Orlando attack shows potential of October Surprise

The mass shooting in Orlando instantly changed the political priorities of the American public in a big way.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/6acdd5b6a168467ab2047500fee78790-6acdd5b6a168467ab2047500fee78790-0[1].jpg Dozens of GOP delegates launch new push to halt Donald Trump

These Republican delegates are convinced that Trump is an insufficiently conservative candidate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/18meteorbumper1.JPG The story behind the election?s best bumper sticker

Tweeted by Chris Rock, the satiric bumper sticker is bipartisan, albeit in a depressing way.

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Can the Vermont senator?s movement survive the move from stadiums to wood-paneled congressional hearing rooms?

Peabody firefighters battled hydrant problems during blaze

The four-alarm fire displace 14 people after a water pressure issue delayed firefighters from getting water onto the flames.

R.I. to celebrate PrideFest just days after Orlando massacre

Police say they will provide a stepped-up and visible presence at Saturday?s 40th annual Rhode Island PrideFest celebration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/2016-06-18T121634Z_1178098514_S1AETKPODEAA_RTRMADP_3_EUROPE-ATTACKS-BELGIUM-1526.jpg Belgian authorities arrest 12 in major anti-terror raid

Belgian authorities have raided dozens of homes and took 40 people for interrogation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_BW8QN.jpg Remain? Leave? What to know as Brexit vote looms

The British will decide this week whether to quit the European Union after 43 years. The vote is too close to call. The stakes are enormous.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chin060716GardnerGuitar_liv5[1].jpg After three centuries, precious guitar finally visits the doctor

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum conservators use high-tech medicine ? an endoscopy and CT scan ? to diagnose a centuries-old instrument.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/PaulCollins061716A-11088.jpg Probation officer allegedly gave woman gun for sex

Police allegedly later found the same handgun while investigating a suspected drug dealer.

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LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION

What is it like to live in Bourne?

Claudine Wrighter?s relocation from Falmouth to Bourne wasn?t a life-altering change, but her career path did take a bit of a twist.

WRITE AT HOME

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Living%20Room%20(1).jpg For DIYer, home?s a hive of activity and ideas

Australian Kristine Franklin has been painting, gluing, and reconstructing for her blog, The Painted Hive, for six years now.

Your Home | Summer Living

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/5northampton0619mag.jpg A Northampton home is easy on the land ? and the eye

With its indoor-outdoor atmosphere and eco-friendly architecture, this Western Mass. house is green in every sense of the word.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/papyrus1[1].jpg ?Jesus?s wife? papyrus likely fake, scholar says

A Harvard professor now concedes a tiny swatch of papyrus is probably a forgery.

Chris Strompolo in front of the fake boulder he made to look like the one in ?Raiders of the Lost Ark.?

Drafthouse Films

Shot-for-shot ?Raiders? remake took 35 years

A new documentary tells the decades-long story of the Mississippi schoolmates that recreated the Indiana Jones epic ?Raiders of the Lost Ark.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_Collins_702285-10028.jpg Bud Collins memorial service a celebration of his extraordinary life

The former Globe sportswriter was remembered by the stars of the tennis world he covered so elegantly.

NICK CAFARDO | SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/19sunball.jpg Expect Billy Beane and the A?s to be active in the trade market

The A?s have a lot of desirable players, including pitcher Sonny Gray, and Beane won?t be taking any discounts.

FILE - In this Dec. 7, 2014, file photo, Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Eugene Monroe looks up from the sidelines during the first half of an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla. Monroe was released by the Ravens on Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Ben Volin

Did marijuana factor in Ravens? player?s release?

Left tackle Eugene Monroe, who wants the NFL to drop its prohibition on marijuana use, was cut last week.

Red Sox notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/540785146.jpg Farrell to E-Rod: You are running out of chances

Eduardo Rodriguez, John Farrell, and Carl Willis held a long meeting Thursday after the lefthander allowed five runs in 4? innings.

Companies FanDuel and DraftKings had stopped operating in New York in March pending the passage of a bill that would legalize the online games. The bill still needs to be signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

Future of fantasy sports in N.Y. hinges on governor, legal claims

Popular daily fantasy sports sites still face uncertainty in New York even after state lawmakers passed legislation designed to regulate them.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion

Globe editorial board: Ban assault weapons now

The US has been pummeled by gun violence. One class of gun, the AR-15 style, has largely made it possible. We can make it stop. 

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_BY81N.jpg Could Donald Trump end the stalemate on gun legislation?

In a tweet, Trump said that he would meet with the NRA to figure out how to ban gun sales to those on the no-fly or terrorist watch list.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight9090-10654.jpg Private schools, painful secrets

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

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/low_res.png ?This is home?

Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.