Ground Game

N. Korea is a big test for Trump?s star-spangled Cabinet

The president has filled his circle of advisers with generals and other military figures, the last group of advisers he takes seriously.

Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/809161464.jpg A warning on the eve of the G-20 summit

We are at a moment when a few individuals are playing an outsized role to our mutual peril.

Wax sculpture of Donald Trump turns heads at City Hall Plaza

People were mixed about the portrayal of the president at the Dreamland Wax Museum, which opens soon.

Students walked the halls between classes at Malden Catholic High School.

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Some single-gender Catholic schools flourish as others struggle

Some communities are seeing a renewed interest in single-gender Catholic education, even as schools like Boston College High School struggle.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fugitivecrop1-11954.jpg Police seeking armed and dangerous fugitive after W. Mass. slaying

Lewis H. Starkey III is being sought by State Police and Wendell police on charges including murder.

Three dead in shooting in Madison, Maine, police say

In Maine?s deadliest shooting since 2015, a gunman killed three people and wounded a fourth before being fatally shot by deputies.

In this Sunday, July 2, 2017, photo, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, right, uses the beach with his family and friends at the governor's summer house at Island Beach State Park in New Jersey. Christie is defending his use of the beach, closed to the public during New Jersey's government shutdown, saying he had previously announced his vacation plans and the media had simply

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JOAN VENNOCHI

Christie feels the heat from the beach ? and health care politics

Chris Christie?s willingness to go to the mat over funding for opioid treatment shows how the epidemic has become a political bargaining chip.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans.

Boston police on alert after officer is slain in NYC

In the wake of the ambush and murder of a New York City officer, Boston police have issued a safety bulletin urging officers to be vigilant.

Boston Celtics guard Isaiah Thomas celebrates with fans after defeating the Washington Wizards 129-119 in a second-round NBA playoff series basketball game in Boston, Tuesday, May 2, 2017. Thomas scored 53 in the overtime win, taking a 2-0 lead in the series. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Celtics can light up that offseason victory cigar

There was just one way they could come out winners ? and they made their shot count with Hayward.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/opener1023ainge.jpg Give Danny Ainge his due for a remarkably swift rebuild

His retooling of the Celtics in just four years ? without having to tank ? should silence the critics.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/d424a12cbfc2402099875c77ec324e1c-d424a12cbfc2402099875c77ec324e1c-0-11945.jpg A lobsterman accidentally caught a great white shark off Rockport Tuesday

?Cisco,? who was tagged last year off Nantucket, was released as soon as the fishermen saw the ocean predator had a transponder affixed to its dorsal fin.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/677735454.jpg Mindy Kaling shares her Improper cover

?In case you forgot where I?m from, I was raised on Peking ravioli, 99 Restaurant, channel 56 and the Coffee Coolatta.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/624%20S%207th%20St%20Waco%20TX%2076706%20USA-small-008-1-PIS%204324-666x445-72dpi.jpg Home from HGTV?s ?Fixer Upper? on the market for nearly $1 million

In 2015, Jessie and Cameron Bell bought and renovated a home on ?Fixer Upper? for $131,000. Now, they?re looking to sell it for $950,000.

AE networks released this photo from National Archives siting photographic evidence of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan in the Marshall Islands found in the National Archives, as they promote a documentary

What happened to Amelia Earhart? A new documentary claims to solve the mystery

A documentary on the History channel explores a theory that Earhart crash-landed in the Marshall Islands and was held prisoner by the Japanese.

Fourth of July

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_fireworks2_met.jpg Your dazzling July Fourth fireworks photos

We asked Boston Globe readers to share with us their best photos of dazzling displays. What we received was quite spectacular.

FILE - This undated file photo shows John Hancock's signature on the Declaration of Independence, which was formally signed by 56 members of Congress beginning Aug. 2, 1776. National Public Radio marked Independence Day on July 4th, 2017, by tweeting the entire declaration, but it seems some Twitter users didn?t recognize what they were reading. Some of the founders? criticisms of King George III were met with angry responses from supporters of President Donald Trump, who seemed to believe the tweets were a reference to the current president. Others were under the impression NPR was trying to provoke Trump with the tweets. (AP Photo, File)

Some thought NPR tweeted ?propaganda.? It was the Declaration of Independence

NPR marked the Fourth of July by tweeting the entire declaration, but it seems some Twitter users didn?t recognize what they were reading.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fireworks1.jpg Fireworks are illegal, but you wouldn?t know it from this mess

A mess was left behind after celebrations in Mattapan, Roxbury, and West Roxbury, according to complaints lodged online Wednesday.

At Puritan & Company, ?cured meats and pates? became the ?charcuterie plate.?

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

How chefs can get us to order just about anything with the right menu description

Which would you rather eat: raw local scallop or scallop crudo? Trick question. They?re the same thing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding09131614frates1met-11932-ktXE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Decision due Friday on fund to pay health care for ALS patients

The Pete Frates Home Health Initiative is close to helping an ALS patient, and Frates himself has not been ruled out as a recipient.

Love Letters

I?m not attracted to him, so why do I feel jealous?

Talking on the phone was fun, but they had no chemistry in person. Now he?s dating and she feels possessive.

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Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Boddities%20Quiz.jpg How well do you know your body? Take our quiz

Do you know why teeth can?t heal and why it hurts to get water up your nose?