State?s steps to control HIV seen as model for nation

Near-universal health coverage and a robust network of social services in Mass. are credited in the state?s response to the disease.

A Charity Defense Council billboard along the Southeast Expressway.

Group says nonprofits should act more like businesses

A Cambridge group says nonprofits can do more with their charitable missions if they spend more on themselves.

Senator Rand Paul met with members of the Londonderry Fish and Game Club Wednesday in New Hampshire.

Provocative statements from Rand Paul in N.H.

The senator and possible presidential candidate said many people on disability are ?gaming the system.?

Seth Moulton, flanked by his parents, reenacted his swearing in last week with House Speaker John Boehner.

Mass. delegation makes way for Seth Moulton

Mass. legislators in Washington weren?t friendly to Moulton when he was challenging incumbent John Tierney, but they?ve changed their tune.

City teachers overwhelmingly approve extended day

The teachers approved a proposal that would more than double the number of public schools with a longer day.

Attendees at a rally at Temple Beth Elohim in Wellesley Wednesday.

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Hundreds gather in Wellesley in support of Jews in France

The event was called after terrorist attacks in France last week.

Kevin Jorgeson, left, and Tommy Caldwell neared the top of El Capitan Wednesday.

Two climbers reach top of El Capitan in historic feat

The climbers ascended the 3,000-foot wall in Yosemite, long considered the world?s most difficult rock climb.

Boston?s bid for the 2024 Olympics

Emmental Arena in Switzerland was dismantled after the recent Swiss Wrestling and Alpine Games Festival.

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Architects caution about costs of temporary Boston Olympic stadium

The audacious plan would pose a steep design, engineering, and financial challenge, according to independent architects.

Avery Bradley blocked a shot by Jeff Teague of the Hawks in the second quarter.

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Celtics get a lesson from Hawks in loss

At TD Garden, the Celtics saw how a team without big stars wins with teamwork.

NFL playoffs

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck answers a question during an NFL football press conference at the team's practice facility in Indianapolis, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015. The Colts face the New England Patriots in Sunday's AFC Championship in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Andrew Luck welcomes another shot at Patriots

The Colts quarterback downplayed his individual matchup against Tom Brady and focused only on teams goals.

Warner Brothers

Movie Review

Clint Eastwood?s ?American Sniper? doesn?t flinch

The film, starring Bradley Cooper as a Navy SEAL marksman, may be the truest movie ever made about the experience of men at war.

A family member and pallbearer rested his head on the casket during the funeral service Alex DoSouto Wednesday at St. Peter Church in Dorchester.

Dorchester shooting victim mourned

Alex DoSouto, a former gang member who had turned his life around and was playing college basketball, was killed last week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/romney150-1174.jpg Wall Street Journal scorches Romney for considering bid

The paper?s conservative editorial board isn?t convinced voters are ready to install him in the White House in 2016.

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Fewer Americans are participating in the labor force than at any time since 1978, according to a government report.

Opinion

Nicholas Burns

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/14/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/nburns-1191.jpg A US-India comeback?

The United States has a major opportunity to return to a close partnership with India.

The Big Picture

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Millions march to honor victims of France attacks

Crowds gathered in Paris and elsewhere in a somber display of solidarity and defiance after a series of terrorist attacks shook France.

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