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North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn concedes Republican primary

First-term US Representative conceded his Republican primary race Tuesday to state Senator Chuck Edwards, ousting the pro-Donald Trump firebrand from Congress after his personal and political blunders translated into constituent unhappiness.

GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania remains a tossup as election denier wins Republican primary for governor

In the Senate race, celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick, the former CEO of the world’s largest hedge fund, were locked in a race that remained too close to call.

US Representative Ted Budd, R-N.C.

Takeaways: Election denier wins, bad behavior dooms Cawthorn

NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that Finland, and Sweden have officially applied to join the world’s biggest military alliance, a move driven by security concerns over Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Ukraine hopes to swap steel mill fighters for Russian POWs

ADRIAN WALKER
America is locked in a battle, and the haters must lose
Tragedies like the one that occurred in Buffalo are routinely described as shocking. But I wonder if shock is the right response. We should all be beyond shock by now.

Critics Notebook | Devra First: The importance of a grocery store

Another month, another record for home prices in the Boston area

The typical single-family house now costs a staggering $845,000, but there are signs that the market may be reaching its top.

Game 1 | Heat 118, Celtics 107

Miami's Jimmy Butler celebrates a third-quarter basket during Tuesday's Game 1.

Dan Shaughnessy

Celtics were game, but without Marcus Smart and Al Horford, they didn’t have enough against Heat in opener

The Celtics figured they may be without Smart in Game 1, but the loss of Horford hours before the game came as a surprise.

How it happened: Celtics drop Game 1 of Eastern Conference finals after disastrous third quarterThe Heat’s veterans spoke up at halftime, and Miami flipped the script on the Celtics in the third quarter to win Game 1

Grant Williams is called for a blocking foul on Miami's Bam Adebayo during third quarter of Tuesday's Game 1.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Celtics’ bubble will burst if this approach continues

Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams (12) has his shot blocked by Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the third quarter of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

‘They came out and imposed their will.’ Heat pummel Celtics in third and take Game 1

Derrick White is fouled by Miami's Tyler Herro during the first quarter of Tuesday's Game 1.

Instant Analysis

Celtics allow 22-2 run at start of third quarter, lose Game 1 to Heat

‘I was middle class, and now I feel like I’m at the poverty line.’ Inflation is hitting Mass. residents painfully hard, despite rosy big-picture stats.
A 40-year-high inflation rate — layered onto the already high cost of living in Massachusetts — is forcing many people to forgo grocery staples, skip creature comforts, scuttle vacation plans — and even consider leaving the state.

Chris Dempsey, a candidate for state auditor.

State Auditor Suzanne Bump endorses Chris Dempsey to succeed her in the role

Dempsey is running against state Senator Diana DiZoglio for the Democratic nomination for auditor.

Red Sox starting pitcher Nate Eovaldi was doubled over by the Astros' five home runs hit off him in the second inning Tuesday.

Astros 13, Red Sox 4

Astros trot off with win over Sox by blasting five homers off Nate Eovaldi

Eovaldi joined Toronto’s Chase Anderson (2020) and Milwaukee’s Michael Blazek (2017) as the only pitchers to give up five homers in a single inning.

Series stars Theo James and Rose Leslie attended the HBO premiere of "The Time Traveler's Wife" last week in New York.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Missed connections in ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’

The talent is good, including director David Nutter (“Game of Thrones”), writer-producer Steven Moffat (“Sherlock,” “Doctor Who”), and lead actors Rose Leslie and Theo James. But the result is unsatisfying.

Virginia O'Brien and Carol Deanow joined the Boston Red Cloaks at the State House on May 7 to advocate for women’s rights. The women are all part of the Bad Old Days Posse — a group of women, some of whom have had illegal abortions, who educate college students about what life was like before Roe v. Wade.

Nancy Gertner and John Reinstein

Abortion rights are protected in Massachusetts — or so we thought

And then we read Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft.

IDEAS | Pacifique Irankunda

I grew up during a time of civil war. My childhood was among the casualties.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Lingering at the table long after the meal has been served

How many white Americans will do anything more than shake their heads about the Buffalo massacre?

With the Buffalo massacre, Fox News has blood on its hands — again

Centering critical voices, debates, and evidence-based opinion to reframe the national conversation on racial equity and hasten a more racially just society.

