MBTA subways at full service for first time since January

It took nearly two months for the agency to get all of its cars back on the tracks following a series of severe winter storms.

First day of spring may bring up to 3 inches of wet snow

Mass. residents can expect to welcome the new season with snow, followed by rain and cold.

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Seven weeks and 100 inches later, car back on the road

Boston resident Jillian Tenen thought there would be no harm in putting off the digging for just a little while. She was wrong.

Aaron Hernandez (left) sat with defense attorney Charles Rankin as an image of a footprint was displayed on a monitor during his murder trial on Thursday.

Hernandez defense presses expert over footprint testimony

The expert linked a footprint near the victim?s body to a shoe that Aaron Hernandez wore the night of Odin Lloyd?s death.

Mass. unemployment rate drops to 4.9% in February

The jobless rate fell below 5 percent for the first time since 2008.

Police suspect murder-suicide in Framingham deaths

A woman was killed by her boyfriend inside her condominium in a case of domestic violence, officials said.

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Tunisian security forces arrested nine people linked to the deadly attack on the National Bardo Museum that left 23 dead.

Boston Marathon bombing trial

This bullet-ridden Mercedes was driven by Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

Bomb shrapnel found a block away from Watertown shootout

The Tsarnaev brothers threw a pressure cooker bomb at police during a furious firefight.

A stand-alone garage like this is both rare and valuable in the Seaport District.

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This dim, dank garage now in a $56 million bidding war

In the Fort Point neighborhood, where new condos are going for $7 million, even the humble parking space has become valuable real estate.

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Scrawled on Starbucks cups, the words were intended to stimulate conversations about race relations in America.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131010.jpg Karyn Polito?s gay rights conversion

The lieutenant governor was once a reliable, even enthusiastic, opponent of same-sex marriage ? then she joined the Baker ticket.

Some students, however, will fail the PARCC test, and it?s not yet clear what that will mean.

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Evan Horowitz

What happens to students who fail the PARCC exam?

There doesn?t seem to be a plan for those who work hard but can?t quite make the jump.

Hiawatha Bray | Tech Lab

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Why the sudden surge of innovation? Behind it all is a determination to keep us wedded to Microsoft products at all costs.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

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What?s evident is that the Red Sox don?t have an ace. That hasn?t changed throughout spring training.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ineligible2.jpg Proposal would end Patriots? ineligible receiver tactic

NFL owners are preparing to vote on a bevy of proposed rule changes for the 2015 season next week.

First Person

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The Cambridge-based terrorism expert offers her take on the roots of the group.

Magazine

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A major overhaul of parks technology means preparing for the perfect getaway has never been more exacting. Game on, mouse.

Marathon trial podcast

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

Opinion

NICHOLAS BURNS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/nburns-1052.jpg Will Congress torpedo Obama?s Iran deal?

America?s political paralysis may become our own worst enemy as we seek to maintain the lead global position of power.

The Big Picture

Colors in the sky

The Northern Lights put on a show this week and were visible in locations around the world, including Nantucket.