shirley leung

Putting early education front and center in Mass.

JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF/FILE 2016

House Speaker Bob DeLeo is done talking about the value of preschool education. It?s time to get it right in Massachusetts.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1813.jpg Why is Paul Ryan endorsing Donald Trump?

The speaker is putting personal interest ahead of the national interest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/537652004.jpg Hillary Clinton wants you to fear a Trump presidency

Clinton is looking to capitalize on voter anxiety about Donald Trump?s temperament and fitness for the presidency.

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Donald Trump said that Judge Gonzalo Curiel had a conflict of interest because he was ?of Mexican heritage,? according to The Wall Street Journal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wiggs_Marijuana_384700-8630.jpg Marijuana patients in limbo as doctor?s license is suspended

Nearly 5,800 patients received medical marijuana authorization from a doctor whose professional license was suspended.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker.jpg From Haiti earthquake victim to high school valedictorian

When Joe Freddy Francois arrived in Boston he had been to the city just once, and he was grappling with trauma from Haiti?s earthquake.

Ninety-eight people were sworn in as naturalized citizens at a ceremony at the Moakley US District Court.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Citizenship applications soar in Mass.

The increase is driven by a contentious presidential election and an expanding array of services to help them apply.

Steven Senne/Associated Press

No criminal charges after St. George?s sex investigation

Police have ended their 7-month sexual abuse investigation of the embattled school without bringing criminal charges.

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Alex Turner?s jet crashed after a flyover during an Air Force Academy commencement that President Obama was attending.

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Their friendship is a testament to the close, personal ties that were nurtured in a slower, more patient era.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gina150-11065.jpg UMass official killed in crash ?was always there for you?

To her family, Gina Cappello was a selfless mother who had taken up golfing and had a smile that radiated optimism.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/0331drugs.jpg We?re spending $107 billion on cancer drugs, but is it worth it?

A flood of innovative cancer treatments helped fuel an 11.5 percent surge in spending on oncology drugs over the past year.

Things to do

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/6d642e11d44e4f5dab6e06d45e8d2dfd-6d642e11d44e4f5dab6e06d45e8d2dfd-0.jpg The Weekender: Beyoncé, a kid lit-fest, and Andy Samberg

Beyoncé brings the No. 1 show of the summer to Gillette Stadium on Friday, and other things going on this weekend.

Olive Pierce in a boat off the Maine coast in 1995.

David Rivera

Olive Pierce, longtime photographer in Cambridge and Maine, dies at 90

Ms. Pierce was a longtime photographer in Cambridge and in Rockland, Maine.

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The report said Prince ??self-administered fentanyl,?? referring to a synthetic opioid many times more potent than heroin.

ORIOLES 12, RED SOX 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1a1740566dac46f8b831b617e3b6ba66-1a1740566dac46f8b831b617e3b6ba66-0.jpg Red Sox drop second straight to Orioles

Rick Porcello allowed five runs in six innings, including three home runs.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-9762.jpg Red Sox are built from within and built to last

These are the ?better days ahead? the previous administration promised with its emphasis on development.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-1809.jpg Hillary Clinton?s candor problem

It?s an impulse as old as politics.

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/2011-2020/2016/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/537279494.jpg The Calif. ballot wrinkle that could hurt Sanders

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

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.

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.