Fire service jobs are elusive for many women in Boston and beyond

In 2016, 89 women applied to work in the Boston Fire Department. None of them made the force, according to state data.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PQPFStormTotalQPFWeb1.jpg Heavy rain is expected Tuesday afternoon

Boston could get half an inch of rain, and areas in Western Massachusetts could see hail.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/955713188.jpg Melania likely hospitalized for week after kidney procedure

Doctors said Mrs. Trump underwent a ??successful?? embolization procedure at a suburban Washington military hospital.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_14Y0OU.jpg What is ?embolization?? Local experts weigh in

Embolization is used to deliberately block blood vessels to starve some kind of growth or stop some kind of bleeding, an MGH doctor said.

A man watches a baseball game in the sports book at the South Point hotel-casino, Monday, May 14, 2018, in Las Vegas. The Supreme Court on Monday gave its go-ahead for states to allow gambling on sports across the nation, striking down a federal law that barred betting on football, basketball, baseball and other sports in most states. (AP Photo/John Locher)

A quick rundown of what the sports gambling ruling means for Mass.

Can you start betting on sports now in Massachusetts? What about online? Here?s a look at what the US Supreme Court ruling means for locals.

UMass Boston faculty vote no confidence in president, trustees after Mount Ida deal

The faculty council at the University of Massachusetts Boston has declared ?no confidence? in UMass president Marty Meehan and the Board of Trustees.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Walker_0301617_17women_10985x.jpg Babson College?s Kerry Healey to step down as president in 2019

Mitt Romney?s lieutenant governor, who is Babson?s first female president, took over at the Wellesley school in 2013.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/15/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Rex_Clashes_by_GazaIsraeli_border_9670956AV.jpg 58 Palestinians killed, hundreds wounded on day of embassy move

Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinians at the border brought about the worst day of carnage in Gaza since Israel?s 2014 invasion.

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A compromise calls for large businesses to pay about $275 per full-time worker a year.

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Nina?s diagnosis stumped doctors for years. Now, she?s healthy and earning an education

After enduring a medically challenging childhood, Nina, aka Baby Girl Butterfly, has emerged stronger and ready to learn.

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?Strip-T?s is my personality,? says Paul Maslow, who opened the restaurant in 1986. ?It?s who I am. I am a little fearful of how I?m going to feel when who I am for the past 32 years is no longer.?

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Another noted area restaurant is closing: Strip-T?s

The Watertown hole-in-the-wall became an unlikely culinary destination, but the relationships forged here were always the real draw.

Boston, MA: 5-14-18: Red Sox starting pitcher Rock Porcello drpped into a crouch as he watched a top of the third inning solo home run to right field hit by the A's Matt Joyce. The Boston hosted the Oakland Athletics in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Athletics 6, Red Sox 5

A?s send Red Sox? Rick Porcello (5-1) to his first loss

Porcello allowed five runs for a second straight start and yielded home runs to Matt Joyce and Matt Olson.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PeterSutters-TheInquirerandMirror_15bunkerhill_11_met.jpg There?s a Cold War-era bunker that was built to shelter President Kennedy on Nantucket

Once said to have been top secret, it?s well-known today. Officials could turn it into a museum.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_sc4_met.jpg ?Sweet Caroline?? To some fans, this tradition is no good (no good, no good)

After 15 years, even some of the song?s once-ardent supporters are wondering if it?s time to change things up.

Boston, MA: 5-13-18: The Cavaliers Tristan Thompson (13) looks for an outlet as the Celtics Terry Rozier III (left) and Jayson Tatum (right) move in on him as he chased a first half loose ball on the floor. The Boston Celtics hosted the Cleveland Cavaliers for Game One of their NBA Eastern Conference Final Playoff series at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

It?s time for the Cavaliers to make some adjustments

First among them should be putting Tristan Thompson in the starting lineup for rebounding and defense on Al Horford.

Jeff Casler at Thrive Exchange, his new store on Newbury Street.

Gretchen Ertl for The Boston Globe

Founder of 2nd Time Around tries a 3rd act on Newbury Street

Instead of preppy Lilly Pulitzer threads, J.Crew cardigans, and Diane von Furstenberg dresses, there?s a distinctly different vibe in Jeff Casler?s newest venture, Thrive Exchange. 

The CEO of athenahealth, Jonathan Bush (right) on stage last month with Steve Clemons, Washington editor-at-large of The Atlantic.

Outspoken CEO is battling to stay in charge of athenahealth

Jonathan Bush, the charismatic chief executive of the Watertown company, could fend off a powerful New York hedge fund, but he?ll need help to pull it off.

Ricki Lander and Robert Kraft at the Metropolitan Museum of Art last week.

Names

Robert Kraft?s girlfriend shares photo of her daughter

The Mother?s Day post is the first time Ricki Lander has publicly shared a picture of her daughter, whose name she hasn?t revealed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_ZN9IO.jpg Meghan Markle seeks respect for dad after report he?ll skip royal wedding

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are requesting ?understanding and respect? for Markle?s father after TMZ reported he would not be coming to the wedding as planned.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/61a0d7a844a64347ae705f43f03d2885-61a0d7a844a64347ae705f43f03d2885-0.jpg Margot Kidder, Lois Lane in the ?Superman? franchise, dies at 69

Margot Kidder, who starred as Lois Lane in the ?Superman? film franchise of the late 1970s and early 1980s, has died.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17321_LL_Podcast_Episode_8_Tease.png Why can?t we be friends?

It?s easy to say you?ll remain chummy with your ex. It?s much harder to actually do.

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The company needs a truly independent board and new leadership.

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