Adults passed out, toddler was left to wander alone

An account of the neglect in 2012 that led the state to take the child from a couple raises questions about why twin newborns were left in the same home.

Derailment in Quebec heightens train cargo fears

With 24 confirmed dead and 26 still missing, the disaster has prompted calls for reform in an industry that critics assail as too loosely monitored.

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The spotlight is on what goes on and who does what during long-haul flights following the Asiana accident.

Kevin Cullen

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Pat Donahue taking the stand at the Whitey Bulger trial was refreshingly different. She is not a criminal. She is a lady.

John Lackey

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John Lackey leads Red Sox past A’s

Lackey pitched seven strong innings and Dustin Pedroia had the key hit and defensive play as the Red Sox beat the A’s, 4-2.

Colby is new home to couple’s $100m art collection

Paula and Peter Lunder’s gift has transformed the Colby College Museum of Art and bolstered an emerging cultural renaissance in central Maine.

New home for great art

A Maine couple has donated their collection to Colby College.

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Pathologists will soon remove a sample of Albert DeSalvo’s DNA and seek a genetic match with new evidence, in hope of linking him to the last of the killings.

Family of Albert DeSalvo outraged by police tactics

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley defended investigators’ use of clandestine tactics to obtain a DNA sample from a relative of DeSalvo.

As helicopters from several news outlets whirred above Friday, more than 20 people were at the site in Peabody when the remains of Albert DeSalvo were exhumed.

Strangler detective would be pleased, daughter says

“He would be dancing in the streets right now,” Jeanne Elliott, 64, said of her father, Andrew Tuney Jr., who led a task force on the Boston Strangler case.

Opinion

LAWRENCE HARMON

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Any policy that makes it harder to find street parking is a breach of Boston’s covenant with families that stayed through crises.

Globe exclusives

Coast Guard Beach in Eastham is one of six National Seashore beaches from Eastham to Provincetown.

6 beaches for 6 trips
Jason Aldean was in Boston in May for the benefit concert for the victims of the Marathon attacks.

Music Review

Fenway goes country with Aldean
Harry Maccardell of Quincy bought a box of Twinkies, along with a box of Hostess CupCakes, at Walmart in Quincy.

Twinkies return without fanfare
Companhia Urbana de Dança, the Brazilian hip-hop group, is making its debut at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket this week.

Dance Review

Troupe’s hip-hop shakes off clichés

Jessica Pratt’s debut makes waves
Patriots coach Bill Belichick talked with Aaron Hernandez, left, at a training camp practice last year.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ risky decisions haunting them now
Arthur S. Demoulas (right) is trying to oust his cousin, Arthur T. Demoulas, as CEO of the Market Basket grocery chain.

Market Basket CEO faces revolt led by his cousin

Exclusive Sunday Preview | Ideas

Should chimpanzees have legal rights?

Exclusive Sunday Magazine preview

Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
Daylilies bobbed in a light breeze along the boardwalk at Carson Beach.

Photo gallery

Globe photos of the week, July 12, 2013
June 25, 1978: Red Sox pitcher Dennis Eckersley signed autographs before the Sox game with the Baltimore Orioles. Not to worry, he wasn’t wearing out his pitching arm as Luis Tiant was the starter and got the 8-3 win over the Birds.

From the Archives | Photo gallery

For the love of baseball
Four assaults on women have occurred in the Beacon Hill area in less than two months.

Beacon Hill on alert after assaults

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Patrice Bergeron called reupping “an easy decision.”

Patrice Bergeron signs 8-year extension with Bruins

The eight-year term of the extension, which is worth $52 million, is the maximum to which a team can re-up its players.

Metro

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Mayor Thomas M. Menino was surrounded by supporters Friday at his annual block party, held outside his home in Readville.

Thomas Menino celebrates 20 years as mayor

Mayor Menino was surrounded by supporters Friday at his annual block party, held outside his home in Readville.

Columnists

RENÉE LOTH

Put that phone down and just walk

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Don’t require more parking spaces

LAWRENCE HARMON

Car-free future? Not for families

kevin cullen

The end of ‘a hidden life’

JOAN WICKERSHAM

A tale of two supermarkets

Tech Lab

Recording the saga of your life

Yvonne Abraham

Change now, pay later
Eliot Spitzer spoke to reporters at a campaign event in New York on Monday.

JOANNA WEISS

Authenticity and scandals
German TV presenter Tina Kaiser sat in a cage wearing a bikini and a fur coat and with her legs and arms painted red in Munich, Germany.

alex beam

The PETA enthusiast

Kevin Cullen

Bulger’s defense wins a Pyrrhic victory
Opponents of Mohammed Morsi danced during a rally outside the Presidential palace in Cairo on Sunday.

Farah Stockman

How does this movie end?

JOSHUA GREEN

A GOP case against immigration reform

Nation & World

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Two men took pictures of the wreckage of the Asiana Airlines jet on Friday.

Third girl injured in Asiana jet crash dies

Officials also confirmed that one of the two Chinese teenagers killed in the disaster was hit by a fire truck.

Politics

Janet Napolitano’s move west creates an opening that could be hard for President Obama to fill.

Janet Napolitano to leave homeland security post

The secretary of homeland security’s decision sets off a search to fill one of the most challenging positions in government.

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Joanne Goldstein leads the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development.

Mass. jobless claim system criticized by users

State officials insist a new $46 million online system for requesting unemployment benefits has been a success.

Arts

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Book Review

Colin Fleming’s stories are oblique, requiring readers to find the connecting strands.

‘Dark March’ by Colin Fleming

In Fleming’s collection of short stories, islands ambulate, birds bicker, and fish have existential debates.

Lifestyle

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Cape Cod print Maptote

Fun new beach products

Look sharp at the beach with these new products.

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Full Globe coverage of the gangster’s ongoing trial, life on the run, and notorious legacy in Boston.

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Ideas

“Advocates of a regional visa program say millions of people around the world want to move to the United States, and many parts of the country would love to welcome motivated new residents.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on regional immigration