Boston protests ahead of 'free speech rally' and other top stories.

• Boston protests ahead of 'free speech rally'

  

  Scores of Hub residents who gathered on the Common last night to condemn the violence in Charlottesville, Va., say they’re prepared to return to the site next Saturday to protest against a local Free Speech Rally organized by the man behind yesterday’s bloodshed.“We’re trying to mass mobilize” said a woman named Elise, a member of the Boston Feminists for Liberation, which organized last night’s vigil. “We hope to get as many people as we can. Boston is my home and they’re coming here. I want t..

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• Boston Breakers come back for 2-2 tie against Washington Spirit

  

  The Boston Breakers went into this game against the Washington Spirit with a much-weakened back line and it showed. Allysha Chapman made it into the ...

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• Police arrest two men on firearms charges

  

  Boston police arrested two men on firearms charges in Dorchester in separate cases Friday evening, police said Saturday.Officers with the Boston Police Department’s youth violence task force stopped a vehicle on Norfolk Street around 6 p.m., police said in a statement. Officers found 22-year-old Herby Paul of Mattapan in possession of a loaded black and green Smith & Wesson handgun with a high-capacity feeding device, according to the statement. Advertisement Paul was arrested and charged wi..

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• 'My city looked like a war zone'

  

  Taj Arya Leblanc grew up in the suburbs of Charlottesville, a city that became his hometown after he graduated from Boston University last year.It’s a city described by some as beautiful and progressive. But on Saturday, that city was a battlefield. Advertisement He related the heartbreaking images he saw that day: Roads blocked by police in riot gear; a woman, her face bloodied, being carried away from a crowd; armed men wearing armor, who intended to defend their rights — over a barrel of ..

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• A Boston story in 50 words

  

  Advertisement It was 1969. I was bathing, my hair in rollers, preparing for a fun Friday night in Boston. I froze when I heard my mother scream, calling for help after discovering my father dead, the television on and his book in his lap. It was my first experience with grief. —DOROTHY MADDEN DUNFORD, Dorchester Have a true story about Boston you can tell in exactly 50 words? Submit yours to 50words@globe.com.

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• Gelzinis: In Charlottesville or elsewhere, terrorism is the same

  What’s the difference between the terrorism that occurred in Charlottesville, Va., yesterday and the savagery on London’s Westminster Bridge, or a Christmas market in Berlin?Nothing. They were inspired by the same hate, the same anger, the same ignorance and the same bigotry.Charlottesville is a lovely, charming place. I’ve been there many, many times. My son began his college career at the University of Virginia in September 2001, a few days before the World Trade Center fell.His mother wo..

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• 3 deaths linked to white nationalist rally in Virginia, officials say

  

  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The city of Charlottesville was engulfed by violence Saturday as white nationalists and counterprotesters clashed in one of the bloodiest fights to date over the removal of Confederate monuments across the South.White nationalists had long planned a demonstration over the city’s decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee. But the rally quickly exploded into racial taunting, shoving, and outright brawling, prompting the governor to declare a state of emergency and the Na..

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• Andrew Benintendi leads Red Sox to 10-run outburst vs. Yankees

  

  NEW YORK – In the back-and-forth fight for the American League East, it’s worth noting this fact: No team has beaten the Red Sox more often this season than the Yankees.Sure, the Red Sox are in first place, but the Yankees have been their offensive Kryptonite -- at least, until this afternoon’s slugfest at Yankee Stadium.It’s amazing what a few timely hits will do.Andrew Benintendi’s six RBIs led the Red Sox to a 10-5 win that felt like redemption after they’d blown a late lead against the Yank..

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• These preseason standouts didn't last long

  

  Two Patriots rookies, wide receiver Austin Carr and tight end Jacob Hollister, stole the show in Thursday night’s 31-24 preseason opening loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Both undrafted free agents, they combined for 12 catches and 160 yards, plus one spectacular, leaping touchdown by Carr in the second quarter.But you shouldn’t get too excited about them just yet. Over the years, there have been many preseason standouts who failed to do much in a Patriots uniform once the real games start..

