Mount Ida president blames closure on Lasell College

Former Mount Ida College president Barry Brown blamed the school?s shutdown on Lasell College?s unexpected change of the terms of a merger.

Police and military personnel used umbrellas to cover around a stretcher, believed to carry a recued boy, near a helicopter and an ambulance at a military airport in Chiang Rai on Monday.

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As more boys are rescued in Thailand, focus turns to remaining people in flooded cave

Eight boys who were trapped in a cave in northern Thailand are safe and recuperating in a hospital. Four boys and their coach are awaiting a rescue attempt.

Opinion | Michael J. Socolow

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We enjoy these stories precisely because the actual specifics are meaningless.

East Boston man ordered held on $200,000 bail on explosive charges after apartment blast

?Based on what we found, we don?t believe there was a sinister plot,? Boston?s police commissioner said of the discovery of bomb-making materials in an East Boston apartment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/509795940cut.jpg The question order has been set for the fall ballot

It?s a milestone for the fall elections because campaign ads usually end with call to action to vote yes or no on the question.

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President Trump has put some of his sentiments into policy, crafting initiatives critics call bigoted and dangerous.

Police recovered a Mercedes Benz from the Connecticut River this weekend that may have been there for 3 months ? after the driver allegedly

Chicopee Police Department

Chicopee police pull Mercedes from river ? 3 months after driver ?blacked out,? forgot where he left it

A dive team on Sunday recovered the mud-caked vehicle from the bottom of the river. It had been reported missing in April.

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?It?s every kid?s dream to be a firefighter,? one graduating firefighter said. ?It feels amazing. It?s like I won the lottery.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_17E28S.jpg UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson quits amid mounting Brexit crisis

Johnson resigned Monday, adding to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May?s government.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/yearbook150-17826.jpg Thomas Hardiman was ?most likely to succeed? at Waltham High. He now may be a Supreme Court pick

Thomas Hardiman, who is from Waltham, is a finalist for the Supreme Court.

Jeff Jacoby

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby-4533.jpg How not to fix the Supreme Court

The Constitution?s framers thought life tenure was necessary to ensure judicial independence, but they didn?t foresee how immensely powerful the court would become.

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The announcement follows earlier delays for the company?s pop-up attraction.

CHAD FINN

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Do fans actually want him to get mauled in the postseason, just to keep the narrative and the loathing alive?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee_060818_redch16_spts.jpg How does Andrew Benintendi stack up in the All-Star Final Vote?

The Red Sox? left fielder faces some stiff competition in his quest for a first All-Star appearance.

Names

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The actress, the marquee player on the series following Spacey?s scandal-riddled ouster last fall, is finally speaking out about him.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/download.jpg Robert Kennedy III marries former CIA officer Amaryllis Fox at Cape Cod family compound

The two got hitched over the weekend.

Larriah Binns shows a thumbs up at her surprise birthday party.

Augusta police throw 8-year-old a surprise birthday party

When none of her friends could come to Larriah Binns?s birthday party, a Maine police department stepped in to turn her frown upside down.

Names

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The service was attended by guests including Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and newlyweds Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17854.jpg ?It was heartbreaking?: Mass. beauty queen gives back crown after #MeToo joke

Maude Gorman, who is a survivor of sexual assault, resigned after an emcee made a joke about the women?s movement on stage.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/303ec7c3321e41d48cadae5a40b33527-303ec7c3321e41d48cadae5a40b33527-0.jpg Kawhi Leonard would reportedly accept a trade to a team in the East, but it?s not the Celtics

The Celtics? top 5 players would be off limits in a trade for the San Antonio star, according to reports.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Karen and Robbie Silverman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/BUTTERFLYA.jpg Our abortion story

Not every parent would have made the same choice we did. But every parent should have that choice.

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.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

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