Laura Crimaldi

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Laura Crimaldi |Tonya Alanez

A deadly helicopter crash in Alaska’s remote North Slope claimed the life of a prominent shorebird scientist at a research and conservation nonprofit in Plymouth. The death of Shiloh Schulte, a wildlife biologist who led efforts to restore the American oystercatcher population, was confirmed Saturday by his wife and his employer, Manomet Conservation Sciences. Schulte, 46, lived in Kennebunk, Maine, where he previously served on the town’s select board, and had two daughters.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Laura Crimaldi

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Boston and areas surrounding the city on Saturday as a stalled frontal boundary dumped heavy rain on the region. The warning was issued at 2:41 p.m. and is set to expire at 5:45 p.m., according to a weather service bulletin. The rainy conditions extend the streak of wet weather to 13 weekends in a row, said Ken Mahan, the Globe’s lead meteorologist. “Multiple areas are seeing multiple rounds of heavy rain,” he said Saturday.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald |Marcela Rodrigues |Laura Crimaldi

Sandwich boards with the Luce Hotline information for ICE were seen in Milford on June 2.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe StaffFor Gomes’s family, worry was replaced by at least a modicum of temporary relief Tuesday afternoon, as Gomes was released from federal custody on bail. Milford is another municipality thrust to the front line of President Trump’s ongoing immigration crackdown, with the arrest of Gomes acting as a rallying point for some.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Laura Crimaldi

A former Stoughton police deputy chief facing a closed-door hearing over alleged misconduct involving Sandra Birchmore said Thursday he wanted the proceeding to be public. “I asked for this hearing. I wanted it public and it’s not,” Devine told the Globe. He was accompanied by a woman who placed her hand in front of an iPhone the Globe was using to record Devine on his way to the hearing. “I am under gag orders. You know that. There are things that I can’t say and you know that,” Devine said.

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Laura Crimaldi

Yet when Robert C. Devine’s two-day adjudicatory hearing begins Thursday in Boston to decide whether he should permanently lose his authority to work as a police officer, the proceedings will be secret. The decision by the state’s Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission, or POST, to close the hearing was criticized by some police reform advocates who say the move undermines the agency’s mission to build public confidence in the system for disciplining police officers.