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• Robert Mueller needs bulletproof protection

  

  Congress is considering new legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, but what it needs to do sooner or later is set a red line for President Trump: If the president fires Mueller or sabotages his investigation, he’ll be impeached.Mueller, the former director of the FBI, leads the Justice Department’s probe into the Trump campaign’s attempted collusion with the Russian government. The inquiry appears to be gaining steam; in late July, the FBI raided the home of former Trump campaig..

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Fentanyl, creepy Halloween mask seized in Boston drug bust and other top stories.

• Fentanyl, creepy Halloween mask seized in Boston drug bust

  

  Authorities intercepted three packages of fentanyl and a creepy Halloween mask Friday after they learned the drugs were being shipped to a business in Roxbury, according to Boston police. Boston and Massachusetts State Police learned three kilograms of fentanyl was being shipped to an auto business on Norfolk Avenue in Roxbury and were able to recover the drugs.   They arrested 28-year-old Manuel Pineda-Herrera of Charlestown in connection to the bust. He now faces multiple drug charges in cour..

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• Man found shot to death at Dot's Harbor Point complex

  

  A man was found dead from a gunshot wound at a Dorchester apartment complex last night, police said.The man’s body was found in a car on Peninsula Place at Harbor Point on the Bay Apartments at 7:48 p.m., police said. Earlier last night, a man in his 20s was shot and wounded on Eustis Street in Roxbury. His wounds were considered non-life-threatening. There were no immediate arrests in either shooting.Police are asking anyone with information to contact detectives at (617) 343-4470, call th..

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• Hopper's retooling of an old idea takes flight

  Hopper is very good at predicting the price of airfares. Millions of people use its mobile application for advice on the best time to fly and exactly when to buy their tickets.What Hopper wasn’t so good at, however, was predicting the market for its services. The Boston startup spent seven years and raised $22 million building a complex tool to suggest vacation ideas based on customers’ wishes, but shelved the idea in 2014 in favor of a simpler approach after testing showed little user interest..

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• Astros' Alex Bregman success has a Red Sox angle to it

  

  HOUSTON — Justin Verlander didn’t have to think very hard.Asked who he was reminded of by watching the play of Houston Astros third baseman Alex Bregman, Verlander answered, “Pedroia, that type of gritty ballplayer.” Bregman has been getting compared to Dustin Pedroia since he was just a pup growing up in New Mexico.As a senior, Bregman was hoping to be a first-round draft pick out of Albuquerque Academy in 2012, but he shattered his hand early in his final season and slipped to the 29th ro..

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• Bulpett: Celtics begin to put Gordon Hayward injury behind them

  

  Maybe it was when they came together that night in Philadelphia, making big plays down the stretch to pull out their first win of the season. Maybe it was a more gradual process as time has gotten between them and the sight of Gordon Hayward on the floor in Cleveland.Whatever the case, it appears clear the Celtics have turned a psychological corner of sorts in the past week or more. It’s as if they have suppressed the severity of that moment — Hayward coming down awkwardly and fracturing his le..

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• Boston Bruins fall to Kings in OT behind insane goal with 0.4 ...

  

  The Boston Bruins might have skated off the ice Saturday with a point against the 9-1-1 Los Angeles Kings, but any positives are likely going to take a backseat after what transpired with less than a second remaining in overtime. Staring at a faceoff opportunity in their own zone with 0.4 seconds remaining in the extra period, the Bruins were unable to extend the contest into a shootout -- as Anze Kopitar beating David Pastrnak clean at the dot and coasting the puck out to Tyler Toffoli. Withou..

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• Heading to Salem on Halloween? Do. Not. Drive.

  

  Can you watch fireworks on Halloween? Yes, if you’re in Salem.The city’s monthlong celebration winds up Tuesday with a witch’s brew of activities, from ghost tours and tarot readings to the Derby Street Carnival — and finally, at 10:15 p.m., the Halloween Finale Fireworks. Don’t go, though, if you’re spooked by crowds. At least 100,000 visitors are expected on Halloween, and city officials hope many will use public transportation. Extra trains to Salem are being added Tuesday to the regular N..

