Clinton taps Kaine for VP

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Hillary Clinton picked Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia to be her running mate.

Tim Kaine: A liberal who rose in a conservative state

Kaine has deftly managed his own rise as a progressive in a bastion of Southern conservatism.

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Donald Trump, hours after accepting the GOP nomination for president, rehashed old primary race controversies.

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Did Healey?s gun ban backfire?

Mass. gun dealers sold more than 2,000 military-style rifles on Wednesday ? nearly one quarter of the total sold all of last year.

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The building fire, which occurred next door to Santarpio?s Pizza in East Boston, was reported at about 7:20 p.m.

MBTA police look into encounter between officers, youths on Red Line train

Transit police are reviewing a recent encounter between officers and black youths on a Red Line train that was flagged by a Boston-based performer.

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Thousands of attorneys have gone without pay for upwards of two months while the budget worked its way through Beacon Hill.

Looking for a cool spot to get a break from the summer heat? Try the fountains on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

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Beat by the heat? Chill at these 13 cool spots this weekend.

The country is currently under an ominous-sounding ?heat dome.?

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Are rising prices to blame for recent slumping sales at Dunkin?, Starbucks?

Along with larger economic forces, the Dunkin? Donuts chief executive saidthis week that there may another contributing factor: higher prices.

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Munich police gave a "cautious all clear" early Saturday morning, more than seven hours after a gunman opened fire in a crowded shopping mall.

Opinion | Karenna Gore

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The oil and gas industry is now an empire that makes its own rules.

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Six Massachusetts breweries will compete to brew the best beer using water from the Charles River.

JULIAN BENBOW

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Ranked No. 2 among high schoolers, Carter has the Crimson on his short list.

Twins 2, Red Sox 1

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Reliever Brandon Kintzler escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam to give Minnesota the win.

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Participants from across the world compete in an annual sand sculpting competition on Revere Beach.

Examples of the Auckland Modern by Converse

Converse

Converse debuts a modern sneaker, thick white soles and all

A new style of Converse sneakers steps away from their classic high-top designs.

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Traveling from as far away as China, realist painters vie with one another in a weeklong contest.

What our critics say

Buzzsaw

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One TV critic?s ideal TV playlist, seven nights of classics.

Devonte Hynes of Blood Orange performing in March in Austin, Texas.

Album Review

The top 10 albums of the year, including a surprise from Blood Orange

?Freetown Sound? has rewarding depths and a quiet urgency, placing it among the likes of Beyoncé and Bowie on a list of 2016?s strongest albums so far.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Kovie Biakolo

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Why are so many humans uncomfortable in the skin they?re in?

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.

spotlight

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'

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