Trump says military ?locked and loaded? for N. Korea

President Donald Trump tweeted that military solutions were fully in place ?should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong Un will find another path!?

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President Trump?s administration has been quietly engaging in back-channel diplomacy with North Korea for several months.

A family plays in the sand in Tumon, Guam.

Associated Press Photo/Tassanee Vejpongsa

As US-North Korea tensions escalate, life goes on for Guam

?The people of Guam have nothing to worry about,? Guam Senator Michael San Nicolas said in a phone call to the Globe early Friday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_08topchef-5_metro-9843.jpg Jurors start first full day of deliberations in ?Top Chef? trial

During the trial, host Padma Lakshmi testified that she felt ?terrified? when confronted by the Teamsters outside a Milton restaurant in 2014.

Defendants and attorneys arrived at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on Monday.

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KEVIN CULLEN

Teamster 4 were rude and crude, but is that illegal?

Prosecutors painted them as menacing goons who hurled venomous slurs outside the ?Top Chef? film shoot. The defense countered that their conduct was not against federal law.

David Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/drought_01.jpg Could drought return to New England?

Much of New England has received adequate rainfall since the middle of the spring. But there are parts of the region where drought is returning ? and expanding.

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The child was the subject of an Amber Alert after her mother, Lee-Ann Rickheit, allegedly kidnapped her in Worcester.

The new New England Patriots 767 plane.

Espn

Sometimes a plane is just a plane, but not when it?s owned by the Patriots

?If you had Robert Kraft?s money and you could fly into town with five Lombardi trophies on your tail, of course you would,? said one comedian.

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/comp.jpg Scouring the region for the best quick bites... at gas stations

Finding decent food at Boston-area gas stations and convenience stores isn?t always convenient.

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A judge ruled the celebrity chef?s new business, Christopher Kimball?s Milk Street, doesn?t infringe on the name of a popular Boston cafe.

This August 10, 2017, photo provided by NBC shows Alex Moffat as Eric Trump, left, Mikey Day as Donald Trump Jr., center, and Colin Jost on set during the debut episode of

SNL gets its shot at Scaramucci in summer ?Weekend Update? debut

So much great potential for comedy, Colin Jost admitted. He can?t believe the SNL cast missed a chance to portray Anthony Scaramucci in the White House.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/colton.jpg Aly Raisman, Colton Underwood break up

The Olympic gymnast and the NFL free agent dated for six months.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Walker_080117_03astronomypic_1693x[1].jpg ?Women computers? often couldn?t use Harvard?s telescope. They changed astronomy anyway

One woman, after being abandoned while pregnant by her husband, got a job as a maid and ended up discovering the Horsehead Nebula.

Ty Burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/13burrside2.jpg Coming to grips with turning 60

For the past couple of months, I?ve found myself sidling up to the iconic six-oh and kicking its tires.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

There?s a reason Jimmy Garoppolo is still here

Tom Brady?s backup showed off his NFL-caliber quarterbacking skills in the preseason opener.

Things to Do

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ryan_ComicCon_names.jpg The Weekender: Cosplay, Broadway, and Lethal Ladies

The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

NAMES

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Even stars have to go through airport security. And it doesn?t always go well.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

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/2011-2020/2017/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Nuclear.jpg The feds are on an unusual mission here: getting locals to trust science

Fear haunts a community near a nuclear plant. So the U.S. is having scientists explain to locals why they should trust in science.