Medical examiners to bolster staff

The medical examiner?s office hopes hiring more support staff will help reduce a backlog of unfinished autopsy reports.

Cyberbullying on rise, particularly for teen girls, study says

The percentage of local students who experienced cyberbullying jumped from 14.6 percent to 21.2 percent over six years.

GOP hopefuls to take center stage this week

A platoon of Republican candidates will confront a pair of strong opportunities this week to break free of the field.

Housing, a hotel, and office and lab space are proposed.

Somerville Office Associates

Assembly Square complex eyed at theater site

Developers are proposing housing, a hotel, and up to 1 million square feet of office and lab space in the Somerville hotspot.

Network engineers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek are displayed on the navigation screen of a Jeep Cherokee, which the duo successfully hacked.

After car hack, Internet of Things looks riskier

The revelation that hackers could remotely seize control of a million Chrysler automobiles delivers a stark warning.

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Blurring the line between fantasy sports, gambling

Local start-up DraftKings denies an accusation often leveled at the company ? that it is essentially a gambling operation.

Off-duty State Police trooper arrested for domestic violence

The 36-year-old trooper allegedly seriously injured a woman at his central Massachusetts home.

Police seek suspect after woman assaulted in Kendall Square

A woman was inappropriately touched by a man at the T station in Cambridge on Saturday morning, police said.

Joshua Fitzgerald pointed out some of the vibrant crop his family farm, Mann Orchards in Methuen, expects to harvest.

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Apple growers anticipate a bountiful harvest this fall

Apple pickers, rejoice: This year promises to be fruitful for New England?s classic autumn treat.

Some community members have long objected to knocking down the Dearborn school building, which they say is crucial to the history of women?s education in Boston.

Historic Roxbury school?s razing backed

Boston is moving ahead with plans to raze the century-old Dearborn school building this fall and replace it with a new one.

While some retailers started back-to-school specials as early as June, those pencils, backpacks and other supplies are likely to be even cheaper in the late summer.

School starts soon, but the calendar no longer drives the sales

The old strategy of holding special sales months before the start of a season is catching up with stores.

A rendering of the Circle Cinema project shows the senior housing building (front) and hotel.

Brookline approves hotel, senior housing

The $85 million project straddling Brookline and Boston includes a 162-room hotel, 92 units of senior housing, and stores.

Foxboro, Massachusetts - 8/2/2015 - New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady(R) passes during training camps at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, August 2, 2015. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Patriots practice report

Playful Tom Brady-Malcolm Butler smack talk a highlight

Late in the Patriots? fourth day of workouts, cornerback Butler dared Brady to throw his way.

Hitchbot with Boston Globe writer Christopher Muther in July.

Vandals cut short robot?s hitchhiking adventure

HitchBOT had covered a lot of ground since its July 17 departure for San Francisco, including Boston, but was vandalized in Philadelphia.

02/21/14: Ft. Myers, FL: Red Sox DH David Ortiz is signing an autograph as team CEO Larry Lucchino is pictured at right. Whether Lucchino and the Red Sox offer something else for Ortiz to sign this spring, namely a contract extension, remains to be seen. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) section:sports topic:Red Sox Spring Training

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox will miss Larry Lucchino

Lucchino?s style made plenty of enemies, but he was good for the Red Sox.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/trustey1.jpg Father, daughter drew the world close

Joseph and Anna Trustey, both of Wenham, died Wednesday evening when the plane he was piloting crashed in Milwaukee.

Governor Charlie Baker, left, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh rode in the Pan-Mass Challenge Sunday in Wellesley.

Walsh, Baker ride in Pan-Mass Challenge

The Boston mayor and Mass. governor took to the roads in the bicycle event that raises money for cancer care and research.

Ground Game

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/paul.jpg Conversations with the 2016 presidential candidates

The Globe?s James Pindell sits down with presidential candidates and hopefuls to discuss the race.

Opinion

Farah Stockman | Boston after busing

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/stockman-562.jpg Naming this era of racial contradictions

The thing is we don?t agree any more on what race means.

The Big Picture

A cyclist crossed a bridge in Christian A. Herter Park on the Charles River.

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Globe photos of the month: July, 2015

Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month including the Fourth of July celebration.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/cmet0303b-631600.jpg CVS drives another nail in film?s coffin

The ?1-Hour Photo? signs have come down outside CVS Pharmacy stores in Boston and throughout the US.

Crux

John L. Allen Jr. | All things Catholic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/02/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen-886.jpg Sainthood cause for victims of anti-Christian pogroms in India stalls

Seeing the martyrs of Kandhamal declared saints is ?my wish and my people?s wish,? said Archbishop John Barwa.