Mother of man fatally shot by police sues city

Hope Coleman, the mother of Terrence Coleman, wiped away tears during a press conference in April 2017.

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The mother of Terrence Coleman, a Dorchester man fatally shot by police in 2016, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city, Boston police and city emergency medical officials.

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The man died after being injured while operating heavy machinery at the casino construction site in Everett.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_13N5FF.jpg Dow falls sharply amid US-China trade dispute

Stocks are opening sharply lower as the escalating trade dispute between the US and China poses a threat to global economic growth and corporate profits.

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Nasim Aghdam?s father said she was furious with YouTube because it had stopped paying her for videos she posted.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_bethIsrael2_biz.jpg Beth Israel-Lahey merger takes another key step forward

The state Public Health Council, a body chaired by Governor Charlie Baker?s health commissioner, endorsed the megamerger.

Fog seen from Charlestown with a view of the north end and downtown Boston on Wednesday.

David Epstein

With more snow on the horizon, region waits for warmth

The current pattern of wintry weather is set to continue until around the middle of April, but the end is in sight.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05holden.jpg Firefighters rescue hundreds of animals, including pet camel, in Holden barn fire

Firefighters successfully rescued 400 chickens, 70 cows, 80 sheep, and 12-year-old pet camel Joshua from a serious barn fire in Holden.

President Donald Trump.

White House says Syria mission coming to 'a rapid end'

As President Trump insisted it?s time for American troops to return home, the White House offered no firm timeline for a withdrawal.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_13O0SR.jpg New study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election

Researchers at Ohio State have concluded that ?exposure to fake news did have a significant impact on voting decisions.?

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If the changes need to be approved through collective bargaining, that will slow their implementation.

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Landlords have kept spaces vacant as they wait for tenants who would be willing to pay higher rents. If Matthew O?Malley has his way, they?d pay up.

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Becky Trotsky (right) sat with Marie Smyth, a photo of Smyth's son Jonathan, and ?Goodbye Little Dude,? the book Trotsky wrote as Jonathan was dying two decades ago.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

This story about a sick boy and his turtle will renew your faith in humanity

A woman whose child was a classmate of the boy?s wrote the story and shared it with his family, but then it sat in a drawer for years.

Foxborough, MA - 9/14/2017 - New England Patriots wide receiver Brandin Cooks (14) during the stretching only portion of Patriots practice in Foxborough. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Jim McBride, Topic: 15Patriots Practice, LOID: 8.3.3725816546.

Ben Volin | On Football

Questioning the Brandin Cooks trade? Here are some answers

Dealing the receiver to the Rams opens up new possibilities for the Patriots as they rebuild their roster.

Jason Clarke stars as Ted Kennedy and Kate Mara as Mary Jo Kopechne in the film ?Chappaquiddick.?

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movie review | ? ? ½

?Chappaquiddick? offers a flawed yet human Ted Kennedy

?Chappaquiddick? hews reasonably close to those points we know to be true and is juicily provocative about what happened in rooms you and I weren?t privy to.

This image released by Entertainment Studios shows Jason Clarke as Ted Kennedy, center, and Andria Blackman stars as Joan Kennedy in a scene from

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How much of ?Chappaquiddick? is actually true?

After 50 years, no version of this story is untold, and this telling is no truer than the rest.

Senator Edward M. Kennedy's car after it crashed, killing Mary Jo Kopechne July 19, 1969.

Globe file

Opinion | Stephen Kurkjian

Getting the whole story on Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick

The new film is clear and accurate regarding Ted Kennedy?s behavior around that incident ? but a more even-handed epilogue is needed.

The assassination of MLK: 50 years later

The Big Picture

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jfk1.jpg Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years after his death

Images of pivotal moments in the life of the civil rights leader as we mark the 50th anniversary of the tragic end of his life on April 4, 1968.

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Brown became an unlikely hero when he took the stage at the Garden on April 5, 1968, the day after the civil rights icon was killed.

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The MSPCA?s Nevins Farm started an enrichment program for the oinkers to keep them happily engaged and make them more adoptable.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo-3766.jpg Is he using me in case he can?t salvage things with his wife?

My boyfriend?s divorce isn?t final, and I?m angry about time he spent with his ex and their kids.

Love Letters Podcast

Murky breakups are the worst

Here?s something no one ever taught us: how to break up properly. Meredith Goldstein recalls some of her earliest memories of rejection and talks to breakup experts.

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TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-18144.tif Tiger and Phil, friendly? You weren?t seeing things

The two greatest golfers of their generation, who have won a combined seven green jackets, took to Augusta on Tuesday for a noncompetitive practice round.

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?We want to restore a bit of decency,? a top festival official said, noting that violators won?t be let in to see films.

Amazon?s Jeff Bezos ? and the Washington Post, which he personally owns ? have come under a barrage of criticism from President Trump.

ANALYSIS

Is there room for Amazon in Trump?s Washington?

Here?s how the president?s criticism of the company may play a role in where it decides to locate a second headquarters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/11232010_23warmwindwo-7779771.jpg Could your home make the grade?

Governor Baker wants to mandate energy-efficiency scores for homes, and they?d need to be provided during property sales.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/cavanaugh_04heatlhyincentives09_life.jpg This state-run program was so popular, it ran out of cash

The future of the Healthy Incentives Program, launched last year, is uncertain.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

PODCAST

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/LoveLetters-Podcast-AlbumArt-7096.png The Love Letters podcast: Cloudy with a chance of breakup

The worst kinds of breakups are the murky ones. Meredith learns the do?s and don?t?s of breaking up ? from the people who know best.

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Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jacoby-4767.jpg A census citizenship question is a bad idea, not an unconstitutional one

The census has been enumerating citizens for nearly as long as it has been enumerating residents.

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