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María Mejía hugs her 7-year-old son Joangel as they spend time in a park after school. Special education students continue to be underrepresented in Boston Public Schools' dual language programs. Mejía said no one ever told her about the dual language programs during the enrollment process.

Students with disabilities are often left out of Boston’s popular dual language programs

Bilingual special education experts say this underrepresentation of student with disabilities is more than a missed opportunity — it’s discrimination.

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Boston Public Schools hosted a Valedictorians Luncheon at Fenway Park Tuesday. The annual event recognizes and celebrates the 33 top graduates of the Boston Public Schools

BPS celebrates top graduates at annual luncheon

Boston Public Schools honored 33 valedictorians at an annual luncheon at Fenway Park.

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep
Chaim Bloom's family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

Joe Mazzulla was outcoached throughout the playoffs and there was no veteran coach to offer advice or support.

Gary Washburn I On basketball

The Celtics need to make changes in the offseason, but what kind of changes?

Brad Stevens and the brass can’t run it back with the same roster and hope for different results.

Tell us: What offseason changes would you make to the team?

A rhododendron in bloom at Arnold Arboretum.

ADDRESS

Ask the Gardener: How to prune a rhododendron

Plus, what to do in your yard this month and tips for transplanting trees and moving your houseplants outdoors for the summer.

NASA team holds public meeting on unexplained aerial sightings

The meeting will be the final deliberations before the team publishes a report on UAPs this summer, NASA said.

Outgoing BU president denounces graduates for shouting down media mogul at commencement

“They were attempting to implement the cancel culture that has become all too prevalent on university campuses,” Robert A. Brown said in a statement Wednesday.

N.J. lawyer arrested in connection with four rapes in Charlestown in 2007 and 2008

A lawyer in New Jersey has been arrested in connection with four rapes in Charlestown dating back to 2007 and 2008 thanks to advancements in forensic genealogy and DNA, Boston Police and the FBI announced Tuesday.

Dog trainer facing animal cruelty charges in South Boston court

Tyler Falconer, the owner of a now-defunct dog training and boarding business, is scheduled to appear in South Boston Municipal Court to face charges of animal abuse, according to court records.

Al Pacino set to be a father again at 83
Al Pacino and his girlfriend Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby, according to a representative for the "The Godfather" actor.

Will we have a scorching summer in New England? Here’s what the forecasters are saying.

Forecasters say a warmer-than-average summer could be ahead. See the predictions for heat and precipitation.

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

Massachusetts hospitals, doctors, medical groups pilot ChatGPT technology

These knives were found in a passenger's carry-on bag at Logan Airport on Saturday.

Ninja knives? Artillery shell? Hookah pistol? Odd things found in luggage at Logan and Bradley airports.

A Naruto ninja knife set was found in a passenger’s carry-on bag at Logan Airport over the weekend, officials said.

LOVE LETTERS

The man I am seeing lives with his girlfriend in another state

I could never really trust him. What should I do?

Perspective

We need to better regulate our banks. Even the father of capitalism thought so.

Big business has perpetuated a myth about free markets that’s long needed correcting.

Opinion

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy spoke to reporters about the proposed debt limit bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 30.

EDITORIAL

Congress has no choice but to pass debt limit deal

Lawmakers can either pass the less-than-ideal compromise agreement by Monday or let the nation default on its debt for the first time in history. They shouldn’t even entertain the latter as an option.

Ira A. Jackson

Massachusetts needs a housing moon shot

IDEAS

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

RENÉE GRAHAM

COVID — remember COVID? — hits home

JEFF JACOBY

AM radio in your car? Don’t let Congress decide.

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Land around the US is sinking. Here are some of the fastest areas.

Regions with the highest land subsidence in the United States are mainly located along the East and Gulf Coast.

Cambridge man seriously injured in fall while rock climbing in N.H.

A Cambridge man fell about 20 feet and seriously injured his legs while rock climbing in Albany, N.H., on Sunday, according to New Hampshire officials.

