Boston?s human services chief placed on paid leave

Felix G. Arroyo has been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation, the mayor?s office said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/824839172-9854.jpg John Kelly?s new role not without its challenges

John Kelly sure has his work cut out for him in trying to calm the chaotic White House.

President Donald Trump talked with new White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Trump insists there?s no chaos at White House

In an Oval Office swearing-in, President Trump predicted his new chief of staff, retired Gen. John Kelly, would do a ?spectacular job.?

Funding still lags for women in male-dominated venture capital industry

The industry vowed to pull down the barriers blocking women, but by some measures, it has failed to deliver and is actually moving backward.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/EMBEZZLEMENT-1272677.jpg New York man dies swimming at Mass. waterfall

Rescuers located the man?s body but could not retrieve it.

Home invasions are rare, even after spate of local crimes

There have been at least five home invasions in Greater Boston in July, some of which, police say, have been unsettling and defy easy explanation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/15/BostonGlobe.com/Boston/WebLinked/2017-05-03/BCOM/Images/Copy%20of%20XXtstations1_photo-6223.jpg Another big apartment complex planned for Eastie, in Orient Heights

The roughly 300-unit apartment complex is the latest project in the works along the suddenly-hot stretch of East Boston and Revere.

2017062417 T3 R8, Maine Photo by Fred J. Field The view toward Mount Katahdin and Katahdin Lake from atop Barnard Mountain in the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument area in northern Maine. President Obama designated this area as a national monument. The Trump administration is reviewing that decision.

Fred J. Field for The Boston Globe

In Maine, a national monument may be in peril

Will the more than 87,000 acres of wilderness in northern Maine designated as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument survive as a monument?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/106525798A.jpg Cyanobacteria warnings on the rise in some N.H. lakes, ponds

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services says it is seeing an increase of dangerous levels of cyanobacteria in some lakes and ponds.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

An icon for a love that has blossomed over 55 years

When a 16-acre plot of land in Berlin, Mass., came up for sale a dozen years ago, this couple quickly scooped it up. And then they had an idea.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JUNE 30: Addison Reed #43 of the New York Mets celebrates after getting the save and defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 at Citi Field on June 30, 2017 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

MLB trade deadline updates

Red Sox, Mets agree to deal for Addison Reed

The reliever provides help for the Red Sox? bullpen, which was one of the team?s primary weak spots.

Comm. Ave. Bridge construction

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_170731_COMN_AVE_022.jpg Not quite Pikeocalypse, but drivers endure backups

Here?s what you need to know about lane closures on the Pike in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_01commave-1_metro.jpg When the cars are away, the November Project will play -- on the BU Bridge

Members of the grassroots fitness group took their workout routine to the streets, while cars were prohibited from the Boston University Bridge.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/f6980e21e4a041d99675eb3c90ec891b-f6980e21e4a041d99675eb3c90ec891b-0-U833181251805uPE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg John Oliver was on break for three weeks. He made up for it Sunday

The ?Last Week Tonight? host almost seemed like he didn?t know where to start.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/collins-2087.jpg Susan Collins on raucous airport greeting: ?It was just amazing?

Passengers in Bangor applauded Collins? vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act.

Kevin Alas, 12, of East Boston (left) is tagged as campers play a game of sharks vs. fish.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

On Long Island, Boston children become carefree campers

On Thursday, campers at Camp Harbor View said goodbye to their new friends after four weeks of growing as swimmers, artists, and leaders.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/leung-5925.jpg Facing sex-bias investigations, country club digs in with denials

Some of you will wonder why what happens in the men?s locker room of the private Charles River club should even be a story in the Globe.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/2ae97aa620c23098a02cce30cfcdd47d222f32006d79a3c15657ae7f14159c967c85c01aadf381571d06c6da6d9feb98-6332.jpg This just wasn?t Dany?s week on ?Game of Thrones?

In last night?s episode, ?The Queen?s Justice,? the Mother of Dragons is badly outmaneuvered by the ruthless Cersei.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/5c58ac831070475f9e19d524a7bda6c0-5c58ac831070475f9e19d524a7bda6c0-0.jpg Chris Christie got in a fan?s face at the Cubs-Brewers game: ?You?re a big shot?

The New Jersey governor doesn?t seem to have much luck when it comes to attending baseball games lately.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Candida.jpg A ?perfect storm? superbug: How a fungus got health officials? attention

On the ever-growing list of bad bugs, C. auris is one of the most unsettling.

Real Estate

What does your money buy in Weymouth?

A sampling of the housing market here includes an antique with five fireplaces and a town house with a private courtyard.