Eyes on a ?prize,? Partners pays a huge price

The health care giant coveted South Shore Hospital and had a deal to buy it, but then its rivals cried foul.

Mayor Marty Walsh at a city council meeting in January.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Honeymoon over for Walsh, council

The relationship has been rattled by a series of clashes over council salaries, school transportation, and the mayor?s tweaks to the residency rule.

Suspect in Dorchester killing found dead

The man was wanted in the death of a woman who was the mother of their son and the sister of a Boston police officer.

Mass. residents tell Charlie Baker what they want fixed

Baker has inherited a to-do list of problems that includes the intractable and the newly minted, the complex and the confounding.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

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Longwood ? a city within a city

Longwood is noted for its medical institutions but has an array of other facets as well.

Alex Rodriguez.

Nick Cafardo | Sunday Baseball Notes

Alex Rodriguez?s future more uncertain than ever

New allegations against the Yankees third baseman could further derail his star-crossed career.

Charles DiPerri, 75, remembers when the Monsanto plant belched soot into the air in Everett.

Everett neighbors recall Wynn site?s polluted past

The grimy tract where a gambling palace will rise is rich in history ? of industry and the pollutants that came with it.

A Victorian home on Bellevue Avenue.

location, location, location

What is it like to live in Melrose?

Melrose provides a quiet suburban haven that is only 7 miles north of Boston.