With Kavanaugh?s nomination, the focus is on precedent ? and on Roe v. Wade

With Roe v. Wade a hot-button issue, Brett Kavanaugh?s views on judicial precedent will get great scrutiny as he moves through the confirmation process toward the Supreme Court.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/996299702.jpg Kavanaugh piled up credit card debt by purchasing Nationals tickets, White House says

Brett Kavanaugh at times reported liabilities that could have exceeded the value of his cash accounts and investment assets.

President Trump joined other leaders for a ?family photo? as the NATO summit meeting began in Brussels on Wednesday.

Trump is confrontational as he meets with NATO allies

President Trump said that Germany is ?totally controlled? by Russia because of a pipeline deal, and he haranged NATO countries about their defense spending.

At the Beacon Park Yard in Allston, bridge beams and construction materials are being staged and assembled for the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Project.

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Starts & Stops

Commonwealth Avenue bridge project returns in late July

The construction is expected to trigger a wave of traffic disruptions and detours in Boston. Here?s what you need to know.

Harbor Towers residents sue to stop Don Chiofaro?s 600-foot tower on garage site

Some residents in Boston?s downtown waterfront are trying to block the skyscraper from being built, saying it?s too ?grandiose? for the area.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_052918_3652x.jpg Another Starbucks or CVS? Not without Boston?s OK under new proposal

One new city proposal in Boston would make it harder for chain stores to set roots in areas where residents would rather see a locally owned business.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05-DOTV8136000H_Paving_for_Pizza_30_Generic-1920x1080x1_vdf16.1001.jpg Lowell officials want Domino?s Pizza to help pay to fix the city?s potholes

Some people were shocked that the city is seeking a $5,000 grant from the pizza chain to clean up its bumpy streets.

Opinion | Douglas Alexander

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_17H8RS.jpg Why Britain is protesting Trump

This Friday, I will be standing shoulder to shoulder with thousands of my fellow British citizens to protest the arrival of Donald Trump.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Protest_02.jpg Protesters urge Northeastern to end contract with ICE

More than 100 students, faculty, and community activists took part in the rally on the campus.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/RinaldiStatePoliceHQ01.jpg Baker?s plan to cut State Police OT spending faces major hurdles

In early May, the governor and the head of the State Police promised a crackdown on overtime spending, including a decrease of up to 40 percent in one of its most costly units.

MILLVILLE, 7/4/2018 - Town residents look on during a special Board of Selectmen outlining cuts to town services. Voters rejected a Prop 2 1/2 override vote forcing the town to end trash service, closed its senior center, and to turn off more than half of it's street lights. Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe (Metro, Crimaldi)

Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

Welcome to Millville, where budget fight means dark streets, no trash pickup, and a growing deficit

Residents in Millville, near the Rhode Island border, lost their municipal trash service and will see more street lights go dark after voters rejected a $1 million Proposition 2 ½ override in June.

Boston, MA: 7-11-18: Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale fires a pitch. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Texas Rangers in regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Red Sox 4, Rangers 2

Chris Sale helps Red Sox extend win streak to nine straight

In his last start before the All-Star break, Chris Sale got his 10th win of the season after striking out 12 batters in seven shutout innings.

KANSAS CITY, MO - JULY 07: David Price #24 of the Boston Red Sox is taken out of the game by manager Alex Cora #20 during the fifth inning at Kauffman Stadium on July 7, 2018 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Brian Davidson/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

David Price can?t afford a third straight stinker

After two straight bad outings, David Price needs to get back on board with the rest of his winning Red Sox teammates. But he says he?s figured out why he wasn?t pitching well.

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 26: Kyrie Irving attends the

3 Boston athletes were named to Sports Illustrated?s most fashionable list

The complete list of honorees is made up of 13 women and 37 men.

Boston, MA--5/27/2018-- Dustin Pedroia reacts after striking out during the eighth inning of the Red Sox v. Braves at Fenway Park. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe staff/file

Dustin Pedroia recognizes what is increasingly obvious: that he?s unlikely to play again this season

Dustin Pedroia has struggled for months to return from knee surgery. But he said that he?ll be better than ever when he plays again, although that looks to be 2019.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/ryan_hotelroom15_travel.jpg At $15,000 a night, this is Boston?s most expensive luxury hotel suite

The palatial 4,800-square-foot suite includes two bedrooms, a large, open concept living room/dining room/bar, a full kitchen, a multimedia room, 2½ baths, and a private elevator.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/ivy0715excerpt.jpg What lies in the lab: The gruesome murder at Harvard that transfixed New England

Wealthy George Parkman vanished into thin air one day. Then a janitor started snooping around a Harvard lab and made a grisly discovery.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin051718CelticsPractice_Spt12.jpg Here?s the latest on the Celtics from Danny Ainge, starting with Marcus Smart

League sources have said the Celtics are simply waiting for Smart to test the free market on his own.

CROATIA 2, ENGLAND 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/AFP_17I5V5.jpg Croatia reaches first World Cup final

Mario Mandzukic scored the clincher in the second half of extra time to secure a spot in Sunday?s final against France.

Banks are offering higher interest rates for savings accounts. But you still need to be smart

Risk-averse people who have the means to sock away some cash are now able to earn a decent guaranteed return from bank savings, money market, and CD accounts.

Robin Williams on stage in 1982

Television review

HBO documentary a sad but satisfying visit with Robin Williams

?Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind? isn?t the definitive look at the late comic?s life, but it?s good to see him again just the same.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo.jpg I?ve always dated guys, but I think I?ve fallen for my female friend

They?re friends who share cuddle time. Is there something more going on here?

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Drake.jpg Opinion: You can?t tell a book by its cover ? or a disease by Drake?s race

Diagnoses based on race are wrong on many levels, writes a Brown University medical student.

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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