Alex Speier

What?s it like to face Chris Sale?

The starting pitcher for the American League in the All-Star Game is a hitter?s nightmare. Here?s why.

The Fine Print | Sean P. Murphy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/07/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_aig2_biz.jpg When a small error on a check costs you everything

Insurer AIG terminated Madeleine Maldonado?s long-term care insurance due to a $98.92 error.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DSC00523-1272655[1]-11901.jpg Great white sharks spotted off Provincetown, Eastham

Researchers tagged a third shark this season, and three others were spotted off of Cape Cod over the weekend.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/07/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/coaching0716cross.jpg Meet the fittest folks in the world, built in a gym in Natick

Ben Bergeron has trained some of the CrossFit world?s highest achieving athletes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/252cc751e4254ef281092ac4ca85ff05-252cc751e4254ef281092ac4ca85ff05-0.jpg ?Game of Thrones? is back this Sunday. Here?s a recap of where we left off

When ?Game of Thrones? returns to HBO for its seventh season on Sunday, it will feature fewer episodes and a more concentrated focus.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_MO5P3[1].jpg Tabloids focusing on when Ben Affleck began relationship with girlfriend

Us Weekly says it was a long time ago.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/gene%20conley%202-1341627.jpg Two-sport athlete Gene Conley played with the legends

In a full sporting life, he took passes from Bob Cousy and struck out Ted Williams.

Boston, MA - 7/10/2017 - Joe Bagley (cq) (not shown), archaeologist for the City of Boston, leads a dig in the North End next to the Pierce-Hichborn House (cq). Volunteers work in the first exploratory trench dug today, where a wooden building formerly stood around 31 North Square. Tourists watch the activity. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 11paulrevere Reporter: Emily Sweeney

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

City archeologist digs into historic North End

An archaeological dig is underway at the Pierce-Hichborn house in the North End.

A man gestured to SWAT team members after stepping from his car.

Standoff with man barricaded inside car in Medford ends peacefully

A tense standoff between SWAT officers and a man who barricaded himself inside a vehicle ended peacefully when he surrendered.

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Budget winners and losers

In a nonelection year, the state budget is often the biggest bill passed on Beacon Hill. But legislative leaders also tackled other issues.

FILE - In this June 12, 2015 file photo, lobster are seen at the Clam Shack in Kennebunkport, Maine. The state's lobstermen set a record for the value of the lobster catch for the seventh year in a row. Maine lobsters were worth a little more than $533 million at the docks in 2016, exceeding the previous year's record total by more than $30 million, Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

The best lobster roll at a Portland festival wasn?t from Maine?or even New England

The winning creation from a lobster roll competition in Maine came from a restaurant in Utah.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/imagereader.jpg This ?magical island kingdom? off Maine?s coast could be yours for $8m

Hope Island comes with a mansion, two guest houses and a barn with workers? quarters.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/8f1ff17d1f8b4775bc88aa819261ca82-8f1ff17d1f8b4775bc88aa819261ca82-0.jpg Are Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski looking at houses on Nantucket?

We?re told that the couple, who announced their engagement in May, spent time over the July Fourth holiday looking at pricey real estate on the island.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_11southie-1_metro-k0PC--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg S. Boston suspect lurked in garage before murders, prosecutors say

Bampumim Teixeira pleaded not guilty to charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and State Representative Jay Livingstone looked at the view to Boston from the Amazon Cambridge offices.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Amazon says it will bring 900 jobs to Fort Point

The online retail giant confirmed it has signed a lease for a space similar in size to spaces the company already occupies in Kendall Square and Back Bay.

The Trump presidency

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_QH4ZC.jpg Trump, Putin talked about sanctions during meeting, spokeswoman says

Sanctions related to Russian election meddling were discussed between President Trump and Vladimir Putin last week, Sarah Huckabee Sanders said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_QH4UC.jpg Trump Jr. ?happy? to ?work with? Senate intelligence panel on Russia

Donald Trump Jr. tweeted Monday that he?s ??happy to work with the committee?? after Susan Collins said he should be interviewed.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-3854.jpg A stunning admission from Trump Jr.

His defense seems to be that because no information was provided, no one should pay attention to it.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/6c83698d79e842d69321b3885e694b7a-6c83698d79e842d69321b3885e694b7a-0.jpg If Trump?s campaign didn?t collude with Russia, it may not have been for lack of trying

President Trump?s son not only met with a Russian lawyer, but he came away frustrated that she didn?t give him anything good.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/8e2d86657ff64468818336b1f21deed7-8e2d86657ff64468818336b1f21deed7-2377-U8328296148420YF--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Kellyanne Conway went on CNN. Then she wouldn?t get off.

Anchor Chris Cuomo tried several times to wrap up the interview, but Conway kept going ? for 35 minutes.

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/810766338.jpg The US is a democracy, not a family affair

Qualifications and experience are supposed to matter, not bloodlines or family connections.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/8f0414b231644a3e99986bfbde44fab3-9fa7994b2d7b4a23b5465147305c8426-2.jpg Chris Christie takes a shot at Hillary Clinton on sports radio

Christie is filling in for Mike Francesa on WFAN in New York on Monday as the station seeks a replacement for the host.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/811673280.jpg Researchers extend growing season for strawberries in New Hampshire

Researchers succeeded in quadrupling the length of New Hampshire?s strawberry growing season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_QH2Z5.jpg US-led coalition says Iraqis have retaken Mosul from ISIS

US Central Command said that Iraqi forces ??have Mosul now firmly under their control.??

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Live%20independently.jpg Drive to help nursing home patients live on their own faces uncertain future

A national initiative to help patients move from nursing homes to their own apartments could face deep cuts under GOP health care plans.