Norman Leventhal looked at streets on an old map of Boston on display at MIT.

TOM HERDE/Globe Staff

Developer who shaped Boston?s skyline dies at 97

Norman B. Leventhal is known for some of Boston?s best-known landmarks, including Center Plaza, Post Office Square, and South Station.

White House starts sales pitch for Iran nuclear deal

Top officials took to the airwaves Sunday, appearing on shows like CBS?s ??Face the Nation?? and CNN?s ??Fareed Zakaria GPS.??

Webster man faces DUI charges after fatal crash in Providence

A 24-year-old man was charged in the deaths of a young couple after he allegedly swerved into oncoming traffic while drunk.

Tsarnaev verdict seems simple, but much in play

With 30 criminal counts against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to review, legal specialists say a swift verdict is unlikely.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tsarnaevevidence-8227.jpg Despite voluminous case against Tsarnaev, questions still linger

Even after all the testimony and evidence was presented, questions about the bombing -- and the Tsarnaev brothers -- remain.

Man crashes car into Reading church during Easter service

The 85-year-old driver was picking someone up at the church when he accidentally hit the car?s gas instead of the brake, police said.

Commuter rail delays expected Monday

The delays come after a lightning strike damaged an Amtrak signal system at Forest Hills station on Saturday.

Ayotte aide resigns after arrest for allegedly soliciting a prostitute

David Wihby, 61, served for the past year as state director to New Hampshire US Senator Kelly Ayotte.

A car seat was seen inside the hastily abandoned Joelyn's Family Home on Long Island in October. The facility has closed because the bridge linking Long Island to the mainland was condemned last fall, and in the process many addicts are finding their options limited.

Yvonne Abraham

No bridge over troubled waters for rehab clients

Imagine being so desperate to stay in rehab that you?d deliberately relapse. That?s a choice some women are making.

A boutique hotel where Portland Press Herald used to publish.

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Hotel opens in old Portland Press Herald building

A developer recently bought the empty landmark and spent about $10 million to convert it to a 110-room boutique hotel.

Adam McQuaid says the NHL culture now allows players to be a little more open about espousing their faith.

Religion rarely on display across the NHL

Unlike other sports, where religion is on full display, it?s difficult to find in hockey, although Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid said that is changing.

John L. Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

What Christians and atheists share

Believers should acknowledge that they?re not the only ones suffering from violent Islamic extremism.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Easterham1-4A.jpg Eating ham at Easter dates back to at least sixth century

While the rest of the world celebrates with lamb, salty-sweet slices of cured pork have become the tradition in America.

Barbara Graham of Athol with her first rescue from a Premarin farm, Reba, a 15-year-old Belgium that she got as a foal.

Love of horses turns into ardor to save them

As pregnant mares? urine is farmed in Canada for a menopause drug, two Mass. women rescue the resulting foals headed for slaughter.

Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz responds to questions during a news conference after a morning workout at baseball spring training in Fort Myers Fla., Wednesday Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

A candid conversation with David Ortiz

The Red Sox star talks baseball and a whole lot more in a wide-ranging interview.

David Ortiz signed some autographs before a game in April last season.

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KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I ON SECOND THOUGHT

Fenway Park?s time has come and gone

Nearly 50 years ago, talk had begun over where the Red Sox should play. It?s worth revisiting.

Prayer and song as the sun rises Easter morning in Scituate

?It?s a very special occasion,? said Clint Piatelli, 52, who had driven down from Boston for the service.

Spring snowboarder at Killington in Vermont.

Deep in New England?s spring snow

Sure, this winter?s snow dumps have caused headaches and hazards, but New England ski resorts are rejoicing.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen_20131018.jpg Beloved poet?s spirit endures in his spartan digs

Harvard University has turned Seamus Heaney?s old residence into a living memorial to the Nobel laureate.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 16: Tsarnaev?s defense rests

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

Opinion

Brandon Ambrosino

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/jesus-wide-561.jpg Jesus? radical politics

The bells of Easter Sunday, comforting though they may be, are actually a call to war, albeit a nonviolent kind of war.

The Big Picture

Attack in Kenya

The alarming attack at Garissa University was the deadliest in the country since 1998.