Groups blast Walsh, school committee over ?backroom deal? on Chang

Several civil rights groups are blasting Mayor Martin Walsh and the School Committee for a lack of transparency and engagement surrounding the departure of Tommy Chang.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/GettyImages-153433784.jpg SJC upholds 20-day voter registration deadline in Mass.

The unanimous decision by the Supreme Judicial Court overturns a lower-court ruling that had deemed the so-called 20-day blackout period ?unconstitutional.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_171602.jpg After missing for a week, 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach found alive in cave

Video released by the Thai navy showed the boys in their soccer uniforms sitting on a dry area inside the cave.

Thai workers and officials at the flooded cave on June 29.

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How did 12 boys and their coach survive in a Thai cave for more than a week? Experts weigh in

We don?t yet have the full story about how the boys ? aged 11 to 16 ? and their 25-year-old coach survived. But some national caving rescue experts can hypothesize.

Man is in custody after Rhode Island police officer is shot in leg

A man brandishing a handgun allegedly shot an officer and ?violently struggled? with law enforcement personnel who took him into custody after a lengthy standoff.

Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh and his former chief of staff, Dan Koh, campaigned together in Haverhill. The city is part of the Massachusetts Third Congressional District, where Koh is one of 10 Democrats vying for the party?s nomination on Sept. 4.

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If you see Marty Walsh in the Merrimack Valley anytime soon, here?s why

As his former chief of staff, Dan Koh, makes a bid for Congress, Mayor Martin Walsh has taken on an increasingly visible role in the campaign.

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President Trump says he met with four potential Supreme Court Justice candidates on Monday morning as he works to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy?s spot.

Marijuana samples were shown to customers during a cannabis convention earlier this year.

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The state?s first marijuana shop says it will likely start selling pot in a ?few weeks?

Cultivate, a medical marijuana dispensary in Leicester, won a provisional recreational permit Monday.

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

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 01: David Price #24 of the Boston Red Sox stands on the mound during the fourth inning against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on July 1, 2018 in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

Red Sox have no other choice than to let David Price prove himself in big games

The Red Sox can?t shield David Price from starts against the Yankees in this heated pennant race.

Opinion | Margery Eagan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/July4th%20Fireworks%20at%20NARA%20Park.jpg The Fourth of July is no holiday for dogs

Booming fireworks around the Fourth of July may be exciting to us, but they can be terrifying for even the most sedate and settled of canines.

BLUEbikes docked in Kendall Square.

Now you?ll be renting your Blue Bike from Lyft

The ride-hail company has bought the parent company for the BlueBikes system, formerly known as Hubway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Rex_SPHERE_image_of_the_newborn_plan_9732719A.jpg Astronomers report first image of baby planet being formed

Hints of baby planets have been detected before, but astronomers weren?t sure whether those observations might simply be features in the swirling dust.

BOSTON, MA - 6/29/2018: CELTICS new player Robert Williams on left is Danny Ainge GM and on far right is Celtics coach Brad Stevens (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: SPORTS TOPIC Celtics

Dick Vitale had some harsh criticism for Celtics rookie Robert Williams

The rookie missed Sunday?s opening session, spurring criticism from Vitale, before making it to Monday?s session.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/wiggs_Farm_10.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/turner041117METROweather89.jpg The longest heat wave in Boston lasted 9 days

The longest hot streak in Greater Boston lasted 9 days and took place between July 3 and July 11, 1912.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/macrophages3.jpg Brigham and Women?s researchers take another step toward using immune system to fight cancer

Researchers at Brigham and Women?s Hospital say they?ve developed a drug that can get the body?s own immune cells to eat cancer cells.

As of the afternoon of Nov. 2, Rob Delaney had 946,960 Twitter followers. That number surely will have grown by the time you read this. (This photo is a PR handout) Photo credit: Robyn Von Swank/Courtesy of Spiegel -- 15Delaney

Five months after young son?s death, Marblehead native Rob Delaney reveals his wife is pregnant

Rob Delaney, who now lives in London, stars in and co-writes the Amazon comedy ?Catastrophe.?

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/6aff48b2aff740d3b3eabecbd9d8e1b1-6aff48b2aff740d3b3eabecbd9d8e1b1-0.jpg ?He?s a sweetie?: Elizabeth Warren gets a new puppy

The senator, who is running for re-election, said she expects the pup to bring some ?normalcy? to life at home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiCoventry04.jpg A night of horror, heroism, and tragedy in Coventry

Six months after a fire killed a father and his little son, questions still outrun an answer to the biggest lingering question: Why couldn?t they get out?

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4546.jpg If Walsh has his way, ?interim? just an illusion for new superintendent

Laura Perille is the mayor?s choice for the permanent job.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Diary_HERO.jpg Secrets of a Lost Girl

Alexandra Valoras showed every outward sign of success and promise, a star at school, beloved at home. She revealed nothing of her inner anguish, except in her diary ? a chronicle of scathing self-criticism and growing desperation that her parents chose to share so that other families might learn from their loss.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamedpi%20c.jpg Watch ?Runnin??: The opioid crisis hits Somerville

?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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