US lags in airing its old secrets

The failure to release more files by President Obama’s self-imposed deadline is blamed on several factors.

Red Sox first baseman Mike Carp (center) confronts the Rays' Yunel Escobar during a seventh-inning brawl. Steve Nesius/Associated Press

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On baseball

Could brawl provide Red Sox with a spark?

The Sox, who lost their 10th straight game, might be thanking Yunel Escobar someday soon.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/26/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chris_Gasper_150px-13654.jpg Red Sox lost the game and their composure

The Red Sox’ 8-5 defeat, their 10th straight loss, was replete with a silly seventh-inning altercation.

Once-hailed salad bars gone from city’s schools

The school system’s food services program has been shutting down the salad bars as it struggles with financial losses.

Dr. Flo Tseng assessed the flight of a snowy owl being nursed back to health at Tufts Wildlife Clinic after being injured by an airplane.

Treating the wildlife in our midst

Admissions to the Tufts Wildlife Clinic have risen largely due to the increase in proximity between humans and wildlife.

Pope Francis greeted children on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem on Sunday during his three-day Holy Land visit.

News Analysis

Pope delivers blockbuster day in Middle East

Israeli and Palestinian leaders accepted Pope Francis’ invitation to meet at the Vatican for a prayer for peace.

Jose Oliver , the father of Jeremiah Oliver, looked at photos of his son during the funeral services in Fitchburg on May 3. “Lord forgive me,” he said, as he touched his son’s casket. “I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.”

The short, unhappy life of Jeremiah Oliver, failed by all

He was a little boy lost, long before the state lost track of him, and then simply stopped looking.

Opinion

opinion | heather hopp-bruce and kagan mcleod

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0525oped_BG_1heroines-1806.jpg Being a heroine

The way to eradicate false limitations is not to point them out, but to simply stop acknowledging them.

Address

My First Home

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/25myfirsthome.jpg July Fourth in a true American BOOMtown

The small development north of Seattle was the perfect place for a fledgling family.