DeLeo pushes tighter gun law

House Speaker Robert DeLeo said the state could not wait for federal action to curb gun violence.

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Jared Remy pleaded guilty to killing Jennifer Martel and received a sentence of life without the possibility of parole.

Yvonne Abraham

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What a spectacle of the depths to which people can sink. What a vividly detailed map of the wasteland brutality leaves behind.

Lawyer defends besieged student landlord Anwar N.Faisal

A lawyer for one of the most complained-about landlords for college students in Boston said Tuesday that his client is being unfairly persecuted.

Red sox 6, braves 3

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Bradley Jr. drove in two runs as part of a four-run seventh inning.

Boston-based thriller writer Joseph Finder’s new novel, “Suspicion,’’ debuted this week.

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Thriller writer Joseph Finder’s publishing plot twist

The best-selling author hopes severing ties with his publisher and agent will help his new thriller, “Suspicion,” reach a larger audience.

At 94, a high school senior like no other

Genevieve Johnson is about to graduate high school, 78 years after dropping out to help her family get by during the Great Depression.

Boston developer John Hynes at first saw great possibilities in Incheon. But what looked like “an opportunity here to have a lot of fun” fell short of his expectations. But now Hynes says he can take what he learned from that project and put it to work in Boston’s Seaport District.

Seaport developer builds on distant lessons

Boston developer John Hynes learned hard lessons while trying to build a city from scratch in South Korea.

Joe Siciliano’s Newton North Tigers will host Catholic Memorial Wednesday.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Newton North’s Joe Siciliano a diamond gem

The 67 year-old Siciliano believes having fun is a key component to playing baseball.

Opinion

Ilana Bet-El

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The elections in Europe were full of passions, rivalries, history. And hatred.

Ideas

Uncommon Knowledge

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And more surprising insights from the social sciences.

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Jenny Lewis, who recently performed at the Boston Calling music festival, in the airbrushed pantsuit created for her new album, “The Voyager.”

Jenny Lewis and the evolution of a indie star

Charlie Baker

Shirley Leung

Charlie Baker, please quit your day job
At Wink & Nod, Last Word (left) and Ivana are the drinks accompanying the spiced bar nuts.

Retro party snacks on the menu
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.”

Jeremiah Oliver, failed by all
The Harvard Crimson released the results of a survey about graduating seniors, including their plans for next year.

Evan Horowitz

Harvard grads, that job isn’t for you
Olin College spent nearly $100 million more than it took in from 2008 to 2011, records show.

Losses soar at Olin College

Compact orchards growing in Greater Boston
Pope Francis talked to journalists during a press conference he held aboard the papal flight on his way back to Rome at the end of a three day trip to the Middle East on Monday.

John L. Allen Jr. | Analysis

Perils of a ‘let it all hang out’ pope
This house in Falmouth is listed at $5.49 million. On Cape Cod, the average time on market is 170 days, versus just 82 in Greater Boston.

It’s a buyer’s market on Cape Cod

Music Review

Boston Calling proves a keeper
Meredith (Max) Hodges.

Boston Ballet names new executive director
There finally was reason for smiles from David Ortiz, Koji Uehara, and A.J. Pierzynski. Dale Zanine-USA TODAY

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Debunking some myths about Red Sox

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Grady Sizemore (left) and Jackie Bradley Jr. celebrate a Red Sox win that they contributed greatly to. John Bazemore/Associated Press

Grady Sizemore shows more flashes for Red Sox

Sizemore doubled to right, stole third, and scored on a single in the fourth inning Tuesday night.

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The study found that older adults who increase their activity levels, even moderately, might be able to delay the physical decline into disability.

New study links exercise, mobility in elderly

While exercise has long been touted as the elixir of youth, a new large clinical trial conducted at Tufts and elsewhere finally provides proof for the claim.

Columnists

FARAH STOCKMAN

Right of passage for the elderly
Coal is transported via conveyor belt to the coal-fired Jim Bridger Power Plant that supplied by the neighboring Jim Bridger mine that is owned by energy firm PacifiCorp and the Idaho Power Company, outside Point of the Rocks, Wyoming March 14, 2014. West Virginia mined 120 million tons (109 metric tons) of coal in 2012, second to Wyoming, or about 12 percent of total U.S. production. Kentucky was third with about 9 percent of output, according to the National Mining Association. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS)

DERRICK Z. JACKSON

Wyoming, the state of science denial

Corporal Elias Reyes Jr., who posed for this photo with his sister, Irene Kaludi, joined the Marines right out of high school.

Kevin Cullen

Taking all from one who gave all

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Time to let go of Tea Party puppy love
Children watched from an apartment window as police investigated a shooting scene in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago last year.

CARLO ROTELLA

Neighborhood has always mattered

Yvonne Abraham

Let Me Go. Please
President Obama.

JEFF JACOBY

Obama fails to show his ‘competence’
Afghan lawmaker Samia Azizi Sadat holds her picture, which hangs on the wall among pictures of Afghanistan’s 249 parliamentarians, in Kabul in March.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Gains, danger spur Afghan women
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Walsh’s erratic efforts for a diverse workforce

Ruth Simmons spoke at Smith College’s 2014 commencement.

KEVIN CULLEN

A debacle becomes a teaching moment
David Ortiz and the Red Sox lost all six games on their homestand.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Maybe these Red Sox just aren’t good

Shirley Leung

Firm’s health care move smells bad

Politics

First Lady Michelle Obama pumped her first while speaking to school nutrition experts.

Michelle Obama speaks out on lunches

The First Lady pushed back against a measure that would let schools opt out of federal dietary standards for school lunches.

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Obama plans 2016 deadline for Afghan exit

Under a new timetable outlined by President Obama, the 32,000 US troops now in Afghanistan would be reduced to 9,800 after this year.

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At Gather in Fort Point’s District Hall building, guests can dine on such fare as duck tacos and char-grilled octopus.

Restaurants with a taste for innovation

A creative, adventurous food scene is fast emerging in the Innovation District.

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Meredith (Max) Hodges.

Boston Ballet names Meredith Hodges new director

Hodges succeeds Barry Hughson, who left the company in January to become executive director of the National Ballet of Canada.

Food & dining

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Banh mi burger on ramen noodle bun.

Banh mi burger on a noodle bun at Ki Bistro

The Asian-fusion eatery near Boston University hopes to lure you in with a ramen burger.

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