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What we know about the 'free speech' rally planned this weekend on Boston Common

The first pitch at the Red Sox game didn’t quite go as planned

Jane Richard, right, sister of fatal Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, bows toward the audience after making remarks as her father Bill Richard, left, looks on during groundbreaking ceremonies for a park named after Martin Richard, Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017, in Boston. Richard at age eight was the youngest of three people killed when two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line on April 15, 2013. Jane was among those injured in the bombings. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Watch Jane Richard's touching remarks at a park groundbreaking for her late brother Martin

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This Aug. 3 photo shows a U.S. Border Protection car that had been sprayed with manure in Alburgh, Vermont.

Vermont man charged with spraying manure on US Border Protection car

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Tony La Russa and Tom Crean were special guests at Patriots training camp

FILE - In this April 10, 2008 file photo, a North Atlantic right whale breaks the ocean surface off Provincetown, Mass., in Cape Cod Bay. Marine conservation groups say the endangered North Atlantic right whale is having such a bad year for accidental deaths that all the mortality could challenge the species' ability to recover in the future. There are thought to be no more than 500 of the giant animals left. Biologists say there have been 12 known deaths of the whales since April, meaning about 2 percent of the population had died in just a few months. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Accidental deaths of endangered whale threatens its survival

Boston, MA- August 15, 2017: The new MBTA General Manger/CEO Luis Ramirez, left, and Secretary of Transportation and MassDOT CEO Stephanie Pollack take questions from the media during a press conference at the State Transportation Building in Boston, MA on August 15, 2017. Secretary of Transportation and MassDOT CEO Stephanie Pollack announced that Luis Ramirez would become the next general manager starting on Sept. 12. (CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF) section: metro reporter:

New Boston transit chief has no transit experience

08/07/2017 FOXBORO, MA Tom Brady (cq) runs drills during a joint Patriots practice with the Jaguars held at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro. (Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe)

Here's what a deep dive into Tom Brady's Instagram follows revealed

Romeo Crennel and Bill Belichick at the start of Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005.

Bill Belichick says Romeo Crennel ran 'the whole defense' in 2001

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‘Wow’: Stunned TV hosts reacted in real time to Trump’s Charlottesville remarks Tuesday

‘Wow’: Stunned TV hosts reacted in real time to Trump’s Charlottesville remarks Tuesday

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This Aug. 3 photo shows a U.S. Border Protection car that had been sprayed with manure in Alburgh, Vermont.

Vermont man charged with spraying manure on US Border Protection car

The first pitch at the Red Sox game didn’t quite go as planned

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A career-defining test for Jeff Sessions

A career-defining test for Jeff Sessions

These chefs have a message for you: Quit throwing out perfectly good food

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Sessions says Charlottesville car attack could be prosecuted as a hate crime

Sessions says Charlottesville car attack could be prosecuted as a hate crime

Praying for a good night’s sleep? These converted churches offer sanctuary.

This smartphone app will relieve your car-buying agony