First snowfall leaves some to ask, ‘Is that it?’

For plow drivers, yesterday’s snow brought a much-desired day’s work; for others, it was a welcome reminder that this is still New England.

12th body, captain’s documents found in cruise liner

Divers in the Costa Concordia found a woman’s body, and scuba-diving police swam through the captain’s cabin to retrieve a safe and documents belonging to the man who abandoned the ship.

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Justices react to rise of super PACs

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who was joined on stage by Justice Stephen G. Breyer, was asked about the decision during a presentation before the South Carolina Bar.

Job seeker uses social media to spread the word

Effective job searches have become marketing campaigns, and social media, as Dave Cutler shows, provide the tools to promote the product: the job candidate.

Rangers 3, Bruins 2

Bruins lose showdown in OT

The first meeting between the Rangers and the Bruins, the top two clubs in the NHL’s Eastern Conference, was 3.6 seconds shy of a shootout yesterday.

Explore New England

Boston’s North End vs. Providence’s Federal Hill

Both neighborhoods have been the Little Italies of their respective cities for well over a century, yet they couldn’t look more different.

Book Review

‘The Flight of Gemma Hardy’ by Margot Livesey

The author creates a well-plotted, well-crafted, innovatively interpreted modern twist on a timeless classic.

ART REVIEW

Sebastian Smee looks at ‘Johan Zoffany RA: Society Observed’

Zoffany ranks with Reynolds, Gainsborough, Hogarth, and Joseph Wright of Derby in the annals of 18th century British art. An exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art aims to give him his due.