Bodies found at home of kidnapping suspect identified

Stewart Weldon (left) was arraigned in Springfield District Court on a new charge of kidnapping Monday.

The bodies were identified as those of Ernestine Ryans, 47, and America Lyden, 34, both of Springfield, and Kayla Escalante, 27, of Ludlow. Two of the women had been reported missing.

In this April 20, 2018 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington. The Supreme Court is setting aside a Colorado court ruling against a baker who wouldn?t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. But the court is not deciding the big issue in the case, whether a business can refuse to serve gay and lesbian people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

High court decision on same-sex wedding cake could send a signal to state officials, experts say

The court?s ruling, limited as it was, sends a signal to state anti-discrimination officials to tread carefully when ruling on such cases, an expert said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chapman3-5848137.jpg Single justice of Supreme Judicial Court rules child rapist can be freed

Victims of Wayne Chapman do not have the right to prevent him from being released, a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court ruled.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/SharonPoliceDepartment_04vandalism_01_met-16589.jpg Man arraigned on charges of vandalizing Jewish landmark in Sharon; caught in photos

Yerachmiel Taube was allegedly secretly photographed as he vandalized the eruv, and police who later searched his home found pieces of the line in his home, officials said.

McGuire Family

Fallen soldier statue is stolen from yard of family whose son was killed in Iraq

Kae McGuire?s son Daniel was killed in Iraq in 2008. A statue in their front yard to honor him was missing on Sunday morning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/taylor_psychiatrist_story.jpg A patient, a therapist, and an alleged betrayal

Lisa Grover says a psychologist violated ethics and state law and harmed her emotionally by luring her into a sexual relationship ? but he still has his license.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/0707MHEALTH2.jpg Nine to 12 percent of mental health professionals have had sexual contact with patients

The shockingly high percentage reflects only those who admitted to it in surveys.

A car crashed into a Maine Little League game. The brave man who died saving kids had a dark secret

In a twist worthy of Hollywood, the man had once confessed to being the driver in a 1968 hit-and-run that left a four-year-old girl dead.

Tom Brady at the Best Buddies event at Harvard Stadium Friday.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Dear Tom Brady: Can you please explain a few things?

Your priorities seem to have changed professionally, and this has Patriots fans worried.

Orchard Park, NY - 12/03/2017 - (4th quarter) New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski (87) stands by as he waits for the officials ruling after his hit on Buffalo Bills cornerback Tre'Davious White (27) during the fourth quarter. The Buffalo Bills host the New England Patriots at New Era Stadium, Orchard Park, NY. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Jim McBride, Topic: 04Patriots-Bills, LOID: 8.4.226261402.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Rob Gronkowski?s issues always come down to the bottom line

Grumbling about his contract is almost an annual offseason tradition for the Patriots? star tight end.

ALEX SPEIER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/956682132.jpg No, it?s not a misprint in the AL East standings. Why the Yankees are listed first

Because of the disparity in games played, the two ways of calculating the standings lead to opposite conclusions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/967000822.jpg Kevin Durant explains why Tom Brady?s Celtics pitch didn?t work

Durant said his primary concern was playing basketball the right way and building a bond that would last forever with some ?good dudes.?

Wareham, MA - 6/4/18 - At the age of 19 and a young father, now Sgt. Damon Solomon (cq), 37, said the first tattoo he got was Tyler's name on this left arm (at the cross) when the youngster was about 1-year-old. Stationed in Kosovo (cq) with the Massachusetts Army National Guard (cq), Solomon and his 19-year-old son, Tyler Solomon (cq) talk about the father's surprise appearance at his graduation from Marshfield High School. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 05marshfield Reporter: Cristela Guerra

For Marshfield High graduate, a surprise visitor all the way from Kosovo

The moment was captured on a viral video. It?s already been viewed 421,000 times.

Illustration by Dan Page

The Boomer Issue | Magazine

Help! I?m stuck in my house and I can?t move out

In the Boston area housing market, there?s no longer an upside to downsizing for many empty nesters.

Names

Former Symphony New Hampshire music director says he was fired for raising questions about finances

Jonathan McPhee was terminated last fall after he pointed out what he said were budget and financial discrepancies.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4348.jpg Bill Clinton provides some #MeToo cover for Trump

If Clinton feels sorry for anyone, it?s for himself.

Graduation speakers at area colleges offered plenty of commencement wisdom

From the power of diversity to the need to ask good questions, here are highlights from some area college graduation speakers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/jt%20&%20joni%20corr%20(1).jpg Joni Mitchell makes rare public appearance at James Taylor show

The singer, who rarely ventures out anymore, gave JT a hug backstage.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_20lanes1_MET.jpg After a month, the Roslindale bus lane ends. Now what?

Transit riders and public school students were back in traffic Monday morning.

//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?

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/logo1-16586-khSG--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Smarter Cities, Smarter Skills

A Boston Globe event series on how technology and the tech economy are reshaping our world.

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

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Indira%20lakshmanan-4328.jpg Trump?s latest con: He can?t violate the law because he is the law

The president is numbing America to the subversion of rule of law.

Newsletters

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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.