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Jennifer Lopez cancels summer tour: ‘I am completely heartsick and devastated’
“Jennifer is taking time off to be with her children, family and close friends,” they said in a statement.

Public funds covered $30k in transit, hotels for Mass. governor’s trip to Italy

The Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund, which is funded in part by casino revenue, picked up the tab for Governor Maura Healey’s May trip to Italy.

Families of hostages in Gaza back cease-fire deal set out by Biden, Israel says conditions remain
Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas have called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed by US President Biden to end the nearly 8-month-long war.

34 in police custody after pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn Museum, damage to artwork reported

Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies

Facing budget deficit, Brandeis University eliminates 60 positions

Scores of colleges across New England have been struggling to maintain enrollment in recent years as the population of college-aged students declines, and more people question the value of a college degree.

Southborough teacher on leave after holding ‘mock slave auction,’ using racial slur, superintendent says

The incidents occurred in a fifth-grade class in January and April, Superintendent Gregory L. Martineau said in a letter to parents this week. The teacher, whose name was not released, was placed on leave during an investigation.

THE FINE PRINT
Federal judge rules against the city of Greenfield in lawsuit in home equity tax-taking case
A judge denied the city of Greenfield’s request to dismiss a lawsuit which, if successful, could force the city to pay a former homeowner $270,000 as restitution for the equity the city seized from him.

Worker dies in explosion at metal fabrication company in Rockport, Maine

Woman killed in late night shooting in Dorchester
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Can a 1970s Cape Cod hotel with a slick makeover balance Instagram-ready style with substance?

I'll admit, I was a little worried when the amicable desk clerk at the Freebird Motor Lodge in West Yarmouth told me that “most of the people who come here find us through Instagram." Here's what happened next.
The Banana King of Wellfleet (and other things to know about this surprising seaside town)

Man accused of killing his stepdaughter in Acton had been awaiting trial on rape charges for close to three years

Juliano F. Santana had been free on bail since 2021. He was slated to stand trial in July.

dan shaughnessy
It’s the Celtics’ time to end our championship drought, and other thoughts
Five years and four months have passed since the Patriots won their last Super Bowl, but it might be time for another duck boat parade soon.

The Finals matchup is set, and here are the keys to the Celtics-Mavericks series

Kyrie Irving discussed facing the Celtics in the NBA Finals, reflected on ‘rough time’ in Boston

MFA responds to Jaylen Brown’s ‘Hang it in the Louvre’ comment: ‘Your next masterpiece belongs right here’

‘It won’t make any difference.’ In this Wisconsin community, Trump’s conviction isn’t a game-changer
Wisconsin's narrowly divided electorate is being heavily targeted by both the Trump and Biden campaigns.

Even before Trump verdict, most N.H. voters already had their minds made up

Time to ‘fight back’: GOP out for revenge after Trump conviction

Biden says questioning Trump’s guilty verdicts is ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’

More than a dozen ways to celebrate Pride Month in the Greater Boston area

In addition to the celebrations highlighted here, many towns and businesses in the Greater Boston area are hosting local Pride festivals, block parties, and bar crawls.
Tigers at Red Sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 59: Tigers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Righthander Cooper Criswell will pitch for the Red Sox.

The Earth had its warmest May on record. How does New England stack up?

With meteorological summer starting on Saturday, scientists warn that 2024 could beat heat records in consecutive years.
LOVE LETTERS

Is my daughter’s boyfriend gay?

Should I ask?
Blind date: ‘There seemed to be some chemistry’
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The Bruins will have money available when NHL free agency opens July 1, but how should they spend it?

The Bruins haven’t added impactful offense via free agency since the summer of 2006, when Marc Savard, about to turn 29, came aboard.
Opinion
CARINE HAJJAR

The view from the right on Trump’s conviction

Even conservatives critical of the former president balked at a trial that many of them saw as an abuse of the justice system.
IDEAS | JOSHUA PEDERSON

Our health care workers are suffering from more than burnout
SCOT LEHIGH

For climate change deniers, a strategy of distraction, deception, and delay
JOAN VENNOCHI

Will Trump’s convictions matter?
LETTERS

We have a verdict

More recent News

5-alarm blaze rips through horse barn and stables in Templeton; 21 horses relocated
”It was one of the bigger fires in Templeton history,” said Fire Chief David Dickie.

