Researcher Josh Jones stood on the Arctic ice and put his arm in to see how salty the water might be at Barrow, Alaska.

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The Big Unchill

The Arctic ice is melting faster than ever recorded, the warmth tied to the emissions of modern life. But it is the ancient ways at the top of the world that are most at risk. By David Abel

Woman hospitalized after blast at R.I. beach

Officials said the blast could be a ?possible natural explosion,? and did not believe it to be a terrorist attack or a bomb.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Par8225254.jpg Top Mexican drug lord Joaquin ?El Chapo? Guzman escapes prison

The head of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel has escaped from a maximum security prison for the second time.

location, location, location

What is it like to live in Brockton?

There are a lot of things to like about living in Brockton, native Casey Meserve said. ?All of my neighbors are really good people.?

Retired Genzyme chief executive Henri Termeer posed for a portrait at his office in Marblehead.

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How Genzyme became a big source of biotech executives

Dozens of biotech chiefs trace their roots to the iconic Cambridge firm and their ways to the leader who molded them, Henri Termeer.

Citizens Bank CEO Bruce Van Saun visits Father Bill?s Shelter in Quincy, one of the nonprofits the bank supports.

A new leader works on reshaping Citizens Bank

Bruce Van Saun is leading Citizens? transition from a foreign-owned subsidiary to an independent US corporation.

Hillary Rodham Clinton met supporters at a house party in Glen, N.H. on July 4.

A new crop of backers are hosting Clinton fund-raising galas

The fresh faces speak to Hillary Clinton?s ability to swell her reach beyond the circle that backed her 2008 bid.

john l. allen jr. | all things catholic

Francis has a strategy underneath the rhetoric

The pope thinks Latin America can and should be a counter-weight to some of the corrosive economic forces he sees at work in the world.

Another season was interrupted by injury when Clay Buchholz had to leave Friday?s start with a strained flexor muscle.

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Nick Cafardo | On baseball

It?s another feel-bad story for the Sox? Clay Buchholz

The righthander?s elbow injury isn?t serious, but it adds yet another painful chapter to his history.

The Red Sox are 12-6 since June 21, including Saturday?s 5-3 win over the Yankees.

Alex Speier

Realistically, are the Red Sox in contention?

No AL East team in the past 25 years has overcome a first-half deficit of more than three games to win the division.

Highs in 90s expected in Boston area under sunny skies

Temperatures are moving into the 90s for the first time this year, forecasters said.

Katie Sorbo of Somerville painted an image on the back of Graham Hooton of Watertown before the start of the 6th Annual World Naked Bike Ride Boston at North Point Park on Saturday.

Naked Bike Ride shows some skin in Boston

Participants in the World Naked Bike Ride bared a lot ? in some cases all ? during the annual excursion.

Parents of Jonathan Jankord gave 58 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors from Weymouth.

Schools urged to recognize deceased teens

The parents of a Weymouth teen lost to suicide want the school district to issue posthumous diplomas to families.

Jean Julien and his wife Carmelle (foreground) shopped at Vincente?s Supermarket in Brockton.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Brockton grocery store and clinic team up to deliver better health

The ?city of champions? is a federally designated food desert ? an urban area critically lacking access to healthy food.

Secretary of State John Kerry met Friday with the American delegation to the nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna.

For Kerry, Iran accord holds wider Mideast importance

Secretary of State John Kerry hopes a hard-won nuclear pact could raise the odds for progress across the Middle East.

book review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/77696304-1459.jpg In ?Watchman,? Atticus Finch is deeply flawed

?Go Set A Watchman,? the new novel by Harper Lee, portrays Atticus Finch as a voice of the racism of the mid-1950s.

@large | michael Andor brodeur

In online conversation, saying the unsaid

More and more of what we say to each other is never actually ?said.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Advance/Images/04082012_08weparker2-8236625-1451.jpg Giving the battle of Parker?s Revenge its due

The Minute Man National Historical Park wants the public to learn more about the ambush that took place April 19, 1775.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chin070815JebBush_met2.jpg To boost economy, Bush says longer work hours needed

The millionaire candidate for president said in an interview that a key to economic growth is for people ?to work longer hours.?

Opinion

State Representative Paul Heroux

JOAN VENNOCHI

The boys on Beacon Hill are still figuring out women

State Rep. Paul Heroux made things very personal with Kristen Lepore, the state?s administration and finance secretary.

The Big Picture

Fans of the US women?s soccer team cheer during the ticker-tape parade to celebrate their World Cup win.

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The Big Picture

New York City celebrates US Women?s World Cup win

The US women?s soccer team was honored on the streets of New York City Friday with a ticker-tape parade.