For some State Police, it?s a posting in paradise

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These island stations have endured, even as criminal investigations, broad cost-cutting measures, and staff realignments continue to batter the State Police back on the mainland.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/996429312.jpg For questions of presidential power, Brett Kavanaugh has several answers

His role in recent constitutional fights involving the presidency is expected to be a major focus of his confirmation hearings.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-17964.jpg The truth about Lawrence

Making a scapegoat of cities like Lawrence and of undocumented immigrants serves the purposes of the Trump administration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_17L5FI.jpg ?Russian individuals did their work during the Obama years,? Trump tweets

?Why didn?t Obama do something about it? Because he thought Crooked Hillary Clinton would win, that?s why.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/998546248.jpg 10,000 protesters opposing Trump march through Scottish capital

President Trump and his wife, Melania, were spending the weekend out of the spotlight at his Turnberry resort, ahead of his summit Monday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/9dd253a9ea3b4a1490641f537d08d4af-9dd253a9ea3b4a1490641f537d08d4af-0.jpg A migrant child?s days in detention included cleaning toilets

More than 2,800 children ? some of them separated from their parents, some of them classified at the border as ?unaccompanied minors? ? remain in detention facilities.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chicklis-17971.jpg Westminster man found dead in N.H. was identified by dental records

Brandon Chicklis was traveling to Windham, N.H., for a belated holiday celebration when he disappeared on June 23.

Colin Carlson, 8, enjoyed a hug with Dawn, the therapy dog that visited the kids at Camp Kangaroo.

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At Camp Kangaroo, grieving kids come together to talk, reflect, and play

At a free weekend day camp, kids who have lost a parent or loved one come together to play, support each other, and talk about their loss.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-17976.jpg ?We?re picking up the pace? on election security following indictment of Russian agents, Galvin says

Massachusetts? voter logs were not hacked by Russian agents during the 2016 presidential election.

Boston Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts howled as he rounded the bases after his walkoff grand slam.

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RED SOX 6, BLUE JAYS 2

Xander Bogaerts?s walkoff grand slam was music to Red Sox? ears

Pumped up by his walkup song by DMX, the shortstop delivered big-time to beat the Blue Jays in the 10th inning.

Nick Cafardo | On baseball

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin071418RedSox-BlueJays_Spt7.jpg Eduardo Rodriguez injury throws Red Sox trade plans for a loop

Do the Red Sox need to start scouting Michael Fulmer, Cole Hamels, and J.A. Happ?

GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee_041118_celticsnets1_met.jpg Roster decisions are looming for Celtics

While Marcus Smart waits for a contract, the team has to decide how to use its 15th, and final, roster spot.

Celtics 74, Heat 72

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/summer.jpg Celtics advance to summer league quarterfinals

The Celtics will play the Trail Blazers in Las Vegas on Sunday at 8 p.m.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/turner071218LIVING11shiru24.jpg Free coffee ? with a catch ? is coming to Massachusetts

Shiru Cafe offers students free drinks in exchange for communications from companies that want to recruit them.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_071318_everettfire3_met.jpg ?He was totally engulfed in flames?: Witnesses recount blaze that injured two Everett firefighters

Everett firefighters Scott Dalrymple and Joshua Doyon suffered burns when they were overcome by an apparent flashover of flames inside a home that caught fire on Morris Street on Friday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/22/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/0008-R&H-ALLEGROinBoston.jpg A comeback role for Boston theaters?

A current flurry of activity and optimism may suggest that the downtown theater district could regain some of its former status as a proving ground for Broadway-bound productions.

Jan Cellucci is raising money to battle ALS, the disease her husband, Paul Cellucci, died of in 2013.

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Jan Cellucci keeps Paul Cellucci?s memory alive by fighting his killer, ALS

Jan Cellucci?s last campaign continues without the man she once asked to the junior prom.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/sinatra2-1006.jpg Nancy Sinatra Sr., first wife of Frank Sinatra, dies at 101

Mrs. Sinatra was the childhood sweetheart of Frank Sinatra who became the first of his four wives and the mother of his three children.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_mailman2_met.jpg Mailman vs. Neighbor: a suburban war

Heather Astaneh was livid when a package she ordered arrived late, so she wrote a complaint on the US Postal Service website. Three years later, her case is in federal court.

GARY WASHBURN I SUNDAY BASKETBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/9bed8700ade94361a80d5e6bbced1a29-9bed8700ade94361a80d5e6bbced1a29-0.jpg How Magic Johnson convinced LeBron James to join Lakers

They met one on one and simply talked basketball.

Seagull in Gloucester snatches wallet from man on the street

A man was walking down Main Street near the waterfront area around 9 p.m. Friday when the seagull swooped down.

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/perspect0715mag-4124.jpg My black sons wanted to know: What?s it like to be a white male right now?

Answering that question was more complicated than I expected.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Jimenez.jpg Novartis, Michael Cohen contacts more extensive than disclosed earlier

Documents reveal that the agreement between Cohen and Novartis was longer and more detailed than had been known.

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.

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