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Friday, June 7, 2024
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

Tom Brady. Ben Affleck. ‘The Town.’ Ahead of NBA Finals against Celtics, some Dallas fans’ knowledge of Boston proves limited.

For many Mavericks fans, the Celtics’ hometown conjures up a ubiquitous coffee chain, an FBI snitch, assorted Afflecks, and a retired quarterback who grew up in Northern California. Continue reading →

Health

In Massachusetts, cultural differences and limited resources can cost migrant families their children for a time

Migrants have learned that admitting to medical or psychiatric needs can lead to children being taken away. Continue reading →

Critic's Notebook

At last at the MFA, an answer to the ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit’ problem

The museum's solution starts with Mohawk artist Alan Michelson, a Boston native. Continue reading →

Retail

TJ Maxx, Marshalls will roll out employee body cameras to deter shoplifting

The Framingham-based company's program is an effort to stem increasing levels of retail theft and prevent merchandise “shrinkage.” Continue reading →

World

Israeli strike kills dozens at civilian shelter in Gaza

An Israeli airstrike Thursday hit a United Nations school complex in the central Gaza Strip that had become a shelter for thousands of displaced Palestinians and, Israel said, Hamas militants. Gaza health officials said dozens of people were killed, including women and children. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Tackling generational poverty head on

WATCH: Development fellow Julian Soraparu explains how the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Lowell is attempting to make the once unattainable accessible. Watch →

Your weather questions answered

WATCH: Will it rain all summer? And, why is the United States a hotspot for tornadoes? Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan opens his Weather Mailbag. Watch →

OPINION: $19 for a ‘Big Mac’ meal?

WATCH: Former Boston city councilor and guest opinion writer Mike Ross argues that making fast food more expensive is good for the economy. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden’s gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can

She testified how she put it into a leather pouch, stuffed it into a shopping bag, and tossed it in a trash can outside a market near her home. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge rules Bannon must go to prison by July 1 while appealing contempt case

Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to lift the hold on his sentence arguing that no substantial legal questions remain over Bannon’s two-count conviction. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Scott says conviction helps Trump with Black, Hispanic voters

Scott announced a $14 million plan led by his super political action committee to help persuade Black and Hispanic voters to support Trump and other Republican candidates. Continue reading →

The World

World

Biden links fight for Ukraine with allied effort on D-Day

Addressing 180 surviving veterans of the Normandy operation and thousands of other guests, Biden said the world must defeat another “tyrant bent on domination” and meet “the test of ages” to defend Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

Dutch exit poll suggests neck and neck race between far right and center left in EU election

The poll results were a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the European Union over four days of voting that ends Sunday. Continue reading →

World

D-Day at 80

The veterans sat in wheelchairs. They saluted, briskly enough. Eight decades have gone by, many of them passed in silence because memories of the war were too terrible to relate. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Too many schools don’t teach students how to use this lifesaving drug

When it comes to addressing the significant toll of adolescent deaths due to opioid overdoses, stocking naloxone in school buildings is a promising solution. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

House’s $6.5 billion housing bill goes big on new development

MWRA expansion needs careful consideration. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Lawyer finds handling of Harvard criminal case ‘highly unusual’

As I watch this case unfold, I think of the abuse endured by Muslim clients I’ve represented, usually for no reason other than the clothing they wear. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

State Police investigator faces tough questions from defense at Karen Read murder trial

“The video shows nine drinks being consumed by the defendant,” State Police Sergeant Yuri Bukhenik testified at Read’s murder trial in Norfolk Superior Court, referring to surveillance footage from two Canton bars over a roughly three-hour span on Jan. 28, 2022. Continue reading →

K-12

Springfield superintendent steps down after calling School Committee member ‘scumbag’ during a recorded conversation

Superintendent Daniel Warwick, who was facing calls for his resignation, notified the mayor of his decision to begin his planned retirement more than three weeks ahead of schedule. Continue reading →

Metro

‘It’s gonna be one crazy night’: Out-of-town Celtics fans arrive early for start of NBA Finals

Under an overcast sky and light drizzle, fans began trickling onto Causeway Street in front of TD Garden in the early afternoon Thursday for the start of the NBA Finals. Continue reading →

Sports

Adam Himmelsbach | Instant Analysis

Celtics wasted no time taking control against the Mavericks, and other observations from Boston’s 107-89 win

Kristaps Porzingis returned from a five-week absence and ignited the Celtics during a powerful first half. And Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic recorded a career-playoff-low one assist. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

The Celtics certainly haven’t clinched a title yet, but Game 1 sure made it feel so

It was fitting Porzingis would trigger the surge because Game 1 was a bit of an homage to Boston big men of yore on the night the Celtics paid tribute to the late Bill Walton. Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Celtics waited more than a month for Kristaps Porzingis to return, and he made all the difference in Game 1

From the moment he stepped on the floor for his first NBA Finals appearance, Porzingis electrified the TD Garden crowd with his best stretch of basketball as a Celtic. Continue reading →

Business

innovation beat

Amid surging tech stocks and salaries, HubSpot CEO doubled her pay to $26 million last year

Among the 25 largest local tech companies, median total compensation for chief executives in 2023 was $7.0 million, a median increase of almost 5 percent from 2022. Continue reading →

Jobs

As US Postal Service pauses restructuring plan, New England workers get a reprieve

The pause is a win for workers, critics, and political leaders who feared the moves could result in job losses or relocations. Continue reading →

Retail

Wu places her Finals bet with Dallas mayor, while Healey demurs on wager with Governor Abbott

If Boston wins, we’re owed plenty of barbecue. If the title goes to Dallas, so will 18 gallons of clam chowder. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Richard Ellis, artist behind a life-size blue whale, dies at 86

In ways both small and immense, he helped demystify the world’s oceans with such works as naturalistic paintings, accessible, fact-filled books, and a 94-foot model blue whale that hangs at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

THEATER

ART to put a ‘bold new’ spin on ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in its 45th season

Diane Paulus and choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, who collaborated on “Jagged Little Pill,” will team up on the Shakespeare classic. Other highlights: “Diary of a Tap Dancer” and a fresh take on Homer’s epic “Odyssey.” Continue reading →

TELEVISION REVIEW

In Hulu’s ‘Queenie,’ a familiar story of a lost twentysomething soul

Dionne Brown carries the Hulu show, based on a book the media dubbed a Black "Bridget Jones’s Diary." Continue reading →

THEATER

Monty Python’s John Cleese will take your absurd questions at ‘Holy Grail’ screening in Medford

"When they say, 'Where do your ideas come from?' the honest answer is, 'From my unconscious.'" Continue reading →