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The state’s new housing law aimed to help fix the affordability crisis. Experts now say it won’t deliver.
As towns file their MBTA Communities plans with the state, many are drawing zones that will likely produce far less new housing than the law anticipates. And it’s entirely by the book.

YVONNE ABRAHAM
A family’s anguish, and grace
The family of the man who committed Lewiston’s horrific mass shooting blame themselves

After $600,000 of sand washed away in days, a new plan arises for Salisbury Beach: Add more sand

When Biden’s new airline refund rule hit legislative turbulence, Warren swooped in to help save it

The White House had sold airline refunds as “automatic” but the legislation coming out of the Senate initially said something different.

Soon-to-be Suffolk Law graduate shares story of struggling through homelessness

Woman’s death after illegal medical procedure in Somerville raises concerns about underground clinics

The death of an Everett mother and the hospitalization of another woman following illicit medical procedures have renewed concerns about the dangers of underground clinics and unlicensed practitioners, who often target communities of color.

Marjorie Taylor Greene insults Democratic lawmaker, spiraling House committee meeting into chaos

Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan

Essex County sheriff’s deputy’s name added to National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Second suspect arrested in connection to armed robbery in Randolph

How busy will Boston streets be this summer?
WATCH: Tourists are expected to flock to the city. Correspondent Esha Walia shares what locals need to know. (Anna Guaracao)

‘It looks really optimistic’: Boston tourist attractions anticipate strong 2024 summer season

Meet Boston, the city’s visitors bureau, anticipates nearly 2.6 million international visitors in 2024, right behind the prepandemic visitor level of close to 2.7 million people.

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey
After another Bruins exit, is coach Jim Montgomery also out of here?
Twenty-four months ago, a Round 1 knockout by the Hurricanes led to the dismissal of coach Bruce Cassidy. It’s possible now that the same could happen to Montgomery.

Bruins captain Brad Marchand ‘couldn’t be more proud of the guys’

These local leaders struggled in school. It hasn’t held them back.

Lousy grades or a lack of college degree — or a long, winding road through higher education — haven’t kept accomplished locals from having meaningful careers.

At UMass Amherst commencement, pomp amid unusual circumstances
The Class of 2024 at UMass Amherst, who started at the state’s flagship campus at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, graduated Saturday amid a mix of cheers and boos as turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war loomed over the ceremony.

Looking back at the pro-Palestinian encampments around Massachusetts

Some student protesters packed up their encampments voluntarily, with or without an agreement from their school. Others were removed by force.
As the Massachusetts Teachers Association wades into the Israel-Hamas war, divisions rise among members
MUSIC REVIEW

Neil Young and Crazy Horse ride again at Xfinity Center

Young’s collaborations with Crazy Horse have often been an outlet for his rawest electric missives. That held true for much of Friday’s two-hour show.
SUMMER ARTS GUIDE

10 TV shows to sit back and enjoy this summer

These are the shows Globe TV critic Matthew Gilbert will be watching in the weeks ahead.
See more from our Summer Arts Guide
Peter Abraham I Sunday baseball notes

A look at some decisions that will at least be considered by struggling major league teams

The season will be closer to the All-Star break than Opening Day in a few days. For teams such as the Blue Jays and others, will it be time for change?
Ben Volin I Sunday football notes

Complexity of NFL schedule makes for some strange and potentially unfair quirks

It was only two decades ago that football fans could set their watch to consistent Sunday games at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m., with an occasional Monday night matchup if their team was any good.
Chad Finn | Sports Media

Rich Shertenlieb is focused on his new show, not any perceived ‘Toucher vs. Rich’

Shertenlieb is grateful that iHeart Media has encouraged him to build the show he wants and hire the people he wants.
Opinion
Timothy Scalona

I survived homelessness and am now graduating to a better life

This month I’ll graduate from law school. A better world is possible, one where homelessness is viewed not as natural law but as a consequence of our collective failure to care for the most vulnerable among us.
Renée Loth

The much-published letter writer David English extols his craft

Kenneth R. Manning

The value of graduations during times of political turmoil

RENÉE GRAHAM

The future of marriage equality

LETTERS

Biden, Trump, the media, the moderators, and the stakes

AAPI Heritage Month

MFA reopens its Arts of Japan galleries after six years of closure

Amy Tan reflects on her new nonfiction book. ‘Birds were fun ... fiction writing is torment.’

Eight restaurants to eat at for AAPI Heritage Month

COMMENTARY | JEANNIE SALOMON

This AAPI Heritage Month, it’s time to get serious about teaching AAPI history in Rhode Island

More recent News

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told
Maryam Kamalmaz said there is a high likelihood that her father died in Syria. He disappeared while traveling there in 2017.

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK
The organized chaos of a high school track meet, and the officials that keep them running smoothly
Determined and passionate, an aging corps of volunteers are the ringleaders of the manic circus atmosphere that surrounds every invitational and state competition.

