Harvard follows Bowdoin?s lead on banning frats

Twenty years after Bowdoin shut down fraternities, Harvard is trying a similar feat. Did Bowdoin?s move work?

The Charles River Country Club says it has been described unfairly but ?will weather this situation.?

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Shirley Leung

Facing sex-bias investigations, country club digs in with denials

Some of you will wonder why what happens in the men?s locker room of the private Charles River club should even be a story in the Globe.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher_20140719.jpg An icon for a love that has blossomed over 55 years

When a 16-acre plot of land in Berlin, Mass., came up for sale a dozen years ago, this couple quickly scooped it up. And then they had an idea.

Comm. Ave. Bridge construction

The Commonwealth Avenue Bridge replacement project began on Friday and will continue into August.

It?s here: The bridge chaos starts today

Here?s what you need to know about lane closures on the Pike in Boston.

The stretch of Carson Beach at the Center for Youth and Families at the Curley Community Center was empty last year in the days after Kyzr Willis?s death there.

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?We love you Kyzr and we will always be here?

A year after their 7-year-old son drowned off Carson Beach, Kyzr Willis?s parents still can?t believe he is gone.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Curran_28wareham03_met.jpg Boy rescued from capsized boat near Wareham dies

The 8-year-old boy, hospitalized since Wednesday, was underwater for about 24 minutes before a commercial diver rescued him.

The Trump presidency

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/trump-sessions-eb455b58-757b-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304.jpg How the Trump-Sessions relationship evolved into an icy standoff

Although Jeff Sessions was the first high-profile politician to endorse Donald Trump, the president is all about now.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/afd5681963024642874bf6c018e4c70c-afd5681963024642874bf6c018e4c70c-0.jpg White House threatens Senate: Pass health bill now ? or else

The White House stepped up demands Sunday that the Senate repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/collins-2087.jpg Susan Collins on raucous airport greeting: ?It was just amazing?

Passengers in Bangor applauded Collins? vote against repealing the Affordable Care Act.

2017062417 T3 R8, Maine Photo by Fred J. Field The view toward Mount Katahdin and Katahdin Lake from atop Barnard Mountain in the Katahdin Woods & Waters National Monument area in northern Maine. President Obama designated this area as a national monument. The Trump administration is reviewing that decision.

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A national monument in peril

Will the more than 87,000 acres of wilderness in northern Maine designated as the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument survive as a monument?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/chin033016BarroomPolitics_met5.jpg Mass. restaurants want OUI serving data eliminated

Bars and restaurants say reports from drunk drivers are unreliable. Officials say they are vital to tracking which establishments serve intoxicated drivers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/05/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/200_john_oliver(2).jpg John Oliver was on break for three weeks. He made up for it Sunday

The ?Last Week Tonight? host almost seemed like he didn?t know where to start.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_redsoxvsorioles_sports_015ports.jpg The trade deadline is at 4 p.m. What will the Red Sox do in the final hours?

It?s in Dave Dombrowski?s DNA to do something, but he said he won?t make a trade for the sake of doing it.

COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 30: Jeff Bagwell gives his induction speech at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 30, 2017 in Cooperstown, New York. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Boston-related observations from Hall of Fame weekend

Even in Cooperstown, the Red Sox are a frequent topic of conversation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/5c58ac831070475f9e19d524a7bda6c0-5c58ac831070475f9e19d524a7bda6c0-0.jpg Chris Christie got in a fan?s face at the Cubs-Brewers game: ?You?re a big shot?

The New Jersey governor doesn?t seem to have much luck when it comes to attending baseball games lately.

Music Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/GettyImages-824468966.jpg Persistence is rewarded at the Newport Folk Festival

From up-and-coming acts on smaller stages to Wilco?s main-stage, day-closing set, there were many gems to be found around the grounds.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_31greekchurch-8_metro.jpg Arlington church protests ouster of beloved priest

Hundreds of devastated parishioners turned out to protest a lack of transparency surrounding the firing of a beloved priest at his last Sunday service.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2bd3b882-7530-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304.jpg Can Joe Biden?s family endure one last campaign?

Voters, it seems, don?t really care about conventional wisdom anymore. So the real question is: What next?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pfosi_170730_puertoricanparade_06.jpg ?People don?t understand that this parade coming down this street is a miracle?

The city was filled with the sound of salsa as people waving flags celebrated the ?Island of Enchantment.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/496898468.jpg Skill or luck? Panel is reviewing whether fantasy sports are really gambling

A draft state report said contests with cash awards are gambling, but recommends clarifying daily fantasy sports as legal in Massachusetts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/andrew%20square3-1834607.jpg Name That City Square: Andrew Square in South Boston

The confusing intersection is named for John Albion Andrew, the governor of Massachusetts during the Civil War.

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Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

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/2011-2020/2017/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Draft-1-1024x576.jpg From chemicals to life: Scientists try to build cells from scratch

A synthetic cell could answer the fundamental question: What does it mean to be alive?

Real Estate

What does your money buy in Weymouth?

A sampling of the housing market here includes an antique with five fireplaces and a town house with a private courtyard.