UMass study: Don?t build that (harbor) wall

Building a massive barrier in Boston Harbor to protect coastal areas from the increasing risk of flooding isn?t worth it, the study said. The price tag floated out there: $11 billion.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_capuano_pressley(2).jpg Capuano-Pressley showdown features politics as usual

Ayanna Pressley, who would be the first woman of color to serve in the state?s congressional delegation, has run into some old-fashioned challenges as she seeks to unseat Michael Capuano.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-16510.jpg Brookline will rename school now named for slave owner

The school committee has until the 2019 town meeting to propose a new name for the Edward Devotion School.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner052918METRO30roosters225.jpg Cockfighting bust might be biggest in Mass. history

Nearly 400 roosters that were ?purposefully bred for cockfighting? were seized from a Northampton farm last week, authorities said. No charges have been filed yet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rex_MeToo_Rally_New_York_USA_09_D_9266008D.jpg PAC to candidates: Reveal any claims of harassment now

The query from NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts is believed to be the first instance nationally in which an interest group is demanding such disclosures as a condition of its endorsement.

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The president is stepping up his efforts to stop Democrats aiming to regain control of the House or Senate ? if not both.

17 arrested at immigration checkpoint on I-93 in N.H.

The checkpoint was set up about 90 miles south of the Canadian border, in the White Mountains.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_pomeranian.jpg Tiny dog abandoned in backpack has a new home

A Bridgewater woman has adopted the 9-year-old Pomeranian. The dog was found earlier this month in West Roxbury.

A 1991 FBI surveillance photo showed mobster Robert DeLuca getting into a car outside a restaurant in the North End, with Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme beside him.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mob capo implicates ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme in 1993 killing

Robert ?Bobby? DeLuca broke omerta ? the Mafia?s code of silence ? when pinning the crime on Salemme.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walkera-16497.jpg Richard Ring?s career was all about helping the homeless

Ring, executive director of Family Aid Boston and former head of the Pine Street Inn, was one of the strongest advocates for Boston?s homeless.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/3db91e2826fd455f8119c106abeaffe5-3db91e2826fd455f8119c106abeaffe5-0.jpg Top North Korean official en route to New York for talks

According to a report, Kim Yong Chol was on an Air China flight bound for New York.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/ucm609046.jpg Taytulla birth control packs recalled for misordering of placebo pills

The recall applies to sample packs used since Aug. 27, 2017, with the lot No. 5620706 and an expiration date of May 2019.

Roseanne Barr arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of

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Matthew Gilbert

Everyone, even ABC, knew Roseanne would cross the line

ABC played with fire when it brought Roseanne Barr back to TV ? and the network got burned, big-time.

Roseanne Barr with her ?Roseanne? costar, John Goodman, in March.

Here?s a look at the conspiracy theories Roseanne Barr has promoted

Barr made waves in more ways than one on Tuesday, and it?s far from the first time.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/b21809d9-2e52-4cb7-a80c-153070e1d98a.jpg Roseanne Barr says she was ?Ambien tweeting? about Valerie Jarrett

Roseanne Barr said Tuesday that she was leaving Twitter. Her feed says otherwise.

Boston, MA: 5-29-18: The Red Sox Brock Holt looked like he was going to be out on a bottom of the fourth inning stolen base attempt, but Toronto SS Yangervis Solarte couldn't hold on to the throw and Holt was safe at second base. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Toronto Blue Jays in an MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

RED SOX 8, BLUE JAYS 3

Red Sox could sweep Blue Jays with win in today?s series finale

The Sox cranked out 13 hits and were led by Sandy Leon?s three-RBI outing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/fb85c015d0b7476e85397c4431ca58f7-2903034d56e64496932778831ca09aa8-0.jpg David Copperfield not liable for fan?s injuries, jury rules

The jury ruled Copperfield was negligent but not financially responsible for injuries the man suffered during a 2013 show.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/davis_bar4_names.jpg Doretta Taverna in Park Square is closed for good

Michael Schlow has cooked at the Heritage on the Garden space for 15 years: Before opening the Greek restaurant in 2015, he ran Italian restaurant Via Matta.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Clipboard-6685.jpg Southwest Airlines apologizes after Cal coach questioned while flying with her biracial son

A college basketball coach on Twitter accused the airline of questioning whether her biracial son was her child.

Tonic is on the menu at the Pleasant Cafe in Roslindale, and a Coke was poured upon ordering one by bartender Jack Wicker.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Can I have a tonic? No, not that tonic

A Globe reporter investigates what you get when you order a tonic in Boston.

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/22/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/persp3.jpg An open letter to Joe Kennedy III: Here?s how to run for president

You?re the Kennedy with the best shot at the Oval Office. Look to your grandfather Bobby?s campaign strategy to get you there.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/25/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_hanley2_spts.jpg Hanley Ramirez thanks Red Sox fans, applauds Celtics on his way out

The former Red Sox player tweeted twice this weekend, both times in the aftermath of a disappointing exit.

Clare Droesch celebrated after BC defeated UConn, 73-70, in a Big East Championship semifinal game in 2004.

Clare Droesch, former BC basketball star, dies at 36

After being diagnosed with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer in 2011, Droesch kept coaching basketball, the sport that had shaped and defined her life.

Miss Conduct

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/miss%20conduct-4016.jpg Advice: What to do when a male colleague ignores the women in a meeting

A female letter writer wonders if taking notes on a steno pad made her look like a secretary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/10282010_28contribute_amg-7754191-8143.jpg AMG chief executive diagnosed with ALS, will step down

Sean Healey, who relocated the investment firm from Massachusetts to Florida, will be replaced by his No. 2, Nathaniel Dalton.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Colleges and universities, whose athletes work unpaid, need to pay attention to the Supreme Court decision striking down federal restrictions on sports betting.

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