Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz speaks to delegates from Texas at a breakfast during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 21, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

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Ted Cruz doubles down on Wednesday?s speech

Speaking the morning after he was booed at the convention, Cruz said he?s not ready to endorse Donald Trump.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_DF2H4.jpg Cruz tried to be Reagan. He ended up closer to Rockefeller.

It didn?t go well for Nelson Rockefeller in 1964, and it didn?t end well either for Ted Cruz in 2016.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abraham-11693.jpg I?m so sorry, Mitt Romney

I?ve been tough on you over the years, and I feel awful about it. Because now I see how bad bad can be.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/05434282.jpg Donald Trump believes GOP is ?VERY united? despite Ted Cruz?s speech

The candidate appears to be staying above the fray as he prepares to formally accept the party?s nomination.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/CnxEI-rW8AE1WRZ-447.jpg Wasserman?s views from the GOP convention in Cleveland

Globe editorial cartoonist Dan Wasserman offers up his sketches on the third night of the convention.

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Take a look at some of the claims from the stage of the Republican National Convention and how they compare with the facts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/GettyImages-455896922-11725.jpg Scholar wins lawsuit sparked by infidelity claim

The defendants publicly accused Hayat Sindi of fabricating her credentials ? revenge for an infidelity that never existed, she says.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/24biogen11.jpg Biogen chief George Scangos to step down

Scangos, who led a turnaround at the Cambridge biotech, will depart in the coming months.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/a3394324737f46d7a434ce667849f1fa-a3394324737f46d7a434ce667849f1fa-0.jpg Somerville mayor will keep ?Black Lives Matter? banner at City Hall

Joseph Curtatone is dismissing a request from the police union to replace the sign with one that says ?All Lives Matter.?

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/nursery0724ctown.jpg Inside a pro hockey player?s gorgeous and baby-friendly Charlestown town house

The young family achieves a wow factor while staying practical for their lifestyle.

? ? ? ? | Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/THEFITS_STILL_05.jpg ?The Fits? is a nearly perfect movie

?The Fits? is what independent moviemaking should be and can be in this country.

Brazil orders 12 detained over alleged ISIS ties

The order comes after recent worldwide attacks linked to the terrorist group and ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Games.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/caretakershot-2505.JPG Fla. police shoot unarmed black man lying in street

Police were responding to reports of a man threatening to shoot himself when they found a caretaker who was trying to help his autistic patient.

Erika Schickel was asked to leave Buxton School in Williamstown in 1982 after school officials discovered her relationship with a teacher. ?The top priority ... was to get rid of me,? she said.

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Private schools, painful secrets

The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliation

The Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/27officer_met.jpg Advocates press police to finish inquiry in pedestrian scuffle

The investigation into a May incident involving an off-duty Boston police officer is still not complete.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/_MG_2437[1].jpg Who wants to be Logan Airport?s new landlord?

The race is on to land one of the most coveted gigs in Boston.

Boston, MA - 7/20/2016 - Lab work is done at the offices of Indigo, a company that engineers crops, in Boston, MA, July 20, 2016. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Keith Bedford/Globe staff

Indigo raises $100m to help grow hardier crops

Investors are putting big money into the Boston firm and its specialty crops.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/16/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/ryan_casino2_met-6882.jpg Congratulations, Mass. drivers. You?re not the worst.

There are motorists in other states who should be first in line to head back to driving school.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/obamacarpool150-1547.jpg FLOTUS sings Beyoncé, Stevie Wonder in ?Carpool Karaoke?

First Lady Michelle Obama, and a secret special guest, joined James Corden for his ?Carpool Karaoke? segment.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-2020.jpg America?s ?rendezvous with destiny?

Politicians use the phrase to push very different agendas.

Globe investigations

?When the EMTs arrived, Dave was laying like this.? Gerry Hill said, offering to show where his suicidal son was fatally shot after a tense encounter with police.

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When despair meets deadly force

Nearly half of people killed by Massachusetts police over the last 11 years were suicidal, mentally ill, or showed clear signs of crisis.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

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Boston hits pause on plan for special ?free-floating? parking permits

The city of Boston has put on hold plans to introduce a new form of car-sharing service that would allow a fleet of cars to park in any city-owned spot without paying meters or worrying about resident permits.

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