PawSox aim to climb from political quagmire to a brand new stadium

Fewer fans and the mounting deficiencies of its 75-year-old home park have the beloved PawSox facing a bottom-of-the-ninth crisis.

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Plans for a new stadium are caught in the quicksand of state politics, haunted by past mistakes and foundering in a political climate soured by Curt Schilling, of all people.

M.Gemi is an online shoe retailer that is opening brick-and-mortar stores, including one in the Prudential Center.

Online shoe retailer M.Gemi to open Boston store

At the retailer?s outlet in the Prudential Center, customers will be able to check out its latest offerings before buying online.

New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.

Gronk pushes back against $100,000 bar tab report

The Patriots tight end and famous party boy tweeted a photo of himself Monday night presenting a $110,000 check to Boston Children?s Hospital.

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The Cambridge restaurant can no longer cook with charcoal or wood after neighbors said their health was being affected.

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Amazon?s Prime Wardrobe service will let customers try on the latest styles before they buy at no upfront charge. Users will only pay for what they keep.

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Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, giving him different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles.

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Selectmen decided the town, which owns the half-acre lot on which John Scagliarini?s house sits, will not renew the lease.

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Connections | Magazine

I look just like my husband?s ex-wife

We could be sisters, and we?ve had the same taste in partners. Is he dating me because he isn?t over her?

Q&A

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Adam Himmelsbach explains the Celtics? trade of the No. 1 overall pick, and more.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy1-14008.jpg Never mind the future; the Celtics need NBA talent now

It?s nice to have a stockpile of No. 1 picks, but let?s hope Danny Ainge isn?t done dealing yet.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

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New Globe consumer columnist Sean P. Murphy will advocate for you when you feel you?ve been wronged.

A laborer stapled carpeting next to wax figures of pop singers Katie Perry and Amy Winehouse at the Dreamland Wax Museum in Boston.

Wax museum pulls back the curtain ahead of Boston opening

The city?s new wax museum will feature an array of celebrity figures and notable names through history.

Nestor Pimienta at the South Station bus terminal in Boston.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Students walk alongside unauthorized immigrants

Harvard Divinity school activists have emerged as critical figures in the movement to protect unauthorized immigrants in the Boston area.

The Trump presidency

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The president repeatedly promised to heal cross-racial divisions, but his slow reaction to violence against minorities is drawing scorn.

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The lawmakers spoke late into the evening against changes to the Affordable Care Act.

Senator John McCain says Americans who are ??stupid?? enough to want to visit North Korea should be required to sign a waiver absolving the US government of any blame if they?re harmed while there.

Those ?stupid? enough to go to North Korea should sign waiver, McCain says

The Arizona senator said there should be a form to fill out that absolves the American government of responsibility if a traveler is injured in North Korea.

Mass. high court tosses out murder conviction

The court threw out conviction of a man in a 2012 Roxbury slaying, citing questions about the elimination of a prospective juror who was black.

An MBTA bus struck a tree on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington on Tuesday.

Arlington Police Department

MBTA bus hits tree in Arlington

The operator was the only person on the bus at the time of the 5:27 a.m. crash, authorities said.

Two facing charges after newborn?s body found in plastic bag in Worcester

Edwin Santiago and Jennifer Rheaume are charged with concealing the baby?s death.

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Police are asking for help identifying a woman who ?took possession of the violin,? after its owner accidentally left it behind.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/12/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_redchairday1_met.jpg A deal to fund the Greenway for years to come?

The state, the city, and a key business group have reached a deal to fund the Greenway. Now they need its neighbors to sign on.

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Major-leaguers looking to slide into a new career or earn a degree will be encouraged to take classes through the school.

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The three teens removed the mask of the performer, who is black, and struck him in the face while shouting a racial slur, the Suffolk DA said.

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

STAT

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Some scientists say those gaps may play a role in diseases such as cancer.

Real Estate

See how rough-around-the-edges cabin became restful retreat in Vermont

Halfway between the historic village of Stowe, Vermont, and the vacation condos on Mount Mansfield above it, a long dirt drive winds past fenced pastures lined with maple trees, snakes between a classic weathered horse barn and a gentleman?s farmhouse, and ends in a back corner of a 40-acre parcel.