Two dead in South Boston in apparent double homicide

Boston police are on the scene of an apparent double homicide at an apartment complex at 141 Dorchester Avenue in South Boston, authorities said Friday night.

Braintree Chief of Police Chief Paul Shastany delivers a statement outside of the Motel 6 where where a police officer was shot in the face and a barricaded suspect was found deceased on in Braintree Friday, May 5, 2017. (Scott Eisen for The Boston Globe)

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Braintree police officer shot at Motel 6

The suspect was found dead in the room, Braintree officials said at a press conference at the scene early Saturday morning.

The Trump presidency

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Michael Flynn was warned by senior transition team members about the risks of his contacts with the Russian ambassador.

Evan Horowitz | Quick study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/05929377.jpg The state budget is cratering. Blame Trump?s tax cuts

Our current budget shortfall is driven by the promise of what President Trump?s team has called ?the biggest individual and business tax cut in American history.?

President Donald Trump.

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Trump has been sued 134 times in federal court since inauguration

President Donald Trump has been sued nearly three times the number of his three predecessors combined at this point during their presidencies.

World

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The North Korean government said it had recently uncovered a ?hideous terrorists? group? that the South Koreans and the CIA had sent into the country.

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French watchdog examines election-eve Macron leak

It?s unclear whether the document dump would dent Emmanuel Macron?s large poll lead over far-right Marine Le Pen going into the vote.

Aaron Hernandez

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In his final letter to his fiancee before his apparent suicide last month, Aaron Hernandez told her his fate was preordained.

Metro

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Jonathan Wiggs/Globe staff

As applications drop, BC High School ponders its future

Boston College High School has experienced a sharp decline in applications, prompting trustees to explore ways to reverse the trend.

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Relatives recalled Leezandra Aponte, one of three killed in the crash, as a woman who held her family in the highest regard.

Nation

Police officer free on bond in teen?s suburban Dallas death

A white Texas police officer faces a murder charge in the shooting of a black teenager after being fired earlier in the week.

Columnists

Yvonne Abraham

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In this world, what Republicans did on Thursday is cynical, but it?s not necessarily suicidal.

Editorial

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Study after study has found that free access to contraception cuts down the number of unwanted pregnancies ? but President Trump wants to change that.

Arts

for 06Cuckoo ---- A nude scene in a recent production of ?One Flew Over the Cuckoo?s Nest,?? at Boston Children's Theatre has prompted the company?s artistic director to threaten to quit over what he calls an attempt at censorship by two ?overreactionary ninnies?? on the board of directors. ( CREDIT: Burgess Clark )

Burgess Clark

Artistic director caught in ?Cuckoo?s Nest? storm at Boston Children?s Theatre

Burgess Clark says two board members demanded he cut a nude scene. He refused.

Sports

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Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was 26 seconds from making history on Saturday.

TWINS 4, RED SOX 3

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After the Red Sox rallied to tie it in the top of the ninth, Matt Barnes gave it back.

Travel

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Take your mom away for Mother?s Day.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Michael P. Jeffries

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Racial resentment toward Barack Obama set off a chain of events that will likely cause 20 million people to lose their health insurance.

Special reports

Summer of ?67

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jim.jpg The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here.

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Address: Spring House Hunt

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

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

STAT

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Through studying zebrafish, Harvard?s Leonard Zon has found genes that cause human diseases.