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Judge: Newton police officers not ‘criminally responsible’ in 2021 shooting of resident

A district court judge has found that Newton police were justified when an officer fatally shot a resident who charged a sergeant with a knife while suffering from a mental health crisis last year, according to an inquest report released Tuesday night.

Poll: McKee, Gorbea in tight race for Rhode Island governor; many voters still undecided

Governor Dan McKee finds himself in a statistical tie with Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea, but more than a third of likely voters are still undecided with four months until the Democratic primary, according to poll released Tuesday by WPRI-12 and Roger Williams University.

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden says he is reviewing nine deadly force cases involving police

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden said Tuesday he is prepared to determine whether to bring criminal charges against police officers as he reviews nine deadly force incidents in Revere, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Dorchester dating to 2017.

As pollution worsens on Cape Cod, some are investing hopes in a new type of septic system
A coalition of groups in Cape Cod is pressing local and state officials to consider installing a new kind of septic system that they say would curb the vast majority of nitrogen that leaks from traditional systems.

Dr. Barbara Herbert, public health ‘change-maker’ for the at-risk and marginalized, dies at 73
'Rage' turned her into a physician: 'I could not believe what was happening.'

Charts: COVID-19 has killed 1 million people in the US. See how the virus has affected each state.
Explore the data to see the deadly toll COVID-19 has taken on the US since the virus first emerged.

Map: A county-by-county look at COVID-19 transmission in the United States

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Signage for mandatory masking came down at Logan Airport and maskless passengers were seen in the terminals.

The new, highly transmissible Omicron variant, BA.2.12.1, is dominating in Massachusetts. Now what?

What’s fueling Omicron to become so much more transmissible? And what is the best approach to testing amid all this uncertainty?

As pollution worsens on Cape Cod, some are investing hopes in a new type of septic system
A coalition of groups in Cape Cod is pressing local and state officials to consider installing a new kind of septic system that they say would curb the vast majority of nitrogen that leaks from traditional systems.

Red Line passenger ran alongside train before being dragged to his death, preliminary police report says
The preliminary report provides the most detailed account to date of the April 10 incident that killed Robinson Lalin, 39, and reveals that after the incident the train stopped for a short time in the tunnel outside Broadway Station for an “unspecified mechanical issue” before proceeding.

Mass General Brigham says it will reduce spending by $70m annually
The announcement is part of the system’s “performance improvement plan,” which the state’s healthcare watchdog agency required of it to curb excess spending.

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Culture & Lifestyle

Series stars Theo James and Rose Leslie attended the HBO premiere of "The Time Traveler's Wife" last week in New York.

Missed connections in ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’

Tea meets art in the library of the Mayflower Inn & Spa in Washington, Conn.

Pinkies up! 6 great spots for a spot of tea around Boston

Spiced Lamb Burgers With Feta and Tahini Sauce

Recipes: Take your cookout to the next level with spicy burgers from around the world

Conductor Keith Lockhart will lead the Boston Pops in an in-person spring season that runs May 19 to June 11.

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops have some spring in their step

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Into the Red: How the Globe will cover climate change

To report on the most pressing issue of our time, the Globe’s climate team is expanding and rethinking its coverage.

Jeneé Osterheldt

A Beautiful Resistance

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‘On the Street’: The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods

The changing face of Greater Boston neighborhoods.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

A child is comforted on a bus headed to a hotel after she arrived from Mariupol in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

IDEAS | Pacifique Irankunda

I grew up during a time of civil war. My childhood was among the casualties.

For many Europeans, the best part of the meal comes when it ends.

IDEAS | BARBARA WALLRAFF

May I have a word: Lingering at the table long after the meal has been served

People attend a prayer vigil in Buffalo on Sunday for the victims killed in the Saturday mass shooting.

How many white Americans will do anything more than shake their heads about the Buffalo massacre?

A worshiper wipes away tears while praying at Macedonia Baptist Church in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday, for the victims of the mass shooting at Tops supermarket.

With the Buffalo massacre, Fox News has blood on its hands — again

Sheenah Reyes, of Methuen, attended the annual Massachusetts Puerto Rican Festival and Parade held on City Hall Plaza in July 2019.

MARCELA GARCÍA

Why are Massachusetts Latinos struggling more than everybody else?

IDEAS | LINDA RODRIGUEZ MCROBBIE

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Metro

State Auditor Suzanne Bump endorses Chris Dempsey to succeed her in the role

Dempsey is running against state Senator Diana DiZoglio for the Democratic nomination for auditor.

