Developer wins approval for its Winthrop Square tower

The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved Millennium?s skyscraper Thursday night, more than two years after the agency and the Walsh Administration kicked off a competition to find a developer for the shuttered downtown garage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/greenhouse_CulturePlan-4-lifestyle.jpg Julie Burros leaving post as Boston?s arts chief

Julie Burros, whose signature achievement was the formation of the sweeping cultural plan known as Boston Creates, is joining a consulting firm.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/d9187bb3c8c74debbd8c763107c28d53-d9187bb3c8c74debbd8c763107c28d53-0.jpg Gina Haspel confirmed as CIA chief

The Senate voted to confirm Haspel after several Democrats were persuaded to support her despite lingering concerns about her role in the brutal interrogation of suspected terrorists.

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Students told the principal that the teacher appeared ?drunk and had touched them inappropriately? outside in a playing field area, prosecutors said.

Emily Gonzalez, 15, reacted to a friend?s choice of dress.

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100 Boston teens get gowns and wisdom at a Believe in Yourself event

One hundred girls gathered to hear messages of advice and wisdom from a panel of career-driven Boston women.

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A Rhode Island mobster testified during the trial of Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme that his memories came flooding back when he was collecting mushrooms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/6e3d59427b524c0c89a432ee9778acdc-6e3d59427b524c0c89a432ee9778acdc-0.jpg A black homeless man was jailed after trying to eat at a Burger King in Boston. Now he?s suing

Emory Ellis is suing the fast food giant and franchisee for nearly $1 million, saying he was discriminated against because of his appearance.

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A former spokesperson for Mount Ida College said Thursday that as the school has now officially closed there are no more officers representing it so no one could provide a statement on its behalf.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_Harrison7_MET.jpg ?I don?t want to die,? English High student said after being shot, allegedly by his dean

Shaun O. Harrison is accused of shooting a 17-year-old English High School student in the head in a dispute over drug sales.

Teen charged for shooting another teen in chest at Downtown Crossing

The teen was charged with assault with intent to murder, officials said.

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A new complex along Mass. Ave. would feature two buildings with 540,000 square feet of space.

Man wanted in Atlanta for murder arrested in New Bedford

Brejon Nabors, 27, was charged with being a fugitive from justice following his arrest around 7 a.m. at the residence at 267 Rivet St., State Police said.

Amherst, MA--5/17/2018-- Lucio Perez (C) embraced Milta Franco, of Springfield after he came out to thank supporters who created a caravan to help him return to the church where he has been sheltered in sanctuary for the past seven months after a trip to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy. Clergy members and supporters created a caravan to shepherd him from the hospital in Northampton back to the church in Amherst so that ICE wouldn't try to detain him as he left. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 17sanctuarypic Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Immigrant living in sanctuary of Amherst church forced to leave after medical emergency

Lucio Perez, who is in the US illegally from Guatemala, traveled in fear to the hospital for an emergency appendectomy, but returned to the church without incident.

Names

Aaron Schlossberg once called a Mass. native ?an ugly [expletive] foreigner?

Maybe you read about Aaron Schlossberg, the New York lawyer whose racist rant in a Manhattan restaurant went viral this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Debate_04.jpg With few policy differences, Jay Gonzalez and Bob Massie put focus on experience

The Democrats on Thursday coupled their demands for a bolder vision ? and more revenue ? with disparate pitches.

Bob Coughlin (center), president of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council, chatted with Mayor Marty Walsh (right) and state Senator Michael Rush.

Shirley Leung

Let?s make the ?manel? ? the all-too-common all-male panel ? extinct

The Mass. Biotechnology Council will no longer host or sponsor event panels that feature only men.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AFP_15332I.jpg A field guide to bride Meghan Markle?s embarrassing relatives

Markle?s relatives have gone so nutty in so many ways you almost have to admire their creativity.

RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 2

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David Price went the distance, J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts homered, and the Sox defense was strong.

A customer made a bet at the Race and Sports SuperBook at the Westgate Las Vegas Resort and Casino.

David Becker/Washington Post

Bowing to new landscape, NCAA reverses course on sports betting ban

The announcement by one of the most stalwart opponents of sports gambling underscores how the landscape has shifted in a matter of days, since the US Supreme Court ruled that states are free to make their own laws on sports betting, clearing the way for an expansion across the country.

Waltham, MA - 5/12/2018 - Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens at today's team media availability. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Adam Himmelsbach, Topic: 13Celtics practice, LOID: 88.4.1909032328.

TARA SULLIVAN

Coach Brad Stevens gives Celtics a decided edge

Stevens, gaining recognition for his play-calling after timeouts, is a master game-planner.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosmilpre5_spts.jpg Danny Ainge responds to allegedly being called a ?thief?

The comment was made by a Cavaliers player in reference to the Kyrie Irving trade last summer.

Chema Luengo (left), head of product development, innovation, had a meeting with Jake Auchincloss, product manager, innovation, with Liberty Mutual's Solaria Innovation Lab, which has its offices in the Back Bay WeWork.

Large companies, not just startups, embrace co-working spots

Private corner offices are out; collaborative bullpens are in. And employers want amenities to attract workers.

Movie review | ? ? ½

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/pa0364_comp_v3014.1021_rgb.jpg Biting one-liners are a hallmark of Deadpool?s return

The wise-cracking, low-rent superhero of the Marvel universe is back, played again by Ryan Reynolds with all the snark at his disposal.

Television review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/31b1f5e3671b252bc742c418e1b5d1d502c4c10f18fd24e297f8489541218ea8fb1c6c87b5c1705886bf9249a1873968.jpg HBO?s ?Fahrenheit 451? lowers the temperature

A new adaptation of Ray Bradbury?s dystopian novel has next to no emotional punch.

Album Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/71K5hW8nRdL._SL1400_%20-%20Copy.jpg Courtney Barnett tells us how she really feels

On her new album, ?Tell Me How You Really Feel,? the singer is more open and vulnerable, her emotions less distant.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4306.jpg Mount Ida is classic Boston: Steeped in insider politics, secrecy, and faux outrage

What happened at Mount Ida is unconscionable. But UMass and top political leaders didn?t try to stop it. They were party to it.

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From left, Eric Savetsky, executive director of the Nantucket Land Bank; Sean Oberly, supervisor of the Miacomet Golf Course; and Neil Paterson, chairman of the Nantucket Land Bank. Land Bank officials say a dorm for seasonal workers is needed on the course to address the island?s housing crisis, which has made it so hard to find affordable apartments that some workers have been sleeping on basement floors or in old shipping containers.

On Nantucket, wealthy residents oppose housing for seasonal employees

A dorm is needed to address the island?s housing crisis, which has made it so hard to find affordable apartments that some workers have been sleeping on basement floors or in old shipping containers, officials say.