Nestor Ramos

She saw something that wasn?t right, and she made it her business

Sasha Hearn.

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Sasha Hearn saw three kids in trouble and made it her business to intervene.

Your Home | Summer Living

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/opener0618dennis.jpg Redesigning a tiny Cape Cod cottage for year-round living

A couple?s yearlong house hunt ends at a compact fixer-upper in West Dennis.

A sign warned beach goers of the presence of great white sharks at Lighthouse Beach in Chatham.

How popular is the Massachusetts coast with Great Whites? Very, it seems

Researchers report a male Great White shark spent the last few days traveling the Massachusetts coast.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/turkell_15lobster10_arts.jpg Sink your teeth into National Lobster Day

Celebrating on Thursday is easy when you live in a city that?s teeming with seafood restaurants.

Salem, MA- June 14, 2017: Harbor Master Bill McHugh, left, watches as the Pride of Baltimore II docks in Salem Harbor in Salem, MA on June 14, 2017. The Grand Parade of Sail, will be one of the highlights of Sail Boston 2017, which runs from June 17 Ñ 22. It will be the largest fleet of tall ships in Boston Harbor since the year 2000, according to event organizers. (CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF) section: metro reporter: (Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of an 1812-era topsail schooner privateer. She is owned and operated by the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Pride of Baltimore, Inc. Continuation of Pride II's mission is contingent on private funding.)

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Want to see the Tall Ships in Boston Harbor? Read this first

Here are some key things to know about Sail Boston, the six-day event at Boston Harbor starting Saturday.

Maps: Here are all the spots to view the Tall Ships this weekend

More than 50 ships will parade through Boston Harbor starting this week. Here?s where you can see them.

Deckhand Aaron Funk worked on the Spirit of South Carolina docked in Salem Harbor in Salem Wednesday.

The Tall Ships may be majestic. But bringing them here can be a headache

Competition for boats, fees, permits, and politics vex organizers of the Grand Parade of Tall Ships.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/cd16a34735004741b21ed87c5abac67e-cd16a34735004741b21ed87c5abac67e-0.jpg Student freed by North Korea has ?severe neurological injury?

Otto Warmbier is in stable condition at an Ohio hospital with his mother by his side.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/02072008_met07bish-6456659-10972.jpg Does a deserted campground contain a clue to the murder of Molly Bish?

Volunteers will head to a former campground in West Brookfield Thursday, hoping that the latest technology will allow them to unearth new evidence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/water.jpg This court case pits surfers against canoers for control of paddle boarding

Stand up paddle boarding is seen as a future candidate for the Olympics and both the International Surfing Association and the International Canoe Federation want control.

Tech Lab

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/01/06/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/78207be464634c3aa507f952aa6074f6-78207be464634c3aa507f952aa6074f6-0.jpg The state?s kooky ?cookie tax? will crumble in a court?s hands

Massachusetts? bid to tax purchases made with out-of-state online retailers is an overreach.

Former president Barack Obama was often accused of being too professorial ? which might be a plus at Harvard.

Paul Chaisson/The Canadian Press/Associated Press

The biggest job in education just opened up, so who?s in the running?

Harvard can have its pick of candidates for president, executive search consultants and education experts say.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/06029540.jpg Jury in Cosby trial is deadlocked after 30 hours of deliberations

A judge is sending the jury back to deliberations.

President Donald Trump.

Trump calls reports of obstruction probe a ?witch hunt?

?They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice,? the president tweeted Thursday.

Architects (left to right) Kait Kurs, Stephanie Morrison, Martha Foss, and Katie Chu posed in Watertown.

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

National fervor over Trump swamps Georgia House race

From graphics designed in Boston to phone banks organized in Maryland, out-of-state attention floods a special election in suburban Atlanta.

First lady Melania Trump, second from right, is seen walking into the MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington Wednesday, where House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of La. was taken after being shot in Alexandria, Va., during a Republican congressional baseball practice.

Scalise will need more surgery following shooting

A rifle-wielding attacker opened fire on Republican lawmakers at a baseball practice Wednesday.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Yvonne_Abraham_150px-11028.jpg Why would we ever talk about gun control after another mass shooting?

Democrats and others on the left are always trying to talk about guns at times like these.

State lawmakers approved the extra 4 percent tax on earnings over $1 million.

State lawmakers approve tax on top earners for 2018 ballot

Early polling has found that more than two-thirds of voters support the amendment that would raise taxes on the rich.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/Porchfest_18soporchfest01_so.jpg PorchFest Quincy expands to four neighborhoods

The event?s organizers are preparing for a bigger festival in its second time around.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_PK9MZ.jpg Wallenda hangs by teeth over Niagara Falls

Erendira Wallenda, the aerialist wife of daredevil Nik Wallenda, pulled off the stunt five years to the day her husband walked a tight rope over the falls.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Leah.jpg 5 things I learned spending 10 days as a scientist

I write a lot about biomedical research. To better understand this work, I spent time in a lab in Woods Hole, Mass.