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.

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Wheeler helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans? health and address climate change.

RENéE GRAHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/graham-1572.jpg Scott Pruitt is gone, but the grift continues

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?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/3a445d79a58a40a5add67aaac95135ac-3a445d79a58a40a5add67aaac95135ac-0.jpg A look at the 24 members of President Trump?s Cabinet

Trump?s includes Vice President Mike Pence, 15 permanent members, and eight others considered to be Cabinet-rank.

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Sirley Silveira Paixao cried as a judge said she should be promptly reunited with her son after they were separated at the border.

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The Rhode Island Democratic Party had unleashed a dayslong furor by endorsing a Donald Trump-voting male candidate over an incumbent woman.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/sgt..jpg On a sweltering day, a Boston cop helped a black lab keep cool

Sergeant Sam Silta offered to keep a family?s dog with him while they rushed to Boston Children?s Hospital.

Four men were shot on Fayston Street in Dorchester on Wednesday evening.

Barrage of bullets kills man on Dorchester street

The man was standing a few feet away from a pregnant woman believed to be his girlfriend.

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A 52-year-old man spent about 10 hours lying helplessly in the woods after he crashed his motorcycle Tuesday night, police said.

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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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_082417_Shark_25856x.jpg Great white shark named James and another with no name spotted off Cape

James was also spotted in the same general area on June 26.

High heat and humidity have been blanketing the region since last week and are expected to linger one more day.

Here?s how this heat wave will end: a cold front, thunderstorms

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.

Wayne,Pa-April 16, 2018- Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff- Jeff Boujoukos has collected 757 major league bats, including nearly every Red Sox position player since 1960.

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Stan Grossfeld

This guy has 757 Red Sox bats, and each one tells a story

Philadelphia lawyer Jeff Boujoukos owns a bat from nearly every Boston position player since 1960.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_packedpool1_met-17560.jpg Is Boston?s heat wave really that unusual?

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_070418_05esplanade_14526x.jpg With big assists from Moreno and Giddens, the Pops envisions a welcoming America

The Fireworks Spectacular concert also included the Indigo Girls, Rachel Platten, and plenty of pro-immigrant commentary.

Author Junot Diaz in Cambridge, Mass., Jan 5th, 2017. Diaz has written a children's book called

Opinion | Wendy Walsh

#MeToo, please stay out of our love lives

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.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Tom-Brady-Bear-850x478$large.jpg This is Tom Brady?s face when he spots a bear

He can ?bear-ly? contain his excitement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/99683d53d25c4c739b04667f2696d6b9-99683d53d25c4c739b04667f2696d6b9-0.jpg Rescuers race to drain water inside Thai cave before rains

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.

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Christopher Muther

Our Airbnb was stifling. The thermostat was locked and the windows had no screens. Then the stink bugs arrived

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AntManAndTheWasp5b2c3ebea9cb7.jpg The Weekender: ?Ant-Man,? Blue Men, ?Aladdin,? and Amy Adams

The Globe?s picks for the best ways to spend your weekend.

FILE - In this April 23, 2018 file photo, Scarlett Johansson arrives at the world premiere of

Scarlett Johansson?s plans to play trans man spurs backlash

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_failure3_met.jpg Pay attention to the tiny type when opening ? and closing ? a money market account

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?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dogskeletons1.jpg Study: Ancient North American dogs were nearly wiped out after arrival of European breeds

A new study provides fresh evidence that the first dogs of North America all but disappeared after the arrival of Europeans.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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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.

Special reports

//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?

STAT

Stat

//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

//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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Braintree ranch with open layout, finished basement for $459,500

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.