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Chilmark man charged Sunday with stabbings in Plymouth; ‘likely’ connection with Braintree attacks
Cruz’s Sunday statement noted that the arrest followed “a day of multiple South Shore stabbing incidents, allegedly carried out by Ravizza.”

South Hadley man recalls brutal bear attack at Grand Teton in Wyoming
A South Hadley man who was mauled by a mother grizzly bear while hiking off-trail in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park a week ago described the attack as “the most violent thing I have ever experienced,” in an Instagram post accompanied by gory photos of his injuries.

An old worry returns for Steward’s nurses and retirees: Can they count on their pensions?
The future of the pensions — whether workers can count on them for the long haul — is bound up with the fate of hospitals that serve mostly low-income neighborhoods and communities.

Obituary

John W. Roberts, who led state ACLU in protecting free-speech and abortion rights, dies at 89
John W. Roberts, who led state ACLU in protecting free-speech and abortion rights, dies at 89

Family of Grayson Murray says PGA golfer died by suicide
Murray died Saturday at the age of 30, one day after withdrawing from the second round of the Charles Schwab Challenge at Colonial in Fort Worth, Texas.

Bicyclist flown to Boston hospital after being struck by vehicle in Weston

A 58-year-old woman was flown to a hospital in Boston in serious condition after she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle in Weston on Sunday afternoon, the fire department said.

People and their pets are advised to stay away from part of Natick lake due to bacteria, officials say
The Department of Conservation and Recreation reported the presence of a cyanobacteria bloom Natick’s Lake Cochituate.

At a cemetery in Hinsdale, N.H., Sunday, Graeme Noseworthy knelt at the grave of Tim Delano, an Army soldier who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1968. Noseworthy placed a “CT” granite marker based on a felt patch that Tim would have received for being a camper at nearby YMCA Camp Takodah and said, “Live that the sunset may find you.” Noseworthy later explained that the phrase came from a camp song that is sung at mealtimes each morning. Noseworthy, a historian, compiled Delano’s biography from childhood.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

From life in a small New Hampshire town to death on a foreign battlefield

An amateur historian stumbled across a story that moved him, of Tim Delano, an alumnus of a summer camp in the small New Hampshire town of Richmond. Delano was later killed in action in the Vietnam War.

Zaray Rodriguez sings at a Boston Lyric Opera event from 2021. This year's BLO street stage series opens June 1.

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond

On Monday, there's free admission to the MFA and the annual Beacon Hill Art Walk returns.

So many ways to savor Memorial Day weekend in and around Boston What’s open and closed on Memorial Day in Massachusetts

Massachusetts to overhaul key educator licensing exam, in an effort to better serve students of color and their families
The changes to the communication and literacy skills tests could also yield another significant benefit, potentially reducing the racial and ethnic disparities in pass rates on the exams, which often keep Black and Latino educators out of public school classrooms.

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.

After weeks of rock-climbing classes indoors, middle school-aged students prepared for their first outdoor climb in Malden's Waitt's Mount Park on May 18. In an effort to address the income and access gaps that make outdoor activities less attainable for marginalized communities, Darren "DJ" Josey created The Great Malden Outdoors as a way to help more groups access activities like hiking, biking, and rock climbing.

In Malden, an outdoor recreation campaign aims to fill ‘adventure gap’ in diverse communities

The Great Malden Outdoors is focused on spreading awareness about the city’s many outdoor recreation options among its residents.

Rajon Rondo attended the March 18 Celtics game against the Pistons at TD Garden with fashion designer Latoia Fitzgerald.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Rajon Rondo pays visit to Indiana, basking in Celtics’ run toward a championship

“The game is all about adapting and adjusting,” said Rondo, who attended Game 3 with his son. “[The Celtics] are setting the tone, setting the standard of how to play basketball . . . The haters can say what they want to say."

Rick Carlisle was livid after Game 3 loss to Celtics, but he’s not giving up yet

Goalie Aerin Frankel turned aside Michela Cava's bid and 32 other attempts by Minnesota to keep Boston's season alive.

