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Is this the mother of all sweetheart deals?

Jon Cronin wants a sweetheart deal on the South Boston Waterfront. Don?t act like this has never happened before.

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The fight over Sumner M. Redstone?s $40 billion empire appears to be over.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cruz%20crop.jpg Plymouth DA waited on office harassment case

The DA could not explain why he waited so long to investigate allegations that his chief deputy groped a female employee.

The fee will go into a new fund to support modernization, training, and improvement of the taxi and livery industry.

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Scott Kirsner | Innovation technology

A nickel for your thoughts on how to make taxis better

A new state law sets aside 5 cents from each Uber and Lyft ride to support taxis. How should that money be spent?

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The two drug makers are set to announce that they are forming a joint venture to develop drugs based on CRISPR?s gene-editing technology.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/13/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/Boghosian_Wehner1_MET.jpg They went online ? and found Mr. Wrong

Christopher Wehner seemed to have a type - young, hard-working women with tight-knit families he found online.

Clinton Foundation to limit reach in event of election win

The Clinton Foundation will stop accepting money from corporations and foreign governments if Hillary Clinton is elected president.

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Mike Pence vouched for Trump in the same hotel ballroom where Donald Trump celebrated his first Republican primary night victory in February.

An employee watched as Eel Pond flooded into Shuckers restaurant in the Woods Hole section of Falmouth during Hurricane Bob.

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25 years ago, New England felt the fury of Bob

It was one of the worst storms ever to hit New England, and remains the last hurricane to make landfall in Massachusetts.

Middlesex DA investigating toddler?s death in Woburn

The 15-month-old had been in the care of a family friend when the injury occurred.

Framingham teen allegedly stabbed mother, brother while vacationing in Florida

The 16-year-old allegedly left his younger brother with life-threatening injuries, and his mother in serious condition, police say.

The Allston Podcast Garage is a space created by the Public Radio Exchange where people can use the studios to produce high-quality audio work.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

In Allston, a glimpse of podcast nation

Millennials are podcast aficionados. Now, in Allston, they?re gathering to learn how to produce their own.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/drought816-11602.jpg Extreme drought extended across Northeastern Mass.

The extreme conditions have damaged the state?s agriculture and overall economy and require a broad, collective response, Governor Charlie Baker said.

Full Olympics coverage

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Team USA has big events in track, basketball, and water polo, and gold will be decided in women?s soccer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_F645Z.jpg It?s not just Rio: Ryan Lochte has always been a little strange

With his latest odd story unfolding, it seems as good a time as any for a quick refresher.

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The Olympian?s attorney said that, under an agreement reached with a Brazilian judge, Feigen will donate 35,000 Brazilian reals to an ??institution?? and depart.

What our critics say

A detail from a cut-paper silhouette wall piece by Kara Walker in ?First Light? at the ICA.

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Art review

At the ICA, a powerful show from the collection

Ten years of collecting have brought impressive results, as seen in the exhibition ?First Light.?

Jon Stewart gives heartfelt send-off to Larry Wilmore

??Do not confuse cancellation with failure, Stewart advised Wilmore.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bray-6246.jpg When robots go their separate ways

At iRobot Corp., the wars are over.

Ideas | Matthew Hutson

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/10/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/0814_ritualDesktop.jpg The power of rituals

New research suggests that anyone can benefit from routines.

Things to Do

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/Kalifa_metro_20FishermansFestFeature_10.jpg The Weekender: Arms-dealing bros and the Queen of Soul

Everything fun to do this weekend around Boston.

Opinion & Ideas

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Indira%20lakshmanan-1691.jpg A muddleheaded mishmash on national security

I could try to make sense of Donald Trump?s mishmash of bizarre theories of world affairs, but you can?t create sense where there?s isn?t any.

Globe investigations

Private schools, painful secrets

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160607_BH__ErikaSchickel3.jpg The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliation

The Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.

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.

The Big Picture

Remembering Hurricane Bob

Twenty-five years ago this week, Hurricane Bob swept through New England, leaving six dead in Conn. and causing $680 million in damage in Mass., Conn., and R.I.