Faith, kindness defined Methuen rip current victims

Mike and Laura Cote died after they were rescued from a rip currant at Seabrook Beach.

St. Francis Church

Mike and Laura Cote ?would do anything for you,? Mike?s father recalled. The Cotes died after they were caught in a rip current Sunday at a Seabrook, N.H., beach.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Dtlumacki_plymouthcourt_metro031.jpg Golfer pleads not guilty to biting off part of another player?s finger in bizarre golf course brawl

A dispute among golfers over the pace of play on a Plymouth golf course turned into a brawl in which one man allegedly bit off part of another man?s finger, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/15/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Chin032117JosephToscanoWake_Met18.jpg Cardinal O?Malley apologizes for not responding to letter

The 2015 letter contained allegations against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington who allegedly sexually assaulted minors.

Man killed in shootout with police in Rochester, N.H.

Douglas Heath exchanged fire with two Rochester officers and two state troopers after crashing his car at the intersection of Oak Street and Route 125.

Lilian Calderon, one of the people suing over the arrests of immigrants who showed up for hearings at government offices, answered questions outside federal court on Monday.

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Judge asks ACLU, government tough questions in immigration case

Lawyers for immigrants trying to avoid deportation argue that the Department of Homeland Security unlawfully detained their clients.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiSuffolk02.jpg Suffolk investigation finds no illegal, unethical behavior in president search

The search process for the university?s new president had come under fire by some trustees.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_college6_met.jpg Citing finances, accreditors put Newbury College on probation

The school is just one of two small schools in New England to be cited recently by accreditors for financial concerns.

Opinion | Andrew J. Bacevich

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Why should former officials retain privileged access to state secrets?

Some au pairs, in the US through this visa program, say they?re treated worse than the family pet

The State Department?s J-1 program is cheap labor disguised as cultural exchange, human rights groups and worker advocates say.

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Engineers from Facebook?s Cambridge office say they have successfully adapted a wireless technology that you might use in your home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dtlumacki_finwhaleduxbury_metro240copy.jpg Whale washes up on Duxbury Beach

Marine biologists and beach officials are working to remove the mammal to perform a necropsy.

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A white-bellied stork named Las has escaped from Stone Zoo New England.

R.I. woman falls off sailboat, makes it to island in Narragansett Bay

The woman was picked up by another boat hours later after making it to Prudence Island.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/1019985922.jpg Melania Trump called for good behavior online. Moments later, her husband logged on to Twitter

Just after she spoke, President Trump unleashed a barrage of tweets in which he called the former CIA director a ?hack? and mocked the effectiveness of the Justice Department.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shirley2018headshot.jpg Shirley Leung named interim editorial page editor at The Boston Globe

The columnist has explored topics ranging from business and politics to gender issues in the workplace. She replaces Ellen Clegg, who retired last week.

If alcohol is taking on a bigger role in your life, if might be time to reassess your drinking.

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HELP DESK

Time to cut back on drinking? Here?s how.

You can drink too much without necessarily being addicted to alcohol. And drinking less can make your life better.

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Hefner pleaded guilty Monday in Concord District Court to four counts of placing ?annoying? telephone calls.

INDIANS 5, RED SOX 4

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_boscleve7A_spts.jpg This loss hurts: After Indians rally, Red Sox fall short in ninth

Cleveland erased a 3-0 deficit against Rick Porcello to earn the comeback win in the battle of division leaders.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/50f704e1608745cea11a3668f655f73e-50f704e1608745cea11a3668f655f73e-0.jpg Here?s why Terry Francona ranks as the best manager in Red Sox history

The infamous Chicken and Beer Year was one of the greatest collapses in baseball history, but the rest of Francona?s tenure in Boston was off the charts.

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Cardi B pretended to be holding her daughter, Kulture, at the VMAs.

Cardi B spoke onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on Monday.

Cardi B wins VMA, Nicki Minaj defends Fifth Harmony member

Cardi B, in her well-known silly demeanor, ?opened? the 2018 Video Music Awards ? not with a performance, but with cute jokes.

People laid out in the grass on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.

Researchers: Boston?s blazing hot summer could be a sign of things to come

Boston is suffering through what could end up being the hottest summer ever, and it could be a sign of things to come.

Justin Bilton lookied out at the wildfire from the safety of a boat.

Justin Bilton

?I thought we were going to die?: Father and son escape raging Montana wildfire

Justin Bilton and his father, Charles, were on a trip together in Montana when they suddenly found themselves trapped by a fast-moving forest fire.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4993.jpg No exceptions when it comes to politicians and free press

Political figures on both the left and right deserve scrutiny for their treatment of journalists.

BEN VOLIN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/greenhouse_15hernandez-1_metro-21324.jpg Takeaways from Jose Baez?s biography of Aaron Hernandez

In ?Unnecessary Roughness: Inside the Trial and Final Days of Aaron Hernandez,? the attorney sheds fascinating new details about the former Patriots star?s life.

Christopher L. Gasper

An ode to the greatness of Simone Biles

Her display of superiority had her competitors openly acknowledging the yawning gap between Biles and the rest of the US gymnasts.

Opinion | Mike Stanton

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/WooSox1web.jpg Goodbye, Rhode Island: Elegy for the PawSox

After the announcement of the team?s move to Worcester, Mike Stanton looks back on the PawSox.

US Senator Elizabeth Warren did not offer an endorsement in the secretary of state race.

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News/File 2017

An Elizabeth Warren endorsement would be a boon for Galvin or Zakim. Except it didn?t happen ? for either

It would be the golden goose of endorsements, in the thick of a heated election campaign: A signature of approval from a popular US senator.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/dems-beb192cc-8f6b-11e8-8322-b5482bf5e0f5.jpg History suggests strong economy could tame the Blue Wave

To reclaim control of the House of Representatives in November, Democrats will have to defy the results of previous midterm elections.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/12222009_22obamapic_photo-7457919.jpg Here?s what Barack Obama is reading this summer

The former US president shared his reading list online, and it?s filled with romantic comedies. (Just kidding.)

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/GettyImages-848777618-Recovered.jpg Ben Affleck took a 22-year-old Playboy model to a Jack In The Box drive-through

Questions are swirling after the Massachusetts native was spotted out with a 22-year-old Playboy model.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/SMILF_100_2504.R.jpg Frankie Shaw thanks Cleveland Circle restaurants for letting her film ?SMILF?

The Brookline native said she had ?been going to your restaurants since I was a little girl.?

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/1Hourglass_ProcessPhoto_ErinandNicole_CredittoAllySchmaling.jpg ?Project Runway? winner to launch a style and design pop-up in the Fenway

Erin Robertson and interior designer Nicole Fichera will open Hourglass ? part boutique and part ?content studio.?

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

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The revelations from Pennsylvania threaten to undermine much of what Francis has built.

Special reports

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The 111 is a rolling case study of all that ails MBTA bus service: overcrowding, delays caused by traffic and passengers who pay in cash, and frequent cancellations.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Welch-Gil-1024x576.jpg Prominent Dartmouth researcher plagiarized colleagues? work, investigation finds

An investigation found that Dr. H. Gilbert Welch committed research misconduct.

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.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

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

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

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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

US Gymnastics Championships in Boston

This week, Boston will get a look at some of the best gymnasts in the world during the US Nationals, which runs Thursday through Sunday at TD Garden.

Crossword

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