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Sunday, June 4, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Health

Independent pediatric practices are struggling to survive

Serving the health of children has never been more vital — as patients require increasingly complex care. And many practices, particularly those caring for high numbers of patients on Medicaid, say they cannot sustain the work. Continue reading →

Investigations

‘Are you guys going to shoot me?’ Police encounters with mentally ill people increasingly turn deadly

A Globe review shows that most people shot by police in Massachusetts are suicidal, mentally ill, or having a breakdown. Continue reading →

red sox

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep

His family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native. Continue reading →

Biotech

Biotechs face headwinds as the industry’s annual bash returns to Boston

As more than 15,000 executives, investors, and promoters from around the world arrive at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, industry leaders are bracing for multiple challenges even as they trumpet their triumphs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry

“I can’t remember when we had any kind of fatality in our industry, so this is shocking for us,” said Richard Yamada, who sits on various industry boards, including the Alaska Charter Association and the Southeast Alaska Guides Organization. “We’re really curious to see what happened.” Continue reading →

Nation

Two Black members of Native tribes were arrested. The law sees only one as Indian.

Freedmen, as they are known for their ancestry, have been caught in the middle of a feud between the state of Oklahoma and tribal nations after the Supreme Court ruled in 2020 that much of eastern Oklahoma falls within an Indian reservation. Continue reading →

Nation

Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools ‘due to vulgarity or violence’

The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children Continue reading →

The World

World

India’s worst rail disaster in decades convulses country dependent on trains

At least 288 people were killed and more than 700 others injured in what officials in a preliminary government report described as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and one freight train in the eastern state of Odisha. Continue reading →

World

Vigilante justice rises in Haiti and crime plummets

In a nation wracked by extreme poverty and violence, civilians have taken up arms and killed at least 160 people believed to be gang members in the six weeks since a citizens “self-defense” movement known as “bwa kale” kicked off its vigilantism. Continue reading →

World

US vows to continue patrols near China and urges nuclear talks

The United States pressed China on two fronts this weekend, warning both of the near-term risks of military mishaps and of the looming dangers of a nuclear arms rivalry, prompting a vehement accusation from a Chinese general that the U.S. was stoking confrontation. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Don’t demonize parents of children served, indeed saved, by skin shock

We love our children and have discovered that this therapy allows them to live as happy a life as possible. My own son has finally been freed from behaviors so self-destructive he would no longer be alive. Continue reading →

LETTERS

From the outrages of the past, a policy on disability evolves

Too often, policies, procedures, and regulations are established, sometimes by the well-intentioned, that hinder growth and lack common sense. Continue reading →

LETTERS

We can do our part to lower death toll on the roads

"Whether I’m driving or out for a walk, I see a lot of drivers with a phone in their hand," writes one read. Another adds, "Pedestrians often wear dark outer garments, especially in winter. These materials reflect practically no light." Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

During Pride Month, there is liberation and repression everywhere in America

Our kids are growing up with gay Disney characters and an acceptance that love is love, and who you are is who you are. And yet. This is also a country currently gripped by a horrific wave of anti-LGBTQ hate. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Trans Resistance MA holds march and festival in Boston

Marchers gathered Saturday in Boston to show support for transgender people with a parade that originated in 2020 — and comes in a year when the transgender community has increasingly come under attack across the nation from conservatives. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey said error was ‘avoidable’ after state wrongly used $2.5 billion in federal money to pay jobless claims

"Why it happened, I’m not sure, and we’ll try to get to the bottom of that,” Healey said in an interview Friday. Continue reading →

Sports

patriots

It’s obvious why the Patriots drafted kicker Chad Ryland: ‘He was money, man’

The Patriots drafted the Maryland standout in the fourth round, and even traded up to do so. Why? Continue reading →

Game 1: Red Sox 8, Rays 5 | Game 2: Rays 4, Red Sox 2

Red Sox drop Game 2 to Rays after opening day/night doubleheader with come-from-behind win

Justin Turner provided the big hit in Game 1 in the sixth, a three-run double, as the offense picked up the starting pitching and defense. After Kenley Jansen closed out the opener, Tampa Bay scored a pair of runs off him in the ninth inning of Game 2 to get its win. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

Danny Ainge, the principal architect of this Celtics team, has some thoughts on their playoff run

The team's former president of basketball ops defended coach Joe Mazzulla's leadership and said Brad Stevens will figure out what went wrong. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

Rather than write about you, we want to hear from you. Continue reading →

IDEAS

I am the wrong kind of Black professor

I’ve staked my career on my interest in the dead white men of 19th-century British letters. I can’t count the times I’ve been told what a waste it is that I’ve done so. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Redd Holt, drummer on ’60s instrumental pop hits, dies at 91

Redd Holt, a drummer who in the 1960s, before jazz fusion became a popular term, struck a beat that had both the kick of funk and the delicacy of jazz on a number of surprisingly popular instrumental tunes, died May 23 in Chicago. He was 91. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Thomas Buergenthal, Holocaust survivor and judge, dies at 89

Thomas Buergenthal, who said his survival in a Nazi death camp when he was 10 years old equipped him to become a human rights lawyer and venerable judge on the World Court, died Monday at his home in Miami. He was 89. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Kaija Saariaho, pathbreaking composer of singular colors, is dead at 70

Kaija Saariaho, a Finnish composer brought up in the male-dominated world of high modernism who forged an artistic identity wholly her own and rose to the top ranks of contemporary classical music, died Friday at her home in Paris. She was 70. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

What changes will the BSO’s new president Chad Smith bring to Boston?

The orchestra has chosen Chad Smith, a well-regarded leader, as its next president. What changes might he bring to Boston? Continue reading →

Theater

The stage is theirs: At a majority of Boston-area theaters, women leaders have taken charge

The changes at the top portend greater diversity, onstage and off. Continue reading →

Television

In a sweet finale, ‘Ted Lasso’ has the last word on toxic masculinity

Often set in a men’s locker room, the series portrayed the many pitfalls of male ego. The finale pointed a way forward. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

In Becket, the Dream Away Lodge is ‘somewhere between a living museum or a living work of art, and a church’

There’s new ownership at the storied roadhouse on a hill in the Berkshires. And while change is inevitable, the new team says it intends to honor and preserve the Dream Away experience. Continue reading →

SURVEY SAYS

The safest places for LGBTQ+ travelers in 2023

As some US states and other countries push anti-gay and anti-trans laws, these are some of the more welcoming destinations. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Hidden meaning: Oh, the things people find in their homes, from the delightful to the disturbing

“It was right there with some old Werther’s Originals wrappers.’ Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: See you at the rooftop pool

Two buildings at Dot Block open for lease with room for Fluffy and Fido and rents starting at $2,500. Continue reading →