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Hard-fought to the end, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package is heading toward a crucial US House vote on Wednesday.

Analysis: 3 ways the debt ceiling deal could go awry

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie planning to launch GOP presidential campaign next week

Christie is planning to make the announcement at a town hall Tuesday evening at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics.

Ron DeSantis looks to connect with voters during first full day of campaigning in Iowa

Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is set to begin his first full day of presidential campaigning with a four-stop blitz through Iowa.

In Iowa, DeSantis vows to ‘fight back’ against Trump

Twitter may be worth one-third what Elon Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity marks down investment

Financial services company Fidelity has reduced the market value of its equity stake in Twitter for a third time, now putting it at $6.55 billion. That's down from the nearly $20 billion Fidelity valued its stake at in October.

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.

Tell us: How have things changed in Boston since you were in your early 20s?

DEBT

SAVINGS

HOUSING

REALITY CHECK CALCULATOR

Love Letters

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

Boston now spends more per student than any other large school district in the nation

Yet for all the money BPS is spending, many education advocates, parents, and students are bewildered at how little the district generally has to show for it.

MBTA facing new scrutiny, deadline on worker safety from federal officials unhappy with plan
The MBTA is staring down a deadline on Monday to propose critical new workplace safety measures, after federal regulators rejected an earlier plan as insufficient.

One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report finds
Respondents of a new survey frequently reported having to choose between buying food and other essentials.

‘They’ll walk in the street’: Commuters leaving North Station face a daily bottleneck along the sidewalks
Road closures triggered by a nearby construction project leave just a handful of footpaths to downtown — and some of them are bumpy.

Culture & Lifestyle

Local brand ReFleece finds new uses for worn, ‘used up’ outdoor gear and garments

Dicky Barrett performs with the Mighty Mighty Bosstones at the House of Blues in 2019. The band broke up last year after decades together.

Ex-Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett has a new band

Wendy "MoMa" Michel’s “Creativity” is part of the “CROWN” exhibition at the AFH Gallery at the AFH EpiCenter. Acrylic on canvas, 48x48.

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

Ruth E. Carter with some of her handiwork.

Dressing for movie success: A new book celebrates Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

Five lives were lost; many more, changed.

Boston, MA—12/14/2022 - Commuters wait for the T to arrive at Ruggles Station. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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

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

Brittany Tee, Soomaiiah Quraiishi, and Reina Morales Rojas are among thousands of people thought to be missing from Massachusetts.

How the missing become the uncounted

Inside the government’s flawed approach to finding missing persons.

Two Weeks in America

We sent a dozen journalists on the road across this complex country. They found it’s better than you think.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Children run through US flags set next to the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common. More than 37,000 US flags were planted around the monument to honor each US military member from the state who died while serving since the Revolutionary War.

EDITORIAL

Memorial Day 2023: Remembering those who died, doing right by the living

Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University.

Alex Shieh

Affirmative action hurts Asian American kids like me

In this 2018 file photo, students walked past Sather Gate on the University of California at Berkeley campus. The University of California's governing board voted in 2020 to unanimously support a measure to restore affirmative action programs and repeal a controversial statewide ban that has been blamed for a decline in diversity in the prestigious university system.

Natasha Warikoo

If affirmative action in college admissions ends, here’s who will fill those spots

Two large dead beech trees (background) that died within the last few years from beech bark disease in a Pennsylvania forest studied by the author. In the foreground, two small dead beeches.

IDEAS | DAVID ORWIG

Saving the forest for the trees

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas spoke at his alma mater, the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, in 2012.

Vincent D. Rougeau

Clarence Thomas was a beneficiary of race-based admissions at my school

An aerial image taken by a Ukrainian drone in 2022.

IDEAS | SETH MOULTON

AI may pull the trigger in war, but it shouldn’t call the shots

Metro

Ninja knives? Artillery shell? Hookah pistol? Odd things found in luggage at Logan and Bradley airports.

A Naruto ninja knife set was found in a passenger’s carry-on bag at Logan Airport over the weekend, officials said.

