Midwestern values carry Celtics coach Brad Stevens
“He’s so good at building relationships, being genuine, wanting to get to know you,” says Ronald Nored, a former star at Butler, where Ste vens coached.

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Despite his small town upbringing and boyish looks, Stevens doesn’t seem naive and appears ready for the NBA.

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The Walsh family lost members to cancer, and tested positive for a gene mutation -- so they decided to surgically remove their stomachs.

Joseph Dana watched from a traditional handmade birch canoe on the Penobscot as the Veazie Dam was breached.

Breaching of dam, restoring salmon’s passage unite many

The breach of the Veazie Dam, the culmination of a $62 million public-private partnership, is a critical step toward revitalizing Maine’s Penobscot River.

Farah Stockman

The real marriage revolution

Marriage is not just some timeless institution that needs to be preserved. It has evolved over time, differing radically across cultures.

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Home prices highest since 2007

The median sale price in Mass. was $350,000 last month, up nearly 9 percent compared to last June.

A sniper trains his bead on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's head. State Police Sergeant Sean P. Murphy released this and other photos of Tsarnaev’s capture to Boston Magazine.

Hearing today for trooper who released Tsarnaev capture photos

The hearing will determine the employment status of State Police Sergeant Sean Murphy, who released photos without authorization.

Bulger took 16-year-old girl to Mexico, Flemmi claims

James “Whitey” Bulger had a relationship with a 16-year-old girl, former Bulger crony Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi testified.

Live updates | Trial of ‘Whitey’ Bulger

Bulger lawyers sharply question Flemmi

Stephen “The Rifleman” Flemmi is being cross-examined by the defense.

Opinion

TOM KEANE

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The difference between a thriving city and one in collapse is public safety.

Globe exclusives

Medicare may rate hospitals with stars
Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor Andris Nelsons will miss Saturday night’s concert at Tanglewood.

Concussion keeps BSO’s Nelsons away
Ben Cooper (left) of Sensible Baby, a start-up with a product that monitors the health of infants, met with Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Monday.

Markey basks in Warren’s spotlight
The cast of the Martha’s Vineyard-based reality show includes (from left) Katie Tardif, Jackie Lyons, and Gabby Lapointe.

Television Review

Mannequins on beach in ‘The Vineyard’
Alex Gutkowski (left) and Sam Mayer kept an eye on the energy use of thousands of customers from Enernoc’s Boston location last week.

Program eases power grid strain

Album Review | r&b

Songs tell the story in Redding set
Kadahj Bennett as young rapper Hank in Company One’s “How We Got On.’’

Stage review

Hip-hop dreams burst to life in ‘How We Got On’
Joseph Dana watched from a traditional handmade birch canoe on the Penobscot as the Veazie Dam was breached.

End and rebirth on the river
Mr. Farina, a popular character actor, played Detective Joe Fontana on ‘‘Law & Order’’ during the 2004-06 seasons.

Actor Dennis Farina, who starred on ‘Law & Order,’ dies
Open heart surgery in 1955.

Health

Hypothermia making a comeback
Hunter Perry gets picked up near his office on Harrison Avenue by Lyft, whose vehicles sport a pink mustache.

Trips for post-taxi population
Jana Coonan, shown with her younger brother, Brian, was one of four people who disappeared in a boating accident off Plymouth over Memorial Day weekend in 1976. Her family searched for her for years. Some of her remains were recently identified, after they were mailed to the Globe last fall.

From the Sunday Globe

Package brings end to a long mystery

Sports

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“It’s a cloud for the game, especially for one of the elite players in the game,’’ Red Sox right fielder Shane Victorino said of Ryan Braun (above).

Red Sox, Rays lament Ryan Braun saga

Shane Victorino said MLB’s suspension of the former MVP for PED use was a “cloud for the game.”

Metro

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Ibragim Todashev

States urged to look into Ibragim Todashev’s death

The ACLU is calling on officials in Mass. and Florida to investigate a FBI agent’s fatal shooting of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s friend.

Columnists

Adrian Walker

Give festival another go

EDWARD L. GLAESER

In Detroit, bad policies bear bitter fruit
Senator Elizabeth Warren is on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee.

alex beam

Lots of noise from Warren but little delivery

Yvonne Abraham

Good people, good fortune
Red Sox pitcher John Lackey got a hand from David Ortiz after getting pulled from the game in the seventh.

Christopher L. Gasper

Lackey is pitching like an ace

Farah Stockman

The real marriage revolution
Amar Bose, who founded Bose Corp. in 1964, died earlier this month. He used some profits to fund research into new areas, like auto suspension.

Innovation Economy

Dr. Bose’s greatest innovation may be his company

Kevin Cullen

It’s somebody else’s fault

Beverly Beckham

Remembering my mentor: Bob Cormier
Nelson Mandela walked down Boylston Street on a 1990 visit to Boston.

JEFF JACOBY

Mandela’s undiminished legacy

kevin cullen

This exchange really captured Whitey’s attention

LAWRENCE HARMON

Recovering addicts stand behind Walsh

Nation & World

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Buckingham Palace used a worldwide tweet and a traditional town crier Monday to announce the birth of a son to Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton.

Britain rejoices over arrival of a new royal heir

Buckingham Palace on Monday announced the birth of a boy to Prince William and his wife, the former Kate Middleton.

Politics

If Obama’s new focus on the economy sounds familiar, that is because he has done it several times since the first year of his presidency.

Obama attempts to shift focus back to economy

The president intends to deliver a series of economic speeches over the next several weeks ahead of key budget deadlines.

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Josh Scott helped a computer user who did not want to be identified during a Cryptoparty on Web security in Dallas.

Internet users shift habits amid US spying

Some are changing their online habits as they reconsider some basic questions about today’s interconnected world.

Arts

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Vladimir Jurowski leading the BSO in his Tanglewood debut Friday.

Wagner, Brahms anchor BSO’s weekend at Tanglewood

Russian conductor Vladimir Jurowski made his Tanglewood debut Friday.

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Ideas

“Using techniques from the past, ideas from hot-weather countries, and new findings from building design experts, we can see a surprising portrait emerge of what life might look like if we decided we could no longer afford our addiction to air conditioning.”

Leon Neyfakh,  on life without A/C