Mayor, police, clergy have plan for summer safety

Boston will crack down on dirt bike riders, organize peace walks, and create more jobs for teens.

South Boston, MA: 05-19-2016: The city of Boston's director of tourism, sports and entertainment, Ken Brissette (left), leaves the Moakley federal courthouse in Boston, Mass. with his attorney Bill Kettlewell, where Brissette faced corruption charges May 19, 2016. Photo/John Blanding, Boston Globe staff story/Milton Valencia, Ryan, Arsenault, Metro ( 20corruption )

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E-mails link Walsh?s inner circle to scandal

The e-mails are an undisclosed link between aides to Mayor Marty Walsh and the City Hall scandal that has led to a federal extortion charge.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/26/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/27burlington_itjl-7A.jpg Burlington College closes under unwanted spotlight

These last two weeks, students have been scrambling to transfer to other colleges, while graduates rushed to save thesis projects.

Lawmakers want Library of Congress to use ?illegal aliens?

It?s the first time in history that Congress has introduced legislation regarding subject headings.

FRESNO, CA - MAY 27: Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally in Fresno on May 27, 2016 in Fresno, California. Trump is on a Western campaign trip which saw stops in North Dakota and Montana yesterday and two more in California today. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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?There is no drought,? Trump says in California

About a dozen protesters were arrested outside a Donald Trump event in San Diego.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/26/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-1760.jpg In search of Bill Weld?s real motive

Sometimes something completely out of the blue doesn?t surprise you a bit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/8b140077d1744be2913929d21c3968e7-8b140077d1744be2913929d21c3968e7-0.jpg Hiker?s family decries reports that criticized her skills

The family?s statement said Geraldine Largay was cogent and had considerable experience hiking.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Tlumacki_auburnpoliceofficerfuneral_metro555.jpg Slain Auburn officer honored, remembered by thousands

Stories about Officer Ronald Tarentino sent laughter rippling through a packed church and helped paint a vivid portrait the slain officer during an emotional funeral service.

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby-1793.jpg Up and down ? but mostly up ? the income ladder

In the US, neither poverty nor wealth is immutable, and no one?s station in life is fixed at birth.

Senior Phillip Sossou 18, held lds his self-portrait while posing with his artwork at Boston Latin School.

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A classmate?s parting gift for Boston Latin class

?Our class has been kind of divided,? said Phillip Sossou. ?Having these pictures helps us to embrace our diversity.?

Memorial Day

It?s Star Wars Day at Franklin Park Zoo on Saturday.

17 ways to make the most of Memorial Day weekend

Memorial Day weekend marks the unofficial start of summer. Here?s how to make the most of it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_cleanwaters2_met.jpg Hot weather on tap for Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend is turning out to be a hot one, with the possibility of record-breaking temperatures for some communities.

BOSTON, MA - 5/26/2016: Two year old Lynne Matsuoka of Boston walks through a garden of American flags. Remembering & Honoring our Massachusetts Heroes, nearly 37,000 American flags were placed on Boston Common to honor the sons and daughters of Massachusetts who fell in service to the United States from Revolutionary War to present day. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff Photo) SECTION: METRO TOPIC

In Memorial Day tribute, tens of thousands flags fill Boston Common

The flags represent each service member from Massachusetts killed since the Revolutionary War.

Boston, MA - 05/27/2016 - Sia performs at Boston Calling on Friday night. (Ben Stas for The Boston Globe)

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Quirk and quality at Boston Calling?s opening night

The opening night of the final Boston Calling festival to be held at City Hall Plaza was compact in size, but expansive in style.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

At a career crossroads, it?s time for Buchholz to show some fight

Clay Buchholz may come to realize this might be the best thing that ever happened to him.

17nocollege - Tufts University lacrosse player Conor Helfrich. (SportsPix)

Tufts shooting for three-peat in Division 3 lacrosse

Senior faceoff specialist Conor Helfrich and the Jumbos (20-2) take on Salisbury (22-1) in Sunday?s national final.

Eric Brennan at Benton?s Smoky Mountain Country Hams & Bacon in Tennessee.

Boston chefs hit the road feasting on food finds

Boston restauranteur Chris Himmel and some of his staff hit the road in an RV to cook, eat, and chat with local chefs at stops along the way.

Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/23/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/shutterstock_419356309.jpg A Boston story in 50 words

We didn?t want to go to a shelter. They would have parted us.

Opinion & Ideas

MICHAEL A. COHEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1804.jpg Welcome to the ?nothing matters? election

In the Year of Trump, policy takes a back seat to partisanship and tribe.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_B7415.jpg Why the State Dept. e-mail investigation really matters

The report could affect Hillary Clinton?s ability to pivot her campaign heading into the general election.

The Big Picture

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Obama?s historic Hiroshima visit

President Obama became the first sitting US president to visit the Japanese city, where he paid tribute to the 140,000 lives lost in the 1945 atomic bombing.