RI POLITICS

Hospitals in R.I. have tenants that are not exempt from real estate taxes. Lawmakers say it’s time for them to pay.

Up for a vote in the House on Thursday, proposed legislation would require businesses that are not tax exempt – but are renting space in nonprofit buildings – to pay property taxes.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Estudiantes con discapacidades a menudo son excluidos de populares programas de lenguaje dual

Más de 14.600 estudiantes de BPS son aprendices de inglés. Uno de cada cuatro tiene una discapacidad. Sin embargo, solo el 6 por ciento asisten a una escuela bilingüe.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Students with disabilities are often left out of Boston’s popular dual language programs

Bilingual special education experts say this underrepresentation of student with disabilities is more than a missed opportunity — it’s discrimination.

Sports

Gary Washburn I On basketball

The Celtics need to make changes in the offseason, but what kind of changes?

Brad Stevens and the brass can’t run it back with the same roster and hope for different results.

red sox

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep

Chaim Bloom's family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

The man behind The Soccer Tournament is Jon Mugar, son of the late philanthropist responsible for the Boston Pops’s Fourth of July celebration on the Esplanade.

Sports Business

The people behind the star-studded The Soccer Tournament beginning this week? Of course they’re from Boston.

The founders of The Basketball Tournament, a winner-take-all summer series, knew they were on to something. So they expanded. And this week in North Carolina, 32 teams — featuring well-known stars and nobodies — will play for $1 million.

Alex Speier | On baseball

With little margin for error in a loaded AL East, the Red Sox need everyone contributing — including their youngest pieces

Red Sox notebook

Rafael Devers walking thin line in his approach at the plate

Reds 9, Red Sox 8

Late flurry by Red Sox not enough to erase earlier misdeeds in 9-8 loss to the Reds

Business

RI POLITICS

Hospitals in R.I. have tenants that are not exempt from real estate taxes. Lawmakers say it’s time for them to pay.

Up for a vote in the House on Thursday, proposed legislation would require businesses that are not tax exempt – but are renting space in nonprofit buildings – to pay property taxes.

Twitter may be worth one-third what Elon Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity marks down investment

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Pay packages for female CEOs fell last year after big gains in 2021, ranks remain thin

magazine

MISS CONDUCT

Should you give the gift of cash to new graduates?

Pour-in-the-Pan Pizza With Parmesan Cream, Fontina, and Arugula

COOKING

Recipes: Make pour-in-a-pan pizza or pasta with pesto

A colorful illustration of some popular foods of summer. From left to right: a lobster, a soft serve ice cream cone, a cup of Del's frozen lemonade, a hotdog and a cheeseburger.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

24 perfect foods worth a New England road trip this summer

The French King Bridge, opened in 1932, spans the Connecticut River between Erving and Gill.

Globe Magazine

This bridge needed lifesaving barriers. It took a grieving mother to get them.

metro

Boston University president Robert Brown during Boston University's 150th graduation ceremony at Nickerson Field.

Outgoing BU president denounces graduates for shouting down media mogul at commencement

Jury selection in Adam Montgomery gun violations trial set to begin in New Hampshire

5 things we learned from our interview in LA with Rhode Island FC’s Brett Johnson

sports

Tiffany Hayes, pictured here on May 27, propelled the Sun to a win on Tuesday.

Tiffany Hayes pours in 22 to help the Sun hold off Aliyah Boston and the Fever

It took 15 seasons in the majors, but Red Sox veteran Justin Turner’s value is finally being recognized

In its inaugural season Bishop Feehan girls’ golf claims South sectional; Wellesley captures North/Central/West title

business

Nearly 130 CEOs in the AP's survey saw pay cuts last year.

CEOs got smaller raises. It would still take a typical worker two lifetimes to make their annual pay.

China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures

Debt limit deal moves toward House vote despite GOP revolt

politics

Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis greets audience members during a campaign event, May 30, in Clive, Iowa.

