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Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl is widely expected to win the party’s endorsement for governor.

For years, MassGOP has been battling which way it will go. Saturday’s convention may give the answer: Hard to the right.

When Massachusetts Republican Party activists huddle for their convention this weekend, their moderate standard-bearer from the last decade, Charlie Baker, won’t be in Springfield. A Donald Trump-backed gubernatorial candidate is the favorite to win their endorsement.

Police in Texas issue arrest warrant for woman in connection with killing of Vermont cyclist
Austin, Texas, police have issued an arrest warrant charging a woman with the fatal shooting of Anna Moriah Wilson, a 25-year-old Dartmouth graduate and professional gravel cyclist killed May 11 in Texas days before a race.

Summer is starting earlier. Massachusetts is not prepared.
As New England warms thanks to the climate crisis, summer-like temperatures in May are becoming the new normal — and local institutions and cultural practices are struggling to keep up.

Clayton “Syd” Sydla is famous for having taken hundreds of people fishing on his little boat, and is the president of the Quabbin Fishermen's Association.

The guy who wants you to catch a fish on the Quabbin

I’m not sure I’ve ever met anyone who loves something more than Syd Sydla loves watching people catch their first fish on the Quabbin Reservoir.

After 17 years, Old South Church’s pioneering pastor steps aside
The Rev. Nancy Taylor will depart as the first female senior minister since the church’s founding in 1669, but the effects of her ministry will live on in myriad ways — from fostering racial and gender diversity, to ministering to the injured and traumatized following the Boston Marathon bombings, to securing the physical well-being of a National Historic Landmark.

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Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, pressed Arizona lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, e-mails show

Wife of Supreme Court justice pressed Arizona lawmakers to help reverse Trump’s loss, emails show

Former president Donald Trump.

Trump pays fines in NY contempt of court case

Former president Donald Trump has paid the $110,000 in fines he racked up after being held in contempt of court for being slow to respond to a civil subpoena issued by New York’s attorney general.

In May, President Biden's approval rating sunk to the lowest point of his presidency, a new poll showed. Biden's rating among Democrats stood at 73 percent, a notable decrease compared to earlier in his term.

Biden’s approval dips to lowest of presidency, AP-NORC poll says

Only 39 percent of US adults approve of Biden’s performance as president, according to a Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Research poll, a rating lower than already negative numbers from the month prior.

Karine Jean-Pierre, President Biden's new press secretary.

Karine Jean-Pierre’s unlikely rise to the White House lectern

Karine Jean-Pierre began her debut briefing as President Biden’s press secretary Monday by acknowledging the unusual nature of her presence behind the White House lectern. “I am a Black, gay, immigrant woman, the first of all three of those to hold this position,” she said.

The World

Amid calls for former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder to face sanctions unless he forgoes his income from Russia, Schröder has resigned from his leadership position at the Russian state energy giant, Rosneft.

Former German chancellor resigns from Russian energy firm

Former chancellor, current member of Germany's ruling party, and official who helped deepen German energy dependence on Moscow Gerhard Schröder resigned from his chairman position at a Russian energy giant Friday.

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol greets President Biden before their meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul on May 21, 2022.

In South Korea, Biden seeks to rebuild economic ties across Asia

President Biden began his first diplomatic mission in Asia on Friday by touring a Samsung semiconductor facility in South Korea.

Pope Francis.

Pope Francis’s refusal to condemn Putin spurs debate within Catholic Church

In the nearly three months since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Pope Francis has spoken repeatedly about the suffering of Ukrainians. He has, however, conspicuously avoided condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin as the aggressor.

Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, Saturday, May 7, 2022.

Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol

Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol on Friday in what would be its biggest victory yet in its war with Ukraine, after a nearly three-month siege that reduced much of the strategic port city to a smoking ruin, with over 20,000 civilians feared dead.

Flowers were laid on the gravesite of Denys Ponomarenko, a medic in the Azov Battalion who was killed in a March bombing. In the aftermath of the battalion's surrender at a Mariupol steel plant, a video of Azov leader Denis Prokopenko was released, where he said he hoped Ukraine's fallen can be given proper burials.

Azov battalion releases another video amid questions over how many fighters remain in Mariupol

In a video statement issued Friday, Azov leader Denis Prokopenko noted that the Ukrainian military’s supreme command ordered the battalion to safeguard the lives and health of servicemen and “to stop the defense of the city.”

