The Boston Globe

Child deaths go unsolved as autopsies fall behind

The state medical examiner?s office takes an average of 242 days to find an official cause of death in child abuse and neglect cases.

Obama praises officer killed in Colo. shooting

As a campus police officer, Garrett Swasey was not obligated to respond, but friends and loved ones say he was a brave and compassionate man.

This booking photo released by the Colorado Springs Police Department shows Robert L. Dear, 57. — AFP/Getty Images

Colo. shooting suspect mentioned ?no more baby parts?

Alleged gunman Robert Lewis Dear?s attack on the clinic was ??definitely politically motivated,'? said a law enforcement official.

State weighs raising legal age for buying tobacco to 21

The minimum legal age for tobacco sales has emerged in recent years as a new front in the battle to curb smoking.

Bella Bond is laid to rest in Winthrop

Bond was buried in Winthrop, where she was welcomed as daughter even before investigators knew who she was or how she died.

Shoppers take to the streets in the rain to support small businesses

Mayor Walsh announced a campaign dubbed #5onMain, encouraging residents to make five purchases from small businesses on the city?s main streets.

Leicester man allegedly stole boat to flee police

Police in several Central Massachusetts towns were looking for a man wanted by Worcester police for an unspecified crime.

Body found inside burned-out car in Mattapan

The man, believed to be in his 50s, may have died from a fire lit inside the car, according to a police spokesman.

KEVIN CULLEN

It?s time we want less and start doing more

There probably is no better time on the calendar than now, this weekend, to consider what we should be thankful for, of what we value.

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Boston?s brand is the future

Our city isn?t about the past. It?s the place where the future happens first.

Hillary Clinton, who graduated from Wellesley College in 1969, has long nurtered her ties with the school. — Globe File Photo/Brennan Linsley/AP

For decades, Wellesley was a ?touchstone? for Clinton

Hillary Clinton still has enduring ties to her college, more than four decades after she graduated in 1969.

Clinton to unveil large economic spending proposal in Boston

The presidential candidate is proposing hundreds of billions of dollars in spending, primarily on infrastructure projects, according to a campaign aide.

Critic?s Notebook

Theater companies find fault sometimes is in their stars

Cast wisely, producers, because the biggest name onstage can sometimes be the weakest link.

Trendspotting

Marijuana tourism?s reach expands

It?s the budding next phase of legalized pot: marijuana tourism. And it?s reaching new highs in Colorado, Washington State, and Oregon.

ty burr

Movies to add to your queue

Movie and TV offerings that are, in Ty Burr?s opinion, good and that have recently arrived on Comcast, iTunes, Amazon, and other platforms.

Fragment of a fourth-century codex contains a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples in which Jesus speaks of ?my wife.? This is the only extant ancient text which explicitly portrays Jesus as referring to a wife. — Karen L. King 2012

The case of the Gospel of Jesus?s Wife still isn?t closed

With lingering questions about its origin, a papyrus fragment that mentions the ?wife? of Jesus remains a confounding mystery at Harvard and beyond.

It?s definitely not your parents? high school

The new West Bridgewater Middle-Senior High School embraces digital technology, a comfortable up-to-date feel, and captures what the community was looking for.