Harvard admissions ?may be infected with racial bias,? DOJ says

The Justice Department is weighing in on a case that could eventually overturn the use of affirmative action in higher education.

Dorchester, MA--8/29/2018-- A school bus leaves Codman Academy in Dorchester. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 30busses Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Walsh voices frustration, apologizes for missing, late school buses

As school bus routes ran late or went uncovered for a third day, Mayor Martin J. Walsh voiced frustration Thursday afternoon, apologizing to families, schools, and students for the hardships they are experiencing.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Sayles_31threat_006.jpg Calif. man charged with threatening to kill Globe employees he called ?enemy of the people?

Robert Darrell Chain was arrested without incident by an FBI SWAT team for allegedly making threats to the newspaper after the Globe launched a national newspaper campaign in support of the free press.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ryan_032.jpg Man dies after woman allegedly drove truck into N.H. couple walking dog

A husband and wife were on the verge of escaping the dog attacks, the swearing, and the threats that their next-door neighbor had directed at them since 2016. Now, Catrina Costello is accused of driving into the pair, killing one.

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis reaches out to hug Cardinal Archbishop emeritus Theodore McCarrick after the Midday Prayer of the Divine with more than 300 U.S. Bishops at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington. Seton Hall University has begun an investigation into potential sexual abuse at two seminaries it hosts following misconduct allegations against ex-Cardinal McCarrick and other priests. (Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via AP, Pool, File)

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Opinion | Walter V. Robinson

Every attorney general in the country must force the Catholic Church to tell the truth

The truth we can handle. It?s the continuing cover-up we must no longer abide.

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Asked whether he?d keep the attorney general beyond November, the president declined to comment.

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President Donald Trump told Congress he is canceling the pay raise that most civilian federal employees were due to receive, citing budgetary constraints.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/bernsteintrump1.jpg President Trump, Carl Bernstein tangle on Twitter over CNN story

CNN and Bernstein, the former Washington Post reporter who with Bob Woodward became legends for exposing the 1970s Watergate scandal, stood by the story attacked by Trump on Twitter.

AP FACT CHECK

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There is no evidence of the NBC interview having been ??fudged?? or doctored in any way, and the White House didn?t immediately respond to requests regarding what Trump was referring to.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/513260620.jpg Health officials step up warnings after West Nile cases reported

Public health officials have raised the risk level for West Nile virus from moderate to high in 11 cities and towns.

John McCain memorialized as hero, fighter, imperfect friend

Former Vice President Joe Biden told about 3,500 mourners gathered in Phoenix that he thought of Senator John McCain as a brother, with ?a lot of family fights.?

Former Vice President Joe Biden wipes a tear away while giving a tribute during memorial service at North Phoenix Baptist Church for Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2018, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Five of the most powerful quotes from Joe Biden?s eulogy for John McCain

The former vice president dabbed at tears as he remembered his colleague during a memorial service at a Phoenix church Thursday.

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Senator John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a ??true American hero?? as 3,500 mourners crowded into an Arizona church to pay their final respects to the maverick politician.

State and federal election primaries will be held Tuesday, Sept. 4.

Deadline to request absentee ballots for Sept. 4 primary is 5 p.m. Friday

The races on the ballot include federal positions in the US House of Representatives and US Senate, and state offices such as governor, secretary of state, state Senate, and state House.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/cupid0831art.jpg What?s your favorite Dinner With Cupid blind date?

Are you a romantic who?s hoping for a love match? Or do you prefer the train wrecks? We want to know.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bf415a3bdcb44b8faed487a01b3af1ea-6ad52bc8eb904014b7e8c6fd6d84e72c-3.jpg Surgeon who operated on shark attack victim says it was a ?miracle? injuries weren?t more serious

?I thought there was a pretty good chance of major blood vessel or nerve damage,?? said Dr. Scott Ryan, chief of orthopedic trauma surgery at Tufts Medical Center.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/clark_shark_sighting_070819_1225-19145-19726.jpg Orleans official issues warning on sharks: ?It is time for beachgoers to change their behavior?

Nathan Sears, harbormaster and natural resources director, wrote that if beachgoers don?t take heed, ?something terrible is going to happen.?

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/graham-1622.jpg Starting with Louis C.K., the creeps are creeping back into the spotlight

Yesterday?s #MeToo perpetrators are inching back toward the spotlight. Anyone short of Harvey Weinstein, it seems, can hope for redemption.

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?I knew the second he hopped on stage again that if I tweeted my distaste for how he?s handling his return that I would be harassed all over again,? Kirkman tweeted.

BOSTON, MA - 8/29/2018:COOL BREEZE.... Karen Payne, who is from Florida on a visit to Boston and should be use to humid weather lifts her hair off the back of her neck to keep cool from a fan at Park Street Station Greenline. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: METRO TOPIC stand alone photo

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Dave Epstein

Keep those air conditioners around ? more heat is on the way

If you?re not someone who enjoys all this hot and humid weather, the forecast for the next couple of weeks will not make you very happy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AdobeStock_167397679-8777.jpeg Hey, summer?s not over yet. Here are 7 ways to make the most of what?s left

A few things to cross off your bucket list before the season (really) ends.

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Just days after a French tennis official said her black catsuit with clot-preventing compression tights ??will no longer be accepted,?? Serena Williams wore tutus at the US Open.

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The tight end can earn $1 million in per-game bonuses and $3.3 million in incentives.

The Maine Department of Transportation on Thursday denied a request from PETA to erect a memorial to the thousands of live lobsters that spilled onto Route 1 when a truck crashed Aug. 22, 2018.

Maine highway officials to PETA: Sorry, you can?t put up a memorial at site of lobster crash

The transportation agency sent a letter to the animal rights group Thursday, after they asked to erect a tombstone for the crustaceans.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

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?Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is biggest golfer ever to have occupied the White House??

Real Estate

Recent home sales south of Boston (Aug. 29)

DEDHAM: 39 Court St.; One-family Antique, built in 1825, 4,075 square feet, 12 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 15,807-square-foot lot.

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

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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

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