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• Possible fire forces plane to land at Logan Airport

  

  A United Airlines flight from Munich, Germany, made an emergency landing in Boston on Sunday afternoon due to a possible fire on board the plane, according to the FAA.United Airlines Flight 107 landed safely at Logan International Airport at 3:40 p.m. after the flight crew reported a “a possible fire,” said Kathleen Bergen, an FAA spokeswoman, in an e-mail. Passengers were not evacuated, and the Boeing 777 being towed from the runway.The flight was originally headed to Washington Dulles Interna..

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• Power outages pile up as storm moves through Mass.

  

  Editor’s note: Click here to read our most recent story on the storm. Almost 200,000 people are without power. Heavy winds and rain that barreled into Massachusetts Sunday afternoon were expected to strengthen overnight, causing flash floods, power outages, and a messy Monday commute, meteorologists said.“The Greater Boston area is looking at 1 to 2 inches of rain and sustained southeasterly winds of between 35 to 45 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 70 miles per hour,” said Kim Buttrick, a ..

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• Boston announces plans to combat flooding caused by climate change

  

  BOSTON — Raising a section of Main Street in Charlestown and inventing a deployable floodwall on the East Boston Greenway are two of the measures outlined in a new report about Boston’s vulnerability to climate change. Issued over the weekend, the “Coastal Resilience Solutions For East Boston and Charlestown” report offers near-term and long-term recommendations for protecting those communities from 3 feet of sea level rise. Researchers expect sea levels to rise 36 inches by 2070, leaving Bost..

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DiRT 4 Review - Over Bumps (PS4) .	Why Amazon's second HQ probably won't be in Boston .
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DiRT 4 Review - Over Bumps (PS4) and other top stories.

• DiRT 4 Review - Over Bumps (PS4)

  

  DiRT 4 Review – Over Bumps (PS4)DiRT 4 is the first numbered entry in the DiRT racing series of video games we’ve seen since 2011’s DiRT 3. With a focus on more than just rally racing, and even a new, friendlier handling mode, can Codemasters capture even more fans this time around? Let’s find out in our DiRT 4 review.Good Body WorkRight from the start, the first thing you’ll notice about DiRT 4 is that the car models are impeccable. There’s a ton of detail in each of the more than 50 cars on of..

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• Monument Valley 2 Revealed: Ustwo Developers, Apple CEO Tim Cook Discuss Surprise Sequel

  

  David Phelan Philip Schiller shows the new App Store with Monument Valley 2 front and centre. Oh, at last, I can tell you about this. Journalists are essentially gossips, we love to share news, faster than the next big-mouth can spill it. Back in February I visited ustwo games in London, makers of the remarkable Monument Valley, a dazzlingly beautiful puzzle game where you must guide Princess Ida through a series of impossible buildings and landscapes. But I was told that the new Monum..

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• HP fixed the biggest issue with its VR backpack PC and will sell it next month

  

  HP has reworked the backpack PC concept it unveiled last year and is now ready to put the computer on sale. The Omen X Compact Desktop is a surprisingly slim and light gaming PC that's meant to be strapped to your back and used for VR. The idea sounds ...

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• Apple iOS 11 Announcement: What Are The New Features?

  

  At the 2017 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, Apple announced updates to tvOS, macOS, watchOS and iOS. Last year, Apple’s release of iOS 10 included improvements to the Lock Screen and its stock apps such as third party integrations in the Messages and Maps app. And this year, Apple is especially focusing on productivity for the iPad with iOS 11. Developers can download a preview of iOS 11 through developer.apple.com now. There will be a public beta program available for i..

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• Tripping to macOS 10.13 High Sierra

  

  If you’re Apple, and you’re looking for a name for your new version of macOS, which is aimed at being a refinement to the previous version, what do you do? Name it High Sierra and make stoner jokes about how it’s fully baked. For film buffs, like our own Michael Cohen, Apple could instead have gone with a quote from the 1941 flick “High Sierra,” in which a character named Big Mac says, “Times have sure changed.” The rest of us might identify with Humphrey Bogart’s character, Roy Earle, who repli..

