Man in coma since 1996 crash dies

The driver who hit bicyclist David Scannell years ago in Quincy, putting him into a coma, embraced the man?s mother at his wake.

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The case of a convicted Puerto Rican murderer could pave the way for the claim that the Marathon trial should have been moved.

Aug 22, 2015; New Orleans, LA, USA; New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) makes a throw against the New Orleans Saints at Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports

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Patriots 26, Saints 24

Patriots rally to defeat Saints

Jimmy Garoppolo led the Patriots out of a 21-0 hole, giving New England a 26-24 preseason victory over the Saints.

Tom Brady and his legal team appear to be making all the right moves in this lawsuit.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

Brady leads in court, but NFL holds the trump card

Despite the NFLPA?s strong standing in the Deflategate saga, the NFL has the collective bargaining agreement on its side.

Vice President Joe Biden, in the Oval Office on May 26.

Biden, Warren meeting adds to presidential talk

Vice President Joe Biden expanded his exploration of a 2016 campaign Saturday, taking a private lunch with Elizabeth Warren.

Fidelity Investments chairman Edward C. ?Ned? Johnson III has long been a leading arts patron in Boston and New England, but many of his contributions are made anonymously. Credit: Brian Snyder/Reuters/File 2008

The quiet man of Boston?s art scene

Fidelity chairman Ned Johnson is one of Boston?s most important arts patrons ? but he always gives anonymously.

New limits put on nursing home ads

Mass. nursing homes now cannot advertise ?memory care? services if they have not complied with dementia care requirements.

Fighter jet crashes into highway at British airshow, kills seven

Video showed the jet soar, loop and then plunge before it could complete a second loop, crashing into a busy road.

Medway High soccer player Shannon Simmons is guided through a workout by Craig Belanger at his facility in Easton.

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SUBURBAN HANDBOOK: SCHOOL SPIRIT

Offseason? Not for today?s young athletes

More and more, tryouts for fall sports aren?t so much about getting in shape as they are the culmination of a summer spent doing so.

Red Sox starting pitcher Matt Barnes looked away after giving up a three-run home run to Royals catcher Salvador Perez (seek rounding third base) in the sixth inning.

Royals 6, Red Sox 3

Red Sox? four-game win streak comes to an end

Starter Matt Barnes was sturdy, but he made a fatal mistake in the sixth inning when Salvador Perez hit a three-run shot.

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2015, file photo, Chicago Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein talks on his phone during a spring training baseball practice in Mesa, Ariz. Epstein's answer to the question that's haunted Cubs fans for a century-and-counting hasn't changed. It's the same one he gave four years ago, when Epstein was introduced as the franchise's latest savior to great fanfare and pleaded for patience: He has no idea. Neither does anyone else.(AP Photo/Matt York, File)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Red Sox? new power structure would?ve suited Theo Epstein

The autonomy given to Dave Dombrowski was what Epstein sought in Boston, but ultimately found in Chicago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/fire_spot[1].jpg No charges in 2013 fire that killed BU student

Prosecutors will not to bring criminal charges against the woman who owned the Allston house where Binland Lee died.

President Barack Obama trailed his daughter, Malia, as the family took a bike ride on Martha's Vineyard on Saturday.

Obama on the Vineyard? Been there, seen that

An island whose residents shrug off celebrities who regularly visit finally seems to feel that way about Obama, too.

Jesi Stracham, 23, of Iron Station, N.C., was in a motorcycle accident in January that left her paralyzed from the chest down. She is taking part in a clinical trial of the InVivo?s spinal scaffold, which aims to aid healing.

Jason E. Miczek for The Boston Globe

Spreading the word

When patients in a clinical trial reported their progress ? and connected ? on social media, investors took note, stock moved, and questions were raised.

my first home

I invested my money, my heart

Today I signed a purchase and sale agreement selling my first home. I?ve owned it for 42 years, but have not lived in it for 35.

The burden of the secondhomeless (yes, it?s a thing)

When friends invite you to stay with them at their vacation homes, you must also navigate the choppy waters of social graces.

The Issue of Food

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The looming calorie crisis

A by-the-numbers projection of a future where demand for proteins may outpace supply.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/9bdd9fc2c8394a69b5a5c3849f72127f-eba2e57227444bd68fbb7b6a006b33ba-0.jpg But how does Bernie Sanders win Ohio?

Since 1980, Democratic voters have faced a choice: the candidate they love versus the person they know can win.

Opinion & Ideas

opinion | Stephen Kinzer

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/crop-kinzer2-1329.jpg Blame pepper for imperialism, bananas for misery

History would be very different had Western Europe not developed a taste for spices and exotic fruit.

The Big Picture

Paul Sancya/Assoicated Press

The big picture

Pork chops and politics

The Iowa State Fair was a top destination this week for the vast array of presidential candidates.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/schefter-big-4700--90x90.jpg Adam Schefter mistakenly ?terminated? by ESPN

With both of his phones, a laptop, and an iPad deactivated, Schefter went 14 hours between tweets ? an eternity by his standard.

Crux

ON SPIRITUALITY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/crux.jpg Jimmy Carter, full of grace

The former president offered us a model for facing where we?re all heading: death.