50 years after RFK?s death, legacy endures

Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, surrounded by hundreds of people who jammed a center-city street corner in Philadelphia, shook hands during a campaign appearance on April 2, 1968.

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Robert Francis Kennedy, slain in Los Angeles 50 years ago this week, seems oddly alive today. His ideas and legacy remain fresh, vibrant, unsettling, and challenging.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_springfieldthreebodiesfound_metro030-16488.jpg In Springfield, search for answers goes on

Fearful families waited in dread for answers Saturday, wondering how an allegedly violent kidnapper had been allowed to walk this city?s streets.

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The nonprofit organization Food for the Poor, critics say, greatly inflates its total donations by putting huge and questionable valuations on noncash gifts such as medicines.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_worcesterstateDemconvention_metro632.jpg In convention upset, Zakim bests Galvin for party endorsement

Josh Zakim topped William F. Galvin with 55 percent of the delegates? votes at the State Democratic Convention, although both will make the Sept. 4 primary ballot.

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?There?s a cruelty to this administration that seeks to rip families apart,? said Quentin Palfrey, a candidate for lieutenant governor.

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Yvonne Abraham

After hurricane struck Puerto Rico, a second disaster was man-made

In another time, the shocking death toll in Puerto Rico, and the way it was long obscured, might prompt shame, and soul-searching, in this country.

President Trump.

Trump lawyers seek to avert Mueller subpoena

President Trump?s lawyers claimed in a confidential letter that the president has unfettered authority over all federal investigations.

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Farmers, dairy producers, distillers, and the employees of Harley-Davidson and Levi Strauss are in the line of fire.

Red Line service delayed after track fire near Porter

The T said the fire was quickly extinguished, but trains were delayed by more than 30 minutes.

MIT professor Patrick Winston said stories are ?a fundamental differentiating capability of us humans. And machines don?t have it yet.?

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Toil and trouble: How ?Macbeth? could teach computers to think

A veteran artificial intelligence researcher at MIT hopes to map human thought by watching his computer try to read ?Macbeth? and other literary works.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Rally_05.jpg Gun-rights demonstrators clash with counterprotesters at State House rally

Counterprotesters chanted and used noisemakers to try to drown out gun-rights speakers during a face-off outside the State House.

RED SOX 5, ASTROS 4

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/4e04579b5dcd41a5899ef2c64b3f8a68-4e04579b5dcd41a5899ef2c64b3f8a68-0.jpg Red Sox turn on power, rally past Astros

Christian Vazquez and Andrew Benintendi hit home runs in the seventh inning that sparked Boston?s comeback over Houston.

Ben Volin | On Football

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The message from Brady so far this spring has been clear: He?s doing the exact minimum required, and nothing more.

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

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Rigid coaching regimes, even when they produce Super Bowls, aren?t the be-all, end-all for many players.

GARY WASHBURN | SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

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The Celtics do not need much to make another run at the NBA Finals.

BOSTON, MA - MAY 29: Dustin Pedroia #15 of the Boston Red Sox looks on during the seventh inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park on May 29, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Taking no chances, Red Sox put Dustin Pedroia on 10-day DL

The second baseman played in just three games before succumbing to left knee pain.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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Robert Kraft and Tom Werner seem to be contradicting themselves in light of recent events.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/greenhouse_30icecream-1_lifestyle.jpg The best flavors of ice cream at Toscanini?s

We tasted all 29 on offer, then ranked them. Here are the results.

Opinion | Alex Kingsbury

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/31/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/robocall.jpeg Robocalls aren?t just an annoyance. They?re an assault on the common good.

If a foreign country jammed a national communications system, it?d rightly be considered an act of aggression. But as spambots ruin the phone system, we sit idly by.

nestor ramos

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How big was Sears when Sears was big? Ask the 1954 fall-winter catalog.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-16529.jpg The face in the waves

Jaimee was beloved. Jaimee was struggling. Then Jaimee was gone. Her family threw everything into solving the first mystery ? who killed her. The second was so much harder. How could they live on without her?

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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EDITORIAL

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Considering the price of parking in Boston ? plus the frustrating traffic jams in and out of the city ? the MBTA?s commuter rail summer pass is an appealing offer.

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Our new weekly summer newsletter, ?Eat. Drink. Eat some more,? gives you 15 weeks of recipes and restaurant tips. Find out more.

Real Estate

When the landlord tries to break up with you

NEW YORK ? This winter, Eugenia Forteza and Mimi Klipstine faced a common inconvenience for those living in apartment shares: a departing roommate. ?We were like, ?Oh, that?s a pain.

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Fiat Chrysler unveils plans to make more electrified cars

In his last big presentation as CEO of Fiat Chrysler before retiring, Sergio Marchionne announced a big investment push to make more electrified powertrains, while acknowledging that traditional engines will continue to dominate production for some time.