Boston mulls changes to admission rules for exam schools

A group of Boston Latin School students.

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Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh says it?s premature to look at making any changes to admissions requirements.

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A survivor?s father said the attackers spared people who could recite verses from the Quran.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the opening session of the Western Conservative Summit Friday, July 1, 2016, in Denver. The summit, which brings together Republicans from across the West, runs through Sunday. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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Did Donald Trump violate IRS rules?

When Trump won a bidding war over Tim Tebow memorabilia, he paid with a check from the Donald J. Trump Foundation.

MICHAEL A. COHEN

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He?s trailing badly in the polls, and doesn?t have the resources to easily make up the ground.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts.

Does Clinton really need Warren on the ticket?

Not every Democrat is impressed with the Massachusetts senator.

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The Supreme Judicial Court unanimously approved the prosecution of a Plainville woman who allegedly convinced a friend to commit suicide in 2014.

David Weaver, an electrical engineer,  conducted a thermal test on a prototype at Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

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Will this Harvard-built telescope find intelligent life?

The telescope will be 10 times more powerful than the 26-year-old Hubble Space Telescope.

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The town says it will press its claim it has reached an acceptable affordable-housing threshold.

The Appalachian Trail in Baxter State Park in Maine.

Beyond Acadia: New England national parks worth exploring

Here?s a look at some New England National Park System sites to visit during the centennial.

Fourth of July

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Boston is warming up for the Fourth of July weekend, reaching peak summer weather for the holiday itself.

Pyrotechnicians Pat Bosco, left, and Lauren Grucci of Fireworks By Grucci load 5-inch shells into mortars on a barge on th the Charles River on Friday.

Fireworks producers promise a more ?nuanced? display on Fourth

Boston?s loudest, most colorful show of the year begins quietly, a few days before the Fourth of July.

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It was perfectly timed for the July 4, holiday weekend.

NBA free agency

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Celtics? meeting with Al Horford went well

The Celtics? delegation to meet Horford included Isaiah Thomas and Jae Crowder.

So far, status quo seems to be the way Dave Dombrowski is leaning.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

Why Dave Dombrowski stays close to his Red Sox

Dombrowski is the only head of baseball operations who travels with his team all the time.

Tom Tong in Tom?s BaoBao in Harvard Square.

Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Tired of burgers? How about a bao.

BaoBao, an offshoot of a popular chain with 200 restaurants in China, is opening its first US outpost in Cambridge.

for young adults

The young adult summer reading guide

Chelsey Philpot suggests 11 recent young-adult titles for your summer reading enjoyment.

?The Color Purple? author Alice Walker pens Jesse Williams-inspired poem

Jesse Williams? BET speech electrified and motivated the internet as well as a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer.

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A dispute over an unpaid loan turned deadly in Tiverton, according to police.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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Many schools won?t provide official transcripts to students who owe them money.

Globe investigations

Families in fear

The state?s plan to close psychiatric hospitals has had unintended consequences.

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.