Capuano-Pressley matchup reflects divisions in Democratic Party

Ayanna Pressley, who would be the first woman of color to serve in the state?s congressional delegation, has run into some very old-fashioned challenges as she seeks to unseat Michael Capuano.

Nearly 400 birds were found in an illegal Northampton cockfighting pit last week. Most of them will have to be euthanized.

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Nearly 400 roosters seized in biggest cockfighting bust in MSPCA?s history

Most of the animals will have to be euthanized after officials discovered the birds in illegal fighting pits at a Northampton farm last week.

Goat head found on car hood in Hyde Park, with car owner?s picture nearby

Someone apparently placed the severed head of the animal on the hood of a woman?s car and a picture of her tucked under the wipers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02282009_28rice-7161731.jpg Man ?fooling around? on Providence Place mall escalator falls to his death, police say

The 45-year-old victim fell from the escalator at the movie theater level to the food court below Monday night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/30firefighter.jpg Beloved New Hampshire firefighter dies in scuba diving accident in Gloucester

Benjamin Tatro died after returning to the surface from a dive off the coast of Cape Ann Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/18994b772fc44f10b3fc8c4363980343-18994b772fc44f10b3fc8c4363980343-0.jpg Lincoln Chafee says he will not run for US Senate in Rhode Island

His run would have created one of the most high-profile Democratic primaries in the country.

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President Donald Trump is accusing special counsel Robert Mueller?s investigative team of ?MEDDLING? in the upcoming midterm elections and blames Democrats for ?collusion.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DeXwFO2UwAAHCsQ.jpg Several lanes of Route 1 shut down after tractor trailer crash near Lynnfield Tunnel

All southbound lanes and one northbound lane of Route 1 in Saugus were shut down after a crash caused a tractor-trailer to roll over on the highway Tuesday morning, State Police said.

Frank Salemme (second from left) in South Boston.

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In court, these once-feared mobsters look like harmless old men

It?s a courtroom drama that Boston may never see again, featuring former street legends that the federal government considered the most menacing criminals of their time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_jbj(2).jpg Jackie Bradley Jr. adds to his haul of fantastic catches

The spectacular play during Monday?s game seemed like business as usual in the Red Sox outfield.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/33784254_1965677300118242_378725307013660672_n-16385.jpg 2 people are ?lucky to be alive? after hitting moose on N.H. highway in a Mini Cooper

The small car was traveling on Interstate 93 when it struck the moose and slid off the roadway into some trees, trapping the passenger, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/380000c3-3a15-4a16-b470-591b2a78e19f.jpg Roseanne Barr says she?s quitting Twitter after apologizing for racist tweet

ABC star Roseanne Barr is apologizing and says she?s quitting Twitter after sending a racist and Islamophobic tweet targeting former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/963348126.jpg Yes, Rudy Giuliani did get a Bronx cheer at Yankee Stadium

The big Yankee fan was celebrating his birthday, but no one wanted to sing ?Happy Birthday.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/IMG_3196.jpg Family, friends gather to remember Worcester teen

Sidney Krow Jr. was shot and killed Saturday while walking with a group of friends down a city street.

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It?s summer. Get out there.

7 spots for mini golf around Boston

It?s a great time to hit the AstroTurf and knock around some primary-colored golf balls.

Celtics: The 2017-18 season in review

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-19722.tif That Game 7 was exactly why Kyrie is here

The Celtics needed Irving on Sunday night against the Cavs, needed his steady hand and creative playmaking.

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

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Even with their returning All-Stars, they?ll need a lot of hard work to challenge for the Finals again.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1200_ryan_caps.jpg You?ve got the diploma and the proud parents. What about that dinner reservation?

During graduation season, Boston?s restaurants are some of the busiest in the country. You better have booked well in advance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Walker_051818_22xxstonemason_0465x.jpg ?Some people play golf or tennis. I do stone walls?

Bill Doherty is 84. Most of his contemporaries have retired. He?s out working.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_15E9EQ.jpg France?s Macron rewards migrant hero ?Spiderman? who saved dangling child

A 4-year-old boy was suspended from a balcony, and an adult standing nearby seemed powerless to help.

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

Opinion | Clea Simon

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/RUSSELL2.jpg Elizabeth Jennings: ?American,? Russian mole, and rape survivor

The trauma remains, serving as a prime motivator of all her actions, including perhaps her looming self-destruction.

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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.