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UMass can?t win

AStudents on the UMass Amherst campus.

Jonathan Wigg/The Boston Globe/File 2014

It wasn?t long ago when people complained that the University of Massachusetts? flagship campus in Amherst was a second-tier state school.

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One American official says the U.S. believes Mansour was killed in a drone strike authorized by President Barack Obama.

Woman pronounced dead after Worcester car crash

A 23-year-old woman died Friday night after sustaining injuries in a Worcester car crash early that morning, police said Saturday.

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Trustees unanimously chose Jill Bourne, city librarian at the San Jose Public Library, to lead Boston?s library network.

Bunker Hill Community College held it's 42nd commencement with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, who saluted the graduating students at the end of his commencement address.

John Tlumacki / Globe staff

Mayor praises community college graduates

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh said he was among ?my people.?

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William Weld, the former governor who will run for VP on the Libertarian ticket, has always seemed to relish a sudden plunge into the unknown.

Homeboykris (3), ridden by Horacio Karamanos, moves to the finish in the first race of the day on a muddy track ahead of the 141st Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Garry Jones)

Two horses die in first four races on Preakness day

In a tragic start to event, two horses died at Pimlico Race Course and a jockey broke a collarbone after a spill on a damp, rainy Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/533265556.jpg Leaked data showed trouble in cockpit before EgyptAir crash

Mounting evidence points to a sudden, dramatic catastrophe that led to the plane?s crash into the eastern Mediterranean early Thursday.

Boston, MA - 5/2/2016 - Sgt. Thomas Block works for the HERO program, a special unit for army vets who were injured in the line of duty and would be physically unable to work in Boston, MA May 2, 2016. In 2013 Sgt. Block was severely wounded and lost his right eye from a suicide bomb in Afghanistan. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: 04hero Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe

Army veteran joins cyber war against child predators

Three years after he was badly injured in an attack in Afghanistan, Sergeant Thomas Block has a new mission: rescuing children from predators.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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Entering Saturday, the Red Sox? average time of game was 3 hours, 15 minutes, second-longest in baseball.

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

What is it like to live in Hanover?

Resident Judy Grecco says she isn?t crazy about cities and loves the town of Hanover?s country feel.

5 things to know about sunscreen

Five things you should know about sunscreen before you get greased up for a day on the beach.

Rodin?s ?Large Clenched Hand,? on view at the Peabody Essex Museum.

art review

Rodin: sculptor as wrecking ball

Critic Sebastian Smee says the Peabody Essex Museum?s exhibition captures the artist in all his carnal, tormented, gasp-inducing greatness.

05/15/16: Boston, MA: The Red Sox Jackie Bradley, Jr. extended his hitting streak to 21 games with this bottom of the fifth inning single. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Houston Astros in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:sports

ALEX SPEIER

Why Jackie Bradley Jr.?s hitting streak is so impressive

His line during the 25-game streak is a mind-boggling .409 average with a .471 OBP, .806 slugging mark, and 1.278 OPS.

Then-President Bill Clinton in 1996 as he prepared to sign into law legislation that would overhaul America's welfare system.

Clinton-era welfare rule gets little notice in election

About 10,000 people in the state lost their food assistance last month, thanks to a provision in the 1996 welfare law.

Bryan Cranston as LBJ in ?All the Way? on HBO.

Bryan Cranston practically resurrects LBJ in HBO?s ?All the Way?

The film adaptation puts you in a room with the 36th president of the United States, with an intimate view of his weary, furrowed face.

In search of sanctuary

The pews grew emptier and emptier. Until at last they realized: the Congregational Church of West Medford was dying. But they were people of faith and they believed in resurrection.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/karynpolitoCROPPED-1733.jpg Making homeless families? lives more stable

The state has dramatically reduced the number of homeless families living in motels.

Life sciences

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