?People hit and run people all the time? says driver charged in fatal hit-and-run

The 23-year-old driver told Boston 25 News that he didn?t intend to hit anyone. ?Accidents happen all the time, it was an accident,? he said.

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?In our family . . . we do not believe in dynastic politics. Levi is running his own campaign in his own way,? US Senator Bernie Sanders said in a statement.

A Somerville resident was taken aback by a

Georgy Cohen

?Jarring? rhyme at Somerville school teaches kids about lockdowns

?Lockdown, lockdown, Lock the door; Shut the lights off, Say no more,? the poster read.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/FBIsurveillancephotos_19salemme_01_art-16698.jpg Stephen ?The Rifleman? Flemmi testifies that he witnessed murder of nightclub owner

In the trial of Francis ?Cadillac Frank? Salemme, Stephen ?The Rifleman? Flemmi offered an eyewitness account of the murder of a South Boston nightclub owner in 1993.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/01/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BEDFORD_20180102_WALSH_INAUGURATION_018.jpg Boston is planning to remake itself, one neighborhood at a time

The planning blitz follows Imagine Boston 2030, the city?s new master plan, which calls for large-scale development in ?emerging neighborhoods? such as Newmarket and Suffolk Downs in East Boston.

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Boston will team up with cities from Orlando to Los Angeles to buy renewable energy in an effort to cut down on costs and spur incentives to create green energy.

People keep spotting huge snapping turtles in the middle of the road. Here?s why

It?s turtle egg-laying season. But be careful before you move them ? these things bite.

David Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_060618_feature_10391x-001.jpg Finally, sun on Sunday (Saturday, too)

After many lousy weekends this spring, we?ll finally have some nice weather.

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We talked to travel experts about the most common travel blunders, and here?s what they said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rathe_gaypride_feature01asdf.jpg 10 things to know about LGBTQ Pride month

Cities across New England (and the country) will be playing host to parades, festivals, and other events for LGBTQ communities.

8Boston, MA - 6/06/2018 - (7th inning) Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Matt Barnes (32) watches a single to center field by Detroit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera, not pictured, during the seventh inning. The Boston Red Sox host the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 07Red Sox-Tigers, LOID: 8.4.2123906816.

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?Smart fans? with smartphones light up Fenway Park

Fans using their phones as flashlights in the center field bleachers were asked by security to stop after it became a distraction for Tigers hitters.

Names- WBUR?s Bill Littlefield, Rosie?s Place executive director Sue Marsh, and Susan Wornick attended Rosie?s Place?s Safe and Sound Spring Gala on May 4. (Rosie's Place)

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Bill Littlefield to retire from radio show that was more than just a game

After 25 years, the longtime host of National Public Radio?s ?Only A Game? plans to retire from Boston?s only nationally-syndicated sports program.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper-19904.jpg It?s time for Bill Belichick to give Tom Brady what he wants

At this point, the Patriots and Belichick need Brady more than he needs them.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Nestor_Ramos_Columnist_CMYK_BGMP-16726.jpg Yes, suspending the Saugus athletes was dumb. But there?s something tone deaf about all this

If we?re going to criticize the selective enforcement of rules governing smoking, then the Saugus High School lacrosse team circa 2018 is an odd place to start.

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More than a year before any tea was tossed in Boston, Rhode Island colonists burned a British ship ? but Bostonians still get all the credit for sparking the American Revolution.

Miss Conduct

Advice: My jealous boss is trying to sabotage me

Plus, a sister manages to cut her sibling out of mom?s eulogy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/BG-14d2eec0-67ef-11e8-bea7-c8eb28bc52b1.jpg The rise and fall of athenahealth?s Jonathan Bush

The brash business executive stepped down from the helm of athenahealth amid an aggressive takeover bid from a New York hedge fund.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hospitals9-7545881.jpg ?Alert fatigue? may be to blame as hospital staff miss a crucial warning

In the switch to electronic health records, doctors, nurses, and pharmacists are now bombarded with so many messages that some are missed, and that can lead to dangerous errors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/07lobster.jpg ?Outstanding orange? lobster, one in 30 million, found in Westwood Roche Bros.

Most lobsters that end up in fish market tanks are a dull green-brown, but every so often, an odd-colored one comes along.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/logo1-16677.jpg Smarter Cities, Smarter Skills

A Boston Globe event series on how technology and the tech economy are reshaping our world.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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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/2011-2020/2016/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/9913saudi3.jpg Assault on judicial independence is slipperiest of slopes

Talk of impeaching one judge and disparaging the system is nothing short of an assault on judicial independence.

Newsletters

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Our new weekly summer newsletter, ?Eat. Drink. Eat some more,? gives you 15 weeks of recipes and restaurant tips. Find out more.

Lifestyle

A Kate Spade & Co. store in New York in 2016; in general, her bags were constructed out of fun fabrics, rather than serious, heavy leather. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Michael Nagle.

Kate Spade is more than fashion ? it?s a feeling

I don?t know much about the woman who founded the eponymous brand in 1993, and who tragically died on Tuesday at age 55, but I know a lot about how Kate Spade products have made me feel.