Boston police agree to release names of arrested officers

The force had been criticized for withholding names of officers who had been charged with driving drunk.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/olympics_06.jpg Baker demands swift action by Olympic organizers

Governor Charlie Baker said he wants organizers of Boston?s Olympic bid to have a plan with more details by early June.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/17874e5bd6094461bbf31ac961970fa8-17874e5bd6094461bbf31ac961970fa8-0.jpg Investigators try to figure out why train was speeding

The engineer refused to give a statement to law enforcement and left a police station with a lawyer, police said.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-8913.jpg A father?s love, a daughter?s determination

Emily Gillis has fought her way through law school, and her dad Joseph has been there every step of the way.

Boston Marathon bombing trial

A courtroom sketch shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his trial on April 6.

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KEVIN CULLEN

For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, it?s mercy or death

After hearing closing arguments, the jury in the trial of the convicted Marathon bomber must now make its decision about his fate.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tsarnaev150-8782.jpg Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?s fate now in the hands of jurors

Panel members are sorting through a 24-page verdict slip meant to help them decide whether the bomber should receive the death penalty.

An MBTA employee worked on a Blue Line car this winter, when the transit agency experienced a service meltdown.

MBTA reform proposal divides business community

Business and industry groups are lining up on opposite sides of Baker?s MBTA reform bill.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tufts150-4449.jpg Mega hospital alliance called off

A merger of Tufts and Boston medical centers would have been the biggest in Boston in nearly two decades.

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Nick Fradiani, a 29-year-old rocker from Guilford, Conn., won the 14th edition of the Fox talent competition.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/22letters_yancey.jpg Councilor accuses city officials of boycotting hearings

Charles Yancey says the Walsh administration is not attending meetings of an oversight committee that he established and chairs.

The Deflategate report

Roger Goodell had to come down hard on the Patriots; if he didn?t, he risked rendering the investigation meaningless.

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Ben Volin | On football

There?s no defense for the Patriots? Deflategate coverup

Obstruction of NFL justice is a big no-no, something which the Patriots learned the hard way.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Airing out some thoughts on Patriots and Deflategate

New England fans are in a frenzy, Bob Kraft is flip-flopping, and Bill Belichick has been invisible.

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has come under fire for his handling of some high-profile discipline cases.

Many find NFL?s justice system difficult to fathom

There?s an explanation for the league?s differences in penalties that is often overlooked, experts say.

john l. allen jr. | analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen_20140906.jpg Vatican recognition of Palestine breaks no new ground

The recognition of Palestine as a state is not a new Vatican policy under Pope Francis.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/14/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_skunk.jpg Something smells really bad in East Boston

With spring here to stay, residents wait for the aroma of skunks to permeate the neighborhood.

Belmont resident Bennett Alper said hearing his jokes on television ?is a high.?

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

As Letterman retires, so does Belmont joke writer

Bennett Alper has supplied jokes to Jay Leno and David Letterman but will turn the page when Letterman steps aside.

ty burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/02dbf381-a14b-81ef-df22-576be77a4599_MM_612_JA_0402_0204.jpg Ranking the characters of ?Mad Men? worst to best

Call it a coping mechanism as I contemplate the end of ?Mad Men?: arranging the characters in order of how much I?ll miss them.

hiawatha bray | tech lab

Vessel is banking on our video addiction

We?re all watching more video than ever, and it?s YouTube?s fault.

Movie Review

Mad Max is back ? and better than ever

?Mad Max: Fury Road? is the action movie of the year ? and maybe the decade.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 31: Jurors begin deliberations on death penalty for Tsarnaev

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

Opinion

Joe Baerlein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/tombrady-reuters200-1307.jpg How Tom Brady, Patriots fumbled Deflategate

Following these crisis-management rules would have helped the Patriots in this scandal.

The Big Picture

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Amtrak derailment

Authorities continue to investigate the scene of a fatal train derailment on a route between Washington and New York.