English fluency surfaces as GOP immigration issue
Reimundo Gonzalez (left), 76, and Miguel Arrue, 88, relaxed last week in West Miami. where the GOP’s Senator Marco Rubio began his political career in 1998.

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The Republican Party is struggling to coalesce around legislation to overhaul the immigration system.

Republican Gabriel E. Gomez greeted supporter Michael Mulvey in Worcester on Sunday. Democrat Edward J. Markey said hello to Michael and Kitty Dukakis in Lowell.

Gabriel Gomez, Edward Markey going all out

The Mass. Senate rivals scrambled to scoop up last-minute votes as they campaigned across the state on Sunday.

Celtics’ coach Doc Rivers set to depart to Clippers

Rivers spent nine seasons in Boston, during which he revived its basketball franchise and steered it to its first NBA championship in 22 years.

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The lure of going to the Clippers, competing with a downtrodden Lakers franchise and coaching Chris Paul in his prime, was too irresistible.

Environmentalists call for a Mass. carbon tax

A group of environmentalists plans to ask voters to make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to adopt a so-called carbon tax.

An image of NSA leaker Edward Snowden appeared on a screen by a shopping mall in Hong Kong after he fled to Moscow.

Edward Snowden sets sights on Ecuador

The former NSA contractor accused of espionage led the US on an international chase, threatening to strain relations on three continents.

“People are just tired of it,” said Dawn Curran, a manager at the SweetWorks shop in North Attleborough. “They just want it gone.”

JESSICA RINALDI FOR THE GLOBE

North Attleborough in the national spotlight

Police and media have descended on Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez’s home on Ronald C. Meyer Drive.

Dorchester shooting tears at a vigilant mother

The shooting of Theresa Johnson’s eldest son was the realization of one of her deepest fears, yet his yells were a miracle. He was alive.

Opinion

JAMES CARROLL

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American foreign policy too often relies on worst-case thinking.

Globe exclusives

Despite improved techniques to help trace the sources of food contamination, current food safety regulations have not prevented dangerous contamination from happening in the first place.

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Will new laws make your food safer?
From left: Abigale Reisman, Jonathan Cannon, Peter Fanelli, Nat Seelen, and Kirsten Lamb of Ezekiel’s Wheels.

Ezekiel’s Wheels on the fast track
The people of a fictional Maine town get stuck inside a dome.

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘Under the Dome’ gets too familiar
Joan Baez (center) was joined by the Indigo Girls for a closing set on Sunday.

Music Review

Baez and Indigo Girls a potent pairing

Special section

Spring All-Scholastics

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Diversity Boston
Conservative US Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina

Broken City

Turning the map into a partisan weapon

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A history of commencement speakers
Coach Claude Julien and his players reacted to Chicago scoring an empty-net goal late in the third.

Dan Shaughnessy

Must-win up next for Bruins
Shirley Band (left) and Charlotte Horblit use urLetters for correspondence.

Techie twist on art of letter writing
Manny Costa, chief executive of Costa Fruit and Produce.

On the Hot seat

Demand for local produce is growing
Jon Hamm stars as the morally and emotionally stagnant Don Draper in “Mad Men.”

BuzzSaw

Do characters have to change?

Stanley Cup Final

The Blackhawks didn’t see much of Patrice Bergeron in Game 5 Saturday night. The Bruins center saw only 6:06 of ice time because of what the team has termed a “body injury.”

Bruins’ Patrice Bergeron uncertain for Game 6

Coach Claude Julien said Bergeron is “day-to-day” with a “body injury,” but offered no clarity on where the 27-year-old is ailing.

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Tigers 7, Red Sox 5

Red Sox manager John Farrell (right) argued with umpire Mike DiMuro after he ruled that Daniel Nava did not catch a fly ball in the eighth inning.

Red Sox fall to Tigers amid controversy

Most of the postgame talk after the 7-5 loss centered on a call in right field in the eighth that led to three Tigers runs.

Metro

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Vernell Jordan, a trainee, weeded spinach at a farm run by City Growers in Dorchester on June 5.

Zoning changes could produce new farms in Boston

Proposed new rules would allow for commercial agriculture ventures, which are largely prohibited under current regulations.

Columnists

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins looking to stay alive
Fundraising for a $45 million project to return White Stadium to its former glory is set to kick off on Wednesday.

Adrian Walker

Restoring a city jewel
EverTrue’s Elisabeth Carpenter.

Innovation Economy

New app offers home delivery of wine, beer

JOHN E. SUNUNU

A fake rule gums up real progress

JAMES CARROLL

Trusting in peace over war

yvonne abraham

Paying attention to Markey-Gomez race?
Attorney Tom Kiley, left, made a point as then-UMass president William Bulger, right, testified under a grant of immunity in 2003 before the House Government Reform Committee. The panel was studying the FBI’s use of informants.

JEFF JACOBY

Political elite should shun Bill Bulger

derrick z. jackson

To get respect, cyclists need to show some, too

JOANNA WEISS

Watch out, Superman! It’s the NSA!

Bob Ryan

LeBron James’s greatness is one of a kind

JOAN VENNOCHI

Not talking of Newtown is cowardice
Coach Claude Julien and his players reacted to Chicago scoring an empty-net goal late in the third.

Dan Shaughnessy

Must-win up next for Bruins

Politics

During the second stop of his two-week swing through the Mideast and Asia on Sunday, Secretary of State John F. Kerry spoke on climate change in New Delhi.

Kerry seeks India’s help on global warming ‘challenge’

Secretary of State John Kerry urged fast-growing India to work with the US on global warming before it’s too late.

Nation & World

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Navajos protested along a highway near Cameron, Ariz., Sunday in advance of Nik Wallenda’s planned wire walk.

Nik Wallenda crosses gorge near Grand Canyon

The daredevil used the Navajo Nation as a backdrop to one of his most ambitious feats yet.

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Hostess plans to have Twinkies back on shelves starting July 15.

Twinkies no longer will be just a sweet memory

Hostess is betting on a sweet comeback for Twinkies when they return to shelves next month.

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Music Review

Sting (pictured performing in Amsterdam last year) played to a sold-out crowd at the Bank of America Pavilion Friday.

At Bank of America Pavilion, Sting plays the hits

The English rocker put the focus squarely on the music that made him a household name.

Health and wellness

IN PRACTICE

When someone is no longer safe at home

For some, loss of independence is a worse fate than falling.

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Last of their kind
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Seaside haven
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Full Globe coverage of the gangster’s ongoing trial, life on the run, and notorious legacy in Boston.

Ideas

“The Oregon experiment suggests that the most important advantage of getting more Americans insured might not be that it saves money or lowers their risk for heart attacks. It’s that it just makes them happier.”

Leon Neyfakh on health insurance as antidepressant