Secret VA ratings hid poor quality care from public

Nearly half of Veterans Affairs nursing homes nationwide received the lowest possible quality ranking last year, but the agency kept its ratings from the public.

Representative Joe Kennedy III spoke during a rally in Tornillo, Texas, to protest the Trump administration?s policy on separating migrant children from their parents.

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Joe Kennedy protests Trump?s family-separation policy near ?tent city? for children

The representative blasted President Trump for separating migrant children from their parents.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/240e8d0e7b2e433b8cc3678a137043a1-1b2f52e941fe4aad83088019432f8e69-0.jpg First lady says US should govern ?with heart?

Melania Trump?s spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham says the first lady believes ??we need to be a country that follows all laws,?? but also one ??that governs with heart.??

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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

This summer, there will be no vacation from Trump talk

US residents traveling abroad this summer will soon learn there is no escaping the president.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/09/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/10242007_24beam1.jpg Questions raised about City Hall ties of outside counsel investigating Fire Department

An outside counsel who is reviewing the Boston Fire Department?s handling of misconduct allegations has a long history of representing City Hall.

names -- Tom Brady and Oprah Winfrey (OWN)

OWN

5 takeaways from Tom Brady?s interview with Oprah

The quarterback talked family, retirement, his relationship with Bill Belichick and the Patriots, and more.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin080416PatriotsTrainingCamp_Spt07.jpg Tom Brady explained what he learned from Deflategate

Brady said he decided to ultimately accept the four-game suspension because there was ?too much anxiety? surrounding the situation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Clipboard-8267.jpg Wayfair, anticipating rapid growth, leases more office space in the Back Bay

Wayfair, the fast-expanding online retailer, has signed a lease for another 395,000 square feet of office space in the Back Bay.

A couple embraced after leaving balloons at a memorial outside the home of Stewart Weldon.

Stewart Weldon targeted women in throes of relapse, withdrawal

In the methadone clinics and drug-afflicted neighborhoods of Springfield and Chicopee, Weldon had a reputation as an erratic and violent crack user.

Marijuana shops in Massachusetts may be cash only

The retail marijuana locations that are expected to soon open in Mass. may have to operate using only cash because no banks have so far agreed to provide services.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BEDFORD_20180617_AYER_FIRE_003.jpg 12 people displaced in 5-alarm apartment building fire in Ayer

Twelve people were displaced after a five-alarm fire ran up a seven-unit Ayer apartment building?s side and into its attic on Sunday afternoon.

Sharon, MA - 6/12/18 - Barry Arntz talks about the $119, 425.61 bill of deferred taxes and interest due to the town of Sharon, for his mother's home. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 18consumer Reporter: Sean Murphy

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

An inheritance damaged by delayed taxes

Barry Arntz thought he and his sister owned the house passed down to them by their deceased mother ?free and clear? ? no mortgages, no liens, no encumbrances of any sort.

RED SOX 9, MARINERS 3

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Devers belted a three-run homer, and Jackie Bradley Jr. and Xander Bogaerts also homered to help Boston salvage a split in Seattle.

Boston- 06/09/18- Minnie Haven, 9 from Greenville, NC plays in the waterfall fountain in Copley Square. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

Dave Epstein

It could feel close to 100 degrees in parts of New England on Monday

Even if Boston doesn?t break the heat record for Monday?s date, it?s certainly going to be the hottest day so far this season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17043.jpg Several schools announce early dismissal, cancel classes Monday due to heat

Temperatures could feel like 100 degrees in the Merrimack Valley, and some schools cited a lack of adequate air conditioning to keep students in class.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/7fc4c9cba1b14c0cb531655be604d78e-7fc4c9cba1b14c0cb531655be604d78e-0.jpg Delta Dental, dentists find common ground on payment rates

A year after sparring over payment rates, Massachusetts dentists and the state?s largest dental insurer have made peace.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/121115champions0090.jpg In reversal, Whittier Health Center in Roxbury won?t lay off workers

The layoffs ? which included physicians, nurses, and mental health therapists ? had been criticized by employees as retaliation for trying to form a union.

Matt Parziale, 31, a Brockton firefighter for 4½ years, competed in the final round of the US Open golf championship.

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In Brockton, cheers for local firefighter turned US Open competitor

Brockton firefighters cheered on one of the their own as Matt Parziale competed in this year?s US Open Championship.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JakeSchwencke_13breaktime_03_met.jpg Two Harvard sophomores hope to fight homelessness, one doughnut at a time

As volunteers at a youth shelter in Harvard Square, Tony Shu and Connor Schoen saw firsthand how homeless people can struggle to find work, trapping them in a vicious cycle.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b2668708-08ac-436f-a5d5-52b4b05c779e-5147.jpg Trump associate Roger Stone reveals new contact with Russian national during 2016 campaign

The man, who called himself Henry Greenberg, offered damaging information about Hillary Clinton, Trump?s presumptive Democratic opponent in the upcoming presidential election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/955082016.jpg Giuliani suggests Trump may pardon Manafort after Mueller?s probe

Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman for President Trump, was jailed last week in the investigation by Robert Mueller.

TV Critic?s Corner

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I really don?t ever want to hear another highly commercialized reality star talk ? even tentatively ? about parlaying silly TV fame into political clout.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Clipboard-8270.jpg Policy on cyberattacks gets more aggressive

The Pentagon has quietly empowered the US Cyber Command to take a far more aggressive approach to defending the nation against cyberattacks.

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Texas Senator Ted Cruz triumphed over late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic.

For Travel - 04kidconway - The White Mountains are a family-fun place to play outdoors. (Pamela Wright)

Unprepared hikers rescued in White Mountains

New Hampshire authorities say two Massachusetts hikers who got lost in the White Mountains were carrying almost no useful gear or supplies.

Music Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/6.16.18ZacBrownBand08-001.jpg Zac Brown Band touches all the bases at Fenway

Saturday night?s cover-packed show at the ballpark had something for almost everybody.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/goog.JPG The case for breaking up Google

Never in the history of the world has a single company had so much control over what people know and think.

Special reports

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?

STAT

Stat

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.

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

 

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.