A difficult return to hospital for Justina Pelletier

Justina Pelletier with sister Jennifer in the New Haven hospital on Halloween.

Pelletier Family

The Conn. teen who returned home in June after a highly publicized legal battle in Mass. has been rehospitalized.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/rosenbeg_met.jpg For Rosenberg, openness isn?t always a goal

The incoming state Senate president, long an advocate of transparency, has worked hard to shield a private life of considerable struggle.

Husband and wife found dead in Haverhill home

The two were found dead Saturday morning by their two children, officials said.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-8005.jpg Rolling Stone?s UVA story a disaster for all

Emboldened by this possibly fabricated story of rape, the chorus of people who believe women routinely make these things up will grow louder.

Michael Sprague, coordinator of Mass Audubon?s turtle rescue program, with two Kemp?s ridleys.
Skip Graf of Mystic Aquarium tended to a rescued, ailing Kemp?s ridley sea turtle at the New England Aquarium?s marine rehabilitation facility in Quincy.
A Kemp?s ridley sea turtle was ready for transport to Florida in a banana box. The Coast Guard flew 193 of the endangered creatures to the warmer climate.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

The race is on in bid to save sea turtles

This year, a historic number of endangered sea turtles can?t find their way out of the frigid Cape Cod Bay.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/11/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/jacobs-fallon-1.jpg Developer Joe Fallon follows his vision to reshape a waterfront

Fallon says he is confident his buildings on Fan Pier are right for Boston.

Briana O?Neill stood at the Hyde Park intersection where her car (below) was hit by a vehicle driven by Officer Richard Jeanetti.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Heavy toll, light penalties for police who drive drunk

Despite the arrests of dozens of officers since 2012, serious departmental discipline is rare, even in some egregious cases. By Todd Wallack

State Trooper John Basler (above) was coming from a party last fall when he collided in Plymouth with the car of a mother and daughter returning from a Red Sox game. Juliet Macchi, 23, and her mother, Susan Macchi, 64, were killed in the crash.

Police officers accused of drunken driving

The Globe found at least 30 police officers from Massachusetts have been charged with drunken driving since 2012.

Nick Cafardo | Sunday Baseball Notes

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/07/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/2014-09-11T001656Z_1200028707_NOCID_RTRMADP_3_MLB-KANSAS-CITY-ROYALS-AT-DETROIT-TIGERS.jpg Look for baseball winter meetings to be as busy as ever

Many players remain available in trade and free agency, so there could be a lot of action.

Patricia Bessette and her husband, Patrick, with their children (in front, from left) Allison, Sarah, and Kellie.

location, location, location

What is it like to live in Avon?

Good things come in small packages. That?s what people who live in Avon say about their town.

Globe magazine

Guys with criminal records get a new start in Kendall Square

How former gangbangers are turning their lives around helping geeks get fit.

Coach Jay Heaps knows what his players will face in the MLS Cup final, having been there four times for the Revolution. Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Revolution vs. Galaxy | 3 p.m. (ESPN)

Coach Jay Heaps is the Revolution?s man with a plan

Heaps?s resurgent team Sunday takes on four-time champion Los Angeles in the MLS Cup.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Patriots and Chargers go way back

Two of the original members of the AFL meet Sunday night with plenty at stake in this year?s playoff race.

Opinion

FARAH STOCKMAN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/05/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1274.jpg Refusing to be enemies in Jerusalem

The philosophy of a rare bilingual school in Jerusalem ? coexistence ? is under attack.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

Rio de Janeiro?s affordable housing crisis

The city is dealing with a housing crisis daily, with about 220,000 people without a proper place to live.