Police used blasts to breach Orlando club

The shooter exchanged gunfire with police before taking hostages in a bathroom, where officials created an explosive breach to rescue the clubgoers.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 A woman prays during a candlelight vigil in solidarity for the victims of the Orlando gay nightclub mass shooting, in Seoul, South Korea, June 13, 2016.REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

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A woman prayed during a candlelight vigil in solidarity in Seoul, South Korea.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 HONG KONG - JUNE 13: People gather during a vigil for the victims of a shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 13, 2016 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The vigil is put together by Betty Grisoni co-director of Pink Dot and co-founder of local lesbian group Les Peches with Double Happiness, Les Peches, Out in HK and Pink Alliance joining in as supporting organisations. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

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People participated in a vigil in Hong Kong.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 Ronald Hopper (3L), FBI Tampa division Assistant Agent in Charge, talks to Orlando Police Chief John Mina (2L), Orlando Police Chief, Paul Wysopal (4L), FBI Tampa Division Special Agent in Charge, and others near the Pulse nightclub June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. Forty-nine people and the shooter died and more than 50 were injured when a gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a gay nightclub in Florida, police said June 12, making it the worst mass shooting in US history. / AFP PHOTO / Brendan SmialowskiBRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images

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Officials spoke with each other near the scene Monday morning.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 Australians gather to place candles and flags in Sydney on June 13, 2016, in solidarity with the global gay community after a gunman opened fire in a nightclub in Orlando, Florida, killing over 50 people. The Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit with the colours of the rainbow on June 13 as hundreds of Australians gathered to stand in solidarity with the global gay community after the worst mass shooting in modern US history. / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WESTWILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images

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Australians gathered to place candles and flags in Sydney.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 ORLANDO, FL - JUNE 13: Ray Rivera draws a diagram showing the inside of the Pulse Nightclub where he was DJing when Omar Mateen walked in (show by the arrow to the right) and allegedly killed at least 50 people on June 13, 2016 in Orlando, Florida. The mass shooting killed at least 50 people and injuring 53 others in what is the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Ray Rivera drew a diagram showing the inside of the Pulse nightclub.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 White roses and rainbow flags are displayed in front of the US Embassy in Berlin on June 13, 2016 as people pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando killing. Fifty people died when a gunman allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Florida, in the worst terror attack on US soil since September 11, 2001. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALLJOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

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White roses and rainbow flags were displayed in front of the US Embassy in Berlin.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 HONG KONG - JUNE 13: People take part in a candlelight vigil for the victims of a shooting in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida on June 13, 2016 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The vigil is put together by Betty Grisoni co-director of Pink Dot and co-founder of local lesbian group Les Peches with Double Happiness, Les Peches, Out in HK and Pink Alliance joining in as supporting organisations. (Photo by Anthony Kwan/Getty Images)

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People took part in a candlelight vigil in Hong Kong.

ORLANDO SLIDER 2 Flags fly at half-staff around the Washington Monument at daybreak in Washington with the US Capitol in the background Monday, June 13, 2016. President Barack Obama ordered flags lowered to half-staff to honor the victims of the Orlando nightclub shootings. (AP Photo/J. David Ake.)

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Flags flew at half staff around the Washington Monument.

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The presumptive GOP nominee is expected to address the Orlando massacre in a speech Monday afternoon in Manchester.

OPINION | JACK LEVIN

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The Orlando shooter?s deadly attack was as much a hate crime as it was a terrorist episode.

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President Obama said there?s no clear evidence that the shooter was directed to conduct his attack or part of a larger plot.

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Kimberly Morris was a former Northampton resident, and Stanley Manolo Almodovar III was a Springfield native.

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That averages out to more than 1,000 people killed by guns per month, or more than 36 shooting deaths per day.

6/13/16 - Dorchester, MA - Jeremiah Burke High School - Student Kevin Pires, cq, left, 15, of Dorchester, was greeted by men of color from Boston and surrounding communities as he arrived at school on Monday morning, June 13, 2016. The men were gathered to show support, encouragement, and examples of positive role models in the wake of a tragic loss within the school community. The welcome was organized jointly by the Mayor's Office of Public Safety Initiatives and Boston Public Schools. Topic: 14burke. Story by Jeremy Fox/Globe Staff. Photo by Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

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In show of support, men of color greet Burke students

Students at Jeremiah Burke High School were greeted with cheers and handshakes as they returned to school days after losing a classmate.

Love Letters

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I feel so shallow and selfish and cruel, but at the same time it also seems wrong to live a lie.

NAMES

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Looking like he just stepped off the set of a ?Mission Impossible? movie, Tom Brady attended the Canadian Grand Prix over the weekend.

tech lab

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The software giant is spending $26.2 billion to buy the social network LinkedIn. The deal is about business, not friends.

Frame by Frame

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Sebastian Smee takes a look at Jacob Jordaens?s painting ?Portrait of a Young Married Couple.?

This three-story structure at 176 Humboldt Avenue in Roxbury sold for $100.

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Pam family?s deals with nonprofits were less than charitable

Valuable properties owned by a pair of charities were peddled to the Roxbury family?s businesses under highly favorable terms.

