Mass. House votes for sweeping changes to pot law

Passage sets up a showdown with the Senate, which is expected to soon pass a much more modest adjustment of the pot law.

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After weeks of closed-door meetings, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell planned to release the proposal Thursday.

Ground Game

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The congressman is staying visible ? and keeping his options open.

Fessenden School official on leave amid sexual misconduct allegation

An administrator at the prestigious school in Newton has been barred from campus after a former student?s allegation of sexual misconduct in the 1990s.

Leonardo Johnson was convicted of selling cocaine in 2008, based on a drug lab report.

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Judge orders Dookhan to pay $2m to wrongly convicted man

It is the first case in which Annie Dookhan has been ordered to compensate any of the thousands of defendants whose cases she tainted.

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President Donald Trump traveled to the Midwest on Wednesday for a raucous rally with his loyal supporters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/MIT-Volpe-2-Press.jpg MIT plans massive project for Kendall Square

MIT will pay $750 million for the former Volpe Center site and plans up to 1,400 condo and apartment units, and lab, office, and retail space.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Christo_21bond06_met.jpg ?The stakes are very high and it?s a pressure cooker?

The outburst between Michael McCarthy?s defense attorney and Judge Sanders is out of the ordinary, and a sign of a tense trial nearing an end.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/0915money.jpg A Mass. exodus of rich folks? Not likely

Despite talk that millionaires will leave the state if Mass. increases taxes on the wealthy, studies show the vast majority will stay put.

Woman found strangled in Malden home

Ryan Power, 32, of Malden, has been charged with strangulation and assault and battery on a household or family member.

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Fifteen passengers and crew were treated for non-life threatening injuries in the crash.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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Governor Charlie Baker is still pursuing a fine for businesses whose employees use the state?s Medicaid program.

One arrested for stealing car in Boston, crashing into MBTA bus in Cambridge

The car was allegedly stolen in Boston, before crashing headon into the bus in Cambridge, police said.

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You heard about Tall Ships, but have you met their cats?

It turns out cats and sailors are a classic partnership that simultaneously does and doesn?t make sense.

yvonne abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-11529.jpg Getting real about heroin

Safe injection facilities save lives and are the best option for active users who are unwilling or unable to commit to recovery.

hiawatha bray | tech lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-6664.jpg Don?t bet on a Steve Jobs-like vindication for Uber?s ousted CEO

The similarities between Apple?s founder and fired Uber founder Travis Kalanick get us only so far.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-11524.jpg Attempted arson investigated at Peabody Knights of Columbus

A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered to anyone who provides information which helps solve the arson.

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Alonzo Johnson was only trying to help. But someone witnessed his act of kindness, and a picture of it went viral.

NBA Draft | Thursday, 7 p.m.

FILE - In this March 19, 2017, file photo, Duke's Jayson Tatum, left, drives past South Carolina's Chris Silva during the first half in a second-round game of the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, in Greenville, S.C. Tatum spent one season at Duke and is expected to be a top-five pick in Thursday's NBA draft. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt, File)

GARY WASHBURN I ON BASKETBALL

Choice is clear, Celtics should draft Duke forward Jayson Tatum

Tatum has the offensive polish the Celtics could desperately use.

GARY WASHBURN

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Projected picks for Thursday?s first round.

Television review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/PST_EP1_2.jpg ?Prime Suspect? prequel can?t escape Mirren?s shadow

?Prime Suspect: Tennison? answers a question ? What was Jane like as a young cop? ? that no one was asking.

Breaking bread on Shabbat after returning to Boston.

Eli Center for The Boston Globe

Making friends and ? maybe ? major life decisions on Honeymoon Israel

B?sheret, indeed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_062117_23globemove_6951x-001.jpg ?We?ll be the folks in khakis?

The Globe is leaving its antiquated building on Morrissey Boulevard for two floors of a gleaming, contemporary office space downtown.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bridge.jpg ?David Ortiz Drive? is officially being unveiled Thursday

Big Papi already has his own bridge. Now he?s getting his own road, too.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Meredith_Goldstein5-5676.jpg Too soon to move in together?

I just have this nagging feeling in the back of my head that we?re moving too fast.

Art Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/05.Willing-to-reside-in-a-Shabby-Alley-(front-side)_Chen-Bingchang[1]-5674.jpg Fresh looks at Asian art at the MFA

A new show looks at the largely forgotten bapo painting style and a new installation comes to life in the Art of Japan gallery.

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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.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Book%20list.jpg The 35 best health and science books to read this summer

Hopefully you have time carved out for some rest and relaxation, but whatever will you read? We here at STAT have you covered.