Red Sox

Summer of ?67

The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here. Boston had long treated its ball club as an afterthought, but then on Opening Day 1967: the first glimmer of an implausible dream. By Eric Moskowitz

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/665015788.jpg Red Sox-Pirates washed out today

The final game of the series between the teams will be made up on April 13.

Boston-04/05/2017- Boston Red Sox vs Pirates- Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale fires a 1st inning pitch to Pirates Andrew McCutchen. John Tlumacki/Globe staff(sports)

NICK CAFARDO I ON BASEBALL

Chris Sale sparkles in Red Sox debut

The lefthander threw seven shutout innings at Fenway Park on Wednesday night.

Business

Here?s why all those Uber and Lyft drivers were deemed unfit to drive

More than 8,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies such as Uber and Lyft have been pulled off Mass. roads after failing a new state background check.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_040117_weather_6435x-9648.jpg These April Showers no joke: Flooding possible today

Some areas will get 2 inches of rain before the precipitation eases Thursday night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bagel1.jpg Lawyer in Dunkin? butter case: $90,000 payout ?not actually profitable?

An attorney explained why a settlement paying $90,000 to lawyers, but just $500 to the man who brought the lawsuit, is not unfair.

Facing ethics claims, Nunes to step aside from Russia probe

Devin Nunes will step away from the House Russia investigation as he deals with claims about whether he made unauthorized disclosures of classified information.

Gorsuch confirmation hearing

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch during his confirmation hearing before a Senate committee last month.

Democrats filibuster Neil Gorsuch nomination; ?nuclear option looms?

After Democrats denied Republicans the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster, the GOP prepared to use ?the nuclear option? and change Senate rules for years to come.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/664894012.jpg Here?s how the Senate?s ?nuclear option? works

Democrats just filibustered Neil Gorsuch?s nomination. Here?s what could happen next.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/664165984.jpg The filibuster has a fatal flaw ? and Republicans are ready to expose it

If you?re thinking ?wait, won?t the Democrats also try to filibuster this rule change?? ? they can?t. That?s the genius of the Republican plan.

The Trump administration

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/61a991c2ca7341fd99798674ed834c45-7011c0b554334954a3ebacbdb5f74099-1.jpg Trump?s style of diplomacy puts his Mar-a-Lago in spotlight

When President Trump hosts Chinese leader Xi Jinping at Trump?s Florida estate, he?ll be blending statecraft and free marketing for his business holdings.

Could Trump?s ties get any longer?

@TrumpsTies posts photos of Trump with an obviously photoshopped tie, say, draped around the neck of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/664918630.jpg Trump Today: What?s next in Syria?

Welcome to Trump Today, a one-stop entry point for the latest news on the 45th president of the United States.

Ty Burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/05887333.jpg Images from Syria too awful to look at, and too important to look away

An image of a young casualty of war is more than a news photograph. It?s a call to our individual consciences.

Local politics

Roxbury, MA -- 1/12/2017 - Tito Jackson, Roxbury City Councilor announces his mayoral candidacy at Dudley Square's Haley House. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 13titopic Reporter:

Tito Jackson apologizes for pushing arm of WGBH reporter

Jackson, a Boston city council member and mayoral candidate, apologized after the station manager sent him a letter of complaint about the incident.

Munch Madness

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/munch-madness-og-1.jpg Munch Madness winner to be announced Thursday

Myers + Chang or Oleana? Find out at noon Thursday who will be the big winner.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0406onlineprivacy-3278.jpg Users are losers as Trump erodes Internet privacy

The growing sophistication of data mining has made the need for consumer protections more urgent.

Newsletters

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Our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design, with expert advice and insider neighborhood knowledge.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Warwick_BAThero.jpg After a deadly fire, a small town?s trauma remains

When the call went out, none of the Warwick volunteers could have imagined what they?d find.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Luhan%20Yang.jpg This Cambridge scientist wants to solve the organ shortage with ?designer pigs?

Luhan Yang is using CRISPR to create ?designer pigs? whose organs can be transplanted into humans.