Advocates fight to expunge juvenile court records

Massachusetts is one of 19 states where records of juvenile arrests remain accessible.

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An investigation into Morton Hospital?s release of Arthur DaRosa found that staff followed appropriate procedures.

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Boston Superintendent Tommy Chang is losing his second in command, prompting him to change his leadership team after one year.

KEVIN CULLEN

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It?s hard to tally how many times cops have held their fire in situations when those elsewhere might not have.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke about his new book,

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In book, RFK Jr. says cousin is innocent of murder

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that two Bronx youths, and not Michael Skakel, killed teenager Martha Moxley in 1975.

Author Patricia Cornwell leaves federal court in Boston, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, after she took the stand in her lawsuit against her former financial management company. Cornwell claims that the firm and a former executive cost her millions of dollars in losses or unaccounted revenue during their four-year relationship. At right is Cornwell's spouse Staci Gruber. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Possible sequel for Patricia Cornwell saga

Crime writer Patricia Cornwell won an appeal and could see her case go to a new jury.

Jeffrey Lovell, 42, of Chicopee, Mass., appeared in court Monday.

Chicopee man who allegedly shot teen pleads not guilty

The 15-year-old boy had been drinking and mistakenly banged on the man?s door before he was shot to death.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/129072f82f8245138c7b085bfb514d74-129072f82f8245138c7b085bfb514d74-0.jpg Attacker slashes passengers on German train

Police say multiple people were injured when a man slashed them on a train in southern Germany before being shot to death by police.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/3aa0e21fcdcd46adb9bd1123a90344e4-e88be3a68fa34ce39fe24d5183fbe10a-0-1345.jpg Apparent ISIS hit list targets Mass. workers

The 264 employees, mostly rank-and-file workers, were targeted in a social media post.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2016-07-18T042028Z_650099099_S1AETQDKKLAA_RTRMADP_3_USA-POLICE.jpg Baton Rouge police shooter said he was 'sovereign citizen'

Adherents to the sovereign citizen movement believe they?re immune to most federal and state laws, including paying taxes and getting driver?s licenses.

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The assailant?s rapid radicalization has puzzled investigators.

Donald Trump gestured to his wife, Melania, Monday night.

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Melania Trump recounts childhood during RNC speech

Donald Trump?s wife drew loud ovations for her speech Monday night at the convention in Cleveland.

live updates

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Ernst spoke at the first night of the Republican National Convention.

Delegates hold up signs and cheer during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Convention isn?t a scene of party unity

Anti-Trump delegates were vocal as the Republican convention opened in Cleveland.

OPINION | ERIC FEHRNSTROM

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With a shrewdly planned convention program, Trump is in a strong position for the home-stretch drive.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/CnsbZLTWIAEhvRT.jpg Wasserman live-sketches the GOP convention in Cleveland

Follow Boston Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman as he live-sketches the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Boats sit docked in Wolfeboro Bay in Wolfeboro, N.H. The town is where former Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney will spend the week in lieu of going to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Wolfeboro or Cleveland? Not a tough call for Romney

As Republicans gathered in Cleveland, Mitt Romney, the GOP?s 2012 nominee, was more than 600 miles away in New Hampshire.

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Governor Charlie Baker remained in Boston, as did many other state GOP leaders.

White shark is seen eating seal near Chatham

In a series of dramatic photos of a shark attacking a seal, a local wildlife group just reminded us how rough nature can be.

Vincent Anioke wrote on the MIT website about his struggles as a black man.

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On MIT blog, students open up about race

The posts are part of an uncommonly frank discussion being fostered at the college about the tensions gripping the country.

Dr. Case and his wife hosted dozens of international students at Wellesley College, where he taught economics for 34 years.

obiturary

Karl Case, who helped develop invaluable house price index, dies at 69

Mr. Case, a former Wellesley College professor, helped create the Case-Shiller Index, the widely used measure of housing market trends.

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On this stretch of Mass. Ave., the lives of people struggling with addiction ? still using or in recovery ? are lived in public sight.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | ROBIN WASHINGTON

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Charlie Baker?s not in Cleveland, but he?s on the mind of some Massachusetts delegates.

Globe investigations

?When the EMTs arrived, Dave was laying like this.? Gerry Hill said, offering to show where his suicidal son was fatally shot after a tense encounter with police.

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When despair meets deadly force

Nearly half of people killed by Massachusetts police over the last 11 years were suicidal, mentally ill, or showed clear signs of crisis.

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.