Airbnb bill is now uncertain in Mass. after Baker?s changes

Governor Charlie Baker?s small alterations could throw a big wrench into complex legislation that was years in the making.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiStateHouse02.jpg Beacon Hill leaves many key bills out of last-minute deal-making

Amid a flurry of activity at the end of its formal session, the Legislature left several proposals on the cutting room floor.

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It doesn?t feel like Christmas outside, but they were handing out gifts like Santa Claus on Beacon Hill.

Rudy Giuliani, an attorney for President Trump, addressed a gathering during a campaign event for candidate Eddie Edwards in Portsmouth, N.H., Wednesday.

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In N.H., Giuliani says Trump is offering opinion on Mueller probe, not an order

On a trip to campaign for a congressional candidate, Rudy Giuliani said the president was not issuing a directive to the Justice Department, as Democrats had suggested.

Dorian Gordon grew up in Dorchester, a world away from Trayvon Martin. But she?ll never forget the boy, armed with only a bag of Skittles and an iced tea, gunned down in Sanford, Fla., in 2012 for being black.

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Commentary | Jeneé Osterheldt

Trayvon Martin?s murder is a wound unhealed

If he?d made it home alive, Trayvon Martin would be around Dorian Gordon?s age. Six years later, the Dorchester native still grapples with his murder.

Boater reported missing in Canton pond

A search for a boater reported missing at Reservoir Pond in Canton was underway Wednesday evening.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20180801_134127.jpg ?We both thought that we were prepared. But we weren?t?: Father, daughter rescued from Mount Washington

Crews rescued a father and daughter stranded on a hike to the summit of Mount Washington, one that they first completed 40 years ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/maeda_location,location_biz1-4511.jpg BPL asks police to investigate after three workers placed on leave

Three facilities managers for the city?s library system were placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation, a police spokesman said Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin080118FirefighterScottDalrymple_Met7.jpg Everett firefighter recalls blaze that left him badly burned

Scott Dalrymple said he?d never experienced heat as intense as the July 13 fire on Morris Street.

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The head of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said Wednesday that sex abuse allegations against a former cardinal raise questions about how the claims stayed secret for so long.

Nestor Ramos

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestor-18725.jpg She used marijuana after work, and got fired. Now she?s fighting back

Bernadette Coughlin was fired in May after a fall in the hospital kitchen where she worked led to a drug test.

Sports trophies have reappeared under the beams of the Longfellow Bridge on the Cambridge side now that construction is complete.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The old trophies under the Longfellow Bridge are back. Here?s why

The project first started in 2014. Now, with the bridge reopened, the trophies have reappeared.

The Red Sox went 19-6 in July, but didn?t face the stiffest of competition.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

As good as these Red Sox are, I have a few concerns

If you look closely, there are still a few little red flags peeking through all those impressive numbers.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN - FEBRUARY 04: Nelson Agholor #13 of the Philadelphia Eagles makes a catch against Patrick Chung #23 and Duron Harmon #30 of the New England Patriots during the second half in Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium on February 4, 2018 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

NFL gives an extra heads-up on new helmet rule

The league hopes its instructional videos will reduce the head-scratching about the new rule.

Foxborough-7/28/2018 The Patriots held their third day of training camp at the Gillette Stadium facility. During a passing drill in which towels were thrown as a distraction, wide reriever Braxton Berrios was able to come up with the catch. Photo by John Tlumacki/Globe Staff(sports)

What are the Patriots? options at receiver?

A positional battle that looked deep is wearing thin after Jordan Matthews was released Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/01/BostonGlobe.com/Boston/WebLinked/2015-10-16/BCOM/Images/03032009_03cancer-7165573-WFBA.jpg How to land an appointment with a sought-after doctor

Here are some strategies for getting in to see some of the region?s top doctors.

394033 03: (FILE PHOTO) Amelia Earhart stands June 14, 1928 in front of her bi-plane called

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Globe Magazine

The secret flight that launched Amelia Earhart?s career

The intrepid flier was a Boston social worker struggling to make ends meet when she got the phone call in 1928.

A Q sign (left) was visible among other signs at President Trump?s rally Tuesday.

Who is Q? Behind the conspiracy theory erupting at Trump rallies

The most inscrutable message that came out of Donald Trump?s Tampa rally Tuesday evening was a letter.

In ?The Spy Who Dumped Me,? Kate McKinnon (left) plays Morgan, best friend and partner in adventure to Audrey (Mila Kunis).

? ? | Movie Review

Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon offer laughs and misfires in ?The Spy Who Dumped Me?

?The Spy Who Dumped Me? poses a burning question: Can Kate McKinnon carry a movie? Or at least her half of a buddy comedy?

COMMENTARY | TY BURR

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/wiggs_seats_233923.jpg MoviePass has always been a deal too good to last

After hiking its subscription price and limiting its offerings, MoviePass looks poised to go under.

?You always had to call him Tony. There was no pretense,? said his son David, UniFirst?s senior vice president of operations.

obituary

Anthony F. DiFillippo, 90, of Topsfield, former president of UniFirst Corp.

Whether on a sales trip representing Wilmington-based UniFirst Corp. or chatting with its employees, Mr. DiFillippo wasn?t concerned with formalities.

Capital Source

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/obit-1stld-writethru-0ff0c15e-7814-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc.jpg Donald Hall?s last poem was about Scott Brown

The former poet laureate?s final poem was just three lines long, but it sure packed a political punch.

Love Letters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/24/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/Meredith_Goldstein_NewLogo.jpg Can I have a friend with benefits and still stay married?

She loves her husband, but their sex life has gone MIA. She thinks a no-strings guy on the side might be the answer.

Police on Tuesday released surveillance images of the two suspects.

Three people wanted gold dust, so they forked over $300,000. Turns out it was just dust

Westborough police are looking for a pair of scammers who allegedly conned three people with purported gold dust that turned out to be phony.

Tesla burns $739.5 million in cash on way to record 2Q loss

The net loss more than doubled from the same quarter a year ago, and was slightly larger than the first quarter. But Tesla?s cash burn in the second quarter slowed.

This May 13, 2004 photo shows designer Kate Spade posing among handbags and shoes from her collection in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

NAMES

Kate Spade?s husband posts heartfelt image on Instagram

Andy Spade, the widower of Kate Spade, has returned to Instagram with a heartfelt dedication to the late fashion designer nearly two months after her death.

The Fine Print

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_rmv3_biz.jpg With his inspection sticker missing, this vehicle owner drives into trouble

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.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Leila Philip

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/web-02bulletsAnimals.jpg North American wildlife depends on gun sales for survival

Historically the fur trade had devastated wildlife. But today?s fur trappers play a more complex role.

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/2011-2020/2018/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/NIH_02-1024x576.jpg Ethical stumbles test NIH?s reliance private-sector research funding

The NIH is working to ensure that recent missteps are isolated incidents, and not emblematic of a broader cultural problem.

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.

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.

Cars

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Why did my safety system malfunction?

It was raining very hard on a recent trip, and I got a warning that the advanced safety system shut down. Did the system malfunction when it got wet? Q. My new Subaru has EyeSight, an advanced safety system, designed to help prevent collisions and keep me and my family safer. On a recent trip, [?]

Love Letters: The Podcast

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Real Estate

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//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

Globe staff photos of the month, July 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: the Puerto Rican Parade, Taylor Swift performing at Gillette Stadium, and celebrating fourth of July.

Crossword

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