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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 President Donald Trump expressed disappointment on Thursday that “beautiful” statues of Confederate leaders were being removed.

Posted at 7:58 pm on August 16, 2017 by Jim Jamitis Protest marches against Google for the firing of James Damore were scheduled for Saturday, but not anymore. Who the “alt-left” is has yet to be defined by anyone.

Posted at 8:00 pm on August 16, 2017 by Teri Christoph Okay, okay. I know I fangirl over Tim Tebow a lot on the pages of RedState, but, really, is there anyone out there more worthy of the honor? Take last month, for example, when Tebow took a moment out of a game to greet an autistic fan, then stepped up to the plate and hit a home run. Swoon. The latest example of his studliness took place last Saturday, when Tebow’s St. Lucie Mets took on the Tampa Yankees.

Posted at 9:00 pm on August 16, 2017 by streiff One of the key parts of the Iran nuclear deal is a requirement that the President report regularly to Congress on Iran’s compliance: The next certification to Congress is due in mid-October and the odds of it surviving seem slight.

Posted at 5:00 am on August 17, 2017 by Caleb Howe Surprise! Yeah, not sarcastic this time. I did not anticipate seeing any interview with Steve Bannon overnight, much less this one, and it seems I’m not alone in that. Nobody expected this.

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.

The city of Franklin, Ohio is set to remove and relocate a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E.

President Trump's chief strategist Stephen Bannon appeared to break with the administration on North Korea Wednesday, saying that he doesn't believe there is a military solution to the escalating nuclear crisis.   “There’s no military solution [to North Korea’s nuclear threats], forget it," Bannon told The Prospect in an interview published Wednesday. "Until somebody solves the part of the equation that shows me that ten million people in Seoul don’t die in the first 30 minut

Jon Meacham, a historian and biographer of President George H.W. Bush, said Wednesday that President Trump has "moved the goalpoast of civilized society," making former conservative lawmakers appear more favorable than in the past. "The Bushes, President Reagan, Senator Dole, Senator McCain, Governor Romney, all represent a different kind of Republican," Meacham said on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House". "The sudden sentimentality for folks whom a lot of people on the left had great disdain for many years is striking...