Hundreds in Mass. may lose their guns

The abrupt reversal comes after federal law enforcement officials said that the state?s Firearms License Review Board was clearing applicants who were disqualified from owning guns under federal law.

Last year in Boston, about half of all guns traced by police had out-of-state origins

Just under half of all the guns used for crime that Boston police traced the origin of last year came from out of state, according to the department.

BOSTON, MA - 6/13/2018:Front entrance to the Midtown Hotel in the Back Bay .....A relic of a more auto-centric age, the Midtown Hotel's days are numbered as the Christian Science Church puts its Huntington Ave. site up for sale. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: BUSINESS TOPIC 14midtown

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At Boston?s retro-style MidTown Hotel, there?s no more room for humble

In what has become a neighborhood of swank hotels and sleek skyscrapers, the MidTown remains a reminder of a simpler Boston. But maybe not much longer.

Hillary Clinton in May.

Here?s what Hillary Clinton had to say about her e-mails and the IG report on the FBI

The 2016 Democratic candidate for president had three words to say on Twitter in response to a specific part of the report.

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In some circles, it?s a must: Checking daily to see whether the Supreme Judicial Court has announced if a tax on millionaires will make the November ballot.

SCITUATE, MA - 6/14/2018: Early morning sunlight in Scituate Harbor with lobstermen making their boats ready for the day (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC stand alone photo

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The warm weekend will be followed by a hot Monday that could even break records

Monday?s record high temperature, which was set back in 1926 and 1907, is only 94 degrees ? a relatively low record high for the middle of June.

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Memories of the floods that turned downtown streets into rivers are still fresh, and city officials are now pushing developers to make Boston more resilient.

Commuter rail line from New Haven, Conn., to Springfield opens

A long-awaited commuter rail line linking New Haven, Hartford, and Springfield, Massachusetts opens this weekend with two days of free rides for the public.

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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.

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_3136.JPG Two teen girls suffer life-threatening injuries in moped crash in South Boston

The teens were taken to the hospital after the moped they were riding crashed with a pickup truck on E. Eighth Street just before 9 p.m. Thursday.

The ceremony moved Kenneth Liston, a graduate of the job-training program who already has a job with a new South End hotel.

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Diplomas in hand, these graduates are finding their place out of the Inn

The graduates from the Pine Street Inn?s job-training program will now use what they learned to try to reintegrate themselves back into the workforce.

Boston Red Sox starting pitcher David Price calls for a new ball after giving up two hits to the Seattle Mariners during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

RED SOX 2, MARINERS 1

David Price outduels Felix Hernandez as Red Sox hold off Mariners

Xander Bogaerts hit a tie-breaking home run in the sixth inning. The Sox are 4-0 on their 10-game road trip and have won nine of 12 overall.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/27cupphoto06.jpg Boston gears up for the World Cup

While the US team?s failure to qualify left many fans disappointed, the start of soccer?s premier showcase was still cause for celebration across the Boston area.

Opinion | Viveca Stucke

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/768699f6b1d343f8abf0c5e96a11b545-768699f6b1d343f8abf0c5e96a11b545-5317.jpg Shootings have made schools a place of ?panicked fear,? writes Bourne eighth-grader

?An act of gun violence taking place within my own world is one of my big fears,? wrote a Bourne eighth-grader.

Shirley Leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/leung-8309.jpg In 2018, there is no excuse for topless dancers at a corporate event

We?ve hit a new low when topless female dancers at a corporate gathering are considered as normal as cheap wine and bland hors d?oeuvres.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BEDFORD_20180612_OVER_FIFTY_WORKERS_011.jpg Help wanted, but not from older workers

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/34aee7ee7c8d4534a5876d6d4ac2f6ba-34aee7ee7c8d4534a5876d6d4ac2f6ba-0.jpg Recreational marijuana shops in Mass. might not be able to open by July 1

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/c66e6dc8e07a46e9acba985634c2a98e-c66e6dc8e07a46e9acba985634c2a98e-0.jpg Memo highlights tension between some Mass. General doctors, Partners HealthCare

Dr. Walter J. O?Donnell, who recently resigned from an executive committee at Mass. General, says doctors lack input in key decisions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/3cdb6e89433a48a8a651fbe8872646f9-3cdb6e89433a48a8a651fbe8872646f9-0.jpg Dartmouth professor in misconduct probe will retire and be barred from college events

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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_15medfordsign-1_metro.jpg ?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.

Matthew and Amy Varrell, owners of the Harvard Alpaca Ranch,  with two of their alpacas.

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ON THE JOB

Running an alpaca ranch is almost too cute

For Matthew and Amy Varrell, there?s cash to be made from cuddly at their Harvard Alpaca Ranch.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/64d87f6467a3472ba0f82dcca64f3a62-64d87f6467a3472ba0f82dcca64f3a62-0[1]-3184.jpg Sarah Sanders got into a heated fight with reporters over kids being separated from parents at the border

The White House press secretary and CNN?s Jim Acosta traded barbs that evolved into a verbal brawl with some members of the press corps.

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 09: Model Gisele Bundchen speaks onstage during David Lynch Foundation Hosts ?Women of Vision Awards? at 583 Park Avenue on May 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for David Lynch Foundation)

Gisele Bündchen apologizes on Twitter following Vogue statements

Gisele Bündchen apologized Thursday for statements she made during an interview with Vogue magazine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RacheleFamilia_15weddingdress_01_met.jpg 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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/8f32e5ef166b4725926b543a9be079b9-22b979d018a746bf9fbac1b4bc9fb503-1.jpg Kentucky man to be sentenced in Sen. Rand Paul attack

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul?s neighbor is set to be sentenced in federal court for an attack last year in the lawmaker?s yard.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Clipboard-17065[1].jpg For sale in Melrose: An uninhabitable, fire-ravaged home ? for $650,000

A fire-ravaged home in Melrose was listed for nearly $600,000 and is about to go up in price after the sellers received multiple offers in just two weeks.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_15Z0AD.jpg The pipe dream to help Dreamers

The Republican House members who had been pushing for a common-sense, humane immigration plan have caved to House leadership and the Trump administration.

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.

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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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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.

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It was billed as the ?Taxi of Tomorrow.? Tomorrow didn?t last long.

NEW YORK ? In 2011, after a lengthy competition among automakers, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that the Nissan NV200 would become the ?Taxi of Tomorrow,? with most yellow cab owners required to purchase the boxy, bright yellow van.