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Students attend Dartmouth Remembers, a candlelight vigil held in May to commemorate the lives of four Dartmouth College students who died this academic year: Beau DuBray '24, Connor Tiffany '24, Lamees Kareem '22, and Elizabeth Reimer '24.

At Dartmouth College, first-year suicides a grim reminder of a year of loneliness

The deaths have devastated the small Ivy League campus and sparked deep outrage among students, who say the school’s mental health resources have been woefully inadequate during an academic year blighted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

‘We’ll stand together again’: Worcester mourns the deaths of police officer and boy he tried to save
Worcester, which has lost nearly a dozen first responders in the line of duty over the past two decades, this weekend faced a too-familiar pain as people mourned the deaths of Officer Enmanuel Familia, 38, and the teenager he sought to rescue from the pond at Green Hill Park, a 14-year-old boy named Troy Love.

Tragedy befalls Worcester as officer, 14-year-old boy drown in pond

Kevin Paul Dupont | ISLANDERS 4, BRUINS 1
Puck movement was lacking with back-line losses, and other observations from a worrying Game 4 for the Bruins
“We just didn’t have our best game executing,” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy assessed, with the series now a best-of-three. “Through the neutral zone, for whatever reason, our D had a tough time moving their feet.”

Islanders win a rough-and-tumble game to tie up series with Bruins at two games apieceTara Sullivan: A nearly full house was an inspiring sight for all sports fans

‘I’m not the one on trial here.’ Police Commissioner White’s ex-wife speaks out about abuse, his campaign to discredit her to save his job

Sybil Mason is speaking out about her frustration in seeing her own experiences negated, and her outrage in watching her ex-husband Dennis White turn his employment dispute into a referendum on her character.

Another Boston police scandal is quietly unfolding

To date, 14 current or former Boston police employees, almost all from the evidence unit, have been charged with falsifying time sheets in order to collect more than $300,000 in fraudulent overtime.

From fire chief to mail clerks, no one seems able to find housing in Martha’s Vineyard

The housing crisis has separated families and left businesses scrambling for employees.

One Braintree officer shot in woods released from hospital; the other remains hospitalized in stable condition

Officer Matthew Donoghue, 34, was released Saturday afternoon from Boston Medical Center, where a group of his fellow officers met him with applause outside the Menino Pavilion and escorted him home.

red sox 7, yankees 3
Kiké Hernández comes though with go-ahead double as Red Sox rally to beat Yankees
Dropped from first to seventh in the lineup, Hernández broke out of a long slump to spark Boston's four-run eighth inning.

Peter Abraham: Worlds collide for Garrett Whitlock and Sox reliever walks away a winner

Jon Rahm had a six-shot lead after 54 holes when his test for COVID-19 came back positive.

Coronavirus forces Jon Rahm to withdraw from Memorial

A command performance, including a hole-in-one Saturday morning to complete his second round, went to waste.

Texas state Representative Jessica Gonzalez spoke during a news conference in Austin, Texas, on May 31 after House Democrats pulled off a dramatic, last-ditch walkout and blocked one of the most restrictive voting bills in the US from passing before a midnight deadline.

Swing state Democrats beg for help from Biden as Republicans seek more control over elections

The growing chorus from Democrats in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, and other battleground states has dialed up the pressure on the White House and congressional Democrats to shore up voting rights with federal legislation.

Governor Charlie Baker, pictured at the State House on May 28, said Saturday that Deborah Martell's comments "don’t speak for the Republican Party.”

After ‘bigoted’ remarks, Baker says GOP leadership is out of touch with most Republicans’ beliefs

Governor Charlie Baker said Republican State Committee member Deborah Martell made "bigoted remarks" when she told a gay congressional candidate she was “sickened” that he and his husband had adopted children together.

Lion dancers perform in Chinatown to chase away the coronavirus
The event, organized by City Councilor Ed Flynn and several neighborhood organizations, was the first of four lion dance performances planned to be held in Chinatown on all Saturdays in June.

