Analysis

Guilty findings put Trump on his heels

In two courtrooms 200 miles apart, President Donald Trump?s almost daily attempts to dismiss the criminal investigations all but collapsed.

Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen

Cohen has knowledge of ?conspiracy to collude,? lawyer says

Michael Cohen?s lawyer said he would be happy to share the information with special counsel Robert Mueller or Congress.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/9a5a0ba245814a9b8259c6290b698ff5-5e178f768adc457e9ab22a9034d07a10-0.jpg President Trump says he feels bad for Paul Manafort, warns against hiring Michael Cohen

?Don?t retain the services of Michael Cohen!? Trump tweeted, a day after Cohen acknowledged illegal campaign payments while pleading guilty to breaking campaign finance laws.

The Commonwealth Avenue project was massively disruptive but was completed quickly.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Thought the Comm. Ave. Bridge closure was tough? You?ve got worse coming up

The North Washington Street bridge to Charlestown will take five years to rebuild. And it can?t benefit from fast construction techniques.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Gerry_Studds_2-5372965.jpg Gerry Studds named in latest probe of sexual misconduct at St. Paul?s

The late Mass. congressman ?acted as a predator,? according to a former student. The new report is another black mark against the elite Concord, N.H., boarding school.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_082218_23prepschoolpic_0559x-19595-U84124745361547E--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg St. John?s Prep puts Xaverian brother on leave in wake of sexual abuse allegations

St. John?s Preparatory high school banned a faculty member from campus after learning he is under investigation in Baltimore for allegedly sexually abusing a person in the mid-1980s.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-19624.jpg The nearly erased artist behind the hidden face of the proposed Faneuil Hall memorial

When artist Steve Locke proposed a slavery memorial at Faneuil Hall, he wasn?t prepared for the political maelstrom he was walking into.

How to eat like a local in Harvard Square

From sushi to coffee, burgers to buffets ? here are some places in Harvard Square that might remind you of your youth.

Potentially explosive sodium removed from Rockland school

Emergency personnel responded after a science teacher found a likely decades-old jar of potentially explosive sodium in a filing cabinet, officials said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Obits/Images/robbierotten1-1071-kK3F--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg ?LazyTown? villain Stefan Karl Stefansson dies at 43

Icelandic actor Stefan Karl Stefansson played villain Robbie Rotten on ?LazyTown? and led the 2008 touring production of ?Dr. Seuss? How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_082218_weather_0253x.jpg A rainy day, but sunny skies (with low humidity!) are ahead

Wednesday will be cloudy and rainy, but plenty of sunshine is just around the corner.

An opioid prescription.

AP PHOTO

Rules to control opioid prescribing don?t always work as intended, studies say

When news rules made it harder to refill prescriptions for a painkiller, surgeons prescribed more pills at the outset.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_02hot-6_metro.jpg The definition of an ideal summer weekend: This weekend

We?ll see pleasantly warm temperatures, moderate levels of humidity, and plenty of sunshine through Sunday. Be prepared for big crowds at the beach.

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Cristhian Bahena Rivera has been charged in the death of 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP18233823170782.jpg Hawaii prepares for powerful Hurricane Lane

Tropical storm-force winds, excessive rain, and large swells from the Category 5 storm could arrive starting Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_18E9E0.jpg Trump?s economic adviser said he didn?t know party guest was a white nationalist

Peter Brimelow, who once was a mainstream conservative and now runs a prominent white nationalist website, attended Larry Kudlow?s birthday party.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Capture-19642.JPG He was fishing for porgies and bass. A whale showed up

?It kind of scared the crap out of me at first,? said Zack Fahey, 28, of Wilmington.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/kreiter_ashfieldfilmfest5_arts.jpg The delightfully daffy, completely community-produced Ashfield Film Festival

Now in its 11th year, the festival features five-minute films created by the working folks, gentleman farmers, and schoolchildren of this agrarian community of 1,700.