A new way to travel the Cape & Islands

The Steamship Authority will usher in a new ferry that will service two routes.

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The 5-2 ruling said that federal bankruptcy law bars Puerto Rico from enacting its own law to restructure about $20 billion in debt.

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The submarine?s divers will reveal the results of their expedition Monday.

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The college is behind a broad-based effort to streamline how artists get paid for their work.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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The common thread in too many mass shootings is the availability of powerful semiautomatic weapons that serve no purpose but to kill.

Life sciences

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School?s out

It?s that time of year when accomplishments are celebrated and summer vacations start.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (left) says he?ll meet with rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday.

Sanders to meet Tuesday with Clinton to discuss agenda
White roses and rainbow flags are displayed in front of the US Embassy in Berlin on June 13, 2016 as people pay tribute to the victims of the Orlando killing. Fifty people died when a gunman allegedly inspired by the Islamic State group opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Florida, in the worst terror attack on US soil since September 11, 2001. / AFP PHOTO / John MACDOUGALLJOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images

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Kelvin Cobaris, a local clergyman, consoled Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan (right) and Terry DeCarlo, an Orlando gay-rights advocate, near the scene of the mass shooting.

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In his fifth career start, Connecticut native and former Boston College pitcher Pat Dean stifled the Sox.

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An officer guided volunteers across the street as Boston police and the Department of Homeland Security took part in a counterterrorism exercise at Fenway Park on Sunday.

Counterterrorism drill held at Fenway Park
Lauren Blasetti of Medford was one of hundreds who gathered on Boston Common Sunday for a rally in solidarity with the victims of the Orlando shooting.

Boston Pride parties to observe moment of silence

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A second-inning error by shortstop Xander Bogaerts (right) enabled the Twins? Eduardo Escobar to advance to third base.

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Red Sox can?t complete sweep of Twins

The Sox scored three times in the eighth inning to force extras, but Max Kepler hit a three-run walkoff homer in the 10th.

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A worshiper prayed Sunday at the Azusa Christian Community Center in Boston, where the focus was on Raekwon Brown?s death.

City minister challenges residents to defend young lives

The Rev. Eugene Rivers told worshipers to ?make sure? that the death of a high school student ?was not in vain.?

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William F. Weld said he and former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson are eschewing traditional retail campaign efforts for now in favor of filling their coffers.

Bill Weld-allied super PAC backs Libertarian ticket

The Socially Liberal and Fiscally Conservative PAC will operate out of the former governor?s Boston lobbying firm.

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Fighters from forces aligned with Libya?s unity government rested Sunday after clearing the Zaafran area in Sirte.

Islamic State suicide bombers hit Libyan forces

Attackers used an ambulance and two other vehicles to target the coastal city of Sirte, killing at least one Libyan soldier.

Columnists

Kelvin Cobaris, a local clergyman, consoled Orlando city commissioner Patty Sheehan (right) and Terry DeCarlo, an Orlando gay-rights advocate, near the scene of the mass shooting.

Adrian Walker

Terrorist attack must spark unity, not finger-pointing
People held a vigil outside the Orlando Regional Medical Center Sunday.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

All of us must bear responsibility for Orlando

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 19: People walk by a check cashing store in the South Bronx on September 19, 2013 in New York City. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau report, over a quarter-million people in the South Bronx are living in poverty, making the 16th Congressional District the poorest in the nation. New Census Bureau numbers for all of New York City show that the poverty rate has risen to 21.2 percent in 2012, from 20.9 percent the year before. As New Yorkers prepare to vote for their next mayor following Michael Bloomberg, the Democratic candidate Bill de Blasio has focused on the theme that New York has transformed into a

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This January 2015 booking photo released by the Santa Clara County Sheriff?s Office shows Brock Turner, the former Stanford University swimmer who was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

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Stanford rape uproar?s lost lesson: Call the cops
Project manager John B. Hynes IV and the Rev. James Flavin at the new site of Our Lady of Good Voyage.

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Our Lady of Good Voyage survives Seaport boom
Most of the spring high school state championships will be decided in the upcoming week.

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Reminders for parents watching their kids? games
The tower at 171 Tremont St. would loom over Boston Common.

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Hockey fan Matt Adamowski laid flowers at a statue of Gordie Howe Friday in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in the NHL great?s home province.

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Jane Bergman, a delivery driver for Grubhub, left to deliver a meal from El Pelon Taqueria near Boston College.

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Food fight! Delivery apps in a battle for survival
Graduates at Jeremiah E. Burke High School celebrated their graduation on Friday.

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The period is dead ? but so what?

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John Hancock raising rates on long-term health care policies

Prices for in-home and nursing home care are leaving thousands of Massachusetts seniors with sticker shock.

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Madison Wolfe in a scene from ?The Conjuring 2.?

?Conjuring 2? scares up $40.4m, breaking sequel slump

The recent slump of sequels at the box office ended with the horror film follow-up that topped weekend ticket sales.

Ground Game

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Based on past election cycles, the Orlando shooting probably won?t change the 2016 race.

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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'

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

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Design New England

Design New England

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Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.