Weymouth police officer shot

Scott Eisen for the Boston Globe

Witnesses say a man crashed into another car as police tried to pull him over, fled on foot, and then shot the officer before he was taken into custody.

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Depending on how the next months play out, Brett Kavanaugh could have to deal with questions of whether President Donald Trump can be subpoenaed or indicted.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-17964.jpg The truth about Lawrence

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

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Theresa May hold hands at the conclusion of their joint news conference at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, England, Friday, July 13, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

UK?s Theresa May: Trump told me to ?sue the EU? over Brexit

British Prime Minister Theresa May said that President Trump advised her to ?sue? the European Union in the negotiations over Britain?s exit from the bloc.

The State Police have a barracks on North Liberty Street in Nantucket.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

For some State Police, it?s a posting in paradise

As broad cost-cutting measures and staff realignments continue to batter State Police on the mainland, sleepy island barracks on Nantucket and Martha?s Vineyard continue to endure.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/eae0221e-2804-4523-89b9-14b60637a791.jpg US judge criticizes plan to reunify families split at border

A federal judge, responding to a plan to reunify children separated at the border, said he was having second thoughts about his belief that the Trump administration was acting in good faith to comply with his orders.

Hull teen allegedly caught driving 116 mph on I-95 in N.H.

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

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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/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.

Fans lined up for the world premiere of

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

A comeback role for Boston?s theater district?

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

//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.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin071418RedSox-BlueJays_Spt9.jpg Red Sox place Eduardo Rodriguez on 10-day disabled list

The lefthanded pitcher sprained his right ankle Saturday against the Jays.

Boston, MA - 7/14/2018 - (6th inning) Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez had to leave the game during the sixth inning after this collision with Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Lourdes Gurriel Jr. while covering the base. The Boston Red Sox host the Toronto Blue Jays at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 15Red Sox-Blue Jays, LOID: 8.4.2501798385.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Nick Cafardo | On baseball

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?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_14seagulls14_MET.jpg 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.

Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates defeating Kevin Anderson of South Africa in the men's singles final match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Sunday July 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Novak Djokovic beats Kevin Anderson to win his fourth Wimbledon title

It is Djokovic?s 13th major trophy, the fourth-highest total in the history of men?s tennis.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chatham_Shark_Images-001.jpg Drone video shows shark eating seal off Cape Cod beach

A Nauset Beach visitor spotted a commotion in the water. Soon after, the ocean turned red.

//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.

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 Marcus Smart, Jabari Bird, and the Celtics? other looming roster decisions

While 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/DiFw7oTXkAIYMCS.jpg Westwood police rescue owl caught in hockey net

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/85985edc768e488bb8cf81d44928353f-85985edc768e488bb8cf81d44928353f-6938.jpg Jaguar escapes New Orleans zoo enclosure, kills six other animals

The male jaguar mauled four alpacas, one emu, and one fox before it was sedated and returned to its enclosure.

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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