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Ryan Lochte made up robbery story, police say

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The US Olympic swimmers who claimed they were robbed had been involved in a rowdy gas station confrontation, according to police.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/588698876.jpg Timeline: What we know about the Ryan Lochte case

Here is a day-by-day look at the sequence of events in the Ryan Lochte case.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/16/BostonGlobe.com/Boston/Images/832ca1dae8e141aeaefe00d397ecf882-832ca1dae8e141aeaefe00d397ecf882-0.jpg Aretha Franklin is still the Queen

She?s played for royalty and the Pope, and landed on President Obama?s playlist, but Aretha Franklin has got more coming.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/11/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/495285856.jpg Amy Schumer caught in crossfire after writer?s rape comments rile feminists

Amy Schumer found herself in the midst of an online firestorm this week in a debate concerning comedy and sexual assault.

Plans call for two new buildings to be constructed on an existing parking lot across from the AMC Theaters and adjacent to Shoppers World.

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A new vision for Framingham?s Shoppers World

A proposed expansion would add apartments and entertainment to one of the nation?s first suburban malls.

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A ferocious wildfire swallowed up homes as it spread across more than 49 square miles of mountain and desert.

Scott Thurston | Postcard from Rio

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/oly_pins.jpg A Patriots pin isn?t worth much at these Olympics

The time-honored Olympic tradition of pin trading has continued in Rio, but you need the right bargaining chips.

Miss Conduct

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/MissConduct_logo-1979.jpg A soccer mom?s junk food dilemma

Should she teach her kid to decline the snacks served at practice? Plus, do I have to attend the wedding shower?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Joyce_702551.jpg Milton scrutinizing Joyce?s house, property tax bill

Town officials are investigating why the property tax bills appear to be only half what they should be.

Connections | Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/connections0821mag.jpg A European grandmother in Maine

Novelist Mameve Medwed remembers the extraordinary woman that her grandfather adored.

Craftsbury, VT - 8/17/2016 - Former Red Sox pitcher and candidate for Vermont Governor Bill

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A new pitch from Bill ?Spaceman? Lee

Former Red Sox pitcher Bill ?Spaceman? Lee is running for governor as the candidate of Vermont?s Liberty Union party.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/extreme%20drought%202.jpg Extreme drought expands through Northeastern Mass.

Before last week, the US Drought Monitor had not declared an extreme drought in the state since it began producing the weekly maps in 1999.

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Donald Trump?s lawyer demanded to know which polls showed his candidate losing. The answer: ?All of them.?

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This summer will go down as one of the hottest, driest ever

Yes, it has been that hot and dry the past few months in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_dudley7_met.jpg US to investigate Dudley Islamic cemetery dispute

US Attorney Carmen Ortiz?s office will investigate whether the town violated the rights of Muslims in blocking the Islamic cemetery.

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The ride-hailing service will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars in the next several weeks.

In this frame grab taken from video provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), a child sits in an ambulance after being pulled out or a building hit by an airstirke, in Aleppo, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016. Syrian opposition activists reported an airstrikes on the al-Qaterji neighborhood in Aleppo late Wednesday. (Aleppo Media Center via AP)

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Haunting image of Aleppo boy shows Syrian war?s horror

Footage of the stunned and weary looking boy encapsulates the horrors inflicted on the war-ravaged city.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding08171618ants2met.jpg Two-by-two-million, the ants are marching in

New England?s ongoing drought has driven ants to desperation ? and into your sink.

Newton, MA--5/29/96--GREEN LINE PAINT JOB--So far 11 of the 95 Green Line MBTA cars have been painted with the new colors - Atlanta Green and Platinum Mist (right). A T worker climbs aboard a yet-to-be painted car in the yard of the Riverside station.

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Property in Somerville?s Green Line corridor getting pricey

Properties near the new line increased 20 percent faster than Somerville as a whole.

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'

//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.

The Big Picture

Remembering Hurricane Bob

Twenty-five years ago this week, Hurricane Bob swept through New England, leaving six dead in Conn. and causing $680 million in damage in Mass., Conn., and R.I.