Today?s Green Line meltdown highlights hidden problems for MBTA

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

A 2½-hour service outage stranded passengers, clogged the system, and kept many from getting to work on time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/davis_hp5_biz.jpg In a sudden departure, Harvard Pilgrim CEO resigns amid questions about his behavior

Eric Schultz had led the Wellesley-based company since 2010, succeeding Charlie Baker. The company did not provide specifics about what happened.

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Amazon customers who have Prime memberships will be able to get their groceries delivered gratis from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

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The 250,000-square-foot facility is proposed near Five Corners and South Shore Plaza.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirley-8225.jpg Catching up with the LA Olympics, and wondering what could have been in Boston

The 2028 Games were supposed to be Boston?s, but instead the Hub self destructed. Now, Los Angeles is planning for what kind of city it wants to be 10 years from now, its mayor says.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/5e125dd3c15f435b8c31ccd7fd729391-5e125dd3c15f435b8c31ccd7fd729391-0.jpg Marty Walsh opts out of mayors? marijuana coalition

The leaders of Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, and other cities where cannabis is legal have formed a new group to swap tips on how to best regulate the drug. Meanwhile, Boston?s mayor remains a reluctant steward of legalization.

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A federal judge ruled in favor of the merger Tuesday, setting the stage for other possible media consolidations and big mergers in other industries.

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The university is preparing for what is likely to be the fiercest attack yet on its use of race in drawing up each freshman class.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_colonialtheaterrenovations_arts105.jpg Construction mishap at Colonial could delay ?Moulin Rouge!?

A beam that supports a new steel grid above the stage failed, raising the question of whether the world premiere at the refurbished theater might be affected.

Ground Game

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As Mainers headed to the polls Tuesday, they weren?t just voting. They were participating in a first-of-its-kind experiment in state politics.

Justin Trudeau visited a boxing gym in Toronto in 2015.

Carlos Osorio/Toronto Star via Getty Images/file 2015

NESTOR RAMOS

President Trump called Trudeau ?meek.? The guy who faced him in a boxing ring begs to differ

A Canadian senator also thought Justin Trudeau was meek and mild. Then Trudeau kicked his butt.

RED SOX 6, ORIOLES 4

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Rafael Devers and Andrew Benintendi hit home runs for Boston.

analysis

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President Trump believes the force of his personality and his deal making skills can lead to a breakthrough in relations with Kim Jong Un and North Korea.

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Decades of fraught relations with North Korea didn?t seem to stop Trump from publicly heaping praise upon Kim.

President Trump walked with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island on Tuesday.

Experts cautious and skeptical on Trump-Kim summit

Scholars at Boston-area universities say the summit didn?t produce much of substance.

Rudy Giuliani

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Rudy Giuliani accused of affair with married N.H. hospital administrator

A report says the former New York mayor?s relationship with Maria Rose Ryan began before Giuliani?s third wife filed for divorce in April.

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Ivanka Trump celebrated her father?s landmark meeting with the leader of North Korea after decades of hostilities between the two countries by quoting what she called a Chinese proverb.

Protesters from the Massachusetts Poor People's Campaign marched from the State House to Post Office Square, where they shut down traffic in the heart of the financial district.

Laney Ruckstuhl for the Boston Globe

Adrian Walker

Monday?s downtown traffic jam was part of a national antipoverty campaign

The Poor People?s Campaign of Massachusetts hadn?t attracted much attention during its first few weeks of peaceful protests, but that changed Monday.

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson each are motivated to capture this week?s US Open, but for different reasons. Above: Woods and Mickelson during a practice round before The Masters.

TARA SULLIVAN

Would a US Open win mean more to Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson?

The stakes are far different for the two greats, but a win would be a major accomplishment either way.

Boston, MA: 6-12-18: Boston Celtics guard Kyrie Irving is pictured as he waits for the first question to be asked after he arrived and sat down to meet with reporters at the Boston Harbor Hotel (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Kyrie Irving had a few things to say about LeBron, his knee, and next season

Regarding James?s free agency, the Celtics point guard said only, ?We?ll see what management decides.?

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Lara Eldridge fought back tears as she testified for prosecutors at the murder trial of former New England Mafia boss Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme and Paul Weadick.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/98594566ca7f488c81f1300c9e89b437-98594566ca7f488c81f1300c9e89b437-0.jpg (Ping!) You have (Ping!) a new (Ping!) group (Ping! Ping! Ping!) text

Years after online chat rooms went the way of the belt-beeper, group chatting seems to be making a triumphant return.

Dave Chappelle and Jon Stewart

Stand-up, then a sit-down with Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart, and Michael Che at the Wang

The three-hour show, the first of five in Boston, ended with a free-for-all conversation about race, gender, and politics.

BOSTON, MA - 11/09/2017: Boston City Hall Boston view aerial (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: TOPIC

Boston mayor, city councilors could get 4 percent raises

If approved, the pay for the 13 councilors would increase to $103,500, and the mayor?s salary would increase to $207,000.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham-4444.jpg The Supreme Court aids and abets voter suppression

The right to vote should be recognized as sacrosanct by every American, regardless of politics.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

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

 

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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.

Special reports

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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?

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Brain.jpg Opinion: the shameful practice of using lobotomies to treat ulcerative colitis

The now-discredited notion that the disease is caused by an individual?s character or emotions led to heinous treatments.