Husband, wife die in Seabrook, N.H., rip current incident

The two people who died after a powerful rip current swept a group of people out to sea at a Seabrook, New Hampshire, beach on Sunday were identified as a husband and wife from Methuen.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Dtlumacki_plymouthcourt_metro031.jpg Golfer pleads not guilty to biting another player?s finger off in bizarre golf course brawl

A dispute among golfers over the pace of play on a Plymouth golf course turned into a brawl in which one man allegedly bit off part of another man?s finger, police said.

Lilian Calderon, one of the people suing the Trump administration and the Department of Homeland Security over the arrests of immigrants who showed up for hearings at government offices, answered questions during a lunch break outside federal court on Monday.

AP Photo/Philip Marcelo

Judges asks ACLU, government tough questions in immigration case

Lawyers for immigrants trying to avoid deportation argue that the Department of Homeland Security unlawfully detained their clients.

Opinion | Andrew J. Bacevich

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/BrennanFweb.jpg Security clearances should terminate with government employment

Why should former officials retain privileged access to state secrets?

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dems-beb192cc-8f6b-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5.jpg History suggests strong economy could tame the Blue Wave

To reclaim control of the House of Representatives in November, Democrats will have to defy the results of previous midterm elections.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/39589093_10155813148657939_1721198982706757632_n.jpg Stoneham escapee has a white belly, dark iridescent purple wings, and long legs

A white-bellied stork named Las has escaped from Stone Zoo New England.

Duxbury-08/20/18-A fin whale washed up on Duxbury Beach, as members of the New England Aquarium took measurements and photos at the scene. (Debee Tlumacki for The Boston Globe)

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Whale washes up on Duxbury Beach

Marine biologists and beach officials are working to remove the mammal to perform a necropsy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_bethIsrael2_biz.jpg Beth Israel, Lahey officials forcefully dispute state report that predicted merger would raise costs

Hospital leaders, in a filing released Monday, criticized the state Health Policy Commission?s economic analysis and said it produced ?extremely misleading and inflammatory estimates.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirley2018headshot.jpg Leung named interim editorial page editor for Boston Globe

Shirley Leung, a columnist who has explored topics ranging from business and politics to gender issues in the workplace, will become interim editorial page editor, replacing Ellen Clegg, who retired.

R.I. woman falls off sailboat, makes it to island in Narragansett Bay

The woman was picked up by another boat hours later after making it to Prudence Island.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/1stld-writethru-b9972b72-a3ce-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf.jpg When is truth not the truth? Ask Rudy Giuliani

When two people tell different versions of the same story, ?it?s somebody?s version of the truth. Not the truth,? President Trump?s lawyer said Sunday.

Lynn man arrested for allegedly holding woman at gunpoint in Fenway apartment

Police had gotten a call for a person screaming inside the apartment around 11 p.m. Friday, and heard ?a female victim screaming for help? when they arrived.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/1019985922.jpg Melania Trump called for good behavior online. Moments later, her husband logged on to Twitter

Just after she spoke, President Trump unleashed a barrage of tweets in which he called the former CIA director a ?hack? and mocked the effectiveness of the Justice Department.

Ipswich police recover body of Rowley man from Crane Beach shoreline

Authorities are investigating after the body of a Rowley man was found in the surf along the Crane Beach shoreline Monday morning.

Bryon Hefner.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Bryon Hefner made hundreds of harassing phone calls to his treatment facility, police say

Hefner, 31, appeared Monday in Concord District Court, where he pleaded guilty to four counts of placing ?annoying? telephone calls.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/beer.jpg Time to cut back on drinking? Here?s how.

You can drink too much without necessarily being addicted to alcohol. And drinking less can make your life better.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4993.jpg No exceptions when it comes to politicians and free press

Political figures on both the left and right deserve scrutiny for their treatment of journalists.

Lindsay Shookus and Ben Affleck attended the HBO's Official 2017 Emmy After Party at The Plaza at the Pacific Design Center.

NAMES

Ben Affleck took a 22-year-old Playboy model to a Jack In The Box drive-through

Questions are swirling after the Massachusetts native was spotted out with a 22-year-old Playboy model.

People laid out in the grass on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Researchers: Boston?s blazing hot summer could be a sign of things to come

Boston is suffering through what could end up being the hottest summer ever, and it could be a sign of things to come.

The hot summer means the Spray Pool on the Common has often been packed.

Dave Epstein

Is this a historically hot summer? Let?s look at the data

The answer varies based on where you live and how you measure temperatures.

