An inside look at how the Iran talks unfolded

Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif at a hotel in Vienna during negotiations. Over the past two weeks, the two met almost every day, sketching out the parameters of the deal in broad brush strokes.

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Amid shouting matches and shared desserts, the tense negotiations at times appeared to hit dead ends.

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The Pied Piper ran aground shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday near Woods Hole.

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In what may be the final trial of its type related to World War II, Oskar Groening, 94, was convicted of being an accessory to murder.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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Officials still haven?t cracked the case of a young girl found dead on Deer Island last month.

Jim Green, NASA Planetary Science Division director (center), guests, and other New Horizons team members counted down to the spacecraft?s closest approach to Pluto at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory early Tuesday.

Boston-area Pluto party celebrates historic space mission

?We are all about Pluto over here,? said a spokeswoman for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

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Prosecutors say Alexander Ciccolo plotted to bomb a local university in support of the Islamic State terror group.

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Alejandro Done, originally accused of raping a passenger, has now been linked to assaults in South Boston and on the Esplanade.

Daring to take a dip in that dirty water

Once off limits, the Charles was a haven for the heat-stricken Tuesday. ?It was clean-ish,? said one swimmer.

With a stolen base, it didn?t take Brock Holt of the Red Sox long to get down and dirty after coming on as a pinch runner in the seventh inning.

AMERICAN LEAGUE 6, NATIONAL LEAGUE 3

Brock Holt helps AL win All-Star Game

Mike Trout led off the All-Star Game with a home run, and the American League team never trailed.

Steve Samuels (left) hasn?t decided to pursue Olympics-related development at Widett Circle.

Shirley Leung

Relax, Widett Circle work won?t be an inside job

There?s a public process that needs to take place for the 83-acre property, the details of which are still being worked out.

?Go Set a Watchman? was written before 1960?s ?To Kill a Mockingbird,? but the action picks up about 20 years later.

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Does Atticus Finch?s racist turn in new novel spoil the name?

Atticus Finch?s change from crusader to racist in ?Go Set a Watchman? is personal for those who bestowed the name on a pet or a child.

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It was a rare chance for beachgoers to see the predator up close ? and for conservation advocates to put their efforts on display.

The Globe?s sports Rolodex became so big over the years that the cards had to be stored in a case rather than on a spinning wheel.

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Globe?s sports Rolodex a treasure trove of sports history

A spin through an obsolete telephone file conjures a number of memories.

?The idea that these folks just sort of dumped this collection and got paid properly for it is outrageous,? said Nicholas O?Donnell, seen holding a booklet from a Berlin museum showing what he contends is art that the Nazis stole.

Gift to Hitler spurs a claim for justice

A federal lawsuit is seeking the return of medieval relics to the relatives of Jewish art dealers who allegedly sold the collection to Nazis under duress in 1935.

Ground Game

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As 2016 approaches, immigration has become the presidential election?s definitive issue ? at least in the GOP primary.

Opinion

editorial

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For the time being, this accord resolves one of the most pressing foreign policy challenges facing the world.

The Big Picture

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Looking skyward

The sky can be a compelling subject or backdrop in a photograph, emanating many sources of light.