Editorial & Opinion

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Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston, May 21-27

Panel discussions around Boston, May 21-27.

Former Boston Police officer Patrick M. Rose Sr. wiped away tears after he read a statement to the court following his plea of guilty in the molestation of several children, on April 25.

The mystery of the Patrick Rose file

The mayor of Boston says she’s not allowed to read the Boston Police Department file. Huh?

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, saw her Twitter account suspended in January after the company said she violated its policies on coronavirus misinformation.

MARCELA GARCÍA

How the Disinformation Governance Board fell victim to disinformation

For President Biden, the short-lived episode stands out as a self-inflicted political wound. The effort’s rollout was embarrassing, with a head-scratching, vague name that didn’t accurately reflect the board’s true scope.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

The AG, the DPU, the industry, and the Future of Gas

The full opportunity cost of the gas companies’ plans must be put on the table and not buried or ignored by the agency.

Metro

The Mass. GOP will likely anoint Geoff Diehl as the convention-approved candidate for governor.

Rise of the hard-right Massachusetts GOP marks end of an era

For years, the state Republican Party has been a party at war — less with Democrats than with itself.

A shortage of drivers caused buses to be unavailable for 15 percent of trips for sports teams, with travel to games outside the city being disproportionately impacted, Boston Public Schools officials said.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Stranded Boston school sports teams mark latest example of BPS busing woes

Five sports teams across Boston Public Schools were left without a bus to take them to games this week, highlighting yet another instance of the district’s chronic transportation issues.

With her badges and service project completed, Kaylee Meadows soon will participate in a Board of Review over Zoom, which will determine if she gets the Eagle Scout ranking, she said. She is confident of success.

She’s prepared to fly like an Eagle Scout

When she decided to join the Boy Scouts, and aspire to the prestigious rank of Eagle Scout, Kaylee Meadows of Townsend didn’t have to look far for inspiration.The 17-year-old joined a Boy Scout troop in Oregon led by her grandfather, which she participated in via Zoom since 2020.

The start of the Marsh Loop Trail is seen in Concord, N.H. The bodies of married couple Djeswende and Stephen Reid were discovered close to the trail in late April.

A month after grisly murders, unease lingers in Concord, N.H.

A sense of unease hangs over New Hampshire’s state capital a month after a brutal double murder. The release of a sketch of a “person of interest” generated more than 100 tips in a case that still dominates local conversation.

School metal detector.

‘We have to do something’: Metal detectors back in Charlestown High after two students found with guns, but some say it’s not enough

The principal of Charlestown High School reintroduced metal detectors to the school Friday morning “out of an abundance of caution” after two students were found with loaded guns on Thursday, according to a Boston Public Schools spokesperson.

New England news in brief

Two residents suffered minor injuries in a two-alarm fire at a Dorchester home Friday afternoon that displaced nine people, according to the fire department.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

Healey says rent control is not ‘the solution’ to state’s housing crisis

“I’m a big believer in making sure that those needing rental assistance have support. But I think the way you get there, the overall picture, it’s not through rent stabilization,” Attorney General Maura Healey said in a radio interview. “It’s through the production of more housing.”

St. Brendan's Church on Gallivan Boulevard in the Dorchester, circa 1933.

Cardinal says Masses will not cease at St. Brendan Church, for now

After an outcry from parishioners, St. Brendan’s Church in Dorchester will continue celebrating Mass past the end of this month, Cardinal Sean O’Malley said Friday, reversing his earlier decision and calling on congregants to help put together a financial plan for the church.

Today in History

Today is Saturday, May 21, the 141st day of 2022.

The Class of 2022 at Montserrat College of Art gathered for a photo in downtown Beverly Friday morning.

Beverly art college honors Holocaust survivor and artist Samuel Bak at commencement

Holocaust survivor and American artist Samuel Bak was honored Friday by Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, where he addressed 85 graduating seniors during the school’s commencement ceremony.

Hampton Beach in Hampton, N.H.

Hampton, N.H., police to ramp up police presence at Hampton Beach this weekend

Hampton, N.H. police will ramp up their presence at Hampton Beach this weekend after nearly 30 people were arrested last weekend, officials said.

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, chief medical adviser to President Biden, delivered a virtual commencement address to Roger Williams University graduates.

Dr. Anthony Fauci urges RWU graduates to ‘reject the politicization of science’

“It is our collective responsibility to not tacitly accept the normalization of untruth,” the president’s chief medical adviser said during a commencement address Friday.

