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Celtics vs. Knicks | Game 6

Mitchell Robinson (right) and the Knicks smothered Jaylen Brown and the Celtics early Friday night in Game 6, holding them to 37 points in the first half.

‘Losing to the Knicks feels like death’: The Celtics’ title defense ends in a letdown. A summer of uncertainty awaits.

New York unloaded 25 years of frustration on Boston in a 119-81 blowout, and now questions will swirl over the future of this team. Is it a dynasty in the making, or is it the end?

Photos: Celtics routed by Knicks in Game 6

Jaylen Brown reacts after fouling out during the third quarter of Game 6.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Injuries, late-game execution, exhaustion, and determined opponent spell end of Celtics’ title defense

This is probably the end of an era with Tatum expected to miss at least most of next season with a torn right Achilles’.

It’s been 25 years since the Knicks made an Eastern Conference finals. And they’re celebrating like it.

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law

Over two dissenting votes, the justices acted on an emergency appeal from lawyers for Venezuelan men who have been accused of being gang members.

Conservative Republicans block Trump’s big tax bill from advancing out of key committee

Trump administration officials say Secret Service is investigating Comey’s ’86 47′ social media post

A pedestrian passed Harvard Medical School in Boston.

‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate hundreds of federal grants at Harvard

Harvard researchers who rely on federal grants to study cancer, infectious diseases, and a range of other topics began receiving termination notices en masse on Thursday from a number of federal agencies.

Summer Arts Guide
From Shakira at Fenway to Shakespeare in Cambridge: 82 can’t-miss things to do in Boston this summer
Globe critics and contributors break down the summer's top performances and arts events.

Watch Party: ‘Paddington in Peru,’ Eurovision, and more weekend streaming picksTV Critic's Corner: PBS’s ‘American Experience’ looks at Edwin Land, the visionary founder of Polaroid

Senator Ed Markey spoke at a Friday press conference at family-owned toy store Henry Bear's Park.

At Cambridge toy store, Markey blasts Trump for ‘toying with our economy’ with tariffs

A local toy chain and a Massachusetts-based manufacturer say steep tariffs on China could devastate their businesses.

Weather mailbag: Is Boston windier this year, and how are NOAA layoffs impacting forecasting?

In terms of average wind speed, 2025 has been the windiest since 2007 at Logan International Airport.

10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food
Seven of the escapees, including suspects charged with murder, remain on the lam following the breakout that the local sheriff says may have been aided by members within the department.

Former Patriot Devin McCourty to team up with Essex County sheriff’s office to launch AI reentry program for inmates
The retired Patriots star will appear virtually at the STAR reentry program in Lynn to kick off the use of Stickball, an AI-based platform.

Audio clip of Biden special counsel interview is released, showing verbal stumbles

Dover doctor Ingolf Tuerk sentenced to 12-16 years in prison for choking his wife to death

Tuerk, 63, admitted during trial to strangling Kathleen McLean. He was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

Crime lab analysts testify on DNA evidence on John O’Keefe’s clothes, pieces of taillight found at scene
On Friday, Prosecutor Adam Lally called Andre Porto and Ash Vallier, analysts at the State Police crime lab, to the stand. Here's how the day unfolded.

Here's how yesterday's testimony unfolded

Moody’s strips US government of top credit rating, citing Washington’s failure to rein in debt

Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government’s credit.

Randolph man charged with ‘brutal’ attack on pregnant woman, prosecutors say

“The allegations here are shocking in their brutality and violence," Suffolk district attorney Kevin Hayden said.

Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report says
The cultlike group has also been linked to killings in Pennsylvania and California, authorities allege.

On ‘Good Morning America,’ Bill Belichick addresses all the attention on his relationship with Jordon Hudson

In an interview with Michael Strahan on "Good Morning America," the former Patriots coach said his 24-year-old girlfriend has "been terrific."

A couple of years from now, Pete Rose’s name likely will come up before a committee of 16 voters, and if he gets 12 of their votes, he will enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dan Shaughnessy

Reinstatement of Pete Rose, others has this Hall of Fame voter wondering why worry about ‘character,’ and other thoughts

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred, at the request of President Trump, made a mockery of the office by reinstating known gambling violators.

