In Boston, it?s not easy going green

A stump marks where a tree was removed on the Commonwealth Avenue mall. — John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

A decade ago, the city pledged it?d plant 100,000 trees by 2020. Alas, Boston has fallen woefully short and it?s abandoned the goal.

Trump refuses to sign G-7 summit statement, angering allies

The president also called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ?very dishonest and weak.?

North Korea?s Kim arrives in Singapore

Kim?s plane landed amid huge security precautions on the city-state island, which is hosting this week?s Trump-Kim summit.

A pointed battle is playing out in many courthouses

Acupuncturists and physical therapists are fighting over who has the right to stick slender filiform needles into patients.

Paul Glass (right), with his husband Charles Evans, said a gay friend in a nursing home feels isolated. — Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

?When we get older . . . how will we be treated??

Gay and lesbian baby boomers have seen extraordinary gains in social acceptance during their adult lives, but long-buried fears of isolation and discrimination are resurfacing.

Boston?s Pride Parade is part party, and part protest

Thousands gathered for the colorful, boisterous event, including mayors from across the country who are in town for the US Conference of Mayors.

Nation?s mayors back Mass. transgender protection law

A November ballot question, if passed, would revoke the state?s two-year-old transgender antidiscrimination law.

Yvonne Abraham

He did not forget them. His scrapbooks live on

Bob Quinn could never keep up with all of the AIDS-related obituaries he found. But he didn?t want those lives to be forgotten.

Candidate for House seat once compared minority groups, Nazis

Democrat Abhijit Das?s campaign says ?his views have grown? since he made the comments while writing for a college publication.

Prosecutors: Ariz. man wanted to bomb Black Commencement at Harvard

Nicholas Zuckerman, 24, faces two felony charges, according to the US attorney?s office.

Parents and children detained at the US border can be separated and fall into very different legal tracks. — Ilana Panich-Linsman/New York Times

Down on the border, a new trail of tears

The Trump administration?s policy of splitting up families is creating a burgeoning population of dislocated and frightened children, held in makeshift detention centers near the border.

The Belmont Stakes

For all the Gronkowskis, the day was quite a ride

Gronkowski the horse was calm while Gronkowski the football star petted him on the neck. ?He was dope,? Gronkowski said.

150th Belmont Stakes

Justify wins Triple Crown; Gronkowski the horse gets second

Bob Baffert became the second trainer to win the Triple Crown twice. He did so in 2015 with American Pharoah.

A face lift has restored Blantyre?s opulence.

In the lap of luxury in Lenox, at the reborn Blantyre

The complex of red-brick Tudor mansion, carriage house, and cottages, arrayed on 110 acres of manicured grounds, re-opened Memorial Day Weekend under new ownership.

Determination drives Lynn Tech student from homeless to scholarship winner

The Friendly Knights of St. Patrick awarded Shaneil Nelson $20,000 to pursue her nursing career at Boston College.

Bob Ryan

Remembering my start, 50 years ago, at the Globe

The newspaper we walked into was entering its journalistic prime.

MICHELLE SINGLETARY | THE COLOR OF MONEY

Worried about cuts to Social Security?

Author Andy Landis has created the bible on how to navigate this retirement benefit.

TALKING SHOP

A visit to Assembly Row 2.0

Higher-end amenities are making the Somerville complex become a true destination.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

Belichick and Gronk did their best to minimize the drama. Tom Brady did not

He needs to take media coaching from Belichick and Gronkowski, or he wants the drama to linger.

Which mysterious biblical king is this? Scholars want to know

A sculpture dating back nearly 3,000 years has set off a mystery caper as scholars try to figure out whose face it depicts.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

J.D. Martinez is everything Red Sox expected ? and more

He has singlehandedly made the Red Sox a power threat again, and he?s been willing to share his wisdom.

Mike cut as valedictorian tries to talk about sexual misconduct

Lulabel Seitz said she was frustrated by what she claimed was a lack of action from the school?s administration.

Ideas | Amy Bentley

Is ketchup the perfect complement to the American diet?

More than just a condiment, it helped revolutionize how food is grown, processed, and regulated

Seattle?s growing pains offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Getting over a breakup

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

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Our military: The greatest social engineering machine ever built

Could the military help us close the gap between red and blue?

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Special reports

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