The Boston Globe Rhode Island.

‘John Doe’ R.I. trooper who missed work because he was drunk goes to court to get job back

The trooper says the state police failed to follow the rules in the state’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights when the agency fired him in January.

Business

The Talbots store on North Street in Hingham in 2018.

Talbots to shut down Lakeville distribution center, lay off more than 275 employees

The Hingham-based women’s clothing chain has faced new challenges during the pandemic as many of its traditional customers stopped needing work attire.

Visitors wore Lady Liberty souvenir headwear outside the New York Stock Exchange on Friday. Inside, stocks posted their seventh straight week of losses.

Another awful week for stocks as recession fears mount

About $1.3 trillion in market value disappeared in the past five days.

Kent Bennett, a partner at Bessemer Venture Partners in Cambridge, said the term “unicorn” referring to billion-dollar tech startups is outmoded.

INNOVATION BEAT

As tech stocks plummet, VCs focus on startup ‘centaurs’ — not unicorns

After two years of high-flying tech company valuations, prices are coming back down to earth.

The Winthrop Center tower under construction in downtown Boston earlier this month.

Winthrop Center lands second tenant

Another financial firm says it'll move into what will be the Financial District's tallest building.

Stressed woman.

A third of Americans report financial stress in Census survey

More than a third of Americans reported difficulties paying bills in the latest US Census Bureau household survey, showing how much of a toll the surge in consumer prices has taken on budgets.

Obituaries

Author Roger Angell gestured during an interview at his office at the New Yorker magazine on April 4, 2006, in New York.

Longtime New Yorker writer, editor Roger Angell dies at 101

A celebrated baseball writer and reigning man of letters, Roger Angell spent an unfaltering 70-plus years helping define The New Yorker’s urbane wit and style through his essays, humor pieces, and editing.

Donald K. Ross, leading public interest lawyer, dies at 78

Mr. Ross was one of the original Nader’s Raiders, a group that challenged government and corporate bureaucracy.

Sports

Kiké Hernández points to his Red Sox teammates in the dugout after his double leading off the bottom of the first inning Friday night.

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

After a slow start to 2022 season, Red Sox offense finally getting on a good run

They had scored 58 runs in their previous 10 games entering Friday night, batting .285 over that span with an .840 OPS and 12 home runs.

You can't keep former Red Sox Jonny Gomes out of the ball park. Not only did he throw out the ceremonial first pitch before game two of ALCS in 2018, he was sitting on top of the Green Monster Thursday night and caught Trevor Story's grand slam ball.

Alex Speier | On Baseball

Perched on the Green Monster, former Red Sox outfielder Jonny Gomes catches Trevor Story’s grand slam ball

"You feel like you show up to the ballpark every day and see something that you’ve never seen before,” said Red Sox starting pitcher Michael Wacha.

After missing Game 1 with a foot injury, Marcus Smart (left) was back as the Celtics' floor general in Game 2.

Marcus Smart showed how much the Celtics missed him with a Game 2 tour de force

Coach Ime Udoka said Smart "gets everyone else in line," and that was evident in this huge win — which came with the usual Marcus Moments.

Trevor Story flips his bat after his grand slam in the third inning, his fourth home run in two games.

RED SOX 7, MARINERS 3

Red-hot Trevor Story’s grand slam enough for Red Sox to beat Mariners again

His fourth home run in two nights staked Boston to a 4-0 lead, Jackie Bradley Jr. added a three-run shot, and Michael Wacha and the bullpen were able to hold down Seattle.

Tiger Woods made the cut, shooting a 1-under-par 69 to reach 3 over for the tournament.

Ben Volin | On Golf

Tiger Woods got the benefit of the draw, but it’s still amazing he made the cut at the PGA Championship, and other observations

Woods had 24 hours to recover from Thursday's opening round, and he did, shooting 69 Friday.

Jaylen Brown finished with 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 3 assists on 9-of-17 shooting in Game 2, making four of his seven treys.

christopher l. gasper

Jaylen Brown was the sharpest of the sharpshooting Celtics in Game 2

In what became a redemptive victory, Brown and the Celtics turned the tide in the first quarter and sent a message to Miami.

Bubba Watson made nine birdies in the second round at the PGA Championship.

Bubba Watson matches lowest round in PGA Championship history with a 63

Watson had the 18th round of 63 at the PGA and the third at Southern Hills

Not only did Will Zalatoris have a bogey-free card, all five of his birdies were inside 8 feet.

