Fireworks light up the sky in Boston

The Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular over the Charles River.

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Boston, MA - July 04, 2018: A spectator views the fireworks following the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA on July 04, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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Pyrotechnics are fired from the Hatch Shell during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade.

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Dressed as Lady Liberty, Carol Hunt, of Milton, sings along during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade.

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Megan Stinker, 16, enjoys the festivities during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular.

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Boston, MA - July 04, 2018: Scott Webb, center, enjoys the festivities at the end of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA on July 04, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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SLIDER - JULY FOURTH -Quincy, Ma.--July 4, 2018-- Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff---A bubble float during the Squantum 4th of July parade

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SLIDER-- Ben Woupio of Northbridge, MA, was decorated for the occasion while waiting for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular to begin at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA on July 04, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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SLIDER -- Heidi Norris, 11-years-old, tosses her sister Emily, one-year-old, into the air during the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. Despite the heat, large crowds came out to celebrate one of the countryÕs largest and oldest public Fourth-of-July events that took place on the Esplanade.Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

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SLIDER--Bethany Long, of East Haddam, CT plays with her dog, Milo, while waiting for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular to begin at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston, MA on July 04, 2018. (Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff) section: metro reporter:

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A fireworks stand in Arlington, Va.

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It hopefully comes as no surprise to you that the Fourth of July is about more than just hot dogs and fireworks.

Patrons visited the new ICA Watershed, which opened to the public Wednesday. Hot, sticky weather in the region drove many indoors on July Fourth.

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They exercised their right to celebrate the Fourth indoors (with air conditioning)

It was America?s birthday, and it was really, really hot.

Hundreds gather for reading of the Declaration of Independence and parade at Old State House

Several attendees cheered throughout the reading and at its conclusion, when confetti cannons shot red, white, and blue ticker tape into the air above the crowd.

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It would be difficult to find a family that values Boston?s annual Fourth of July celebration more than the Schinkers of Stow, Ohio.

Renée Graham

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I surrendered my flag to those who literally and figuratively wield it against their fellow Americans. Now I want it back.

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Arthur McCann used stencils to paint 50 white stars and a measuring tape to make sure the stripes were straight and of equal length. His 7-year-old daughter Jenna helped.

A crowd gathered Wednesday on a pier to photograph the USS Constitution as it came into view. The ship headed to Castle Island in South Boston for a turnaround.

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USS Constitution sets sail, briefly, on Fourth of July voyage

The USS Constitution made its Fourth of July turnaround in Boston Harbor, in commemoration of the 242nd anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

BOSTON, MA - 2/07/2018:Will Not Seek The Office.... Acting Senate president Harriette Chandler after she read a statement to the media after private caucus (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC 08rosenberg

State lawmakers aim to ensure abortion remains legal in Mass.

A new justice on the Supreme Court means Roe v. Wade could be at risk, some analysts say. Lawmakers in Massachusetts are reacting even before the new justice is sworn in.

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The Fine Print

Pay attention to the tiny type when opening ? and closing ? a money market account

Let?s say you open an interest-bearing money market account with a $10,000 deposit. Two weeks later, you close the account. Question: How much is the check for?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MilanVasicek-AdobeStock_22barriers_01_met.jpg MBTA wants to put barriers, doors on subway platforms

The technology is common at airports, on Asian subway systems, and increasingly in Europe. But it has not been deployed on a major US transit system.

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 04: Eduardo Rodriguez #57 of the Boston Red Sox pitches in the first inning during a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on July 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

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RED SOX 3, NATIONALS 0

Eduardo Rodriguez changes things up, leads Red Sox to sweep

Eduardo Rodriguez was strong, and Rafael Devers and Eduardo Nunez scored in the seventh inning to break a scoreless tie.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JCETRINO(ShootingFayston)004.jpg As children played nearby, four men are shot in Dorchester

?We?re real lucky a young kid didn?t get killed,? Boston Police Commissioner William Evans said.

Milford woman is arrested after leaving child locked in car

Annelise Marie Ambert, 21, was arrested Tuesday after leaving her child unattended in a locked car in a Walmart parking lot in Rhode Island, police said.

Here?s where applicants for recreational marijuana licenses are in Massachusetts

Data released by the Cannabis Control Commission show where marijuana companies are trying to open.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/sarkisian-obit-079b0c0c-7cb6-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc.jpg Leo Sarkisian, creator of the Voice of America?s ?Music Time in Africa,? dies at 97

Leo Sarkisian, a self-taught ethnomusicologist, was born in Lawrence and began his music studies in Greater Boston?s Armenian community.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/3.LG%20in%20Mosul.jpg On Mideast trip, Elizabeth Warren polishes her credentials

For the senator, the trip is bound to raise further talk about her 2020 plans, as the Massachusetts Democrat continues trying to bolster her foreign policy credentials.

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?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

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Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that 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.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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

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