Boston Globe Today | June 1, 2023

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Still no debt deal in Washington

Washington bureau chief Jackie Kucinich breaks down the bipartisan debt deal, from what Massachusetts legislators are thinking to its prospects in the Senate. Watch →

OPINION: Make public college more affordable

Globe columnist Kara Miller talks about skyrocketing higher education costs around Massachusetts, and how to make public education more affordable. Watch →

Nation

Biden plans to pick physician Mandy Cohen to lead CDC

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra spoke with Cohen this week to congratulate her on her selection, sources said. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Biden falls onstage at Air Force Academy graduation

“He’s fine. There was a sandbag on stage while he was shaking hands,” White House communications director Ben LaBolt tweeted. Continue reading →

Nation

US companies, nudged by Black employees, have stepped up donations to HBCUs

Historically Black colleges and universities, which had seen giving from foundations decline in recent decades, lately are benefiting from an increase in gifts, particularly from corporations and corporate foundations. Continue reading →

World

Russian bombardment of Ukrainian capital kills at least 3, including child

Russia launched a predawn missile barrage at the Ukrainian capital Thursday, killing three people, including a 9-year-old and her mother, and damaging apartment buildings, schools, and a children’s hospital, officials said. It was the highest toll from a single attack on Kyiv over the past month. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine’s future ties to NATO are main topic as Western nations meet

Debates over whether and how to guarantee the long-term security of Ukraine and possibly admit it to the NATO alliance took center stage Thursday in two gatherings of dozens of leaders from Europe and North America. Continue reading →

World

Australia’s ‘trial of the century’ stains its most decorated soldier

The case had been called Australia’s trial of the century. And although it centered on a claim of defamation, it grappled with a more consequential question: Was the country’s most decorated living soldier a war criminal? Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts gets a chance to kick ‘equity theft’ to the curb

Supreme Court decision gives the state a chance to do right by homeowners facing foreclosure. Continue reading →

OPINION

Biden bests Republicans yet again with debt ceiling deal

Republicans deride the president as deep in dementia. If he is senile, how does he keep outwitting his Republican rivals? Continue reading →

LETTERS

Pigs will be kept in larger crates but their suffering will persist

We commodify sentient beings that experience fear and pain. In addition to gestational crates, female pigs are subjected to other cruel practices. Continue reading →

Metro

A love story, baked in Vermont

Gesine Bullock-Prado ran her movie star sister’s production company in Hollywood for a decade. She left the glitz of Tinseltown for the grit of Vermont, became a baker and teacher, and never looked back. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Cannabis company fined for worker death in Holyoke is closing up shop in Massachusetts

Trulieve Cannabis Corp. announced it will close its Massachusetts dispensaries in Northampton, Framingham, and Worcester by June 30 and will also cease operations at its cultivation site in Holyoke by the end of the year. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Matthew Nilo, lawyer charged in connection with Charlestown sexual assaults, agrees to be transferred to Mass.

Nilo, the 35-year-old lawyer accused of sexually assaulting four women in Charlestown in 2007 and 2008, waived extradition during an initial court appearance Thursday in New Jersey, where he lives with his fiancée. Continue reading →

celtics

Joe Mazzulla gets strong backing from Brad Stevens and will get to fortify his coaching staff

Calling Mazzulla "a terrific leader," the Celtics president of basketball ops praised the work the rookie coach did after taking over on very short notice. Continue reading →

On Basketball

Brad Stevens doesn’t seem concerned about the state of the Celtics. Maybe he should be.

Despite being out-toughed and out-coached by the Heat in a crushing Eastern Conference finals loss, Stevens didn't seem worried on Thursday. Continue reading →

Red Sox notebook

The Red Sox have shown confidence in Tanner Houck as a starter, and he’s determined to prove they made the right call

Though he’s started for most of his life, there’s no comparison to big league hitters. Houck knows that, carrying a 5.30 ERA in 10 starts this season. Continue reading →

Business

Are bus-only lanes on Summer Street a way to ease Seaport traffic congestion?

A stalled plan is back in play, but not everyone thinks it’s a smart idea. Continue reading →

Business

Medicare pledges to expand coverage of Alzheimer’s drugs, which could boost Biogen’s Leqembi

The agency’s policy shift follows intense lobbying by patient advocates and drug companies. Continue reading →

Business

Mayor Michelle Wu signs new construction safety rules

The new rules will require construction and demolition projects to file detailed safety plans and will beef up enforcement by city inspectors. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Juan Carlos Formell, buoyant heir of Cuban musical legacy, dies at 59

An acclaimed singer-songwriter, Juan Carlos Formell settled in New York after defecting from Cuba and eventually took over as bassist for his famous father, Juan Formell, in Los Van Van, one of the most influential bands of post-Revolutionary Cuba. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Juan Carlos Formell, buoyant heir of Cuban musical legacy, dies at 59

An acclaimed singer-songwriter, Juan Carlos Formell settled in New York after defecting from Cuba and eventually took over as bassist for his famous father, Juan Formell, in Los Van Van, one of the most influential bands of post-Revolutionary Cuba. Continue reading →

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Arts

Gardner Museum, Theater Offensive team up for inaugural ‘Community Organization-in-Residence’ program

The cross-institutional collaboration, funded by a $320,000 grant from the Barr Foundation, will seek to harness performing and visual arts to highlight LGBTQ experiences amid a rise nationally in anti-trans sentiment. Continue reading →

Movie Review | ★★★

‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’: Something’s gonna change his world

The sequel to 2018's “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” takes you right to the edge. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

A ‘Forest’ comes alive at the Currier

The Brazilian artist Emerson Pontes’s “The Living Forest: UÝRA” subversively combines art and ecology. Continue reading →