Tara Sullivan | PWHL BOSTON 1, PWHL MINNESOTA 0 (2OT)

Aerin ‘Green Monster’ Frankel, resilient PWHL Boston simply refuse to let season end in Game 4 of finals

Buoyed by the magic of sports, the greatest reality show of them all, PWHL Boston gave this brand-new league one last night of hockey — Wednesday night's winner-take-all Game 5 at Lowell's Tsongas Center.

PWHL Boston survives an overturned Minnesota goal and forces a deciding game for the Walter Cup

Tanner Houck threw seven strong innings for the Sox in the series finale vs. the Brewers.

Red Sox 2, Brewers 1

Tanner Houck’s strong outing, Jarren Duran’s game-winning single helps Red Sox avoid sweep in chippy win over Brewers

Houck had to settle for a no-decision after allowing just one earned run on seven hits in six innings.

Red Sox promote promising lefthander Zach Penrod to Triple A Worcester

A group of demonstrators, including Harvard students Ibrahim Bharmal (left with vest) and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo (blue shirt), surrounded Israeli student Yoav Segev with his hands up at a pro-Palestinian protest on Oct. 18, 2023.

At Harvard, a confrontation during a protest erupts in political controversy — and lands in court

The incident might have been forgotten as a minor tussle. Instead, it has ricocheted across the globe in viral videos, civil lawsuits, missives from lawmakers, and news reports.

Brown University president’s commencement speech briefly interrupted by protesters

Opinion

A job fair at Miami Dade College in 2023.

Generation Z has serious problems. It has serious advantages, too.

When it comes to wealth and work, Zoomers are in good shape.

Donald Trump is testing America. We’re failing.

Drew Gilpin Faust

US higher education is endangered

International graduates of US colleges should have an easier path to stay

IDEAS | VANESSA BRAGANZA

The new Amy Winehouse biopic and our obsession with tragic geniuses

AAPI Heritage Month

Asian American seniors played ping pong at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist church on May 13.

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

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

More recent News

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza’s Rafah as displaced people are hit
There were no immediate details on the target, but footage from the scene showed heavy destruction. The Israeli army said it was unaware of anything occurring in the area.

Man’s body pulled from Lake Whalom in Lunenburg

The body of a 29-year-old man was pulled from Lake Whalom in Lunenburg after he went missing in the water on Saturday night, officials said.

THE FINE PRINT

Think you’re buying Tanglewood concert tickets from the BSO? Make sure you double check.
Joe Berger paid $822 for four tickets on a ticket resale website thinking he was on the BSO’s official site, where equivalent tickets were available for only $316.

Mass. man dies after fiery rollover crash at toll plaza on I-95 in Hampton, N.H.
A Massachusetts man died after the pickup truck he was driving crashed into a concrete barrier at a toll plaza on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire, rolled over, and caught fire on Saturday evening, authorities said.

Firefighters rescue girl trapped on roof while battling 3-alarm blaze in Woburn, union says

A young girl was rescued from the roof of a home in Woburn as firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze early Sunday morning, the city’s firefighters’ union said.

BC 14, Northwestern 13 | NCAA Lacrosse Championship

Boston College comes storming back to top Northwestern, reclaim NCAA women’s lacrosse championship
The Eagles won a rematch of last year's final despite a 6-0 deficit after the first period.

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Cobi Frongillo is a 25-year-old town council member in Franklin who lives in a cottage in his parents' backyard — the only way he can afford to live in the suburban town, he says.

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.

Amid labor crisis, behavioral health workers await $200m windfall
Among other programs, the fund supports a student loan repayment program, additional training, and stipends for internships.

At a Cambridge elementary school, an effort to teach students English, and a controversy about how they’re doing it
As thousands of new migrants arrive in Massachusetts, schools like the Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School in East Cambridge are scrambling to help them learn English. One approach is Sheltered English Immersion.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Katie McGinness and Brian Madigan take a photo in front of the Boston Calling welcome arch in 2023.

