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White House escalates resistance to House investigations on Russia

The White House notified a House panel that it would refuse to comply with sweeping requests for documents and testimony while declaring it had no right to a ??do-over?? of the Mueller investigation. 50 minutes ago
Trump signs order that could limit Chinese telecom sales in US Trump to propose new immigration system focusing on border, green cards

Georgetown student linked to the college admissions scandal is now suing the school

Adam Semprevivo says he?s hardly the first student to gain admittance to Georgetown with padded credentials and says the school violated his due process rights. 3 hours ago

Somerville doesn?t want people to forget about tearing down the McGrath Highway overpass

Once the overpass is gone, plans call for it to be replaced with a streetscape concept to ?support safer pedestrian and cycling routes as well as reconnect the Somerville neighborhoods.? 2:33 p.m.
Dan Shaughnessy

The Bruins are making it look easy, even if it isn?t

Each series is supposed to be tougher than the last, but that?s not happening in these Stanley Cup playoffs. 2:42 p.m.
Bruins forward Chris Wagner to miss Game 4

Massachusetts is No. 1 for pre-K through 12th grade education, according to new ranking

Massachusetts is a pretty amazing place to live, according to a new US News & World Report ranking that came out Tuesday.

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Here?s what happens if the TSA catches you with marijuana at Logan Airport
The Transportation Security Administration has a message for marijuana consumers: We won?t look for your pot, but if we find it, we can?t ignore it either.

Magazine | Neil Swidey
Our college sports system is broken. Do we have the guts to fix it?
From big-money Division I football and basketball to the privileged niche sports caught up in the Varsity Blues scandal, campus athletics needs a complete overhaul. Could this bold idea work?

How young is too young to recruit kids for college teams? An MIT dean foretold the admissions scandal, before experiencing her own disgrace

Movie Review
?The Biggest Little Farm? is so uplifting, you?ll check your cynicism at the gate
Complete with furry critters, circle-of-life lessons, and sun-dappled everything, the documentary offers actual food for the soul. 3 hours ago

Four of five men wanted in alleged attack at MBTA station surrender
MBTA Transit Police said the suspects? surrender came as ?a direct result of numerous tips we received from our MBTA community.?

Christopher Kimball | Magazine
Recipes: Coleslaw gets a makeover
When picnic weather finally returns, try these slaws and slaw-like salads inspired by the flavors of Greece, Thailand, and Morocco.

Harris says she disagrees with Biden on crime bill?s effect
A California man who completed his junior year at Georgetown University filed said the school violated his due process rights after he was linked to the college admissions scandal. an hour ago

Pamela Smart denied hearing in husband?s death

Pamela Smart has again been denied a chance at freedom nearly three decades after she was sentenced to life in prison without parole for recruiting her teenage lover to kill her husband.

Jets fire GM Mike Maccagnan; name coach Adam Gase acting GM

The timing is strange considering Maccagnan oversaw the Jets? draft less than three weeks ago.

Mass. should step up gas-disaster plans, consultant says

A consultant hired in the wake of the Sept. 13 Merrimack Valley disaster recommends regulators and utilities be better prepared for gas emergencies. 2 hours ago

Better watch out, future lunar colonists. There are quakes up there

In the future, someone on a moon base may look up from their computer screen and feel the rumblings of a moonquake. 2:31 p.m.

Man found dead at N.H. waste station was probably asphyxiated

The attorney general says domestic workers who cooked, cleaned, and took care of children, sometimes had money wired to relatives in the Philippines instead of being paid directly. 2 hours ago

Attleboro third-grader gets letter from President Trump

An Attleboro third-grader last week received a letter from President Trump, ending a monthslong wait for a reply to a note he sent to the White House as part of a classroom lesson.

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Peter Abraham

Don?t judge Mitch Moreland by his batting average alone

The Red Sox first baseman leads his team in homers and RBIs, but he?s hitting only .231.
Red Sox could make bid to host 2029 All-Star Game

politics

AG Barr working with intelligence chiefs on probe into how Russia investigation began
Attorney General William Barr is stepping up the probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, naming a US attorney to oversee the investigation and working with intelligence chiefs.

business

Vertex to pay Cambridge startup Kymera $70m in R&D deal
Kymera will initially focus on inflammatory disorders and cancers, but the science could potentially apply to a broad range of illnesses.

COLLEGE ADMISSION SCANDAL

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.
Read the Harvard statement on fencing coach Peter Brand Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appear in Boston court in college cheating scandal

Know about college admissions wrongdoing? Tell us

In light of the recent college admissions scandal, we?re looking for the public?s help better understanding how families and students play the admissions game.