On Cape Cod, this 50th anniversary summer will be filled with the latest in shark research. “What's really cool is, at the time when ‘Jaws’ was made, we knew virtually nothing about the great white shark,” said Greg Skomal, a senior biologist at the Division of Marine Fisheries, who works closely with the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy in Chatham. “And in those 50 years, we've totally exploded — meaning the scientific community — what we know about this species. So it's an exciting time, because the tools that we use now didn't exist back then.” (fb)

Judge Brian Murphy in Massachusetts said the Department of Homeland Security's rapid removal of eight migrants abroad went against his April preliminary injunction preventing such deportations. Lawyers for at least one of the men on board say the flight landed in South Sudan; the government hasn't disclosed the destination, saying it's classified. Murphy left open the possibility of holding the government in contempt for a criminal obstruction in the future. (fb)