Did Brian Joyce shortchange town on property taxes?

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

The embattled lawmaker may have been paying the town of Milton tens of thousands of dollars less than he should have.

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Officials at a N.H. prep school disputed the characterization of a recent court filing.

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Nearly a year after the launch of the force?s mediation program for complaints against police, no one has participated.

KEVIN CULLEN

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Boston?s mayor and police commissioner are wary of putting the rifles in officers? hands. In New York, there?s been more of a compromise.

Boston real estate executive dies during R.I. charity swim

Frank Wuest, 56, an accomplished competitive swimmer, died Saturday while participating in an ?open water race.?

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It?s the first time Russia has used another country in the Middle East to launch operations in Syria.

OPINION | ALAN BERGER

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Trump will need to grasp a web of shifting alignments across the Middle East and North Africa.

Donald Trump spoke in Youngstown, Ohio, on Monday.

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Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Breaking down Trump?s urgent, confounding plan on terrorism

Alongside the plans and policies, there was also a good deal of bluster and outright distortions in Donald Trump?s speech Monday.

Sponsored by Rockland Trust

How millennial business owners tapped into cider success

Five years ago, three college grads founded Downeast Cider House with a mission to brew cider that actually tastes like apples. Since then, that mission has ripened into a beverage empire.

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Full Olympics coverage

The women?s marathon swim was held Monday in the waters off Copacabana.

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Rio Olympians dive into that dirty water

In the pursuit of glory, athletes will put up with competing in a quasi-toilet bowl.

JOHN POWERS

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With Karolyi?s departure, who takes over the unparalleled pipeline she and her husband built?

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

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The knockout stage begins Wednesday, and the NBA All-Stars look vulnerable.

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The Needham gymnast is hoping to repeat her 2012 victory in the floor exercises.

?I fell totally in love with taking pictures, and that ended up taking up all my time,? said Ed Freeman. ?I woke up one day and realized, I?m a photographer.?

Ross Schapheer

Beatles roadie from Boston finds calling behind a camera

Ed Freeman also was a folk singer, a record producer, and a composer, but he found satisfaction as a photographer.

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Medical experts are trying to answer questions such as: How will these babies grow? Will they be able to talk? How long will they live?

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Chart: Food safety grades for every restaurant in Boston

See if your favorite spot earned an A, B, or C, on recent food safety inspections.

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?He works his tail off to prepare, and I know he has the respect of everybody,? Tom Brady said of the third-year quarterback.

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Marshall Ames Richards once sang in a heavy-metal band. Now he?s showcasing his tenor voice around the city.

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State committee members will discuss the measure when they gather Tuesday night in Lawrence.

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About 68 percent of parents also said they?d be willing to get a second job to foot the bill.

Globe investigations

Private schools, painful secrets

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160607_BH__ErikaSchickel3.jpg 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.

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.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/globe staff

Farmer Olympics in Vermont

With the world?s attention focused on the Olympic Games in Brazil, a decidedly different type of competition was held in a small corner of New England.