North Korea says talks with Pompeo were ?regrettable?

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to members of the media following two days of meetings with Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief, before boarding his plane at Sunan International Airport in Pyongyang on July 7, 2018. Pompeo held talks in an elegant Pyongyang guest house for a second day with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man Kim Yong Chol. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Andrew HarnikANDREW HARNIK/AFP/Getty Images

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North Korea accused Washington of trying to unilaterally pressure the country into abandoning its nuclear program after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departed.

epa06124212 Emissions are seen from a factory at Broadwater in far northern New South Wales, Australia, 31 July 2017 (issued 04 August 2017. Australian media outlets report, 04 August 2017, that there is doubt Australia will meet emission cuts in the Paris agreement after a report from Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory revealed a trend of increasing emissions in Australia. The level of emissions has reportedly increased since the government repealed a tax on carbon intensive companies in 2014. EPA/DAVE HUNT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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How much pollution is out there? It?s a question without a good answer

Calculating emissions, scientists say, is very inexact, and we may be underestimating how much we?re putting into our environment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/992388324.jpg Critics say Trump?s insults of Warren were a double scoop of misogyny, racism

Senator Elizabeth Warren labeled President Trump?s Thursday comments about her ?creepy? and assured her supporters that she can ?handle a bully.?

In this undated photo released by Royal Thai Navy on Saturday, July 7, 2018, Thai rescue team members walk inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand. The local governor in charge of the mission to rescue them said Saturday that cooperating weather and falling water levels over the last few days had created appropriate conditions for evacuation, but that they won't last if it rains again. (Royal Thai Navy via AP)

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Conditions are improving for a rescue in Thailand cave drama

The weather is staying clear and water in the cave is subsiding, and officials say they are preparing for a rescue effort before conditions worsen.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/adbc04f4-cd6f-4568-860e-ced46dd1cc15.jpg ?Super polluting? trucks receive loophole on Pruitt?s last day

The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to effectively grant a loophole that will allow a major increase in the manufacturing of a diesel freight truck that produces as much as 55 times the air pollution as trucks that have modern emissions controls.

Ruth McLenithan Skellie held a copy of the Saturday Evening Post cover that Norman Rockwell asked her to pose for when she was 11 years old.

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Thomas Farragher

To Rockwell fans, their faces may look familiar

As children, they modeled for Norman Rockwell?s paintings. Decades later, they will gather for a reunion.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/comp-15576.jpg Judge overseeing lawsuit against Hefner, Rosenberg steps down

Judge Debra Squires-Lee did not say why she recused herself from the case against Bryon Hefner and Stanley Rosenberg.

Massachusetts State House.

State lands tax windfall: $1.2 billion more than expected

Much of the unexpected revenue came from unstable sources, such as capital gains taxes.

2-year-old boy pulled from Lynn pool pronounced dead at hospital

The child was pulled from a pool in Lynn Friday evening and later pronounced dead at North Shore Children?s Hospital in Salem.

Once, women were taught to bake; men, to skin moose and fell trees. Now, as gender-specific survival skills give way to gender-neutral ?adulting,? how will society react?

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Ideas | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

The triumph of gender-neutral ?adulting?

Once, women were taught to bake; men, to skin moose and fell trees. Now, as gender-specific survival skills give way to gender-neutral ?adulting,? how will society react?

Meriem Palesty, left, from Washington, a Muslim woman of Syrian descent, argues her point with Samuel Tebi, from Gaithersburg, Md., a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump, during an election protest in front of the White House, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Opinion | Alan M. Dershowitz

The left?s desire to live in a political silo when it comes to Trump

Some radical Trump opponents prefer to cut off dialogue. They see no other side to the issue.

From left, Jackie Bradley Jr., Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts, and Andrew Benintendi.

NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

It?s almost payday for some of the Red Sox? top young players

Here?s a look is what?s facing team president Dave Dombrowski and ownership over the next couple of years.

The weather to start July has been sultry and significantly above average in terms of temperature and below average in terms of rainfall.

Dave Epstein

What?s the weather going to be like the rest of the summer?

It looks as though we?ll get a break in the heat this weekend, but then what happens for the rest of July and into August?

England's Harry Maguire reacts after scoring his side opening goal during the quarterfinal match between Sweden and England at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Samara Arena, in Samara, Russia, Saturday, July 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

England 2, Sweden 0

England shuts out Sweden to reach World Cup semifinals

Harry Maguire and Dele Alli scored as England reached the semifinals for the first time since 1990.

LAS VEGAS, NV - JULY 06: Demetrius Jackson #11 of the Philadelphia 76ers drives against Pierria Henry #49 of the Boston Celtics during the 2018 NBA Summer League at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 6, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

CELTICS 95, 76ERS 89

Robert Williams is banged up as Celtics beat 76ers to open summer league

Boston?s first-round pick scored 4 points before leaving with a bruised left knee in the first quarter.

Rome, ME--6/26/2018-- Brandon Long, a Marine who lost both of his legs while serving in Afghanistan looks back at his daughter, Claire, 7, right before she pushes him into Long Pond as the two play by the waterfront at the Travis Mills Retreat. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 01maine Reporter: Brian MacQuarrie

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

At Maine retreat, disabled veterans find sense of belonging

This weeklong retreat brings together military veterans who have survived devastating injuries.

Luke Bryan at Fenway Park.

Music review

At Fenway, Luke Bryan celebrates good times with good people

The country superstar?s high-energy set showcased anthems that embraced optimism and a communal spirit.

Summer Travel

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Opener0506beaches-3903.jpg The 20 best beaches to visit in New England

The region is blessed with hundreds of miles of shoreline and some of the best beaches in the country. Here are the ones you shouldn?t miss.

Anyone who played George Wright Golf course in the 1980s or ?90s would be blown away by its current condition.

Restoration has made George Wright and Franklin Park golfing jewels

Boston?s two public golf courses are in such great shape that this year?s Mass. Amateur will be played on them.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_orangeline12_met-16983.jpg MBTA loses reprieve from outsourcing restriction

The T had used a three-year exemption from an anti-privatization law to win major savings and concessions.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Advance/Images/2016-07-11T142151Z_240359705_S1AETOZAXBAA_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-JOEPERRY.jpg Aerosmith?s most popular song was inspired by . . . Barbra Streisand?

The band?s only song to ever hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart has a surprising origin story.

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_improvements7_met.jpg A tourist asked for recommendations in Boston. And social media responded ? with kindness

What if we all saw our city through the eyes of an earnest tourist?

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_061918_Dundas2_met.jpg Mass. towns need to stop stalling on marijuana rules

Massachusetts is headed toward a two-tier system, strongly correlated to race and privilege, and the law allows it. It?s not a pretty picture.

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?

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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

//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.

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