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From the start, a muddied message on Russia

Two weeks before his inauguration, Donald Trump was shown highly classified intelligence indicating that Russia’s Vladimir Putin had personally ordered complex cyberattacks to sway the 2016 election.

US President Donald Trump spoke during a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. — Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images

As Trump’s statements on Russia continue to change, he now says he warned Putin about meddling

President Trump spent a second day Wednesday managing the fallout from his widely criticized meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, shifting stances and mopping up what the White House said were misstatements.

Former Boston school leader to receive payment in secret deal

Boston’s School Committee approved a separation agreement Monday, in apparent violation of the open meeting law, with Tommy Chang, the former superintendent of the city’s public schools.

Russian woman used sex in her role as covert agent in US, prosecutors say

Maria Butina, who has been charged with secretly acting on Moscow’s behalf in the United States, was ordered held without bond.

Merging Beth Israel, Lahey would drive up costs, watchdog says

The consolidation would boost medical spending by as much as $191.3 million a year for inpatient, outpatient, and primary care services.

Man accused of murdering Weymouth officer is fit for trial, court clinician testifies

A lawyer for Emanuel Lopes said he has “been unable to speak with him in any coherent fashion” about the case, but the judge decided Lopes was aware of what was happening.

Lowell man allegedly tracked co-worker with GPS for at least 12 days

A Lowell man is now facing stalking charges following a monthslong investigation by Lowell and Winchester police.

Former public safety secretary to consult with scandal-plagued State Police

The State Police say they have brought in a familiar face to consult and bring change to the department: former state public safety secretary Kathleen O’Toole.

Serial rapist gets 18 to 22 years for attacks on Esplanade and in South Boston

A serial rapist was sentenced Wednesday for raping women on the Esplanade and in South Boston in 2006, 2007, and 2010.

VINEYARD HAVEN, MA--071818-- Alan Dershowitz, Professor of Law, Emeritus Harvard Law School speaks at the Katharine Cornell Theater. Dershowitz wanted a civil dialogue with members of the Martha's Vineyard community about his defense of President Trump. (Photo by Steve Haines/For The Boston Globe) Lifestyle Editor Shanahan 8.4.2583495509 — Steve Haines for The Boston Globe

Alan Dershowitz concedes: He didn’t realize ‘how emotionally people are invested in opposing Trump’

The former Harvard Law professor spoke to residents on Martha’s Vineyard about his controversial defense of President Trump and how he’s been met with unexpected blowback on the island.

ADAM HIMMELSBACH

What the Kawhi Leonard deal means for the teams involved, Celtics, and NBA as a whole

Leonard going to an Eastern Conference team will re-balance the player talent scales at least a bit.

Three Boston teams named to Forbes World’s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams

The Patriots were the second-ranked NFL team.

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Without Manny Machado, Orioles will be fodder for Red Sox

If he’s traded to the Dodgers as expected, Baltimore will be a weaker team.

After Tuesday’s rain, more showers are on the way late in the weekend and into next week. — Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Dave Epstein

Wet, humid weather coming, but it won’t rain all the time

However, we’re also unlikely to see any days with bright blue skies and low humidity.

Miss Conduct

Is it rude to bring our own silverware to parties? We’re anti-plastic

I don’t want my family using paper plates and plastic utensils, even at other people’s parties. Plus, a popcorn-in-teeth dilemma.

★ ★ ★ ½ | Movie review

‘Eighth Grade’ is a middle school marvel

Writer-director Bo Burnham’s film breaks your heart and makes it soar.

Going green is cutting into hotel housekeepers’ livelihoods

Programs that encourage guests to skip housekeeping, and save energy, are wreaking havoc on workers’ schedules, a union says.

NAMES

Dig, a new dating app for dog lovers, to host Fort Point bash

The dating service was founded by Newton-raised sisters Leigh and Casey Isaacson, who believe that dog-friendly humans make good teams.

‘I’d love to see Jaws just come out of nowhere’: Video shows great white eating seal off Cape Cod

A group of boaters got to witness a rare sight last weekend: a great white shark having a meal.

Some dockless bike companies don’t mind if you use their bikes for Boston’s World Naked Bike Ride

Just be courteous and think about the people who might use that bike after you.

Opinion & Ideas

Yvonne Abraham

GOP candidates from Mass. miss chance to stand up to Trump

The Massachusetts Republicans running for the US Senate will fit right in with the dutiful doormats in the caucus they hope to join.

Special reports

For refugees in Kenya, an education in hope

The Kakuma Refugee Camp is a holding center for thousands dispossessed by war and conflict. A New Hampshire university has made it the focus of its global plans.

