Court rejects bids from 5 states to ban gay marriage

The Supreme Court?s order immediately ends delays on same-sex marriages in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin.

Robel Phillipos arrived at federal court before a hearing in May.

Opening statements begin in trial of Tsarnaev friend

Robel Phillipos is on trial for allegedly lying to authorities during the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.

Sexual assault reports climb at area colleges

Forcible sex offenses climbed 40 percent between 2012 and 2013 among two dozen New England colleges, federal data show.

James Flowers in a Walpole MCI photo. Flowers was convicted of murdering James A. Bryce in a 1967 Springfield liquor store holdup.

No program for inmates at life?s end

Mass. is one of just five states without a mechanism to transfer a terminally ill inmate out of state prison custody.

The Edgar Allan Poe Foundation of Boston unveiled a statue of the sour native by Stefanie Rocknak near the Boston Common on Sunday.

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Edgar Allan Poe immortalized in the city he loathed

The sculptor said Poe faces away from the Frog Pond to represent his disdain for Bostonians as he walks toward his birthplace.

The Loring House at 441 Hale St. in Beverly is scheduled to be demolished.

Beverly?s historic Loring House set to fall

Now owned by Roomba co-creator Helen Greiner, the unoccupied $3.75 million house is scheduled to be demolished, despite efforts to save it.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/gasper-8812.jpg Tom Brady turns it around in rout

Those waiting to revel in the demise of Brady and the Patriots came away disappointed as the QB proved again that the Patriots just don?t fold up.

FOXBORO, MA - OCTOBER 05: Darrelle Revis #24 of the New England Patriots strips the ball from A.J. Green #18 of the Cincinnati Bengals during the third quarter at Gillette Stadium on October 5, 2014 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Revis lockdown of Green was key to victory

Darrelle Revis had one mission on Sunday night ? provide tight coverage on Cincinnati?s A.J. Green.

This State Police cruiser struck a Honda Pilot last year, injuring the Chelmsford couple inside.

Troopers, public at risk from cruiser crashes

State Police have seen 1,800 accidents in five years, leaving behind battered vehicles, expensive lawsuits, and painful injuries.

Opinion

Glenn L. Carle

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/torture-1195--90x90.jpg Torture is wrong

Torture undermines all sound principles of good interrogation, intelligence collection, and assessment.