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Donald Trump Jr. will be interviewed by Senate Intelligence Committee
The deal comes after the panel subpoenaed the president?s eldest son to discuss answers Trump Jr. gave the panel?s staff in a 2017 interview. 7 minutes ago

MGH doctor charged with drunken driving in South End hit and run that injured 3

Michael Watkins faces multiple criminal charges stemming from an alleged hit-and-run crash last week in the South End that injured three people.

Tim Conway of ?The Carol Burnett Show? dies at 85

Tim Conway was the stellar second banana to Carol Burnett and won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show.

In prison letters, James ?Whitey? Bulger writes of determination to stay alive

A batch of Bulger?s prison letters, made available to the Globe, offer fresh insight into Bulger?s state of mind ? by turns, wry, emotional, and bitter ? as he neared the end.
?Whitey? Bulger wished for ?peaceful death,? prison letters say

This Back Bay sidewalk is just waiting to trip you. But Boston is doing something about it
A handful of complaints have been filed recently to the city?s BOS:311 system. But help is on the way.

rhode island
Self-driving buses come to Providence
On Tuesday, a free shuttle service on autonomous electric minibuses started running along a 5-mile route through the heart of the city.

State Police destroyed key records in OT probe
The department said the years-old citations were destroyed as part of a records purge. Federal prosecutors now say it prevents them from examining the extent of the fraud.

Baker administration pledges major reforms for troubled foster care system

The promised reforms are slated to roll out over the next year.

Snow in May? In parts of Massachusetts, it looked like a winter wonderland

Some folks in the northwestern part of the state woke up to find snow on the ground this morning.
Chilly weather has been making things hard for local farmers

Authorities ID man slain on Appalachian Trail as 43-year-old Oklahoman

Ronald S. Sanchez Jr. was allegedly attacked on the Appalachian Trail in Virginia last week by a man with Massachusetts ties. 2:57 p.m.
Hikers had warned each other about Cape Cod man charged in Appalachian Trail slaying

These states have passed ? or are considering ? restrictive abortion bills that target Roe v. Wade

Alabama lawmakers could pass a bill banning abortion in nearly all cases as soon as Tuesday, in an effort to challenge Roe v. Wade. 2 hours ago

Skeletal exhibit construction underway in Maine of humpback whale found on Cape Cod

It was the first reported death of a humpback whale this year in Massachusetts, but more than 14 have died in the area since 2016.

Woman in stable condition after hit-and-run in Ipswich

Ipswich police are searching for the driver who hit a woman Monday night, inflicting ?multiple traumatic injuries,? then left the scene. 41 minutes ago

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sports

Peter Abraham

Don?t judge Mitch Moreland by his batting average alone

The Red Sox first baseman leads his team in homers and RBIs, but he?s hitting only .231.
Red Sox could make bid to host 2029 All-Star Game

politics

AG Barr working with intelligence chiefs on probe into how Russia investigation began
Attorney General William Barr is stepping up the probe into the origins of the Russia investigation, naming a US attorney to oversee the investigation and working with intelligence chiefs. 2 hours ago

business

?Both sides will pay? in trade war, economic adviser says, contradicting Trump
Larry Kudlow said US consumers would bear a burden from the escalating trade war with China, contradicting the president.

COLLEGE ADMISSION SCANDAL

He bought the fencing coach?s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions.
Read the Harvard statement on fencing coach Peter Brand Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin appear in Boston court in college cheating scandal

Know about college admissions wrongdoing? Tell us

In light of the recent college admissions scandal, we?re looking for the public?s help better understanding how families and students play the admissions game.