Chad Finn I Sports media

Naomi Osaka episode begs the question: What role should the media play in the mental health of athletes?

The most important layer to this story was the well-being of a charismatic and compelling young athlete who was struggling.

Ten ways to celebrate Pride Month
The year’s Pride celebrations include a mix of in-person and virtual events.

Janey declares heat emergency as Mass. faces potential four-day heat wave

Acting Mayor Kim Janey on Saturday declared a heat emergency in Boston, as parts of Massachusetts brace for a potential four-day heat wave, marking the first time this year that the state has seen high heat and humidity for an extended period.

Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Is there reason for the Dodgers to be worried about Mookie Betts?

Betts already has missed 10 games because of a series of minor ailments.

California’s assault weapons ban overturned as federal judge compares AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife

A federal judge Friday night overturned California's longtime ban on assault weapons, saying the state's law was unconstitutional and that prohibiting such firearms for decades was "a failed experiment."

Opinion

A painting in Dubuque, Iowa, of the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who noted that dissents sometimes transform into the opinion of the court "in the next generations."

IDEAS | PETER S. CANELLOS

How dissenting opinions win out in the end

The three liberal justices on today’s Supreme Court may be in a for an epic run of dissents. More than 100 years ago, one justice showed how to do it well.

Jessica Tang, president of the Boston Teachers Union, addressed parents of color gathered at the State House to protest their exclusion from the discussion of school reopening policy in March.

MARCELA GARCÍA

We need to talk about the Boston Teachers Union contract

Kimberly Atkins Stohr and Greg Stohr on their wedding day.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr

Taking my husband’s name is a feminist act

Patrice Lumumba, left, shakes hands with a supporter in Leopoldville, now known as Kinshasa, on Oct. 9, 1960.

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Lumumba’s tooth and other remnants of 1960s idealism

Gary Bledsoe, president of the Texas NAACP, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol on May 30 against Senate Bill 7, known as the Election Integrity Protection Act.

Time is running out. Senate Democrats must act to protect voting rights.

Recommended reads

The real reason we can’t stop reading about Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
The idea of getting a second chance to fix a relationship with "the one who got away" is a pretty universal fantasy — part romance novel, part horror story. It may be why the Bennifer saga has so many people enthralled.

Who will be the next Celtics coach? Here are 11 names to know

Brad Stevens’s first task as Celtics’ president of basketball operations? Finding his own replacement.

It’s not the Olympics Molly Seidel expected, but the marathoner is grateful she’ll be in Tokyo at all

The Cambridge resident will be making her Olympic debut after qualifying for the US team 16 months ago, but she'll be doing it without any foreign fans or family in attendance.

Nantucket roiled by debate over short-term rentals

Proposed rules limiting the use of Airbnb and similar platforms will be put to a vote on Saturday.

In a town swimming in restaurants, Burlington’s Row 34 stands out

Island Creek Oyster Bar’s seafood-focused replacement makes a splash.

metro

Police are asking for the public's help in identifying this man in connection to two indecent assault and battery incidents that occurred Saturday morning in West Roxbury.

Boston police seek man in indecent assault and battery incidents

The man was described by police as being “heavy-set” and having short, dark hair, according to a statement the department released Saturday.

‘I’m not the one on trial here.’ Police Commissioner White’s ex-wife speaks out about abuse, his campaign to discredit her to save his job

Baker tours Dorchester vaccination clinic Saturday as state reports more than 96,000 new administered doses

Sports

Islanders fans were out in full force Saturday night.

A nearly full house was an inspiring sight for all sports fans

The home crowd was as much a factor in New York's win as anything.

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

Worlds collide for Garrett Whitlock and Sox reliever walks away a winner

US GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brody Malone wins first US gymnastics title, with Tokyo in sight

business

Rishi Sunak, UK chancellor of the exchequer, (left) with Paschal Donohoe, Ireland's finance minister, during their bilateral meeting on the final day of the Group of Seven Finance Ministers summit in London Saturday.

