As State Police OT probe intensifies, troopers race to lock in pensions and retire

At least 17 troopers linked to overtime abuse and under suspicion for payroll fraud have retired in recent months, locking in generous pensions and cashing out unused benefits and perks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/clark_FEMA_HOTELS_070118_939.jpg Puerto Rico evacuees get eviction reprieve, but uncertainty lingers

Those who fled the island after Hurricane Maria struggled to figure out their next move.

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See the latest news and moves across the league as free agency gets underway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/kreiter_junotdiaz2_met.jpg Breaking his silence, Junot Díaz denies abuse allegations

In his first interview since being accused of inappropriate behavior with women, the celebrated novelist adamantly denied the allegations. His case may be a turning point in the #MeToo movement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_063018_noice6_met.jpg 20 protesters were arrested outside South Bay jail in Boston yesterday

Twenty protesters were charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct at an immigration rally outside the South Bay House of Correction Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/a9603165e2bc41e4b225b11241ccf83a-a9603165e2bc41e4b225b11241ccf83a-3283.jpg Trump, looking to midterms, attacks Democrats on calls to abolish ICE

The president encouraged Democratic candidates to embrace demands to dissolve the agency, saying that doing so would doom the party at the polls.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/9b0a5fc6-89a1-46b7-86fb-98da04b20a1e.jpg Sponsors of migrant children face steep transport fees and red tape

Candidates for sponsorship must produce a plethora of documents to prove they are legitimate relatives.

The MBTA?s Track 61, the preferred site for testing new Red Line cars, runs from the T?s South Boston maintenance shop along the South Boston Bypass Road (above).

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How a South Boston real estate fight could delay new MBTA Red Line cars

A rust-orange stretch of rails and ties will carry the hopes of long-suffering riders when the T begins testing new Red Line cars over it ? unless a family that owns a lot in the Seaport gets in the way.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/wiggs_Carlson_04-7812-U841247453615opE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg In the age of Trump, political internships surge

An informal survey showed that most of the state?s congressional delegation saw a rise in prospective interns, as the Trump administration enters its second year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17589.jpg Michelle Carter appeals conviction for encouraging boyfriend?s suicide

Carter?s attorneys have filed a brief with the state?s highest court appealing her conviction for involuntary manslaughter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17585.jpg Police identify men killed in Brighton homicide

Wilfred Peters, 26, of Brighton and Jeffrey Montaque, 27, of Cambridge, were killed early Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/75fb140846bc47539a4fe0e4ef66ba46-75fb140846bc47539a4fe0e4ef66ba46-0.jpg 6 children among 9 injured in Idaho mass stabbing

A man who had been asked to leave a Boise apartment complex returned the next day and stabbed children celebrating a 3-year-old girl?s birthday in an attack that left the city reeling.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17626.jpg Person injured in two-car crash that sent one vehicle into a Boston storefront

One person was taken to a local hospital Sunday evening after two cars collided, sending one of the vehicles into a Boston storefront and another into a pole.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/2ndld-writethru-023ada82-7d4f-11e8-b660-4d0f9f0351f1.jpg Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador will be Mexico?s next president

With a landslide victory, López Obrador upended the nation?s political establishment.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-20664.jpg The Price wasn?t right against the Yankees

The lefthander allowed five homers before being lifted in the fourth.

YANKEES 11, RED SOX 1

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New York hit five home runs against the Boston lefthander and cruised to the win in the series? rubber match.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-17624.jpg Another BPS superintendent has come and gone. Now what?

Tommy Chang is out, and Laura Perille will probably serve as interim superintendent for at least one school year, but is there a real plan for fixing the schools?

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ryan_celtics10_spts.jpg Celtics draft pick Robert Williams misses flight, and first summer league practice

Williams, who overslept his conference call the day after the draft, missed his flight to Boston for the start of summer league preparation.

Daniel Thurston and fiancée Erin McGrath dealt with the heat by heading to the beach in South Boston.

Yes, it?s a real heat wave, and it will stick around through the holiday

It?s official ? Boston is sweating a heat wave. And there is no immediate reprieve from the heavy heat and humidity.

Boston MA 04/04/17 The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular from the roof of Boston University Dorm at 33 Harry Agganis Way. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: 05IndepenceDay reporter:

FOURTH OF JULY

Four spots (off the Esplanade) to watch the fireworks

Want a great view of the fireworks but would rather not deal with Esplanade crowds? We?ve got ideas.

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Stay cool this weekend and try these refreshing desserts for a hot day.

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 01: A copy of The Declaration Of Independence is displayed at the New York Public Library on July 1, 2014 in New York City. The copy, which was written by Thomas Jefferson, will be on display through July 3. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

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Fourth of July

Rare copy of Declaration of Independence on display July 4

One of 14 original copies of the Declaration of Independence will again be on public display for the 4th of July in Boston.

Amazon dressed me for a week. Here?s what I learned. 

With the Echo Look, a $199 smart-speaker device, artificial intelligence can purportedly ?help you look your best.? So how did that work out?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mattjennings.jpg Boston restaurant Townsman to close this week

The three-year-old restaurant, run by acclaimed owner-chef Matt Jennings, will shut its doors Tuesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/everettpd.jpg Everett police crash 8-year-old?s birthday party ? to help her celebrate

Officers helped Stella, who is a big fan of the men in blue, ring in another year with gifts for her and her friends.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_062918_skate2_met.jpg Lynch Family Skatepark offers teenagers discipline, camaraderie, freedom

Under an I-93 overpass, skaters practice their tricks and feel free, enjoying a rare opportunity to be competitive only against themselves.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/turner062118TRAVEL01woodfordscorner8.jpg The diner at the heart of a Portland neighborhood?s revival

That an iconic eatery can fuel the vitality of a neighborhood is nothing new, but usually it?s a lengthy process. What?s happened in Woodfords Corner is more like a time lapse video.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mayo.jpg Former Patriot Jerod Mayo?s dog, Knox, goes mysteriously missing

Authorities in Wrentham want to know what happened to Mayo?s English bulldog.

TECH LAB

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray_20140123.jpg Calif.?s Net privacy law gives consumers more clout, and Big Tech may be just fine with that

Costly new rules on data privacy may hurt smaller Internet upstarts more than the tech giants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/AFP_16E612.jpg Roseanne wants to apologize to Valerie Jarrett but doesn?t have ?the right words?

?I never would have wittingly called any black person . . . a monkey,? Barr said in the second part of an interview with a rabbi and longtime friend.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Sensor_01.jpg Anti-motion detector preventing overdose-related deaths in public bathrooms

In the last 15 months, Dr. Jessie Gaeta has lost count of how many people have overdosed on opioids in the bathrooms of her homeless clinic. But none of them have died.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/guns-18ab0008-52e8-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252.jpg No easy arms deals for dictators, no matter what Trump says

The president wants the power to sell AR-15s and other weapons to strongmen, without congressional oversight.

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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