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Plymouth stabbing suspect released from hospital, held without bail until arraignment Tuesday
Jared Ravizza, 26, is due to be arraigned Tuesday in Plymouth District Court on charges including assault with intent to murder, and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in connection with the stabbings, according to prosecutors.

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

‘The most violent thing I have ever experienced.’ South Hadley man describes bear attack in Wyoming.
A Massachusetts man who was mauled by a mother grizzly bear in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park provided details about the attack in an Instagram post with graphic photos.

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a ‘tragic mistake’

An Israeli strike in Rafah killed at least 45 people, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to acknowledge that a “tragic mistake” had been made.

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

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.

At least 2,000 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide. These are some challenges rescuers face.

As many as 2,000 people may have been buried when the side of a mountain came down on a village while its residents slept, in Papua New Guinea, an island nation in the South Pacific.

Papua New Guinea asks for help after landslide

64-year-old New York man dies in motorcycle crash on I-90 Sunday

John Huff, 64, of Queens Village, lost control of the 2018 Harley Davidson he was riding around 4 p.m. in Auburn on Interstate 90 heading eastbound, State Police said in a statement Monday.

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

Two people killed in wrong-way crash on I-93 in Methuen

Attleboro man in custody following alleged fatal stabbing of brother, authorities say

60-year-old man pulled out of Sluice Pond in Lynn Sunday night later pronounced dead, authorities say

From left, Kevin McHale, Bill Walton, and Danny Ainge in 2018.

Former Celtics star Bill Walton dies at 71 after battle with cancer

"Walton was truly one of a kind," said NBA commissioner Adam Silver. "As a Hall of Fame player, he redefined the center position."

Read the Celtics’ team statement on the death of Bill Walton

Bill Walton chatted with fans at a book signing at the Prudential Center in 2016.

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Bill Walton’s time in Boston was brief but unforgettable, and we were lucky to have him

Walton touched many lives here, and he was part of one of the greatest teams in NBA history.

Celtics teammates (from left) Bill Walton, Larry Bird, and Robert Parish had a laugh in the final minutes of a game against the Knicks in March of 1987.

Photos: Basketball legend Bill Walton through the years

Bill Walton, a center who stood 6 feet, 11 inches tall, played two seasons for the Celtics during the 1980s and won championships in both college and the pros.

Pink-clad pro-Karen Read demonstrators are outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham every day of the trial. They tend to sit around a pickup truck with a speaker and listen to the proceedings.

Outside the Karen Read trial, pink-clad supporters find community

In the sensational murder case, the action isn’t just inside the courtroom.

Money, Power, Inequality

$500 per month in Cambridge — no strings attached. Guaranteed basic income helps working-class families, a study shows.
In addition to helping people buy food, pay rent, and save money, UBI programs are giving them an even more valuable commodity: time.

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is weighing changes to the state educator licensing exam.

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.

Conor Holway as the title character in his film "Conrad: The Last Defender."

A Boston filmmaker looks to slay dragons, and Hollywood, with help from Dane Cook

"This is a dude who reminds me of a guy I know, because I’m him,’ " Cook says about Conor Holway, who persuaded the comedian and actor to take part in his next project.

Celtics at Pacers | 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Celtics at Pacers, Game 4 preview: Boston eyes a sweep in Indiana with Tyrese Haliburton out
The Celtics will still be without Kristaps Porzingis, while Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton is listed as questionable with a left hamstring injury.

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.”

Forecast highs for Memorial Day across New England.

Forecast | Dave Epstein

Will it rain on your Memorial Day barbecue? Showers may be in the forecast.

The Memorial Day holiday often means cook-outs, but you should make a contingency plan to cook those burgers indoors if the showers become numerous.

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond What’s open and closed on Memorial Day in Massachusetts

Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri return for the third season of FX's "The Bear" on June 27.

MATTHEW GILBERT | YOUR TV GPS

This week’s TV: Benedict Cumberbatch and Jessica Lange in new dramas, and the return of some favorite series

“House of the Dragon,” “The Bear,” “The Umbrella Academy,” “Emily in Paris,” and “Only Murders in the Building” are among the TV shows back for more this summer.

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

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

Opinion

Beach erosion on Salisbury Beach caused by recent storms, on March 27.

A solution for coastal erosion: managed retreat

Along the outer beaches of Cape Cod the erosion rate is about 3 feet per year, but if the region is hit by a big storm, shorelines can lose up to 30 feet in one day.

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My father’s tools

The pool that saved me

Booze, Boston, and Beacon Hill need to be shaken and stirred

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

A US intervention that worked out well

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

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.

Rafael Nadal loses to Alexander Zverev in the first round in what could be his last French Open match
It was the first time Nadal has dropped a match earlier than the fourth round at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament, which he has won 14 times.

22-year-old man arrested after crashing vehicle into three houses causing gas leak and ‘heavy damage,’ police say

After the collision and the resulting “large gas leak,” residents were evacuated from the area and the road was closed, police said in a social media post.

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 people like Johnny Trama and his craft. Real estate prices are squeezing small performance venues and performers alike.

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.

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.

Recommended reads

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.

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.

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.

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.

Culture & Lifestyle

Chappell Roan performs at Boston Calling on Sunday.

Variety is the spice of Boston Calling, and Megan Thee Stallion is the spiciest of all

Conor Holway as the title character in his film "Conrad: The Last Defender."

A Boston filmmaker looks to slay dragons, and Hollywood, with help from Dane Cook

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

"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

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

A job fair at Miami Dade College in 2023.

