Agencies set ?trap? for immigrants seeking legal status, ACLU says

Two federal immigration agencies coordinated a campaign to bring immigrants who were seeking legal residency in for interviews at government offices, where they were then arrested.

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The troopers? names will be shared with federal and state prosecutors who are conducting separate criminal probes.

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Records show leaders were repeatedly confronted not only with remarkable amounts of OT, but also suspicious sick time claims and sloppy record-keeping.

There are still multiple areas of crumbling concrete in the Alewife garage, which reopened Monday after weekend repairs.

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Balanced budgets and crumbling garages are a sign of the times at the T

The MBTA reported a balanced budget for the first time in years, but at least some of its facilities are a mess.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Walker_040517_05immigration_9027x.jpg ?I will never drink Sam Adam?s beer again!? Somerville?s mayor fumes at founder?s praise for Trump

In the Boston area, Sam Adams beer is as ubiquitous as Patriots fans and dropped Rs. But Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone won?t be drinking it anytime soon.

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Stephen Miller, a Trump advisor who has been denounced for masterminding the administration?s cruelest immigration policies, was taken to the mat by his uncle.

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The president and the Arizona senator are engaged in a long-running feud that dates to Trump?s 2016 presidential run.

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Boston-based Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, which had pushed for higher wages, ratified a new contract Sunday.

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Witnesses in the investigation of Stanley Rosenberg were given ?repeated assurances? that their names wouldn?t be revealed. A judge Monday said a promise is a promise.

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Peter Strzok, who was among those who oversaw the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as the Russia probe, was reportedly fired for violating the FBI?s policies.

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A world-renowned female professor at NYU was found responsible for sexually harassing a male former graduate student. And the response has roiled a corner of academia.

14-year-old boy uses legal quirk to run for Vermont governor

One of the four Vermont Democrats seeking the party nomination to run for governor in the fall election isn?t old enough to vote, let alone drive.

For Ron, a house-bound Army veteran who asked that his full name not be given, the shifting of his home-health care service has generated anxiety. He suffers from diabetes, congestive heart failure, and lung and kidney problems.

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Home-health provider cuts off services to veterans when the VA fails to pay its bills

A New Hampshire home-health care provider repeatedly asked the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay its bills. Why the VA wouldn?t was a frustrating and inscrutable mystery.

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The former White House staffer says a BU study links consumption of diet beverages to increased chance of stroke and dementia.

Omarosa Manigualt Newman waited to promote her new book on The

Trump lashes out at ?Wacky Omarosa? over tapes, says she?s a ?lowlife?

President Donald Trump said on Twitter Monday that his chief of staff called Omarosa Manigault Newman a ?loser & nothing but problems.?

The billboard can be seen at Route 1 and North Street.

An Eagles fan is trolling the Patriots with a billboard near Gillette Stadium

They just can?t quit gloating.

Foxborough, MA--8/13/2018-- Patriots quarterback Tom Brady passes during Patriots Practice. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Patriots Reporter:

What Tom Brady?s new helmet could mean for his Patriots future

The quarterback sported a new helmet at practice this week ? a change that won?t be necessary until next season.

STAN GROSSFELD

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Going down a zigzag course on two wheels is different from skiing: There is no snow to break your fall.

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A family aboard a fishing boat had two close encounters with a great white shark Sunday when the shark snatched a fish off a child?s line and then returned minutes later.

Boston MA 5/27/18 Paul Pierce getting pre-broadcast advice from Heather Walker (Celtics senior director of public relations) before the Boston Celtics play the Cleveland Cavaliers during game seven of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden. (photo by Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff) topic: reporter:

Paul Pierce explains why the Celtics will win a championship this season ? if they sacrifice

The longtime Celtics star understands better than most the sacrifices necessary to win an NBA title.

TARA SULLIVAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan-20989.jpg USA Gymnastics, enveloped by scandal and its sport under fire, reckons with its future

TD Garden is set to host the national championships this week as the sport and its athletes are still reeling from a sexual abuse scandal.

A crudo tasting at Bar Mezzana features the chef?s choice of six different fish.

Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

What She?s Having

It was hot, but we still had to eat

What?s so wrong with downing a whole bowl of queso for lunch?

Belmont, MA., 08/29/17, Former Boston Globe journalist, and current BU professor, Dick Lehr has a new book out for young adults called Trell. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff 14namesLehr Caption/Credit: Former Boston Globe journalist and current BU professor Dick Lehr. ÐSuzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Former Globe Spotlight reporter?s novel inspired by infamous Boston murder headed to big screen

Following Dick Lehr?s 2003 Globe article, a man was freed after more than a decade in prison.

Olivia Munn looks on as Shin Lim works his magic on ?America?s Got Talent.?

NAMES

A Waltham magician amazes on ?America?s Got Talent?

?A lot of magic feels like you?re trying to fool someone,? Shin Lim said. ?[But] I?m trying to change the outlook on card magic ? to make it more artistic, more visual.?

Letters

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Readers respond to Globe stories about the resegregation of the Boston?s public schools.

Mr. Barresi?s office initiated investigations that resulted in numerous felony convictions.

obituary

Joseph Barresi, state?s first inspector general, dies at 95

While serving consecutive five-year terms from 1981 to 1991, Mr. Barresi was responsible for detecting fraud, waste, and abuse in the expenditure of public funds.

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You?ve done it. You?ve joined the countless Americans using a dating app in their quest for love. Now, though, comes the hard part: Constructing a profile.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Jeff Sessions

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The US attorney general outlines Operation SOS, his plan to prosecute synthetic opioid trafficking.

Special reports

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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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Eugene Lee, a Ph.D. candidate at MIT, has been toiling to try answer a fundamental question: How do animals learn?

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.

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