UCLA gunman identified by LAPD

Police named the shooter who killed a mechanical engineering professor Wednesday before killing himself.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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If Senator Warren became vice president, her seat would fall into Governor Baker?s hands.

ground game

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The way the primary is being conducted presents a big problem for Bernie Sanders.

Bike riding Somerville

Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff

Some parents are outsourcing this rite of childhood

Teaching a child how to ride a bike isn?t what it used to be. Some parents don?t know how to ride themselves. Others are too busy. Many can?t take the whining.

High lead levels found at two Brookline schools

A faucet at Baker School and a water fountain at Brookline High tested ?over the standard.?

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Surveillance video shows a man who was arrested being physically assaulted at the police station.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12072011_07brigpic-8118067-11001.jpg Brigham CEO stands out for outside jobs

The number of Dr. Elizabeth Nabel?s paid positions ? including one for the NFL ? in addition to running Brigham and Women?s Hospital is unusual among hospital leaders.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_homedelivery_met.jpg Start counting those turkeys

For the first time, MassWildlife officials are asking residents and hunters to keep track of male turkeys during the annual turkey brood count.

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Starting Thursday, the T will send workers notice about two buyout programs that will pay eligible employees to leave the agency.

Fire and explosion destroy Concord home

Only some of the framing from the two-and-a-half story home is still standing, a town fire official said.

John F. Kennedy's four-page love letter to Mary Pinchot Meyer in 1963.

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JFK wrote a pretty juicy letter to his alleged mistress

A four-page handwritten letter to one of John F. Kennedy?s alleged mistresses is among the items being auctioned this month.

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?That guy just put something in her drink,? one woman told her friends, staring at another diner. And so it began.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/rathe_map_business_01.jpg Wanted: Good home for 4-ton map of New England

The Globe is moving and can?t take the 18-foot-high marble relief map of New England that has graced its lobby since the late 1970s.

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You can?t ignore Beyoncé

Beyoncé?s operating on the next level above the next level.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/6b569ce9f60143dbb5a886362b0bced5-e86ee289af8543fdaa7dee00d7d50c26-0.jpg Want to see Lin-Manuel Miranda in ?Hamilton?? Get thee to Broadway now!

We?ve known for a while that Miranda planned to bow out of the hit musical at some point this summer, but now there?s a date.

Alex Speier

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The Red Sox outfielder played his first 75 pro games without a home run. Then a coach helped him turn on his power.

names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bradytuthill.jpg Tom Brady surprises fashion show attendees

The Patriots QB had autographed footballs ready for guests at the ?Kelley for Ellie? fashion show to benefit breast cancer research.

Toasted Coconut Key Lime Squares

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Dishes to bring to an outdoor party

Bakery pizza, enchilada pie, or toasted coconut key lime squares all travel well in summer.

album review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/PaulSimon_credit_MyrnaSuarez_0749_General2.jpg New album is Paul Simon?s best since ?Graceland?

Simon offers a characteristic mix of loopy and deeply moving in his first solo album since 2011.

fast forward

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A new morning report to help you get ready for the day.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | CLARA WAINWRIGHT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/160106_MJ_018.jpg A way forward for Boston Creates

To make its Boston Creates plan work, the city has to stimulate innovative funding ideas and make a financial commitment.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/FINEBERGWELD17A-1792.jpg Is N.H. the best opportunity for the Johnson-Weld ticket?

The Granite State is still a long shot for Gary Johnson and Bill Weld.

The Big Picture

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month, May 2016

A look at some of the best images taken by Boston Globe photographers last month.

Nation & World

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Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-10654.jpg Private schools, painful secrets

More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Design New England

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/DNE-4947.png When inspiration strikes

With their home as canvas, the couple behind KTII Design Group embrace the stylistic power of change.