Legislators reach end-of-session deal on opioids, not on health care

Lawmakers entered the House chamber on Tuesday, the last day of the state legislative session.

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Lawmakers brushed aside their own rules to cast votes more than an hour past their midnight deadline.

Shirley Leung

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Instead of seizing on the chance to be a leader in transportation, the governor wants us to wait another year for solutions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/200_joel_oritz.jpg Former valedictorian accused of stealing cryptocurrency

Authorities say Joel Ortiz, 20, of Allston, orchestrated a complex scheme that stole $5 million by hijacking identities of some 40 victims.

?I just wanted my day in court,? Al Lepera said of a remote citation he was issued for driving without an inspection sticker. ?I wanted to give my side of the story.?

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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

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.

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Developer Boston Properties has signed a $540 million, 20-year lease with the telecom giant for 440,000 square feet of office space.

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Aurora Flight Sciences, which Boeing purchased last year, develops technology for unmanned aircraft.

ADRIAN WALKER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20131007[1].jpg What do voters want from the new Suffolk DA?

With Dan Conley?s impending retirement, it?s a topic being fiercely debated.

Blandford police

Small town?s officers cite ?unsafe working conditions? in quitting

All four members of the Blandford police force quit Monday. State Police will patrol the western Mass. community for now.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-18779.jpg No word on why Boston library employees were put on leave

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

//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.

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

Kelly Silveira, the mother of Jocelyn Goyette, and Jorge Martell, her fiancé, talked about her in New Bedford on Tuesday.

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?That is what she was afraid of most?

Jocelyn Goyette, the 24-year-woman killed in a crash in Cotuit, feared dying in a wreck. She died when the car she was in slammed into another vehicle.

A memorial was left near the scene of the fatal head-on crash in Cotuit.

Finger-pointing escalates in wake of tragic Cotuit crash

The man who police say caused the crash ?should not have been out,? the Bristol DA said. Mickey Rivera had been released on bail weeks before the fatal wreck.

PHILLIES 3, RED SOX 1

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

Boston, MA: 7-30-18: Red Sox reliever Tyler Thornburg fires a top of the ninth inning pitch. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Philadelphia Phillies in a regular season inter league baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

With Chris Sale out, can the Red Sox pitching staff pick up the slack?

Sale?s trip to the DL and the failure to obtain a veteran reliever at the trade deadline will test the roster?s depth.

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

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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.

Food

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/pfosi_01salty_food10.jpg Getting Salty with a longtime Kimball Farm ice cream scooper

If you?ve lined up with the masses at the Westford ice cream stand in recent years, chances are you?ve encountered Sam Jacobson.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Handout_30sharknames_06_met.jpg 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.

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A 6,000-square-foot marketplace in Terminal C will feature regional food favorites, as well as an offering from the Boston Public Market.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin072418PeaceWalk_Met6.jpg Public will be able to witness commissioner?s swearing-in

William Gross be promoted from chief Monday during a ceremony at Morning Star Baptist Church in Mattapan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/d4eb79fca8694bc2a898cb7bd098a1b0-d4eb79fca8694bc2a898cb7bd098a1b0-0.jpg Newtown parents? case against Alex Jones heads to court

Veronique De La Rosa and Leonard Pozner will try to convince a Texas judge to let their defamation lawsuit proceed.

Starts & Stops

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_startsstop_metro152.jpg Silver Line buses might get OK to take little-used Williams on-ramp . . . one day

An MBTA planning document says opening the ramp for buses could happen within the next five years.

//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.

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The electric scooters popped up in the cities last month ? without warning and, officials said, without proper permits.

Names

Poking around a Fox host?s family tree

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/7e3dcaf88fb245fca6b51c40673df639-7e3dcaf88fb245fca6b51c40673df639-0.jpg Faced with losses, MoviePass discount tix service hikes fee

MoviePass, the discount service for movie tickets, is raising prices by 50 percent and barring viewings of most major releases during the first two weeks.

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.

Opinion & Ideas

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.

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

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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

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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.

Real Estate

Senate votes to extend flood insurance program

WASHINGTON (AP) ? The Senate voted Tuesday to extend for four months the program that provides flood insurance for nearly 5 million homeowners and business owners.

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