For questions of presidential power, Brett Kavanaugh has several answers

His role in recent constitutional fights involving the presidency is expected to be a major focus of his confirmation hearings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_nantucketstatepolice_metro257.jpg For some State Police, it?s a posting in paradise

These island stations have endured, even as criminal investigations, broad cost-cutting measures, and staff realignments continue to batter the State Police back on the mainland.

Mayor Dan Rivera said the president and attorney general ?keep perpetuating a lie.?

Yvonne Abraham

The truth about Lawrence

Making a scapegoat of cities like Lawrence and of undocumented immigrants serves the purposes of the Trump administration.

Members of the Chicago police department scuffle with an angry crowd at the scene of a police involved shooting in Chicago on Saturday.

Nuccio DiNuzzo/Chicago Tribune via AP

Angry crowd protests after Chicago police fatally shoot man

Four protesters were arrested and several police officers slightly injured after an angry crowd gathered Saturday evening after the shooting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_17L5FI.jpg ?Russian individuals did their work during the Obama years,? Trump tweets

?Why didn?t Obama do something about it? Because he thought Crooked Hillary Clinton would win, that?s why.?

Hull teen caught driving 116 mph in New Hampshire

Cullen Gaudette, 18, told police he was trying to get to a camping outing early, officials said in a statement.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/DiFw7oTXkAIYMCS.jpg Westwood police rescue owl caught in hockey net

The owl was ?fighting for his life,? Westwood Chief of Police Jeff Silva tweeted.

Seagull in Gloucester snatches wallet from man on the street

A man was walking down Main Street near the waterfront area around 9 p.m. Friday when the seagull swooped down.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chicklis-17971.jpg Westminster man found dead in N.H. was identified by dental records

Brandon Chicklis was traveling to Windham, N.H., for a belated holiday celebration when he disappeared on June 23.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17976.jpg ?We?re picking up the pace? on election security following indictment of Russian agents, Galvin says

Massachusetts? voter logs were not hacked by Russian agents during the 2016 presidential election.

Colin Carlson, 8, enjoyed a hug with Dawn, the therapy dog that visited the kids at Camp Kangaroo.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

At Camp Kangaroo, grieving kids come together to talk, reflect, and play

At a free weekend day camp, kids who have lost a parent or loved one come together to play, support each other, and talk about their loss.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/turner071218LIVING11shiru24.jpg Free coffee ? with a catch ? is coming to Massachusetts

Shiru Cafe offers students free drinks in exchange for communications from companies that want to recruit them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-17975.png Again, thumbtacks found in a Newton bike lane

Dozens of silver tacks were spotted by a group of cyclists on Nahanton Street Saturday, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_mailman2_met.jpg Mailman vs. Neighbor: a suburban war

Heather Astaneh was livid when a package she ordered arrived late, so she wrote a complaint on the US Postal Service website. Three years later, her case is in federal court.

Rodgers & Hammerstein: A Concord Music Company

A comeback role for Boston theaters?

A current flurry of activity and optimism may suggest that the downtown theater district could regain some of its former status as a proving ground for Broadway-bound productions.

RED SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 2

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin071418RedSox-BlueJays_Spt16.jpg Xander Bogaerts?s walkoff grand slam was music to Red Sox? ears

Pumped up by his walkup song by DMX, the shortstop delivered big-time to beat the Blue Jays in the 10th inning.

Nick Cafardo | On baseball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin071418RedSox-BlueJays_Spt7.jpg Eduardo Rodriguez injury throws Red Sox trade plans for a loop

Do the Red Sox need to start scouting Michael Fulmer, Cole Hamels, and J.A. Happ?

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee_041118_celticsnets1_met.jpg Roster decisions are looming for Celtics

While Marcus Smart waits for a contract, the team has to decide how to use its 15th, and final, roster spot.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_071418_memory3_met.jpg Competition puts their memory to the test

Thirteen contestants from across the country took part in the 2018 USA Memory Championship hosted for the first time by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Thomas Farragher

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/clark_Cellucci_062918_988.jpg Jan Cellucci keeps Paul Cellucci?s memory alive by fighting his killer, ALS

Jan Cellucci?s last campaign continues without the man she once asked to the junior prom.

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/perspect0715mag-4124.jpg My black sons wanted to know: What?s it like to be a white male right now?

Answering that question was more complicated than I expected.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Amy Crawford

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/horzanimals-1.jpg Why is history always about humans?

Humans are just one of many animals sharing the fate of a finite Earth, and what we do ? and have done ? to animals has broad implications for our future.

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.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Jimenez.jpg Novartis, Michael Cohen contacts more extensive than disclosed earlier

Documents reveal that the agreement between Cohen and Novartis was longer and more detailed than had been known.

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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