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• Sony explains why it's rejecting the core philosophy behind Microsoft's next Xbox, 'Project Scorpio'

  

  Sony Interactive Entertainment America CEO Shawn LaydenChristian Petersen/Getty ImagesLast November, when Sony launched the new PlayStation 4 Pro, a souped-up version of its market-leading video games console, it was practically unprecedented. Normally, companies like Sony and Microsoft launch a new game console every five years or so. And when they do, the new consoles carry huge graphical upgrades — usually at the cost of instantly rendering your old games and accessories obsolete and essenti..

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• Apple hears the call of smart speakers

  

  Count Apple (AAPL) among the growing list of tech titans that want to listen to your voice.As demand for personal computers and smartphones ebbs, the company is joining Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet's (GOOGL) Google, Microsoft (MSFT) and Samsung in selling so-called smart audio speakers. And no wonder: Many tech watchers view the technology as nothing less than a gateway into people's increasingly connected homes -- and into their pocketbooks.eMarketer estimates 35.6 million Americans will use voice-..

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• Apple Pay takes on Venmo with personal money transfers

  

  Soon you'll be able to pay your friend for that ski trip using Apple Pay. Apple on Monday showed off a new person-to-person payment system. The new service allows users to send and receive money inside Apple's iMessage app. Users can then authenticate payments with Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor.  If you get money from someone, it gets stored on an Apple Pay Cash Card until you withdraw it or transfer it to someone else.  The service, which was unveiled at Apple's annual Worldwide Develop..

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• Apple iPhone Gets 'Do Not Disturb While Driving' Feature To Avoid Distractions

  

  For a lot of us, it is hard to resist checking your phone while driving to keep a tab on all the notifications. However, time and again, phones have been a major reason for accidents because the driver was not paying attention on road. Somehow, tech giant Apple has been at the receiving end of this issue, since it would not stop its users from using the iPhone when driving. Trying to combat the same, Apple Inc has now created a new feature for the upcoming iOS 11 update called 'Do Not Disturb W..

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• Microsoft trademarks mysterious S logo ahead of Xbox Project Scorpio unveiling

  

  Microsoft has filed a trademark for a mysterious S logo today. The logo, discovered by a NeoGAF user, is related to “Video game consoles for use with an external display screen or monitor; video game interactive remote control units” and “Computer game ...

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Why Amazon's second HQ probably won't be in Boston and other top stories.

• Why Amazon's second HQ probably won't be in Boston

  

  In January 2016, I explained why General Electric’s next headquarters address would be Boston, not Manhattan. Two days later, the company announced it was coming to town — despite being offered richer incentives by the Big Apple.This week, I unfortunately must explain why Boston is an extreme long shot to be chosen as Amazon’s “second headquarters.” Amazon said Thursday that it will spend more than $5 billion to build another base of operations in North America and hire about 50,000 people to f..

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• Where could Amazon fit 50000 workers if it comes to Boston?

  

  Amazon announced plans on Thursday for a massive new campus to serve as its second corporate headquarters. While the e-commerce giant is launching a nationwide search for the site, it has a large and growing presence in Greater Boston, and state and local officials here appear likely to pursue the project, which could eventually employ 50,000 well-paid professionals.But where could you fit that many people in one place in Boston? Amazon says it wants as much as 8 million square feet, with trans..

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• Chiefs embarrass Patriots, spoil opening night party

  

  FOXBORO – Bill Belichick hammered the point all offseason: Nothing the Patriots accomplished last season was worth a lick in 2017.The Chiefs drove that point home Thursdat night, as they thoroughly humbled the reigning champions by a 42-27 count in the regular-season opener. The pregame banner unveiling and Super Bowl LI celebration faded more quickly than the Pats’ early 10-point lead. What’s worse, Dont’a Hightower (right knee) and Danny Amendola (concussion) couldn’t finish the game, and..

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• Swing and some bliss: Weather to shift to sunny and dry in Greater ...

