?America can?t do this.? Protesters blast separation of families

Protests in Boston and across the country Saturday drew thousands of people who are opposed to the immigration policies of the Trump administration.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_4874.JPG In Boston, immigration protest is loud and colorful

Demonstrators at Boston Common made themselves seen and heard in response to President Trump?s immigration decisions.

Demonstrators march in the Little Village neighborhood calling for the elimination of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and an end to family detentions onFriday in Chicago, Illinois.

Major cities, tiny towns host immigration policy protests

Activists, parents and first-time protesters motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border rallied nationwide Saturday.

In this June 28, 2018 photo, first lady Melania Trump talked with Rodolfo Karisch, Chief Patrol Agent, Tucson Sector Border Patrol, as she visited a U.S. Customs border and protection facility in Tucson, Ariz.

?How are you?? Melania Trump greets child at migrant center

Melania Trump lit up when a 3-year-old boy darted out of ?Family Unit 8? at a migrant center in Tucson, Arizona.

The spray pool opened Friday at Boston Common, just in time for sunny skies and high temperatures.

Heat wave begins and is set to continue through Fourth of July

The City of Boston declared a heat emergency beginning Saturday with temperatures expected to rise into the high 80s later in the day under sunny skies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/4aa0fa882b274c2cbb89da09c82c561f-4aa0fa882b274c2cbb89da09c82c561f-0.jpg Belichick after newsroom tragedy: ?My heart goes out to the victims?

?For my entire life, The Capital has been my hometown newspaper,? said the Patriots head coach.

FILE - In this June 23, 2017, file photo, former baseball player Alex Rodriguez sits in the stands before the start of a baseball game in Miami. Rodriguez once again is taking over for Aaron Boone in a high-profile spot, this time moving into the ESPN booth for Sunday Night Baseball. ESPN announced Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, that A-Rod was joining its crew as an analyst. The former star slugger will become a rare, two-network announcer _ he will continue as a studio analyst for Fox Sports in the postseason. Rodriguez fills the ESPN spot held last season by Boone, hired last month to manage the New York Yankees. It will mark the second time Rodriguez has followed Boone. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

Q&A: Alex Rodriguez talks Red Sox-Yankees, David Price, wild-card format, and more

A-Rod played in plenty of games in the rivalry, and on Sunday he?ll broadcast his first for ESPN.

GARY WASHBURN I SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/970198046.jpg LeBron James and the league-wide effect of his free agency

The Lakers may be James?s best option.

Connections | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/new%20TDF.jpg The soundtrack of the Tour de France

It?s July, and at our house, that means living vicariously through the race?s announcers.

Author Junot Díaz.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Junot Díaz case may be a #MeToo turning point

In his first interview since being accused of inappropriate behavior with women, celebrated novelist Junot Díaz adamantly denied the allegations.

Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/ice-cream01.jpg How ice cream made America

The history of the nation?s favorite frozen dessert is also the history of the nation itself: a triumph of ingenuity, technology, and mass marketing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/greenhouse_24zogoats-5.jpg Need your lawn mowed? Bring on the goats

A Carlisle teen is earning money this summer deploying goats and sometimes sheep to do yard clean-up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MVIMG_20180630_131415.jpg Korean-Americans call for peace treaty to end family separation

About 20 sign-wielding demonstrators at the MBTA?s Park Street Station urged Bostonians to support US peace talks with North and South Korea.

Chloe Sevigny and Charlie Plummer in ?Lean on Pete.?

movies

From ?Black Panther? to ?Lean on Pete,? the best movies of 2018 . . . so far

Here are the top movies of the first half of the year.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/PrattandSchwarzenegger.jpg Are Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger an item?

The Internet began speculating about their status after photos emerged last week of duo sharing a picnic together.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_fireworks2_met-11947.jpg 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 celebrations.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Shootings, including double homicide, rattle Brighton, Mattapan

A torrent of bullets ripped through Brighton?s Oak Square early Saturday morning, killing two men in their late 20s.

BU grad student hospitalized after chemical spill

The student received a ?contact injury? when two chemicals he was mixing spilled on his skin, a Boston University official said.

Business men and women walk in the City of London on April 4, 2018. Employers with more than 250 staff have until midnight on Wednesday to publish the gender pay gap within their companies. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is eager to see a change in the gender gap, or percentage difference between the average male salary and the average female salary -- in an eventual push toward pay equality, meaning the same money for a comparable job. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVASDANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images

As gender pay law kicks in, companies scrutinize wages

Even companies long mindful of the wage gap are finding disparities as they seek to comply with the July 1 law.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/baker3.jpg State Police ?conspiracy? could go back years, Baker says

Governor Charlie Baker?s comments come amid a broadening federal investigation into potential fraud inside the State Police.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_16U91E.jpg Springfield Republican reporter resigns after tweet about Maryland newspaper gunman

The reporter, Conor Berry, apologized for the since-deleted tweet in a follow-up message posted to his Twitter feed on Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_26glxpic8_MET.jpg New payroll tax different ?than just raising taxes,? Baker says

The payroll tax is designed to fund a newly created paid family and medical leave program, one of several pillars of the so-called grand bargain bill Governor Charlie Baker signed.

Boston, MA., 06/27/18, In the North End, at Caffe Vittoria, Fran Tortorici, cq, right, gathers with her three sisters for coffee. She says regarding the arrival of Starbucks to Hanover Street,

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Starbucks takes shots over plan to open in the North End

Local business owners are speaking out against the addition of a Starbucks at the ?gateway to the North End.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Handout_14mlbgear_01_bizcopy.jpg The crowd goes wild: After years of traditional fan gear, MLB is letting its freak flag fly

As they chase a younger audience, the 150-year-old majors are letting their freak flag fly a bit, licensing brands that are offering brasher statements and a more fashion-forward attitude. 

Jonathan Short/Invision/AP, File

Drake celebrates new album at Miami club

The Canadian rapper is celebrating his new album with dozens of friends and associates in Miami.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/db1c113f-0010-4b4f-81e4-bc78faf9b5a7.jpg Trump claims Saudi Arabia will boost oil production

President Trump said Saturday that he had received assurances from King Salman of Saudi Arabia that the kingdom will increase oil production.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_16V0WZ.jpg Afghan president ends truce amid rising Taliban attacks

Ashraf Ghani ordered Afghan defense and security forces to restart operations against the militant group.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0946d0ac28754ef28a91d663d1f72bcb-0946d0ac28754ef28a91d663d1f72bcb-0.jpg Spanish boat saves 60 migrants, but Italy locks its ports

The rescue ignited another political row between Italy and Malta over who should let the aid boat dock.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/graham-1666.jpg Why are Dems scared to ask ?Who is the next Obama??

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?s win proves that the future of the party lies in its progressive ideas.

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.

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