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Lochte, US swimmers made up robbery, Brazilian officials say

Security video shows three US Olympic swimmers as they returned to their taxi at a gasoline station where they were accused by staff of having caused damage, in Rio de Janeiro, on Sunday.

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Police said that they believed that US swimmer Ryan Lochte had ?stained? Rio by lying about what happened.

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New information from authorities and video footage is emerging that helps paint a clearer picture of events involving Ryan Lochte.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_F645Z.jpg Just who is Ryan Lochte?

Just who is this guy who, his teammates said, put together the biggest fabricated story to hit the sports world since Manti Teo and his fake dead girlfriend?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_F645Z.jpg What would Ryan Lochte do? 11 things to know about the Olympic swimmer.

With his latest odd story unfolding, it seems as good a time as any for a quick refresher.

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The State Department said that while prisoner talks were conducted separately, the US withheld delivery of the cash as leverage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Mideast%20Syria%20Airstri_Hern.jpg Haunting image of Aleppo boy shows Syrian war?s horror

Footage of the stunned and weary looking boy encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the war-ravaged city.

TIGERS 4, RED SOX 3

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The Sox blew a 3-1 lead in the eighth inning and had their winning streak end at six.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin081716PatriotsTrainingCamp_Spt19.jpg Tom Brady expected to play vs. Bears tonight

The Patriots quarterback did not play in the first preseason game last week.

Names

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The director and actor, who collaborated on ?Patriots Day,? are at work on a film about the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/greenhouse_04starbucks-5_business-6208.jpg Delayed vote on Southie Starbucks showdown

City licensing officials are weighing another bid by Starbucks for a site in East Broadway, but deferred its vote to a later date.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin062916VeseyHockey_spt12.jpg Jimmy Vesey may narrow his choices by Thursday night

The Bruins tried to sell the Harvard star on the roster opportunity here and the new training site.

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Robert DeSalvio, president of Wynn Boston Harbor, said scores of construction workers are at the waterfront site in Everett.

In this image taken from video, Chelsea Clinton, left, speaks to the audience as she co-hosts ?Girls: A No Ceilings Conversation,? with her mother, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in New York, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The daughter of former president Bill Clinton and the former Secretary of State announced at the event that she is pregnant with her first child at the Clinton Foundation event. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

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EDITORIAL

Clinton Foundation should stop accepting funds

The Clinton Foundation should remove a political ? and actual ? distraction and stop accepting funding.

The Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence in Manchester.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Pence pledges to restore ?law and order? to cities

A campaign stop in New Hampshire drew fewer than 300 people.

State jobless rate now at 4.1 percent

Massachusetts unemployment rate fell slightly in July, reaching its lowest point in almost 15 years.

Lane Turner/Globe Staff

?Mural Crew? celebrates 25th anniversary

The group has had its run-ins with vandals this summer, but it hasn?t stopped them from painting elaborate outdoor artwork on building walls.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/drought816-11602.jpg Extreme drought expands through Northeastern Mass.

Before last week, the US Drought Monitor had not declared an extreme drought in the state since it began producing the weekly maps in 1999.

People at the scene of a downtown crash talked with police on Thursday.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

Pedestrians suffer serious injuries in downtown crash

At least three pedestrians were injured in a crash near School and Washington streets.

No more benches on Atlantic Avenue near South Station? Blame drugs.

When officials targeted the area for drug enforcement in February for two weeks, they arrested eight people suspected of dealing.

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

Remembering Hurricane Bob

Twenty-five years ago this week, Hurricane Bob swept through New England, leaving six dead in Conn. and causing $680 million in damage in Mass., Conn., and R.I.