From the start, a muddied message on Russia

Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that Russia?s Vladimir Putin had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 election.

US President Donald Trump spoke during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday.

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As Trump?s statements on Russia continue to change, he now says he warned Putin about meddling

President Trump spent a second day Wednesday managing the fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia?s Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up what the White House said were misstatements.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Rex_Trump_Foundation_accused_of_misu_9716626B.jpg New York said to open tax inquiry into Trump Foundation

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance has opened an investigation into whether the Donald J. Trump Foundation violated state tax laws.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/29blspic06.jpg Former Boston school leader to receive payment in secret deal

Boston?s School Committee approved a separation agreement Monday, in apparent violation of the open meeting law, with Tommy Chang, the former superintendent of the city?s public schools.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PlusStateTrooper-15156.jpg Former public safety secretary to consult with scandal-plagued State Police

The State Police say they have brought in a familiar face to consult and bring change to the department: former state public safety secretary Kathleen O?Toole.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_bethIsrael2_biz.jpg Merging Beth Israel, Lahey would drive up costs, watchdog says

The consolidation would boost medical spending by as much as $191.3 million a year for inpatient, outpatient, and primary care services.

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Maria Butina, who has been charged with secretly acting on Moscow?s behalf in the United States, was ordered held without bond.

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The Vermont Standard?s staff is currently operating out of a local library.

Woman, teen killed in NH crash

The initial investigation indicated that speed was a factor and that the car lost control and rolled over multiple times.

Man jumps on roof while fleeing immigration officers

A man jumped onto the roof of a newspaper office in Fall River while trying to flee U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Shaun%20Tyman%20charged%20by%20Winchester%20police%20w%20stalking%207%2018%2019%20booking%20photo.jpg Lowell man allegedly tracked co-worker with GPS for at least 12 days

A Lowell man is now facing stalking charges following a monthslong investigation by Lowell and Winchester police.

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A serial rapist was sentenced Wednesday for raping women on the Esplanade and in South Boston in 2006, 2007, and 2010.

Rembrandt?s ?The Storm on the Sea of Galilee? was one of the paintings stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990.

Globe, WBUR team to create Gardner Museum heist podcast

?Last Seen,? a weekly investigative podcast about the notorious art theft, will debut Sept. 17.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Dershowitz1a.jpg Alan Dershowitz concedes: He didn?t realize ?how emotionally people are invested in opposing Trump?

The former Harvard Law professor spoke to residents on Martha?s Vineyard about his controversial defense of President Trump and how he?s been met with unexpected blowback on the island.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1001479048.jpg Aly Raisman, sex abuse survivors join hands, accept courage award at ESPYs

More than 140 survivors of sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar joined hands on stage to be honored at the ESPYs.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/15/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/lee_071418_housekeeper3_met.jpg Going green is cutting into hotel housekeepers? livelihoods

Programs that encourage guests to skip housekeeping, and save energy, are wreaking havoc on workers? schedules, a union says.

Dave Epstein

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However, we?re also unlikely to see any days with bright blue skies and low humidity.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_FedCourt_01.jpg Gay Ugandan woman, fearing imprisonment or worse if deported, pleads to stay in US

Gay, lesbian, and transgender Ugandans can be sentenced to life in prison in the African country.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner070518METROxxagetech132.jpg As older population grows, Massachusetts angles to become the Silicon Valley for ?age-tech?

Massachusetts leaders think it?s time to apply the state?s Yankee ingenuity ? its potent mix of brainpower and technology prowess ? to solving the problems of aging.

Governor Charlie Baker got a tour of the new Green Line trolley at Riverside Station.

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First new Green Line cars may debut in Sept.

T officials showed off the first of 24 new trolleys that are sleeker, roomier, and have new gadgets, such as video screens and sensors that will count passengers.

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The team has said they would ordain as Buddhist novices to honor the former Thai navy SEAL diver who died while making preparations for their rescue.

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 11: Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots football team and chief executive officer of the Kraft Group, arrives for a morning session of the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference, July 11, 2018 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Every July, some of the world's most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, technology and political spheres converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive weeklong conference. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Three Boston teams named to Forbes World?s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams

The Patriots were the second-ranked NFL team.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/985732080.jpg Where could the Red Sox turn for relief at the trade deadline?

Major league sources suggest the Sox are committed foremost to bolstering their bullpen.

? ? ? | Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2495_D037_00109_0124R_COMP.JPG_cmyk.jpg Take a chance on ?Mamma Mia!? sequel

?Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again? is great summer fun.

Forks, Spoons and Knives on Blue Background

Miss Conduct

Is it rude to bring our own silverware to parties? We?re anti-plastic

I don?t want my family using paper plates and plastic utensils, even at other people?s parties. Plus, a popcorn-in-teeth dilemma.

NAMES

Dig, a new dating app for dog lovers, to host Fort Point bash

The dating service was founded by Newton-raised sisters Leigh and Casey Isaacson, who believe that dog-friendly humans make good teams.

Opinion & Ideas

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-18159.jpg GOP candidates from Mass. miss chance to stand up to Trump

The Massachusetts Republicans running for the US Senate will fit right in with the dutiful doormats in the caucus they hope to join.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/africa%20hero.jpg For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope

The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/living%20cells.jpg WATCH: The pleasure and pain of seeing inside living cells

Eric Betzig?s newest microscope looks nothing like the one you remember from school.

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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