Government begins returning migrant children to their parents

Boston, MA - July 05, 2018: Angelica Rebeca Gonzalez-Garcia and her 8-year-old daughter, Sandy, arrive for a press conference after being reunited at Logan International Airport in Boston, MA on July 05, 2018. The little girl was taken from her at the US-Mexican border after she and her mother fled Guatemala fearing for their lives and seeking asylum in the US. It has been nearly two months since Gonzalez-Garcia has seen her child. She sued the federal government last week demanding the immediate release of the little girl. (Four nearly identical federal lawsuits, all demanding the immediate release of their children who were forcibly taken from them at the US-Mexican border as a result of the Trump administration?s zero-tolerance policy for people who enter the country illegally. All four mothers were told the same thing: A recent rule change by the federal government now requires everyone in the house where they will reside be fingerprinted for criminal and immigration background checks, a process that could take weeks. The children have been placed in a system designed for those who actually enter the country without parents and are captive to bureaucratic malaise -- or cruelty depending on who's asked.) (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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The federal government said it plans to reunite nearly 3,000 childen by the end of the month.

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Some immigrant Army reservists and recruits who enlisted with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_17249Q.jpg 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.

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2017, file photo, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building is shown in Washington. Andrew Wheeler, the No. 2 official at EPA, will take over the agency on July 9, 2018, now that President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of embattled administrator Scott Pruitt. He is a former coal industry lobbyist who helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans' health and address climate change.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Andrew Wheeler, the EPA?s new leader, is a former coal lobbyist

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

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President Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition.

President Trump arrived to speak during a rally on Thursday in Great Falls, Mont.

Trump says he?d give Senator Elizabeth Warren $1m for charity if she can prove she?s Native American

President Trump also made light of the #MeToo movement during Thursday night?s rally in Montana.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/02Bedford_170215_LINEHAN_011.jpg Honeymoon over: Council strays from Walsh on key issues, often to his left

After a relatively cozy first four years with Mayor Walsh, the City Council lately has been going its own way.

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A group of business folks saw their offer to raise funds for mounted patrols rebuffed by the Boston Police Foundation. Now they?re starting their own group.

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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.

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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.

Names

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He can ?bear-ly? contain his excitement.

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The puppy was walking on a trail in Whitney Woods when she was struck by a branch, police said.

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

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.

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?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner062018METRO21historicfarm74.jpg Seeds of the past grow into farm of the future

Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan has been restored and will serve as the headquarters for the Urban Farming Institute.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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Until then enjoy the ride, even if it?s with a skeptical eye.

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.

Amy Adams in HBO?s ?Sharp Objects.?

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The mysteries of HBO?s addictive ?Sharp Objects? cut deep

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You Go Girl

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Kennedy family wears jackets protesting Trump immigration policy at Fourth of July parade

?I really do care,? the jackets read, an apparent reference to the ?I really don?t care, do u?? jacket First Lady Melania Trump wore last month.

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

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#MeToo, please stay out of our love lives

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STAT

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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

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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

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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