Amazon to buy Somerville online pharmacy startup PillPack

The move expands the tech giant?s reach in the world of home delivery for prescriptions.

Justice Kennedy retires

Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiSupremeCourt03.jpg Kennedy?s retirement raises midterm stakes

President Trump has tamed a Republican Congress and aggressively asserted executive power. Now he can cement his influence over the third branch of government.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/SCOTUS_KENNEDY_RETIRE_1.jpg ?This changes everything?: With Kennedy?s retirement, pro-choice activists see abortion fight ahead

Prochoice advocates worry that President Trump may nominate a replacement who?ll favor tighter abortion restrictions or even the reversal of Roe v. Wade.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_Kafker6_met.jpg Governor Baker signs ?grand bargain? bill

The law is expected to reshape the workplace for millions of Massachusetts residents and avoid a bitter electoral showdown over three ballot questions this November.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lively1.jpg Nasty emails, threats, and why two anti-abortion candidates are fighting over Charlie Baker

It came to a head last week when State Representative Jim Lyons barred Scott Lively ? after initially inviting him ? from his re-election kick-off.

Boston, MA--10/15/2015--EdVestors (cq) president and CEO Laura Perille (cq) looks in on 12-year-old sixth-grader David Iovanna (cq). Students at TechBoston Academy use technology, from EdVestors, to learn math on Thursday, October 15, 2015. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 19edvestors Reporter: Jeremy Fox

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Nonprofit chief is poised to be interim BPS superintendent

Laura Perille is the president and CEO of EdVestors, a school improvement organization.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Twitter_28pressley_01_met.jpg New York upset shows what?s possible in Massachusetts

Political observers are warning that the same restive forces that carried Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to victory in New York on Tuesday could strike again in September.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/986172894.jpg Rosenstein, Wray face angry House Republicans in hearing

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI Director Christopher Wray are facing sharp questioning about the Justice Department?s independence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/GregDerr-Pool_28buono_02_met.jpg Former Milton Academy faculty member accused of student rapes is held on bail

Reynold Buono, 72, was taken into custody in Thailand, the Norfolk DA?s office said. He was arraigned Wednesday in Norfolk Superior Court.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/southbostonrescue1.jpg Firefighter gives woman his air mask as he carries out of burning South Boston building

A Boston firefighter and a fire alarm operator are being credited in the rescue of a woman from a burning South Boston triple-decker Tuesday.

Boston police investigated a truck that may have brought one or more shooting victims to Boston medical Center.

Former candidate for Boston City Council among three men shot in Dorchester

Domingos DaRosa, his younger brother, and one other man were all shot on Draper Street in Dorchester Wednesday evening.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_hazmat2_met-17565.jpg Fire investigators look into cause of mysterious hazmat at downtown office building

Investigators continue to work at 230 Congress Street, where an alarm prompted a level 3 hazmat response Wednesday.

A man held a sign at a protest camp on property outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Portland, Ore., on Monday. The round-the-clock demonstration outside the Portland facility began June 17.

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Trump?s immigration crackdown gives the left a rallying cry: ?Abolish ICE?

A growing number of liberal Democrats, in and out of Congress, are seizing on a simple, hashtag-ready message.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi28parents02.jpg This mother hasn?t seen her daughter in 48 days. She?s suing the federal government to get her back

Angelica Rebeca Gonzalez-Garcia last saw her 8-year-old daughter in an immigration detention center in Arizona on May 11.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Bryn%20Terfel,%20Kristine%20Opolais,%20Andris%20Nelsons,%20James%20Burton,%20the%20Boston%20Symphony%20Orchestra%20and%20the%20Tanglewood%20Festival%20Chorus%20(Hilary%20Scott).JPG Harsh notes amid purge of BSO?s chorus

The acclaimed Tanglewood Festival Chorus?s new conductor has decimated its ranks, forcing out a large swath of singers, including many senior members.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/boswx5.jpg Flash flood watch issued for parts of Mass. on Thursday

With an expected rainfall rate of 2 inches per hour, urban areas and areas with poor drainage could see flooding today.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_rain2_met-001.jpg Maps: Where and when the worst of today?s weather will be

National Weather Service forecasters are warning that rain and storms could cause flash flooding and result in 2 to 3 inches of rain in Boston and the surrounding areas.

Weather updates and alerts as storms and rain hit Mass.

A look at weather activity and forecasts in Massachusetts and around the region.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/17/BostonGlobe.com/BigPicture/Images/AFP_W85BD.jpg A 95-year-old Maine resident beat a rabid fox to death with a wooden plank

?It was a confrontation that, if I hadn?t had that stick in my hand, I would have been chewed up,? Robert Galen said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ipadneck.jpg Is your device giving you ?iPad neck,? ?i-hunch,? or ?text neck??

Like to curl up with your iPad after a long day? Instead of relaxing you, it might literally be causing you a pain in the neck.

Television review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/_final_15471429_15471419_rgb.jpg ?A Very English Scandal? rips open a farce, and no one is spared

Hugh Grant, playing very effectively against type, stars as a closeted politician accused of conspiring to murder his ex-lover in this superb Amazon miniseries based on a true story.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-17549.jpg At Department of Correction, a death of compassion

How meaningful is the state?s new compassionate release law if it doesn?t help a man for whom it seems to have been designed?

PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_labos4_spts.jpg J.D. Martinez is a game-changer, in more ways than one

?He?s a special hitter and he?s becoming a special teammate,? manager Alex Cora said after Martinez led the way to victory Wednesday.

FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2018, file photo, referee Gene Steratore reviews a touchdown reception by Philadelphia Eagles' Corey Clement touchdown during NFL football's Super Bowl 52 against the New England Patriots in Minneapolis. The NFL's catch rule would get less complicated if team owners approve recommendations from the powerful competition committee, when the league's annual meetings begin on Monday in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Gregory Payan)

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CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

It?s officially a trend to bring referees into the broadcast booth

After Fox made the pioneering move to hire former NFL official Mike Pereira, other networks are following suit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ZoomFachada_BWClouds.jpg Here?s what the new Harvard Square Theater building might look like

Plans call for a facade embedded with LEDs that could be used to display art or photos.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_tinybrightonhouse2_biz.jpg The latest in this crazy real estate market: A dilapidated Brighton house for $800,000

Allston-Brighton has long held a reputation of being an affordable Boston neighborhood. But in this crazy housing market, it looks like even that longtime belief is out the window.

LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 26: Head of Marketing & Distribution at Amazon Studios, Bob Berney (L) and actors Steve Carell and Timothee Chalamet, via satelite, speak onstage during CinemaCon 2018- Amazon Studios: An Exciting New Year of Great Product for Cinemas Program at Caesars Palace during CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners, on April 26, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for CinemaCon)

NAMES

Steve Carell struggles to help drug-addicted son in emotional ?Beautiful Boy? trailer

The film also stars Academy Award nominee Timothee Chalamet.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Rex_Senate_Democrats_introduce_immig_9728952D.jpg Congress must appoint an independent immigration czar

Court order or not, does anyone really believe Trump and Company have even a sliver of will to facilitate a meaningful, humane reunification process for immigrant families?

Special reports

//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

 

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