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

Jennifer Mogbock as the title character in "Toni Stone" at the Huntington.

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

Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans earlier this month.

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

Boston -05/25/22 Volunteers began placing 37,400 American flags on Boston Common Wednesday morning to honor fallen Massachusetts service members since the Revolutionary War. Uta Uchida, 5 from Cambridge holds flags to be planted. This is the 13th annual Memorial Day flag garden. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff (metro)

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

Special Projects

Beyond the Gilded Gate

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

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

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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.

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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, 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

IDEAS | WHITNEY ELLENBY

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

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito testified before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington in 2019.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

The Supreme Court is a potential threat to our democracy

Christopher Weyant

We’re going to need a bigger boat

U.S. News has deemed Michigan a "toss-up" in the 2024 presidential election.

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

IDEAS | BART TOCCI

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

Heather Hopp-Bruce/Globe staff; Adobe

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

South Hadley man recalls brutal bear attack at Grand Teton in Wyoming

A South Hadley man who was mauled by a mother grizzly bear while hiking off-trail in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park a week ago described the attack as “the most violent thing I have ever experienced,” in an Instagram post accompanied by gory photos of his injuries.

Around New England with Kevin Cullen

From life in a small New Hampshire town to death on a foreign battlefield

An amateur historian stumbled across a story that moved him, of Tim Delano, an alumnus of a summer camp in the small New Hampshire town of Richmond. Delano was later killed in action in the Vietnam War.

Zack Norman, actor who juggled multiple professions, dies at 83

In addition to small but memorable roles in “Romancing the Stone” and “Cadillac Man,” he was a producer, art investor, painter, and sometimes real estate developer.

Chilmark man charged Sunday with stabbings in Plymouth; ‘likely’ connection with Braintree attacks

Cruz’s Sunday statement noted that the arrest followed “a day of multiple South Shore stabbing incidents, allegedly carried out by Ravizza.”

Sports

Christopher Bell celebrates in Victory Lane after winning at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Christopher Bell able to soak in victory at rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600; Kyle Larson shut out

The race was red-flagged just as Kyle Larson arrived at Charlotte Motor Speedway to take over driving the Hendrick Motorsports’ No. 5 Chevrolet.

Goalie Aerin Frankel turned aside Michela Cava's bid and 32 other attempts by Minnesota to keep Boston's season alive.

Aerin ‘Green Monster’ Frankel, resilient PWHL Boston simply refuse to let season end in Game 4 of finals

Buoyed by the magic of sports, the greatest reality show of them all, PWHL Boston gave this brand-new league one last night of hockey — Wednesday night's winner-take-all Game 5 at Lowell's Tsongas Center.

Boston's Susanna Tapani scores past Montreal goalie Ann-Renee Desbiens to help Boston win in OT on Tuesday.

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

Boston will play the winner of the PWHL Toronto and PWHL Minnesota series.

GAME 3: MAVERICKS 116, TIMBERWOLVES 107 | WESTERN CONFERENCE FINALS

Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving take it up a notch late for Mavericks, who move one win from NBA Finals

Braves superstar Ronald Acuna Jr., the reigning NL MVP, will miss rest of season with ACL tear

Business

An old worry returns for Steward’s nurses and retirees: Can they count on their pensions?

The future of the pensions — whether workers can count on them for the long haul — is bound up with the fate of hospitals that serve mostly low-income neighborhoods and communities.

Think you’re buying Tanglewood concert tickets from the BSO? Make sure you double check.

Joe Berger paid $822 for four tickets on a ticket resale website thinking he was on the BSO’s official site, where equivalent tickets were available for only $316.

