New Trump travel ban aims to withstand courts

The new directive affecting people from six Muslim-majority countries aims to address legal issues that arose from the original order.

Jean Haley and Martha Williams when they were about 25 years old.

Family photos

97-year-old twins who died together were ?extraordinary?

Jean Young Haley and Martha Young Williams died after they fell outside Haley?s house in Rhode Island and became stranded in the frigid cold.

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/648743430.jpg Two very different travel bans, in style and substance

President Trump?s second attempt at an executive order banning travel from some Middle Eastern countries was almost everything that his first ban was not.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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The main pillars are still in place, but here?s a look at what is different about President Trump?s revised travel ban.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/carson150-1249-ky8--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Ben Carson describes slaves as ?immigrants,? sparking backlash

A HUD department spokesman dismissed the criticism, saying the interpretation of Carson?s remarks was incorrect.

Metro

Boston, MA 051013 At the Talbot Avenue stop in Dorchester, a commuter waited to board the Fairmont Commuter Rail Line, running from Hyde Park to South Station, Friday, May 10 2013. (Staff Photo/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 13fairmont reporter: Meghan Irons

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Keolis could install fare gates for commuter rail at three stations

The fare gates would be installed at North, South, and Back Bay stations next winter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_030417_05planparenthood_493x-001.jpg Trump tells Planned Parenthood its funding can stay if abortion goes

The proposal, which was never made formally, has been rejected by officials at Planned Parenthood.

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 17: White House senior advisor Kellyanne Conway walks along the colonnade before President Donald Trump's departure from the South Lawn, on February 17, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump is traveling to South Carolina to visit the Boeing plant. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

White House aides defend wiretap claim

White House officials defended the explosive claim, although they left open the possibility that it isn?t true.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Prominent Boston developer, father-in-law killed in Milton fire

Ninety-one-year-old Kenneth Guscott, who spearheaded the revival of Boston?s Dudley Square, was killed along with his father-in-law in a fire at the family?s Milton home this morning.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jane.jpg At least 93 employees made $1m or more at Mass. nonprofits

Many of the employees were executives at hospitals and colleges.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-10339.jpg A good deed in Conway doesn?t go unpunished

The vilification of Tricia Vinchesi, who only wanted to help after a tornado touched down in the small town, says something about our culture.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kentimcomp.jpg City workers charged with extortion acted with weight of mayor?s office, prosecutors say

Kenneth Brissette and Timothy Sullivan were acting with the full weight of the mayor?s office to improperly intrude in a local union dispute, a prosecutor says.

On Thursday, Middlebury College in Vermont became engulfed in a heated controversy after protesters attempted to shut down a speech by controversial social scientist Charles Murray.

Corey Hendrickson for the Boston Globe

?I feared for my life.? Professor responds to Middlebury protests

Professor Allison Stanger was attacked when protesters shut down a speech by controversial author Charles Murray.

Boston, MA 11/20/2015 Ð The Vertex (Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.) building at 50 Northern Ave in Boston, MA on November 20, 2015. (Globe staff photo / Craig F. Walker) section: Business reporter: Chesto Vertex

Talking Points

Vertex orchestrates a Concert deal, GM sells off European automakers, and more

A roundup of today?s business news.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hoyt_24confederate01_met-10380.jpg A Confederate flag produces a conversation of hope

When a Confederate flag appeared in Boxborough, neighbors reached out, opening a window onto the meaning of symbols in an era of protest.

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale walks off the court after an NBA basketball preseason game against the Memphis Grizzlies, in Memphis, Tenn. A person familiar with the decision says the Rockets have fired coach Kevin McHale, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, after the team started the season 4-7. The person spoke on to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the move had not yet been announced. Assistant J. B. Bickerstaff will take over as interim head coach. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill, File)

Chad Finn

Kevin McHale still plugged in with Celtics

The Hall of Famer will be part of TNT?s Players Only broadcast of Monday night?s Celtics game.

Names

Stephen King, pictured at a Paris book-signing in 2013.

Names

Stephen King taps into a new muse: Donald Trump

The author tweeted a mini-horror story about Trump?s wiretapping claims.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Loon.Nancy%20Bloom.3368.jpg Two protected birds shot, killed on Cape Cod

The birds are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and are a species of ?special concern? in the state.

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Trump Today

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Trump is keeping a low profile at the White House, with no events on his busy schedule open to the press, even for photo opportunities.

? Schedule: Where the president is today

? News: A look at what happened yesterday

? Social media: What Trump has been tweeting

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Loth

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/loth_20160919.jpg ?Sanctuary cities? have the law on their side

Trump?s insistence that states and local communities enforce his immigration orders have about as much legal standing as the 1793 Fugitive Slave Act.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Winnipesaukee_04.jpg The worst day in the history of Lake Winnipesaukee

On the morning of Feb. 11 ? Derby Day in New Hampshire ? everything looked postcard-perfect. But looks can be deceiving.

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Soon-Shiong.jpg How a biotech billionaire used a donation to boost his business

The contract for Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong?s gift ensured that $10 million came back to his company.

Real Estate

7 school districts with innovative programs in affordable communities

Whether you're looking to challenge a gifted student, expose your child to a new culture or language, or find a setting with extra social, emotional, or behavioral support, here's a sampling of districts that are thinking outside the box.