Biogen drug shows promise in slowing Alzheimer?s decline

?It?s a long time since there?s been positive results like this in a clinical trial for Alzheimer?s disease,? one expert said.

Jessica Kaufmann

Four injured, two critically, in fiery Somerville car crash

One of the people injured in the multi-car crash on McGrath Highway was a 16-year-old boy who was crossing the road.

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?This is the will of an honest man,? said Boston attorney Roland Gray III, who reviewed the records for the Globe.

Unseasonable cold, snow welcome first day of spring

The snow will begin to fall by 5 p.m., just in time for the spring equinox at 6:45 p.m.

Reminders of a record winter are all around in Boston, including along Commonwealth Avenue.

The Boston Globe

This winter didn?t break records for everyone in Mass.

Some cities and towns around the state haven?t even cracked their top 10 snowiest winters of all time.

More than 1,700 born in Mass. with drug issues in 2014

The increase comes as health officials grapple with a statewide spike in use of heroin and prescription opiates.

From left, Melissa Quinn, a family friend; Marie Bonilla, mother of Michelle Batista; and Anibal Batista, her father, at their Waltham home. The family said their daughter?s boyfriend, Allen Murphy, often beat her.

?She was scared he was going to kill her,? victim?s mother says

Michelle Batista, 31, was shot to death in her Framingham apartment by her boyfriend, who turned the gun on himself.

Boston Marathon bombing trial

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Kevin_Cullen_150px-8412.jpg A multimedia indictment of the defense?s key argument

It was the first step in establishing that Tsarnaev was not some pot-smoking slacker, but a committed jihadist.

A man carried a girl out of a mosque that was attacked by a suicide bomber in Sanaa, Yemen on Friday.

Khaled Abdullah/Reuters

More than 130 killed, 340 wounded in Yemen attacks

A group claiming to be a Yemeni branch of the Islamic State group said it carried out a string of suicide bombings in the Yemeni capital.

All signs point to Jim Rooney (left) being the chamber?s next chief executive, according to two people in a position to know.

Shirley Leung

Jim Rooney seen as next leader of Boston chamber

The appointment of the Boston convention center chief could throw the center?s $1 billion expansion into limbo.

Boston Olympics support is down, poll says

Just 36 percent of voters in the survey say they want the Summer Games here in 2024, a departure from earlier polls.

Graphic

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A look at some of the titans of business, academia, and politics involved in bringing the Olympic Games to Boston in 2024.

Dana Eveland (left), Edwin Escobar, and Zeke Spruill during a pitchers workout early in spring training.

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Paul Swydan | Statistically Thinking

Red Sox bullpen might be better than you think

The team has built up a reserve of above-replacement pitchers, and that is likely to serve them well in 2015.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker_20140714.jpg Charlie Baker just annoyed the crazy wing of GOP

Governor Baker?s stance on gay marriage gives us a window into what it?s like to be a centrist governor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/eclipse150-854.jpg Total solar eclipse spotted over islands in Arctic

A clear sky over the Svalbard islands offered a full view of the faint ring of rays surrounding the moon.

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For the Springfield gunmaker it?s a rare shot at a lucrative new contract during a period of reduced defense spending.

Munch Madness 2015

Munch away: Round 2 is live

Thirty-two restaurants have made it to the next round. Where does your loyalty lie? Vote now.

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

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/20/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1048.jpg Convenience of early voting isn?t worth the trade-offs

Does the metamorphosis of Election Day into Election Month strengthen the machinery of democratic self-government?

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.