Traces of bird flu have made it into store-bought milk in New England, but at very low levels
A new analysis by scientists at the Broad Institute suggests milk sold locally may have lower levels of the H5N1 virus than the national average.

US and Chinese automakers are headed in completely different directions
Chinese automakers are entering markets all over the world, while American companies like GM and Ford are focusing on North America.

PWHL Boston makes its own breaks along the way to reaching the first Walter Cup Finals
Boston and Minnesota, the lower-seeded playoff teams, survived semifinal series and will start a best-of-five for the league's inaugural championship Sunday.

Cambridge police investigating alleged sex assault by masked man
Police responded to the Cambridgepark Drive area around 9:20 p.m. Friday A crime scene was established in the restroom of a commercial building, Cambridge police said in statement.

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State placed migrant children in hotels with registered sex offenders, Globe investigation finds

After the Globe identified sex offenders in hotels housing new migrants and homeless families, the state said it is moving the individuals.

How Black, rural voters in one state could upend the 2024 presidential Electoral College math
North Carolina represents the best state where Biden can go on offense in a state Donald Trump won in 2020. But key to winning is holding the line with rural Black voters in the state.

‘There he is. There he is,’ witness says Karen Read screamed upon finding boyfriend in snow
The testimony capped an intense week in the high-profile case that has drawn national attention.

LOVE LETTERS
I’m concerned about my wife’s mental health
How can I keep her (and our family) safe?

Culture & Lifestyle

Neil Young and Crazy Horse ride again at Xfinity Center

What’s red, red, and red all over? We spoke with Jonathan Yeo about the reaction to his official portrait of King Charles III.

‘You can illuminate this darkness’: Global Cinema Film Festival of Boston returns

Steven Tyler, in shrieking good voice, sings ‘Mama Kin’ at Black Crowes concert

Special Projects

Lost in a World of Words

Learning to read is the greatest gift a school can give a child. And yet, in Massachusetts, outmoded teaching methods leave thousands of students struggling to gain this critical skill.

Beyond the Gilded Gate

People in and around Boston are being challenged, in ways never before, to address the region's unprecedented housing crisis.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

Boston doesn’t work if the T doesn’t work

With the MBTA engulfed by issues, everyday riders are feeling the pain.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

IDEAS | MILES HOWARD

I walked the entire 90-mile perimeter of Boston. It was surprising and delightful.

Kenneth R. Manning

The value of graduations during times of political turmoil

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Will the Trump team’s bigoted pandering to Black voters work?

EDITORIAL

Will the doctor be in? Massachusetts prisoners are about to find out.

SCOT LEHIGH

A brush with political death could make Mike Johnson a better speaker

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Looking back at the pro-Palestinian encampments around Massachusetts

Some student protesters packed up their encampments voluntarily, with or without an agreement from their school. Others were removed by force.

At UMass Amherst commencement, pomp amid unusual circumstances

The Class of 2024 at UMass Amherst, who started at the state’s flagship campus at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, graduated Saturday amid a mix of cheers and boos as turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war loomed over the ceremony.

Essex County sheriff’s deputy’s name added to National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Anthony J. Pasquarello, 37, of Saugus, died on Dec. 9, 2021, after contracting COVID while on duty at the Middleton jail, where he worked for 15 years.

Soon-to-be Suffolk Law graduate shares story of struggling through homelessness

“In the beginning of my childhood, I lived what I thought was a peaceful life, sort of not rich but not poor either,” Timothy Scalona said. “And then deteriorating circumstances led to the foreclosure that thrust us into homelessness.”

Sports

ISL PLAYOFFS

Clutch two-out hitting lifts St. Sebastian’s into ISL baseball final

Scoring all three runs with two-out hits, the Arrows edged Belmont Hill in the league tournament semifinals.
PWHL

PWHL Boston makes its own breaks along the way to reaching the first Walter Cup Finals

Boston and Minnesota, the lower-seeded playoff teams, survived semifinal series and will start a best-of-five for the league's inaugural championship Sunday.
Ben Volin I On football

Sitting a first-round quarterback isn’t easy. When is the right time for the Patriots to start Drake Maye?

Sitting a first-round quarterback has worked out well in a handful of high-profile cases.
OLYMPICS

Mike Sullivan gets expected call to lead US men’s hockey in 2025 Four Nations Face-Off, 2026 Olympics

Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

After another Bruins exit, is coach Jim Montgomery also out of here?

Business

US and Chinese automakers are headed in completely different directions

Chinese automakers are entering markets all over the world, while American companies like GM and Ford are focusing on North America.

Biden’s China tariffs are the end of an era for cheap Chinese goods

Biden’s decision Tuesday to codify and escalate tariffs imposed by Trump made clear that the United States has closed out a decades-long era that embraced trade with China and prized the gains of lower-cost products over the loss of geographically concentrated manufacturing jobs.

