Dramatic remake coming to Back Bay Station

Boston Properties is planning a striking glass office building as part of the redevelopment of the Back Bay MBTA station and neighboring parking garage.

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

The dark and dumpy Back Bay MBTA station is set to be transformed into a bustling retail hub with striking glass towers.

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Patty Duke, who won an Oscar as a teen for ?The Miracle Worker? and maintained a long and successful career throughout her life, has died at the age of 69.

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The league said it was defamed, and also suggested it could take other legal action in response to the story.

Alex Speier

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Porcello has had the worst spring training for a Red Sox rotation member since the opening of JetBlue Park in 2012.

Workers cleaned and sanitized the Roxbury Stop & Shop on Blue Hill Avenue.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

City to review health violations at Roxbury Stop & Shop

Inspectors yanked the store?s operating license for violations including a mouse infestation, citing an ?imminent health hazard.?

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Vermont State Police are looking for the sticky-fingered person or group that got away with about $4,000 worth of homemade nectar.

Boston Celtics forward Jae Crowder (99) during the second quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Jae Crowder?s girlfriend arrested for spitting on woman

As badly as the Celtics played in LA on Monday, police say Jae Crowder?s girlfriend behaved even worse.

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Akamai Technologies, one of the biggest companies in Cambridge, has decided to consolidate its six offices into a single campus-like facility.

A young man helps soldiers in the fight against Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits Zika virus, as well as viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya, in Tegucigalpa on February 6, 2016. Honduras on Mondayy declared a state of emergency after officials said the number of Zika infections was rising at an

STAT

1 in 3 Americans think you can catch Zika from a sneeze

The majority of Americans know the basic facts about Zika virus, but misperceptions abound about how the virus spreads and causes disease.

State Street Corp. believes that it will have to shrink its workforce as it tries to reshape itself into a more technology-driven company.

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State Street eyes significant staff reduction

State Street Corp. believes that it will have to shrink its workforce by up to 7,000 workers by 2020.

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Donald Trump?s campaign manager faces a misdemeanor charge of simple assault after an incident involving a reporter.

SEC charges biotech with misleading investors

SEC officials alleged that Aveo and three of its executives misled investors about the company?s efforts to win FDA approval for its drug.

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Two of the statues at St. Margaret Parish had their hands smashed off and another, of the Virgin Mary, had both its head and hands removed.

Number of Mass. foreclosures increases by half

Lenders filed foreclosure petitions on 1,264 homes statewide last month, a 45.6 percent jump compared to February 2015.

Learning Curve

Suburban superintendents favor later high school start time

The superintendents are aiming for start times between 8 a.m. and 8:30 a.m.

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Rod Matthews was 14 when he killed Shaun Ouillette with a baseball bat in 1986.

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At Logan Airport, a hotel takes flight

East Boston?s Hilton Garden Inn overcame the odds to become a thriving hotel. Here?s how they did it, and how your business can, too.

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Ground Game

ground game

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The dialogue over the last week has essentially given Ted Cruz what he has wanted all along.

The Big Picture

A Pakistani Christian mother looks at her son as she holds her daughter during his funeral in Lahore, Pakistan, March 28.

B.K. Bangash/Associated Press

The Big Picture

Bombing in Lahore

At least 70 people were killed, including about 30 children, in a suicide bomb attack at a park in Lahore, Pakistan.

Globe investigations

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The Boston Globe?s 2001-2002 investigation into sexual abuses by clergy in the Catholic Church resulted in more than 600 stories.

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.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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Dave Balter has raised $1.5 million in seed investment for Mylestoned, a startup that aims to build a more modern way to remember the dearly departed.

Crux

John Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

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Pope Francis is massively popular around the world, but somewhat divisive inside the church itself.

Design New England

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In the latest issue of Design New England, a one-of-a-kind design combines aesthetics and functionality for harmonious living.