In Charlestown, a clash over a public housing project

A developer wants to build 2,100 high-end apartments on the 28-acre site and use the proceeds to create 1,100 new homes for the poor.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Officials are facing stiff pushback against their experimental approach to redevelop one of the city?s biggest public housing projects.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_syrians_mustafasews4_met-9791.jpg The last refugee: Threads of a new life in America

After escaping Syria, all Abdulkader wanted was to work. That wasn?t enough to get a job in America.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Students_01.jpg Trustees of Malden school to meet over hair policy

The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School has faced complaints that the policy is discriminatory and unevenly enforced.

Springfield teen disappears in pond Saturday

The teen?s friends told police they had been swimming with him around 7 p.m. Saturday in Watershops Pond.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/9dcc0204b1c747b18f8107e5a3fa79f4-9dcc0204b1c747b18f8107e5a3fa79f4-0.jpg ?It?s time to regain our sense of unity and purpose,? Biden says in Maine

Former Vice President Joe Biden gave assurances Sunday that the country?s current divisiveness will be temporary.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/20eb799d71524d0089ef6ca0b0da09bd-20eb799d71524d0089ef6ca0b0da09bd-0.jpg Facebook CEO, wife celebrate 5th anniversary with Maine hike

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have spent a day hiking around Mount Katahdin in Maine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Michael%20Doherty%20from%20Franklin%20police-9539-9587.jpg A tragic end to a lengthy search in Franklin

Police said a body, believed to be that of 20-year-old Michael Doherty, was found in dense woods Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/blanding05021704totalwine8biz.jpg For Total Wine, it?s total war against alcohol regulations

The sharp-elbowed chain?s next battle: convincing state legislators to allow coupons at package stores.

Arts

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/195e9c1e708c4b0d917a257645f6fd13-195e9c1e708c4b0d917a257645f6fd13-0.jpg Adam Sandler earns raves at Cannes

The actor is the toast of the Cannes Film Festival. Yes, you read that right.

North Korea fires medium-range missile in latest weapon test

In its latest effort to develop its ballistic and nuclear weapons, North Korea fired a medium-range missile Sunday.

President Donald Trump took a drink of water before delivering a speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit, at the King Abdulaziz Conference Center on Sunday.

Evan Vucci/Associated Press

In Saudi visit, Trump offers contradictions from campaign

Now that he?s president, Donald Trump has changed his tune.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_OP0NU.jpg Trump urges Mideast nations to drive out 'Islamic extremism'

President Donald Trump on Sunday implored Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries to extinguish ??Islamic extremism.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/940f48388bde4e4e978d0ab8196fd721-940f48388bde4e4e978d0ab8196fd721-0.jpg Ivanka Trump says Saudi Arabian women have made ?progress,? but more to be done

In Saudi Arabia, women are not allowed to drive, must cover themselves in public, and require permission from a ??male guardian?? to travel.

Notre Dame students walked out of the commencement ceremony in opposition to the Trump administration?s policies as Vice President Mike Pence was introduced at Notre Dame Stadium on Sunday.

Protesting Notre Dame students walk out of Pence?s commencement speech

Some graduating seniors at the University of Notre Dame walked out of their own graduation ceremony to protest Vice President Mike Pence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/therock-1880.png On ?SNL,? The Rock and Tom Hanks joked about a 2020 White House bid

Actor Dwayne ??The Rock?? Johnson, who was hosting the show for a fifth time, made a dramatic announcement in his opening monologue.

Boston, MA -- 5/21/2017 - Groups battle during a Medieval melee hosted by Anvard Dagorhir, a fantasy group, on the Boston Common. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: 22battle Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Boston Common was the scene of a medieval battle this morning

About 150 people, clad in robes and armed with foam weapons, yelled and charged at each other on Boston Common.

Sports

CAVALIERS NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_boscleve5_spts.jpg LeBron James credits Isaiah Thomas for his perseverance

James can relate to Celtics? plight, having played the 2015 Finals without Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.

Animal trainer Alexander Lacey performed with Maasai the lion at the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

Curtain falls on ?Greatest Show on Earth? after 146 years

The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus that has wowed crowds for 146 years with its ?Greatest Show on Earth? is taking its final bow on Sunday.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Cathy Young

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/19/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/squaredog.jpg Face it: Pets aren?t people

I love animals, but there?s a moral difference between them and human beings.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Cold%20Case_WEb_shorterNew.jpg Finding Lisa: A story of murders, mysteries, loss, and, incredibly, new life

Her father was not who he said he was. He had secrets, secrets that Lisa would uncover, years later, when she set out to answer the question that burned in her: Who am I?

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/12/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/629844334[1].jpg Sign up for Talking Points

An afternoon recap of the day?s most important business news, delivered Monday through Friday.

Address: Spring House Hunt

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/realestate.jpg Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer

In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/19/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/GettyImages-174747930-1024x576.jpg Is sunscreen more protective than a beach umbrella?

Sunscreen protects against sunburn better than beach umbrellas, says a recent study, but that?s not the whole story.