Apple fighting order to unlock shooter?s iPhone

Such a move would undermine encryption by creating a backdoor that could potentially be used on other devices, CEO Tim Cook said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/UConnProfessor_0209_0128A.jpg UConn researcher takes first steps on road to Zika vaccine

Paulo Verardi, a native of Brazil, may have been the first US researcher to work on a vaccine.

An aerial view of Widett Circle.

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Shirley Leung

Widett Circle should be more than train parking

The state may need the land to aid in the expansion of South Station, but the idea doesn?t sit well with Mayor Walsh.

Orange Line riders evacuated from smoky T station

Overheated motors on a train caused a ?heavy smoke condition? at State Street Station, a Boston Fire official said.

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The industrial giant contends it should be allowed to dispose of dredged pollutants in landfills near the river in the Berkshires.

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Kelly Ayotte falls in line with Senate Republicans who want the seat to remain vacant, but her challenger is taking aim at the stance.

Matthew Marr, the father of Zachary, has distributed photographs of his son.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

A father?s worry, as his son goes missing

Zachary Marr?s family and authorities want to know what happened after he left a bar near Faneuil Hall early Saturday.

Bill Sarcione, 62, fabricated a gasketed panel at New England Die Cutting in Methuen. Company president Kimberly Abare is worried about employees who might soon retire.

John Blanding/Globe Staff

Retirements may slow Mass. economic growth

The state is facing the prospect of a wave of retirements and difficulty in finding qualified replacement workers.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/12/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/davis_hirsch1_met.jpg ?Systemic failure? led to abuses in Holyoke school

Special needs students were tackled, pinned face-down, and yanked out of chairs for refusing to stand.

Boston Ballet will close out its 2016-17 season with a program that includes Jerome Robbins?s comic dance ?The Concert,? which the company staged last year.

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DANCE

?Le Corsaire? and more in Boston Ballet?s 2016-17 season

The upcoming season will include the North American premiere of Ivan Liska?s ?Le Corsaire? and a world premiere by Jorma Elo.

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The school is expanding dorm space where drugs and alcohol are out, and round-the-clock education in healthy living is in.

Boston sees a 63-degree swing in two days

Just before 4 a.m. Sunday, temperatures bottomed out at minus 9 degrees; by 6 p.m. Tuesday, it was a balmy 54.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/snow1-11120.jpg What happens when boiling water hits freezing cold air?

A YouTube video picked up by ?Good Morning America? shows hot water spraying out in all directions ? as an icy mist.

C.J., a German shorthaired pointer, appears at the show on Tuesday.

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German shorthaired pointer wins Westminster dog show

Winner C.J. received best in show at the 140th Westminster Kennel Club on Tuesday at a nearly packed Madison Square Garden.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/16/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ryan_Clavette1_met.jpg Teacher who was killed is remembered at funeral

Caitlin Clavette, who died after an airborne manhole cover smashed into her windshield, was buried in Arlington.

Linebacker Jerod Mayo started just eight games last season.

Patriots? Jerod Mayo hints at retirement in online post

The linebacker, just days shy of his 30th birthday, was drafted 10th overall by the team in 2008.

Cheap Eats

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Taylor,lifestyle,17cheappic_014A.jpg At A Mano in Salem, ?by hand' is more than just an Italian name

The former 62 Restaurant & Wine Bar in Salem is now more rustic and casual, but just as good.

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The extremists who once bragged about minting their own currency are having a hard time meeting expenses.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tripssquare-11204.jpg It?s South Carolina?s turn to sort out the GOP field

New Hampshire was supposed to pick a favorite of the establishment GOP field. They didn?t, and now it?s South Carolina?s turn.

The Big Picture

Winter white

Across the globe, snow blankets the landscape, giving photographers a new perspective on their surroundings.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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The staff of ratings website Dunwello announced over the long weekend that the service would cease operations.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Crux

Crux

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A Mexican journalist presented Pope Francis with a traditional hat as the pontiff departed from the Vatican Friday.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

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A seaside location sets the tone for a free-flowing master bathroom with partitions and angles ? but no doors to restrict sightlines.