Federal officials allow sex offenders into communities

Santos Hernandez Carrera had raped a woman at knifepoint and spent roughly half his life in jail.

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A Globe investigation found immigration officials have released many violent sex offenders without making sure they register with local authorities.

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans answered questions during a press conference during which he announced the arrest of two teens in the death of a 16-year old.

Turned in by their mothers, two teens arrested in slaying

?We locked up two young kids, basically children,? Boston?s police commissioner said. ?It?s a terrible tragedy, three young lives.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/funeralhomedirector-8563.jpg Investigators say many families received wrong remains

An ex-Dorchester funeral home director allegedly failed to cremate bodies entrusted to him, supplying relatives with unclaimed ashes.

Economic policies will be central issue in 2016, Romney says

?Who has the policies most able to lift people out of poverty,? Romney said on ?Meet the Press.?

Plane crashes in North Hampton, N.H.

A small plane crashed about a quarter-mile from an airport, and authorities are investigating.

With high-speed Internet, Leverett resident Carter Wall (above) now can download data-heavy files for her job. Voters approved borrowing $3.6 million to pay for the fiber-optic lines; Select Board member Peter d?Errico (left) showed off the  town?s broadband center.

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Remote Mass. towns welcome broadband?s arrival

A fiber-optic network, financed with state and federal money, will extend broadband to 45 towns in Western Mass.

New probation promotion test raises concerns

More than half of probation department employees who took a promotional exam failed, a setback in the effort to erase a patronage hiring system.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/150613_Parade_HHill7.jpg Despite strides, many still see role for city?s Pride parade

Advocates said the LGBTQ community still needs to be able to express themselves freely and feel comfortable.

Those who know 18-year-old Fatah Adan say he acquired his sense of humor and equanimity from his mother, Habibo Osman, and father, Abdi Adan Hussein.

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From refugee camp to top of his class

From birth in a refugee camp to Harvard University, Fatah Adan, a Hyde Park valedictorian, credits his family for his success.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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Bill Belichick could be in line for a $100,000 fine and the Patriots could be docked $250,000 if OTA rules were violated.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_mike_sherman.jpg Former NFL coach Mike Sherman starting over at Nauset

Sherman, the Norwood native who once coached Brett Favre in Green Bay, is thrilled to begin a new chapter in his life.

Alex Rodgriguez said it would be ?an honor? to get voted into this year?s All-Star Game.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

Unexpectedly, Alex Rodriguez has exceeded expectations

Leader. That?s a word that has rarely been associated with Rodriguez. But time has changed him.

Red Sox fan Katelyn Abel, 10, admires Red Sox memorabilia in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Boston fans, Baseball Hall of Fame will knock your sox off

Beyond the plaques honoring the Red Sox? greats, the Cooperstown shrine is a treasure trove of Red Sox memorabilia.

ideas

Is the Common Core killing kindergarten?

The standards movement has trickled all the way down.

Yvonne Abraham

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Dorchester?s Daily Table features the kind of innovation that is every bit as revolutionary as anything Kendall Square has produced.

Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane chapter of the NAACP, is facing questions about her racial identity.

Michael P. Jeffries

Rachel Dolezal a lesson in how racism works

The NAACP administrator?s transformation shines a light on the social distance between blacks and whites.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/200_john_kerry_home.jpg John Kerry back at home, but not for very long

The secretary of state, on his first full day home after surgery, said he is eager to return to nuclear arms talks with Iran.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/09/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AP070713049792.jpg Can New Hampshire remain ?Clinton country??

Bill and Hillary Clinton have a long and well-traveled history with the Granite State.

Opinion

Ian Bowles

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/01/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/29meters106-001.jpg Ian Bowles: Your electric bill is pretty average

The next time somebody tells you prices have gone crazy, tell them to spend some time with a monthly bill.

The Big Picture

Commencement ceremonies 2015

Cliff Grassmick/The Daily Camera via AP

It?s the time of the year for many to commemorate their achievements and to mark moving on to the next step in their lives.