Democratic National Convention

Obama makes forceful case for Hillary Clinton at DNC

President Barack Obama spoke during the third day of the Democratic National Convention

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The president was the headline speaker on a roster of heavyweights, including Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday.

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President Obama spoke on the third night of the Democratic convention and was joined on stage by Hillary Clinton.

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The full text of President Obama?s speech to the DNC, as prepared for delivery.

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Tim Kaine tore into Donald Trump as a ??guy who promises a lot?? but always follows up with the words ??believe me.??

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Vice President Joe Biden cast Donald Trump as too dangerous to trust with the presidency in an animated speech Wednesday.

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?Russia, if you?re listening,? Trump said, ?I hope you?re able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing.?

MICHAEL A. COHEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/Michael%20Cohen-447.jpg Donald Trump has entered the Tyson Zone

Donald Trump is conspiring with a foreign government against an American citizen ? who happens to be his opponent in the presidential campaign.

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Political conventions are delivering a mid-summer feast of speeches in an era of cable TV sound bytes and 140-character attacks.

Yvonne Abraham

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This election cycle looks like it?ll be Stein?s most successful yet. Though it might be difficult to look at herself in the mirror afterward.

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Even after news of a police rally to happen this week, Mayor Curtatone said Wednesday that the banner should remain hanging over City Hall.

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For the fourth time in 10 years, the Harvard University endowment is looking for a new leader.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.

Brushing off criticism, Healey defends gun action

The attorney general said Massachusetts has seen a ?precipitous drop? in the sale of copies or duplicates of assault weapons.

Police Commissioner William B. Evans spoke at a news conference Tuesday.

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Following boy?s death, center?s director on leave

Mayor Martin Walsh says the director of the community center 7-year-old Kyzr Willis went missing from has been placed on leave.

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A look at what happened in the death of Kyzr Willis.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin012116PatriotsPractice_spt25-9926.jpg Julian Edelman facing paternity suit

A Swedish model says the Patriots receiver is the father of her unborn baby.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_DE2Y9.jpg Legislation highlights divisions on Lyme disease

State lawmakers want to require coverage for long-term treatment while disease specialists criticize such an approach.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Red Sox are on road to . . . where exactly?

A flawed, up-and-down team begins a challenging stretch run loaded with road games.

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Suffolk University trustees will meet to discuss an investigation into the conduct of university President Margaret McKenna.

40-year-old man charged with statutory rape of teen girl

A North Attleborough man allegedly committed statutory rape over the past year, authorities said.

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English, the cofounder of the travel app Lola, reminisced in an online post about the time he met Mayer, then a Google executive.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

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It was disingenuous to recount their marriage as an enduring love story, given the marital trauma that?s played out in a painfully public way.

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.

The Big Picture

2016 Democratic National Convention

Democrats met in Philadelphia for their national convention.