  

  Boston has dry and sunny days ahead.Clouds and rain are expected to give way to clear skies on Thursday, the National Weather Service said, especially in the afternoon. Temperatures will be moderate, reaching into the upper 60s and low 70s in Greater Boston and across the state. Advertisement “Temps will be close to normal this afternoon with most locations climbing into the mid and upper 70s, upper 60s and low 70s across the higher terrain,” forecasters wrote. The upbeat forecast follows he..

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• Boston lands a big fish, and 1000 jobs

  

  Mayor Marty Walsh just landed the city’s biggest new employer during his administration — and he didn’t have to pay a dime in incentives.Engineering software firm PTC has signed a 250,000-square-foot lease to occupy most of a new tower at 121 Seaport Boulevard, on the South Boston waterfront. Advertisement The building has prompted much chatter in local real estate circles — less because of its distinctive cylindrical shape and more because developer Skanska decided to build it without a ten..

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• As questions linger about hip, Isaiah Thomas recalls tough Boston exit

  

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• Suspect in Chelsea stabbings held on high bail

  

  A Revere man was ordered held on $200,000 bail Thursday following his arraignment on charges stemming from a fight outside a Chelsea convenience store that left one man dead and two others, including the suspect, with stab wounds, the Suffolk district attorney’s office said.Nazeeb Gonzalez, 37, was arraigned in Chelsea District Court Thursday on charges of manslaughter and armed assault with intent to murder for the early morning altercation near the corner of Broadway and Stockton streets. Adv..

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• On the first day, more Boston school buses arrive late

  

  Boston saw a notable decline in school buses arriving to school on time Thursday — the first day of school — under a new computer model developed by MIT that was supposed to improve efficiencies and on-time performance.Just 44 percent of buses showed up before the opening bell, down from 51 percent on the first day of school last year. Advertisement School officials blamed the delay on too few buses pulling out of the bus yards on time in the morning, even after Superintendent Tommy Chang a..

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• More than 30 arrested in Harvard Square during DACA protest

  

  More than 30 people were arrested early Thursday evening in Harvard Square during a rally by educators to protest President Trump’s decision to phase out DACA, the program that protects young immigrants who came to the United States as children.The protesters were taken into custody around 5 p.m. because they were blocking Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge police spokesman Jeremy Warnick said. They were charged with either disturbing the peace or disorderly conduct. Advertisement Most of those..

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• Amazon Wants A Second HQ — And Walsh Says Boston Will Be ...

  

  Amazon is on the hunt for a second North American headquarters. And Boston Mayor Marty Walsh says the city is game to host the online retail giant."Think about the public-private partnerships we could have with an Amazon here," Walsh said, just hours after the company made its intentions public. "Having a partner like Amazon will be incredible."Amazon announced Thursday that it expects to invest over $5 billion constructing a second headquarters and bring up to 50,000 "high-paying" jobs. The com..

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Hanley Ramirez not in Boston Red Sox lineup as Dustin Pedroia will ... .	Six months in, how is NBC Boston faring against its established rivals? .
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'People don't understand that this parade coming down this street is ... and other top stories.

• 'People don't understand that this parade coming down this street is ...

  

  To be Puerto Rican is to be proud: That’s the lesson Carlos Pizarro Muñoz’s grandfather taught him to live by. The late Jorge “Chico” Muñoz would’ve been 104 years old on Sunday, the final day of the 50th annual Puerto Rican Festival.Known to some as the father of Boston’s Puerto Rican community, Chico Muñoz founded the festival in 1967 as a way to promote a sense of belonging. Decades later, on Sunday afternoon, Boston was filled with the sound of salsa as people waving Puerto Rican flags cele..

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• Expand and reboot often-ignored Metco

  

  In 1966, a group of black Boston parents — fed up with struggling, overcrowded schools — joined with white liberal activists and seven suburban districts to form the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or Metco.The idea was to bore a hole through the region’s thick wall of segregation and give inner-city minority kids a chance to attend high-performing suburban schools. Advertisement The hope was that Massachusetts schools would eventually integrate and the program would no lon..

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• Brutalism Is Back? A New Map To Boston's Monumental Concrete ...

