Police say teen driver was on drugs during fatal Medford crash

A 64-year-old Brookline woman died after being struck by an SUV allegedly driven by a 17-year-old boy, who also hit two other pedestrians and a dog.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/e6cc95f8ee2c4a75a516bc0f345adda0-e6cc95f8ee2c4a75a516bc0f345adda0-0.jpg John Kelly says a report claiming he called Trump an ?idiot? is ?total BS?

In a statement, White House chief of staff John Kelly said he and President Trump have ??an incredibly candid and strong relationship.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/adb44e91988f4468800c3918539d1051-adb44e91988f4468800c3918539d1051-0.jpg A reporter asked the Nigerian president about Trump?s ?s?hole countries? comment. Here?s what he said

President Trump is hosting the first African president at the White House since he was elected.

Alex Beam

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Remember when gay people were outsiders? That?s the way cultural sophisticates treat Christians now.

Students walked out of Lincoln Sudbury High School to protest the school's handling of a sexual assault case.

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Hundreds walk out of Lincoln-Sudbury over assault allegations

A former student filed a federal discrimination lawsuit, claiming the school failed to properly investigate her accusations of sexual assault.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Rex_Migrants_await_the_processing_of_9646682B.jpg Central American asylum seekers are denied US entry for 2nd day

About 200 Central American asylum seekers waited on the Mexican border near San Diego as US officials said they did not have enough space to accommodate them.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-3940.jpg Put an end to the White House Correspondents? Dinner

It?s bad enough for journalists and politicians to be buddying up. It?s worse when it?s being done with an administration that has no respect for the free press.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_14G2FK.jpg Israel says documents prove Iran lied about nuclear program

Israel?s prime minister says his government has obtained ??half a ton?? of secret Iranian documents proving the Tehran government once had a nuclear weapons program.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Tree.jpg Mystery solved: Here?s why the Trump-Macron friendship tree vanished from the White House grounds

The French president?s office says there?s nothing mysterious about the disappearance of an oak tree he planted on the White House lawn.

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2017 file photo, tax professional and tax preparation firm owner Alicia Utley reaches for hard copies of tax forms while working to stay caught up at the start of the tax season rush in her offices at Infinite Tax Solutions, in Boulder, Colo. Millions of working Americans should start seeing fatter paychecks as early as next month, the IRS says, as a result of the recently passed tax law. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Wages are finally rising at a healthy clip ? except for middle-class workers

Average US wages rose 3 percent in the past year. But the gain for middle-class workers was just 1.8 percent.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin042818GM1Bruins-Lightning-Spt21-19278.jpg Cam Neely believes NHL should look again at ?lost blade? rule

In Game 1, play was not stopped when Tuukka Rask lost a skate blade, leading to a Tampa Bay goal.

Motorists have seen long delays during the Sagamore Bridge project, which began in early April. The Army Corps says the work is necessary for ?maintaining the structural integrity? of the bridge, which is more than 80 years old.

Sagamore Bridge lane closures that have snarled Cape traffic to end early

A refurbishment project will end by Friday, three weeks ahead of schedule.

Diane Guerrero.

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Diane Guerrero to host podcast produced by Reese Witherspoon

Guerrero, a Boston native best known for her roles on ?Orange Is the New Black? and ?Jane the Virgin,? is hosting a new podcast called ?How It Is.?

The logo for Sprint appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Tech Lab

T-Mobile-Sprint is ?The Deal That Wouldn?t Die?

The deal would leave the US with just three nationwide wireless carriers, rather than four. That will almost certainly mean higher prices and fewer innovative services.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-15176.jpg He mistook the island of Jersey for the state of New Jersey. So residents crowdfunded a visit for him

A Massachusetts man who told a Facebook group he ?never heard of Jersey? ended up receiving an all-expenses-paid trip after locals started a GoFundMe page.

The American Heart Association says that new research shows five healthy habits, including exercise, could prolong life expectancy for the average person who is 50 years old by 12 years for men and 14 years for women.

Study: 5 healthy habits could add more than a decade to your life

Want to live 12 or 14 years more? Try these five healthy lifestyle changes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/16/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/wiggs_report_117589.jpg UMass Amherst food scientists discover how obesity could be linked to colon cancer

Food scientists from University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified the enzyme that might be responsible for increased colon inflammation.

Two young football players in Texas

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BU study raises more questions about youth tackle football

Boston researchers studying the donated brains of football players say they?ve found that playing tackle football before age 12 was associated with earlier onset of cognitive and emotional symptoms.

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Eversource dives into proxy battle over Connecticut Water

The water business is big business. Just ask Eversource CEO Jim Judge.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/7dbb842e8d9b46c6a3fc4396ff3e3de6-7dbb842e8d9b46c6a3fc4396ff3e3de6-0.jpg Here?s what made that record-breaking surf so remarkable, according to one local surfer

Hoyt Hottel has been surfing for over 30 years, but says he has never surfed a wave even a quarter of the size of the 80-foot wave that was called a record-breaker Saturday.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Latest Episode

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After a breakup, we should feel more and think less ? so crank your playlist and let the emotions flow.

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Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Niall Ferguson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/globeFweb.jpg Trump is losing at home but winning abroad

The president has an unerring instinct for his opponents? weaknesses.

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Real Estate

Recycling Boston?s architectural history one piece at a time

Having spent much of his life collecting the detritus of changing neighborhoods, Walter Santory is blessed with an expert knowledge of architectural history that you can't get from a PhD program.

Business

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Black nurses sue Brigham and Women?s Hospital

One woman says she was turned down for a promotion at Brigham and Women's Hospital because she was black. Another says when she stood up for her colleague, the hospital retaliated against her.

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