Lawmakers propose raising $50m with new state fees

Legislators argue the new money is needed for police training, county government, parks and open spaces, affordable housing, and historic preservation.

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President Trump?s months of political attacks against the Mueller investigation, fueled by lies and distortions, are working, despite pushback by some Republicans.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_longfellow5_met-002.jpg After years of reconstruction, Longfellow Bridge reopened this morning

The traffic configuration on the bridge is different from what it was a few years back.

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 file photo, a marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as she takes part in a Women's March in Seattle, on the anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration. Six months after bursting into the spotlight, the #MeToo movement has toppled scores of men from prominent positions and fueled a national conversation about workplace sexual harassment. Questions abound about the movement's staying power, but there's ample evidence that its impact will be durable. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Voters favor women who will fight harassment, poll finds

Democratic and Republican voters alike respond positively to a candidate who expressly makes sexual harassment an issue in her campaign, the survey found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-16472.jpg The new insult: calling someone middle aged. Even ? or especially ? if they are

We need a better term for people aged 40-65. Mid-century moderns, perhaps?

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Jurors went home Wednesday without reaching a verdict in the case of Shaun Harrison, the former English High School dean accused of shooting a student in 2015.

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In chilling cellphone videos released Wednesday, Nikolas Cruz said he aimed to kill at least 20 people, saying, ??you?re all going to die.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/DeeublQV0AAwOze.jpg Kim Kardashian West met with Trump to discuss prison reform

Kardashian West was in Washington to advocate on behalf of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses.

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The first lady tried Wednesday to put to rest speculation about her health and her whereabouts.

Dorchester charter school teacher accused of sexual assault

Codman Academy teacher Alfred Johnson, 35, of Brockton, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to indecently assaulting a young teen.

Boston Police Officer Jorge Dias chatted with two youths at the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain.

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The hard-fought sense of safety in this JP housing development is strained after a double shooting

The shooting was the latest setback for the development, where tenants have worked with police and city officials over the years to improve the feeling of community.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-16516.jpg Salem State honors slain Jamaica Plain student with scholarship

Chris Joyce, 23, was fatally shot at a Jamaica Plain housing development in May, just two weeks before he would have graduated with a business degree from Salem State.

NAMES

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Twitter seemed to have plenty of suggestions, including one from Mindy Kaling.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Washington. Sanders discussed Korea, media access at the EPA and other topics. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Here?s how Sarah Sanders defended Trump slamming ABC after Roseanne Barr?s tweet

The White House press secretary doubled down on President Trump?s suggestion that he is owed an apology from Disney CEO Robert Iger.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/medical%20examiner%201-1664619.jpg Director in medical examiner?s office appears to have fabricated credentials

Lisa Riccobene claims she earned a master?s degree from Northeastern University. But the school has no record of her ever earning a graduate degree there.

TECH LAB

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A business group is using video cameras to record traffic flows in Downtown Crossing so it can fine-tune retail offerings in the busy commercial district.

A rendering of the view over Fort Point Channel for the proposed South Boston Cableway project, page 73. (Handel Architects via City of Boston) 02gondola gondola tram

Handel Architects via City of Boston

Millennium?s grand vision for Boston industrial park hit a snag

A developer?s grand plans to reshape parts of the Boston marine industrial park ? a vision that includes a gondola system ? face a major complication.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_110417_05vahospital_18465x.jpg Seth Moulton endorses Josh Zakim in race for secretary of state

The endorsement, Moulton?s first foray into a statewide race this year, underscores the growing calls in the Democratic party for younger voices.

television

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/_JN29179.jpg Secrets, struggle, and a satisfying finale for ?The Americans?

The last episode of the FX show stayed true to the tone of the entire series, with waves of heavy emotion and lots of secret nighttime crawls.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/lede-art01_treated-645x645.jpg Pioneering surgery makes a prosthetic foot feel like the real thing

For patient Jim Ewing, a new robotic foot has become a seamless part of his body in a way that has never been accomplished before with a prosthetic limb.

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The surgery was necessary because the plate and screws were irritating Hayward?s peroneal tendons.

J.D. Martinez hit his 18th home run on Wednesday.

RED SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 4

J.D. Martinez keeps smashing, and the Red Sox keep winning

Eduardo Rodriguez went 6? innings for the win as the Red Sox swept the Blue Jays ahead of a showdown at Houston.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo-4042.jpg The downside to dating a younger man

She really likes him, but wonders if the 10 year age difference will always be a problem.

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.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/PlusPuertoRico.jpg Puerto Rico and Maria, an American tragedy

It?s scandalous when a government gets the facts so drastically wrong.

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Real Estate

Open houses: Three homes for under $800,000

With a budget of $800,000, you can find a variety of properties in Greater Boston. Among the open houses this weekend are a Colonial in Medford, a penthouse in Quincy, and a contemporary home in Plymouth, all under this price point.

Arts

From left: Kathy St. George, Bobbie Steinbach, Kerry Dowling, Karen MacDonald, Maureen Brennan, and Sarah deLima.

Stages

In ?Calendar Girls,? they?re undressed for success

The play at Greater Boston Stage Company is based on the true story of a group of British women who discreetly posed nude for a calendar to raise money for charity.

Lifestyle

Ghanaian artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo?s sculpture depicting slavery is on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala. Three of its seven figures are shown here.

A sculpture?s trans-Atlantic passage from Ghana to Alabama

If ever there were an argument for the power of art to stir emotion, it would be Nkyinkyim, a grouping of seven shackled figures at the new National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Ala.