Red Sox set to debut ‘Fenway Greens’ uniforms on Friday night

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

What should you do when someone is in the seat you paid for on your flight?

Maybe they're asking to switch or just flat out stealing. Either way, air travel has become a game of musical chairs. Here’s how to handle it.

Opinion

Cincinnati Reds player-manager Pete Rose leapt onto home plate as he scored the winning run in the 10th inning of a game against the San Francisco Giants on April 19, 1985.

IDEAS | KOSTYA KENNEDY

The commissioner made the right call on Pete Rose

The head of Major League Baseball is justified in letting Hall of Fame voters make their own decisions about the Hit King.

Caitlin Shetterly

Bullies, basketball, and what I have learned from both

IDEAS | MARTHA LEB MOLNAR

It is the wellspring of so much life. Please don’t call it ‘dirt.’

Karen Burgio

Lottery isn’t the solution for Massachusetts vocational schools

Renée Loth

For Greater Boston, a different kind of freedom trail

Spotlight

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

Listen to the Snitch City podcast

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Winthrop police officer honored for saving hiker in cardiac arrest while on vacation in Spain

While hiking near Arcade, Spain last month, Officer Guy Prather performed emergency CPR on a hiker who had collapsed on a trail, the department said Friday.

DINNER WITH CUPID
Blind date: ‘We stayed at the restaurant till close’
Will these two scientists find chemistry?

Cambridge city councilor, other men accused of buying sex through brothel ring appear in court, plead not guilty

Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner, identified in March as one of the alleged patrons of the brothel ring that operated in Cambridge and Watertown, was among those who appeared before Judge David Frank on Friday.

Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban
The woman's family is upset that Georgia law doesn’t allow relatives to have a say in whether a pregnant woman is kept on life support.

2 dead and at least 3 injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

Las Vegas police say a shooting inside an athletic club has killed two people, including the suspect, and injured another three people

Forecast | Ken Mahan
Risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday in Western Mass.
A leading warm front will spark brief downpours and scattered showers in Western New England, with the chance of a thunderstorm or two.

Teatro ECAS’s ‘La Dama Boba’ celebrates the transformative power of love

But does Lope de Vega’s 17th-century romantic comedy still resonate?

Shirley Leung
Meet Boston has $30 million to boost tourism. Is buying Michelin stars really the best way to spend it?
The region’s tourism bureau is paying to have Michelin secretly evaluate restaurants here, but some think that money might be better spent on more local fare.

What South Korean cameras have been capturing
‘New Horizons,’ at the Griffin Museum of Photography, looks at recent work from Seoul and beyond.

Shirley Leung
Meet Boston has $30 million to boost tourism. Is buying Michelin stars really the best way to spend it?
The region’s tourism bureau is paying to have Michelin secretly evaluate restaurants here, but some think that money might be better spent on more local fare.

Culture & Lifestyle

John David Adams as Captain Bart in "The Barber of the Cape" at the Cape Neddick Lobster Pound.

From concert halls to clam chowder: Maine group reinvents ‘Barber of Seville’ in coastal eatery

At Jacob’s Pillow this season, a chance to see new work in a brand new theater

Boston-based composer, singer, and cellist Hayley Yu Qin organized the new series "Narratives of Women of Color in Greater Boston.”

Words, music, and more combine to tell overlooked stories of women of color in Boston

Sarah-Anne Martinez and Emily Skinner in "The Light in the Piazza."

Singers soar above the flaws of ‘The Light in the Piazza’

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

An Ambulance passes Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, LA on August 28, 2024.

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

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.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

No governor puts the brakes on new hires without a really good reason, and Governor Maura Healey and her budget team have been seeing the signs for months now.

EDITORIAL

Healey’s hiring freeze a wake-up for fiscal sobriety

Signage is displayed on a delivery truck outside the Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. bottling plant in Irving, Texas.

Alex Beam

Move over, Pepsi. Here comes Dr Pepper.

A gate into Brown University's campus in Providence.