The new, highly transmissible Omicron variant, BA.2.12.1, is dominating in Massachusetts. Now what?

What’s fueling Omicron to become so much more transmissible? And what is the best approach to testing amid all this uncertainty?

House passes bill making mail ballots easier to use in R.I.

Democratic-led House votes 52 to 13 for the Let RI Vote Act while rejecting amendments proposed by Republicans. Governor McKee vows to sign the bill into law.

‘I was middle class, and now I feel like I’m at the poverty line.’ Inflation is hitting Mass. residents painfully hard, despite rosy big-picture stats.

A 40-year-high inflation rate — layered onto the already high cost of living in Massachusetts — is forcing many people to forgo grocery staples, skip creature comforts, scuttle vacation plans — and even consider leaving the state.

Sports

Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams (12) has his shot blocked by Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo (13) during the third quarter of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.

Game 1 | Heat 118, Celtics 107

‘They came out and imposed their will.’ Heat pummel Celtics in third and take Game 1

The Heat started the second half with a crushing 22-2 run that dazed Boston and ultimately surged to a 118-107 win that gave them early control of this series.

P.J. Tucker (left) and Jimmy Butler were key to the Heat's third-quarter resurgence Tuesday.

The Heat’s veterans spoke up at halftime, and Miami flipped the script on the Celtics in the third quarter to win Game 1

Udonis Haslem, Jimmy Butler, P.J. Tucker, and Kyle Lowry took control in the locker room, and a different Miami team emerged for the second half.

Grant Williams is called for a blocking foul on Miami's Bam Adebayo during third quarter of Tuesday's Game 1.

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Celtics’ bubble will burst if this approach continues

The Celtics are going to need to increase their toughness, stop screaming at the officials, and stay focused through these types of onslaughts.

Astros 13, Red Sox 4

Astros trot off with win over Sox by blasting five homers off Nate Eovaldi

How it happened: Celtics drop Game 1 of Eastern Conference finals after disastrous third quarter

Game 1 | lightning 4, panthers 1

Andrei Vasilevskiy (34 saves), Lightning beat Panthers in Game 1 of Eastern Conference semifinals

Business

Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; fighters leave steel plant

Mariupol appeared on the verge of falling to the Russians on Tuesday as Ukraine moved to abandon the steel plant where hundreds of its fighters had held out for months under relentless bombardment in the last bastion of resistance in the devastated city.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

Nine ways the startup world is reacting to markets tanking

Whatever you call the tumble in the public markets that began in November, its impact is beginning to be felt in the world of tech and biotech startups.

Prosecutors: NYC investment adviser blamed in $5b fraud

‘I was middle class, and now I feel like I’m at the poverty line.’ Inflation is hitting Mass. residents painfully hard, despite rosy big-picture stats.

A mural depicting George Floyd with makeshift memorials in his honor in Minneapolis on March 30, 2021.

What happens when you tell the truth about racism in America?

I live with my elderly mother. Will anyone want to date me?

Jim C. and MaryKate K.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘She dramatically talked with her hands and spilled a martini on me’

Pedal over to Downtown Crossing to celebrate National Bike to Work Day on Friday.

YOUR WEEK AHEAD

Five things to do in and around Boston, May 16-22

metro

MIDA chef and owner Douglass Williams

Chef Douglass Williams to serve as Newton Mayor’s Community Breakfast keynote speaker

America is locked in a battle, and the haters must lose

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden says he is reviewing nine deadly force cases involving police

sports

Derrick White is fouled by Miami's Tyler Herro during the first quarter of Tuesday's Game 1.

Celtics allow 22-2 run at start of third quarter, lose Game 1 to Heat

No. 1 Needham boys’ volleyball pushed hard by Natick, but keeps lengthy winning streak alive in three sets

Orioles’ Matt Harvey suspended 60 games for distributing drugs

business

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Twitter must show public proof that less than 5 percent of the accounts on the platform are fake or spam.

Musk says Twitter deal ‘cannot move forward’ without more information

Wayfair freezes hiring for 90 days citing economic uncertainty

Former Haemonetics headquarters in Braintree leased

politics

US Representative Ted Budd, R-N.C.

Takeaways: Election denier wins, bad behavior dooms Cawthorn

North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn concedes Republican primary

At House hearing, videos of unexplained aerial sightings and a push for answers

Nation

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden pay their respects at a makeshift memorial to the victims of the racist massacre at a Tops Friendly Market supermarket in Buffalo, N.Y., on Tuesday morning, May 17, 2022.