These local leaders struggled in school. It hasn’t held them back.

The state’s new housing law aimed to help fix the affordability crisis. Experts now say it won’t deliver.

magazine
Globe Magazine

An identity thief stole $5,000 from me. I spent two years tracking down how.

Globe Magazine

To meet people in her new town, she wanted to start a book club. She got 200 replies.

PERSPECTIVE

Marcia Kadish recalls the day she made same-sex marriage history in Cambridge

MISS CONDUCT

Whose order should a restaurant server take first?

metro

A family’s anguish, and grace

Woman’s death after illegal medical procedure in Somerville raises concerns about underground clinics

State placed migrant children in hotels with registered sex offenders, Globe investigation finds

sports

Game 46: Red Sox at Cardinals lineups and notes

Jon Urbanchek, who led swimmers to Olympic glory, dies at 87

Which team would be a more favorable matchup for the Celtics, the Knicks or Pacers?

business

NRA kicks off annual meeting as board considers successor to longtime leader Wayne LaPierre

Moderna wins a battle in vaccine patent dispute with Pfizer-BioNTech

Despite looming tax base worries, Moody’s affirms Boston’s strong credit rating

politics

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

Donald Trump will address the NRA in Texas. He’s called himself the best president for gun owners.

Here’s how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could make the first debate stage under stringent Biden-Trump rules

Nation

Hot weather poses new risk as thousands remain without power after deadly Houston storm

35 Years later, the remains known as ‘Chimney Doe’ have a name and a face

Tick season has arrived. Protect yourself with these tips

World

Member of Israel’s War Cabinet says he’ll quit the government June 8 unless there’s a new war plan

With its energy network nearly destroyed, Ukraine already fears the winter

A would-be assassin stirs Europe’s violent ghosts

opinion

White Stadium plan is an opportunity we shouldn’t squander

$19 Big Mac meal, $20 minimum wage make a bad combo for fast-food workers

A rare peek behind Beacon Hill’s backroom doors

lifestyle

I’m concerned about my wife’s mental health

Meet the Wellesley psychiatrist who wants families to ban smartphones before 8th grade

The big red flag: alcohol

food & dining

A decade ago, Boston tried and failed to fix its broken liquor license system. Will this time be different?

Small Victories serves empanadas and caviar in Southie; Althea opens in Central Square

Michelle T. King’s ‘Chop Fry Watch Learn’ remembers Fu Pei-mei, the woman who brought Chinese food to TV — and the world

travel

Funny — you don’t look two years old! This new, ‘olde’ Rockport, Maine, hotel is full of surprises

Beaches, palaces, and high culture. The unexpected and completely over-the-top pleasures of Abu Dhabi.

Biddeford — and ‘Maine’s Youngest Downtown’ — is worth a visit

Arts

What’s red, red, and red all over? We spoke with Jonathan Yeo about the reaction to his official portrait of King Charles III.

In a solo show at the Portland Museum of Art, Passamaquoddy artist Jeremy Frey transforms an ancient tradition

10 museum exhibitions to enrich long summer days

Books

John Kaag, in ‘American Bloods,’ follows the sprawling branches of a powerful dynasty throughout American history

Two new poetry collections and a literary journal exploring ‘the pastoral and the passed-over’ in Maine

Author readings around Boston through May 25

Movies

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix

Ready to get your summer movies on? Here’s your guide, from ‘Furiosa’ to ‘Fly Me to the Moon.’

‘Back to Black’ star Marisa Abela on telling Amy Winehouse’s story ‘authentically’ through her music

Television

Ari Shapiro to host new season of ‘The Mole’

‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel coming soon, according to Netflix

10 TV shows to sit back and enjoy this summer

music

Neil Young and Crazy Horse ride again at Xfinity Center

Steven Tyler, in shrieking good voice, sings ‘Mama Kin’ at Black Crowes concert

For Americana fans, there’s Willie, Billy, and 8 more great shows

Theater/Dance

From Covent Garden to the Berkshires: London’s Royal Ballet visits US for the first time since 2015

The weather’s heating up and so is dance: 10 shows to see in New England

From ‘Holy Grail’ to ‘Catholic Guilt,’ 10 comedy shows to lighten up summer

Health

What we’re starting to learn about H5N1 in cows, and the risk to people

Centurion Foundation was the ‘only viable’ buyer for Roger Williams, Fatima hospitals, CEO says

Agent Orange exposure damages the brain in ways similar to Alzheimer’s disease, new study says

Obituaries

Jon Urbanchek, who led swimmers to Olympic glory, dies at 87

Eddie Gossage, the longtime head of Texas Motor Speedway, dies at 65

Katherine Porter, painter of intuitive expressionism, dies at 82