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WATCH: The pleasure and pain of seeing inside living cells

Eric Betzig’s newest microscope looks nothing like the one you remember from school.

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Seattle’s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

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.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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Globe must-reads

Boston Chamber to host weeklong events to recruit minority professionals

Globe Magazine

Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman’s life

Legislative leaders in Mass. agreed to a $41.9 billion budget proposal — nearly three weeks into the current fiscal year.

State budget won’t include provisions on immigration

Perspective | Magazine

The legal drug we should be worried about isn’t marijuana

Anna Lisa Gotschlich, who lives with dementia, used virtual reality to take a virtual trip to her childhood hometown in Sweden.

Massachusetts wants to be the Silicon Valley for ‘age-tech’

MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MA - 07/11/2018 Ruth Weiner and Judy Lipsky push through on day two of a three-day journey, covering hundreds of miles, on Martha's Vineyard. Ruth and Judy met in a mom playgroup in the 70s, found they shared a love of bicycling, and now, in their 70s, the two have cycled 1000s of miles together, all over the world. Erin Clark for the Boston Globe

A friendship built on serendipity and bicycles

Boston, MA--6/24/2018-- Red Sox Mitch Moreland celebrates his two run home run against the Mariners with Red Sox teammate Mookie Betts (L) during the sixth inning at Fenway Park. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

12 memorable moments from the Red Sox’ first half

Everett, MA - 7/11/18 - In their attorney's office, Jorge Armando Diaz Savala (cq), 17, left, and his brother Cesar Julio Diaz Savala (cq), 15, talk about their separation from their father Jose Vicente Diaz Bermudez (cq), at the Arizona border. The Salvadoran brothers are staying with relatives in Boston. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 12SalvadorBrothers Reporter: Cristela Guerra

Two teens wait in Boston after border separation

When wives earn more than their husbands, they underreport their income, Census finds

Harvard employee apologizes for comments made to neighbor

FILE - In this June 7, 2016 file photo, John Irving speaks at a book discussion for his novel

NAMES

N.H. novelist John Irving wins lifetime achievement award

Nick Bonanno pushed his father, Russ Bonanno, down the hallway at the VA in Bedford.

Congress launches investigation of care at VA nursing homes

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CHAD FINN

Best grand slam, worst take, best hot streak, and other Red Sox superlatives

Here’s a look at the best and worst (and more bests) of what we’ve seen so far this season.

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Protesters rallied against the separation of immigrant families in Bridgeport on July 11.

Child welfare experts worry about effects of separation policy on children

Children may already have been traumatized by being separated from their parents, participants at a forum at Tufts University said.

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FILE - In a Tuesday, July 11, 2017 file photo, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks during a rededication ceremony for the repaired New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston. Mayor Marty Walsh has taken the oath of office for a second term as Boston's chief executive Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Former Vice President Joe Biden presided over the inauguration Monday at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Marty Walsh to swing through Trump districts to hype Democrats

The mayor is taking a two-day trip to Republican-leaning districts in Ohio and Indiana where Democrats are vying for congressional seats.

Columnists

This is the time of year when the sports calendar offers fans very little — just an empty pot bunker at Carnoustie Golf Club.

Tara Sullivan

Oh no, it’s that time of year: the sports doldrums

Adrian Walker

Hospital merger shouldn’t come at the expense of low-income patients

The lawsuit over Harvard’s admission practices was not filed by Asian Americans, but by a white guy, Ed Blum, who lost a court challenge to race-based admissions at the University of Texas involving a white student, Abigail Fisher. Blum (center) and Fisher (left) are pictured above in 2013.

Shirley Leung

Harvard lawsuit is about affirmative action, not Asian Americans

Boston Red Sox's J.D. Martinez connects on a solo home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during the fourth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Boston. (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)

Christopher L. Gasper

Can Red Sox turn regular-season success into playoff wins?

Mayor Dan Rivera said the president and attorney general “keep perpetuating a lie.”

Yvonne Abraham

The truth about Lawrence

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

The Red Sox may be red-hot, but baseball is striking out in every way

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, during a lunch meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on June 26, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Al Drago.

Yvonne Abraham

It’s decision time for Susan Collins

NESTOR RAMOS

Alan Dershowitz said he’s being shunned on the Vineyard. Then the mocking began

Adrian Walker

Democrats running for governor must wonder when cavalry arrives

4-12-2017 Boston, Mass. Whittier Street Health Center CEO Frederica Williams. Globe photo by Bill Brett

Adrian Walker

Maybe the staff should have gotten a vote on Whitter Street’s headquarters name

Interim Boston Public Schools superintendent Laura Perille spoke to the Globe editorial board on Thursday.

