Ex-Trump campaign adviser sentenced to 14 days in prison

George Papadopoulos in October became the first person to plead guilty in Special Counsel Robert Mueller?s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday by a judge who said he had placed his own interests above those of the country.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1028557006.jpg ?How hard can that be? Saying that Nazis are bad,? and more quotes from Obama?s speech

Barack Obama jumped back into the political world Friday with a speech aimed at unifying Democrats and encouraging voter turnout.

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The former president appeared to be referring to Rachael Rollins, who won a crowded Democratic primary for the district attorney?s seat on Tuesday.

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A Windstar Cruises ship experienced engine failure Friday afternoon, prompting a US Coast Guard response.

Ashley Monturio (right) of Pembroke spoke with her attorney Patrick Reddington during her arraignment at Cambridge District Court.

The Boston Globe

Driver who allegedly ran over Cambridge woman called 911, drove away, prosecutors say

Ashley A. Monturio, 41, was arraigned Friday for allegedly driving over Romelia Gallardo in the parking lot of Gallardo?s building and fleeing the scene of the deadly crash.

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The company set up by Donald Trump?s former personal attorney offered Friday to rescind Stormy Daniels? hush-money agreement and drop its planned $20 million lawsuit against the porn actress for allegedly violating the deal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-20436.jpg US prosecutors look to resurrect City Hall indictment in Boston Calling case

The appeal argues that US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin misinterpreted federal extortion laws, creating a legal framework that would have made it impossible for prosecutors to prove their case.

Federal officials investigating alleged marijuana delivery service in Hyde Park

US prosecutors are asking Google for information about an e-mail account linked to the defunct ?Northern Herb? delivery outfit.

Michael Capuano, former mayor of Somerville, won in the city by just over 100 votes.

Somerville is changing. Just ask Michael Capuano

Given Michael Capuano?s history with the area, it?s surprising that he won his home city over Ayanna Pressley by just 122 votes.

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A family cow was shot and killed Wednesday morning in rural Maine after police said the animal wandered from its owner?s property and scratched a parked SUV.

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The lawsuit comes after an outbreak of the disease sickened 14 people in Hampton in recent weeks.

Gamblers placed bets at the Meadowlands Racetrack in New Jersey, one of a handful of states that have allowed sports betting.

Julio Cortez/Associated Press/File

No, you can?t bet on the Patriots in New England yet

US sports betting is expanding following a Supreme Court decision, but Massachusetts and other states are still debating it.

Boston, MA - 9/07/2018 - (8th inning) Houston Astros right fielder George Springer (4) scored on a sacrifice fly off Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Joe Kelly (56) for the go ahead run in the eighth inning. The Boston Red Sox host the Houston Astros in Game 1 of a three game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 08Red Sox-Astros, LOID:8.4.3074412130.

ASTROS 6, RED SOX 3

Astros rough up bullpen to beat Red Sox in opener

Friday night?s game against the Houston Astros offered manager Alex Cora a chance to test some candidates against the second-best team in the American League.

The ?Hall of the Future? will rise on Boston City Hall Plaza during the annual HUBweek festival, which takes over the plaza from Oct. 10-14.

HUBweek to highlight transparency, knowledge sharing

Attendees will be able to step into the ?Hall of the Future?on City Hall Plaza when the festival comes to the plaza on Oct. 10.

A family statement released through his publicists says Mac Miller died Friday, and there are no further details available on how he died.

Rapper Mac Miller has died at age 26, family says

The platinum hip-hop star?s rhymes vacillated from party raps to lyrics about depression and drug use.

JEFF JACOBY

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Sticks and stones may break our bones, but words ? ugly, gossipy, cruel words ? can eventually break a whole society.

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Some 71 percent of buses arrived at Boston schools on time Friday, according to newly released school department data.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_backschool4_met[1].jpg Blame for late school buses goes round and round

In the absence of effective mayoral leadership, the city council or the school committee may need to flex their muscles.

Opinion | Alan M. Dershowitz

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Those who misuse the term should stop. And when they persist, they should be corrected.

COMMENTARY

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From magazine covers and beauty empires to ?We Wanted a Revolution? at the ICA, black women are setting stereotypes on fire and defining themselves.

PORTLAND, ME - 08/30/2018 Peter Laroche sweeps out a tool shed while cleaning up garden beds along the Back Cove Trail while working for a city program that pays previous panhandlers minimum wage for cleaning up business lots and city parks. Erin Clark for The Boston Globe

Erin Clark for The Boston Globe

In Portland, panhandlers hired for public work

Portland officials are inviting panhandlers to put away their signs and put on a pair of work gloves. They clean parks, beautify public gardens, and even place flags at the graves of veterans in exchange for a small paycheck and a possible path to better, lasting employment.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_Patriots_4.jpg Tom Brady on continuing WEEI interviews: ?Yeah, not sure. I think so?

The Patriots quarterback was asked about the longstanding weekly appearance after he recently cut an interview short.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-21765.jpg With Tom Brady, some topics remain out of bounds

Saying he was focused on football with the opener Sunday, the QB did not want to discuss Alex Guerrero or Colin Kaepernick.

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The shark was caught on camera eating its prey off Cape Cod this week, proving that the predators are still very much around.

General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra, who visited the Cyclorama in Boston?s South End on Friday.

Talking Points

GM CEO visits Boston for an unusual recruiting trip

This was not your parents? college recruitment fair. General Motors had something different in mind.

Dinner with Cupid

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He?s a Gemini, she?s a Virgo. Are they hopelessly incompatible?

Opinion & Ideas

Dante Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/06/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/ramos-1622.jpeg Young voters, claim your power

There?s one sure way to make our politics healthier and our economy fairer: Young renters need to show up at the polls.

Arts

Burt Reynolds in the car from ?Smokey and the Bandit,? circa 1970.

Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV, and tabloids, dead at 82

Reynolds made scores of movies, ranging from lightweight fare such as the hits ??The Cannonball Run?? and ??Smokey and the Bandit?? to more serious films like ??The Longest Yard?? and ??The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing.??

Love Letters: The Podcast

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In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

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.

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.

The Big Picture

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, August 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: staying cool in the summer heat, installing a new police commissioner, spotting sharks on the Cape, campaigning politicians on the trail, and flipping gymnasts at the US championships.

Crossword

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