  

  It seems like no one can be impartial when it comes to brutalism — the mid-20th century monumental concrete architecture — in Boston.The buildings remain controversial because they are seen as impersonal and too often tied up with federally-backed urban renewal projects that fractured some neighborhoods and decimated others. Like Boston’s West End, razed to create Government Center, which became home to Boston City Hall. That half-century-old building has been vilified as one of "The World's Top..

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• Boston mayor confirms health chief under internal investigation

  

  Felix G. Arroyo, City Hall’s chief of Health and Human Services, is under internal investigation for unspecified reasons, Mayor Martin J. Walsh confirmed yesterday.“We have an internal investigation right now going on, into Felix,” Walsh told the Herald. Walsh declined to answer any questions about the nature of the probe or the reason for the focus on Arroyo. But Walsh said Arro­yo remains actively in his post and is not on leave. “The situation is being investigated. When I have more info..

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• Arlington church protests ouster of beloved priest

  

  ARLINGTON — Hundreds of devastated parishioners at a Greek Orthodox church in Arlington turned out to mourn and protest a lack of transparency surrounding the firing of a beloved priest at his last Sunday service.The head of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston announced in a letter on Thursday that Rev. Nicholas M. Kastanas would be relieved of his duties at St. Athanasius the Great Church after more than 27 years, citing a “state of turmoil” related to “hurtful and destructive communicatio..

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• How Profits From Opium Shaped 19th-Century Boston

  

  Part 1 of a two-part storyOn the second day of 1826, an elegant gentleman with a full head of white hair sits down behind a desk -- perhaps at his stately Boston townhouse, or maybe at his Brookline estate.Thomas Handasyd Perkins, one of Boston's leading merchants, has been taking risks with shipments to China for nearly 40 years. But now, he may have gone too far.Perkins drafts a letter to his nephew and business partner in the Chinese port city of Canton, now known as Guangzhou. The message is..

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• Conservative firebrand Tomi Lahren admits she's benefitting from ...

  

  Comedian Chelsea Handler and conservative commentator Tomi Lahren faced off over the Affordable Care Act Saturday, just two days after Senate Republicans failed to repeal the heath care law, also known as Obamacare.“I believe it’s my right to purchase health care, I don’t believe it’s my right to pay for it for other people,” Lahren told Handler. “We need to find alternatives — what we have now is not working. What we had before Obamacare wasn’t working.” Lahren repeatedly argued against th..

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• 'Top Chef' Teamsters trial to shine harsh light on City Hall

  

  The Walsh administration — including City Hall’s embattled tourism chief — is expected to figure prominently in the trial of four Teamsters accused of threatening and extortion in the “Top Chef” trial that starts today.It’s the first of two major union trials that could shine a harsh light on City Hall’s controversial ties with organized labor over the next six months — coming just as Mayor Martin J. Walsh is ramping up his first re-election campaign. Jury selection in the long-awaited “Top..

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• Boston-related observations from Hall of Fame weekend

  

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• Patriots camp observations: Tom Brady nearly perfect, Duron ...

  

  The Patriots wrapped up their fourth practice of training camp, and it was held in full pads for the second time. Here are the Herald’s observations from today’s workout.Attendance notes:Duron Harmon missed his first practice of camp after suffering a minor right leg injury yesterday while trying to break up a pass in the end zone. Harmon attended Rob Ninkovich’s retirement news conference and wore a compression sleeve on his lower right leg.Cody Hollister missed his second straight practice af..

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Tall Ships' visit to Boston deemed a success .	John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer .
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'People don't understand that this parade coming down this street is ... and other top stories.

• 'People don't understand that this parade coming down this street is ...

  

  To be Puerto Rican is to be proud: That’s the lesson Carlos Pizarro Muñoz’s grandfather taught him to live by. The late Jorge “Chico” Muñoz would’ve been 104 years old on Sunday, the final day of the 50th annual Puerto Rican Festival.Known to some as the father of Boston’s Puerto Rican community, Chico Muñoz founded the festival in 1967 as a way to promote a sense of belonging. Decades later, on Sunday afternoon, Boston was filled with the sound of salsa as people waving Puerto Rican flags cele..

