As Legislature?s session winds down, a deal on opioids

Beacon Hill lawmakers barreled into the final hours of the session Tuesday with reams of major legislation still pending.

An artist?s drawing of the third phase of The Hub on Causeway project.

Verizon will move into tower to be built over North Station

Verizon?s long-rumored major expansion in Boston is apparently official, though the telecom giant isn?t yet revealing details of its plans.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_31pursuit-6_metro-18689.jpg Anger grows over fatal Cotuit crash that killed new dad

A district attorney blasted the probation department for failing to inform him about Mickey Rivera?s June arrest, saying prosecutors would have moved to revoke his bail if they had known.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_073118_Cotuit1_met.jpg Family mourns young mother dead after Cotuit crash

?She was an incredible mother, incredible,? Jorge Martell, said of his late fiancée, Jocelyn Goyette.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-18779.jpg 3 Boston library facilities managers are placed on leave

The employees were suspended without pay on July 18. An official declined to identify them or discuss the reason they were placed on leave.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_startsstop_metro152.jpg Silver Line commutes could get quicker, with the opening of a small highway on-ramp

Officials are taking a look at activists? calls to ?free the ramp.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blandford_cruiser-18696.jpg In tiny Blandford, frustrations over equipment and working conditions prompted police resignations

All four members of the town?s police department resigned en masse Monday in protest, citing ?unsafe working conditions? and the inherent dangers of the job.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_1818OO.jpg Facebook uncovers attempts to influence upcoming midterms

The social network said it had removed 32 pages and fake accounts that engaged in activity around divisive social issues.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2ndld-writethru-b1b33394-94d1-11e8-80e1-00e80e1fdf43.jpg Judge issues order to stop release of 3-D plastic gun blueprints

Eight Democratic attorneys general, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the move.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-18780.jpg N.H. woman in wheelchair dies after being struck by Jeep

Pauline Clark, 76, was in a motorized wheelchair crossing Route 3 when she was hit, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_17J9TX.jpg Cambridge and Somerville say Bird scooters aren?t welcome without permits

Bird electric scooters appeared in Cambridge and Somerville with no warning, and those localities are now taking action.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0b5f107c948d42248981534a1fa5a14e-0b5f107c948d42248981534a1fa5a14e-0.jpg In opening remarks, Paul Manafort?s lawyers blame others

In the first day of the trial, Manafort?s defense team tried to deflect blame to his longtime political consulting partner, Rick Gates.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/eb96fb3a70b9415884c945711fb5b783-965e3c17c27647fba6c9e22823d15dc8-2.jpg US Vatican cardinal: ?Not once did I even suspect? McCarrick

Cardinal Kevin Farrell insisted he never knew of the alleged sexual abuse of boys and adult seminarians by the former Archbishop of Washington, D.C.

30sharknames -- For a $2,500 donation, the Conservancy lets anyone adopt their own great white shark. In exchange, adopters receive naming rights and, upon the sharkÕs tagging by the Conservancy, an underwater photo and some basic information, including the sharkÕs size and tagging date. This shark's name is Nan-sea. (Handout)

Handout

You can ?adopt? and name a great white shark

You can adopt a highway. You can adopt a star. And now you can adopt and name one of the ocean?s fiercest predators.

Boston, MA: 7-31-18: The Red Sox Andrew Benintendi is about to be tagged out at the plate by Phillies catcher Jorge Alfaro on a bottom of the first inning play that was scored as a caught stealing. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Philadelphia Phillies in a regular season inter league baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

PHILLIES 3, RED SOX 1

Red Sox denied by Jake Arrieta, Phillies

Xander Bogaerts drove in Boston?s run with a ground out in the sixth.

Peter Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin072718RedSox-Twins_Spt8-20560.jpg Chris Sale goes on disabled list with shoulder inflammation

The Red Sox described the issue with the ace?s left shoulder as ?mild.? Sale himself said, ?We?re not hiding anything . . . this is a little soreness.?

Boston, MA: 7-31-18: New Red Sox 2B Ian Kinsler is pictured as he takes batting practice. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Philadelphia Phillies in a regular season inter league baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

Four things to know about new Red Sox second baseman Ian Kinsler

He was briefly college teammates with Dustin Pedroia and wanted to prove Dave Dombrowski wrong in his first stint with the executive.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_rmv3_biz.jpg No inspection sticker means big trouble for one driver

Al Lepera opened the envelope from the RMV to find a citation for driving without the sticker. It could cost him as much as $1,000 in fines and insurance surcharges.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/tipjar.jpg ?If they touch it, you tip it?: The definitive guide to tipping while traveling

With the help of etiquette experts, we?ve assembled a handy guide for tipping while traveling in the United States.

Proposed changes to airport food options include a Lucca Restaurant in Terminal B.

Boston Public Market will establish a presence at Logan Airport

The locally-sourced food hall hopes it will find a larger audience with the move.

?I want to create the Sam Adams of cannabis,? said Mario Signore.

Ice company magnate wants to create ?the Sam Adams of cannabis?

Mario Signore grew up in the family business, Brookline Ice. Now he wants to supply a different kind of commodity to the region.

Jaida Thomas, 9, was very attentive during an experiment to extract DNA from a strawberry.

Youngsters shown a slice of life as a scientist

Representatives from Thermo Fisher Scientific visited a Boston charter schcool and demonstrated experiments designed to ?hook? students on science.

Last week, Governor Charlie Baker got spooked by a bipartisan proposal to tinker with toll rates and rejected the item out of the budget.

Shirley Leung

For our cautious governor, a break on off-peak tolls is too controversial

Instead of seizing on the chance to be a leader in transportation, Charlie Baker wants a study.

Names

Poking around a Fox host?s family tree

On ?The Five,? Jesse Watters talked of limiting immigration to ?the best and brightest.? Globe reporter Eric Moskowitz did a little online sleuthing and posted a very interesting Twitter thread.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham-4667.jpg John Kelly is Trump?s Maytag repairman ? unwanted and unnecessary

The White House chief of staff has been neutered by a president that doesn?t need him.

Opinion | John Podesta

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/SeamountWEB.jpg Trump?s fishing folly endangers marine national monuments

The administration is preparing to eliminate protections for the handful of ?no take? ocean areas.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/e213d467589411235f0f6a7067008dde.jpg Take a look inside the Newport, R.I., home that Judge Judy just bought for $9 million

Known as the ??Bird House,?? the home was owned by the late Dorrance Hill Hamilton, who died last year at the age of 88.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/Rex_US_President_Donald_J_Trump_ral_9775272S.jpg Trump?s rally in Tampa covers the usual topics: economy, enemies

The president was in Florida campaigning for Republicans. His supporters showered him with praise.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AFP_1816UX-4661.jpg Undetectable plastic guns have arrived. Congress needs to act

Federal law needs to keep pace with 3-D printed guns.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Capture2.JPG An oral history of LeBron James and the 2003 UMass-Boston Summer League

How the 2003 Boston Summer League helped introduce LeBron James to the NBA.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/0346_Sur-PPC-Still2.jpg WATCH: How the brain transforms vision into action

What we see often dictates how we act. We rarely give these actions any thought, but one MIT scientist is obsessed with them.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg 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.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

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Top Trump officials clash over plan to let cars pollute more

WASHINGTON ? Senior administration officials are clashing over President Donald Trump?s plan to roll back a major environmental rule and let cars emit more tailpipe pollution, according to 11 people familiar with the confrontation, in a dispute over whether the proposal can withstand legal challenge.

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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Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg 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.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The life aquatic

The summer heat is here. Take a look at animals cooling off with water or in their aquatic environments.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.