Biden, calling on Americans to ‘take on the haters,’ condemns racist rhetoric after Buffalo massacre

GOP Senate primary in Pennsylvania remains a tossup as election denier wins Republican primary for governor

John Fetterman wins Pennsylvania’s Democratic primary for Senate, days after having a stroke

World

President of Finland Sauli Niinisto, left, and Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attend a joint news conference in Stockholm, Tuesday May 17, 2022.

NATO chief hails ‘historic moment’ as Finland, Sweden apply

Ukraine hopes to swap steel mill fighters for Russian POWs

Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; fighters leave steel plant

opinion

A worshiper wipes away tears while praying at Macedonia Baptist Church in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sunday, for the victims of the mass shooting at Tops supermarket.

With the Buffalo massacre, Fox News has blood on its hands — again

Why are Massachusetts Latinos struggling more than everybody else?

Another mass shooting, and a need to take hard look at ourselves

lifestyle

Alisa Amador of Cambridge won the national NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

Cambridge singer-songwriter Alisa Amador wins NPR Tiny Desk Contest

From GOAT to ‘GROAT’? Tom Brady will executive produce a new Netflix comedy series. And yes, he’ll be in it.

‘Too much mustard’: DJ Steve Aoki airmails first pitch at Fenway

food & dining

People embraced Sunday outside the parking lot of a Tops Friendly Markets grocery store where 10 people were killed on Saturday in Buffalo.

The importance of a grocery store

The Salon, a downtown lounge, finally reopens with an emphasis on local Providence music

New England has another strong showing in annual specialty food awards

travel

An aircraft passes the full moon over Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, May 15, 2022.

I canceled my flight to Frankfurt, but now I can’t use my credit

This bed and breakfast on Cape Cod was ranked the best in the country by Tripadvisor

A perfect afternoon at Gilmanton Winery

Arts

Celeste Rapone, "Spring Couple," 2021.

At the ICA, ‘A Place For Me’ breathes new life into an old art form

6 art-school stars from around Boston to watch in 2022

Can art inspire environmental action?

Books

Viola Davis discusses her book "Finding Me" at the 92nd Street Y on April 27 in New York.

In new memoir, Viola Davis shares feeling ‘invisible’ growing up in poverty in Central Falls

‘It’s made me increasingly paranoid:’ LGBTQ-themed library in Waltham reports books stolen for fourth time this year

‘The Wild Robot’ wins Massachusetts Children’s Book Award

Movies

Netflix, struggling with subscriptions, lays off about 150 workers

Keeping up with the Crawleys in ‘Downton Abbey: A New Era’

Tom Cruise is at his Tom Cruise-iest in ‘Top Gun: Maverick’

Television

Tom Brady is interviewed on the field after the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game against the Kansas City Chiefs, in Tampa, Fla., Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021.

From GOAT to ‘GROAT’? Tom Brady will executive produce a new Netflix comedy series. And yes, he’ll be in it.

Missed connections in ‘Time Traveler’s Wife’

Netflix, struggling with subscriptions, lays off about 150 workers

music

Alisa Amador of Cambridge won the national NPR Tiny Desk Contest.

Cambridge singer-songwriter Alisa Amador wins NPR Tiny Desk Contest

Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops have some spring in their step

At the Orpheum, Tori Amos and an enthralled crowd share more than a feeling

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet's 59th-anniversary season will feature Stephen Galloway’s “DEVIL’S/eye” (pictured) as part of “My Obsession” (Oct. 6–16).

Boston Ballet announces its 59th-anniversary season

Jean Appolon Expressions works through ‘Traka’

In ‘Sea Sick,’ an expert on oceans sees a world of trouble

globe local

MIDA chef and owner Douglass Williams

Chef Douglass Williams to serve as Newton Mayor’s Community Breakfast keynote speaker

Woman wanted for allegedly fatally stabbing elderly man, stealing his car, in Manchester, N.H.

Rep. McGovern urges defense of democracy at UMass Amherst commencement

Obituaries

Dr. Barbara Herbert.

Dr. Barbara Herbert, public health ‘change-maker’ for the at-risk and marginalized, dies at 73

Peter Nicholas, cofounder of Boston Scientific, dies at 80

Lil Keed, up-and-coming Atlanta rapper, dies at 24