Senator John McCain dies at 81

Opinion | Victoria Reggie Kennedy

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His uncompromising love of country pushed him to fight for a more perfect union and to advance policies for the public good.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/mccain.jpg In N.H., John McCain redefined how to run for president

In the New Hampshire primaries, Senator John McCain did everything differently.

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Tributes to John McCain came from loved ones, longtime allies, and former political foes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/squaretrumpmccain1-3414.jpg Bad blood between McCain, Trump lingered to the end

It got off to a bad start, and President Donald Trump?s venomous relationship with Senator John McCain didn?t end well, either.

After 19 years, the US has become home. But for how much longer?

For nearly two decades, the US government had given Patricia Carbajal permission to stay in this country, to work, to put down roots. But, now, in a moment, everything could change.

The Big Picture

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The Trump administration canceled the program that had allowed Patricia Carbajal to create a life as a mother, a construction worker, and a budding activist.

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The claim is included in a roughly minute-long spot released by Diehl, one of three Republicans running in the Sept. 4 primary to face Elizabeth Warren in November.

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Some Democrats have predicted that Special Counsel Robert Mueller would break with a half-century of policy and prosecute a sitting president.

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Cambridge?s citywide composting offers clues as Massachusetts seeks to reduce the amount of trash going into landfills. The state has fallen behind its goals.

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Scott Landis and his brother were flying to spread their father?s ashes when their plane?s engine reportedly failed on takeoff.

Man struck while trying to cross I-93 in Boston

The driver tried to avoid the man but couldn?t, State Police said in a statement.

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Four men, including Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug, captured the whales on camera while they were fishing Friday.

Tampa Bay Rays' Willy Adames, right, scores around Boston Red Sox catcher Sandy Leon on a sacrifice fly by Joey Wendle off relief pitcher Ryan Brasier during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 25, 2018, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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RAYS 5, RED SOX 1

Red Sox lose to Rays again in lackluster performance

Starter Ryan Yarbrough and four relievers combined to stifle the Red Sox bats as Tampa Bay won its second straight in the weekend series.

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The Rays 25-year-old lefthander used the first two games of the series as a study session ahead of his start on Sunday.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

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When baseball finally surrenders, every ball and strike call will be perfect.

Chicago police and protesters at the Democratic National Convention in 1968.

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Chicago 1968: When it all changed

Fifty years ago, at the Democratic National Convention, anarchy eclipsed the democratic process and made it feel irrelevant.

Ideas | John Hilliard

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Society once left poor and abandoned children to their fate. A sensational ? and highly publicized ? 1875 murder case in Massachusetts was a turning point.

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Speaking to the Globe, Cardinal Sean O?Malley said that new procedures are urgently needed to address allegations of sexual abuse or negligence by bishops.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiBriannaWu03.jpg Candidate Brianna Wu is learning the rules of a whole new game

Brianna Wu, a video game developer, is trying to channel her online renown into a campaign for Congress.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/21/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Candidates_02.jpg There are six candidates for Suffolk DA, but one has the lion?s share of police support

Greg Henning is a longtime prosecutor and leader of the gang unit, an office that works closely with officers and detectives.

Photos

Scenes from Boston?s Carnival parade

Steel drum music monopolized the scene as costumed paraders made their way through the city.

Protesters scuffled with police during a rally in front of Graham Memorial Building on the campus of UNC in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday.

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7 arrested in protest over torn-down N.C. Confederate statue

About a dozen people carrying Confederate flags were met by dozens of protesters that don?t want the memorial known as ??Silent Sam?? to return to the UNC campus in Chapel Hill.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/exeter_09.jpg 11 former New Hampshire prep school staff accused of abuse

Two outside investigations into sexual assault allegations at a New Hampshire prep school have identified 11 former staff members accused of abusing students over several decades.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dc412154e3134d4c9de64c277ab7748d-dc412154e3134d4c9de64c277ab7748d-0.jpg The scourge of fentanyl is more clear in the battle against opioid use

The devastating and growing prevalence of fentanyl was the dominant message in the state?s latest quarterly report on opioid-related deaths.

Tents used by homeless people on Greenfield?s common have been removed on orders of Mayor William F. Martin.

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?It?s basically a war against the poor.? Former Greenfield tenters struggle to find shelter

After a homeless camp abruptly had to leave the town common, confusion and disorder reign as people seek long-term solutions to their housing insecurity.

Dinner with Cupid

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Will her research on sexual selection aid her in the world of romance?

Music review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/25/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/lee_082418_chesney12_liv.jpg From Chesney, a positive night of feel-good country

Kenny Chesney embraced ?Everything?s gonna be all right? lyric, and its power of positivity, during the energetic opening show of his two-concert run at Gillette Stadium.

Miss Conduct

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I know it?s their car, but it made my ride a bad experience.

COMMENTARY

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From dress codes to doping tests, the tennis world keeps trying to hold Serena Williams back. But the queen knows how to hold court.

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

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

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Those who want an elected school committee also lose sight of the fact that it?s the mayor who controls the budget ? and that?s how it has always been.

Special reports

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

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The latest public figure duped by Sacha Baron Cohen: the NIH director. Here?s how he kept his cool.

Globe event

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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

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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.

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State police trooper with ?illicit past? gone, leaders cleared

Questions about how Trooper Leigha Genduso, an unindicted co-conspirator in a major marijuana trafficking case, became a civilian dispatcher in 2008 and then a trooper erupted earlier this year.

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President Donald Trump speaks to the Ohio Republican Party State Dinner, Friday, Aug. 24, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump complains to Ohio GOP that Dems are ?negative, nasty?

President Trump sought to unite Ohio?s fractious state Republican Party on Friday, bitterly complaining about ?negative, nasty? Democrats and warning that the Democratic contender for governor would ?destroy your state.?

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