Fourth of July

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Dazzling fireworks followed the Boston Pops show on the Esplanade.

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Fireworks over the Charles River.

Every color in the rainbow glowed in the sky.

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The display was big, loud, colorful, and magical.

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The perfect vantage point to watch the display.

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The finale of the Boston Pops show.

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The fireworks were a successful end to the night?s celebration.

An audience member reveled as the confetti came down.

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Fireworks went up as confetti fell during Boston Pops show.

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An early fireworks test on Monday evening.

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Keith Lockhart led the Boston Pops at the Hatch Shell.

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Demi Lovato sang as the Boston Pops performed.

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Fireworks went up as the Boston Pops performed.

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Nick Jonas was on stage.

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An onlooker cheered for Nick Jonas during his performance.

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Sisters Maureen, Jeannie, and Judy Lundy danced to the music.

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A couple shared a kiss during the 1812 Overture.

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Audience members sang along with Nick Jonas.

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T.C. Jones and Jeanie Mullen danced near the Hatch Shell.

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Gov. Charlie Baker shook hands with producer David Mugar.

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Doc Rutstein of Braintree was all smiles.

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McKenna Duggan and her family had a spot on the front row.

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Devaney Cronican, 4, wore the right colors.

Revelers raced to secure spots in front of the Hatch Shell after cleaning security Monday morning just after 9 a.m. The Boston Pops concert starts later in the evening.

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Revelers raced to secure spots this morning.

Music, fireworks on Esplanade

Thousands of people along the Charles River gathered for the July Fourth fireworks display.

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Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas were performing along with the Boston Pops, and fireworks were set for 10:30 p.m.

Glenn Weiss examined a camera position on the Hatch Shell stage in preparation for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

Behind Boston?s Fourth of July broadcast, he is the conductor

If Glenn Weiss does his job correctly, no one watching the celebrated event on television will notice him.

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James Brooks, advocate for disabled people, dies at 70

Mr. Brooks, who formerly headed Boston?s disabilities commission, used a wheelchair but relied on his spirit to surmount barriers.

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Austin Tice was believed to have been abducted four years ago.

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Austin Tice is missing, and so is American awareness

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Superintendent Tommy Chang (above) says the group is looking into revising admission policies at Boston Latin School, Latin Academy, and the O?Bryant School of Math and Science.

Boston Latin alumni decry ?secret? talks about requirements

?We urge you to rethink this secret process immediately and allow a broader community conversation? about changing entrnace standards, alumni wrote.

Peter Carter, father of George Carter, spoke about his son?s death.

?I was trying to save my son,? grief-stricken dad recalls

Peter Carter said he doesn?t know why a pregnant heifer trampled his son, George, while the child was walking her.

The driver lost control of the SUV on Congress Street, Milford Police Department Deputy Chief James Heron said.

Milford teen killed in crash just steps from her house

A group of six friends in an SUV were rushing to see a fireworks display when the vehicle hit a utility pole and parked car, police said.

Aneudy Rodriguez reviewed financial aid offers with Cara Press, a counselor at Bottom Line in Jamaica Plain.

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Does Boston have too many nonprofits?

Many nonprofits do essentially the same thing while competing for donors and struggling to survive, critics say.

Dr. Sarah Henry is the chief nocturnalist ? a doctor who works overnight ? at Boston Children's Hospital.

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Hospitals increasingly turning to nocturnists

More hospitals are hiring experienced physicians to work overnight shifts on general medical floors.

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A young woman was shot to death outside of this New Bedford apartment building, where she lived.

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