Can receivership save a failing Boston school?

Dorchester- 6/10/2016 Math tutors work in small groups at the Dever Elementary School. Instructors Loan Nguyen(cq) (left) and Nguyen Le(cq) (right) work with their own small groups separated by a white board during a 5th grade math class. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki(metro)

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Continued problems at Dever Elementary School, even while it?s under state control, have raised questions about such moves.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney has proposed taxing sugar-sweetened beverages at 3 cents per ounce, the highest soda tax proposal in the country.

On range of issues, mayors are taking the initiative

Mayors are increasingly tackling vexing problems, from mass transit to immigration, income inequality to economic development.

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Senate answers Orlando with gridlock on guns

Eight days after the Orlando shooting, lawmakers were knotted in gridlock ? even over restricting guns for terrorists.

Mattapan shooting victim had been touched by tragedy

The sister and nephew of Andrew Flonory, who was killed Saturday, were victims of a mass shooting six years ago.

Man charged with trying to abduct teen at Framingham mall

A man offered a 14-year-old girl money for sex and tried to convince her to get into his car, police said.

Photo courtesy of the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

It?s shark season ? and at least one is feeding near Cape coast

Researchers on Monday apparently spotted a white shark chowing down off the coast of Cape Cod.

A poster asking for help in finding Celina Cass was hung on a tree in Stewartstown, N.H., in 2011.

Stepfather charged in 2011 killing of N.H. girl

Wendell Noyes, 52, was arrested in the shocking case of Celina Cass, 11, that for years had stymied authorities.

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?We really thought we were going to die?

There was one boom on the plane that had just left Boston. Then another. That?s when passengers saw fire shooting out of the engine.

The Pierce Boston building at Boylston Street and Brookline Avenue will offer 12 open-air decks to condo buyers. Each will run more than $300,000.

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Want a rooftop cabana near Fenway? That?ll be $300,000

A developer is selling ?sky cabanas,? or private roof decks, for $300,000-plus on a building under construction in the Fenway.

FILE -- Donald Trump's manager Corey Lewandowski at a middle school where Trump spoke during a campaign appearance, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Jan. 31, 2016. TrumpÕs campaign announced June 20 that it will be parting ways with Lewandowski, a move that comes as the presumptive Republican nominee faces challenges as it moves toward the general election. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

Donald Trump tries to hit reset by firing campaign manager

With a month to go until his nominating party, Donald Trump dumped Corey Lewandowski in a major shake-up.

FILE - In this June 9, 2016, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks in Washington. Hillary Clintonâ??s search for a running mate is moving into a more intense phase, according to several Democrats, as aides contact a pared down pool of candidates to ask for reams of personal information and set up interviews with the presumptive Democratic nomineeâ??s vetting team. Those on the shortlist include Warren, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Hillary Clinton?s VP search moves into more intense phase

Those on the shortlist include Elizabeth Warren, a favorite of progressives who has emerged as a blistering critic of Donald Trump.

06/20/16: Boston, MA: The White Sox Jose Abreu is safe at second base as Red Sox SS Xander Bogaerts falls over as he tried to make the tag but couldn't hold the throw. Abreu was on first base in the top of the first inning when Red Sox starting pitcher Steven Wright (not pictured) tried to pick a Chicago runner off of second base. The throw went into center field and both runners moved up a base. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Chicago White Sox in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic: Red Sox-White Sox

WHITE SOX 3, RED SOX 1 (10 INN.)

Red Sox miss chance, fall to White Sox in 10

Boston couldn?t capitalize on a bases-loaded, no-out opportunity in the bottom of the ninth.

GLASTONBURY, ENGLAND - JUNE 20: A full moon rises behind Glastonbury Tor as people gather to celebrate the summer solstice on June 20, 2016 in Somerset, England. Tonight's strawberry moon, a name given to the full moon in June by Native Americans because it marks the beginning of strawberry picking season, last occurred on the solstice on June 22, 1967 and it will not happen again on the summer solstice for another 46 years until June 21, 2062. (Getty Images)

Summer solstice coincides with ?strawberry moon? tonight

Summer began on the East Coast at 6:34 p.m.

Karen L. King, Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, in her office with the papyrus fragment in question.

Harvard Theological Review won?t retract ?Jesus?s Wife? paper

A Harvard professor who wrote about the papyrus fragment in 2014 now believes it was probably a forgery.

Tim Hussey spoke at Hussey Seating Co.'s 175th anniversary celebration in 2010.

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Timothy Hussey, a Maine businessman and sailor, wrote about the lessons of illness

Mr. Hussey, who died at 59, wrote an illuminating blog during the two years he battled cancer.

Golden State Warriors' Stephen Curry answers questions during a post-game news conference after Game 7 of basketball's NBA Finals on Sunday, June 19, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Cleveland won 93-89. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

Warriors got lost on way to victory parade

Golden State came up short in Game 7 because they could no longer fool the basketball Gods and get away with poor on-court decisions.

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Is Apple changing the conversation?

A forthcoming update to iMessage may change the shape of chat to come.

KEVIN CULLEN

One immigrant?s shining story

Marta Quinonez looked skyward years ago and asked that a bright star land in the form of her son.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-1775.jpg What is John Kerry?s next career move?

As Kerry steps away from Obama, what?s he stepping toward?

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tai_20160618_warren_politics_03.jpg Whither the 2016 Veepstakes?

Relative to other years, the speculation about candidates? picks for No. 2 has been on the back burner.

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'

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?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.