The United States imposed the first duties on $34 billion in Chinese goods Friday, launching a trade war between the world?s two largest economies. Moments later, the Chinese side fired back.
Groups want the T to provide fare discounts for low-income riders The T has batted the idea around for years, but never implemented it.
Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
The federal government said it plans to reunite nearly 3,000 childen by the end of the month.
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BSO?s principal flutist sues for equal pay Elizabeth Rowe, the star principal flutist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, is suing under the new Massachusetts Equal Pay Law, saying she was paid ?about three quarters? what the male principal oboist received.
Army quietly discharges immigrant recruits Some immigrant Army reservists and recruits who enlisted with a promised path to citizenship are being abruptly discharged.
The icky weather is going to break Friday. Here?s how it?s going to come to an end ? and what it means for your weekend.
A flood watch is in effect for portions of Massachusetts and Rhode Island from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Some projects are in the early stages, some have suffered false starts, and some have been long-promised but never delivered.
Thai rescuer in cave dies from lack of oxygen The rescuer, a former Thai SEAL, was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an overnight mission in which he was placing oxygen canisters.
Scott Pruitt resigns as EPA head Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned after a cascade of controversies over his lavish spending, ethical lapses, and management decisions.
In a golden era of fine dining, a maitre d? was there to tend to your every need. Now they?re all gone, all but Frank Lunardi.
President Trump also made light of the #MeToo movement during Thursday night?s rally in Montana.
Former local pub destroyed, firefighters treated for heat exhaustion after Hanson fire JJ?s Pub in Hanson was destroyed in a fire Thursday, and multiple firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion.
Council strays from Walsh on key issues, often to his left After a relatively cozy first four years with Mayor Walsh, the City Council lately has been going its own way.
On a sweltering day, a Boston cop helped a black lab keep cool Sergeant Sam Silta offered to keep a family?s dog with him while they rushed to Boston Children?s Hospital.
John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
THOMAS FARRAGHER
To roam Twin State Typewriter is to take a step back into the Eisenhower Era.
Seeds of the past grow into farm of the future Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan has been restored and will serve as the headquarters for the Urban Farming Institute.
Stan Grossfeld
This guy has 757 Red Sox bats, and each one tells a story Philadelphia lawyer Jeff Boujoukos owns a bat from nearly every Boston position player since 1960.
ADAM HIMMELSBACH
Everything you need to know about Celtics summer league Boston begins play in Las Vegas on Friday night, when it faces the 76ers.
Groups split over reviving Boston?s mounted police unit A group of business folks saw their offer to raise funds for mounted patrols rebuffed by the Boston Police Foundation. Now they?re starting their own group.
Rhode Island Dems rescind backing for Trump supporter The Rhode Island Democratic Party had unleashed a dayslong furor by endorsing a Donald Trump-voting male candidate over an incumbent woman.
Christopher Muther
Our Airbnb was stifling. The thermostat was locked and the windows had no screens. Then the stink bugs arrived As convenient as Airbnb can be, a rental also has the potential to go horribly, horribly wrong. Here?s how one man survived a long, hot weekend in a bug-infested Airbnb hell.
?I really do care,? the jackets read, an apparent reference to the ?I really don?t care, do u?? jacket First Lady Melania Trump wore last month.
Opinion | Edward J. Markey
Americans deserve privacy protection from Big Data Congress should take steps to protect citizens? online privacy.
A night of horror, heroism, and tragedy in Coventry Six months after a fire killed a father and his little son, questions still outrun an answer to the biggest lingering question: Why couldn?t they get out?
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Watch ?Runnin??: The opioid crisis hits Somerville ?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.
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 Podcast
Getting over a breakup Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.
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Boston begins play in Las Vegas on Friday night, when it faces the 76ers.
Doffie Arnold, 94, who died May 29 and formerly lived in Concord, was an artist whose canvases sparkled with energy.
Mortgage rates have declined in five of the past six weeks, offering relief to would-be home buyers.
President Trump is closing in on his next Supreme Court nominee, with three federal judges leading the competition.
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The City of Boston is strongly encouraging those who decide to partake in the city's July 4th activities to refrain from using personal vehicles.
Wheeler helped lead an industry fight against regulations that protect Americans? health and address climate change.
The money will help Starry expand its wireless broadband service to 16 other US cities.
On this girlfriends? getaway, we had one goal: to sample the gorgeous confections from three superstar New England bakers we?d come to love on TV.
Fast, funny, and full of likable stars and scientific mumbo-jumbo, it may be the Platonic Ideal of the summer air-conditioning movie.
He can ?bear-ly? contain his excitement.
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Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town? As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
The Big Picture
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: watching World Cup soccer, the annual Boston Pride Parade, and protesting gun volence.
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