Mayoral candidates pushing hard for Latino votes

Candidates are distributing Spanish-language literature on their political positions, rolling out Hispanic volunteers to make a pitch, and hiring Latino staff members.

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Family turmoil and rough associates marked the football player’s life growing up in Bristol, Conn.

An Egyptian walked in front of a burned-out car and leftover debris from a protest camp in Cairo on Thursday.

Death toll in Egypt violence rises to 421

The Egyptian Health Ministry also raised the number of injured from Wednesday’s violence to 2,926.

Bulger juror bristles at online criticism

A juror in the trial of gangster James “Whitey” Bulger defended the panel against attacks on social media deriding their performance in the Boston case that drew attention across the globe.

Words on gays cost bishop post at Dartmouth

A prominent African bishop’s deanship was rescinded because of controversy over his views on homosexuality.

Small cosmetic changes were made to the Forum restaurant’s second floor.

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Four months after Marathon bombings, Forum reopens

Euz Azevedo faces a new challenge: jump-starting a business that is also the site of one of the city’s biggest tragedies, and is the last to reopen after the bombings.

Federal court Judge Joseph Tauro has spent about four decades on the Massachusetts bench.

Groundbreaking federal judge to step back

US District Court Judge Joseph Tauro, who gained national attention as the first judge to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, is retiring from full-time status on the bench.

Yvonne Abraham

Raynham track owner riding on luck

Now, more than ever, it’s great to be George Carney. “Some people are lucky, and some people aren’t. I’ve been very lucky.”

Tom Brady and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels were in the swing — before Brady hurt his left knee at practice.

ON FOOTBALL

Tom Brady’s injury is Patriots’ latest misfortune

Typing the words “Brady” and “knee sprain” in the same sentence is never a good thing, even if the quarterback doesn’t miss much practice time.

Opinion

NICHOLAS BURNS

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Obama now has the opportunity to open talks with Iran for the first time in 34 years. He has the right instinct — diplomacy first before thinking about war with Iran.

Globe exclusives

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Gabe Mott said competing for the Hult Prize has opened opportunities for his McGill University MBA program team.

Hult Prize accelerator preps competitors for $1m
Dan O’Malley, CEO of PerkStreet Financial, said the company simply ran out of options when it was unable to attract enough partnerships and investors.

PerkStreet Financial shuts down after five years
“We didn’t want to go completely traditional,” said Lindsay Pumpa, the pro-ject’s lead interior designer. “But we did want to speak to Boston color-wise.”

HGTV gives away a luxury condo in Boston

Lisa Saunders parked her car for hours at a time in a valet-only zone.

A valet space of her own
Cambridge restaurateur Jason Bond and sous chef Rachel Miller at the future site of a second Bondir, in Concord.

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The year of the second restaurant
“At the end of the day it was good to get this guy in jail,” said former State Police colonel Thomas Folery. “But you’d like to see processes put in place so it doesn’t happen again.”

DA may try Bulger, allies

Shirley Leung

Business establishment, meet start-ups
On January 15, 1919, 21 people died when a tank at the Purity Distilling Co. in the North End burst, spewing molasses everywhere.

The science behind 1919 molasses disaster
R.I.P.D, filmed in Boston, Raynham, and Providence, accounted for more than 70 percent of film tax credits issued by the state last year.

After big tax break, cop film was a flop
At Pho Le in Dorchester, you can try noodle soup with shredded vegetables on the side.

A primer on Vietnamese cuisine
(From left) Triston Champagnie, Kamal Williams, and Jakieh Blevins at a Camp Harbor View race.

Seeing hope at Harbor View

Sports

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Joe Lauzon faces Michael Johnson Saturday as the UFC-Fox Sports 1 partnership begins.

UFC lightweight Joe Lauzon returns to octagon at TD Garden

Lauzon will be a center of attention Saturday night in TD Garden, taking on fellow 155-pounder Michael Johnson as part of UFC Fight Night 26.

Metro

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The owner of this Charlestown boatyard says evictions are needed to clear the way for rebuilding, but about 30 boats there also serve as residences.

State, boatyard owner at odds over repairs

A judge is expected to rule on an injunction that would force the owner of two decaying piers on Boston’s scenic waterfront to fix the structures.

Columnists

Dan Wolf waits for passengers and baggage to be loaded on his plane before taking off from Provincetown Memorial Airport for Boston in 2007.

JOAN VENNOCHI

There’s not a Dan Wolf ethics exemption

Forum, photographed shortly after Boylston Street was re-opened to the public just over a week after the Marathon bombings. The restaurant is set to re-open Thursday.

Adrian Walker

Getting back to business

SCOT LEHIGH

The GOP’s Obamacare whale hunt

Derrick Z. Jackson

Easing the drug laws
At left, the South Boston waterfront; On the right, James “Whitey” Bulger, center, walking on Castle Island with associates Stephen “Rifleman” Flemmi, left, and Kevin Weeks, right, in an undated photo.

Kevin Cullen

Everything has passed Whitey by

Adrian Walker

Mayor’s race hits its stride
A member of a team from the military’s Human Terrain System conducts an interview in Afghanistan in late 2009.

Farah Stockman

Is social science our silver bullet around the world?
A freeway sign warned drivers of people crossing in Chula Vista, Calif.

JAMES CARROLL

Sealing the border is part of problem
The FBI is accused of enabling Whitey Bulger, seen in this mug shot taken in 1955 in Miami Beach.

JEFF JACOBY

Federal overreach — then and now
Johnny Manziel can’t profit from own name.

Christopher L. Gasper

NCAA needs reform

JOAN VENNOCHI

Mass. officials must investigate Todashev death

Kevin Cullen

‘Alleged’ no more

Nation & World

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Private First Class Bradley Manning said he hopes to someday earn a college degree.

Manning ‘sorry’ for leaks, actions that hurt people

Private Bradley Manning apologized Wednesday for leaking 700,000 government files to WikiLeaks.

Politics

Newt Gingrich (left, with Reince Priebus), emphasized the need to make the GOP appeal to more demographic groups.

GOP in Boston to strategize for 2016

Republicans are meeting in Boston this week, trying to remake their party as a more inclusive, forward-thinking entity.

Business

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State Senator Karen Spilka admits she didn’t oppose the IT tax in a recent bill.

Lawmaker moves to repeal software tax

Democratic state Senator Karen Spilka, running for Congress, has filed a bill to repeal the software services tax that caught many in the tech sector off guard.

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Book Review

‘The Realm of Last Chances’ by Steve Yarbrough

In “The Realm of Last Chances,” Yarbrough takes a calm, somewhat relaxed attitude toward his characters’ decay.

Style

Boston tastemakers on their 5 must-haves for fall

Ten tastemakers on their must-have list this season, and the answers — overalls! camo! oversize coats! 3D-printed jewelry! — inspired us.

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The lake house
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Walter Willett’s food fight
The cover for the July 21 2013 issue

What happened at Deerfield

Ideas

“The enduring appeal of the books tells us something about how deep the romance with self-reliance runs through American history, and the gaps between the Little House narrative and Wilder’s real life say a lot about the government help and interdependence that we sometimes find more convenient to leave out of that tale.”

Christine Woodside,  on the Little House books as Libertarian fables