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Wednesday, June 19, 2024
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Celtics win nba title

‘Yo, Joe, we did it!’ From morning coffee to late-night champagne, inside the wild day the Celtics became NBA champions.

The Celtics rinsed away a decade of shattered dreams and finally climbed to the mountaintop. And by the looks of it, they're not coming down anytime soon. Continue reading →

Higher Education

After year of turmoil, a Harvard dean proposes a solution: muzzle the faculty

The dean's op-ed has accomplished the seemingly impossible: uniting, at least for the moment, Harvard's pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian factions. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston Public Schools student homelessness hits all-time high. Why has it gotten so bad?

More than 5,000 BPS students have experienced homelessness at some point this school year. It’s a record level for the district, a troubling trend that has been on the rise since the 2021-2022 school year. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts restores 911 service after statewide outage

Emergency 911 telephone service was restored in Massachusetts late Tuesday afternoon after an outage that lasted more than an hour and a half. Continue reading →

Elections

As Supreme Court grapples with ethical concerns, Democrats mull how to take advantage of its unpopularity

The Supreme Court's actions both inside and outside the chamber may have opened a new chapter in which the highest court plays a bigger role for Democrats on the campaign trail. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Greatest Celtics team of all time?

WATCH: With Banner 18 in hand, columnist Chad Finn and guest host Diti Kohli compare the 2024 Celtics to the 1986 Larry Bird Celtics. Watch →

How to beat the heat

WATCH: Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan unpacks the best ways to stay cool, calm, and collected as temperatures soar into the 90s. Watch →

Police neglect missing Black women and girls investigations

WATCH: Reporter Tiana Woodard explains the state’s murky missing persons protocol and how a bill could tear down systemic issues in police departments. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Biden gives legal protections to immigrant spouses of US citizens

Under the new policy, some 500,000 spouses will be shielded from deportation and given a pathway to citizenship; it is one of the most expansive actions to protect immigrants since Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was enacted 12 years ago to protect those who came to the United States as children. Continue reading →

Nation

Club Q gunman sentenced to 55 life sentences in Colorado mass killing

Some family members of victims angrily demanded capital punishment, saying the gunman should learn to live in fear. Others, voices shaking and halting amid tears, spoke about how much they missed their sons, daughters, brothers, and sisters. Continue reading →

Nation

More than 1,000 birds died one night in Chicago. Will it happen again?

One key factor in the deaths: the number of buildings that had their lights on, which disoriented birds that were migrating overnight. Continue reading →

The World

World

‘A big step back’: In Ukraine, concerns mount over narrowing press freedoms

Groups monitoring press freedoms are raising alarms over what they say are increasing restrictions and pressures on the media that go well beyond Ukraine’s wartime needs. Continue reading →

World

Israel says Rafah attack near completion, in potential shift for war

An end of the attack on Rafah would offer a possible respite to civilians who have spent months in the line of fire and possibly jolt stalemated diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire deal. Continue reading →

World

Should hundreds of millions in seized assets go to Islamic State victims?

The dispute, which has pit the State Department against the Justice Department, raises a tangle of legal, moral, and policy problems about the financial implications of executive branch officials handling an unusually large amount of money that has not gone through the usual process of being appropriated by Congress. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

If we’re pretty sure social media endangers kids, shouldn’t we do something about it?

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wants to put a warning label on social media, which is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents. Continue reading →

OPINION

The champion Boston Celtics — this is just the beginning

There is no reason why the Celtics cannot be for this decade what the Golden State Warriors were for the last one — multiple and repeat champions. Everything is in place for such a run. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Mass. sees a drop in opioid-related death rates but no letup in harm

As the Legislature tackles the opioid epidemic in the final months of its session, we hope lawmakers give public health officials every tool to take a comprehensive approach. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Massachusetts restores 911 service after statewide outage

Emergency 911 telephone service was restored in Massachusetts late Tuesday afternoon after an outage that lasted more than an hour and a half. Continue reading →

K-12

Current and former Boston Public Schools administrators allege ‘vindictive, racist, and sexist’ workplace culture

A scathing new report report claims BPS Superintendent Mary Skipper has failed to take seriously any of the employees' concerns and instead has “dismantled all policies or practices focused on advancing racial equity in BPS and silences employees from raising concerns.” Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Tewksbury man charged with murder of 15-year-old Lowell girl, pleads not guilty

Prosecutors said Trevor Bady, 21, allegedly killed Ahliana M. Dickey following a pattern of abuse and threats. Her body was found in her family's Lowell home on Friday. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

Boston officials preparing for Celtics victory parade Friday, following championship win

The duck boat parade will move down Causeway Street, pass Boston City Hall, turn onto the Tremont Street side of the Boston Common and end at the Hynes Convention Center on Boylston Street. Continue reading →

Celtics

As the first Dominican NBA champion, Al Horford’s Celtics win kindles Caribbean pride locally

"I feel really proud to represent all Dominicans," Horford said in a press conference after Game 5. Continue reading →

Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 3

David Hamilton and Ceddanne Rafaela spark rally as Red Sox top Blue Jays for fourth straight victory

Hamilton and Rafaela have created havoc at the bottom of the order, highlighted by their growth at the plate and their dynamic running ability on the bases. Continue reading →

Business

Business

US debt on pace to top $56 trillion over next 10 years

The new projections come as lawmakers are gearing up for a big tax and spending battle. Most of the 2017 Trump tax cuts will expire in 2025, forcing lawmakers to decide whether to renew them and, if so, how to pay for them. Continue reading →

Housing

Another month, another home price record for Greater Boston

The mark set in May was yet another historical home price record for the region and a 5.5 percent increase from May of 2023, in what has been a decade-long period of skyrocketing housing costs. Continue reading →

Business

EV drivers could get a charge from proposed climate law

The bill includes funding for EV purchase rebates and encouragement for building more EV charging stations. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Bob Schul, a singular US Olympian in 5,000-meter race, dies at 86

The Ohio farm boy overcame asthma to become the leading American runner of that distance. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

‘Star Wars’ at Fenway? Sounds like a home run.

Fenway Park will screen “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope” for its annual movie night July 2. Continue reading →

Television

Ayo Edebiri talks Celtics, Cool Dogs, and the Great Molasses Flood on ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’

The Dorchester native also dished on the time her father refused to let "The Departed" film at their house. Continue reading →

Movies

A ‘Romy and Michele’ prom in P-town

The Provincetown International Film Festival had its first dance — which drew Marys, Rhodas, and inventors of Post-its. Continue reading →