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Boston?s retro-style MidTown Hotel may give way to development

Christian Science Church is putting the lease for the Back Bay site on the market.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Walker_053118_city_12121x-001.jpg Transgender rights question could be closest vote in Mass. this fall, poll finds

A ballot question will ask voters to repeal the 2016 law, which most controversially allows transgender individuals to use bathrooms that match their gender identity.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/10/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ryan_encore7_met.jpg Plurality of likely voters say Wynn Resorts should retain license

The poll of 500 likely midterm voters in Massachusetts also showed a large gender gap in public opinion on the casino giant.

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Prospects for recreational marijuana shops opening for business in Massachusetts by a July 1 target date appear to be dimming.

IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/hero-scharf.jpg Why Facebook and Google should pay you for your data

Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?

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Based on the findings of an internal investigation, the school said it had been prepared to revoke Todd Heatherton?s tenure and terminate his employment.

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An off-duty FBI agent charged with assault after an accidental shooting while dancing at a Denver bar would like to meet with the man who was injured and is praying for his recovery.

Cartoonist who cited political conflicts with Pittsburgh paper is fired

Rob Rogers tweeted Thursday he?s been fired after 25 years as the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette?s editorial cartoonist.

Versus | Magazine

A cold war: Which is better, hard or soft-serve ice cream?

Serving up a debate over New England?s favorite cool indulgence.

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A new study found that the animals? nocturnal activity on average increased by 36 percent in areas of human disturbance.

? ? | Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Incredibles25a5e49448bf76.jpg Everyone?s favorite superhero family returns in ?Incredibles 2?

Pixar?s belated sequel to its 2004 original has a busy to-do list, and the result is a clattery affair that offers lectures alongside the fun.

Things to Do

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/0401301eed604de8b8a1b3c1fcc455b0-0401301eed604de8b8a1b3c1fcc455b0-0.jpg The Weekender: Pop papas, rockin? dads, and the godfather of gospel

The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

Stat

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/statfilm.jpg Watch ?Runnin?,? a STAT documentary

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Inspector general?s report faults James Comey?s decisions in Clinton probe

The Justice Department?s watchdog faults former FBI director James Comey with breaking with established protocol, but notes his decisions were not driven by political bias.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/charity-7bda662a-6fe2-11e8-bd50-b80389a4e569.jpg N.Y. alleges ?persistently illegal? conduct at Trump charity

The New York attorney general filed suit against President Donald Trump and his three eldest children alleging ??persistently illegal conduct?? at the president?s personal charity.

State Medicaid program halts payments to Lawrence clinic over fraud allegations

Arbour Counseling Services is accused of allowing unlicensed and unsupervised therapists to treat patients.

A wedding dress belonging to a woman in California was accidentally donated to a Central Massachusetts Goodwill in March, but a Warren woman returned it to its rightful owner Thursday.

Rachele Familia

A woman?s beloved wedding dress was donated to Goodwill. Here?s how she tracked it down

A California woman was heartbroken when she learned her uncle had donated her wedding dress in Massachusetts. Thanks to social media, she and the dress will soon be reunited.

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Despite the tight labor market, many employees over 50 struggle to find work in the fields where they built their careers.

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?REWARD!?: Student scrambling to get back heirloom bedframe plucked from the curbside

It was a family heirloom passed down through generations, and has sentimental value, he said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/immig-children-5246f260-6fce-11e8-afd5-778aca903bbe-6752-U841247453615ZaB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg The US is holding over 1,400 migrant kids in an old Walmart. Here?s a look inside

Casa Padre houses more than 1,400 immigrant boys, dozens of them forcibly separated from their parents at the border by a new Trump administration ??zero-tolerance?? policy.

talking points

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-0.jpg Lawmakers take ax to Baker?s new $100M job-creation proposal

The Legislature probably won?t be giving Governor Charlie Baker an extra $100 million in job-creation funds after all.

Boston man had suspended license, several warrants when he allegedly hit cyclist

The suspect allegedly struck a cyclist with his vehicle Wednesday at the height of the morning commute in Copley Square, police said.

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Florida authorities can be soooooo accommodating - so much so that when Douglas Peter Kelly phoned sheriff?s deputies to tell them he?d been sold the wrong illicit drug, they offered to test it for him.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/ryan_mit3_met.jpg Here?s the commencement speech that Sheryl Sandberg should have given

In an alternative universe, Facebook?s chief operating officer could have told MIT?s Class of 2018 that the social media giant intends to abide by laws that give American workers a fair shot.

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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