State lawmakers give late OK to Uber, energy bills

The state Legislature scrambled early Monday to tend to unfinished business as its session wound down.

Noncompete changes founder on Beacon Hill

Tech startups and venture capital firms were again stymied in their efforts to change the law.

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A slow hiring process, a small talent pool, an aging workforce, and low pay all contribute to the problem.

Tim Kaine and Anne Holton, his future wife, at Harvard Law School in 1983.

Evan Wolfson

At Harvard Law, Tim Kaine was driven by faith

When Kaine arrived in Cambridge in 1979, he wasn?t in his natural element.

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Ghazala Khan responded after Trump hypothesized she stayed silent at the DNC because she wasn?t ?allowed? to speak.

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Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell stressed their admiration for the Khan family, whose son ? an American soldier ? died in Iraq in 2004.

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Come September, Boston students will start the day with help from a memorable caller: David Ortiz.

A room at the Comfort Inn in Dorchester, which overlooks a Jiffy Lube and a Dunkin? Donuts, will cost you about $279 per weekend night this month.

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Want a Boston hotel room? Prepare to pay Manhattan prices

If you?re looking for a hotel room in the city in early August, you?re in for sticker shock ? that?s if you can get a room.

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Matt O?Malley and Tito Jackson will introduce the resolution at Wednesday?s meeting.

From left: Jeffrey Hamburger, Vivian Spiro, and David Leonard hailed the collaborative exhibition.

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Boston museums teaming up to display rare medieval manuscripts

The first-of-its-kind exhibition will showcase Boston?s world-class holdings of manuscripts.

Adrian Walker

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Why would anyone want to run the place? Job security is not among its selling points.

2016 Olympics

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More than three dozen athletes with connections to New England will compete in Rio.

STAT

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Health experts worry that the tie-ins with popular athletes will spur consumers to give the products a try.

STAT

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Elizabeth Holmes, head of the embattled firm, will speak Monday at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry conference.

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A Louisville judge scolded jail officials for bringing a female inmate to court without a jail jumpsuit and, it appeared, with no pants.

Alissa Mermet manages Tango, an Argentinian restaurant in Arlington Center. She?s afraid her restaurant will have to close because of rising rents.

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Arlington Center has a vacancy problem

There are more than a dozen empty storefronts in the district, mostly in properties belonging to three landlords.

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Authorities confirmed that 16 people died in Saturday?s crash but said it will take ??a long process?? to identify the victims.

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Pope Francis won?t address allegations against one of his most-trusted aides until officials in Australia have made a determination.

Red Sox 5, Angels 3

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Trailing 3-0 and with two outs in the ninth inning, Mookie Betts, Dustin Pedroia, and Xander Bogaerts sparked the Red Sox offense.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

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For the second straight day, Gronk was smack dab in the middle of the session?s top plays.

Globe investigations

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 who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.

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

Mt. Tabor, VT - 7/3/2016 - Rainbow Family members hold hands with a man dressed as an Ent as they walk into a meadow during a Rainbow Gathering in Mt. Tabor, VT, July 3, 2016.(Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

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Into the woods with the Rainbow Family of Living Light

Born of the ?70s, an annual summer gathering alighted in Vermont this year.