G7 officials make progress but no final deal on money for Ukraine from frozen Russian assets

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

magazine

Strangers sent the author their bracelets engraved with her uncle's name.

from the archives

How strangers honored my uncle, who went M.I.A. in Vietnam, for years

30 ways to have the perfect Cape Cod vacation

On April Fools' Day 2023, Gerry Brown (right) and Gene Hurley set out from a pond in Bellingham with the goal of kayaking the Charles River by summer's end.

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

40 tiny, perfect things about summer in New England

metro

Mother of three girls stabbed at Braintree theater speaks to WCVB-TV reporter

Mass. man dies after fiery rollover crash at toll plaza on I-95 in Hampton, N.H.

In Malden, an outdoor recreation campaign aims to fill ‘adventure gap’ in diverse communities

sports

Boston goaltender Aerin Frankel pokes the puck away from Minnesota's Taylor Heise during the first period in Game 4 of the 2024 PWHL Finals.

PWHL Boston survives an overturned Minnesota goal and forces a deciding game for the Walter Cup

‘We are going after them.’ Rick Carlisle was livid after Game 3 loss to Celtics, but he’s not giving up yet

Franklin girls’ track seniors finish quest for Division 1 state crown, while Acton-Boxborough boys complete indoor-outdoor sweep

business

People checked out couches at Wayfair's first large-format store on its opening day in Wilmette, Ill., on May 23.

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

The YIMBYs are coming, to the suburbs

Drug giant Takeda plans more than 640 layoffs in Massachusetts

politics

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Saturday, May 25.

Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech

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.

Nation

Damage is seen at a truck stop the morning after a tornado rolled through, May 26, in Valley View, Texas.

Latest deadly weather in US kills at least 18 as storms carve path of ruin across multiple states

More than a dozen dead in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region

Brown University president’s commencement speech briefly interrupted by protesters

World

A man salvages a cart and other material as water flows on to the Kuakata beach on the coast of Bay of Bengal caused by the advancing Cyclone Remal in Barisal, Bangladesh, on May 26.

Cyclone floods coastal villages and cuts power in Bangladesh, where 800,000 had evacuated

Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza’s Rafah as displaced people are hit

Russia steps up a covert sabotage campaign aimed at Europe

opinion

A protest at George Washington University's commencement ceremony on May 19.

The problem with campus protests is not cruelty but ignorance

The Supreme Court is a potential threat to our democracy

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

lifestyle

James Hirschfeld and his sister, Alexa Hirschfeld, at the Paperless Post office in Manhattan’s Financial District on May 1, 2024. When the siblings started Paperless Post 15 years ago, some saw its digital invitations as a fad. Instead, they have become a fixture of events and have spawned imitators.

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

The patio at High Street Place.

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

Travelers gather their luggage at baggage claim at the Miami International Airport on May 24 in Miami, Florida.

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

Zaray Rodriguez sings at a Boston Lyric Opera event from 2021. This year's BLO street stage series opens June 1.

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond

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

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

Books

826 Boston has published its largest anthology of student work to date, this one offering guidance and advice.

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

Mr. Norman, in 2016.

Zack Norman, actor who juggled multiple professions, dies at 83

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

Television

Michael C. Hall (pictured in "Dexter: New Blood") will not appear in “Dexter: Original Sin.”

‘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

Zaray Rodriguez sings at a Boston Lyric Opera event from 2021. This year's BLO street stage series opens June 1.

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond

A heartfelt set from Tyler Childers caps Boston Calling’s countrified second day

The Killers pack their arena anthems into the cozy confines of the Paradise, and everyone has a blast

Theater/Dance

"Gatsby" director Rachel Chavkin (left) and the musical's book writer, Martyna Majok, pose for a portrait at the Loeb Drama Center, where the show will receive its world premiere beginning Sunday.

‘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

A sign outside of a CVS pharmacy store on Feb. 7, 2024.

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

Mr. Norman, in 2016.

Zack Norman, actor who juggled multiple professions, dies at 83

John W. Roberts, who led state ACLU in protecting free-speech and abortion rights, dies at 89

Michael Sugrue, whose philosophy lectures were a Youtube hit, dies at 66