Carine Hajjar

Questioned about its enormous administrative bloat, Brown attacks the messenger

"The People's Map of Lawrence, Massachusetts" by Joseph Nevins, Neil Horsky, and Kathryn Delaney.

Renée Loth

For Greater Boston, a different kind of freedom trail

A group of Afrikaners being relocated to the United States arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport on May 12.

Renée Graham

Trump loves immigrants — so long as they’re white

The photos on these banners in a Beirut suburb say a lot about the governance of Lebanon. On the left is the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. On the right is Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27. Lebanon hasn’t had a president for two years because Hezbollah keeps blocking candidates.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Weather mailbag: Is Boston windier this year, and how are NOAA layoffs impacting forecasting?

In terms of average wind speed, 2025 has been the windiest since 2007 at Logan International Airport.

THEATER REVIEW

Teatro ECAS’s ‘La Dama Boba’ celebrates the transformative power of love

But does Lope de Vega’s 17th-century romantic comedy still resonate?

Former Patriot Devin McCourty to team up with Essex County sheriff’s office to launch AI reentry program for inmates

The retired Patriots star will appear virtually at the STAR reentry program in Lynn to kick off the use of Stickball, an AI-based platform.

UMass Amherst chancellor tells graduates to ‘keep defying gravity’

A year after pro-Palestinian protests disrupted the UMass graduation, there were no visible demonstrations or walkouts, but plenty of smiles and strappy heels under a glaring sun Friday.

Sports

Greater Lawrence junior Anthony Rubim dished 45 assists, including the 1,000th of his career, in a 3-2 win over Lowell Catholic.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' VOLLEYBALL

Eastern Mass. boys’ volleyball: Globe Players of the Week for May 8-15

Two setters reaching 1,000 career assists, a Wayland hitter with 25 kills, a Chelmsford senior filling the stat sheet, and a 29-kill week for an Acton-Boxborough senior highlight this week's selections.

Milford won a pair of five-setters this week to remain in the Top 10 despite a loss to Acton-Boxborough, which jumped from No. 13 to No. 8.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' VOLLEYBALL

Globe Top 20 boys’ volleyball poll: Acton-Boxborough ascending as Taunton tumbles out

After losing in four sets to Greater Lowell and falling just short in five to Cambridge last week, the Revolution put together three consecutive wins, including two over ranked opponents: Milford and Newton South.

Aitor German (left) and Joel De La Rosa helped Greater Lawrence win a league title this spring for the first time in six years.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS' VOLLEYBALL NOTEBOOK

By claiming at least a share of the Commonwealth crown, Greater Lawrence boys’ volleyball is proving it’s no underdog

A 6-13 team two years ago, followed by a 12-9 finish and a first-round exit last season, the Greater Lawrence boys’ volleyball team is a Commonwealth Athletic Conference champion for the first time since 2019.

Celtics postgame interviews: Joe Mazzulla, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White talk Game 6 loss to Knicks

Knicks 119, Celtics 81

‘Losing to the Knicks feels like death’: The Celtics’ title defense ends in a letdown. A summer of uncertainty awaits.

Knicks 119, Celtics 81

Celtics no-show in do-or-die Game 6, get blown out by Knicks to end season

Business

Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza

Human rights groups have raised concerns that AI systems are being used to help make decisions about who or what to target, resulting in the deaths of innocent people.

Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

The decision marks the latest blow to workplace protections for transgender workers following President Trump’s executive order declaring that the government would recognize only two “immutable” sexes.

Moody’s strips US government of top credit rating, citing Washington’s failure to rein in debt

France is tackling a crypto kidnapping wave denting its image and a potential presidential contender

magazine

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Eight sons at war: The untold story of a Melrose family’s WWII sacrifice

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Headbanging my way through perimenopause

Boston Mayor Ray Flynn in Jamaica Plain in 1993.

Perspective

Boston wasn’t always a progressive bulwark. Then came Ray Flynn.

LOVE LETTERS

I’m almost 70. Can I find love at my age?

metro

Officer Guy Prather and Alberto, both center, stand with Ana (far left) and Janice Prather (far right) in Spain last month.