Ron DeSantis looks to connect with voters during first full day of campaigning in Iowa

NASA team holds public meeting on unexplained aerial sightings

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Nation

Florida Governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis spoke during his campaign kickoff event at Eternity Church in Clive, Iowa, on Tuesday.

Ron DeSantis kicks off presidential campaign in Iowa, vows to ‘fight back’ against Trump

Jury selection to begin in trial of former deputy accused of failing to confront Parkland shooter

Authorities told family that body of missing Missouri ER doctor was found in Arkansas, brother says

World

China warns of artificial intelligence risks, calls for beefed-up national security measures

Vatican questions $17 million donation to impact investing fund, moves to prevent similar gifts

Drone strike in Moscow brings Ukraine war home to Russians

opinion

Steven Rubin, owner of Huntington Wine and Liquor, shows some of the mini bottles of alcohol for sale at his store April 5 in Boston. Rubin, whose family has owned the store since 1970, estimates that the bottles account for up to 15 percent of his sales. But he might be on the verge of losing those sales. Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo has proposed banning city liquor stores from selling the small bottles, which he says would address both alcohol abuse and excessive litter.

Nipping litter in the bud

Don’t rule out a national abortion ban in 2025

Let’s give AI a chance

lifestyle

Al Pacino set to be a father again at 83

Exclusive secrets of the National Spelling Bee: Picking the words to identify a champion

Local brand ReFleece finds new uses for worn, ‘used up’ outdoor gear and garments

food & dining

Terramor Outdoor Resort in Bar Harbor, Maine, offers a new lobster-to-table experience this summer, during which visitors learn all about lobster fishing from the people who catch these scrumptious sea critters.

Lobster lessons in Maine, whale films from anywhere, and a bag for keeping things dry on the go

I am always on the hunt for Peking duck. I am not alone.

‘A celebration of nature, curiosity, and wonder’

travel

Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va, on March 15, 2023.

Icelandair changed my flights. Can I get a refund for my tour?

‘Be where you are’ and other travel advice from beach-vacation-loving actress Heidi Blickenstaff

More people are looking to travel on the cheap — and discovering it’s priceless

Arts

Paintings that are all about touch

The Peabody Essex Museum to hire a TikTok creator-in-residence

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

Books

World War II correspondent Ernie Pyle writing in Anzio, Italy.

‘The Soldier’s Truth,’ a biography of Ernie Pyle, chronicles the World War II correspondent’s efforts to connect the soldier’s experience of war to a distant public

Students with disabilities are often left out of Boston’s popular dual language programs

BPS celebrates top graduates at annual luncheon

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deepChaim Bloom's family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

The Celtics need to make changes in the offseason, but what kind of changes?

Ask the Gardener: How to prune a rhododendron

NASA team holds public meeting on unexplained aerial sightings

Outgoing BU president denounces graduates for shouting down media mogul at commencement

N.J. lawyer arrested in connection with four rapes in Charlestown in 2007 and 2008

Dog trainer facing animal cruelty charges in South Boston court

Al Pacino set to be a father again at 83Al Pacino and his girlfriend Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby, according to a representative for the "The Godfather" actor.

Will we have a scorching summer in New England? Here’s what the forecasters are saying.

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

Massachusetts hospitals, doctors, medical groups pilot ChatGPT technology

Ninja knives? Artillery shell? Hookah pistol? Odd things found in luggage at Logan and Bradley airports.

The man I am seeing lives with his girlfriend in another state

We need to better regulate our banks. Even the father of capitalism thought so.

Congress has no choice but to pass debt limit deal

Massachusetts needs a housing moon shot

Calling teen writers! Globe Ideas wants to give you a megaphone.

COVID — remember COVID? — hits home

AM radio in your car? Don’t let Congress decide.

More recent News

Land around the US is sinking. Here are some of the fastest areas.

Cambridge man seriously injured in fall while rock climbing in N.H.

