Michael Dukakis testifies in defense of Tsarnaev friend

The former Mass. governor says he and his wife are longtime family friends of Robel Phillipos?s mother.

Longtime Boston reporter detained in Russia

Joe Bergantino, the co-founder of the New England Center for Investigative Reporting, was holding journalism workshops in the country.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/09hotseat207-8847--90x90.jpg Coakley lawsuit has ties to key backer?s interests

The lawsuit could aid a nonprofit run by Elyse Cherry, who is also cochair of Martha Coakley?s campaign finance committee.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cars150-8843.jpg More than 50 cars pulled from Merrimack River

You can find in the mud of the Merrimack a calcified reminder of the state?s mid-70s run as the Car Theft Capital of America.

Massachusetts economy added 9,400 jobs in Sept.

The state?s unemployment rate rose to 6 percent, up from 5.8 percent in August, according to labor officials.

The $125 million building, EF?s second at the NorthPoint redevelopment area, features an open staircase that serves all 10 floors and a glass-clad exterior.

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EF Education First headquarters debuts in Cambridge

The $125 million structure is a centerpiece in the redevelopment of an area once dominated by warehouses and rail yards.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/vinson150-1284.jpg Second Dallas nurse now ill with Ebola was cleared to fly

Leaders of the nation?s public health system prepared to defend their efforts to contain the virus before a congressional hearing.

Army nurses demonstrated an isolation chamber for infectious disease patients at a German medical center.

Should Ebola protocols at US hospitals be changed?

After two nurses contracted the disease, there is new scrutiny on procedures that had never before been put to the test at a general hospital.

Tom Brady has had an up-and-down season so far for fantasy football players.

Patriots begin partnership with DraftKings

Boston-based DraftKings is one of the country?s biggest daily fantasy sports companies.

Opinion

Lee Scheier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/11Coakley01.jpg Martha Coakley, stop lauding bad science

The truth is that Coakley?s deft misuse of science in a 1997 case came very close to sending an innocent caretaker to prison for life.