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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“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.

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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.

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George Zimmerman (left) sat with his defense attorneys Don West (center) and Mark O'Mara during the continuation of jury deliberations on Saturday.

Zimmerman jury in 2nd day of deliberations

The jury began deliberations Friday afternoon as Orlando officials pleaded for calm, no matter the verdict.

Former Red Sox infielder Jed Lowrie hit a home run against his former team on Friday as the Athletics lost to the Red Sox, 4-2.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

A’s roster is peppered with former Red Sox

Playing in Oakland is nothing like playing in Boston and the ex-Red Sox players are experts on the differences.

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

Music Review

Fenway goes country with Jason Aldean

Aldean played the first of his two sold-out shows at Fenway Park on Friday, the first country concert at the venue.

Pat Donahue arrived arrive At Moakley Courthouse with her sons, Shawn, Michael, and Tommy, for the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger on June 12.

Kevin Cullen

A dignified widow

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

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

6 Massachusetts beaches for 6 kinds of trips

Greater Boston is chock full of famous beaches, lakes, and ponds, so once you decide it’s a beach day, the next question is where to go to catch some sun.

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

The remains of Albert DeSalvo were exhumed Friday from the Puritan Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Peabody.

Confessed Boston Strangler’s body exhumed
Paula Lunder inspected artwork at the Colby College Museum of Art in Maine.

A masterpiece of gathering — and giving

Crash puts focus on the cockpit
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.

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John Lackey

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.

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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’
John Barros announced his campaign for mayor of Boston in April.

SCOT LEHIGH

This long shot merits a close look

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?

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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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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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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Rethinking the golden years
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Last of their kind
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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