Finance leaders reach global tax deal aimed at ending profit shifting

G-7 nations sign key pact to make tech giants pay fair taxes

Biden says jobs report bolsters case for government spending

politics

In this April 3, 2021, file photo, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp listened to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta.

In Trump’s shadow, Ga’s. Kemp draws boos from GOP faithful

Swing state Democrats beg for help from Biden as Republicans seek more control over elections

Meadows pressed Justice to investigate election fraud claims

Living Arts

The Trans Resistance March in 2020

Ten ways to celebrate Pride Month

American Repertory Theater’s 2021-2022 season to feature a pre-Broadway revival of ‘1776’

BSO boosts concert capacity for 2021 Tanglewood concerts

education

Students attend Dartmouth Remembers, a candlelight vigil held in May to commemorate the lives of four Dartmouth College students who died this academic year: Beau DuBray '24, Connor Tiffany '24, Lamees Kareem '22, and Elizabeth Reimer '24.

At Dartmouth College, first-year suicides a grim reminder of a year of loneliness

How many coronavirus cases have been reported in Mass. schools? Check our map

Free pooled COVID testing offered to day cares statewide

rhode island

Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza

COMMENTARY | JORGE ELORZA

To change the status quo for Providence schools, fully implement the Crowley Act

COMMENTARY | Allan Fung

Asian Americans in Rhode Island should not be invisible -- or silent

Two suspects in killing of R.I. college student held without bail

Newton

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Special Projects

DJ Rock is an LGBTQ+ youth advocate.

A BEAUTIFUL RESISTANCE

The pride I carry with me

This June, A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Pride Month and LGBTQ+ joy as told to Jeneé Osterheldt.

See the full projectFollow @abeautifulresistance on Instagram

On the Street

A bicyclist made his way across Dorchester Avenue in Fields Corner.

Known for its diversity, Fields Corner now must make room for development

A man repacked the food he got from a food pantry on Broadway in Chelsea. Chelsea has been one of the places in Greater Boston hardest hit by the pandemic.

In tackling the pandemic, Chelsea finds new strength

A mural on the side of the Mayor Bill Carpenter Garage in Brockton.

Brockton offers a gateway to a new generation

See more from our business series ‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

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PROJECT TAKEOUT | DEVRA FIRST
Get takeout. It’s your civic duty.
Ordering dinner will help small local businesses survive the pandemic. But that’s just the start.

Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed
Similar to “right to forget” programs that have cropped up across the country, the undertaking is meant to address the lasting impact that stories about past embarrassments, mistakes, or minor crimes, forever online, can have on a person’s life.

Boston Globe Spotlight Report
Boston’s hospital chiefs moonlight on corporate boards at rates far beyond the national level
Hospital chiefs and trustees defend this as boosting public-private partnerships, but critics say these board positions — some paying millions of dollars — raise troubling issues of conflict of interest and hospital priorities.

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Comfort Zone

NAMES
Mark Wahlberg turns . . . 50?
Our local Hollywood hero hits the half-century mark Saturday.

MUSIC
BSO boosts concert capacity for 2021 Tanglewood concerts
Tickets will soon go on sale for previously sold-out events featuring Yo-Yo Ma and John Williams.

MUSIC
This Boston percussionist keeps the beat on bikes
Reynaliz Herrera will perform Sunday for Harvard Museums of Science & Culture’s virtual World Bicycle Day Celebration.

SELF-HELP
Summoning the goddesses of self-help
The new "The Goddess Solution" and the classic "Goddesses in Everywoman" draw upon ancient wisdom found in feminine archetypes.

COMFORT ZONE
Your guide to Fenway’s 2021 concert season
With the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions, the 2021 Fenway Concert Series will return to Lansdowne Street this summer starting July 16.

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A photograph banner outside the Stonewall National Monument in New York City.

Corporate America needs to push for federal LGBTQ rights

Losing battles with the language

Doughnuts are sold at a Krispy Kreme store on May 05, 2021 in Chicago, Illinois. The chain has donated 1.5 million free donuts, and counting, to people who have been vaccinated.

