Boston Globe Today | May 29, 2023

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Challenges of renting in Boston

Globe housing reporter Andrew Brinker explains the impact of vacant apartment scarcity to renters across the city. Watch →

The Boston Globe Story of the Red Sox

The Boston Globe Story of the Red Sox: More Than a Century of Championships, Challenges, and Characters. Watch →

Nation

With mpox at risk of flaring, health officials advise vaccination

Late last year, with cases at a trickle, New York City wound down its mpox emergency response. Health officials stopped posting updates about cases. Vaccination vans stopped appearing outside nightclubs. The number of people being vaccinated against the disease flatlined. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden on Memorial Day lauds generations of fallen US troops who ‘dared all and gave all’

President Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of US troops who “dared all and gave all” fighting for their country and called on Americans to ensure their “sacrifice was not in vain” in Memorial Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery. Continue reading →

Nation

A small town’s tragedy, distorted by Trump’s megaphone

There were no known witnesses when Shannon Brandt and Cayler Ellingson got into an argument in the blurry hours after last call at Buck’s n Doe’s Bar & Grill in September. And no one but Brandt could say with certainty what led him to run over Ellingson with his Ford Explorer, crushing him to death in a gravel alley. Continue reading →

World

Will Erdogan’s victory soften Turkey’s opposition to Sweden in NATO?

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, invoking themes of Turkish nationalism and counterterrorism, has been the main obstacle toward Sweden joining the NATO alliance after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

Russia launches a rare daytime missile attack on Kyiv

Ballistic missiles exploded in the clear blue skies Monday, and frightened pedestrians hurried to get off the streets of Ukraine’s capital as the battle unfolded over their heads in a rare daytime missile attack on Kyiv. Continue reading →

World

China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on foreign partners

Monday’s announcement comes amid the background of a rivalry with the United States for reaching new milestones in outer space, reflecting their competition for influence on global events. Continue reading →

OPINION

Let’s give AI a chance

Let’s engage with it and explore how it can combine and extend previous ideas, how it can help us learn new things, design new molecules, new medicines, new machines. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Nipping litter in the bud

Boston has already taken steps to phase out the mini bottles of alcohol that are preferred by teens, litterbugs, and drunk drivers. Now it should take the policy citywide. Continue reading →

OPINION

Ron DeSantis, unlikable as he is, can still win

DeSantis is banking on a far-right political message to make up for any personal likability failings. More specifically, he’s promising to make America like Florida. Continue reading →

Health

A multivitamin a day may keep your memory from fading, Boston researchers say

Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Columbia University said that multivitamins improved the memory of older adults. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Revere Beach reopens after two shootings injure three people Sunday night

No arrests have been made in either shooting, according to a statement from State Police Monday morning. A teenage boy was arrested late Sunday night for illegal possession of a gun, but his involvement remains unclear. Continue reading →

Metro

They’re building an ‘ice penetrator’ on a hillside in Westford

What Chester A. Ruszczyk and his teammates at the MIT Haystack Observatory are doing now at the edge of the Earth is worthy of the imagination of Hollywood’s most creative science fiction scriptwriters. Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

The Celtics finally ran out of gas in Game 7, but it never should have come to this

The Celtics pushed themselves to the limit one time too many, and didn't have enough left in the decider. Continue reading →

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Connection between rallies from down 3-0 in series by 2004 Red Sox and 2023 Celtics? Al Horford’s mother.

Arelis Reynoso, a former sports journalist, covered the Red Sox when they overtook the Yankees in the '04 ALCS. “I have a close relationship with all those players,” Reynoso said. Continue reading →

GAME 7: HEAT 103, CELTICS 84

Instant analysis: The Celtics’ worst habits showed up at the worst possible time, and their season is over

Boston hoped to become the first team to come back from a 3-0 deficit to advance in the NBA playoffs. Continue reading →

Business

Baby eels remain one of America’s most valuable fish after strong year in Maine

Baby eels, called elvers, are often worth more than $2,000 per pound because of how valuable they are to Asian aquaculture companies. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Slack CEO looks to artificial intelligence for help in rolling out new products

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Business

Wu plan to hike affordable housing requirements gets praise, pushback ahead of key hearing

The plan would increase the amount of affordable units required in new buildings, though developers say it would squelch construction. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Stanley Engerman, revisionist scholar of slavery, dies at 87

His two-volume “Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery,” written with Robert W. Fogel, used data analysis to challenge what they called common characterizations of slavery, including that it was unprofitable, inefficient, and pervasively abusive. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Stanley Engerman, revisionist scholar of slavery, dies at 87

His two-volume “Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery,” written with Robert W. Fogel, used data analysis to challenge what they called common characterizations of slavery, including that it was unprofitable, inefficient, and pervasively abusive. Continue reading →

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LOVE LETTERS

All my friends have found love. Do I need new friends?

“Are you just supposed to move on and silently wave goodbye?” Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

A celebratory last blast brings Boston Calling to a close

From the surgical festival rock of Queens of the Stone Age and the country chill of Maren Morris to the tenacity of top-billed Paramore, the final-day lineup had, as usual, something for everybody. Continue reading →

Arts

Ex-Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett has a new band

Barrett's new band, the Defiant, includes former members the Offspring, Street Dogs, Smash Mouth, and the Briggs. His refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccination led to the break-up of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones in 2022. Continue reading →