MCALLEN, TX - JUNE 12: A two-year-old Honduran stands with her mother after being detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents near the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018 in McAllen, Texas. The asylum seekers had rafted across the Rio Grande from Mexico and were detained before being sent to a Border Patrol processing center for possible separation. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is executing the Trump administration's

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Flood of children is overwhelming network of shelters and foster care

An estimated 2,300 children are flooding a system that was designed for older teens and was not ready for the special challenges of small children in a crisis.

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Instead of separating children from their parents, President Trump declared that his administration will now detain entire families together.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/979770544.jpg ?We?re sending them the hell back,? Trump says of securing the country?s borders

President Donald Trump vowed at a rally in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday that his administration would be ?just as tough? on immigration as before.

devra first

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If we believe what is happening in this country is wrong, we may have to ruin a few dinners on the road to right.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_16B6NH.jpg Here?s why Trump is taunting a Republican congressman on Twitter

An hour after signing an executive order that would keep migrant families together, the president tweeted about US Representative Mark Sanford.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17293.jpg Walsh calls separating children from parents ?the most inhumane thing we have ever done as a country?

Count Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh among the outraged.

Republicans in Congress have had almost two years to prove they could govern responsibly. They failed.

Opinion | Michael R. Bloomberg

Why I?m supporting Democrats in 2018

Republicans in Congress have had almost two years to prove they could govern responsibly. They failed.

Police have focused on seizing improperly stored off-road vehicles.

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Boston residents worry dirt bikes will return with warmer weather

But three years after a Boston police crackdown on off-road vehicles on city streets, many say they?re seeing fewer dirt bikes and ATVs.

TECH LAB

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/1d6d6f7b7091e8227d0f6a706700698b.jpg Afraid of robots? The feeling?s mutual

Robots are turning up in everyday situations ? sometimes as victims.

The Suffolk County House of Correction in South Bay.

Yvonne Abraham

DA candidates address an unusual constituency

The six candidates who want to be the next Suffolk district attorney will appear at a forum at the House of Correction on Bradston Street on Tuesday.

State lawmakers are rushing through a bill Wednesday that will give the Retailers Association of Massachusetts two of its big lobbying objectives.

Talking Points

Retailers walk away from Beacon Hill talks with victories

Retailers in Massachusetts often complain that their concerns aren?t heard on Beacon Hill. Well, legislative leaders are listening now.

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Attorney General Maura Healey is calling for an investigation into the Bristol County Sheriff?s Office citing concerns about suicides and allegations of ?harsh or unhealthy? conditions at the two county-run jails.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_101217_14HUBplaza_5651x.jpg HUBweek?s City Hall Plaza rendering released as early bird passes for 2018 festival go on sale

HUBweek, billed as ?Greater Boston?s festival for the future,? aims to bring together thousands of attendees for sessions and events focused on the intersection of art, science, and technology.

Movie review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/2482_TP_00001R.JPG_cmyk.jpg The new ?Jurassic World? is a Tyrannosaurus wreck

Dinosaurs adorable and dangerous are back in ?Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.?

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2016 image originally released by NBC, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump appears with host Jimmy Fallon during a taping of

Jimmy Fallon reveals his personal pain following Trump fallout

Jimmy Fallon is opening up about the personal anguish he felt following the backlash to his now-infamous hair mussing appearance with Donald Trump.

Things to Do

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/U2Crop.jpg The Weekender: Bono, Beyoncé, Neko, and Hamlet

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

Mass. could be third state with both $15 minimum wage and paid leave

The wide-ranging ?grand bargain?? bill would also impose a small payroll tax on workers and employers to pay for the leaves.

Leominster, MA--6/18/2018-- JJ Barreira, 8, of Leominster runs through a fountain at Fournier Water Park. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

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Dave Epstein

Today?s solstice is the official beginning of summer

Summer?s start ? about an hour after sunrise in Massachusetts on Thursday morning ? is just a moment in the earth?s constant movement around the sun.

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Arrival time predictions for some MBTA buses are far off. The agency says it?s working to fix the problem.

Clockwise from top left: Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, Jamie Dimon, and Dr. Atul Gawande.

Bezos, Buffett, Dimon health venture will be based in Boston

Formed by billionaire investor Warren Buffett, Amazon?s Jeff Bezos, and JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, the company will be led by Brigham and Women?s surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - JUNE 20: Brock Holt #12 of the Boston Red Sox looks on as Robbie Grossman #36 of the Minnesota Twins rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of the game on June 20, 2018 at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

TWINS 4, RED SOX 1

Red Sox are in a slump for the first time all season

David Price couldn?t beat the Twins, and the Sox have dropped four of five games.

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Immigrant children as young as 14 housed at a juvenile detention center in Virginia say they were beaten while handcuffed and locked up for long periods in solitary confinement, left nude and shivering in concrete cells.

Boston, MA - 6/20/18 - A new, yet-to-be-sexed-and-named, De Brazza's (cq) monkey cuddles with first-time mom, Kiazi (cq). Born June 7, this is the first De Brazza's born at the Franklin Park Zoo (cq). First-time father is Kipawa (cq) (not shown). Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 21monkey Reporter: Laney Ruckstuhl

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At Franklin Park Zoo, visitors can now see a baby monkey

It?s all monkey business at Franklin Park Zoo this month as the zoo welcomes its newest addition to a family of De Brazza?s monkeys.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_15O6HH.jpg Stormy Daniels to make 3 appearances at New England strip clubs this weekend

The adult film star who claims she had an affair with the president will make an appearance at a Springfield strip club Friday.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/951580446-7870.jpg Watch Steve Carell fight Nazis in uplifting ?Welcome to Marwen? trailer

The Acton native could be looking at an Oscar nomination for his role in the film, based on a true story.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tlumacki_donchiofaro_business180-6144.jpg CLF plans suit to overturn new zoning that allows skyscrapers on harbor?s edge

The Conservation Law Foundation says it plans to sue to overturn zoning that will allow too many high-rises on the edge of Boston Harbor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/0325state.jpg Lawmakers consider new civics requirements for students

State lawmakers want schools to improve civics instruction, and they?re debating whether civics projects should be a graduation requirement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_14seagulls4_MET.jpg The gull next door: Seabirds bedevil some in Gloucester

Gloucester has a lot of seagulls. But does it have a seagull problem?

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/PlusChapmanBill.jpg Baker bill brings much-needed reform to sex-offender law

The law would bring long-overdue changes to the state laws dealing with sexually dangerous people.

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

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

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