Coffee, beer, doughnuts: How to coax busy Americans into getting a COVID-19 shot

This handout photo released by the European Southern Observatory on November 20, 2017 shows an artist's impression of the first interstellar asteroid: Oumuamua. This unique object was discovered on October 19, 2017 by the Pan-STARRS 1 telescope in Hawaii.

Is an unknown space object a ‘message in a bottle’?

A still image from video released by the Department of Defense shows a 2004 encounter near San Diego between two Navy F/A-18F fighter jets and an unknown object. Despite Pentagon statements that it disbanded a once-covert program to investigate unidentified flying objects, the effort remains underway — renamed and tucked inside the Office of Naval Intelligence, where officials continue to study mystifying encounters between military pilots and unidentified aerial vehicles.

The night I saw a UFO

An image from photographer Joe Wallace’s "Portraits of Dementia" project to capture the humanity of people living with the condition. The subjects of Wallace’s photographs have ranged in age from 29 to 100. Find more images and details at portraitsofdementia.com.

IDEAS | KAT MCGOWAN

The real breakthrough for dementia: smashing the stigma

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We know a lot about Covid-19. Experts have many more questions
More than two dozen virologists, epidemiologists, and others responded to STAT's question about what they still most wanted to know.

Cement Head’s last fight: He was denied parole six times — until he was about to become a Covid-19 statistic
In lawyers' view, the Department of Correction was trying to make it seem like it had fewer Covid-19 deaths on its hands than it really did.

Troubling podcast puts JAMA, the ‘voice of medicine,’ under fire for its mishandling of race
Critics say editors have asked authors to scrub the term racism from their articles even as they publish others that include racist notions.

Despite resistance, researchers investigate the possibility of a new mental health disorder
Many researchers say the study of sluggish cognitive tempo, which is still in its early stages, can’t yet support a formal diagnosis.

Even for a dog-obsessed country, last year was something wild. And the boom in prices, wait times, and scams may be sticking around.

Lockdown unleased a runaway pandemic puppy economy

A bus carrying Freedom Riders was firebombed in Alabama on May 14, 1961. No passengers were seriously injured.

RFK, the Freedom Riders, and the struggle for racial justice in 1961

Too many Americans still can't talk about death

Tomato-Zucchini Tart With Za’atar and Feta.

Recipes: 3 vegetarian dishes for easy weeknight dinners

sports

David Pastrnak couldn't believe he'd missed an open net in the first period Saturday night in Uniondale, N.Y., against the Islanders, and his gaffe would loom large in a Game 4 loss.

Puck movement was lacking with back-line losses, and other observations from a worrying Game 4 for the Bruins

Kiké Hernández comes though with go-ahead double as Red Sox rally to beat Yankees

Islanders win a rough-and-tumble game to tie up series with Bruins at two games apiece

metro

A huge stuffed dog and flowers were part of a memorial at the Braintree Police Dept. after their police dog Kitt was killed at the Braintree Village apartment complex.

One Braintree officer shot in woods released from hospital; the other remains hospitalized in stable condition

Lion dancers perform in Chinatown to chase away the coronavirus

Ganga Stone, who gave sustenance to AIDS patients, dies at 79

Nation

In this April 3, 2021, file photo, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp listened to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol in Atlanta.

In Trump’s shadow, Ga’s. Kemp draws boos from GOP faithful

Police shoot a Black man in Minneapolis. Investigators say there’s no video evidence

Amid controversy, Justice Department says it won’t seek to compel journalists to give up source information

World

A child who tested positive for COVID-19 joined his mother in an ambulance headed for the hospital after he was first kept in a community isolation area for residents of the Klong Toey slum, in Bangkok, May 8, 2021.

After lavish nights of clubbing in Bangkok, a COVID outbreak

Sinkholes, collapsing canal walls, rickety bridges: Amsterdam is crumbling

‘Hotel Rwanda’ dissident denied food and medicine in prison, family says

politics

In this image from video provided by the Department of Defense labeled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center.

