Front page August 6, 2018

Trump acknowledges purpose of 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians

By Michael D. Shear

It was the starkest acknowledgment yet that a statement President Trump dictated about the encounter last year was misleading.

By Mihir Zaveri

The deadly Carr Fire in the northern part of the state is already described as the state’s sixth most destructive wildfire.

5 killed when small plane crashes in California parking lot

The twin-engine Cessna 414 went down about a mile from John Wayne Airport, officials said.

Venezuela braces for fallout of presidential assassination attempt

By Rachelle Krygier and Anthony Faiola

Drones carrying explosives targeted Nicolás Maduro during a nationally televised address.

Lisbon breaks 37-year temperature record

By the Associated Press

An unrelenting heat wave baked Portugal and Spain, and records were set in 26 places in Portugal.

WWII-era plane crashes in Switzerland, killing all 20 on board

By Raphael Minder

The German-built Junkers Ju-52 was carrying 17 passengers, all Swiss except for an Austrian couple and their child.

EDITORIAL

Protests at Northeastern hit the wrong target

Leaders who have signed on to the #AbolishIce cause have an affirmative responsibility to make sure it’s not turned into scapegoating.

Alex Beam

How smart is Donald Trump?

By Alex Beam

There’s no evidence that Trump is an idiot, indeed quite the contrary.

Opinion | Margery Eagan

Mass. Legislature fails the environment

By Margery Eagan

The Legislature couldn’t even pass a ban on single-use plastic bags, even though more than 80 cities and towns already have.

Webster recovers from tornado after 43 people were displaced

By Amelia Nierenberg

Residents in the central Mass. town began to pick up the pieces Sunday, one day after a twister destroyed much of the downtown.

Increased segregation of Boston schools could deepen racial, economic divides, say advocates

By John Hilliard and Emily Williams

“It is almost as if the city is turning its back on our kids,” said Audrey Martinez-Gudapakkam, whose daughter attends Winship Elementary School in Brighton.

William Gross, set to be sworn in as Boston’s first black police commissioner, was an officer in the making, friends say

By Milton J. Valencia

The first to go home when his mother called, he would scold peers for stealing a bike out of a backyard, or for pocketing goods at the corner store.

The next hot place to work? Look north to the Orange Line corridor

By Tim Logan

The Orange Line corridor stretching through Charlestown, Cambridge, and Somerville is poised to emerge as a major office district, with a vast amount of office space already under construction or permitted.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

Can’t find a starter home? Blame Gen Xers

By Evan Horowitz

A decade after the financial crisis, it’s still affecting the way some people feel about home ownership.

Nonstop flights from Boston to Seoul to begin in spring

By Emily Williams

Massport and Korean Airlines say the five-days-a-week service will connect Logan and Seoul’s Incheon airports.

Mr. Lenfest made a $1 billion fortune in the cable industry and gave almost all of it away, supporting schools, museums, journalism, and the arts in Philadelphia and beyond.

Richard Concannon, who cohosted ‘The Literati Scene’ with his wife, Smoki Bacon, dies at 89

By Bryan Marquard

For years, Mr. Concannon cohosted the cable TV show with Ms. Bacon.

Mary Carlisle; played ingénues in Depression-era movies; at 104

By Anita Gates

From 1932 to 1939, when she was in her late teens and early 20s, Ms. Carlisle made 50 movies.

Red Sox 5, Yankees 4 (10 inn.)

Red Sox sweep Yankees with stirring late rally

By Peter Abraham

Andrew Benintendi struck crowning blow with his walkoff RBI single in 10th inning.

Nick Cafardo | On baseball

Amazingly, these rookies have managed to handle adversity

By Nick Cafardo

Red Sox manager Alex Cora and Yankees boss Aaron Boone have had impressive first-year runs with their respective ballclubs.

Kyle Van Noy is excelling in do-it-all role with Patriots

By Jim McBride

Since coming from the Lions in 2016, Kyle Van Noy has filled many needs — including leadership — on the New England defense.