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Globe Magazine

A superfan?s guide to seeing the Patriots at Gillette Stadium

Football season cometh! Here?s how to score tickets, park like a genius, tailgate like there?s no tomorrow, and more.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/2a6ed3a958c846909150313c6a8a619b-2a6ed3a958c846909150313c6a8a619b-0.jpg Everybody take a breath. The new helmet rule will not ruin the NFL

The new helmet penalty has been called 51 times in 33 preseason games. That?s 1.55 penalties per game.

Boston, MA--8/19/2018-- Red Sox Mookie Betts reacts after striking out against Tampa Bay during the ninth inning at Fenway Park. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: RedSox-Rays Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

CHAD FINN

How the Red Sox measure up, position by position, to players around the majors

We measured how Boston?s starter at a given spot ranks in terms of baseball-reference?s version of WAR to other players at the position around the major leagues.

Boston, MA: October 2, 2017: Celtics first round draft pick Jayson Tatum (()) is pictured. The Boston Celtics hosted the Charlotte Hornets in a pre season NBA basketball game at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff).

Adam Himmelsbach

Jayson Tatum talks working out with Kobe, holding camp with Kyrie, and more

The second-year forward has relentlessly trained to ensure that mistakes he made last season are not repeated.

Photo Essay

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ryan_ge10_biz.jpg GE offers glimpse of its future Fort Point home

If only workers who toiled at the New England Confectionery Co. a century ago could see the old candy factory now.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/141b835183184bd798d086a5bd3ca034-141b835183184bd798d086a5bd3ca034-0.jpg ?Star Wars? actress Kelly Marie Tran pens powerful essay on racist tropes

Kelly Marie Tran is breaking her silence about online harassment months after deleting her Instagram account.

COMMENTARY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/AFP_18I4D8.jpg Asia Argento is not the #MeToo movement

Argento may be both a victim and a predator, but #MeToo should not be held accountable for her actions.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1016022221MA_ENT_benz6[1]-19629.jpg Cars have crashed into this Brockton restaurant three times in two years

?I said to myself, ?not again,?? said co-owner Maggie Kosmidis a few days later, standing behind the restaurant?s wrap-around counter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/590a8f47042442948aabacf83892ac34-590a8f47042442948aabacf83892ac34-0.jpg Immigrants testify about ordeal of detention, separation from families

Five plaintiffs are asking a judge to file an injunction to prevent ICE from arresting and detaining them as they seek legal status through their spouses.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/60c9765ad1dc47b1af3305f532c52a69-60c9765ad1dc47b1af3305f532c52a69-0.jpg Vermont candidate Christine Hallquist getting death threats

The Democratic gubernatorial candidate, who is transgender, says she?s been getting a steady stream of death threats and other personal attacks since her candidacy began.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/silCaulipower_xxann_03_art.jpg Pizzas with a cauliflower crust? Yes, please

Gail Becker?s motivation for starting Caulipower was her two young sons, now teens, both diagnosed with celiac disease.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/tlumacki_worcesterstateDemconvention_metro211.jpg Endorsement: Jay Gonzalez is the best choice for Democrats

A former official in the Patrick administration, Gonzalez has the right background to go toe-to-toe with the governor.

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-adc4a41efecc4b5da3bf8235b7f5808a-0.jpg Endorsement: Charlie Baker deserves GOP nod

It?s important for the Massachusetts GOP that Baker win big in the Sept. 4 Republican gubernatorial primary.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/4Y7A7448TaylorUsry-kixF--90x90@BostonGlobe.com-Homepage.jpg TSA says air marshals don?t follow ?ordinary? travelers. Some ordinary travelers beg to differ

She?s a social media manager for an arts-and-crafts company, and somehow became a target of a secret TSA surveillance program.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/MGH_2780-1024x678.jpg The dogs were supposed to sniff out C. diff. Then they smelled breakfast

Can canines be reliably used in hospitals to detect patients with diarrhea caused by C. diff?

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.

Cars

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The 2018 BMW X3 M40i proves worthy of the M badge

The 2018 BMW X3 M40i sits at the top of the X3 lineup. Reserved for its most performance-oriented variants, putting an M badge onto an SUV is a big deal. It comes with high expectations, and the X3 meets those expectations ? and then some. While the standard engine in the X3 is a 2.0-liter turbocharged [?]