They were going to be special: 4 lives taken in an instant

A memorial was made at the scene of the East Bridgewater crash that killed four teenagers on May 19.

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The teenagers were driving down a gently curving two-lane road in East Bridgewater, headed to their favorite restaurant; a typical Saturday afternoon. They never arrived.

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The UMass system?s move to buy the Mount Ida College campus ? for UMass Amherst?s use ? has further fractured the relationship between Meehan and those in Harbor Point.

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The US had called off the summit last week, but President Trump struck an optimistic tone Saturday night.

Analysis

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Nearly two years after Hillary Clinton?s loss to Donald Trump, the party still seems to be groping for a motivating purpose.

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The president said the Times quoted a White House official ?who doesn?t exist.? Other outlets were in on the same conference call, though.

South Boston?s M Street Beach was found to be safe 100 percent of the time for swimming, according to a Save the Harbor/Save the Bay report.

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No dirty water here: Boston beaches among best in US

We?ve come a long way from the bad old days. Area beaches were safe for swimming 94 percent of the time in 2017, according to Save the Harbor/Save the Bay.

Yvonne Abraham

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Acknowledging the full humanity of undocumented immigrants requires so much of us. Sometimes it?s easier to see them as less than human.

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First it was the same-sex marriage referendum in 2015, now it?s the vote to repeal a restrictive abortion ban. The landslide result is another step in the country?s shift to the left.

Richard Jenkins will graduate as valedictorian of his class at Girard College in Philadelphia. He?ll attend Harvard on a full scholarship in the fall.

Once homeless, he?s now off to Harvard

Richard Jenkins, 18, of Philadelphia shuttled between homeless shelters from fourth to sixth grades. He?ll encounter a much different world inside Harvard Yard.

Cleveland, OH: 5-25-18: The Cavaliers LeBron James moves past the Celtics Jayson Tatum in first quarter action. The Boston Celtics visited the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game Six of their NBA Eastern Conference Finals playoff series at the Quicken Loans Arena. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

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TARA SULLIVAN

Game 7 against LeBron James: It doesn?t get better than this

The young Celtics get the ultimate learning experience by being given a chance to end James?s reign in the East.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

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Sure, the Celtics don?t have Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving, but a loss Sunday would leave a bitter taste.

The crowd danced during a performance by the Oh Sees at Boston Calling on Saturday.

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

Day 2 at Boston Calling featured more great music

Among the artists who will be present Sunday on the festival?s final day: Eminem, Khalid, Boston?s Cousin Stizz, The Decemberists, and actress Natalie Portman.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner040518METRO08RailEngineers131.jpg How a 3-mile train ride turns into a 120-mile journey

The link between the commuter rail system?s north and south sides is out of commission through mid-June. The result: Train moves take a roundabout trip through Worcester.

Talking shop

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More than a dozen new storefronts are opening on the city?s best-known shopping street.

Globe Magazine

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?Exiting the plane felt like a historic moment, like when the first man walked on the moon. I wondered if gravity felt different in America.?

Elisabeth Moss as Offred in ?The Handmaid's Tale.?

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Ideas | Joanna Weiss

In a #MeToo world, the dark allure of ?The Handmaid?s Tale?

In real life, women are gaining power. So what?s the allure of ?The Handmaid?s Tale,? whose latest season shows fine actresses suffering in garish ways?

JROTC student Angel Clarke finished up the flowers on a Memorial Day wreath she was making in a classroom at the Community Academy of Science and Health.

Planting flags, hanging wreaths, and learning lessons

Around Boston, JROTC students are rushing to fill a unique and memorable role for Memorial Day.

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The former president stopped in at the monthly pancake breakfast at Kennebunkport?s American Legion Post 159.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

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The NFL tried to frame this policy as a compromise about the national anthem, but it isn?t.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

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

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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Lawmakers should reject the governor?s efforts to weaken a compassionate release measure for sick and elderly inmates.

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Real Estate

Back Bay penthouse goes for $8 million

In our weekly roundup, the four priciest home sales were in Boston proper. A penthouse apartment on Huntington Avenue took the top spot, raking in $8,000,000, followed by a downtown high-rise that sold for $5,000,000, and units in the South End and the Seaport District that went for $3,000,000-plus.