Both sides in the trial have used imagery and symbolism to bolster their cases before jurors.
Few favor death for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, poll findsLess than 20 percent of Mass. residents believe the convicted Marathon bomber should be put to death, according to a Globe poll.
ARAM BOGHOSIAN FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Watching helplessly from afar, hundreds of Nepalis gathered at a vigil in Copley Square to remember those killed.
Death toll and fears rising in Nepal As officials announced more than 3,200 died in Saturday?s earthquake, recurring aftershocks kept everyone on edge.
DeLeo, Rosenberg in step with Baker, but battle each otherCompeting ideas on issues like how to fix the MBTA underscore an ideological split in the state?s political leadership.
John Blanding/Globe staff/file
President Obama?s decision to make Mass. eligible for far less aid than state officials wanted will put pressure on local budgets.
A new report says heavily minority schools offer fewer than half as many spots on teams than heavily white schools.
The Brighton school hopes to serve as a model for Catholic schools not just in Boston but across the country.
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After 13 years, Schlow will replace Via Matta with a Greek restaurant, Doretta Taverna and Raw Bar, in the fall.
Gary Washburn | On basketball
Celtics accomplished a lot, but there?s much more to doDespite being swept, the playoff appearance was the first step; the second step is not promised.
CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER
The most significant development this season was the emergence of Stevens as one of the league?s premier coaches and motivators.
A study suggests that married couples who live apart some of the time benefit as much or even more than those who see each other every day.
Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff/File
Parents and caregivers want the city to bestow protective landmark status on Prouty Garden, a half-acre splash of green at the heart of the area.
The #medianuns of Jamaica Plain partake in spiritual conversations through podcasts, blog posts, and Facebook updates.
Project Fi will only change how the industry does business if enough consumers embrace it ? and wireless industry analysts say that?s a long shot.
Parenting
My children are old enough to help out. So how do I make it happen?
Kayla Hammergren?s donation helped a child battling leukemia fight the disease.
Episode 22: The prosecution rests in penalty phaseThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
Susan E. Reed
Like Ben Affleck, I felt shame over my family?s pastIt?s a messy American tale of ancestors who owned slaves, others who died to free them, and a family?s Cherokee fable.
David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters
The big picture
People around the world this week remembered the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed over a two-year period.
The unpredictable Red Sox are capable of winning close games, losing close games, winning blowouts, and losing walkoffs.
Leaders of two environmental groups have asked the governor to abandon a plan to lease seven acres of riverfront parkland in Brighton.
At a private dinner, Bush suggested that sanctions on Iran should not be lifted, and that his last name was a burden to his brother.
?Everyone is scared,? said Samir Thapa, 30, a security guard who slept in a tent city with thousands of other residents.
A wearable temperature monitor tracks a baby?s fever and supplies lots of information from Boston Children?s Hospital about infant fevers.
By passing the high school equivalency test, doors will open: jobs, college, a better life.
??Furious? became only the third film ever to make $1 billion internationally.
The refresh was entirely cosmetic, yet rooms feel like completely new spaces.
ideas
They do: The scholarly about-face on marriageA mood of cautious agreement signals the possibility of a rare detente in one battlefront of the culture wars.
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