Trump tells convention: ?Safety will be restored?

Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and vice presidential nominee Governor Mike Pence (R) stand amid balloons onstage at the end of the final session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein

Donald Trump outlined a dark view of the current state of the country, blaming the political class for not standing up for ?forgotten? average Americans.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

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All Americans must question whether or not they can accept the bleak future Trump paints.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tedcruz-11845.jpg Forget 2016. GOP hopefuls are looking to 2020.

The gavel had not yet hit the sound block inside the Quicken Loans Arena, but the 2020 Republican race for president was already underway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/BERNIE%20TRUMP.jpg Bernie Sanders was not impressed with Donald Trump?s RNC speech

The Vermont Senator live-tweeted Trump?s Cleveland speech.

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Could the books about the boy wizard be a secret weapon for the Democrats?

Emily O?Connell, partner of Allen Seletsky, and Seletsky?s son Andrew inside the Tremont Street store.

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Shirley Leung

Devotion to a South End market lives on

Allen Seletsky ran a neighborhood store. That means a Cumberland Farms or 7-11 won?t take its place.

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The state lottery defines ties as wins, significantly inflating its claims about the chances of success.

RED SOX 13, TWINS 2

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The Red Sox banged out 17 hits, including Dustin Pedroia going 5 for 5.

Private schools, painful secrets

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160607_BH__ErikaSchickel3.jpg The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliation

The Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees.

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Warren on VP chances: ?I think if it were me, I would know it by now?

Senator Elizabeth Warren said that she hasn?t heard anything yet from the Clinton campaign.

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If the Virginia senator cancels the events, it could mean Hillary Clinton will be picking him to be her running mate.

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Three Muslim Americans will be among the Massachusetts delegates to the Democratic Convention next week in Philadelphia.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/screenshot.jpg Clinton campaign releases ?Trump Yourself? app

It appears that Hillary Clinton is taking a page out of Facebook?s handbook for her latest campaign tactic.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11862.jpg AG Healey?s assault weapons order is an overdue step

The new ruling is a victory for common sense and public safety.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_21baker-5_metro.jpg Baker defends proposing State House lawn easement for developer

Governor Baker said a condo project at 25 Beacon St. would not harm property that was once John Hancock?s.

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Legal experts said the McDonnell ruling could have a broad impact on public corruption cases.

From left: Barrington Stage?s Julianne Boyd, Shakespeare & Company?s Ariel Bock, Berkshire Theatre Group?s Kate Maguire, and Williamstown Theatre Festival?s Mandy Greenfield.

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theater

Women in charge at the Berkshires? four major theaters

Throughout American theater, women are seriously underrepresented in top leadership positions. But not here.

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As a destination, the tiny haven slips under the radar.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-2079.jpg Trump tones down his act

He gave himself a chance at the impossible: winning the White House.

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.

spotlight

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.