New England?s smallest colleges are struggling

Mount Ida College, a small liberal arts school in Newton, closed abruptly in 2018.

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A Globe review of federal data shows that many small, private colleges in New England are struggling to meet expenses as their tuition revenue has declined.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/4b082933cb4c43368af9efff0148c719-4b082933cb4c43368af9efff0148c719-0.jpg ?This search for a front-runner is crazy?

Democrats ? who lack a clear leader after their rout in 2016 ? are desperate to rally around someone who can defeat the president the next time around.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/lee_070818_warren5_met.jpg Police chiefs criticize Warren for calling criminal justice system ?racist?

US Senator Elizabeth Warren is facing tough criticism from local police chiefs over recent remarks about racism and the criminal justice system.

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President Trump denounced ?all types of racism? but did not specifically condemn the supremacists.

A variety of native California animal statues populate the Dunlevie Garden at the new Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital at Stanford in Palo Alto, Calif.

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In California, a glimpse at the future of elite children?s hospitals

Lucile Packard Children?s Hospital at Stanford is billed as the hospital of the future, but it doesn?t look much like a hospital at all.

Flood watch is issued with rain expected throughout weekend

A flash flood watch is in effect until Sunday morning.

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The Swampscott Republican Saturday laid out his case for a second four-year term to more than 200 supporters.

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More than 70 veterans of the Korean War were awarded Ambassador for Peace medals, 17 of those posthumously granted.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_081118_12shopping_2588x.jpg Sales tax holiday returns after two-year hiatus

Governor Charlie Baker signed legislation on Friday that established the weekend break on the 6.25 percent sales tax for goods costing up to $2,500.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/38869741_1830868026948771_8278140131181854720_n%20(1).jpg Snake oil alert! Boa constrictor found coiled up under car hood in Stoughton

The five-foot long snake was removed by police, and will be returned to its owner, according to Stoughton police.

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Shirley Leung

Don Yee, Tom Brady?s sports agent, talks about being mocked by WEEI in an Asian accent

Yee has been experiencing racism in the sports industry since he began his career but said he felt ?very sad that in 2018 we hadn?t made much progress since the ?70s.?

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After more than two weeks of almost non-stop construction, the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge construction project met its Saturday deadline.

RED SOX sweep, 5-0, 6-4

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David Price allowed five hits without a walk and struck out a season-best 10 in Game 1.

Urban Meyer at a Big Ten news conference last month in Chicago.

TARA SULLIVAN

Urban Meyer is not the victim at Ohio State

The victim. Let?s make sure we remember who that is. In this case, it?s Courtney Smith, not the coach.

Boston Red Sox bench coach Ron Roenicke stands in the dugout before a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, July 23, 2018, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

If you need a consistent, even-keeled manager, Ron Roenicke is the guy

No, he?s is not the young manager some organizations are seeking, but he is a baseball man who really knows the game.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I ON SECOND THOUGHT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/dupont-20946.jpg I called the mental health clinic that offered Mets fans some relief. No one answered

UMA Health opened wide its portals to Mets fans who just couldn?t take it anymore.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin080218PatriotsTrainingCampPractice_Spt5.jpg Patriots? Danny Shelton trying to show he?s an every-down player

Shelton looked impressive in Thursday night?s exhibition opener, capable of handling a double team.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/comment-7a258ab0-9109-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5.jpg Fortnite ploy highlights Google?s Android weakness versus Apple

Fortnite amassed an unrivaled following with kid-friendly, multiplayer action that can be enjoyed on most modern devices.

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A dusty diamond is the stage for these stars of summer

At 10 years old, they stand at that blissful intersection of childhood and adolescence, when nothing matters beyond the next inning, the next at-bat.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_fogsculpture_metro066.jpg ?Fog x FLO? opens along the Emerald Necklace

Fog rolled down a hill at the Arnold Arboretum Saturday, but it had nothing to do with the rain that fell in Boston.

music review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/11/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Chin081018BillyJoel_Arts1.jpg At Fenway, Billy Joel comes out swinging

The singer piled on the hits ? and added some some surprises ? for his fifth show in five years at Fenway Park.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rathe_alewife_07.jpg Commuters frustrated as T makes weekend repairs to Alewife garage

?So many people rely on this garage to get to and from the city conveniently. It?s shocking that the agency has ignored it until now,? said one commuter.

An Andean flamingo looked after a surrogate Chilean flamingo chick.

Amid Europe?s heat wave, rare flamingos lay first eggs in 15 years

The exotic birds from the Andes are ?fickle breeders? and can go years without nesting successfully.

Perspective | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/12AdobeStock_132072071.jpg Eight things I wish teachers knew about my child with ADHD

Some classroom interventions are helpful and others only make things worse. Parents can be a valuable resource.

Television REview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/OBI_Unit_D03-93_rgb.jpg ?Ordeal? shows Amazon can play Agatha Christie?s game

The three-part adaptation of ?Ordeal by Innocence? is a smart, well-acted whodunit that ends quite differently from the book.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Walker_070717_redline_16413x.jpg Baker can afford to support a waiver of the Pacheco law

So why did the governor let it lapse?

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiSnow26-18739-k6uC--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.JPG TSA tracking travelers like terrorists in secret surveillance program

Air marshals are conducting a new domestic surveillance program, tracking people as they fly and move through airports. It might be illegal.

Newsletters

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STAT

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Meteorologist Kelvin Droegemeier could soon become the country?s top-ranking scientist.

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

//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.

Cars

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Should I repair my car at the dealer or a local garage?

Should I pick up a used drive shaft and let a local garage do the repair, or should I just have the dealer install a new one? Q. There is a rumble-like vibration when accelerating in my 2012 Toyota Highlander with 165,000 miles on it. The dealer determined that the car needs a center-driveshaft replacement. The [?]

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

Summertime festivals around the world

Photographers capture communities gathering at events organized to celebrate a variety of cultural observances.

Crossword

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