AG threatens litigation over IndyCar refunds

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

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The state?s attorney general has given principals behind a failed Boston IndyCar race one week to come up with a plan.

Orlando shooting

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Was7913118.jpg Number of ?active shooter? incidents on the rise

The number of ?active shooter? incidents in the United States has risen over the past decade and a half, according to a report from the FBI.

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The Springfield-based gun maker said its sales reached nearly $723 million last year.

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Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay nightclub was generating.

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British lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and killed Thursday in a daylight attack in the town she represented.

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The school rolled out a new program that includes unlimited MBTA train and bus rides for faculty and staff.

The Spanish Navy?s Juan Sebastian De Elcano in Boston Harbor in 2015.

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Next year?s tall ships visit to be Boston?s biggest since 2000

The event, Sail Boston 2017, is part of a trans-Atlantic regatta that will begin in England.

Raekwon Jaquay Brown's mother and father were seen during his funeral in Dorchester.

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Mourners celebrate life of teen slain outside school

The funeral for Raekwon Brown was held at the Charles AME church in Roxbury Thursday.

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Senator John McCain ? who lost to President Obama in 2008 ? made the comment to reporters Thursday while Obama was in Orlando.

Sen. Chris Murphy arrived for a news conference on Capitol Hill after waging a roughly 15-hour filibuster.

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Congress stalemated on guns despite shooting

The two sides mostly talked past each other on the gun control issue, and efforts to forge consensus quickly sputtered out.

President Barack Obama steps off Marine One upon his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md.,  en route to Orlando.

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In Orlando, Obama offers sympathy, but no easy answers

President Obama?s solemn and low-profile visit was meant to express solidarity with a grief-stricken community.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tlumacki_redsoxvsastros_sports026.jpg Hit parade rolls on for Xander Bogaerts

Bogaerts is on pace to surpass the franchise record for the most hits in a season.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-9976.jpg The self-important NFL battles the self-important Patriots over jerseys

Some thoughts on Patriots practices, Red Sox radio broadcasts, Muhammad Ali, and other matters.

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Netflix has acquired the film, titled ??David Brent: Life on the Road,?? in which Gervais will reprise the painfully awkward title character.

Brian Wilson performing at the Blue Hills Bank Pavilion in 2015.

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Friday is now ?Pet Sounds Day? in Boston

Brian Wilson and his band will be in town this weekend playing the Beach Boys? 1966 masterpiece ?Pet Sounds? in its entirety ? and apparently for the final time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/0510examiner-web-11039.jpg Who doesn?t want to be a millionaire? Sometimes it?s not easy for state to return people?s money

Twenty-five people or businesses have $500,000 or more that?s been waiting for them ? in many cases for years ? in a state account.

names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/swift.jpg Taylor Swift spotted smooching Tom Hiddleston

It appears that Swift was kissing the English actor outside her Rhode Island home.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-1790.jpg Will the FBI help Trump focus on ?Crooked Hillary??

After Orlando, does Hillary Clinton?s e-mail problem remain a priority for the FBI? Donald Trump needs to make sure it is.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_BY81N.jpg Could Donald Trump end the stalemate on gun legislation?

In a tweet, Trump said that he would meet with the NRA to figure out how to ban gun sales to those on the no-fly or terrorist watch list.

Globe investigations

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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'

//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/2011-2020/2016/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/low_res.png ?This is home?

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