Scaramucci out of communications job

At a press briefing, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Scaramucci ?does not have a role at this time in the Trump administration.?

Anthony Scaramucci.

Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House communications director.

Ground game

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Is Anthony Scaramucci?s firing the beginning of a more orderly White House?

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-3253.jpg ?The Mooch? sleeps with the fishes

All the ?Godfather? jokes suddenly became reality.

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It?s been a bad week for Anthony Scaramucci, but not that bad.

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

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The news is unrelenting, and it makes a 24-hour news cycle feel like 24 days.

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The US added President Nicolas Maduro to a steadily growing list of high-ranking Venezuelan officials targeted by financial sanctions.

The Vava II in Boston Harbor on Monday.

Nicholas Pfosi for the Boston Globe

That?s one big (and expensive) yacht: Vava II visits Boston

The Vava II, which is reportedly owned by billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli and his wife, Kirsty, was seen bobbing around this weekend.

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Paris is the only city left to host the 2024 Summer Games.

Names

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Just because he isn?t president anymore doesn?t mean Barack Obama won?t be vacationing on the island.

Opinion | Richard North Patterson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/01Patterson_artw.jpg Resisting isn?t enough. Democrats must offer a vision of a better future

For many, Trump became a human Hail Mary, a last-ditch antidote to despair. The Democrats must offer a vision of hope.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/turner040214FOOD09trucks45.jpg Clover is shutting down its food trucks

The Boston chain is shifting away from its roots as it focuses on its brick-and-mortar locations.

Sam Shepard poses for a portrait in 2011.

Sam Shepard, Pulitzer-winning playwright, is dead at 73

Shepard died Thursday at his home in Kentucky from complications related to Lou Gehrig?s disease.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Boston/Content/Tools/Images/davis_oldplayers4_spts.jpg When he came to Boston, Kevin Garnett changed Celtic history

Ten years ago Monday, the Celtics pulled off a 7-for-1 blockbuster that ended up wildly lopsided in their favor.

Psychiatric hospital cited for patient-care lapses allowed to reopen

The hospital was closed this spring after officials discovered serious lapses, including a boy who had been given the wrong medication for nine days.

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

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The memorial service will honor Harry O?Connor, 8, who died Saturday after he was rescued from a capsized boat on the Cape Cod Canal last week.

RACHEL G. BOWERS

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The Sox are Reed?s fourth team in his seven-year major league career.

Alex Speier

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The righthander provides a boost for the bullpen without the loss of any top-tier prospects.

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

Somerville Police Officer Mario Oliveira was shot six times in 2010. The bullets struck him in his chest, arm and back causing injuries that would amount to the end of his career as an officer.

Severely injured police officers want an easier path to obtaining benefits

Critically injured police officers must petition their local government to request 100 percent of their regular pay and other benefits, but the process can take years.

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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/Foreign/Images/ounch1509-2134.jpg Video shows airport attendant punching a passenger holding a child

Cellphone cameras recorded the exact moment Saturday when passengers of easyJet flight 2122 lost what was left of their patience.

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//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.