Tornado damages cars, homes in Worcester

Angel Alcoba looked at the damage to his 2007 Dodge Charger in his driveway on Windham Street.

Rick Cinclair/Worcester Telegram & Gazette/Associated Press

A tornado that touched down Sunday uprooted trees and knocked out power to at least 150 homes, officials said.

Clouds and rain could dampen Labor Day

Today will be mostly cloudy and humid, with scattered storms and temperatures in the mid-80s.

A growing group effort to help low-wage workers

Unions, worker centers, and community groups are collaborating to help improve the lives of the working poor.

Afternoon traffic on the Mass Pike on Friday, August 8.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe staff)

Construction makes Mass. Turnpike a road to misery

The $22.3 million Boston project has ruined the usual August respite from traffic.

JOHN E. SUNUNU

Cash for Clunkers: How bad public policy gets made

The $3 billion program was a spectacular failure, at least according to two studies.

Ryan Mallett didn?t complain about his Patriots backup QB role, but he didn?t excel in it, either.

Ben Volin | On football

Patriots get skimpy return for Ryan Mallett

The Patriots got the equivalent of a bag of footballs and 20 rolls of athletic tape from the Texans in the Ryan Mallett trade.

Julie Frates and her husband Pete, pictured at last week?s Oldtime Baseball Game.. Globe photo by Bill Brett

Names

A baby for Ice Bucket inspiration Pete Frates

Frates and his wife, Julie, welcomed a baby girl into the world Sunday morning.

Opinion

endorsement | Democratic primary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/06/06/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/blanding030114healey1met.jpg Maura Healey for attorney general

The Globe?s editorial board says Healey has a clear focus on the core responsibilities of the office.

Ideas

Hindsight

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/08/30/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/jfk.jpg How New Englanders invented the wilderness

The birth of the movement to protect places ?untrammeled by man?