Partners defends plan to expand

Partners HealthCare argues that its merger with South Shore Hospital would save about $27 million a year in health care costs.

Mayor Martin Walsh addressed real estate executives at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Walsh vows transparency in pursuing growth

Shortly after his remarks, the BRA approved its first massive development under Mayor Walsh, an expansion of the Landmark Center complex.

Even after meeting with students at Dorchester’s Codman Academy, French Consul General Fabien Fieschi (middle) said his nation would not be lifting its advisement against visiting Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury.

Kevin Cullen

Gibberish, in any tongue

France’s reasoning for advising its citizens to avoid certain Boston neighborhoods is ridiculously simplistic and wildly unspecific.

Biotechs buoy New England venture investments

The biotech community received nearly $1 billion in venture capital funding in 2013 and had 10 companies go public during the year.

At White House, college chiefs pledge more equitable access

More than 80 college presidents made promises about their plans to increase access for low-income and minority students.

Julian Edelman has emerged as a prime receiver for Tom Brady’s passes as well as one of the league’s most efficient punt returners.

Jim Davis/Globe staff

The Patriots’ Mr. Persistence

Julian Edelman has gone from an undersized player in high school to a key force in Sunday’s AFC title game.

Peyton Manning is set to face off with Tom Brady for the AFC championship.

Dan Shaughnessy

Why does Peyton Manning get less respect?

Manning is a superstar who’s about to win a record fifth MVP. But none of it means anything if he loses, again, to Tom Brady Sunday.

The Rev. Anne Robertson, a United Methodist minister, anointed Cardinal O’Malley during an ecumenical service in Sudbury.

Church anointing stokes Internet buzz

The photo of a Methodist minister blessing Cardinal Sean O’Malley is eliciting condemnation from conservative Catholic bloggers.

For now, construction has come to a halt on the Merchants Row project in Quincy.

Shirley Leung

Is the big gaping hole in Quincy Center this city’s Filene’s?

The city’s mayor rejects the comparisons, and everyone here is still talking and trying to make this work.

Opinion

farah stockman

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State Representative Carlos Henriquez is clearly guilty: if not of assault, then of really poor judgment.

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Khalid Abdalla (left) and Ahmed Hassan, brought together by Egypt’s Arab Spring, star in the documentary “The Square.”

Watching a revolution take shape in ‘The Square’

Jehane Noujaim’s film, is an electrifying, at times heartbreaking documentary focusing on Egypt during the Arab Spring.