Labrie acquitted of felony rape in St. Paul?s School trial

Owen Labrie closed his eyes as his verdict was read at Merrimack County Superior Court on Friday.

Geoff Forester/The Concord Monitor/Associated Press

A jury convicted Owen Labrie of misdemeanor sexual assault of a 15-year-old student at the St. Paul?s School, but acquitted him of more serious charges.

SJC rules against sex offender zone laws in Mass.

Cities and towns cannot broadly restrict where sex offenders can live, the state?s highest court ruled.

Keith Bedford/Globe staff file

PATRIOTS AT PANTHERS | FRIDAY, 7:30 P.M. (WBZ)

Five things to watch in Patriots-Panthers exhibition game

The third preseason game traditionally is the one that most resembles a regular-season contest.

29pope - Tom Moser and his son Aaron Moser inspecting the Lincoln lectern. (Scott Spitzer)

Maine woodworker to provide chair for Pope Francis visit

The Catena chairs for the pope and his cardinals are made from black cherry from the forests of Pennsylvania.

Former Mass. governor Michael Dukakis in 2014.

Some try to recruit Michael Dukakis to run in 2016

On Friday, organizers behind the Twitter handle @Dukakis2016 began touting the former Mass. governor?s record.

A makeshift memorial was seen in front of the studios of WDBJ-TV7 in Roanoke, Va., on Thursday.

Virginia TV shooting survivor tried to dodge bullets, husband says

Vicki Gardner flinched and moved away from Vester Lee Flanagan before he fired a gun pointed at her face, Gardner?s husband said.

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Kristen Paquette and her mother, Debra, allegedly took Kristen?s 7-year-old daughter to New York.

Donald Trump with his father, Fred Trump, after graduating from Wharton in 1968.

Courtesy of Donald Trump

Even in college, Donald Trump was brash

The brash and blunt personality that has helped Trump upend the Republican presidential campaign was in full bloom during his college years.

A worker carried a painting of Donald Trump to the side of Ernie Boch Jr.?s Norwood house.

Trump expected at Boch fund-raiser in Norwood tonight

The controversial Trump is expected to deliver a speech at the event Friday night.

opinion | Kathleen Sebelius

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/316637bb99af42bd98c41d3334b77e82-316637bb99af42bd98c41d3334b77e82-0.jpg How post-Katrina New Orleans transformed its health care system

Often the greatest innovations emerge when there are no other options.

2015

Magazine | Your Home: Makeovers

Turning a World War II watchtower into a guesthouse

Houseguests of car dealer Brian Kelly in Manchester get to sleep in a 165 foot tall structure designed to recall a yacht.

Jim Koch kayaked in Apponagansett Bay in South Dartmouth.

My workout: Jim Koch

The chief executive of the Boston Beer Co., which brews Sam Adams, talks about how he avoids the dreaded beer belly.

Haul in lobsters in Casco Bay, Maine

Maine Office of Tourism

Things every New England kid should do before summer ends

Here are a dozen ways to carpe your diem in New England before the first book reports come due.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/0830Deerfield1.jpg How many of these great N.E. fairs have you visited?

Ten events that help you connect to our agriculture roots ? and have a lot of fun while doing it.

CHAD FINN | SPORTS MEDIA

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Fans and media continue to be perplexed, but so far the reaction from the station has been silence.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

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Uplifting is a good word for what has happened at a Dorchester school over the last eight months.

Ground Game

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The rationale for Biden to skip Iowa and New Hampshire is this: He would enter in the race too late to compete in those states.

Opinion & Ideas

JOAN VENNOCHI

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There?s a lesson for presidential candidates ? listening, Hillary? ? and also for fellow female politicians in Massachusetts.

The Big Picture

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10 years after Hurricane Katrina

President Obama visited New Orleans to mark progress the city has made before the anniversary of the hurricane.

BetaBoston

Innocation Economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/kirsner--90x90.jpg Is the tech party coming to an end?

Investors have had a rollicking time putting money into tech and biotech startups. Are they getting ready to split?

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/28/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/envoy150-921.jpg Ex-envoy, charged with sexual abuse, has died, Vatican says

Jozef Wesolowski, 67, was found dead early Friday in the Vatican room where he has been held on house arrest.