N.H. GOP fights to keep their primary first in nation

Top New Hampshire Republicans are attempting to fend off one of the most difficult challenges they have faced in decades.

Video captures off-duty officer, pedestrian in scuffle

Boston police have begun an investigation after a video surfaced of an off-duty officer roughing up a civilian in the Back Bay.

Mass. public records to get overhaul

With unanimity and swiftness, lawmakers sent a bill strengthening Massachusetts? feeble public records law to Governor Baker.

Geraldine Largay (right), with her husband George.

Missing hiker survived for weeks

A hiker who died in 2013 after going off the Appalachian Trail in Maine kept a journal and apparently survived for at least 26 days.

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Heath was fatally stabbed earlier this month when he rushed to the aid of a restaurant waitress who was being attacked.

Auburn, MA - 05/25/16 - Vigil in memory of Officer Ron Tarentino and Retired Fire Chief Roger Belhumeur at Lemansky Park in Auburn. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Metro, Reporter: Unknown Topic: 26Tarantino Vigil, LOID: 8.2.3101672584

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Emotional Auburn vigil honors slain officer, former fire chief

Residents turned out for a vigil for slain police Officer Ronald Tarentino and former Fire Chief Roger Belhumeur.

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Jorge Zambrano told his 12-year-old daughter ?he was sorry and wished that he had been there for her,? according to court records.

Deal will avert ballot question on hospitals

The agreement will establish a panel to study health care prices and increase funding for community hospitals.

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Elizabeth Warren said she bought or helped finance homes for family members and that ?I?m proud of that.?

SALINAS, CA - MAY 25: Democratic presidential candidate former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign rally at Hartnell College on May 25, 2016 in Salinas, California. Hillary Clinton is campaigning in California ahaed of the State's presidential primary on June 7th. (Photo by )

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

What e-mail report means for Hillary Clinton

Will Wednesday?s report shake up the presidential race?

Survey of scallops is halted after loss of camera

The expensive camera system is vital to a survey of sea scallops, one of the region?s most lucrative fisheries.

Anthony Weiner in ?Weiner.?

IFC

Movie Review | ? ? ? ½

?Weiner? offers gleeful notes on a scandal

Two filmmakers were invited to document Anthony Weiner?s 2013 run for mayor of New York City. What they captured is a tragicomedy of 21st-century schadenfreude.

05/25/16: Boston, MA: The Red Sox Hanley Ramirez is airborne as he beats the throw to Colorado catcher Tony Wolters as he scores in the bottom of the fourth inning. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Colorado Rockies in an inter league MLB baseball game at Fenway Park.(Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic: Red Sox-Rockies (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:Red Sox-Indians

RED SOX 10, ROCKIES 3

Red Sox again rout Rockies

Jackie Bradley Jr. extended his hitting streak to 29 games and Travis Shaw drove in three runs.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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The 2004 world champion Red Sox freed a lot of people, including the 1986 Red Sox.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, foreground, and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft walk onto the field as they arrive at a football safety clinic for mothers, Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the team's facilities in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Kraft has clearly taken sides ? against Goodell

An amicus brief filed Wednesday means the Patriots owner is siding with a player (and the union) over the league.

Rashida Jones addresses seniors during Harvard Class Day in Cambridge.

NAMES

Rashida Jones returns to Harvard Yard

The actress returned to her alma mater on Wednesday to speak to the graduating class of 2016.

Norma Torres Mendoza, and her mother, Carmen Torres.

Harvard student drives undocumented mother from Texas

Norma Torres Mendoza?s mother is an undocumented immigrant, and she feared putting her on a plane to get to the commencement.

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Invision for Parkwood Entertainment

These are the top 10 concerts in Boston this summer, according to StubHub

The ticket resale service compiled the data of most-searched Boston-area concerts from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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The national organization is suing for breach of contract after the race scheduled for Labor Day weekend was canceled.

Pine Manor College placed on probation by accrediting agency

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges expressed concerns about governance at the small liberal arts college in Brookline.

Uber and Lyft fought hard against tighter regulation in Austin but lost, in part due to the protests of cabdrivers (above). Now a third service, Fasten (top), has come to town.

In Austin, a display of ride-hailing Wild West

Boston-based Fasten and others are rushing to the Texas city to fill the void left by the departures of Uber and Lyft.

obituary

Hugh Hawkins, longtime Amherst College professor, dies at 86

Professor Hawkins was a noted scholar who after retirement wrote a memoir about his childhood.

Hiawatha Bray | tech lab

Is digital justice colorblind?

Problems may arise when we let statistics and computer algorithms do our thinking for us.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS AND RACHEL LIPSON

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The delays in the Anderson Bridge project hold key lessons for America?s broader inability to solve its infrastructure problems.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Ground Game

Ground Game

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The GOP could significantly curb the influence of the four early primary states by linking them to a neighboring state.

The Big Picture

Mount Sinabung erupts

Mount Sinabung erupted violently in Indonesia this week, killing at least seven and forcing thousands to flee.

Nation & World

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More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Design New England

Design New England

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With their home as canvas, the couple behind KTII Design Group embrace the stylistic power of change.