Tsarnaev friend pleads guilty to gun, heroin charges

Stephen Silva pleaded guilty to possessing a gun similar to the one used by the bombing suspects to kill an MIT police officer.

The Uber checklist as shown on an Android device.

New alert in Uber app focuses on safety

Police have described four reports from women who said they were indecently assaulted after hailing rides with services including Uber.

?We cannot have a society in which a dictator in some place can start imposing censorship in the United States,? President Obama said.

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Obama says Sony shouldn?t have shelved movie

President Obama referenced Boston?s decision to hold its Marathon one year after the bombings with Sony?s response to terrorist threats.

Staples customer data exposed in security breach

The Framingham-based company says nearly 1.2 million customer payment cards may have been exposed.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_browncitycoucil2_met.jpg BU president appears before City Council following subpoena spat

Robert Brown discussed student and employee diversity after demands that he appear or face possible arrest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/bdee98a75d1146b5b63799ebb29b5f47-bdee98a75d1146b5b63799ebb29b5f47-0-7777--90x90.jpg N.Y. woman accused of killing 5-year-old cousin

Tiffany VanAlstyne is accused of killing the boy and then calling in a false report that two masked intruders had abducted him.

At a 1925 ice harvest in Maine, men separated the cut ice and guided it to an elevator at the ice house.

Keystone View Company

ideas

How a Mass. man invented the global ice market

An entrepreneur?s 1806 scheme to sell chunks of frozen New England ponds still shapes how we live.

The Northern Avenue Bridge is now closed.

City closes Northern Avenue Bridge in South Boston

The century-old span has for years been a pedestrian link between downtown and the South Boston Innovation District.

At this moment, Ali Julia is the No. 1 ranked reviewer on Amazon.com.

Boston?s Amazon star only speaks through reviews

Amazon.com ranks its top reviewers, and at #1 is a Boston woman who goes by the pseudonym ?Ali Julia.?

Boston, MA., 12/17/14, How to make your own Kcupâ?¦..studio shot. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Innovation Economy

Hacked K-cups are latest in battle over Keurig coffeemakers

When Keurig released a line of ?2.0? brewers that don?t work with unauthorized cups, the pod people struck back.

Oklahoma City Thunder center Kendrick Perkins waits to take foul shot against the Denver Nuggets in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game in Denver on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2014. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Kendrick Perkins says Rajon Rondo wanted out of Boston

Rondo?s former teammate and close friend was among many throughout the NBA to comment on Thursday?s trade.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/necc150-7746.jpg Judge sets release conditions for top pharmacy officials

Barry Cadden and Glenn Chin are accused of being responsible for dozens of deaths related to a 2012 meningitis outbreak.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/06/11/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/89697e38c35d4c9abbd6bad88e21be49-89697e38c35d4c9abbd6bad88e21be49-0-13746.jpg Red Sox discussing trade involving Will Middlebrooks

The infielder became an odd-man out when the Red Sox signed Pablo Sandoval to play third base in 2015.

2014 Bostonians of the Year

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/marketbasket_group_16_04--90x90.jpg Market Basket workers showed perseverance and power

The grocery chain?s 25,000 employees highlighted that a company formula of low prices and good wages can succeed.

Opinion

Mike Ross

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/12/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Mike_Ross-1191.jpg ?The Interview? was merely following Hollywood traditions

Our movies tease, mock, and vilify everybody, both friend and foe.

The Big Picture

Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

2014 Year in Pictures: Part III

Photos from the last four months of 2014 depicting news events and daily life around the world.