Poll finds enduring support for Mass. health law

Support has not wavered, despite the well-publicized troubles of the state?s new health insurance website.

Families leave the village of Taza Khormato, south of the oil hub city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, fearing any escalation in fighting reaching their village.

Sunni militants capture northern Iraqi town

It?s the latest blow to the nation?s Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory in the country?s north.

Medtronic agrees to buy Covidien for $42.9b

The move is one of the largest takeovers of a Mass. company in history.

Artificial pancreas offers hope to diabetes patients

The development potentially enables 2 million Americans to eat without counting carbohydrates or calculating insulin injections.

On the bright side, Daniel Nava drew threw walks. But he also struck out to lead off the ninth (above) and 11th innings.

ON BASEBALL

Red Sox offense in need of a jolt of enthusiasm

Just when you think the Sox might be turning the corner, they muff a chance to win a series.

Patty Andresino caught up on her Facebook page while her son, Joe, played for Sullivan Insurance in the Milton Little League playoffs.

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Long baseball games weigh on clock-conscious parents

The hectic schedule and the lack of a clock can combine to create a perfect storm of modern family pressures.

Adrian Walker

Robert Moses an impressive character

Working in some of the most highly charged areas of the South, Robert Moses became a confidant of the leaders of the civil rights movement.

Pope Francis spoke during a meeting with the Community of Sant?Egidio in Rome.

analysis

Francis visit cements Sant?Egidio as winner

The Community of Sant?Egidio comes off not as a mildly surprising element of the pope?s agenda, but something close to its beating heart.

The Spurs celebrated with the Larry O?Brien Trophy after winning the NBA title with a 104-87 win over the Heat in Game 5.

Spurs 104, Heat 87

Spurs roll over Heat to claim NBA title

San Antonio won the best-of-seven series, 4-1, cementing its dominance of the NBA over the past decade and a half and perhaps ending Miami?s Big Three Era

Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/phoneFinal.jpg The vanishing, underappreciated prank call

How the weird imagined landscape of the phone network shaped my adolescence.

Arts

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Odyssey Opera?s production of ?Un giorno di regno? by Giuseppe Verdi.

Odyssey Opera shares rarely heard delights

Not every piece of music cast into history?s dustbin deserves to be there ? a point made forcefully by Odyssey Opera in its inaugural June Festival.