Paramedics now treating patients at home

Paramedic Matthew Michaud (left) of EasCare Ambulance Service drew a blood sample from Jamal Lee during a home visit in Quincy.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Under pilot programs, a small number of Mass. EMTs treat patients where they are most comfortable, with a goal of avoiding unnecessary and costly hospital visits.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_18O7YN.jpg White House counsel Don McGahn to depart in the fall, White House says

President Donald Trump is tweeting that his White House counsel, Don McGahn, will be departing in the fall after the Senate confirmation vote for Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Archived/2017-07-22/Boston/Content/Enterprise/Images/12152010_15bizteze-7800331.jpg Colleges squeezed by soaring administrative spending

Yes, tuition revenue is rising, but administrative salaries and wages are outpacing that.

What does 106 degrees feel like? We may soon find out

Temperatures could reach 99 degrees in Boston, and heat index values could surge to 106 degrees, topping a record set in 1953.

The Boston school system tried to fill bus routes for a dozen schools that started the year early after an unusual number of bus drivers were absent.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff/File

Stranded at the bus stop: bus drivers? absences leave schools, parents scrambling

Students at about a dozen Boston schools that started the year early were left to wait in oppressive temperatures Tuesday as a large number of bus drivers called out.

Shark attack victim William Lytton spoke Tuesday at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, where he is being treated.

Steven Senne/Associated Press

Truro shark attack victim recounts horror: ?There was no time to think?

William Lytton, who is now at Spaulding Rehab, spoke out for the first time since the Aug. 15 incident.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_29priests-2_metro.jpg Cardinal O?Malley, local priests meet amid abuse revelations

The cardinal held a 90-minute meeting with about 300 archdiocesan priests Tuesday in the wake of the latest abuse scandal in the Catholic Church.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/image%20(8).png Falmouth man allegedly torched construction site of new Hyannis fire station, nabbed at the scene

Allen Beckwith, 25, is facing arson charges for allegedly torching equipment at the construction site of the new Hyannis fire station.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/00f3f6bfc1104f1e8990d76cddf23667-00f3f6bfc1104f1e8990d76cddf23667-0.jpg Son of slain Southie club owner rips former Mafia capo in letter to judge

The letter echoed many of the themes his brother touched on when he addressed the court before 73-year-old gangster Robert DeLuca learned his fate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/oldpersonjobs_use.jpg Older workers want jobs, but employers aren?t hiring them

Baby boomers continue to be ?pigeonholed? into lower-wage positions, said one economist, and that can have dire financial consequences.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/05232009_23globe-7249651.jpg US commission rejects alleged harm from Canadian newsprint

Tariffs put into place for imported newsprint have been nullified by the US International Trade Commission after finding American producers weren?t harmed by the Canadian paper.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_18O8MY.jpg Final farewells to Senator John McCain begin at Arizona Capitol

Family, friends and constituents will gather Wednesday at Arizona?s Capitol to pay their respects to Senator John McCain.

A mother and daughter play a game at Parent University.

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HELP DESK

How not to be a nightmare school parent

Research shows students are more successful when their family has a good relationship with the school. We asked educators how to make that happen.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/three_little_pigs.jpeg Chefs offer advice on packing healthy lunches your kids will actually eat

We asked several Boston chefs (who are also parents) how to make lunches that won?t invite complaints, comparisons, hunger strikes, and mood swings. Here?s their advice.

Ayanna Pressley campaigned Tuesday at the Park Street MBTA station.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

US House - Seventh District

Ayanna Pressley wants to be known for advocacy for women and girls

Pressley?s city council agenda represented a dramatic shift on the traditionally parochial body that had only one other female member when she was first elected.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/698174cd529940409aaf856eb226a2a0-698174cd529940409aaf856eb226a2a0-0.jpg These 4 Democratic primary races will tell us where the party is going

These contests could serve as a harbinger for the future of the party.

Editorial Board Endorsement

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/200_patalano_rollins.jpg Endorsement: Rachael Rollins and Donna Patalano would lead on criminal justice reform

We can do better, and that?s why the Democratic primaries for the Middlesex and Suffolk DAs are so important.

RED SOX 8, MARLINS 7

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosmia14_spts.jpg One bad throw gives the Red Sox one ugly win

The victory snapped a three-game losing streak and allowed the Sox to maintain their 6½-game lead in the AL East.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/fe65827aa3984e0faf3ea306e97a6ce3-fe65827aa3984e0faf3ea306e97a6ce3-0.jpg ?He?s really flourishing?: For Nate Solder, a new chapter and challenge with the Giants

The former Patriot has heard about how badly the Giants need him, but he?s not worrying about the expectations that come with his contract.

Matt Damon in 2017.

Matt Damon is making robocalls for a lieutenant governor candidate

The call is going to just over 300,000 frequent voters on their landlines and cellphones statewide.

Oscar Isaac (left) as Peter Malkin and Ben Kingsley as Adolf Eichmann in ?Operation Finale.?

? ? ? | Movie Review

?Operation Finale? brings to screen the hunt for Adolf Eichmann

As an account of Israel?s long, high-stakes hunt for escaped Hitler lieutenant Adolf Eichmann, the historical thriller is itself an involved enterprise.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bostonwhale.jpg Five or six whales may be swimming in Boston Harbor right now

The Coast Guard is asking mariners to be cautious.

Great white comes close to shore, but ?it?s not coming on the sand, this isn?t ?Sharknado,? beachgoer says

A video taken by someone on the beach showed the predator close to where the waves were breaking.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Brendan Lynch/Globe Staff

Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hyannis-snake-bite.jpg Man walking through woods bitten by boa constrictor in Hyannis

The man tried to pick up the snake and was bitten, later saying he thought he saw a fang embedded in his swollen arm.

COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/shutterstock_295485548.jpg Pumpkin Spice Derangement Syndrome is here already

Every year, Pumpkin Spice comes earlier and earlier. From Dunkin? Donuts to Starbucks to 7-11, there?s no smashing this pumpkin.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/01/23/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray_20140123.jpg Is Google out to get Trump? We?ll never know

Google isn?t sharing the tactics that made it one of the richest companies ever, and that gives room for critics to speak out.

Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/jeff_jacoby_20161010.jpg Why is a great Senate office building named for a modern racist?

In 1972, 99 senators voted to name the Old Senate Office Building for Richard Russell. It?s not too late to fix that mistake.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//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.

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.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The Big Picture

A home, but for how long?

The Trump administration canceled the program that had allowed Patricia Carbajal to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, and a budding activist.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

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