UMass Boston could look south for a blueprint

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is a near clone of UMB; both serve many minority students and students who stick around after graduation.

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Trump?s judicial legacy will last for decades ? and not solely because of his Supreme Court picks

President Trump has appointed 44 judges since taking office ? including more appellate judges than any president in American history at this point in their tenure.

President Trump approached Marine One on Friday for a flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.

Trump embarks on another tweetstorm, this one on the Russia probe and his meeting with Putin

President Trump said it looks like his presidential campaign was ?illegally being spied upon,? for Hillary Clinton?s benefit.

Rain and humidity are in the forecast for Massachusetts ? for days

Some places in Massachusetts could see more than an inch of rain in the coming days as clouds and humidity persist.

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The president?s statement signaled open warfare on Cohen, Trump?s longtime fixer.

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Charlie Baker?s record would be good for a Democrat. But he?s a Republican, and some conservatives are saying he?s too progressive.

Jeff Sánchez and Nika Elugardo at a candidates forum at the First Baptist Church earlier this month.

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The ?super left? sets its sights on one of Mass.? top Democrats

State Representative Jeff Sánchez, who serves as the House?s fiscal chief, will face a primary challenge from Nika Elugardo.

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Seventeen people, including nine members of one family, died Thursday when a tourist boat sank during a storm. One of the victims formerly lived in Rhode Island.

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Police say Florentino Figueroa-Barragan, 36, of Revere, made a ?street-level drug transaction? at the well-known outdoor market.

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Analytics might be a winning formula, but it is taking the entertainment out of the national pastime.

Boston Red Sox's Mookie Betts takes the field before a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Nick Cafardo | Sunday baseball notes

Instead of Mike Trout, how about making Mookie Betts the face of baseball?

Commissioner Rob Manfred was right that it makes no sense to promote a player who doesn?t want the attention.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ben1_crop.jpg Paralyzed Harvard football player Ben Abercrombie is fighting his way back

Paralyzed in his first football game, he calls on his spirit to persevere in his rehab.

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Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman?s life

So why does prenatal care ignore the topic altogether?

Dedham-09/25/17- The annual Mayo Bowl Fundraiser was held at the Kings Bowl at Legacy Place, benefiting the Boston Medical Center. Patriots James White arrives with fiance Diana Civitello. Sabastian Vollmer(left) greets Rob Ninkovich as they arrive.Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe(names)

BEN VOLIN | SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Sebastian Vollmer, Wes Welker, Rob Ninkovich, and what life?s been like after football

The three former Patriots are leading productive lives since their playing careers ended.

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Tom Brady took to Instagram to show that he hasn?t forgotten how to complete a pass to his longtime receiver Wes Welker ? although this one was a bit different.

Jonathan Gold changed our ideas about what restaurant criticism is and should be, about what good food is and why, says Globe critic Devra First.

Devra First | Appreciation

By showing us where to eat, Jonathan Gold changed the way we think about food

Gold, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Los Angeles Times restaurant critic, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer. He was 57.

The grounds of the Encore Boston Harbor casino and hotel are a garden in the making. The work to build a riverwalk on the former industrial site is well underway.

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At Everett casino, some of the green will be outside

Wynn Resorts is spending about $15 million to create the landscape around its $2.5 billion Encore Boston Harbor casino.

John Stirratt and his partners are set to open a new hotel, Tourists, in North Adams July 30.

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Wilco?s John Stirratt is North Adams?s artful lodger

He has channeled his creativity into a brand-new endeavor: totally transforming a rundown hotel in the Berkshires town he?s come to love.

Mr. Rowse?s Boston Building Materials Cooperative helped residents keep their homes and preserve their neighborhoods.

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John Rowse, teacher and founder of building and boatbuilding programs, dies at 74

When Mr. Rowse founded the Boston Building Materials Cooperative 40 years ago, he had goals beyond launching a nonprofit.

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Locals offer tips, from dinners and drinks to drive-in movies.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/17/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/BAT0722commune.jpg The groovy beginning (and bittersweet end) of two hippie communes in Vermont

Fifty years ago, a few idealistic young people fled Nixon?s America to live off the land in Vermont. Photographer Peter Simon remembers.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/16/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_New_Logo.jpg My wife wrote a birthday card to the guy she had an affair with

It?s been decades since she cheated, but she left a birthday card to her ex-paramour on her desk. And now she denies it.

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If the accusations against Cardinal Theodore McCarrick are confirmed, Francis could revoke his title or even defrock him.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Maria Devlin McNair

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Criminal justice looks at the severity of the crime. But the scales are often tipped by random chance.

Special reports

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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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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Atul-1024x576.jpg Atul Gawande?s first task as health CEO: a listening tour

He?ll travel across the country to meet employees he will serve through an Amazon-backed health care venture.

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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.

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A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 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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