In Hingham, a welfare check on a disconsolate young man with a gun turned into something utterly unimaginable.
Former Patriots quarterback Babe Parilli dies at 87 Parilli, who played for the Pats from 1961-67, is fourth all-time in passing yards and touchdowns.
Home Base program expands to include veterans of Vietnam War Thousands of people gathered at Fenway Park Saturday morning for the eighth annual Run to Home Base.
Starts & Stops
After moving at a breakneck pace for two years, the T?s board will only meet once this month.
For best shot at seeing Northern Lights Sunday, head a little north The aurora borealis, known as the Northern Lights, is expected to be visible late Sunday.
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These Bridezillas have a legitimate excuse.
YANKEES 4, RED SOX 1
Red Sox come up short in marathon 5-hour-50-minute loss to Yankees in 16 New York broke out for three runs in the 16th after Boston wasted a dominant outing by Chris Sale.
Rafael Devers breaks out big-time in Pawtucket debut The Red Sox third base prospect went 4 for 4 with a double and a long home run.
KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON SECOND THOUGHT
The Whalers began the transformation of sports to entertainment The league?s inaugural champs will reunite Aug. 5, 44 years after winning the first Avco Cup at the Garden ? minus the Cup itself.
GARY WASHBURN | SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES
Kendrick Perkins is not retired. He wants back in the NBA The former Celtics center, who sat out all of last season, is hoping to find an NBA home for training camp.
Ben Volin | Sunday Football Notes
What NFL players need to do to get paid like their NBA counterparts The NFLPA needs to focus on eliminating the franchise tag and the rookie contract system ? two barriers that limit player earnings and wreck their contract leverage.
At a Massachusetts wedding, a touching gift for a dying father ?I don?t think they know how important that moment was to me,? said Jessica Otto.
Spotlight
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The only hospital for military veterans in N.H. has become ground zero for an extraordinary rebellion led by doctors who say care for their patients is deteriorating fast.
Senate Republicans hold off vote on Obamacare repeal Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the call after John McCain underwent surgery on Friday.
Tracing a Russian pop singer?s link to Trump How a four-minute music video was the start of what would become a critical relationship between Donald Trump and a Russian family.
Macron strives to bring US back to Paris climate deal President Trump suggested during his visit with the French president that ??something could happen?? with respect to the agreement.
Trump expands legal team amid concerns Ty Cobb, a veteran Washington lawyer, is joining President Trump?s legal team to coordinate the response to an expanding investigation.
Archfoe of Bernie Sanders targets senator?s wife, and may gain clout In Vermont, one man has been tangling with Bernie Sanders for years.
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Nurses picketing at Tufts Medical Center for a fourth day Saturday got support from Mayor Martin Walsh and Congressmen Stephen Lynch and Michael Capuano.
Yvonne Abraham
A firing that should have stuck The Boston Police Department has tried not once but twice to fire David Williams and hasn?t been able to do it.
Embattled charter school reported wrong data to state Neither regulators nor administrators from Mystic Valley Regional Charter School caught the mistaken information regarding the 2014 school year.
An 18-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death of a woman in her 30s in Waltham.
Have an investigative news tip? Do you know about wrongdoing that needs to be exposed? Call the Globe Spotlight team: 617-929-7483 or [email protected].
Ideas | Thanassis Cambanis
ISIS was a symptom. State collapse is the disease The most critical factor feeding jihadi movements is the collapse of effective central governments.
Fifty-nine years of stories from one address With an eye toward the future, the Boston Globe said goodbye to its longtime Dorchester home this week.
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New York broke out for three runs in the 16th after Boston wasted a dominant outing by Chris Sale.
Everywhere you look, it seems someone is adding a unique twist to the centuries-old practice.
If you love the shore but worry about finding a space when you get there, here?s a guide to some spots north and south of Boston.
In 2013, the home-buying website Redfin said a personal letter improved an offer's success by 9 percent.
For two days Providence could be called the center of the political universe.
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An all-girls robotics team from Afghanistan arrived in Washington early Saturday after having been rejected twice previously for US visas.
Woburn?s Terrafugia invented a flying car that first flew in 2009, but has yet to land in a single driveway. What happened?
The British singer compares Tom Brady to David Beckham.
Who wouldn?t want to hang out in a suspended tree shelter? Here are a few of our top picks for this camping season.
Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight? ?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.
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A look at the long offensive against the Islamic State fighters to retake the city of Mosul in Iraq. Thousands of civilians were killed and nearly 900,000 displaced.
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