A new father, killed on his way home from the hospital: Tragedy strikes in Cotuit

Kevin Quinn, of Mashpee was killed on Saturday a little after midnight in a motor vehicle crash as he was returning home from visiting his wife Kara Sullivan and their newborn baby daughter at the maternity department of Cape Cod Hospital.

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A US Marine veteran who was on the way home from Cape Cod Hospital two days after his daughter?s birth when he was killed in a crash early Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/586113592-8211.jpg Deal struck to impose hotel tax on Airbnb units

It could raise at least $25 million a year for the state and at least a similar amount for cities and towns.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/12/06/BostonGlobe.com/Enterprise/Images/04112008_massmover11-6586169-2.jpg How do you get into Harvard? For the lucky few, there?s the Z list.

Universities across the country have their admissions lists, rejection lists, and waitlists, but Harvard?s end-of-the-admissions-line Z list is a place of both purgatory and privilege.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/20cabc3141574cc1b6ca60c0f14477b9-20cabc3141574cc1b6ca60c0f14477b9-0.jpg New York Times publisher rebuts Trump?s account of private meeting

A.G. Sulzberger said he had accepted President Trump?s invitation for the July 20 meeting mainly to raise his concerns about his ?deeply troubling anti-press rhetoric.?

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President Trump joked that he could have had Tom Brady as a son-in-law.

In this July 26, 2018, photo, President Donald Trump acknowledges the audience after speaking at the United States Steel Granite City Works plant in Granite City, Ill. Trump's trade policies are turning long-established Republican orthodoxy on its head. There are tariff fights, and there?s now $12 billion in farm aid that represents the type of government intervention GOP voters railed against a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Trump says he would shut down government if Democrats don?t agree to his immigration proposals

President Trump said Sunday he?d be willing to shut down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including building a wall along the US-Mexico border.

West Bridgewater, MA 06/06/13 We tag along with the West Bridgewater police as they conduct their third texting while driving sting this year. Scores of motorists were pulled over, observed by spotters manipulating their devices while driving. ( SUCH AS THIS ) Spotters called ahead to waiting officers and if drivers could produce a phone call or gps search on their screen they were lEt go. Many, many were ticketed when texts popped up as last entry. DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WOMAN GOT A TICKET. (DEETS TO COME ) ( George Rizer for the Boston Globe) for METRO

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As hand-held cellphone ban stalls, activists weigh ballot question

The proposed ban suffered a major setback last week, when negotiations between police and a key lawmaker broke down over the issue of racial profiling.

Quechee, VT. - 06/26/18- Thomas Thorburn 10, from Wilder, Vermont leaps into the cool water of the Ottauquechee River of the Quechee Gorge in Quechee State park. The U.S. Route 4 bridge is seen in the distance, is a popular vantage point to look down into the 165 feet deep gorge. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(metro)

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July was hot and humid, and that will continue into August

The hot, sunny weather we?ve experienced likely won't abate anytime soon.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tai_20160618_warren_politics_19.jpg N.H. senator says her office had been target of a hacking attempt

Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen said her office had been the target of a hacking attack and that such attacks have been widespread in politics.

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Lewis? spokeswoman said in an emailed statement that Lewis left the hospital Sunday evening, a day after he was admitted for undisclosed reasons.

Police identify 77-year-old man killed in Dorchester stabbing

Authorities have identified a 77-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in Dorchester last week, Boston police said Sunday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_18019F.jpg Raging California blaze claims 6th victim

The death toll climbed to six, and authorities worried that another forecast for high winds could fan the flames even further.

Boston MA 7/29/18 Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora on the bench against the Minnesota Twins during seventh inning MLB action at Fenway Park. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

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Grieving Alex Cora found solace fleeting in Red Sox shutout win

Red Sox manager mourned loss of Ari Arteaga, the 16-year-old son of his best friend, J.D. Arteaga, who was killed in a car accident late Saturday night in Miami.

Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb said the tweets, made when he was pitching for Middleborough High, were ?some stupid stuff. . . . I definitely regret it, for sure.?

Middleborough?s Sean Newcomb apologizes for offensive tweets

Newcomb, who now pitches for the Atlanta Braves, made the tweets when he was playing for Middleborough High in 2011 and 2012.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg Visiting with the newest Hall of Fame inductees in Cooperstown

Alan Trammell?s bucket list trip to Boston Garden was among the stories told this weekend.

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The Patriots are known across the NFL for the emphasis they place on conditioning, especially running.

A sign warns beach goers of the presence of great white sharks at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham, MA. Every year, more and more great whites are spotted off the coast of Cape Cod due to the increasing seal population. 08/14/15 Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe

Shark photos spark controversy on social media

Some animal lovers said they were offended or horrified when they saw photos of a dead white shark posted on social media platforms on Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/df8c2c0e0fe7427b93940c39852fce38-09b92d6b7d2a4a81a9cd029680f47470-0.jpg Polar bear killed after attack on Arctic cruise ship guard

Norwegian authorities said a polar bear on Saturday attacked and injured a polar bear guard who was leading tourists off a cruise ship on an Arctic archipelago. The polar bear was shot dead by another employee.

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Thousands who celebrated the 51st annual Puerto Rican festival and parade in Boston Sunday wanted to show the world what it looks like when Puerto Rico rises.

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Despite persistent bias, Trial Court chief says she is committed to change

Paula Carey says her courts have made headway since an earlier report.

Waltham, MA., 07/20/18, Reverend Robert White walks through the bucolic campus of the Espousal Retreat Center. He is the leader of a small Catholic order, the Stigmatines, who are fighting a proposal by the city to take their land by eminent domain for the construction of a new high school. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

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In Waltham, it?s priests vs. city officials in a bitter battle over 46 acres of prime real estate

A tiny order of Catholic priests is threatening to go to court after the Waltham City Council voted last month to take their bucolic 46-acre property to build a campus-style high school.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/senter_0004.jpg At New Hampshire family camp, iceboxes preserve, among other things, tradition

Campers cherish the iceboxes ? fed by blocks of ice harvested each January ? in a tradition that recalls a bygone New England.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_15J057.jpg To see capitalism at its finest, you might have to visit Europe

Across the Atlantic, competition among businesses is alive and well.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ac7c3756455c4e6a93c4edd7ed710157-ac7c3756455c4e6a93c4edd7ed710157-0.jpg Harvey Weinstein?s insurers balk at paying his legal bills

The policies, they have written in court filings, specifically excluded coverage for ??such blatantly egregious and intentionally harmful acts.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/regularblank-8424-khLF--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg 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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EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/szymczak_votingX_01.jpg Time for a spring primary in Massachusetts

Fall primaries are great for incumbents, but problematic for challengers.

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

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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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

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

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The Big Picture

The life aquatic

The summer heat is here. Take a look at animals cooling off with water or in their aquatic environments.

Crossword

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