RFK?s kids divided over calls for new probe of his death

The casket of Robert F. Kennedy was carried to the gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery on June 8, 1968.

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Two of Robert F. Kennedy?s children are calling for a fresh investigation into their father?s assassination, opening a rift in the famous family.

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The suspect was arraigned Tuesday on charges stemming from the weekend arrest on kidnapping charges and was ordered held on $1 million bail.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_statehouse1_met.jpg Pension and a paycheck? State may loosen ?double dipping? rules

Some retirement officials worry it creates a generous payday for those already collecting monthly taxpayer-funded checks from pensions.

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If those votes on state budget amendments seem at odds with the image that state Republicans often try to project ? they are.

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Shaun Harrison was convicted of nearly killing a 17-year-old student who was selling marijuana for him.

Europe, Canada, and Mexico will be hit with expanded levies on steel and aluminum, the Trump administration announced Thursday.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

US moves closer to risky trade war without a clear end game

The latest moves against China, Europe, and other allies raise questions about whether the Trump administration has a long-term tariff strategy.

Boston, MA - May 24, 2018: Bertucci's rolls in the Boston Globe stdio in Boston, MA on May 24, 2018. () section: metro reporter:

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Devra First

It?s the rolls. It has always been the rolls

At Bertucci?s, the best things in life are free.

Man charged with assaulting child at Brookline playground

A Newton man was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly grabbing a child by the throat at a Brookline playground earlier this week, police said.

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A water main break in Newton Thursday afternoon caused traffic delays and forced water service to be shut off to some residents.

Sales fell 30 percent at Sears during the most recent quarter, leading to a $424 million loss. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Mike Mergen.

Here?s the full list of the 48 Sears and 15 Kmart stores closing around the US

The one-time powerhouse retailer that survived two world wars and the Great Depression has been calving off pieces of itself as it burns through money.

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Dont?a Hightower and Devin McCourty disputed the notion that New England players are unhappy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/523915518.jpg LeBron James says he asked the Cavaliers not to trade Kyrie Irving

In an ESPN interview, the Cleveland star said he called team management about Irving last summer.

ALEX SPEIER

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In fact, Martinez was passed over by every team in 2014, then seized on his second chance.

A woman handed her child to Boston firefighter Patrick Callahan as he rescued them from the third story of a burning house in Dorchester on Thursday.

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?When the woman saw me, I yelled that I had my son and to please not let him die?

Boston firefighters climbed a ladder Wednesday night to rescue a mother and son, who had become trapped inside a burning three-family building.

Talking Points

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Consumers are still wicked confident about our economy. But the Mass Insight confidence index suffered its biggest quarterly decline in years.

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White House press secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday called Bee?s language regarding the president?s daughter ??vile and vicious.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/short%20thanksgiving%20map.jpg Americans left Thanksgiving dinner early because of divisive 2016 election, study finds

?Politics actually affects how long we spend at Thanksgiving dinner,? said one of the study?s authors.

movies

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The actress talks about hanging with the cast of ?Ocean?s 8? and inspiring the grads of Dartmouth College.

Hailie Sahar in one of the dance sequences from a ballroom competition in ?Pose.?

Television Review

From FX?s Ryan Murphy, a striking ?Pose?

The new drama paints a fascinating portrait of the drag ball subculture in 1987 ? a portrait that doubles as an affecting family drama.

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A developer?s grand plans to reshape parts of the Boston marine industrial park ? a vision that includes a gondola system ? face a major complication.

Singer Bobby Brown upon his arrival at the BET Awards ceremony, on June 25, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. / AFP PHOTO / CHRIS DELMAS (Photo credit should read CHRIS DELMAS/AFP/Getty Images)

Names

Bobby Brown threatens Kanye West over Pusha-T album cover

The photo shows Whitney Houston?s bathroom counter in 2006.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Rachelle G. Cohen

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Is John Kasich moving toward a third-party bid for president?

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Real Estate

Open houses: Three homes for under $800,000

With a budget of $800,000, you can find a variety of properties in Greater Boston. Among the open houses this weekend are a Colonial in Medford, a penthouse in Quincy, and a contemporary home in Plymouth, all under this price point.