Mayor Walsh hopes to drive agenda with data

The mayor wants to use data that measure everything from shootings to building permits to infuse city government with new urgency.

A military plane of the US-led coalition circled above the Turkey-Syria border Saturday.

US shouldering brunt of ISIS air campaign

As the air operation enters its fourth month, the US is carrying most of the load at an estimated $8 million a day.

Manuel Antonio Pires; his daughter Lavinia; and his wife, Maria Helena Rodrigues talked Sunday about their Bowdoin Street neighbors, Audilia DaVeiga and Paulo Rosa.

Suspect in Dorchester killing found dead in the woods

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.

Plainridge slot parlor aims to curb addictive gambling

Counselors trained in the dangers of addictive gambling will staff a kiosk near the entrance of the casino, set to open in Plainville next year.

Tufts University assistant professor Andrew Kemp jotted notes on the board as Tufts junior Taylor McGinnis, 20, looked for microscopic snails called foraminifera.

In Tufts microbe count, clues to future sea levels

Tallying up microorganisms to understand past sea level changes can help predict the future on a smaller scale.

Dennis Heaphy, a quadriplegic, is pleased with his coverage under One Care. He says it helped him get a hospital bed in his apartment and a machine that helps him cough.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Program for needy patients struggles

An experiment to improve care for the state?s sickest residents is proving more complex and expensive than originally envisioned.

Parking attendant Michaele Gebremariam brought a car into the garage at the Fairmont Battery Wharf Hotel, where workers have organized with Teamsters Local 25. Nationwide, the union has organized about 20,000 parking attendants

Boston?s parking attendants unionizing

Teamsters Local 25 has been organizing the 1,600 parking workers in Greater Boston, aiming to improve working conditions.

Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and the Steelers were rolling ? until they lost to the hapless Jets on Sunday, 20-13. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Pieces falling into place for Patriots

With the Patriots? fellow contenders losing on Sunday, it?s all lining up for another super run.

In Raytheon?s Immersive Design Center, Tim Glaeser (left), William Tice, and Sarah Clark wear 3-D glasses as they look at a Patriot missile launcher displayed on an array of 72 ultrahigh-definition television sets.

Now showing at Raytheon: Missiles in 3-D

Rocket scientists at Raytheon use a 320-degree ring of 72 ultra-high-definition LCD TVs, stacked 8 feet high, to make the abstract tangible.

Adrian Walker

ABCD celebrates a half-century of caring

ABCD has thrived for 50 years by bridging the divide between the community and the powerful people who can help fund its mission.

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Hillary?s path to winning the White House got smoother Tuesday, but a lot less attractive.