JOAN VENNOCHI

‘Interim’ is an illusion for new schools chief

David Price got a new ball as the Yankees’ Gleyber Torres rounds the bases on his three-run homer in the first inning.

Dan Shaughnessy

This might’ve been David Price at his worst

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Endless argument: shake, float, or frappe?

Summer is the high season for non-alcoholic drinks. Let the battle begin over who makes the best raspberry lime rickey.

Nation & World

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Robert Mueller seeks immunity for 5 witnesses in Paul Manafort case

Special counsel Robert Mueller is seeking immunity for five potential witnesses in the upcoming trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort.

Business

Google hit with record $5 billion fine by EU over Android

The blockbuster fine comes with an accompanying EU order freeing up phone manufacturers to choose non-Google apps to install on Android phones.

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Novelist and New Hampshire native John Irving earns lifetime achievement award

Irving, 76, the author of “The World According to Garp,” “The Cider House Rules,” and “In One Person,’’ among others, has won the Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award.

Food & dining

The scene at Congdon’s After Dark Food Truck Park includes people sitting at tables and walking among the trucks

Congdon’s Donuts built a food truck park, and people are eating it up

If you’re a food lover, the Wells, Maine, destination feels an awful lot like a carnival.

Real Estate

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As Trump’s statements on Russia continue to change, he now says he warned Putin about meddling

Man accused of murdering Weymouth officer is fit for trial, court clinician testifies

Alan Dershowitz concedes: He didn’t realize ‘how emotionally people are invested in opposing Trump’

What the Kawhi Leonard deal means for the teams involved, Celtics, and NBA as a whole

Three Boston teams named to Forbes World’s 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams

Without Manny Machado, Orioles will be fodder for Red Sox

Wet, humid weather coming, but it won’t rain all the time

Is it rude to bring our own silverware to parties? We’re anti-plastic

‘Eighth Grade’ is a middle school marvel

Dig, a new dating app for dog lovers, to host Fort Point bash

Special reports

Globe must-reads

Boston Chamber to host weeklong events to recruit minority professionals

Globe Magazine

Motherhood brings the most dramatic brain changes of a woman’s life

State budget won’t include provisions on immigration

Perspective | Magazine

The legal drug we should be worried about isn’t marijuana

Massachusetts wants to be the Silicon Valley for ‘age-tech’

A friendship built on serendipity and bicycles

12 memorable moments from the Red Sox’ first half

Two teens wait in Boston after border separation

When wives earn more than their husbands, they underreport their income, Census finds

Harvard employee apologizes for comments made to neighbor

NAMES

N.H. novelist John Irving wins lifetime achievement award

Congress launches investigation of care at VA nursing homes

CHAD FINN

Best grand slam, worst take, best hot streak, and other Red Sox superlatives

Child welfare experts worry about effects of separation policy on children

Recent home sales north of Boston (July 18)

Marty Walsh to swing through Trump districts to hype Democrats

Why is my check-engine light on?

Columnists

Tara Sullivan

Oh no, it’s that time of year: the sports doldrums

Adrian Walker

Hospital merger shouldn’t come at the expense of low-income patients

Shirley Leung

Harvard lawsuit is about affirmative action, not Asian Americans

Christopher L. Gasper

Can Red Sox turn regular-season success into playoff wins?

Yvonne Abraham

The truth about Lawrence

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

The Red Sox may be red-hot, but baseball is striking out in every way

Yvonne Abraham

It’s decision time for Susan Collins

NESTOR RAMOS

Alan Dershowitz said he’s being shunned on the Vineyard. Then the mocking began

Adrian Walker

Democrats running for governor must wonder when cavalry arrives

Adrian Walker

Maybe the staff should have gotten a vote on Whitter Street’s headquarters name

JOAN VENNOCHI

‘Interim’ is an illusion for new schools chief

Dan Shaughnessy

This might’ve been David Price at his worst

SAVOR SUMMER

Endless argument: shake, float, or frappe?

Nation & World

Robert Mueller seeks immunity for 5 witnesses in Paul Manafort case

Google hit with record $5 billion fine by EU over Android

NAMES

Novelist and New Hampshire native John Irving earns lifetime achievement award

Congdon’s Donuts built a food truck park, and people are eating it up

Real Estate

The Kakuma refugee camp

Crossword

Recipes: Switch it up with lamb burgers instead of beef

The soundtrack of the Tour de France

Miss Conduct’s common sense rules for socializing in the age of legal pot

A cold war: Which is better, hard or soft-serve ice cream?