesday as part of cost-cutting measures. Longtime viewers and contributors worry that its audience won’t be able to find the type of programming anywhere else.

Culture & Lifestyle

A fans’ guide to Boston Calling: Performance times, food lineup, and everything you need to know

In the Huntington’s ‘Toni Stone,’ a player in a league of her own

As the Rolling Stones prepare to hit Gillette, here’s a tour through their recent live releases

So many ways to savor Memorial Day weekend in and around Boston

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 | ALEXANDRA STYRON

The problem with campus protests is not cruelty but ignorance
EDITORIAL

Why a contested mayor’s race in 2025 would be a good thing

IDEAS | Mattia Ferraresi

Banning TikTok won’t fix the deeper problems posed by Big Tech
Renée Graham

In praise of Jacob’s big gay life on ‘Abbott Elementary’
IDEAS | BART TOCCI

I got dumped by the Unemployment office. Would they take me back?
IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

ADRIAN WALKER

Dropping Harvard ‘assault’ case would be justice

Though the incident attracted little local notice at the time, it immediately became a cause celebre in right-wing circles.
Weekend Forecast | Ken Mahan

It’s a great start but soggy finish for Memorial Day weekend

Saturday and Sunday are looking like the best bets for cook-outs and other gatherings, minus a few spot showers.

Three people injured in vehicle fires in Ted Williams Tunnel

Three people were taken to the hospital after three cars caught fire inside the Ted Williams Tunnel during the Friday evening commute.

Roslindale man charged in two antisemitic acts in Newton

Alexei Rodriguez allegedly drove an SUV with a Palestinian flag toward two Jewish children wearing yarmulkes in April, and also allegedly tore down blue ribbons honoring Israeli hostages from near a Jewish community center on Tuesday.

Sports

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Garden Party: Start your engines 🏁

It's time for Game 3.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Playoff appearances couldn’t keep these three NBA coaches from being fired

It’s not that J.B. Bickerstaff, Darvin Ham, or Frank Vogel lost their ability to lead, but if the stars don’t endorse the coach, then the coach will be blamed for the team’s downfall.
Celtics at Pacers | 8:30 p.m. (ABC)

Celtics at Pacers, Game 3 preview: Jrue Holiday questionable because of illness

The Eastern Conference finals shift to Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, where the Pacers will try to avoid falling into a 3-0 hole.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Through MLB ballpark tour, a family gives back after tragedy
Brewers at Red Sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 52: Brewers at Red Sox lineups and preview

Business

US airports set a new record: The most passengers screened in one day

Friday, ahead of Memorial Day, saw more than 2.9 million people travel through airports in the US, surpassing the record set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving in 2023.

Wayfair goes brick-and-mortar with first big-box store. Take a look inside.

A giant new store in suburban Chicago is part of the Boston-based online retailer’s foray into the physical world.

The YIMBYs are coming, to the suburbs

Drug giant Takeda plans more than 640 layoffs in Massachusetts
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Summer Travel

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

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We set out to kayak the entire Charles River. It was that or pickleball.
Things to do

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

Witness describes flirtatious text exchanges with Karen Read during testimony

Independent commission probes law enforcement communication amid reports of ‘chaotic’ police response to Maine mass shooting

‘I was always one of the boys,’ 102-year-old Zecil Gravitz of Canton recalls her Navy service during WWII

sports

While a team streams, a sports fan has reason to steam

How might the Bruins set the roster ahead of the NHL free agency period?

Schedule and results for PWHL Boston’s Walter Cup Finals series vs. Minnesota

business

Senate votes to prohibit seizing home equity in municipal tax-taking cases

From oil to electricity: New England’s biggest battery facility could soon rise in Everett

Healey names former city councilor O’Malley to BPDA board

politics

Vice president announces commitment to increase internet access in Africa

Trump will address the Libertarian Party convention as he goes after Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Prosecutors seek to bar Trump in classified files case from statements endangering law enforcement

Nation

Involuntary manslaughter allegation against Alec Baldwin advances toward trial with new court ruling

Kamala Harris is gaining swing-state voters’ trust to step in for Biden

Louisiana governor signs bill making abortion drugs controlled dangerous substances

World

Zelenskyy says Ukraine has taken back control in areas of the embattled Kharkiv region

Millions vote in India’s grueling election with Prime Minister Modi’s party likely to win a 3rd term

The US defense secretary will visit Cambodia, one of China’s closest allies, after regional talks

opinion

Social Studies: A fast-growing American moneymaking scheme; another reason to hate rats; fertile ground for Republicans

Taiwan’s thriving democracy struts its stuff as Beijing fumes

To be on the right side of history

lifestyle

The siblings who changed how we party

I have a boyfriend — and a crush on my friend, who’s a woman

Ed Sheeran and Reneé Rapp attend Boston Celtics game at TD Garden

food & dining

It’s patio weather! Here are some of the best ones around.

What’s open and closed on Memorial Day in Massachusetts

A new Citrus & Salt comes to Fort Point

travel

Memorial Day travelers withstand higher prices in the hurry to kick off summer fun

Forget the beach: This is the most kid-friendly spot in Hyannis

They’re sweet on the Cape: Who needs Wonka when you’ve got caramels with local sea salt and freeze-dried Skittles?

Arts

At ICA’s Watershed, Hew Locke’s rough pageant of humanity

A portrait of Princess Kate is drawing backlash. Is it really that bad?

The West End Museum reopens after two-year closure because of flooding

Books

New wisdom from 826 Boston, a memoir of circus life, and a bookstore springs up in Springfield

Author readings around Boston through June 1

Local bestsellers for the week ended May 19

Movies

It’s no wonder I love the flicks I do. Like so many filmmakers and fans, I got my movie education from Roger Corman.

Jennifer Lopez says ‘you know better than that’ when asked about Ben Affleck rumors

‘Hit Man’: Richard Linklater’s comic neo-noir is right on target

Television

‘Dexter: Original Sin’ will present serial killer’s origin story

TV shows that are tapped out after one season don’t know when to stop

‘Interview With the Vampire’ remains compelling in season 2

music

At Boston Calling, Reneé Rapp leads the love parade

Ed Sheeran and Reneé Rapp attend Boston Celtics game at TD Garden

As the Rolling Stones prepare to hit Gillette, here’s a tour through their recent live releases

Theater/Dance

‘Gatsby’ arrives at the ART, driven by a powerhouse creative team

In the Huntington’s ‘Toni Stone,’ a player in a league of her own

ArtsEmerson’s 2024-25 season includes a musical inspired by a viral video of inmates dancing to ‘Thriller’

Health

In CVS’s home state, pharmacists in 2 retail stores vote to unionize

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

Obituaries

Shirley Conran, author best known for the steamy ‘Lace,’ dies at 91

Joe Zucker, prolific painter of innumerable styles, dies at 82

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53