?I thought we were going to die?: Father and son escape raging Montana wildfire

Justin Bilton and his father, Charles, were on a trip together in Montana when they suddenly found themselves trapped by a fast-moving forest fire.

BEN VOLIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/greenhouse_15hernandez-1_metro-21324.jpg Takeaways from Jose Baez?s biography of Aaron Hernandez

In ?Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez,? the attorney sheds fascinating new details about the former Patriots star?s life.

Christopher L. Gasper

An ode to the greatness of Simone Biles

Her display of superiority had her competitors openly acknowledging the yawning gap between Biles and the rest of the US gymnasts.

Opinion | Mike Stanton

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/WooSox1web.jpg Goodbye, Rhode Island: Elegy for the PawSox

After the announcement of the team?s move to Worcester, Mike Stanton looks back on the PawSox.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_worcesters.jpg Worcester going Woo-Woo for its new baseball team

News that the PawSox are planning to move to the state?s second largest city, a historic city in baseball circles, has residents excited.

Then-president Barack Obama read

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Here?s what Barack Obama is reading this summer

The former US president shared his reading list online, and it?s filled with romantic comedies. (Just kidding.)

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/SMILF_100_2504.R.jpg Frankie Shaw thanks Cleveland Circle restaurants for letting her film ?SMILF?

The Brookline native said she had ?been going to your restaurants since I was a little girl.?

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1Hourglass_ProcessPhoto_ErinandNicole_CredittoAllySchmaling.jpg ?Project Runway? winner to launch a style and design pop-up in the Fenway

Erin Robertson and interior designer Nicole Fichera will open Hourglass -- part boutique and part ?content studio.?

David Cross attends the second anniversary of Metrograph on March 22, 2018 in Lower Manhattan, New York. / AFP PHOTO / EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZEDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images

NAMES

David Cross show on at Utah college after ?deeply offensive? tweet

The University of Utah says a tweet from comedian David Cross showing him wearing undergarments sacred to the Mormon faith was ?deeply offensive.?

KANSAS CITY, MO - OCTOBER 26: Jessica Mendoza of ESPN speaks on set the day before Game 1 of the 2015 World Series between the Royals and Mets at Kauffman Stadium on October 26, 2015 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Maxx Wolfson/Getty Images)

Jessica Mendoza on the shift, Dave Matthews Band, and why the Red Sox are different this year

Over East Coast beers and a plate of nachos, we spent a couple hours talking to Mendoza about beer, baseball, and what it?s like working with A-Rod.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/26c562cc3a2e46988c32869b31ec7504-26c562cc3a2e46988c32869b31ec7504-0.jpg Mike Tirico to take over as studio host for NBC?s Sunday night football

Tirico, who replaces Dan Patrick, had spent the last two seasons as the on-site host for Football Night in America.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/4Y7A7448TaylorUsry-kixF--90x90@BostonGlobe.com-Homepage.jpg TSA says air marshals don?t follow ?ordinary? travelers. Some ordinary travelers beg to differ

She?s a social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, and somehow became a target of a secret TSA surveillance program.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Rex_Vatican_condemns_unequivocally_t_9792400A.jpg After shocking Pennsylvania abuse report, Pope Francis must lead

The latest revelations of sexual abuse threaten to undermine much of what Francis has built.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner051518METRO07chelseabus505-19204-U832996319084rWB--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg This MBTA route showcases all of the T?s bus problems

The 111 is a rolling case study of all that ails MBTA bus service: overcrowding, delays caused by traffic and passengers who pay in cash, and frequent cancellations.

Newsletters

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A convenient digest of the top political news of the past week, delivered every Saturday. Sign up now.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Welch-Gil-1024x576.jpg Prominent Dartmouth researcher plagiarized colleagues? work, investigation finds

An investigation found that Dr. H. Gilbert Welch committed research misconduct.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg 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.

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.

Cars

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The 2018 BMW X3 M40i proves worthy of the M badge

The 2018 BMW X3 M40i sits at the top of the X3 lineup. Reserved for its most performance-oriented variants, putting an M badge onto an SUV is a big deal. It comes with high expectations, and the X3 meets those expectations ? and then some. While the standard engine in the X3 is a 2.0-liter turbocharged [?]

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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Real Estate

Address

//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.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

US Gymnastics Championships in Boston

This week, Boston will get a look at some of the best gymnasts in the world during the US Nationals, which runs Thursday through Sunday at TD Garden.

Crossword

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