State lands tax windfall: $1.2 billion more than expected

Much of the unexpected revenue came from unstable sources, such as capital gains taxes.

The weather to start July has been sultry and significantly above average in terms of temperature and below average in terms of rainfall.

Dave Epstein

What?s the weather going to be like the rest of the summer?

It looks as though we?ll get a break in the heat this weekend, but then what happens for the rest of July and into August?

Boston, MA., 06/27/18, In the North End, an anti-Starbucks sign hangs in the window of Caffe dello Sport. Local business owners and customers are speaking out against the addition of a Starbucks at the gateway to the North End on Hanover Street. They argue the store will hurt family-owned coffee houses and diminish the authenticity of the historic neighborhood. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Boston?s Walsh opposes North End Starbucks proposal

Mayor Martin J. Walsh is opposing a prospective Starbucks location at the entrance of the North End.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Debate_02.jpg Bob Massie lags on fund-raising, gives campaign another loan

A campaign official says Bob Massie?s trip to France affected the totals.

President Trump arrived to speak during a rally on Thursday in Great Falls, Mont.

Trump suggests giving Elizabeth Warren a DNA test, ?but we have to do it gently because we?re in the ?Me Too? generation?

President Trump also made light of the #MeToo movement during Thursday night?s rally in Montana.

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Officials say they have been unable to quickly match some families because DNA tests were inconclusive, or the parents were released from custody and have not yet been found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/02/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_PB4IV.jpg West Nile virus found in Jamaica Plain mosquito pond

City officials urged residents to protect themselves from the virus by using insect repellant, wearing long sleeves, and emptying standing water.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/07manchester.jpg N.H. man allegedly broke into apartment, left child porn behind

Kenyoun Gifford allegedly broke into a Manchester apartment, scattered child pornography, and spray-painted the word ?PEDO.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/sharkcrop1.jpg Great white shark snatched fish off hook, captain says

A great white shark leapt out the water and ate a bass that was being reeled in from a boat in Cape Cod Bay Thursday morning.

A Royal Thai Navy soldier carried a portrait of Saman Gunan, a former navy SEAL who died duirng a rescue mission for the trapped 12 boys and their coach, during arrival honors for Gunan's remains at a military base in Chon Buri province on Friday.

Thai cave rescue is pushing the abilities of divers to the edge

One cave diver called the effort to save 12 boys and their soccer coach the equivalent of climbing Mount Everest.

Wellesley man arrested in alleged export plot tied to marine equipment

Shuren Qin was detained by US Marshals following an initial appearance in US District Court in Boston.

Bipedal humanoid robot

Tyrone Siu/REUTERS

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

After viral YouTube fame, Boston Dynamics is ready to sell its robots

After wowing fans with YouTube videos, Boston Dynamics will try to sell its remarkable robots to a wider market.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy.jpg Will we ever know what PED Julian Edelman took?

That?s just one of many thoughts to ponder.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/24/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/RinaldiRedSox23.jpg Let?s compare and contrast Pedro Martinez and Chris Sale

Sale is no Martinez, but he sure has done a lot of Pedro-like things.

Belgium 2, Brazil 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/AFP_17A3OM.jpg Belgium holds off Brazil?s comeback effort to reach World Cup semifinals

Kevin De Bruyne?s first-half strike lifted Belgium into a final four matchup with France.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Rex_Taylor_Swifts_Reputation_Stadiu_9724987H.jpg Taylor Swift?s tour rolls into Gillette soon. Will she visit her $18m R.I. manse?

Looks like another Fourth of July in Rhode Island has passed without a paparazzi-heavy appearance by Taylor Swift. What gives?

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Advance/Images/2016-07-11T142151Z_240359705_S1AETOZAXBAA_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-JOEPERRY.jpg Aerosmith?s most popular song was inspired by . . . Barbra Streisand?

The band?s only song to ever hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart has a surprising origin story.

Movie Review | ? ? ? ½

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AntManAndTheWasp5ae0af7ca2524.jpg ?Ant-Man and the Wasp? is a Marvel marvel

Fast, funny, and full of likable stars and scientific mumbo-jumbo, it may be the Platonic Ideal of the summer air-conditioning movie.

Lena Headey as Cersei Lannister on ?Game of Thrones.?

HBO via AP/File

Buzzsaw | Matthew Gilbert

The best villains on TV

The worst people in TV?s post-millennial era are also the most complicated. Think Livia Soprano or Cersei Lannister.

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_improvements7_met.jpg A tourist asked for recommendations in Boston. And social media responded ? with kindness

What if we all saw our city through the eyes of an earnest tourist?

Bob Ryan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ryan90-20633.png One dominant team in NBA is nothing new, and it?s never been bad for the league

So the Warriors added another All-Star; the NBA has been based on dominance from the very beginning.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/13150ec421b74b93812cea244ff4c112-13150ec421b74b93812cea244ff4c112-0.jpg A fellow NFL quarterback says Tom Brady scrambles ?like a baby giraffe?

Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins had plenty of praise, as well, for his New England counterpart.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/8d5b43ca8efb48d4b711b5ab86be77b4-8d5b43ca8efb48d4b711b5ab86be77b4-0-3411[1].jpg Biogen stock jumps on positive results for Alzheimer?s drug

Biogen is declaring success with a treatment for Alzheimer?s disease, pointing to positive secondary results from a mid-stage study in hopes of saving a drug many in the field had written off entirely.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/06/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/4eadc47c68c2421197b75d697bdc6e57-4eadc47c68c2421197b75d697bdc6e57-0.jpg Elvis Costello cancels European tour dates after cancer surgery

Elvis Costello has canceled the rest of his European summer tour after undergoing surgery for a ?small but very aggressive? cancerous tumor.

STAT

Stat

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamedpi%20c.jpg 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.

Globe event

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

//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

 

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