At Harvard Law School, he?s Professor Kavanaugh

Brett Kavanaugh speaks at the World and Reunions at Harvard Law School on October 27, 2017. A bicentennial summit of academic sessions and programs devoted to legal issues of pressing importance. must credit Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart

Brett Kavanaugh, nominated by President Trump for the Supreme Court, was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School, where he was well-liked by both students and faculty members.

Healey raises concern about Beth Israel, Lahey merger

Attorney General Maura Healey said the proposed hospital combination could increase health care costs and threaten access to care.

Andrew Lelling, the US attorney for Massachusetts, in June.

Prosecutor gives cautious green light to marijuana in Mass.

The US attorney for Massachusetts gave an apparent green light to the state?s recreational marijuana industry, saying he would instead concentrate on the opioid crisis.

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Trump claimed a pipeline project has made Germany ?totally controlled? by and ?captive to Russia? during a combative breakfast Wednesday that kicked off the NATO summit.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Clipboard-6942.jpg In honor of Trump visit, Brits try to lift ?American Idiot? to top of the charts

In honor of Trump visit, Brits try to lift ?American Idiot? to top of the charts

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/philips_071018_philips1_met.jpg Accomplished filmmaker and therapist from Concord dies on Nantucket

Jenny Phillips apparently drowned Monday evening after jumping from her small sailboat to swim to shore on Nantucket.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-17864.jpg The Democrats running for governor must be wondering when the cavalry arrives

As a popular incumbent, Charlie Baker?s fund-raising prowess comes as no surprise. But why aren?t Democrats showing more financial support for either of their candidates?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Court_01.jpg Drugged driver charged with homicide 10 months after fatal crash

Lynn DeWolfe, 51, pleaded not guilty in the death of Christopher Weisz, a 42-year-old father of three from Bedford.

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The commission is considering recommendations that would ensure codes are updated in state statutes and mandate more training for tradesmen.

Toddler?s toe severed after getting caught on slide at Cape Cod park

Buzzards Bay Park in Bourne is closed until further notice, police said Tuesday night.

CAMBRIDGE, MA - 07/10/2018 Sarah Terriere, left, and Lea Sasbortes, both visiting Boston from France, react to the Belgium and France World Cup game. A crowd of a few dozen people gathered to watch France play Belgium on a Jumbotron at University Park Commons. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

Can watching one World Cup match create a soccer fan?

Maybe my problem was a simple lack of understanding. Maybe watching players at the highest level would change my mind. Maybe I actually loved soccer, and just hadn?t realized it yet.

Boston, MA: 7-10-18: Red Sox CF Jackie Bradley, Jr. made a nice play to take a hit away from the Rangers Ronald Guzman in the top f the sixth inning. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Texas Rangers in regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Red Sox 8, Rangers 4

Hector Velazquez does his part as Sox win eighth straight

Spot starter Hector Velazquez limited Rangers to one run in three innings, and five relievers secured the win at Fenway.

Boston MA 6/10/18 Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia sitting on the bench against the Chicago White Sox during sixth inning action at Fenway Park. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

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As Dustin Pedroia heads home to rehab knee, Red Sox mull options at second base

With Pedroia?s return this season still uncertain, the Red Sox may look outside the organization to bolster the position.

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Former NFL cornerback Brandon Browner was charged with trying to kill his ex-girlfriend after breaking into her Southern California home.

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The proportion of American workers who quit their jobs in May reached the highest level in 17 years, a sign that more people are confident they can find a new job, probably at higher pay.

David Monahan (center) was diagnosed with a bladder tumor a week before National Grid locked out union workers. He is scheduled for surgery in a few weeks but isn?t sure how he will pay for it because he lost his work insurance.

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Locked out, National Grid workers grapple with loss of income, health insurance

One employee who just found out he has a cancerous tumor in his bladder is unsure how he?s going to pay for surgery. Another worker is scrambling to get MassHealth to cover a biopsy for her 9-year-old daughter, who suffers from a rare lung disease.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_17F2V9-6924.jpg How the world came together to save 12 boys trapped in a Thai cave

On Tuesday, the ??all-star?? team of expert cave divers from at least six countries completed the mission once feared impossible.

Brigham and Women?s Hospital removed 31 portraits (above) of former department chairs from the walls of the hospital?s amphitheater.

At top hospitals, department chiefs still overwhelmingly white, male

The lack of diversity is not just history inside Boston?s academic medical centers. It?s also very much the present inside Boston?s academic medical centers, a Globe survey finds.

Dining Out

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/tlumacki_buffalojumprestaurant_lifestyle099[1]-8050.jpg What?s on the menu at Falmouth?s Buffalo Jump? ?Weird food that only weirdos like?

Falmouth restaurant the Buffalo Jump is pushing the limits of New England cuisine. Don?t expect a lobster roll.

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Many college students of color worry about being a burden to their families, judged by other students, or misunderstood by counselors who don?t understand cultural issues.

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A company called 420 Suites is offering rentals in the Back Bay, Fenway, downtown, Longwood, and East Boston aimed specifically at the cannabis set.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17838.jpg The DEA just put out a new list of slang terms for marijuana, and some of them are pretty hilarious

If you?re looking to purchase some legal marijuana in Massachusetts, you might want to get ready to ask for some . . . ?shoes??

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

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There?s a steady stream of incidents where a white person calls or threatens to call the police on black or brown people doing mundane things.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/africa%20hero.jpg For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope

The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.

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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

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

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