Boston school chief defends system?s handling of student information

Boston Superintendent Tommy Chang acknowledged the system shared information with law enforcement agencies in an investigation of gang-related murders, but denied the system provided information on a student?s immigration status.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/c7d9fd5618364c0db935e0516b00adf1-0c1624b6f5b54767aa7650154f043480-0.jpg US Attorney will do ?fair? and ?independent? review of allegations against son, Baker says

Governor Charlie Baker declined to say what his son told him about the alleged incident, calling it a ?personal matter.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/be7effd8007e4ba39716280706873493-be7effd8007e4ba39716280706873493-0.jpg Here?s how Sarah Sanders addressed being kicked out of a restaurant during her press briefing today

The White House press secretary began Monday?s briefing by addressing the incident right from the start.

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-4496.jpg Thanks, Red Hen, for kicking out Sarah Huckabee Sanders

Protesting the barbarism of Trump?s administration must take precedent over the political civility of a normal, functioning democracy.

DEVRA FIRST

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/trumptacobowl.jpg Yelp reviews by President Donald Trump

Obviously, McDonald?s would score high. Other restaurants, not so much.

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In fact, during an inspection performed in February, the health department sounded almost complimentary.

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The Dow Jones industrials slid 328 points or 1.3 percent to 24,253, its lowest close since early May.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_26ezekiel-1_metro-17354.jpg Former State Police payroll head pleads guilty to stealing $23,000 from agency

Denise Ezekiel, 50, of Holbrook, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years of probation and ordered to pay back the money she stole and perform 100 hours of community service.

Littleton Police

MBTA commuter rail train hits tractor trailer in Littleton

There were no injuries reported aftr the accident on Foster Street, police said.

Harvard?s Recycling and Surplus Center, a 7,000-square-foot warehouse, accepts unwanted furniture, supplies, and equipment from about 450 university buildings. Every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the items are free and available to the public.

David L Ryan/Globe Staff

Every spring, students throw their lives away. Now, colleges are recycling that old stuff

Campus sustainability teams are working to reuse, sell, or donate gently used goods left over at the end of the year.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by ANDREJ CUKIC/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9686384ba) Fenerbahce's Brad Wanamaker (L) in action against Real Madrid's Sergio Llull (R) during the Euroleague Final Four Championship basketball match between Real Madrid and Fenerbahce Istanbul and Olympiacos in Belgrade, Serbia, 20 May 2018. CSKA Moscow vs Zalgiris Kaunas, Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro - 20 May 2018

Celtics agree to deal with EuroLeague standout Brad Wanamaker

After going undrafted in 2011 out of Pittsburgh, the 6-4 guard?s game has flourished overseas.

06/25/2018 SOMERVILLE, MA Governor Charlie Baker (cq) spoke during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Green Line Extension on Prospect Street in Somerville. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Green Line extension breaks ground ? for real, this time

Years of delays and false starts are over as construction of a 4.7-mile extension through Somerville and Medford gets underway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_pay7_met-17100.jpg MBTA is rethinking $10 parking at some Red Line stations

The T said it is reviewing parking price hikes at Red Line stops on the South Shore.

FILE- In this Jan. 19, 2018, file photo, Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman gives her victim impact statement in Lansing, Mich., during the fourth day of sentencing for former sports doctor Larry Nassar, who pled guilty to multiple counts of sexual assault. Raisman and dozens of other women who alleged they were sexually abused by Larry Nassar will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the ESPYS, ESPN announced Wednesday, May 16, 2018. (Dale G. Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

NAMES

Aly Raisman: ?I?m constantly reliving my abuse?

?In the past few months, I?ve barely worked out, which for someone who loves working out, that?s saying a lot,? the Needham native told The Improper Bostonian.

NAMES

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As vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the Virginia Democrat is in a position to know what, if anything, special counsel Robert Mueller has found.

Boston, MA: September 12, 2017: Hanley Ramirez (left) greets teammate Mookie Betts (right) after his bottom of the fourth inning two run home run put Boston ahead 7-1. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Oakland Athletics in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff).

Alex Speier

How has the departure of Hanley Ramirez affected the Red Sox offense?

It is one month since the Red Sox removed Ramirez from the roster. How is that decision working out?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/02/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/24galvinphoto07.jpg MetLife charged with fraud for failing to pay pensions of ?dead? retirees

More than 400 Massachusetts residents stopped receiving checks, according secretary of state William Galvin?s office.

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US health regulators on Monday approved the first prescription drug made from marijuana, a milestone that could spur more research into a drug that remains illegal under federal law.

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GateHouse and Digital First may slug it out for North Shore papers

For a supposedly dying business, newspapers can still spark plenty of bidding wars.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/KelseyCronin_11veterans_04_met-001.jpg At too many VA nursing homes, quality lags behind private facilities, data show

The new data suggest large numbers of veterans suffered potential neglect or medication mismanagement.

Russell Crowe (pictured) will play former Fox News head Roger Ailes in a Showtime series about the network.

TV Critic?s Corner

Showtime is planning a deep dive into the creation of Fox News

Russell Crowe will play Roger Ailes in a Showtime limited series executive produced by Tom McCarthy (?Spotlight?) and Jason Blum (?Get Out?).

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/24/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Instagram_names_01_art-005.jpg Aaron Hernandez?s former fiancee has a baby

Shayanna Jenkins Hernandez delivered the baby at a Rhode Island hospital June 16.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_cantonbikeride_metro157.jpg People fearing Alzheimer?s focus on lifestyle changes

As one failed drug trial after the next has dashed hopes for a medical miracle, people are seeking out new solutions.

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The Apollo 11 moonwalker says his children misused his credit cards, transferred money from an account and slandered him by saying he has dementia.

Atul Gawande?s signature innovation is a drab slip of paper called the surgical checklist, 19 steps intended to prevent mistakes by having the operating-room staff pause and check at critical junctures.

Dr. Atul Gawande has long searched for a cure for the health care system

Atul Gawande, the CEO of a new company formed in the hope of transforming health care, has studied processes and systems that can make a difference between life and death.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/982952354.jpg Noah Baumbach receives screenwriting award at Nantucket Film Festival

The Saturday night screenwriting event was co-hosted by Ben Stiller and actor/comedian Mike Birbiglia, and Baumbach accepted the award from frequent collaborator Adam Driver.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-4502.jpg Migrant children must pledge allegiance to a country that doesn?t want them

Asking children who have been separated from their parents to pledge allegiance to a country torn over Trump and his policies is shameful.

Special reports

IDEAS | THE BIG TECH ISSUE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Advance/Images/hero-scharf.jpg Why Facebook and Google should pay you for your data

Users? clicks and posts built Facebook and Google?s online empires. Isn?t it time they got paid for their labor?

STAT

Stat

Watch ?Runnin?,? a STAT documentary

?Runnin?,? now available for purchase on Vimeo, takes an intimate look at a group of friends in Somerville who came of age as the opioid epidemic took hold and morphed into a national nightmare. It retraces the lives of friends lost, and one last member of the group struggling to avoid the same fate.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Love Letters Podcast

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Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

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