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Massachusetts

Jubilant fans salute Celtics, triumphant again, with a party on wheels

A squirming-room-only crowd stood dozens-deep at the barricades slicing through downtown in a mile-long parade. Continue reading →

Health

With legislative support, state’s disabled community hopes to dodge cuts to home help program

Wins in the Legislature have eased fears about proposed eligibility restrictions to the home care program. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court upholds law disarming domestic abusers

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that the government can take guns away from people subject to restraining orders for domestic violence, limiting the sweep of a blockbuster decision in 2022 that had vastly expanded Second Amendment rights. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump lawyers in classified files case challenge prosecutor’s appointment at start of 3-day hearing

Lawyers for Donald Trump made a longshot argument Friday that the Justice Department prosecutor who charged the former president with hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate was illegally appointed and that the case should therefore be dismissed. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s convictions fueled donation surge that could reshape contest

The latest fundraising results put Trump in a position to build a bigger operation and air more television ads. Continue reading →

Nation

Here’s the landscape 2 years after the Supreme Court overturned a national right to abortion

The June 24, 2022, ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization sparked legislative action, protests, and numerous lawsuits — placing the issue at the center of politics across the country. Continue reading →

The World

World

South Korea summons Russian ambassador as tensions rise with North Korea

South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong Kyun summoned Russian Ambassador Georgy Zinoviev to protest the deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un and called for Moscow to immediately halt its alleged military cooperation with Pyongyang. Continue reading →

World

Israeli official describes secret government bid to cement control of West Bank

An influential member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition told settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank that the government is engaged in a stealthy effort to irreversibly change the way the territory is governed, to cement Israel’s control over it without being accused of formally annexing it. Continue reading →

World

As Ukraine expands military draft, some men go into hiding

As Russian forces are on the attack across the front line, the Ukrainian military has been desperately trying to replenish its war-battered forces, embarking on a large-scale mobilization campaign backed by new laws. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

What Biden needs to say to win the debate with Trump

The president should take off the gloves and deliver the facts — with strength and conviction. That’s all he needs to do to beat Trump’s campaign of lies, revenge, and attacks on American values. Continue reading →

OPINION

An overdue recognition for Boston’s Vietnamese diaspora

A project to establish a permanent marker that honors the Vietnamese experience is underway in Boston Little Saigon. Continue reading →

LETTERS

How would you redesign the Massachusetts flag?

The Jeff Jacoby’s column on reimagining the state flag generated many comments. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Two ‘Rise of the Moors’ members convicted on gun charges in Middlesex court

Jamhal Tavon Sanders Latimer, who has been identified as the leader of the Rhode Island-based group, and Steven Anthony Perez were convicted by a Middlesex Superior Court jury of a total of eight charges after two days of deliberations, records show. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Prosecution rests case against Karen Read as trial nears its end

The prosecution been the subject of rampant speculation and numerous conspiracy theories of a police coverup that have dominated headlines around the region. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Quincy man who raped 65-year-old woman and attacked two other women in South End sentenced to 12 years in prison

“It’s difficult to comprehend the brutality of these stranger-violence attacks or to exaggerate the shock and fear these three women experienced at the hands of this man,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden said in a statement. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

Hours before Celtics parade, early risers staked out spots along route

Rabid fans sought to beat the throngs who would later flood the parade route. Continue reading →

Celtics

Celtics fans crowd T to attend championship parade

Fans were on their way on the Red Line from Braintree en route to the Celtics parade Friday morning. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Are the Red Sox positioning themselves to beat the odds?

The team has worked to continue player development at the big league level, and that has led to many outperforming expectations. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

This Nantucket rental costs $100,000 a week. Yes, really.

The property comprises a six-bedroom main house and a two-bedroom guest cottage, a pool, private beach stairs, and an outdoor kitchen. Continue reading →

Retail

Top Boston liquor lawyer fired for allegedly falsifying a license

The former general counsel of the Licensing Board was fired by her firm last month for allegedly giving out a bogus permit. Continue reading →

Business

More than 500 Mass. auto dealerships affected by nationwide software hack

Dealers who use CDK software are being forced to rely on physical paperwork for tasks including vehicle registration, complicating the car-buying process for customers across the country. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Elinor Fuchs, leading scholar of experimental theater, dies at 91

Elinor Fuchs, whose impassioned insights into contemporary theater — first as a critic prowling the avant-garde scene in New York, and later as a professor at Yale — made her one of the leading scholars of the modern American stage, died May 28 at her home in the West Village of Manhattan. She was 91. Continue reading →

Obituaries

James Chance, no wave and punk-funk pioneer, dies at 71

James Chance, a singer, saxophonist, and composer who melded punk, funk, and free jazz into bristling dance music as the leader of the Contortions, died Tuesday in New York. He was 71. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ricardo M. Urbina, trailblazing Latino judge in capital, dies at 78

As a young man, he was a track star in college and challenged on racial grounds his rejection by an influential track club. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

With a sold-out concert at The Sinclair, Paris Paloma is just getting started

Best known for her viral song “labour,” the 24-year-old Glasgow-born artist has resonated with women who post TikToks using the song to voice their struggles and experiences with the patriarchy. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

Lana Del Rey plays ball despite weather delays at historic Fenway show

On Thursday night, Del Rey crossed a major career milestone at Fenway Park, locking in her first headlining stadium performance in the United States with a one-off (and sold-out) show at the historic ballpark. Continue reading →

APPRECIATION

Donald Sutherland defied categorization

Irreverence was a Sutherland specialty, his voice had a faint smirk in it, and that irreverence extended to the career itself. Continue reading →