‘There is stuff’: Enduring mysteries trail US report on UFOs

McGahn breaks little new ground in closed-door testimony

Justice Department obtained gag order on Times executives in secret fight over email logs

business

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, the GOP's lead negotiator on a counteroffer to President Joe Biden's infrastructure plan, spoke at a news conference.

Biden rebuffs GOP infrastructure offer, citing broader goals

Google targeted as Germany increases attacks on Silicon Valley

Staples is back with new bid for Office Depot, this time just to get its consumer business

lifestyle

A Pride flag was hoisted at the Massachusetts State House last June in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Pride parade.

How to support transgender kids

In a town swimming in restaurants, Burlington’s Row 34 stands out

Black Restaurant Week comes to Boston, New York’s Levain Bakery to open on Newbury Street

marijuana

Virginia State Police K-9, Aries, during a training exercise at State Police headquarters in Richmond, Va.

Marijuana legalization prompting police K-9 retirements

5 things to know about Rhode Island’s latest cannabis bill

Boston may again revamp its process for approving marijuana stores

opinion

Marshfield-1/27/2015 At 530 pm, At the height of high tide, homes and businesses are surrounded by the ocean flooding over the seawall in Brant Rock, Marshfield, Jan. 27, 2015. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (metro)

Rising sea levels demand action

Crisis management for the climate

How dissenting opinions win out in the end

food & dining

The interior of Row 34 in Burlington.

In a town swimming in restaurants, Burlington’s Row 34 stands out

Black Restaurant Week comes to Boston, New York’s Levain Bakery to open on Newbury Street

Restaurants that capture the joy of dining out

travel

Daniel Grace standing in front of Il Molino di Grace's 50-foot-tall San Francesco statue.

‘Take a detour. Stop unexpectedly. Stay a little while longer.’

JetBlue founder introduces a new, ‘nice’ airline

The Provincetown Queer Council is rolling out the rainbow carpet

Books

Illustration for review of Lawrence Wright's "THE PLAGUE YEAR," an up-to-the-moment history of the pandemic. BOOKS; 6-6-21

How the pandemic knocked us out

Family histories, unspooled over time, in ‘Night Came With Many Stars’

‘Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch’ asks what can you do when accused of witchcraft

Movies

Mark Wahlberg.

Mark Wahlberg turns . . . 50?

Getting to the ‘Heights’

Shedding ‘Light’ on those who are watching

Television

Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry, and Kayvan Novak in "What We Do in the Shadows." The third season of the vampire comedy is scheduled for Sept. 2.

Some series to look forward to this summer

Dear Emmy voter: I have a few suggestions

Mike White’s latest brings an ensemble cast to a Hawaiian resort

music

Tickets will soon go on sale for previously sold-out events featuring Yo-Yo Ma and John Williams.

BSO boosts concert capacity for 2021 Tanglewood concerts

This Boston percussionist keeps the beat on bikes

‘It was a bittersweet moment’: How Boston Early Music Festival landed online for 2021

Theater/Dance

Whitney White, the creator and performer of "Macbeth In Stride," which will feature White’s original R&B, gospel, pop, and rock ‘n’ roll songs.

American Repertory Theater’s 2021-2022 season to feature a pre-Broadway revival of ‘1776’

Say Chekhov had a 100-year-old computer, and people were trapped inside. What would that look like?

John Mulaney to perform 10 shows at the Wilbur in August

globe local

Max Dunn connects on a hit during a Little League game in Peabody on May 12.

With youth sports back, ‘Now you’re seeing kids being kids again’

Should all MBTA and regional transit buses be free?

A 19th-century abolitionist’s words echo today in new play

Obituaries

Ms. Stone in 1993

Ganga Stone, who gave sustenance to AIDS patients, dies at 79

Sophie Rivera, photographer best known for portraits of Puerto Rican New Yorkers, dies at 82

Mike Marshall, first relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award, dies at 78