Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA head
Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned after a cascade of controversies over his lavish spending, ethical lapses, and management decisions.
Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned after a cascade of controversies over his lavish spending, ethical lapses, and management decisions.
Wheeler helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans? health and address climate change.
RENéE GRAHAM
The EPA chief hasn?t even tried to be subtle about his corruption. Why would he try, when no one in Trump?s administration seemed to care?
Trump?s includes Vice President Mike Pence, 15 permanent members, and eight others considered to be Cabinet-rank.
Sirley Silveira Paixao cried as a judge said she should be promptly reunited with her son after they were separated at the border.
The Rhode Island Democratic Party had unleashed a dayslong furor by endorsing a Donald Trump-voting male candidate over an incumbent woman.
Sergeant Sam Silta offered to keep a family?s dog with him while they rushed to Boston Children?s Hospital.
The man was standing a few feet away from a pregnant woman believed to be his girlfriend.
A 52-year-old man spent about 10 hours lying helplessly in the woods after he crashed his motorcycle Tuesday night, police said.
A Boston police officer shot and killed a pit bull that charged at police as they secured a handgun found on a Dorchester street, where four men had been shot.
James was also spotted in the same general area on June 26.
The icky weather is going to break Friday. Here?s how it?s going to come to an end ? and what it means for your weekend.
Stan Grossfeld
Philadelphia lawyer Jeff Boujoukos owns a bat from nearly every Boston position player since 1960.
Dave Epstein
Much of the area has experienced a lot of heat and humidity in the last seven days. But how does it rank with the worst heat waves in the record books?
Music review
The Fireworks Spectacular concert also included the Indigo Girls, Rachel Platten, and plenty of pro-immigrant commentary.
Opinion | Wendy Walsh
Bad boys, jerks, and guys who didn?t know their date just wasn?t so into them are being ensnared like dolphins in a tuna net.
With more rain coming, Thai rescuers are racing to pump out water from a flooded cave before they can extract 12 boys and their soccer coach with minimum risk.
Christopher Muther
As convenient as Airbnb can be, a rental also has the potential to go horribly, horribly wrong. Here?s how one man survived a long, hot weekend in a bug-infested Airbnb hell.
Things to Do
The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.
Scarlett Johansson?s plans to portray a transgender man have sparked a backlash from many who object to cisgender actors playing trans roles.
The Fine Print
Let?s say you open an interest-bearing money market account with a $10,000 deposit. Two weeks later, you close the account. Question: How much is the check for?
A new study provides fresh evidence that the first dogs of North America all but disappeared after the arrival of Europeans.
EDITORIAL
The new life sciences initiative comes at a time when Massachusetts risks being outpaced by states where lower taxes and housing costs are increasingly attractive to tech workers.
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?
Stat
?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.
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 Podcast
Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.
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The lefthander is letting his personality show more often and taking on a more active leadership role.
The proposal has won the approval of a key legislative committee and would have widespread impact on each of the state?s 100-plus public retirement systems.
This Braintree ranch comes with an attached garage, a freshly painted interior, and an open layout. The property, 1178 Liberty St., is listed for $459,500 and offers three bedrooms, two full baths, and 1,600 square feet of living space on a 0.42-acre lot.
For the senator, the trip is bound to raise further talk about her 2020 plans, as the Massachusetts Democrat continues trying to bolster her foreign policy credentials.
Search This Week's Specials
The City of Boston is strongly encouraging those who decide to partake in the city's July 4th activities to refrain from using personal vehicles.
Iran?s representative to OPEC says President Trump should stop tweeting about wanting lower oil prices, saying that doing so has the opposite effect.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. tapped former Harvard University president Drew Faust as a director, making her the third woman on an expanded 12-member board.
Yes, it is as good as HBO?s other female-driven murder mystery, ?Big Little Lies.?
Family camp-style vacations are wildly popular, fueled by a desire to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life to spend quality time together.
Address
As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: watching World Cup soccer, the annual Boston Pride Parade, and protesting gun volence.
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