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Israel, Palestine to resume peace talks on Monday

The meeting in Washington will be the first time both sides have held direct talks since 2010, the State Department said today.

red sox 5, orioles 0

Red Sox back in first place for AL East

Tonight’s win, coupled with the Rays’ loss in New York, means the Red Sox have reclaimed their lead in the division.

Search called off for man who fell overboard on harbor cruise

Authorities do not have plans to resume the search for the 41-year-old who fell from the Provincetown II ferry on Saturday night, a Coast Guard spokesman said.

Bus crash in Italy kills at least 37

The bus slammed into cars before plunging off the road and falling dozens of feet into a ravine, authorities said.

Throngs of photographers greeted the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge with their new baby in London Tuesday.

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opinion | TOM KEANE

Confined by destiny

As the rest of the world increasingly grants its citizens the right to be whatever they want, royals like George Alexander Louis have no choice.

buzzsaw | matthew gilbert

On TV, it’s a writer’s world

Scripted television has become a haven for creatively ambitious writers who want to do more than assemble the pieces.

magazine | First Person

Sox pitcher Jon Lester plays a different kind of game

The ballplayer and cancer survivor hosts a “Hollywood Squares”-type event Monday night to raise money for pediatric cancer research.

ideas

The young Wellesley professor who invented contemporary art

How one seminar in the Boston suburbs helped transform American culture.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

Ought to be a law? Don’t be so sure

The belief that whenever there is a problem more government must be the cure flies in the face of experience.

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Geographic advantages in Boston mayoral race

The pharmacy board met at its offices earlier this month. A review of past meeting minutes showed the board met without a proper quorum at least twice since 2010.

Failure to get quorum didn’t stop panels

A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing was rushed to Boston Medical Center.

Attacks spur some changes at hospitals

Brandon Harrington, a recent Dartmouth graduate who played hockey and belonged to a fraternity, spoke to members of the college’s squash team about high-risk drinking.

Dartmouth tackles binge drinking

A battle-tested veteran, controllable in 2014 at $14.5 million, Jake Peavy could help stabilize the Red Sox rotation.

Sunday Baseball Notes

MLB trade deadline certain to create a frenzy

Angelique Kidjo performing Saturday’s closing set.

Music review

Summer Arts show revels in diversity

Mayoral candidates’ signs shout for attention from streets in such contested neighborhoods as Roxbury (above).

Mayoral hopefuls lean hard on neighborhoods

Ken Vancott works at Eastern Acoustic Works, a Whitinsville company that provides speakers for big venues.

Acoustics firms builds on past

John Rossi and intern Rousseau Nutter tested panels for walls and floor at Visible Good in Newburyport.

On the Job

A fast solution to emergency shelter

Getting hitched

Left: Inside and outside the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Right: Inside and outside the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Analysis

In sports Halls of Fame, who gets in and how?

“The Promenade” shows artist Maurice Prendergast’s Armory Show-era style.

Art Review

Tender shore scenes to ‘sea-change’

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Patriots training camp

Cornerback Marquice Cole hit wide receiver Lavelle Hawkins during a full-contact drill.

Intensity rises as Patriots go to full pads

Offensive and defensive linemen went through 1-on-1 drills, cornerbacks were able to jam receivers, and running backs finally slammed into defenders in Foxborough.