The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority
The African National Congress party lost its parliamentary majority in a historic election result Saturday that puts South Africa on a new political path for the first time since the end of the apartheid system of white minority rule 30 years ago.

Report: Boston Beer could be bought by Japanese company
Suntory, which also owns Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, is in discussions with the brand behind Sam Adams and Truly hard seltzer.

More than 200 LGBTQ Pride flags stolen from Carlisle rotary, police say
The flags, which had been placed in the rotary at the intersection of Lowell Street, Bedford Road and Westford Road, were stolen overnight Sunday, Carlisle police said in a statement.

St. Mary’s Home for Children closing its psychiatric residential facility in R.I., moving all children out by June 7
The decision came just weeks after Tides Family Services took over management of troubled nonprofit organization.

NH CRIME
Stricter name-change rules for violent felons signed into N.H. law
Governor Chris Sununu said the legislation serves a collective responsibility to protect “the most vulnerable among us.”

RED SOX 7, TIGERS 3

No. 9 hitter Ceddanne Rafaela homers twice, drives in five to power Red Sox to series-evening win over Tigers

Rafaela, for one game at least, saw the results after making swing adjustments. Starter Tanner Houck looked like an All-Star again while allowing one run over seven innings.

Box truck crash on Mass. Pike east in Allston, scene cleared Saturday morning, MassDOT says

The cleanup required lane closures and backed up traffic for four miles. The scene was cleared by 8 a.m. on Saturday, said Jacquelyn Goddard, a MassDOT spokesperson.

Driver dead, two children seriously injured, after car crashes into Eel River off Route 3 in Plymouth

A 50-year-old man from Plymouth died Friday evening after the car he was driving on Route 3 went over a guardrail and plunged upside down into the Eel River. A nine-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were seriously injured in the crash and remained hospitalized on Saturday.

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Crisis in R.I.’s creative capital: Arts organizations are fighting to survive

The Columbus Theatre in Providence is closing in June, and arts leaders say more closures will follow unless the state bails the arts sector out.

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.

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Sophie Grégoire Trudeau passionately advocates for physical and mental health
May is mental health awareness month. Canada's unofficial First Lady uses her international platform to advocate for youth self-esteem, gender equality, emotional literacy, and physical activity.

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MIT adds another architectural standout to its collection

At Gillette, the Rolling Stones come out rocking with songs and a spirit that never get old

Beethoven’s utopian Ninth in a world riven by violence

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.

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Americans must reject Trump’s assault on rationality
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Trump verdict: No one is above the law
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The law that ruined America’s immigration system
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Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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RI POLITICS

What to know about R.I.’s $14b state budget

House Finance Committee votes 13-1 for budget that includes $120 million housing bond and cost-of-living increases for retirees but won’t include a state archives bond or a tax change sought by Citizens Bank.

Man accused of killing his stepdaughter in Acton had been awaiting trial on rape charges for close to three years

Juliano F. Santana had been free on bail since 2021. He was slated to stand trial in July.

Northeastern University seeking to replace historic Matthews Arena

Northeastern University has filed a proposal with the Boston Planning and Development Agency to replace 124-year-old Matthews Arena, billed as the world’s oldest ice hockey venue, with a new 290,000-square-foot athletics facility.
RI HEALTH

St. Mary’s Home for Children closing its psychiatric residential facility in R.I., moving all children out by June 7

The decision came just weeks after Tides Family Services took over management of troubled nonprofit organization.

Sports

Tigers at Red Sox | 4:10 p.m. (NESN)

Game 59: Tigers at Red Sox lineups and notes

Righthander Cooper Criswell will pitch for the Red Sox.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

NESN calling on candidates to follow Jack Edwards for Bruins games

According a potential candidate, NESN is putting together a group of prospective play-by-play voices to audition at its Watertown studios.
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Kendrick Perkins already enjoying the Kristaps Porzingis storyline in the NBA Finals

The NBA analyst wondered how it would look if Porzingis and the Celtics beat Doncic and the Mavericks to win a championship.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

NFL teams are starting to practice the new kickoff rules, and no one knows how it’s all going to work
Kevin Paul Dupont | Sunday hockey notes

The Bruins will have money available when NHL free agency opens July 1, but how should they spend it?

