Grisly new details released in murder of Danvers teacher

The teen accused of killing Colleen Ritzer reportedly became upset after a discussion with her and allegedly left a note that read “I hate you all.”

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/annie4--90x90.jpg Annie Dookhan pleads guilty in drug lab scandal

The former state chemist, whose mishandling of evidence threw the state’s justice system into turmoil, will serve three to five years in prison.

Mother of missing N.H. teen writes plea for daughter’s return

“I feel your absence every day. You belong home with me,” Zenya Hernandez wrote to her daughter Abigail Hernandez, who disappeared on Oct. 9.

Opinion

opinion | thomas gagen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/22/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/1gagen1121-1339--90x90.jpg Did Tsarnaev manhunt unnecessarily endanger the public’s safety?

What’s needed is an authoritative study commissioned by the Patrick administration but independent of state government.