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Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories CAPITAL SOURCE The teenagers with the Hyde Square Task Force were the first to discover that TD Garden failed to comply with a 1993 law requiring the arena hold three annual fundraisers.   The prospect set off some angry words from the camp of one of the US Senate candidates.  CAPITAL SOURCE Likely Republican Senate candidate John Kingston has begun staffing up his campaign, adding a former aide to Governor Charlie Baker as a senior adviser.

Most popular on BostonGlobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories Bannon said he’ll be “going to war” for President Trump, vowing to intensify the fight he has waged against opponents of his brand of populist conservatism.  Ground Game The winner of the US Senate race there might determine which party controls the Senate after the 2018 elections.  “He should address the American people, acknowledge that he was wrong, apologize,” Mitt Romney said.

Posted at 4:00 am on August 17, 2017 by Caleb Howe 2017 is year one of the Flight 103 presidency: if the plane crashes, the entire airline is going down with it. It may go down anyway. You – or the leader of your party – may win a court battle over responsibility only to find out your brand has suffered irreparable damage. There are no guarantees. Except one: if the bomb doesn’t go off, the plane won’t crash, there won’t be a trial, and the company may survive.

Posted at 8:00 pm on August 17, 2017 by Teri Christoph While many of us scramble to find the elusive solar eclipse glasses, singer Bonnie Tyler has her eclipse plans all set: she’ll be singing her 80s hit, “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” live from Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas.

Posted at 8:30 pm on August 17, 2017 by streiff Earlier today I posted on a terror attack in Barcelona, Spain.

Posted at 9:00 pm on August 17, 2017 by Susan Wright There have been those who suggest that WikiLeaks is just part of the propaganda arm for Russia. Think about it, the file-sharing site seems hyper-focused on spilling all of the United States’ beans, but they don’t really focus on any other nation with the same fervor. A new report is adding to that suspicion.

Posted at 10:00 pm on August 17, 2017 by Patterico Vice News interviewed Senator Tim Scott today, and Senator Scott had some criticism for Donald Trump’s recent comments about Charlottesville: You can watch more than the excerpt I have provided by scrolling backwards or forwards in the video. Regardless of your views of the specifics of Trump’s comments, they have been a giant distraction from moving policy forward on things like ObamaCare repeal or tax reform.

Cities around the world lit their buildings in red and yellow on Thursday in solidarity with the people of Spain after a deadly terrorist attack in Barcelona left at least 13 dead and more than 50 injured. The One World Trade Center in New York City was among the buildings that lit up with the colors of Spain's flag. "Tonight we lit the spire of  A van rammed into dozens of people in a popular pedestrian area of the city on Thursday in what authorities are calling a terrorist

Author J.K. Rowling joked Thursday that President Trump may have inadvertently united the Middle East with his comments on the violent rally in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend, after leaders from Israel and Iran condemned the violence. "Unbelievable.