?Recalcitrant? suspect in newspaper killings to face first-degree murder charges

Police responded to a shooting at the offices of the Capital Gazette, a daily newspaper, in Annapolis, Md.

The attack at the Maryland newspaper, which killed five people and left two others injured, appears to be the deadliest involving journalists in the United States in decades.

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Jarrod Ramos, the man suspected of killing five people in or near the offices of the Capital Gazette newspaper, had sued the paper for defamation and lost.

Police responders outside the Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Md., where five people were killed and several others were gravely injured in a mass shooting, June 28, 2018. The attacker used a shotgun; police have a suspect in custody, who was reportedly found hiding under a table. (Nate Pesce/The New York Times)

4 journalists, sales assistant remembered as dedicated, compassionate

The employees killed were Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/986606234.jpg ?Thanks for your prayers, but I couldn?t give a [expletive] about them if there?s nothing else,? says Capital Gazette reporter

?I have heard that President Trump sent his prayers,? Selene San Felice told Anderson Cooper. ?I?m not trying to make this political, right? But we need more than prayers.?

ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND - JUNE 28, 2018: Police respond to a shooting on June 28, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland. At least five people were killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire inside the offices of the Capital Gazette, a newspaper published in Annapolis, a historic city an hour east of Washington. A reporter for the daily, Phil Davis, tweeted that a 'gunman shot through the glass door to the office and opened fire on multiple employees.''There is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload,' Davis said. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)

Here is today?s front page of the Capital Gazette newspaper

As staffers at the Capital Gazette newspaper grieved the loss of five colleagues Thursday, they remained determined to finish Friday?s newspaper.

music

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As the Inman Square jazz club prepares to close, performers, fans, and staff reflect on 40 years of good music and good times.

Bob Ryan

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The event quite clearly transcends sport, and a quality team is a source of immense pride for a country.

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A guide to the festivities: Plan your Fourth of July on the Esplanade

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, it?s time to start planning your own local celebration. If you?re heading to the Hatch Shell, we?ve got all the details here.

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Boom go the fireworks. But where? We?ve got you covered, with a list of all the displays in the state.

Cooking | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/main0701cooking.jpeg Everything you need to know about using a charcoal grill

Plus, a skirt steak salad recipe that lets you test your skills.

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It may seem like a contradiction, but more adults in the U.S. say they are exercising at the same time more of them are becoming obese.

NAMES

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The 31-year-old rapper released ??Scorpion?? on Friday. In two songs, he addresses rumors that he fathered a son with a former French adult-film star.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/boston-big.jpg Greater Boston rents continue to rise, and at a faster clip

The average rent in Greater Boston for the second quarter of the year hit $2,187, up more than 4 percent compared to rents during the same time last year.

The state Senate in January unanimously passed a bill dubbed the NASTY Women Act that would scrap a 19th-century Massachusetts ban on abortions.

Even if Roe v. Wade is overturned, Mass. likely to preserve abortion rights

A 1981 ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court protects the right to an abortion here ? for now.

At Cochituate State Park, three-year-old Laylani Delarosa is ready for a day at the beach.

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It?s hot. And the heat is sticking around for July 4

Heat and humidity will build across southern New England beginning today and continuing through the weekend and into next week.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bedford_170611_WEATHER_001-001.jpg This weekend could feature the hottest day of the year

Get ready, folks, we?re about to have a heat wave. Many of us will experience 90-plus degree weather for five to as many as seven days.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_immigrationrally405_metro-17548.jpg Thousands are set to rally in Boston against Trump?s immigration policies on Saturday

The protest is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at City Hall Plaza and march to the Boston Common.

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Judge Manish Shah wrote in his preliminary injunction that keeping Lidia Souza away from her 9-year-old son ?irreparably harms them both.??

The scathing 377-page report by a court-appointed special master took aim at the business practices of three well-known firms, including Boston-based Thornton Law Firm and its managing partner, former representative Garrett Bradley.

Spotlight Follow-up

Investigation alleges misconduct by Thornton Law Firm, recommends severe sanctions

The revelations and findings contained in the long-awaited report may change the way courts across the country handle class action lawsuits.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/williams.jpg ?It?s a big blessing? to join Celtics, Robert Williams says

The forward from Texas A&M was Boston?s only draft choice this year.

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Two people familiar with the decision said James has told the Cavaliers he is declining his $35.6 million option for next season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/986324166.jpg Capitol Police arrest about 575 people protesting Trump immigration policy

A Democratic congresswoman was among about 575 people arrested at a rally protesting the Trump administration?s zero-tolerance policy on immigration.

Boston, MA - 6/28/2018 - Boston Mayor Marty Walsh(L) and Boston School's interim superintendent Laura Perille talk to the Boston Globe editorial board in Boston, MA, June 28, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

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Interim schools chief ready to make ?important moves?

Laura Perille, president and CEO of EdVestors, said the mayor and school committee chairman have given her broad authority.

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In a statement, Attorney General Maura Healey?s office said the defendants were allegedly ?operating 130 illegal Nutel gambling machines.?

Bernadette Coughlin was fired from her job as a hospital food service manager after a workplace fall led to a drug test days later.

Nestor Ramos

Methuen woman fired for off-duty marijuana use files arbitration claim

In a state that legalized recreational marijuana use, Bernadette Coughlin lost her job for doing something permissible, on her own time.

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About a dozen firefighters arrived at the scene to find security guards from one of the nearby hotels using flashlights to search the water.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_060118_Collegiate1_met.jpg A great school deserves a great home in Roslindale

Neighborhood activists should stand down in their opposition to Roxbury Preparatory Charter School?s proposal to build a new high school.

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

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

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