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• Boston-related observations from Hall of Fame weekend

  

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• Expand and reboot often-ignored Metco

  

  In 1966, a group of black Boston parents — fed up with struggling, overcrowded schools — joined with white liberal activists and seven suburban districts to form the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or Metco.The idea was to bore a hole through the region’s thick wall of segregation and give inner-city minority kids a chance to attend high-performing suburban schools. Advertisement The hope was that Massachusetts schools would eventually integrate and the program would no lon..

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• Brutalism Is Back? A New Map To Boston's Monumental Concrete ...

  

  It seems like no one can be impartial when it comes to brutalism — the mid-20th century monumental concrete architecture — in Boston.The buildings remain controversial because they are seen as impersonal and too often tied up with federally-backed urban renewal projects that fractured some neighborhoods and decimated others. Like Boston’s West End, razed to create Government Center, which became home to Boston City Hall. That half-century-old building has been vilified as one of "The World's Top..

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• Boston mayor confirms health chief under internal investigation

  

  Felix G. Arroyo, City Hall’s chief of Health and Human Services, is under internal investigation for unspecified reasons, Mayor Martin J. Walsh confirmed yesterday.“We have an internal investigation right now going on, into Felix,” Walsh told the Herald. Walsh declined to answer any questions about the nature of the probe or the reason for the focus on Arroyo. But Walsh said Arro­yo remains actively in his post and is not on leave. “The situation is being investigated. When I have more info..

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• Arlington church protests ouster of beloved priest

  

  ARLINGTON — Hundreds of devastated parishioners at a Greek Orthodox church in Arlington turned out to mourn and protest a lack of transparency surrounding the firing of a beloved priest at his last Sunday service.The head of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston announced in a letter on Thursday that Rev. Nicholas M. Kastanas would be relieved of his duties at St. Athanasius the Great Church after more than 27 years, citing a “state of turmoil” related to “hurtful and destructive communicatio..

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• How Profits From Opium Shaped 19th-Century Boston

  

  Part 1 of a two-part storyOn the second day of 1826, an elegant gentleman with a full head of white hair sits down behind a desk -- perhaps at his stately Boston townhouse, or maybe at his Brookline estate.Thomas Handasyd Perkins, one of Boston's leading merchants, has been taking risks with shipments to China for nearly 40 years. But now, he may have gone too far.Perkins drafts a letter to his nephew and business partner in the Chinese port city of Canton, now known as Guangzhou. The message is..

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• Conservative firebrand Tomi Lahren admits she's benefitting from ...

  

  Comedian Chelsea Handler and conservative commentator Tomi Lahren faced off over the Affordable Care Act Saturday, just two days after Senate Republicans failed to repeal the heath care law, also known as Obamacare.“I believe it’s my right to purchase health care, I don’t believe it’s my right to pay for it for other people,” Lahren told Handler. “We need to find alternatives — what we have now is not working. What we had before Obamacare wasn’t working.” Lahren repeatedly argued against th..

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• Patriots camp observations: Tom Brady nearly perfect, Duron ...

  

  The Patriots wrapped up their fourth practice of training camp, and it was held in full pads for the second time. Here are the Herald’s observations from today’s workout.Attendance notes:Duron Harmon missed his first practice of camp after suffering a minor right leg injury yesterday while trying to break up a pass in the end zone. Harmon attended Rob Ninkovich’s retirement news conference and wore a compression sleeve on his lower right leg.Cody Hollister missed his second straight practice af..

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• Blown lead highlights Red Sox need to reinforce bullpen

  

  Red Sox trade enthusiasts certainly got their jollies last December when Dealin’ Dave Dombrowski reeled in a whopper, Chris Sale.The catch of the day for the president of baseball operations for today’s 4 p.m. trading deadline is not expected to be anywhere near that caliber. But given how the Sox lost a lead in the eighth inning yesterday, the need for a late-inning reliever has become a need that has to be met. With the clock winding down, New York Mets reliever Addison Reed was the name ..

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Tall Ships' visit to Boston deemed a success .	John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer .
Boston welcomes Italian Tall Ship into harbor .	Temperatures equal a failing grade in Greater Boston .