Four reported dead in mass shooting in Jacksonville, Fla.

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The Associated Press reports that four people were killed in a shooting at a bar that was hosting a gaming event, and that the suspect ? a while male ? died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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A spokesman said Governor Paul LePage is in stable condition at a Bangor hospital a day after experiencing discomfort.

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Playwright Neil Simon, whose whose laugh-filled hits such as ?The Odd Couple,? ??Barefoot in the Park? and his ?Brighton Beach? plays dominated Broadway for decades, has died.

RAYS 9, RED SOX 1

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Blake Snell dominated the struggling Boston lineup, which scored only five runs in the three games.

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The veteran receiver had struggled in training camp with the Patriots, who still are looking for depth at the position.

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Hill, who found controvery for her views on culture and politics at the sports network, will go in a different direction, according to reports.

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For the first time, a drug has been shown to help people lose weight and keep it off for several years without raising their risk for heart problems.

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The risks don?t outweigh the benefits for most folks, according to research led by a Brigham and Women?s Hospital doctor.

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A man who survived the crash of a small plane that killed his brother, the pilot of the aircraft, is paralyzed and may never walk again.

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Henning said he objected to the debate?s format. Others suspected he was avoiding an audience more favorable to his opponents.

Cardinal Sean P. O?Malley said new procedures are urgently needed to address allegations of sexual abuse by bishops.

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O?Malley asks US dioceses to work with law enforcement

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.

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Calling her ?a proven advocate with an understanding of the needs of the district,? the Globe?s editorial board endorsed Ayanna Pressley over longstanding incumbent Michael Capuano for the Democratic nomination in the Seventh Congressional District primary on Sept. 4.

Jacob Rezendes, a trash collector in Cambridge, moved a compost bin.

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Come along on one local man?s quest to get Route 20 recognized as a historic highway and turn it into the next Route 66.

Performer fatally shot early Sunday in downtown Holyoke

The victim was on the sidewalk outside 256 Maple St., where he had just finished performing at the after-hours party, when he was shot once in the upper chest around 1:30 a.m., according to police.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9808446d) US flags fly at half-staff around the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, USA, 26 August 2018. Flags were flown at half-staff honoring Republican Senator John McCain who passed away at his home in Cornville, Arizona, USA, on 25 August 2018, at the age of 81. His family announced on 24 August 2018, that he discontinued treatment for an aggressive brain cancer. McCain, a former Naval aviator, was shot down on a mission over Hanoi, in North Vietnam, in October 1967, and made a prisoner of war (POW) until 1973. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. Flags at Half-Staff Over the White House for McCain, Washington, USA - 26 Aug 2018

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Obama and Bush are expected to speak at McCain?s funeral

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Senator John McCain dies at 81

The Arizona senator and war hero turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to the GOP presidential nomination in 2008.

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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.

Mandatory Credit: Photo by JIM LO SCALZO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9808446d) US flags fly at half-staff around the Washington Monument in Washington, DC, USA, 26 August 2018. Flags were flown at half-staff honoring Republican Senator John McCain who passed away at his home in Cornville, Arizona, USA, on 25 August 2018, at the age of 81. His family announced on 24 August 2018, that he discontinued treatment for an aggressive brain cancer. McCain, a former Naval aviator, was shot down on a mission over Hanoi, in North Vietnam, in October 1967, and made a prisoner of war (POW) until 1973. He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama. Flags at Half-Staff Over the White House for McCain, Washington, USA - 26 Aug 2018

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John McCain?s rare combination of edginess, grace, grit, and honesty

His willingness to say what he believed, popular or not, was the essence of John McCain?s character and his appeal.

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.

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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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Sunday?s contest was intended to give players and fans an appreciation of what life?s like for people who are blind or have limited sight.

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.

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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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A secret list targets terror suspects for drone strikes overseas. Congress should protect US citizens from this kind of assassination.

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A crowd in Salem hadn?t gotten up early to see just to see Mitt Romney. They were there for McCain, too.

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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.

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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.

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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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