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In Rhode Island, vote on abortion-rights bill reveals a complicated state

While Rhode Island is known as a liberal Northeast state, that description masks a wide spectrum of political viewpoints within the state?s dominant Democratic Party.
These states have passed ? or are considering ? restrictive abortion bills that target Roe v. Wade Alabama's governor signs abortion bill into law

Beacon Hill leaders don?t have a plan yet to tackle the state?s transportation crisis

What many consider a looming transportation crisis is lacking something crucial: A road map from state leaders to address it.

Trump to propose new immigration system focusing on border, green cards

After years of setbacks and stalemates, President Trump will lay out yet another immigration plan on Thursday.

White House escalates resistance to House investigations on Russia

The White House notified a House panel that it would refuse to comply with sweeping requests for documents and testimony while declaring it had no right to a ??do-over?? of the Mueller investigation.

Massachusetts is No. 1 for pre-K through 12th grade education, according to new ranking

Massachusetts is a pretty amazing place to live, according to a new US News & World Report ranking that came out Tuesday.

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RED SOX 6, ROCKIES 5

Red Sox squander five-run lead but still beat Rockies on walkoff

yvonne abraham

At Excel Academy, a confrontation that never should have happened

Maybe, Zahra Aljiboury worried, it was her fault the woman walked into her school and went off on a bigoted rant ? and recorded it, to maximize the hurt.
marijuana

Here?s what happens if the TSA catches you with marijuana at Logan Airport

The Transportation Security Administration has a message for marijuana consumers: We won?t look for your pot, but if we find it, we can?t ignore it either.

Opinion, Ideas & Commentary

Editorial

Wynn Resorts casino has a chance to make traffic right in Everett

joan vennochi

Time for Charlie Baker?s Teflon to melt on State Police scandal

MARSH CARTER AND DEANNA L. YAMEEN

Dr. Sherry Penney?s visionary leadership reshaped Boston

Scot Lehigh

Trump foreign policy: erratic, cautious, ineffective

Patriots sign linebacker Jamie Collins
Collins, 29, played for the Patriots from 2013-16.

Four of five men wanted in alleged attack at MBTA station surrender
The suspects pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated assault and battery during their arraignment Wednesday in Quincy District Court, officials said. 2 hours ago

Christopher Kimball | Magazine
Recipes: Coleslaw gets a makeover
When picnic weather finally returns, try these slaws and slaw-like salads inspired by the flavors of Greece, Thailand, and Morocco.

Harris says she disagrees with Biden on crime bill?s effect
A California man who completed his junior year at Georgetown University filed said the school violated his due process rights after he was linked to the college admissions scandal.

In Springfield, death rate from opioids soars

The rate of fatal overdoses has declined slightly statewide, but with stark geographical differences. Plymouth County saw a 26 percent drop; Hampden saw an 84 percent increase.

NYC mayor Bill de Blasio announces Iowa trip ahead of expected 2020 entry

The New York City mayor is announcing travel plans to a pair of early voting states ahead of an expected entry Thursday into the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential race. 3 hours ago

FEC lawyers find evidence of illegal campaign contributions by Boston?s Thornton law firm, but commissioners dismiss complaint anyway

Attorneys from the Federal Election Commission found evidence that Thornton Law gave more than $1 million in illegal campaign donations, but the commission voted on party lines not to investigate further.

Better watch out, future lunar colonists. There are quakes up there

In the future, someone on a moon base may look up from their computer screen and feel the rumblings of a moonquake.

Swastikas found at schools in Westwood and Sharon

A student in Westwood was disciplined for allegedly drawing a swastika in the boys? bathroom. A swastika and a racial slur were found scrawled on a whiteboard at Sharon High School. 3 hours ago

opinion & ideas

editorial
Drawing an ethical line on sports endowments
A burst of generosity by parents of prospective students comes with a price prestigious colleges should be weighing.

RENÉE GRAHAM

The Passion of the Pence

BARBARA DORTCH-OKARA, GERALDINE S. HINES , AND CHRISTOPHER J. MUSE

Judicial independence under attack in Newton case

JOAN VENNOCHI

Walsh should push for later last call beyond Encore

Metro

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love letters

My wife is secretive when she socializes with co-workers

college sports

Our college sports system is broken. Do we have the guts to fix it?

Globe Magazine

How young is too young to recruit kids for college teams?

Globe Magazine

An MIT dean foretold the admissions scandal, before experiencing her own disgrace

sports

Gary Washburn | On basketball

The Pelicans hit the lottery jackpot, but could the Celtics reap an award?

The ping-pong balls fell in place for New Orleans, which will likely lay claim to Duke?s Zion Williamson, but here?s how Boston could benefit as well.

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.

business

Vertex to pay Cambridge startup Kymera $70m in R&D deal
Kymera will initially focus on inflammatory disorders and cancers, but the science could potentially apply to a broad range of illnesses.

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.
Lifestyle
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The Who?s Roger Daltrey has a message for fans: Don?t smoke weed near the stage at our show

bibliophiles

Howard Stern has fallen in love with reading books. And it?s all thanks to his Kindle

Names

Aly Raisman joins ?Worth the Fight? campaign

Television

NBC renews ?This Is Us? for 3 years