Firefighters battling massive blaze in Waltham

Firefighters from across the region are at the scene on Elm Street.

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Efforts to recognize Americans killed in the war on terror are bumping into a law against building a memorial on the National Mall until after a war?s end.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_071817_20sanchez_25033x.jpg From the projects to one of Beacon Hill?s top posts

Jeffrey Sánchez is intimately tied to the neighborhoods he represents ? and don?t expect that to change.

Ariannah Gervais of Dorchester, a Lincoln-Sudbury Regional graduate, said she often felt unwelcome at school.

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50 years later, Metco?s dream is still unanswered

Some students who attended suburban schools through the program say they often felt ostracized. Their accounts are hardly unique.

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Temperatures will retreat from their recent highs and check in around 70 for the next few days.

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Boston?s mayor, a heavy favorite to win a second term, touted his achievements during a rally in Dorchester.

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Yvonne Abraham

Artwork highlights Salem neighborhood?s true colors

Ruben Ubiera and others are hoping their project helps outsiders see The Point?s beauty.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Courant_22wesleyan01_met.jpg A cautionary tale for Harvard on male-only clubs

A jury recently sided with a fraternity that had sued Wesleyan University.

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Publishing a hefty anthology of essays by 75 seniors and experts in aging is just the latest of Silverman?s accomplishments.

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James Sardina, 26, was also charged with malicious destruction of property.

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Hundreds gathered Saturday for the third annual Dot Pot street hockey tournament in Dorchester.

the summer of ?67

How Red Sox Nation can be traced back to 1967

It was a team accustomed to being background noise. Then came the summer of 1967, and the Sox became the soundtrack of Boston. By Eric Moskowitz

Angels 7, Red Sox 3

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The veteran slugger went 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-12967.jpg Time to make plans for Red Sox-Dodgers World Series

A Boston-LA World Series would be like a Patriots-Cowboys Super Bowl.

Gemma Arterton in ?Their Finest.?

Ty Burr

Looking to stream some flicks? Try these.

Our movie critic provides a rundown of what he?s found interesting on the various services lately.

The Trump presidency

Ideas | David Scharfenberg

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It?s President Trump?s base that matters, and there?s only one institution that can reach them.

Protesters opposing the GOP health care bill gathered last week at the Capitol Hill office of Senator Rob Portman, Republican of Ohio.

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GOP misread Trump victory as mandate to gut health care

The president instinctively understood the pitfalls, when he promised that he would not touch Medicare and Medicaid.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher-9848.jpg Where boys can be boys, with no iPhones in sight

The governing principle at Camp Moosilauke, one of the oldest summer camps in the United States, is simple and astonishingly successful: Let boys be boys.

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts prior to a baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Thursday, July 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Xander Bogaerts: ?I?ve never been around such an uplifting little kid?

Bogaerts was upset after learning of the death of 5-year-old Ari Schultz, with whom he felt a bond.

Actor John Heard, shown in 2006.

Actor John Heard, of ?Home Alone? movies, dies at 71

Heard was best known for playing the father of Macaulay Culkin?s character.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/6531a5c95b194f39bf4d28805f4bbf26-6531a5c95b194f39bf4d28805f4bbf26-0.jpg More than 90 hospitalized during Chance the Rapper show in Hartford

Many were taken to hospitals for excessive drinking. Police made 50 underage drinking referrals.

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Shark attacks are incredibly unlikely, but here are seven things swimmers should actually be afraid of ? and how to avoid them.

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