Business

Moderna’s vaccine for RSV gets FDA approval for people 60 and older

The approval was welcome news for Cambridge-based Moderna, which has desperately needed a money-making follow-up to its COVID vaccine, Spikevax.

Report: Boston Beer could be bought by Japanese company

Suntory, which also owns Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark, is in discussions with the brand behind Sam Adams and Truly hard seltzer.
THE FINE PRINT

Federal judge rules against the city of Greenfield in lawsuit in home equity tax-taking case

A running list of layoffs in the Boston-area tech sector
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Gifted and talented programs are vanishing from schools. That’s a bigger problem than you think.
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Smiles, tears, and a spitting llama: Untold tales from the Stone Zoo
MISS CONDUCT

Advice needed: My 40-year-old son visits us too much
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Blind date: ‘There seemed to be some chemistry’

metro

Facing budget deficit, Brandeis University eliminates 60 positions

First shelter exit notices won’t go out until July

Public funds covered $30k in transit, hotels for Mass. governor’s trip to Italy

sports

No. 9 hitter Ceddanne Rafaela homers twice, drives in five to power Red Sox to series-evening win over Tigers

Triple A game called off after catcher was struck by a backswing, carted off the field

Oilers move one game closer to returning to the Stanley Cup Final for first time since 2006

business

The Asian-American singer changing the world of opera

Fox News hosts trash Trump conviction, vow political redemption

Mainvest helped people ‘invest in Main Street.’ It’s shutting down in June.

politics

‘It won’t make any difference.’ In this Wisconsin community, Trump’s conviction isn’t a game-changer

Time to ‘fight back’: GOP out for revenge after Trump conviction

Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies

Nation

34 in police custody after pro-Palestinian protest at Brooklyn Museum, damage to artwork reported

Donald Trump’s attorney tells AP he was ‘shocked’ the former president took the verdict with ‘solemnness’

Biden declares Trump verdict a victory for the rule of law

World

In the West Bank, guns and a locked gate signal a town’s new residents

The ANC party that freed South Africa from apartheid loses its 30-year majority

Families of hostages in Gaza back cease-fire deal set out by Biden, Israel says conditions remain

opinion

My Gen Z weekend

Former State Dept. officials: Israel has crossed the red line

Getting a grip on health care costs

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Three dates with a Trump supporter

Is my daughter’s boyfriend gay?

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, so let’s talk. (I’ll start.)

food & dining

House votes to approve bill adding 205 liquor licenses in Boston

Verveine, from Monica Glass and Ken Oringer, is the bakery that Cambridge needs

New shows at the whaling museum, a Seattle hotel with a robotic butler, and TripIt kicks it up a notch

travel

‘People need cool stuff.’ Inside three unique stores on the Cape.

Oh, the things you’ll see in Springfield! Exploring the Bay State’s own Smithsonian

The Banana King of Wellfleet (and other things to know about this surprising seaside town)

Arts

At Harvard’s Peabody Museum, the photograph as reliquary

How do you sit still and get paid at the same time? Try becoming a nude, figure-drawing model.

The many selves of Gearóid Dolan, MIT instructor, activist, and costumed artist

Books

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau passionately advocates for physical and mental health

Two comics events, and a summer of literary conversations in Provincetown

Author readings around Boston through June 8

Movies

The real hit man? Richard Linklater.

Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, and Diane Keaton go to ‘Summer Camp’

‘Young Woman and the Sea’ swims into murky waters

Television

Guy Ritchie to revisit Sherlock Holmes in Amazon Prime series

When shows are exactly the right size, that’s perfection

FX’s ‘The Bear’ marathon a boon to non-streamers

music

It’s Sunday morning. What music are you playing?

On the most mellow day of the week, we need music that’s easy like a ...

10 Sunday morning favorites, courtesy of some music savants

Theater/Dance

Joe Spaulding, the folkie who became Boch Center CEO, reflects on a transformed arts district as he prepares to exit

At Vilna Shul synagogue, the souls of the dead are stirring

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

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

Sue Johnson, psychologist who took a scientific view of love, dies at 76

Stanley Goldstein, who helped start and build the CVS drugstore empire, dies at 89

Joseph Slavet, ‘fearless’ and thoughtful watchdog of Boston government, dies at 104