Winthrop police officer honored for saving hiker in cardiac arrest while on vacation in Spain

Worcester releases body camera video from police during ICE operation; city requests arrested teen’s charges be dropped

Six men to be ordained priests Saturday for the Boston archdiocese

sports

Injuries, late-game execution, exhaustion, and determined opponent spell end of Celtics’ title defense

It’s been 25 years since the Knicks made an Eastern Conference finals. And they’re celebrating like it.

Former Patriot Devin McCourty to team up with Essex County sheriff’s office to launch AI reentry program for inmates

business

A store closing sign was posted outside at a Rite Aid store in Huntington Woods in Michigan in 2024.

CVS bids on Rite Aid stores and patient data

Conservative Republicans block Trump’s big tax bill from advancing out of key committee

R.I. among three states where new housing construction was the slowest in 2024, new Census data shows

politics

Biden was 82 when he left office in January.

Audio clip of Biden special counsel interview is released, showing verbal stumbles

Federal judge strikes down workplace protections for transgender workers

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume deportations under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act. Here’s how Friday unfolded.

Nation

This photo combo shows inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail, from left, Lenton Vanburen Jr, Jermaine Donald, Antonine T Massey, Derrick D. Groves, and Leo Tate Sr. (Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office via AP)

10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get food

At least 7 people dead and widespread damage left in the wake of severe Midwest storms

2 dead and at least 3 injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

World

An Israeli tank moves in a staging area in southern Israel, near the border with Gaza, Friday, May 16, 2025.

Microsoft says it provided AI to Israeli military for war but denies use to harm people in Gaza

France is tackling a crypto kidnapping wave denting its image and a potential presidential contender

After Putin is a no-show at talks in Turkey, Trump says he’ll meet the Russian leader soon

opinion

GBH is laying off 10 employees from WORLD, a channel carried by more than 200 PBS stations that airs global news, programs, and documentaries.

Cuts at GBH shut a window on world of documentary filmmaking

Still waiting for that audit of the Mass. Legislature

Questioned about its enormous administrative bloat, Brown attacks the messenger

lifestyle

I drive her everywhere

His mother is controlling

How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect our marriages?

food & dining

A customer waits at an Avis Budget Group Inc. rental counter at San Francisco International Airport.

Avis charges $7,671 for a one-day car rental due to an accident

Don’t Tell Aunty is worth talking about

Meet Boston has $30 million to boost tourism. Is buying Michelin stars really the best way to spend it?

travel

Mast Landing has two locations, and they’re each worth a visit.

13 great under-the-radar Maine breweries

Deer Isle, Maine: The way life used to be

Moose on Main Street — and other reasons to go to Greenville, Maine

Arts

What South Korean cameras have been capturing

Walking (and T-ing) Boston’s public art Triennial

How a R.I. startup is turning seafood shell waste into furniture and building materials

Books

Ms. Rachlin, in an undated family photo.

Nahid Rachlin, novelist who explored the Iranian psyche, dies at 85

Author readings around Boston through May 24

Bestselling authors implore New Hampshire lawmakers to kill ‘book-banning’ bills

Movies

‘Paddington in Peru,’ Eurovision, and more weekend streaming picks

Joe Don Baker, actor who found fame with ‘Walking Tall,’ dies at 89

The Global Cinema Film Festival aims to bring the pains of the rest of the world to viewers

Television

Land ho! Edwin Land, that is

‘This is what authoritarianism is about,’ Bernie Sanders warns on ‘Colbert’

‘Paddington in Peru,’ Eurovision, and more weekend streaming picks

music

James Taylor, right, with Prince Harry, second from left, and Meghan Markle, third from left.

James Taylor gets backstage visit from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

How a Boston ensemble is using medieval music to address modern concerns

Words, music, and more combine to tell overlooked stories of women of color in Boston

Theater/Dance

Boston Ballet in Mikko Nissinen's "Raymonda."

