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?Too many bad things going on?

Dorothy Fisher has lived across the street from Puddingstone Park, the site of last week?s deadly shooting, for 60 years. — Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Beset by shootings, a neighborhood in Boston?s core is a violent exception to the city?s drop in homicides.

Red Sox CEO Lucchino to leave at season?s end

Lucchino?s departure will break up a famous ownership trio that also includes John Henry and Tom Werner.

Sam Kennedy ready for promotion to Red Sox president

Kennedy, one of Larry Lucchino?s closest advisors, will replace his mentor as team president by October.

Yvonne Abraham

Shame of methadone use clouds heroin addicts? recovery

They are Elizabeth, Josh, Brian, and Tracey. They are recovering heroin addicts. And they are just like you and me.

Joseph and Anna Trustey, together on the day of her school prom in April, were killed in a plane crash Wednesday. — Trustey Family

Father, daughter drew the world close

Joseph and Anna Trustey, both of Wenham, died Wednesday evening when the plane he was piloting crashed in Milwaukee.

Tom Brady?s fight won?t be easy, specialists say

Some believe Brady has a compelling argument and a chance to have his suspension vacated; others believe he has no shot.

After decline, foreclosures up again in Greater Boston

Foreclosure numbers through May are up compared with 2014, as lenders push through a backlog of delinquent loans.

Kriss Blevens in her salon at work on client Dorothy Verani. — Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

N.H. makeup artist puts best face on candidates

No one has been closer to the faces of presidential power for the last 20 years than Kriss Blevens, a Manchester-based makeup artist.

Boston hospital aims to redefine care and prevent emotional harm

?The words dignity and respect cut very deeply,? said one hospital official.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Outside Deflategate, here are the biggest storylines as camps start

Let?s step away from the controversy surrounding footballs and go around the NFL.

GARY WASHBURN I SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

Should the Celtics unretire numbers for current players to wear?

With 21 jerseys retired, current Celtics have few prime numbers from which to choose.

Making new homes from old workplaces and more

Converting old churches, schools, firehouses, and office buildings into chic, sleek apartments, and condos has gone from quirky to trendy.

John L. Allen Jr. | All things Catholic

Sainthood cause for victims of anti-Christian pogroms in India stalls

Seeing the martyrs of Kandhamal declared saints is ?my wish and my people?s wish,? said Archbishop John Barwa.

The Prudential Center (left), the new Millennium Tower in Downtown Crossing (center), and the Marriott?s Custom House have all been granted tax breaks. — Boston Globe Photos

Boston is rife with untracked tax breaks

The city has granted some 140 tax breaks for about 600 parcels of land over the past several decades, a Globe review found.

Beverly Beckham

In the thick of hard days, remember what really matters

Every day that someone you love is not in a hospital is a good day. That?s it, plain and simple.

Travel

Brotherhood?s twists and turns help them cross paths

We weren?t back in high school, driving up and down Main Street, but we had reclaimed that level of camaraderie in Washington.

Springfield finds new life as an actor in ?Ricki and the Flash?

People have started taking Rick Springfield seriously as an actor, but it?s also something the 65-year-old himself he has started taking more seriously.

Ground Game

Video

Conversations with the 2016 presidential candidates

The Globe?s James Pindell sits down with presidential candidates and hopefuls to discuss the race.

Opinion

Farah Stockman | Boston after busing

Farah Stockman: Naming this era of racial contradictions

The thing is we don?t agree any more on what race means.

The Big Picture

A cyclist crossed a bridge in Christian A. Herter Park on the Charles River. — Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month: July, 2015

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month including the Fourth of July celebration.

BetaBoston

CVS drives another nail in film?s coffin

The ?1-Hour Photo? signs have come down outside CVS Pharmacy stores in Boston and throughout the US.

Crux

Margery Eagan | On Spirituality

Witnessing an abortion

With an abortion, there is no happy ending. That doesn?t mean the government should outlaw the practice.

Globe must-reads

Travis Roy counts being on this deck overlooking Malletts Bay as one of his joys.

KEVIN CULLEN

Leading a purposeful life, chosen by challenges

Reilly Opelka won the boys? singles final at Wimbledon last month.

Reilly Opelka the next big thing (literally) in US men?s tennis

Dr. Howard Jones explained the in vitro fertilization process during a news conference in Norfolk, Va, on Dec. 28, 1981.

First in vitro baby in US remembers Dr. Howard Jones

A sailboat carrying the body of a man who appeared to be in his 70s ran aground at Lynch Park in Beverly on Friday afternoon.

Body found in sailboat identified as UMass Lowell professor

When the Cyclone got wicked

Mr. Grossman developed a program that assisted tenants facing eviction.

David Grossman, 57, lawyer dedicated to helping others

THOMAS FARRAGHER

Take away bully?s badge

Whatever Pedro Martinez did, it was well worth putting up with.

BOB RYAN

Pedro Martinez was his most sincere self

The author and Hitchbot in Salem, ready to roll.

Can a humble robot hitchhike cross-country?

Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace in ?The End of the Tour,? directed by James Ponsoldt.

movies

Jason Segel plays David Foster Wallace in new movie

Starts & Stops

Is Government Center project still on track?

Wellness

The trick to making exercise a daily habit

Sports

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Fans offered a show of hands for Travis Shaw in the eighth inning after the rookie hit his second home run of the game (and his 19 at-bat career).

RED SOX 11, RAYS 7

Red Sox win third straight game

Rookie Travis Shaw hit his first two home runs, going 4 for 4 to lead a resurgent attack.

Metro

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Riders passed by signs of children helped by the Jimmy Fund as they participate in the Pan-Mass Challenge in Lakeville on Saturday.

Riders hit the road for cancer patients

There were 6,000 participants in this year?s annual Pan-Mass Challenge, but many more than 6,000 reasons to ride: Three-year-old Cian Byrne was one of them.