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Tornado hits Webster as strong storms move across region

A tornado was confirmed in Webster, where buildings were damaged, and tree limbs and wires were downed, causing power outages.

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As intense storms made their way across the state Saturday, a tornado damaged buildings and caused power outages in Webster and Dudley, officials said.

Karen Olivo and Aaron Tveit in ?Moulin Rouge! The Musical.?

stage review

Puttin? on the glitz in ?Moulin Rouge!?

The Broadway-bound production at the beautifully restored Emerson Colonial Theatre is jaw-droppingly kitschy, hilarious, and vapid at the same time.

Lobster festival ?sea goddess? dethroned over online photos

The aquatic monarchy at a Rockland, Maine festival is weathering rough seas this weekend.

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A ?jaw-dropping? find puts to rest a decades-long search in Massachusetts.

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LeBron James is critical of Trump, and now the president is angry at the king

LeBron James criticized President Trump in a television interview, prompting a tweet by the president that returned the sentiment.

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Melania Trump?s spokeswoman said the first lady is ?open to visiting? the new $8 million school in Ohio for low-income and at-risk students.

San Francisco 49ers' Richard Sherman (25) runs during NFL football practice at the team's headquarters Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

For NFL players, checking mentions and social media can be poison during training camp

It?s important to remember that the only evaluation that matters is the one from the coaches.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/02tattoo.jpg ?NOT a Nazi?: Worcester County Sheriff?s Office defends employee?s tattoo

The Massachusetts Bail Fund tweeted a picture of a correctional officer?s tattoo that they claimed had ties to white supremacy. Turns out, it was the employee?s old football number.

Smith College campus in Northampton, Mass.

Boston Globe

Smith staffer put on leave after calling police on black student

A Smith College employee who called campus police Tuesday to report that a black student eating her lunch looked ?out of place? has been put on leave.

A ?Black Lives Matter? banner hung on a building of Smith College on Friday.

COMMENTARY | Jeneé Osterheldt

?All I did was be black.? It?s not just Smith College. America?s racism has no lone wolf

Don?t wrap yourself in the comfort of believing these are isolated incidents. Don?t nestle into the distance, ready to believe this doesn?t happen in your neighborhood.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/nestor-18662.jpg With Bird scooters about to be pulled off Cambridge streets, I decided to set one free

I was going to do my best to preserve one of these endangered creatures by riding it all the way home to Quincy, out of the reach of Birdnappers.

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There are certain places in New England that are a whole lot more fun ? and magical ? when young kids are along. Here are 10 favorites.

Dinner with Cupid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/CupidAUG.jpg ?He ordered before I had even looked at the menu?

Will this date be doomed from the very start?

Starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi approved of an inning-ending double play in the fourth.

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Red Sox-Yankees: Live updates and commentary from Game 3

Follow along as the Globe?s team at Fenway provides analysis and insight throughout the third game of the series.

Boston, MA - 8/03/2018 - (1st inning) Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora (20) is restrained by umpire Phil Cuzzi (10) as he argues with home plate umpire Adam Hamari (78) during the first inning. Cora was ejected from the game. The Boston Red Sox host the New York Yankees in Game 2 of a four game series at Fenway Park. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 04Red Sox-Yankees, LOID: 8.4.2729609219.

TARA SULLIVAN

?I was upset at the whole situation?: Alex Cora made the loudest statement of all

The manager?s fiery response to a pitch thrown near Mookie Betts?s head earned the respect of his players.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/0c591f016a73422f90776a7501d69a4f-0c591f016a73422f90776a7501d69a4f-0.jpg Which players could be available on trade waivers?

While it?s more difficult to make a deal, it?s not impossible.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/MickeyRivera.jpg Court documents shed new light on Cape Cod driver?s criminal past

Filings raise questions about whether Mickey A. Rivera posed too great a public safety risk to warrant bail in a 2015 case and whether the fatal accident could have been prevented.

Cyclists made their way through the gate at the start of the 2018 Pan-Mass Challenge in Sturbridge on Saturday.

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39th Pan-Mass Challenge launches Saturday

The 39th Pan-Mass Challenge kicked off early Saturday morning with more than 6,300 cyclists participating in one-day rides and two-day rides that continue into Sunday.

Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo (center).

Legislature unable to push through union-friendly bill

Speaker Robert DeLeo may have to wait until 2019 to pass protections for public-sector unions, which were dealt a body blow in a recent US Supreme Court case.

Alejandra Juarez, 38, (left) said goodbye to her children, Pamela and Estela, at the Orlando International Airport.

Facing deportation, US Marine?s wife leaves for Mexico

Temo Juarez didn?t figure his vote for President Trump would affect them personally. That was before the enforcement of Trump?s ??zero tolerance?? policy toward illegal immigration.

This picture shows a general view on October 11, 2012 downtown Rome of the Largo di Torre Argentina, the exact spot among ancient ruins where Roman general Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BC.

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Opinion | Stephen Kinzer

The lesson in the ruins of Rome

The collapse of the Roman Empire was the result of an over-extended exercise of power. It?s a lesson Washington has forgotten.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/04/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_17R4O8.jpg Las Vegas gunman lost over $1.5 million before mass shooting

Stephen Paddock had lost more than $1.5 million in the two years before the Oct. 1 shooting that left 58 people dead.

Massachusetts man is missing after his empty boat is found on lake in Maine

Robert Hammond?s boat was found floating on Moosehead Lake and his campsite was located by the lakeshore.

WEST OF BOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/JohnHilliard_05welimebikes_01_we-001.jpg Newton goes lime with dockless bike-share program

LimeBike?s bicycles appeared in Newton in late July, with more to come from another company ? Spin ? in August.

SOUTH OF BOSTON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/ryan_quincymedical1_met-8986.jpg Quincy hospital site to become housing

The owner?s representatives said they plan to demolish nearly all of the former Quincy Medical Center and build 598 units of rental housing.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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Mother Nature isn?t making any more cobalt or nickel.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Capture2.JPG An oral history of LeBron James and the 2003 UMass-Boston Summer League

How the 2003 Boston Summer League helped introduce LeBron James to the NBA.

Newsletters

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A convenient digest of the top political news of the past week, delivered every Saturday. Sign up now.

STAT

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As CEO of the health care venture from Amazon and partners, Gawande could make a huge impact on mental health.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg 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.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Nation & World

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Love Letters: The Podcast

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

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Globe staff photos of the month, July 2018

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: the Puerto Rican Parade, Taylor Swift performing at Gillette Stadium, and celebrating fourth of July.

Crossword

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Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.