Harvard denies discriminating against Asian-Americans

Harvard says the group suing the school over alleged admissions discrimination has created ?900 paragraphs of supposedly undisputed facts ? many of which are neither undisputed nor even facts.?

President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after stepping off Marine One, Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Washington. Trump is returning from a trip to Iowa and Illinois. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump denies knowing about meeting with Russians

President Trump indirectly slammed Cohen on Twitter Friday, suggesting that he is ?trying to make up stories in order to get himself out of an unrelated jam.?

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The White House says President Donald Trump is ?open to visiting Moscow? once he receives a ?formal invitation? from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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The Commerce Department reports that the gross domestic product, the country?s total output of goods and services, posted its best showing since the third quarter of 2014.

A bad week in social media gets worse

Shares of Twitter Inc. were plunging in early trading Friday, just a day after Facebook had a historic plunge of its own.

A graffiti tag on the Longfellow Bridge.

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Police crack down on high profile graffiti taggers with felony charges

In the past two weeks, Boston police have arrested three high-profile graffiti taggers, and all three men are being charged with felonies.

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The stabbing happened around 7:25 p.m. The victim was taken to a local hospital. There was no suspect in custody as of 8:10 p.m.

Paige Wulhern with a hive in the South End. She is a beekeeper with Best Bees, which manages urban hives around New England.

Globe photo/Amelia Nierenberg

Mass. beekeepers rally behind measure to restrict pesticides blamed for devastation to hives

Connecticut and Maryland have already passed laws restricting the use of neonicotinoids and this year the EU banned the pesticides entirely, citing the destruction to bees.

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As a court-ordered deadline loomed, the federal government said it had returned 1,820 children to parents, while more than 700 had not been reunited.

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Distraught residents called for new safety measures at the busy intersection, often used as a shortcut to avoid highway traffic.

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Someone untied a yacht owned by the family of the secretary of education, causing the vessel to drift into a dock.

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A new set of city and school officials are raising questions about whether busing should be dramatically scaled back so more money can be spent in the classroom.

You?re not powerless in keeping your location data private.

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How to stop your smartphone from tracking you

Here are some steps you can take to help stop companies from knowing exactly where you are all the time.

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The Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council had nominated only men for its executives of the year awards.

Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert

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With his Showtime series ?Who Is America?,? he appears to have nothing less in mind than ridiculing the extremism, ignorance, polarization, and fame-a-holism now at this country?s heart.

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Taylor Swift took the stage at Gillette Stadium for the first of three nights performing there on her seven-month, four-continent ?Reputation? tour.

Mark Wahlberg.

Mark Wahlberg opens up about past feud with Leonardo DiCaprio, what makes him feel depressed

?He didn?t want me for the part, and I didn?t think he was right for the part.?

CHRISTOPHER L GASPER

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Whatever put distance between the QB and coach this offseason has to be put aside if it hasn?t already been patched up.

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Colombian police recently revealed that the Gulf Clan, a cartel that boasts its own guerrilla army, has offered a reward of $7,000 to whoever kills or captures the savvy hound.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/26potjobs206.jpg Growing like a weed: The pot industry is hiring like mad

From chemists to budtenders, the forthcoming recreational pot industry is hungry for workers.

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Chiyo Miyako, born on May 2, 1901, became the world?s oldest person in April after Nabi Tajima died at the age of 117.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_17Y9GE.jpg Residents flee deadly California wildfire

An explosive wildfire tore through Northern California, killing a bulldozer operator, burning firefighters, destroying homes, and forcing thousands to flee.

TWINS 2, RED SOX 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin072618RedSox-Twins_Spt10.jpg The Red Sox? recent bullpen struggles were magnified in this loss

Spot starter Brian Johnson did his part for the Red Sox, but the pitching of Kyle Gibson and two relievers keyed the Twins? come-from-behind victory.

Shirley Leung

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Companies have been reaching out to the state and City of Revere to recruit hundreds of workers who abruptly lost their jobs Tuesday.

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Things were running relatively smoothly at the Green Line?s Babcock Street stop Friday morning, with no fewer than five shuttle buses waiting for passengers at any given time.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_053118_city_12145x.jpg Getting it right on boost to school aid

The Mass. House and the Senate have passed legislation aimed at boosting state aide to school districts. Neither gets it quite right.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Commuting_print.jpg The target: you and your every move

How companies use geolocation data to target you ? and everyone around ? in ways you?re not even aware of.

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Two years after saying they?d consider licensing new suppliers of marijuana for scientific purposes, none has been approved.

Globe event

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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.

Podcast

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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.

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Pittsburgh sees hands-on restart of Uber's self-driving cars

Uber officials say the company has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Tempe, Arizona

Love Letters: The Podcast

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

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Real Estate

Address

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

Kakuma, Kenya - 5/11/2018 - Teacher Kuku Kurimagi Agoumi, a refugee from South Sudan and a student of SNHU's online degree program, leads his class in study at a school at the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, May 11, 2018. Teaching is one of the few jobs refugees are authorized to hold in the camp. Established in 1992 following the arrival the

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The Big picture

The Kakuma refugee camp

Established in 1992 following the arrival the ?Lost Boys of Sudan? and with a population of nearly 190,000, the UNHCR refugee camp in Kakuma, Kenya, now resembles a sprawling shanty town.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.