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Monday, May 27, 2024
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Around New England

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. Continue reading →

Metro

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 performers like Trama and his craft. Real estate prices are squeezing small performance venues and performers alike. Continue reading →

Housing

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. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

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

Cruz’s Sunday statement noted that the arrest followed “a day of multiple South Shore stabbing incidents, allegedly carried out by Ravizza.” Continue reading →

Healthcare

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. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

More than a dozen dead in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas after severe weather roars across region

Powerful storms killed at least 14 people and left a wide trail of destruction overnight, causing extensive damage and outages, authorities said. Continue reading →

Nation

Even as violent crime drops, lawlessness rises as an election issue

Homicide rates are tumbling from pandemic highs in most cities and funding for law enforcement is rising but an increase in property crime has added to a sense of lawlessness, amplified on social media and local online message boards. Continue reading →

Nation

As crypto cash floods Washington, Congress eyes gentler regulations

Cryptocurrency companies and investors have spent at least $149 million over the past four years to thwart tough regulation and elect allies to Congress. Continue reading →

The World

World

Netanyahu’s split with Biden and the Democrats was years in the making

Benjamin Netanyahu has departed sharply from his predecessors’ studious bipartisanship to embrace Republicans and disdain Democrats, an attitude increasingly mirrored in each party’s approach to Israel. Continue reading →

World

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

There were no immediate details on the target, but footage from the scene showed heavy destruction. The Israeli army said it was unaware of anything occurring in the area. Continue reading →

World

Russia steps up a covert sabotage campaign aimed at Europe

US and European security officials say a series of arsons is part of a concerted effort by Russia to slow arms transfers to Ukraine and create the appearance of growing European opposition to support for Ukraine. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Opinion

My father’s tools

I tried to play it cool when my 87-year-old father offered me the scythe. Yet in offering me this one tool, he was bestowing upon me the mantle of family caretaking. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

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

A century old law on liquor licensing is hampering restaurant development in the city’s neighborhoods. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Healey presses ahead with launch of housing advocacy group

Readers expressed contrasting reactions to the administration's creation of a nonprofit group that would provide grass-roots support to housing initiatives at the local level. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

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 performers like Trama and his craft. Real estate prices are squeezing small performance venues and performers alike. Continue reading →

Higher Education

BU to remove name of English colonist who massacred Native Americans from dorm

The decision to remove Myles Standish’s name from the hall, which was approved earlier this month by the university's Board of Trustees, comes after years of advocacy by students and faculty. Continue reading →

K-12

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. Continue reading →

Sports

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 . . . The haters can say what they want to say.” Continue reading →

Red Sox 2, Brewers 1

Tanner Houck’s strong outing, Jarren Duran’s game-winning single helps Red Sox avoid sweep in chippy win over Brewers

Houck had to settle for a no-decision after allowing just one earned run on seven hits in six innings. Continue reading →

BC 14, Northwestern 13 | NCAA Lacrosse Championship

Boston College comes storming back to top Northwestern, reclaim NCAA women’s lacrosse championship

The Eagles won a rematch of last year's final despite a 6-0 deficit after the first period. Continue reading →

Business

BUSINESS

Move over filet mignon, meet the man who wants to make ostrich meat a staple

A self-described “city boy” created an ostrich farm in rural N.H. He believes it will be a winning business that can help the environment and people’s health. Continue reading →

no stupid questions

Taxes are a pain. Here’s how to make them a less expensive pain if you live in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Department of Revenue offers many of its own unique deductions and credits that help you whittle down what you owe each April. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

From Massport to MCCA, help wanted atop some of the state’s most powerful entities

There are so many CEO vacancies among the quasi-public authorities — business-government hybrids that help make the economy hum — that it’s getting hard to keep up. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

John W. Roberts, who led state ACLU in protecting free-speech and abortion rights, dies at 89

John W. Roberts, who as a Presbyterian minister had preached and advocated for racial justice in disadvantaged parts of New York, Chicago, and Cleveland before becoming an ACLU leader, died in Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge Tuesday of a blood infection. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Joe Zucker, prolific painter of innumerable styles, dies at 82

An influential painter, Joe Zucker took his obsession with process and materials to unique extremes. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard M. Sherman, who fueled Disney charm in ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘It’s a Small World,’ dies at 95

Sherman — who helped write the instantly memorable songs for “Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book,” and “It’s a Small World (After All)” — has died. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

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

There were, of course, other sounds that veered far from the standard country-and-western playbook, from Khruangbin and Trey Anastasio’s Classic Tab, to Bad Rabbits and Paper Lady. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

The Killers pack their arena anthems into the cozy confines of the Paradise, and everyone has a blast

Frontman Brandon Flowers came off like a man possessed on the club's stage, the night before the band's headlining set Sunday at Boston Calling. Continue reading →

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free events happening across Boston on Memorial Day and beyond

On Monday, there's free admission to the MFA and the annual Beacon Hill Art Walk returns. Continue reading →