In Massachusetts, no one wants to talk about sex ed

A bill to modernize the sex education curriculum appears ready to die a quiet death in the Legislature for the fourth session in a row.

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President Trump taunted former Secretary of State John Kerry on Twitter Tuesday morning ahead of his expected Iran announcement.

Waitress at Chelsea restaurant slashed in neck by patron who skipped out on his bill

The waitress had chased the patron outside the restaurant and confronted him at his car, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/lee_Kafker6_met.jpg Welfare motels for homeless families? Mass. high court to weigh in

The Supreme Judicial Court will hear arguments today about whether efforts to end the practice of housing homeless families in motels at state expense have gone too far.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/31949657_1833569766706905_8229363493271240704_o.jpg Man accused of stealing SUV with dog inside in East Boston faces arraignment

David Brady will answer to multiple charges, including larceny of a motor vehicle and resisting arrest, police said.

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Amherst College student Andrew Dorogi was found dead in Mexico City in March.

New York Attorney General Schneiderman resigned effective immediately.

New York AG resigns after women accuse him of abuse

Eric Schneiderman rose to prominence as an antagonist of the Trump administration and a defender of women?s rights.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_longfellow2_met.jpg Another issue for the Longfellow Bridge: graffiti

Even before the bridge reconstruction project is complete, ?art? has sprung up across the smooth granite and ?salt-and-pepper? towers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Chris_08balsams_05_biz.jpg Plan to remake Balsams Resort faces decision on loan

Ski mogul Les Otten wants to build a world-class, year-round resort with a hotel, condominiums, and a conference center.

From left, the founders of Crooked Media and ?Pod Save America?: Tommy Vietor, Jon Lovett, and Jon Favreau.

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These Mass. natives and Obama alums launched a podcast for distraught liberals living in Trumpland

The Massachusetts natives behind the popular liberal podcast, ?Pod Save America,? aren?t holding anything back on their nationwide tour, stopping in Boston this month.

Love Letters Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17321_LL_Podcast_Episode_8_Tease.png Why can?t we be friends?

It?s easy to say you?ll remain chummy with your ex. It?s much harder to actually do.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_bp11_spts.jpg At least Game 4 put a little extra fire into the Celtics-76ers rivalry

This is how it is going to be, for years to come, and it feels right for Celtics fans to loathe the Sixers again.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/944939928.jpg Fast starts for Red Sox, Yankees could set trend for rest of the season

The talent and performances on display through the first six weeks suggests the two teams have a shot of joining a list of epic, yearlong showdowns.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_111717_18greenlinepic_02617x.jpg The T?s $3.5 billion plan to revolutionize the Green Line

Longer trolleys could double the capacity on the nation?s oldest subway line, but the T would first need to address issues like short loading platforms and tight turns.

Tom Brady (left) and Gisele Brundchen arrived for the 2018 Met Gala.

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NAMES

Twitter has some thoughts about Tom Brady?s Met outfit

Social media could not stop talking about TB 12?s embroidered tux.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/elephant050818.jpg Elephants may be dialing long-distance through their feet

Vibrations in the ground can travel farther than they could through the air, giving elephants a variety of powerful methods for long-distance communication.

Karen Akunowicz of Myers + Chang won Best Chef: Northeast at the annual James Beard awards gala.

Myers + Chang chef named best in the Northeast

Karen Akunowicz was honored Monday with a James Beard Award.

Ty Burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_childish_gambino.jpg Childish Gambino?s ?This is America? is a dead-serious work of satire

Released under Donald Glover?s nom de pop, the video appears built to function as a closed conversation for black America and an open classroom for anyone else.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/06252007_25tick-5985597.jpg Ticks are tiny, but they?re becoming a bigger deal

The number of cases of tick-borne disease in Mass. has skyrocketed. Tens of thousands will likely be afflicted this summer.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Rex_Mount_Kilauea_Volcano_eruption_9664676A-6556-kJrF--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Photos of the fiery destruction from Hawaii?s volcanic eruption

A state of emergency was declared as lava shot hundreds of feet into the air and burned homes to the ground.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/15taunton08.jpg Mashpee Wampanoag deserve a pathway to a reservation

Members of the tribe greeted the Pilgrims; Congress should restore a pathway to a reservation.

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