Pentagon asked to house up to 20,000 migrant children on military bases

The Trump administration is considering housing up to 20,000 unaccompanied migrant children on military bases in coming months.

US First Lady Melania Trump departs Andrews Air Rorce Base in Maryland June 21, 2018 wearing a jacket emblazoned with the words

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On her way to border, Melania Trump wore jacket that said: ?I really don?t care, do u??

The jacket?s phrasing sparked some outrage among critics and led the White House to defend the first lady?s clothing choice.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_School_02jpg.jpg Chang, BPS sued over secrecy surrounding student information sharing with ICE

Boston school officials have repeatedly refused to disclose how often they give student information to federal immigration authorities.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/Lee_sendebate4_met.jpg A Mass. Republican has left the GOP over Trump?s immigration policies

Brian Herr, who was the state GOP?s nominee for Senate in 2014, said he took himself off the party rolls this week.

Boston, MA - 05/08/18 - Hundreds rallied inside the State House for paid leave and a $15 minimum wage. The Raise Up Massachusetts coalition rally featured speakers and a march inside the building that passed by Speaker DeLeo's office. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff) Reporter: (in caps) Topic: (09rally)

Business owners up in arms as $15 minimum wage, paid leave passes

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/71dfa07ecede4464b26993cf816b33ef-71dfa07ecede4464b26993cf816b33ef-0.jpg A Mass. candidate tangles with radio hosts over whether President Trump is like Hitler

On Thursday, Jay Gonzalez, Democrat for governor, called into WEEI?s Kirk & Callahan. Among the questions: ?Do you think Trump is like Hitler??

The toxic plant giant hogweed was first spotted in Virginia last week. It still exists in 14 Massachusetts towns and cities.

Virginia Tech

This pretty plant is dangerous ? and it?s growing in more than a dozen Mass. communities

That beautiful plant with white flowers that appeared out of nowhere in your backyard might be trouble.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/26ca24f0e3e44430889ccfdcbf4270d4-240831b333d7467b982ab00cbefd3ee2-0.jpg Still no verdict in murder trial of ex-mob boss ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme

The jury suspended deliberations around 3 p.m. and will return to US District Court in Boston on Friday morning to continue weighing the evidence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_summerishere_metro108.jpg Sunny weather continues . . . until the weekend

The first weekend of summer is almost upon us, but the forecast for the Boston area leaves a lot to be desired.

INNOVATION ECONOMY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/BEDFORD_20180614_VENTURE_005.jpg How a failed restaurant became Cambridge?s hottest Thursday spot

Plans for a Kendall Square restaurant eventually became the amazingly popular Venture Café.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Problemferry.jpg In latest mishap, seawater rains down inside a Martha?s Vineyard car ferry

A Steamship Authority boat?s sprinkler system poured seawater onto vehicles parked on the vessel?s car deck as it journeyed to and from Martha?s Vineyard on Wednesday.

Globe Magazine

21 questions answered about legal marijuana in Mass.

Get the lowdown on when shops will open, how much pot will cost, where you can legally smoke it, and more FAQs.

Jason Schneider for the Boston Globe

Globe Magazine

Four ways to keep someone else?s marijuana from smelling up your home

Neighbors obviously enjoying legal, recreational pot? You can?t call the cops and complain, but you can try some other methods.

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Marijuana milestone as Mass. issues first recreational pot license

The Cannabis Control Commission gave the green light to a cultivation facility in Milford run by Sira Naturals.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-4467.jpg President Trump?s web of lies on separating children from parents

It?s one thing to lie about crowd size at the inauguration. It?s another to lie about children?s safety.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/lehigh-4476.jpg Under Trump, the GOP has become a cult

Times have gotten tough for the Great Trumpkin.

@Large | Michael Andor Brodeur

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Brodeur0624.jpg The official language of the US? It?s euphemism

The border child-separation controversy offers an uncomfortable look at how Americans say the unspeakable.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin012418PatriotsPractice_Spt4.jpg Devin McCourty joins NFL players in calling for Trump?s help

McCourty shared a video message, as well as a New York Times op-ed by four NFL players, to ask President Trump to help fight injustice.

devra first

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/150a3c894624481ea9a2d670919b92a2-150a3c894624481ea9a2d670919b92a2-0.jpg After what they did, don?t let Kirstjen Nielsen and her colleagues eat in peace

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/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/59a7b1d0d3e24257b005fd85b6d916f7-59a7b1d0d3e24257b005fd85b6d916f7-0.jpg In Wayfair case, Supreme Court to let states collect Internet sales tax

The ruling, which opened the door for states to collect sales taxes on products their residents buy from online retailers in other states, is a loss for Mass.-based online retailer Wayfair.

Talking points newsletter

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/46163143-eb88-48ba-8adc-e7f14526311c.jpg Wayfair ruling allows online sales taxes, but there?s no rush

The US Supreme Court just upended 26 years of tax law. But Massachusetts consumers probably shouldn?t expect big changes anytime soon.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosmilpre5_spts.jpg The Celtics can do almost anything tonight, but they shouldn?t

Danny Ainge has the assets needed for a seismic deal, but it?s perfectly fine if he doesn?t pull one off.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/turner051616MAGAshmont117.jpg Future of old-time Mattapan trolleys up for debate

While the MBTA ponders the next stop for its Mattapan service, some train enthusiasts are seeking to preserve the historic cars.

Twilight at Place des Arts in Montreal.

Your Perfect Weekend

It?s a great time for a summer sojourn to Montreal

A new column gives the rundown of how to spend a perfect weekend. First up: a perfect summer weekend in Montreal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/55087998dc134a94bc82caf6110221cd-55087998dc134a94bc82caf6110221cd-8078.jpg The rumors are true: Ariana Grande and SNL?s Pete Davidson are engaged

Asked by Jimmy Fallon what it?s like to be engaged to the pop star, Davidson replied: ?It?s [expletive] lit.?

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/space-odyssey-1-850x478$large.jpg The star of ?2001: A Space Odyssey? discusses the iconic film 50 years later

?I have met a number of astronauts who have told me that, as young people, the inspiration from ?2001? resulted in their becoming astronauts.?

President Trump held a rally in Duluth, Minn., on Wednesday.

It looks like former Celtics star Kevin McHale was at Trump?s rally in Minnesota

Close watchers of President Trump?s rally in Minnesota on Wednesday thought they noticed a face in the crowd that would be familiar to a lot of Boston sports fans: former Celtics star Kevin McHale.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Andrea J. Campbell

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_adoptaschool3_biz.jpg Mentorships can turn young lives around

For vulnerable young people, mentorship programs can be life-savers.

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.