The Trump presidency

No amnesty for DACA recipients, Trump says

President Trump disputed claims from Democrats that a deal had been struck to allow DACA recipients to stay which did not include the border wall. Trump said he was ?fairly close? to a deal, but that more border control would be part of it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/spicer2-1830.gif A softer Sean Spicer on ?Jimmy Kimmel Live?

It was a different Sean Spicer who paid a visit to ABC?s ?Jimmy Kimmel Live? Wednesday night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/0fbc58c7715845428688b0dc412e3b39-0fbc58c7715845428688b0dc412e3b39-12963.jpg Jemele Hill addresses the ?elephant in the room?

The ESPN anchor said that her tweets about President Trump reflected her personal beliefs, and that she regrets that they painted ESPN in an ?unfair light.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/f6415d2a901a4d52b9cffc57e0cc1fe5-f6415d2a901a4d52b9cffc57e0cc1fe5-0.jpg Trump arrives in Florida to see damage caused by Irma

?I think we?re doing a good job in Florida,? Trump said upon arrival in Fort Myers, where Irma battered homes and caused flooding.

Opinion | Jeffrey D. Sachs

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/460dea480017487294e37edf39ea301c-460dea480017487294e37edf39ea301c-0.jpg Disaster insurance needs an overhaul

Houston presents a striking case of moral hazard.

Alexander Krause at his son Orion?s arraignment.

Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe

Father of suspect in Groton killings struggles to understand

?Whatever possessed my son...,? Alexander Krause told the Globe Wednesday, his voice trailing off as he spoke with tears in his eyes.

Ivelisse Florentino boarded a bus with her three children outside their temporary housing at the Home Suites Inn in Waltham. From left are emily Familia, 16, Daniel Santana, 9, and Daniela Santana, 10.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Is putting a homeless family in a motel room the right choice?

One family?s story puts a spotlight on one of the state?s most difficult and emotional entitlement programs, now at the core of the lawsuit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/humpbackwhale.jpg Entangled humpback whale freed from fishing gear off Truro beach

A humpback whale was freed from its entanglement off the Atlantic coast of Truro by a rescue team.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/chairmans-message.jpg $115m gift, BU?s largest ever, will fund science, engineering research

Boston University is launching something akin to a venture fund to jump-start more collaborative research.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi11Bridgewater15.jpg At last, decency at Bridgewater

All along, advocates have been saying Bridgewater could be reformed, that if only our leaders could find the will, the way would be obvious. It?s infuriating how right they were.

NESTOR RAMOS

The sign on the Monster, and the monster behind it

Maybe it?s a measure of just how stilted our national conversation is that so many people could not make sense of the banner unfurled from atop the Green Monster.

A banner is unfurled over the Green Monster during the fourth inning.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

A banner is unfurled over the Green Monster during the fourth inning.

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The sign was unfurled over the Green Monster in the fourth inning.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin091317RedSox-A_s_Spt1.jpg Slow starts could catch up with Red Sox in postseason

They have shown an impressive ability to forge comebacks, but it?s been in no small part out of necessity.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bosdet12A_spts.jpg Bruins sign David Pastrnak to six-year deal

The 21-year-old forward came to terms on a contract that averages $6.67 million a season.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_apartmentfire2_met-U833541109187hnG--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Weymouth condo building under construction is the latest to be hit by blaze

Authorities are investigating whether the design of the building is similar to residential buildings that burned in Dorchester and Waltham.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/NDN_12summerseries01_arts.jpg Ambitious Rhode Island music fest ends in failure of ?epic proportions?

The Newport Contemporary Music Series boasted a star-studded lineup, but it cratered amid charges of broken promises, rank amateurism, and more than $100,000 in unpaid musicians fees.

North Washington Street Bridge, which connects Charlestown to the North End, will be replaced in stages beginning next spring, with construction expected to take as long as five years.

Bridge connecting Charlestown and North End is about to get a makeover

The North Washington Street Bridge, the easternmost crossing over the Charles River, will be replaced in a project that could last as long as five years.

STJOHN SLIDER Coral Bay, St. John -- 9/13/2017 - Heidi Arnold sorted through the wreckage of her office in Coral Bay to see if she could salvage anything in the Coral Bay section of St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Heidi Arnold sorted through the wreckage of her office in the Coral Bay section of St. John to see if she could salvage anything.

STJOHN SLIDER Coral Bay, St. John -- 9/13/2017 - Zacharias Wilson, 8, whose family lost the catamaran that he had lived his whole life on in Hurricane Irma checked out the debris from Crabby's a shop that rented snorkel gear in Coral Bay, St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Zacharias Wilson, 8, whose family lost the catamaran he had lived on for his whole life, checked out the debris.

STJOHN SLIDER Cruz Bay, St. John -- 9/13/2017 - People listen to information about evacuations and updates about the current situation on the island during a community meeting held at Mongoose Junction in Cruz Bay, St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

People listened to information about evacuations and updates on St. John.

STJOHN SLIDER Cruz Bay, St. John -- 9/13/2017 - A member of the Navy clears brush from the Cruz Bay section of St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

A member of the Navy cleared brush.

STJOHN SLIDER Coral Bay, St. John -- 9/13/2017 - Ships that were tossed against the shore during Hurricane Irma are seen on the far side of Coral Bay in St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Ships that were tossed against the shore during Hurricane Irma are seen on the far side of Coral Bay.

STJOHN SLIDER Cruz Bay, St. John -- 9/13/2017 - A member of the Navy clears away a sign that was knocked down in Hurricane Irma as cleanup gets underway in St. John. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

A member of the Navy cleared away a sign that was knocked down in Hurricane Irma as cleanup got underway in St. John.

A famed hurricane refuge is filled with rubble

When Hurricane Irma plowed through the Caribbean last week, the small, isolated community of Coral Bay at the eastern edge of St. John became close to ground zero for the destruction.

Fall Travel | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/12/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/leaf0917crop.jpg Six of the prettiest New England towns for leaf peeping

Complete with scenic drives, charming attractions, and cozy inns, these towns can help you revel in the region?s loveliest season.

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/175a342de1ef45a5bda410b238841d33-175a342de1ef45a5bda410b238841d33-0.jpg Jennifer Lawrence is the best thing in dark, uneven ?mother!?

Darren Aronofsky throws caution to the winds and delivers his most abstract cinematic experience yet.

QUICK STUDY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/iStock_000027500969Medium.jpg Household income in Massachusetts was way up last year

Significantly, the gains weren?t split by inequality or confined to those in upper income brackets.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Josewindhistory.png Hurricane Jose continues its weird loop in the Atlantic

It?s not known where Hurricane Jose will go after it completes its loop in the Atlantic Ocean.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Strobe-Getty_Goveandrichardson01_spt.jpg A hockey pro dies, and coach he said raped him is free

David Gove, a former Cape Cod hockey prodigy, is dead at 38. Felony charges have been dropped against the coach he said raped him as a boy.

Newsletters

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-9969.jpg This week in weed

Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts and catch up on national pot headlines every Saturday.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/RinaldiHealey10-10056-9760.jpg As Trump retreats, Mass. steps up to protect workers

Maura Healey?s office recovered $6 million in stolen wages for Massachusetts in the last fiscal year.

Fall Arts Preview 2017

Fall Arts preview

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Fall%20arts%20home%20version%201-5253.jpg A guide to the best of what to see and do in Boston

A complete guide to movies, music, books, arts, theater, and family events in the Greater Boston area this season.