The four young adults had traveled from Mass. to the remote Maine cabin to celebrate a birthday and a high school graduation.
A new report on child welfare found more children living in poverty than before the Great Recession.
Heroics by teens, firefighter avert South Boston drowningAn off-duty firefighter and three Milton teenagers came together to rescue a man.
Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff
Evan Horowitz | Quick Study
Between the US embargo and the local restrictions on car purchases, Cubans have few alternatives.
Marshfield police arrest man after bullet fired near infantAn argument at a bar escalated into a shooting incident that sent a bullet into a wall just three feet above a sleeping infant.
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Mayor Walsh was among some 60 mayors who gathered at the Vatican for a two-day conference.
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Father?s tip led police to suspect in Seekonk fatal hit-and-runSix months after the accident, Joseph LaCourse walked into police headquarters with key information and a heavy heart.
Lane Turner/Globe staff
opinion | Howard Leibowitz
There is so much more to do, in food access, in school food, in food resilience, and in year-round growing strategies.
Alex Speier
Time for Red Sox to go youngThe Red Sox could trade veterans to create openings for young players with a chance to contribute in 2016.
Steven Syre | Boston Capital
Boston tower?s IPO offers unusual chance to investThe public can get a piece of the 36-story State Street office building, but the risks are dauntingly high.
Globe reporter Mark Shanahan accepted the challenge, and quickly found that he was in over his head.
Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff
BetaBoston
The online travel resource is aiming to compete with tech giants with its bevy of office perks in Needham.
KEVIN CULLEN
Crime creeping into Savin Hill, and residents feel ignoredTo talk with those who live near Savin Hill Beach is to experience the ?broken windows?? theory in practical terms.
Maine diner owner defends yelling at toddler to stop cryingDarla Neugebauer, owner of Marcy?s Diner in Portland, is defending her actions after a backlash on social media.
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Hours of grueling work, and luck, led to N.Y. prison escapeDavid Sweat?s story is one of patience, timing, determination and physical strength, as well as a MacGyver-like sense of ingenuity.
McCain backers pounce in N.H., but Trump may stand strongThere is little indication Donald Trump has lost supporters over his comment that John McCain ?is not a war hero.?
Kelley Gossett and Chris Dempsey
Revised Boston Olympics bid is a bad dealBid 2.0 still leaves taxpayers holding the bag.
Globe photographer Suzanne Kreiter traveled to Cuba this summer, 21 years after her first journey there, as that nation prepared to reestablish relations with the US.
Dining Out reviews
Where should you eat this week?Check out the Globe?s reviews of dozens of Boston-area restaurants.
There?s a surprise at the top of a list that includes some veterans, some rookies, free agent signee, and a world class partier.
Drivers would have to obtain more expensive commercial insurance and participate in more stringent background checks.
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A new Black Book report shows a car?s social media presence can influence its price at auction.
The unanimously-approved resolution incited a furious reaction in Israel.
The Republican field is so crowded it?s unclear whether John Kasich will qualify for the GOP?s first debate in his home state.
The Framingham chain could become the holder of a compensation claim for Cuban Electric worth more than $1 billion.
Peter J. Cohen, a longtime collector of other people?s lost and discarded snapshots, has 300 images on display in a new MFA exhibition.
Design New England
A home with open spaceA new floor plan for a renovated 1960s ranch-style house makes entertaining easy.
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