PGA Championship

Will Zalatoris takes advantage of favorable conditions, leads PGA Championship by a shot

Zalatoris kept hitting the golf ball on the button at Southern Hills and took advantage of gentler conditions for a 4-under-par 66.

Martín Pérez retired 12 of the first 14 batters he faced on his way on his first shutout since April 23, 2014.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Ex-Red Sox Martín Pérez ends Houston dominance of Texas with shutout

Martín Pérez pitched his first shutout since 2014, scattering seven singles in a 108-pitch gem. The 31-year-old lefty won his third straight start and has a 1.64 ERA in eight outings this season.

Heat forward Jimmy Butler (right), driving against Marcus Smart, scored 29 points in Game 2.

Jimmy Butler said the Celtics embarrassed the Heat, and that will provide some motivation

Despite Miami suffering its worst loss of the postseason, Butler expressed confidence in his team’s ability to bounce back.

Bob Cousy played for 13 seasons for the Celtics from 1950-63.

JJ Redick called NBA players from the 1950s ‘plumbers and firemen.’ Bob Cousy responded.

The Celtics Hall of Fame point guard referenced some of the other Hall of Famers he played against in his 13-year career.

Kentucky's TyTy Washington said the NIL helps athletes because "You can still go to college, still do your academic stuff and still be in the same position as everybody else who didn’t.”

NBA prospects see value in college experience

The college game can offer opportunities that aren’t available through other avenues.

Rick Bowness and the Stars were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Flames.

Stars won’t bring back Rick Bowness as head coach

The 67-year-old Bowness, Dallas's coach since December 2019, has been on an NHL bench for a record 2,562 regular-season games as a head coach or an assistant over nearly four decades.

Epicenter (second from right) comes up short against and Rich Strike (right) at the Kentucky Derby.

Epicenter looks to beat competition, near-record heat at Preakness Stakes

Two weeks after getting passed by 80-1 long shot Rich Strike just before the finish line at the Derby, Epicenter goes into Saturday's race as the favorite.

IOC President Thomas Bach (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

International Olympic Committe president Thomas Bach says bans protect Russian athletes

Most sports bodies have followed the IOC guidance given Feb. 28 — four days after Russia began its invasion — by taking teams and athletes out of international competitions.

Max Ding (left) and Magnus Starrett has joined forces this season at No. 1 doubles for the unbeaten Weston boys' tennis team.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS NOTEBOOK

With a shuffled lineup, Weston boys’ tennis has found another perfect combination

With All-Scholastic Max Ding moving from No. 1 singles to first doubles, the Wildcats (13-0) continue to thrive and chase a fifth consecutive state championship.

Arts & Lifestyle

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on April 7, 2022.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez confirms she’s engaged

The 32-year-old New York congresswoman met her now-fiancé, Riley Roberts, while they were both undergraduates at Boston University.

Runners and sunbathers at the Esplanade on the Charles River in 2011. (File)

It’s finally warming up. Here are 7 waterside spots around Boston to cool down.

Here’s a quick list of places around the city where you can sunbathe, sail, or take a dip, now that the temperatures are starting to climb.

Broadway stars (from left) Telly Leung, Susan Egan, and Alton Fitzgerald White perform a tribute to composer Alan Menken while conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall Thursday night.

Pops open season with a beautiful beast of a show

Performances highlight the magical works of Disney and composer Alan Menken, whose music fueled the stories of Ariel, Belle, Aladdin, Rapunzel, Hercules, and Audreys I and II.

From left: Melody Buyukozer Dawkins, a researcher with Slover Linett, joined arts leaders Doneeca Thurston, executive director of Lynn Museum/LynnArts; Marquis Victor, founder and executive director of Elevated Thought; and Catherine T. Morris, founder and artistic director of BAMS Fest, to discuss the survey on Wednesday at the Boston Public Library.

Mass. residents both value the arts and see racism in them, new survey shows

In the Barr Foundation-funded study, 8,000 people also weighed in on what arts organizations must do now.

Winona Ryder in "Stranger Things," which will divide season 4 in two parts: The first seven episodes will be released next Friday, and then the last two episodes will be released five weeks later, on July 1.

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

(Most of) ‘Stranger Things’ season 4 to drop next week

In what is becoming more common, the season — the show’s fourth — will be split in two. The first seven episodes will be released next Friday, and then the last two episodes will be released five weeks later, on July 1.