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Marty Walsh on Saturday's rally: ‘I think we’ll be fine’

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

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

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker speaks, Tuesday, July 11, 2017, during a rededication ceremony for the repaired New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston. One of the glass panes in the memorial was damaged by a vandal last month. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Gov. Baker signs resolution denouncing white nationalism August 17, 2017 | 1:10 PM

Police officers cordon off a street in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017. Police in the northern Spanish city of Barcelona say a white van has jumped the sidewalk in the city's historic Las Ramblas district, injuring several people. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Van plows into crowd in Barcelona; police view it as terror August 17, 2017 | 12:08 PM

LePage: Removing Confederate statues like losing 9/11 memorial August 17, 2017 | 10:38 AM

14-year-old charged with breaking into Dunkin’ Donuts August 17, 2017 | 9:40 AM

In this Aug. 14, 2017, photo, President Donald Trump pauses while speaking in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington. Is it really so far-fetched to put Robert E. Lee in the same category as George Washington, as President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday? Many historians say yes.

Trump 'sad' over removal of 'our beautiful statues' August 17, 2017 | 9:35 AM

Plan for Natick Wegmans

The new Wegmans in Natick is hiring 550 new employees August 17, 2017 | 9:25 AM

Where hate calls ‘home’ in Massachusetts August 17, 2017 | 9:05 AM

A priest’s son takes his case directly to the Pope August 17, 2017 | 8:55 AM

N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu at the State House in Concord, N.H. in January.

New Hampshire governor wants stronger laws after 84 Great Danes seized August 17, 2017 | 8:49 AM

Littleton bull

Bull evades capture after escaping livestock auction in Littleton August 17, 2017 | 8:25 AM

Vermont man fired for participating in white supremacist rally August 17, 2017 | 8:23 AM

Springfield murder suspect: I was too high to understand Miranda rights August 17, 2017 | 8:20 AM

Facebook bans NH white nationalist's accounts over hate speech August 17, 2017 | 8:00 AM

10 things to know for today August 17, 2017 | 6:20 AM

L.L.Bean's iconic Bean Boots are a New England winter staple. L.L.Bean is headquartered in Freeport, Maine, with a factory in Brunswick, Maine.

LL Bean boosting production of iconic boot August 17, 2017 | 12:31 AM

FILE - In this Oct 7, 2016 photo, Steve Bannon, former head of Breitbart News and campaign CEO for then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, appears at a national security meeting with advisers at Trump Tower in New York. Donald Trump’s disavowal this week of white supremacists who have cheered his election as president hasn’t quieted concerns about the movement’s impact on his White House or whether more acts of hate will be carried out in his name. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)

Bannon contradicts Trump on North Korea and lashes out at rivals August 17, 2017 | 12:27 AM

Police: Man drowns amid dangerous rip currents at Nantucket beach August 16, 2017 | 10:54 PM

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 August 16, 2017 | 7:04 PM

Boston-6/20/2008- COMPARING BUSES TO NEW YORK....At South Station, a Peter Pan bus waits. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki (business)

Peter Pan bus company settles complaint over disabled access August 16, 2017 | 4:08 PM

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 August 16, 2017 | 3:50 PM

Drone comes dangerously close to state police helicopter August 16, 2017 | 1:32 PM

Mother of slain Vermont child calls 13-year-sentence an 'insult' August 16, 2017 | 1:28 PM

Maine woman died of shock after naked intruder jumped into her bed August 16, 2017 | 1:24 PM

Neil Chayet, of 'Looking at the Law' radio fame, dies August 16, 2017 | 1:20 PM

Boston Ma 8/13/17 Vigil in support of peaceful anti-fascist protesters in Charlottesville, VA in the Boston Common. (Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff)
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8 anti-hate rallies and vigils in the Boston area this week August 16, 2017 | 1:20 PM

Milford man accused of fatal stabbing indicted for manslaughter August 16, 2017 | 1:12 PM

Fate of Massachusetts’ only Confederate memorial still uncertain August 16, 2017 | 12:51 PM

Former US Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush attend the George W. Bush Presidential Center dedication ceremony in 2013.

Former Bush presidents speak out against prejudice August 16, 2017 | 12:44 PM

Maine woman died of shock from naked intruder jumping into her bed August 16, 2017 | 11:12 AM

Mass. doctor struck and killed by bus while on vacation in Canada August 16, 2017 | 9:10 AM