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

A frame from a video posted on Donald Trump's Truth Social account displayed on a smartphone in front of a photo of the former US president. One of the hypothetical headlines in the video referred to a "unified Reich."

Donald Trump is testing America. We’re failing.

Drew Gilpin Faust, a former president of Harvard University, outside her office at the Wadsworth House, in Cambridge, on July 22, 2023.

Drew Gilpin Faust

US higher education is endangered

Graduates lined up before walking onto the field at Fenway Park for the Northeastern University class of 2024 commencement.

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

Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black."

IDEAS | VANESSA BRAGANZA

The new Amy Winehouse biopic and our obsession with tragic geniuses

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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

‘The most violent thing I have ever experienced.’ South Hadley man describes bear attack in Wyoming.

A Massachusetts man who was mauled by a mother grizzly bear in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park provided details about the attack in an Instagram post with graphic photos.

How to make your garden climate change resilient

WATCH: As the earth continues to warm, gardening will look different. Meteorologist and horticulturist Dave Epstein shares tips and tricks.

For Boston residents returning from prison, a new fund aims to provide a financial lifeline

The Fountain Fund, launching in Boston in July, will offer low-interest loans of up to $15,000 and financial planning for formerly incarcerated residents.

Money, Power, Inequality

$500 per month in Cambridge — no strings attached. Guaranteed basic income helps working-class families, a study shows.

In addition to helping people buy food, pay rent, and save money, UBI programs are giving them an even more valuable commodity: time.

Sports

Jaylen Brown has his sights set on a second NBA Finals trip in three seasons.

Celtics at Pacers | 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Celtics at Pacers, Game 4 preview: Boston eyes a sweep in Indiana with Tyrese Haliburton out

The Celtics will still be without Kristaps Porzingis, while Pacers star guard Tyrese Haliburton is listed as questionable with a left hamstring injury.

Luka Doncic has been sensational in bringing the Mavericks within a game of the NBA Finals.

Garden Party: Close-out time

Plus: We have a feud.

Joe Mazzulla (center) and the Celtics are just one win away from the NBA Finals.

The Celtics are eyeing a sweep in Indiana and a place in the NBA Finals. Follow along live.

Boston is just one win away from a second Finals berth in three seasons.

Northeastern misses Division 1 baseball tournament, leaving UConn, Bryant as New England’s representatives

EMASS GIRLS' LACROSSE: PLAYERS OF THE WEEK

EMass girls’ lacross: Clutch in three Cohasset wins, Laney Larsen headlines Players of the Week

Business

For Boston residents returning from prison, a new fund aims to provide a financial lifeline

The Fountain Fund, launching in Boston in July, will offer low-interest loans of up to $15,000 and financial planning for formerly incarcerated residents.

Report: Japanese carmaker Toyota set to end massive Olympic sponsorship deal

Reports in Japan are saying vehicle manufacturer Toyota will end its massive sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee after this year’s Paris Olympics.

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

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

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

Pink-clad pro-Karen Read demonstrators are outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham every day of the trial. They tend to sit around a pickup truck with a speaker and listen to the proceedings.

Outside the Karen Read trial, pink-clad supporters find community

22-year-old man arrested after crashing vehicle into three houses causing gas leak and ‘heavy damage,’ police say

From trash to textiles: URI professor promotes sustainability in the Ocean State

sports

Bill Walton (left) attended Larry Bird Night in February 1993 at Boston Garden to honor his 1985-86 championship teammate.

Of the 515 men to play for the Celtics, Bill Walton will forever be remembered as one of one

Kenley Jansen remains focused on the task at hand — saving games for the Red Sox — despite trade rumors

Bill Walton’s time in Boston was brief but unforgettable, and we were lucky to have him

business

Ribbons in the colors of the Ukraine flag are tied to a building destroyed by attacks in Gorenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, on June 8, 2022.

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

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

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

Sophia Armen (center) passed a dish to Dr. Armond Aghakhanian and joined for lunch with other members of the Armenian-American Census Coalition in Glendale, Calif., on May 17, 2024.

Armenians, Hmong, and other groups feel US race and ethnicity categories don’t represent them

Latest deadly weather in US kills at least 20 as storms carve path of ruin across multiple states

Military labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II

World

The scene after an Israeli strike in Rafah on Monday.

Netanyahu says deadly Israeli strike in Rafah was the result of a ‘tragic mistake’

Spying arrests send chill through Britain’s thriving Hong Kong community

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy gets more air defense missiles from Spain to fight deadly Russian glide bombs

opinion

Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse in "Back to Black."

The new Amy Winehouse biopic and our obsession with tragic geniuses

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

Argentina’s new leader is aiming his ‘chainsaw’ at rule of law

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

Morgan Spurlock, who died of cancer Thursday at age 53, eats McDonald's french fries in this undated publicity photo. To produce "Super Size Me," Spurlock's indictment of American eating habits and the fast-food industry, he consumed nothing but McDonald's food and drink for 30 days.

How Morgan Spurlock’s ‘Super Size Me’ recast McDonald’s

These 5 New England companies won gold in annual specialty food awards

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

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

Conor Holway as the title character in his film "Conrad: The Last Defender."

A Boston filmmaker looks to slay dragons, and Hollywood, with help from Dane Cook

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.

Television

Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri return for the third season of FX's "The Bear" on June 27.

This week’s TV: Benedict Cumberbatch and Jessica Lange in new dramas, and the return of some favorite series

‘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

music

Chappell Roan performs at Boston Calling on Sunday.

Variety is the spice of Boston Calling, and Megan Thee Stallion is the spiciest of all

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond

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

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