Smith staffer put on leave after calling police on black student

Smith College campus in Northampton, Mass.

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A Smith College employee who called campus police Tuesday to report that a black student eating her lunch looked ?out of place? has been put on leave.

A ?Black Lives Matter? banner hung on a building of Smith College on Friday.

COMMENTARY | Jeneé Osterheldt

?All I did was be black.? It?s not just Smith College. America?s racism has no lone wolf

Don?t wrap yourself in the comfort of believing these are isolated incidents. Don?t nestle into the distance, ready to believe this doesn?t happen in your neighborhood.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/MickeyRivera.jpg Court documents shed new light on Cape Cod driver?s criminal past

Filings raise questions about whether Mickey A. Rivera posed too great a public safety risk to warrant bail in a 2015 case and whether the fatal accident could have been prevented.

Pedestrian struck in Dorchester

An employee of O?Brien?s Wines & Liquors said the person struck was a man, about 60 years old, who worked at the store.

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One of Paul Manafort?s tax preparers admitted Friday that she helped disguise $900,000 in foreign income as a loan in order to reduce the former Trump campaign chairman?s tax burden.

Kristin Davis told The New York Times last month that she was contacted in late July by Robert Mueller?s office, which was seeking to serve her a subpoena.

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Ex-?Manhattan Madam? meets with Russia investigators

Kristin Davis, renowned for running a high-end New York City escort service a decade ago, met Wednesday with investigators from Robert Mueller?s office.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/bbe4b3940674428cac22df3ea0bec77f-bbe4b3940674428cac22df3ea0bec77f-0.jpg Facing deportation, US Marine?s wife leaves for Mexico

Temo Juarez didn?t figure his vote for President Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Trump?s ??zero tolerance?? policy toward illegal immigration.

US District Judge John Bates had given DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen another shot after blocking the plan in April.

Trump administration fails again to sway judge on DACA plan

The Trump administration failed again to convince a federal judge that there?s a legitimate reason to rescind protections for young undocumented immigrants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_1845GY.jpg 2 workers at Arizona migrant children centers are accused of sexual abuse

They are the latest claims of abuse at government-contracted shelters that have a key role in the Trump administration?s hard-line immigration crackdown.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-18719.jpg Westwood man arrested after alleged lewd behavior on T, commuter rail

Jeremy Pincus, 53, was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on Thursday and was released on personal recognizance.

08/03/2018 Boston Ma - A sailboat off of Castle Island was in need of assistance after some sort of emergency. . Reporter:Topic

Sailboat struck by lightning, catches fire off Castle Island

A sailboat was struck by lightning and caught fire in waters off Castle Island on Friday afternoon, prompting rescuers to take nine people off the vessel.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/d3db2772-9753-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54.jpg Ex-leader of S.C.?s GOP says he killed dog on God?s command

Authorities say the former head of South Carolina?s Republican Party told them that he killed his mother?s dog because God told him to and that he was the second coming of Jesus Christ.

Lobster festival ?sea goddess? dethroned over online photos

The 2018 Maine Lobster Festival Sea Goddess has been dethroned less than 24 hours after she was crowned because of what organizers described as photos of ?inappropriate behavior? on her social media page.

Boston, MA - 8/03/2018 - (1st inning) Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Rick Porcello (22) pitching against the New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees in Game 2 of a four game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 04Red Sox-Yankees, LOID: 8.4.2729609219.

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RED SOX 4, YANKEES 1

Rick Porcello, Red Sox dust off Yankees

The victory put the Red Sox 43 games over .500 and gave them a 7½-game lead over the Yankees

Boston, MA - 8/03/2018 - (1st inning) Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (20) is restrained by umpire Phil Cuzzi (10) as he argues with home plate umpire Adam Hamari (78) during the first inning. Cora was ejected from the game. The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees in Game 2 of a four game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 04Red Sox-Yankees, LOID: 8.4.2729609219.

Tensions mount as Red Sox manager Alex Cora ejected in first inning

Cora questioned the plate umpire?s decision to issue warnings to both the Sox and Yankees after a ball sailed near Mookie Betts?s head.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin080318GM2RedSox-Yankees_Spt14.jpg Ian Kinsler tweaked his hamstring, so who is playing second for Sox? Mookie Betts

Kinsler left after the first inning, and Betts, who came up as a second baseman, returned to the infield for the first time since 2014.

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-20662.tif When a headfirst slide is a heads-up play

Jackie Bradley Jr.?s baserunning decision Thursday night was the jump-start the Red Sox needed.

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There are certain places in New England that are a whole lot more fun ? and magical ? when young kids are along. Here are 10 favorites.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/shadeA.jpg Forecasters warn of flooded roads after Boston-area rain

The skies opened over the Boston area this afternoon with torrential rainfall.

Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo (center).

Legislature unable to push through union-friendly bill

Speaker Robert DeLeo may have to wait until 2019 to pass protections for public-sector unions, which were dealt a body blow in a recent US Supreme Court case.

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The candidates attempted to differentiate themselves based on who had the most piercing criticism of Governor Charlie Baker.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/02tattoo.jpg ?NOT a Nazi?: Worcester County Sheriff?s Office defends employee?s tattoo

The Massachusetts Bail Fund tweeted a picture of a correctional officer?s tattoo that they claimed had ties to white supremacy. Turns out, it was the employee?s old football number.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/americanchaffseed2.png Endangered plant that hasn?t been seen in Mass. for 50 years found on Cape Cod

A ?jaw-dropping? find puts to rest a decades-long search in Massachusetts.

Dinner with Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/CupidAUG.jpg ?He ordered before I had even looked at the menu?

Will this date be doomed from the very start?

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestor-18662.jpg With Bird scooters about to be pulled off Cambridge streets, I decided to set one free

I was going to do my best to preserve one of these endangered creatures by riding it all the way home to Quincy, out of the reach of Birdnappers.

John F. Kennedy's doodles of sailboats sold for $7,000.

Eldred's Auction House

Is JFK?s luster fading? Key memorabilia doesn?t sell

An auction Friday of some of the most iconic items associated with the Kennedy White House fell well short of the pre-sale hype.

Pretty soon, you could pick up an old Red or Orange Line car for $800 or so.

Starts & Stops

For sale: retired T subway cars (may need crane)

The old Red and Orange Line cars weigh some 30 tons and might sell for $800 or so.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/04jellyfish.jpg Venomous Portuguese man o? wars wash up on Martha?s Vineyard

The Edgartown Parks Department is urging beachgoers to swim with caution after receiving multiple reports of Portuguese man o? wars washing up on South Beach.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/_NELN02_arts.jpg Another film about an infamous Boston mobster is in the works

This time it isn't Whitey Bulger.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Sage Stossel

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After a tense summer, wouldn?t it be nice to take a politics-free vacation?

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

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As CEO of the health care venture from Amazon and partners, Gawande could make a huge impact on mental health.

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.

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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.

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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.

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