Powerful storms roar through eastern Mass.

Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued for parts of the region were cancelled or have expired.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/WALKER_1600819_20mashpee_17425xA.jpg In casino battle, tribe?s sovereignty could be at risk

On Cape Cod, the the hard-won status of lands designated as a Native American reservation is in jeopardy.

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With rental demand strong from the life sciences sector, overseas buyers target biomedical research properties.

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A watchdog group?s report recommends lengthening school days and overhauling instructor evaluation.

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Amherst College, Dartmouth College, and Williams College have dropped the requirement in the past year.

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Trump is not known for taking time off ? let alone a long break.

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Hillary Clinton?s campaign collected about $1.4 million during Sunday?s event in Osterville. She also held a fund-raiser in Provincetown.

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Trump backed away from previously harsh rhetoric Saturday while meeting with a new group of Hispanic advisers.

An All Electronic Tolling (AET) gantry on the Mass. Pike.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Privacy concerns grow over Pike electronic tolling system

The system includes a ?hot list? capable of sending law enforcement instant alerts, one officials say would be used rarely.

SENSE OF SUMMER

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For a Cape beachgoer, the skies offer a glittering display against the dark.

4 injured during shooting at Dorchester barbecue

The incident took place late Saturday during a gathering to mark a woman?s 50th birthday.

Police identify man arrested in Saugus stabbing

John Sevier, 50, is accused in the Saturday incident.

Eliana Phillips (left), from California, hugged her new roommate, Valérie Pierre-Louis, from New York, at Brandeis University Sunday.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Another sign of summer?s end: move-in day at Brandeis

More than 800 freshmen arrived Sunday on the Waltham university?s campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ping_pong_file.jpg Ping-Pong controversy opens racial wound in Malden

A simmering dispute revolves around the most seemingly innocuous of topics: a game played at the senior center.

Michael Andor Brodeur | @Large

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A massive drop of new material from the singer highlights the changing of the form.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

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The lefthander?s decision not to pitch at less than 100 percent puts team in a bind.

Tight end A.J. Derby has been the superstar of Patriots training camp.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Projecting the Patriots? 53-man roster

The complexion of the roster changed significantly on Sunday.

Full Olympics coverage

Performers took part Sunday in the closing ceremony of the Rio Games.

Marcos Brindicci/Reuters

JOHN POWERS

How the essence of the Olympics was preserved in Rio

Fears and politics faded into the background once it was time to embrace and celebrate the Games.

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How did the US Olympic delegation perform in Rio? We put the Games in statistical perspective.

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A tumble with Hamblin may have led Topsfield?s D?Agostino to forgo her Olympic dreams, but she didn?t go without recognition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_murder11_met-11712.jpg 900 tips pour in on Princeton jogger?s killing

State Police still don?t know why Vanessa Marcotte, 27, of New York, was killed while visiting relatives in the small town.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_littleleaf3_biz.jpg Hydroponics operation takes root in Devens

This is a Massachusetts farm where Mother Nature gets a high-tech boost.

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The local district attorney said the victims were ?brutally and viciously murdered? and said the crime scene was the worst she?d seen.

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

FOR BOARDWALK PHOTO ESSAY 07/02/2016 - Old Orchard Beach, ME- Jenny Gouthro (cq) , 12, of Salem, NH, practices her gymnastics while visiting at Old Orchard Beach with her mother, Melissa (cq) , in Old Orchard Beach, ME on August 02, 2016. Melissa watches her daughter,

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Globe Magazine

Family fun and nostalgia on New England?s beaches

From the spin of skee balls to the smell of fried dough, the region?s beachside arcades and amusement parks remain the stuff of childhood memories.