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Former New Jersey governor Chris Christie planning to launch GOP presidential campaign next week

Ron DeSantis looks to connect with voters during first full day of campaigning in Iowa

Twitter may be worth one-third what Elon Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity marks down investment

Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

DEBT

SAVINGS

HOUSING

REALITY CHECK CALCULATOR

Send your relationship questions to Love LettersSummer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

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Boston now spends more per student than any other large school district in the nation

MBTA facing new scrutiny, deadline on worker safety from federal officials unhappy with planThe MBTA is staring down a deadline on Monday to propose critical new workplace safety measures, after federal regulators rejected an earlier plan as insufficient.

One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report findsRespondents of a new survey frequently reported having to choose between buying food and other essentials.

‘They’ll walk in the street’: Commuters leaving North Station face a daily bottleneck along the sidewalksRoad closures triggered by a nearby construction project leave just a handful of footpaths to downtown — and some of them are bumpy.

Culture & Lifestyle

Local brand ReFleece finds new uses for worn, ‘used up’ outdoor gear and garments

Ex-Bosstones frontman Dicky Barrett has a new band

Artists For Humanity alum Wendy ‘MoMa’ Michel comes full circle

Dressing for movie success: A new book celebrates Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter

Special Projects

Their lives were rerouted after the Marathon bombing. Here’s where they are now.

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

How the missing become the uncounted

Two Weeks in America

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Memorial Day 2023: Remembering those who died, doing right by the living

Affirmative action hurts Asian American kids like me

If affirmative action in college admissions ends, here’s who will fill those spots

Saving the forest for the trees

Clarence Thomas was a beneficiary of race-based admissions at my school

AI may pull the trigger in war, but it shouldn’t call the shots

Metro

Ninja knives? Artillery shell? Hookah pistol? Odd things found in luggage at Logan and Bradley airports.

Hospitals in R.I. have tenants that are not exempt from real estate taxes. Lawmakers say it’s time for them to pay.

Estudiantes con discapacidades a menudo son excluidos de populares programas de lenguaje dual

Students with disabilities are often left out of Boston’s popular dual language programs

Sports

The Celtics need to make changes in the offseason, but what kind of changes?

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep

The people behind the star-studded The Soccer Tournament beginning this week? Of course they’re from Boston.

With little margin for error in a loaded AL East, the Red Sox need everyone contributing — including their youngest pieces

Rafael Devers walking thin line in his approach at the plate

Late flurry by Red Sox not enough to erase earlier misdeeds in 9-8 loss to the Reds

Business

Hospitals in R.I. have tenants that are not exempt from real estate taxes. Lawmakers say it’s time for them to pay.

Twitter may be worth one-third what Elon Musk paid for it last fall as Fidelity marks down investment

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, Biden shores up Democrats and McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Pay packages for female CEOs fell last year after big gains in 2021, ranks remain thin

Should you give the gift of cash to new graduates?

Recipes: Make pour-in-a-pan pizza or pasta with pesto

24 perfect foods worth a New England road trip this summer

This bridge needed lifesaving barriers. It took a grieving mother to get them.

metro

Outgoing BU president denounces graduates for shouting down media mogul at commencement

Chaim Bloom may be (relatively) new to Boston, but his family roots run deep
Chaim Bloom's family history is interwoven with the fabric of 20th century Boston, even if he is not a native.

Al Pacino set to be a father again at 83
Al Pacino and his girlfriend Noor Alfallah are expecting a baby, according to a representative for the "The Godfather" actor.

Send your relationship questions to Love Letters
Summer is a good time to take control of your romantic life – or lack thereof.

MBTA facing new scrutiny, deadline on worker safety from federal officials unhappy with plan
The MBTA is staring down a deadline on Monday to propose critical new workplace safety measures, after federal regulators rejected an earlier plan as insufficient.

One-third of Mass. residents struggle with hunger, new report finds
Respondents of a new survey frequently reported having to choose between buying food and other essentials.

‘They’ll walk in the street’: Commuters leaving North Station face a daily bottleneck along the sidewalks
Road closures triggered by a nearby construction project leave just a handful of footpaths to downtown — and some of them are bumpy.