Boston Ballet looks back and forward in ‘Spring Experience’

From concert halls to clam chowder: Maine group reinvents ‘Barber of Seville’ in coastal eatery

At Jacob’s Pillow this season, a chance to see new work in a brand new theater

Health

‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate hundreds of federal grants at Harvard

Mass. Senate passes, and Governor Healey signs, $240m bill for state health insurance fund

Federal judge orders transfer of Harvard scientist to Massachusetts to face smuggling charge

Obituaries

Mr. Baker (center), in the 2008 movie "Strange Wilderness," with Steve Zahn (left) and Allen Covert.

Celtics vs. Knicks | Game 6

‘Losing to the Knicks feels like death’: The Celtics’ title defense ends in a letdown. A summer of uncertainty awaits.

Injuries, late-game execution, exhaustion, and determined opponent spell end of Celtics’ title defense

Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to resume quick deportations of Venezuelans under 18th-century law

Conservative Republicans block Trump’s big tax bill from advancing out of key committee

Trump administration officials say Secret Service is investigating Comey’s ’86 47′ social media post

‘A bloodbath’: Trump administration moves to terminate hundreds of federal grants at Harvard

Summer Arts GuideFrom Shakira at Fenway to Shakespeare in Cambridge: 82 can’t-miss things to do in Boston this summerGlobe critics and contributors break down the summer's top performances and arts events.

At Cambridge toy store, Markey blasts Trump for ‘toying with our economy’ with tariffs

Weather mailbag: Is Boston windier this year, and how are NOAA layoffs impacting forecasting?

10 escape from New Orleans jail through hole in cell wall while lone guard left to get foodSeven of the escapees, including suspects charged with murder, remain on the lam following the breakout that the local sheriff says may have been aided by members within the department.

Former Patriot Devin McCourty to team up with Essex County sheriff’s office to launch AI reentry program for inmatesThe retired Patriots star will appear virtually at the STAR reentry program in Lynn to kick off the use of Stickball, an AI-based platform.

Audio clip of Biden special counsel interview is released, showing verbal stumbles

Dover doctor Ingolf Tuerk sentenced to 12-16 years in prison for choking his wife to death

Crime lab analysts testify on DNA evidence on John O’Keefe’s clothes, pieces of taillight found at sceneOn Friday, Prosecutor Adam Lally called Andre Porto and Ash Vallier, analysts at the State Police crime lab, to the stand. Here's how the day unfolded.

Moody’s strips US government of top credit rating, citing Washington’s failure to rein in debt

Randolph man charged with ‘brutal’ attack on pregnant woman, prosecutors say

Woman connected to the Zizians fired the bullet that killed a Vermont border agent, report saysThe cultlike group has also been linked to killings in Pennsylvania and California, authorities allege.

On ‘Good Morning America,’ Bill Belichick addresses all the attention on his relationship with Jordon Hudson

Reinstatement of Pete Rose, others has this Hall of Fame voter wondering why worry about ‘character,’ and other thoughts

What should you do when someone is in the seat you paid for on your flight?

The commissioner made the right call on Pete Rose

Bullies, basketball, and what I have learned from both

It is the wellspring of so much life. Please don’t call it ‘dirt.’

Lottery isn’t the solution for Massachusetts vocational schools

For Greater Boston, a different kind of freedom trail

Explore the project: Snitch City

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Winthrop police officer honored for saving hiker in cardiac arrest while on vacation in Spain

DINNER WITH CUPIDBlind date: ‘We stayed at the restaurant till close’Will these two scientists find chemistry?

Cambridge city councilor, other men accused of buying sex through brothel ring appear in court, plead not guilty

Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion banThe woman's family is upset that Georgia law doesn’t allow relatives to have a say in whether a pregnant woman is kept on life support.

2 dead and at least 3 injured in Las Vegas gym shooting, police say

Forecast | Ken MahanRisk of severe thunderstorms Saturday in Western Mass.A leading warm front will spark brief downpours and scattered showers in Western New England, with the chance of a thunderstorm or two.

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Eight sons at war: The untold story of a Melrose family’s WWII sacrifice

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The region’s tourism bureau is paying to have Michelin secretly evaluate restaurants here, but some think that money might be better spent on more local fare.

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The region’s tourism bureau is paying to have Michelin secretly evaluate restaurants here, but some think that money might be better spent on more local fare.