Prosecutors often balk at capital cases

Prosecutors (from left) Aloke Chakravarty, Steven Mellin, Nadine Pellegrini, and William Weinreb are working on the Marathon bombing case. The US attorney has declined to say whether any prosecutors refused involvement in the case.

Though working on Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?s trial would be career-defining, finding prosecutors for such cases is not always smooth.

Clinician with positive Ebola test was with Boston group

The Partners in Health medical worker was taken from Sierra Leone to the National Institutes of Health in Maryland.

Atlanta?s bid for the 1996 Games tied the city?s civil rights history to the values of the Olympic movement.

Finding the story to win the Games

For Boston, presenting the most persuasive elevator pitch for the city?s bid is as important as providing a credible plan.

The MBTA hit a record 400.8 million trips last year, according to a new report.

Starts & Stops

MBTA ridership in 2014 hit a record high

Overall, the T reported a 1.4 percent increase in ridership, hitting a record 400.8 million trips last year.

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Wesson Colas, 22, allegedly sparked a gun battle during a festival last summer that killed 26-year-old Dawnn Jaffier.

Lisa Quinn, 31, lives in an energy-efficient Medford condo, which has a special system to control the temperature and solar panels on the roof of its building.

Homeowners go green, in many ways

Buyers have a wide range of options, including ?tiny houses? with composting toilets and other off-the-grid amenities.

Former Fitchburg teacher pleads guilty to statutory rape of student

Former sex-education teacher Rachelle Gendron was 25 and 26 years old at the time of the crimes, and the boy was 14.

Kevin Cullen

Gays in parade, but veterans for peace shunned

When it comes to the Southie parade, peace is the last taboo.

It won?t rain on Sunday?s St. Patrick?s parade ? it?ll snow

Despite the tease of a little spring air this past week, a weekend storm is dropping a wintry mix over the area.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kreiter_over552_biz.jpg Over-55 communities pull out all the stops

New England developers have anticipated your situation and, they hope, every desire you might have once you turn 55.

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Hawley, in the  museum?s courtyard, plans to retire at the end of the year. 
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Anne Hawley, then the new museum director, spoke to reporters after the Gardner theft.

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A crime for the ages, still a mystery, at 25

The unresolved Gardner Museum heist case is a shadow across director Anne Hawley?s largely sunny tenure.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gardner1a.jpg An open letter: Return Gardner Museum treasures

They belong in the museum, an extraordinary place, which should not be connected with empty frames and heist stories.

Book review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/09/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/thieves15n-21-web.jpg ?Master Thieves? a compelling story about Gardner heist

Stephen Kurkjian?s book doesn?t solve the art heist, but it does offer a pretty good road map for the FBI to follow 25 years later.

George Hill (3) shoots as Tyler Zeller (44) defends.

CELTICS 93, PACERS 89

Celtics notch road win over Pacers

Tyler Zeller scored 18 points to lead the Celtics in their fourth straight victory.

John L. Allen Jr. | all things catholic

Francis describes short course to his papacy

As he has on other occasions, Pope Francis recently hinted that he doesn?t expect to be around very long.

Frida Kahlo?s 1931 work ?Frieda and Diego Rivera.?

Art REview

Kahlo and Rivera: power couple

Diego Rivera was a marvelously gifted artist. Frida Kahlo knew it. She just happened to be better.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

home of the week

Perfect your game on indoor sports court

The sports court in this Cape-turned-Tudor in Dover is good for a pickup game or two on a wintry Sunday afternoon.

Billy Bean spent time with the Phillies earlier this week.

Billy Bean addresses Red Sox minor leaguers on tolerance, inclusion

The MLB?s ambassador for inclusion has been visiting with various clubs throughout spring training.

Residents looked through debris in Port Vila, the capital of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Saturday.

Cyclone pounds Vanuatu in South Pacific

Many residents remained in shelters for a second night as the storm brought winds of up to 168 miles per hour.

Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana is famous for a number of items, including its white clam pie.

Pizza royalty setting up shop in Chestnut Hill

Pizza-loving Bostonians are salivating over the news that Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana is coming to town.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Days 5 & 6: The fourth murder and a carjacking victim?s harrowing account

This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

David D?Alessandro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/c470a845b42b4bfda551508ad9ebc4a4-c470a845b42b4bfda551508ad9ebc4a4-0.jpg Fixing the MBTA falls on Beacon Hill?s ?Big Three?

Governor Baker, House Speaker DeLeo, and Senate President Rosenberg are the ones who will need to come up with the plan to fix the T.

The Big Picture

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The big picture

Children of war

Some fear that living amid severe violence will permanently scar the young generation in Syria and Iraq.