?You?re screwing up my whole case!? defense attorney tells judge in Bella Bond trial

The judge in the Michael McCarthy trial abruptly changed the legal instructions jurors will receive as they consider whether McCarthy killed Bella Bond.

Defendant Michael McCarthy (left) and defense attorney Jonathan Shapiro listened as prosecutor David Deakin made his closing argument in the Bella Bond murder child.

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Nestor Ramos

The devil in the details, and in their veins

The role that heroin?s destructive power played in Bella Bond?s death came into sharp focus Tuesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/de896a1009b24b59b2d2c7bcd35ff756-de896a1009b24b59b2d2c7bcd35ff756-14055.jpg Fultz, Ball go 1-2 in Globe?s NBA beat writers mock draft

Writers around the league simulated Thursday?s draft by making the picks for the teams they cover.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/658533404.jpg The newest Celtics trade rumor: Kristaps Porzingis

Porzingis is 7 feet 3 inches and has averaged 7.3 rebounds per game in his two NBA seasons.

Bob Ryan

So you?ve got the No. 1 pick. Will you make the right call?

Review the scouting reports from six NBA Drafts. Make your choice. Then prepare to be judged by Globe columnist Bob Ryan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ryan-14063.jpg Former Patriots player Ryan O?Callaghan comes out as gay in new article

O?Callaghan was selected by the Patriots in the 2006 NFL Draft as the 136th pick and played two seasons with them.

Boston-04/05/2017- Boston Red Sox vs Pirates- Sox Pablo Sandoval reacts after striking out in the 5th inning with runners on bases. John Tlumacki/Globe staff(sports)

Red Sox put Pablo Sandoval on DL with ear infection

The Sox also called up Deven Marrero and Sam Travis, and sent Austin Maddox to Pawtucket.

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.

Gronk pushes back against $100,000 bar tab report

The Patriots tight end and famous party boy tweeted a photo of himself Monday night presenting a $110,000 check to Boston Children?s Hospital.

for Metro - 02limone - (070110 Woburn, MA) Peter J. Limone, 76, of Medford pleads no contest to gaming charges at Middlesex Superior Court Thursday morning. Limone was sentenced to five years probation, ordered to wear a GPS bracelet and told him to stay away from his reputed mafia associates. Thursday, July 01, 2010. (Ted Fitzgerald/Boston Herald) Library Tag 07022010 National/Foreign

obituary

Peter Limone, who spent 33 years in prison for murder he didn?t commit, dies at 83

Limone, who won millions in a lawsuit against the FBI, died Monday after a five-year battle with cancer.

**SPECIAL TO THE BOSTON GLOBE**Comedian Bill Dana poses next to a photograph of himself with Frank Sinatra in 1960 as they get ready for President John F. Kennedy's inaugural gala at his home in Nashville, Tenn., Friday, Sept. 8, 2006.(AP Photo/John Russell) Library Tag 09142006 Style/Arts

obituary

Comic Bill Dana, who won fame as ?Jose Jimenez,? dies at 92

Bill Dana was a comedy writer and performer who achieved stardom in the 1950s and ?60s. He was from the Boston area and died June 15.

Dining Out | ? ? ?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/wiggs_Sablons_03.jpg Where would Julia Child eat? We think here

If she were alive right now, probably Les Sablons in Harvard Square.

This bear was spotted in a yard on Oxbow Road in Concord.

Black bear ? or bears ? are hanging around Concord

?Tis the season for bear sightings, and young male bears are roaming.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/exam0115mag-11323.jpg Groom arrested at wedding reception, charged with assault

Police in Rhode Island say a groom was arrested at his wedding reception for assaulting restaurant employees.

CEO of women?s ride-hailing service is arrested as fugitive

The CEO of ?Safr,? a Boston ride-hailing service focused on women?s safety, was arrested last week on a fugitive from justice warrant out of the Virgin Islands.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/2ac804b192ca45a69267d4bfba78c80e-2ac804b192ca45a69267d4bfba78c80e-0.jpg Suspect shot after explosion at Brussels train station

Soldiers shot a suspect after a small explosion at the central Brussels train station Tuesday night.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-11405.jpg ?If John Cunningham is not safe, no one is safe?

Federal immigration agents came for the Brighton contractor on a sunny evening last week, showing up at his house like early dinner guests.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/2017-5101F%20(2)-11307.jpg This woman walked off with a $40,000 violin

Police are asking for help identifying a woman who ?took possession of the violin,? after its owner accidentally left it behind.

06/10/17 -- Concord, MA -- New bundles of freshly harvested asparagus are seen at Verrill Farm on June 10, 2017, in Concord, Massachusetts. (Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globe)

Kayana Szymczak for The Boston Globee

The strange but true story of a tricky crop, a vicious fungus, and the War on Drugs

What does asparagus have to do with cocaine? Read on.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher-11370.jpg After 58 seasons as a lifeguard, it?s hard to say goodbye

Jimmy Donahue became a lifeguard at 16. At 73, he?s still at his post.

Street performer Sara Kunz juggled hula hoops from atop a pole for passersby in Downtown Crossing in Boston.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff/File 2017

LIFESTYLE

Turf wars, hecklers, and flying plants: Life?s not always easy for street performers

After an assault on Boston?s Keytar Bear, local street performers talked about the difficulties ? and occasional dangers ? they encounter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner061417METRO15tallships21.jpg Baker scales back plan for health care fee on employers

Governor Charlie Baker wants lawmakers to allow an increase to an existing fee that could raise $200 million per year.

Councilor Frank Baker, pictured last year, was among the councilors who has recently gotten upset in a meeting.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe/File 2016

Boston councilors get testier with public, each other

Today?s councilors are much more congenial than their colleagues of decades past. Lately, though, there have been cracks in that wall of decorum.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Worcester_01.jpg Two facing charges after newborn?s body found in plastic bag in Worcester

Edwin Santiago and Jennifer Rheaume are charged with concealing the baby?s death.

Body of local boat captain washes up on Chatham beach

The man was a well-known member of the maritime community.

Confidential tips

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Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].

Tall Ships 2017

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_eagle5_met.jpg What?s happening at Sail Boston

The six-day event runs through Thursday.

Opinion & Ideas

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-3727.jpg Why won?t the NRA speak out about Philando Castile?

Philando Castile is dead today because he was exercising his constitutional right to bear arms.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_051217_21arbour_8605x[1].jpg For Arbour hospitals, it?s one problem after another

Arbour Health System hospitals, which serve about 16,000 patients annually, were cited again and again in state documents reviewed by the Globe.

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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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/HGP%20Still.jpg Psst, the human genome was never completely sequenced

Some scientists say those gaps may play a role in diseases such as cancer.

Real Estate

See how rough-around-the-edges cabin became restful retreat in Vermont

Halfway between the historic village of Stowe, Vermont, and the vacation condos on Mount Mansfield above it, a long dirt drive winds past fenced pastures lined with maple trees, snakes between a classic weathered horse barn and a gentleman?s farmhouse, and ends in a back corner of a 40-acre parcel.