Woman killed in duck boat crash was ?incredible person?

Allison Warmuth.

Ivan Warmuth

Family members identified the victim as Allison Warmuth, 28, an insurance underwriter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_shortsleve2_met.jpg Brian Shortsleeve has a mission: fix the MBTA?s budget woes

As the first chief administrator of the MBTA, his job is to untangle the transit system?s finances.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160425dixfield0256A.jpg In Maine town, ?cat ladies? claw for rights of strays

Their labor of love extends from feeding and caring for dozens of felines to waging a court battle on their behalf.

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Trump relishes being unpredictable, so trying to game out how he will make up his mind is a bit of a guessing game.

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Governor Charlie Baker is encouraging more contributions from special-interest political action committees.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/horowitz-196[1].jpg Heroin and prescription opioids form especially toxic mix in Mass.

The Massachusetts heroin epidemic is unlike any other in the United States.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

US facing not one but two opioid epidemics

There?s a problem with this umbrella term ?opioids.? It hides the fact that Americans are actually dying from two separate scourges.

Nantucket Cottage Hospital is a 19 bed facility.

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Partners HealthCare errors cost all Mass. hospitals

Math errors at a tiny Massachusetts hospital contributed to a potential $160 million drop in federal Medicare payments.

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President Obama?s daughter will take a gap year before starting at Harvard in the fall of 2017.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2012/08/16/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/ks081512_vows_07.jpg Millennials spend how much to attend a wedding?

According to one study, millennials will spend 27 percent more than the general population when attending a wedding this year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/2e89da86eaeb4a6db683197346a12252-2e89da86eaeb4a6db683197346a12252-0.jpg Prince fought throat, stomach pains in his final months

The rock star began asking for meals that were easier to digest, his longtime chef said.

Christian Vazquez celebrated with Jackie Bradley Jr. (left) and Brock Holt after belting a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh inning.

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Red Sox 8, Yankees 7

Christian Vazquez?s homer powers Red Sox? sweep of Yankees

The catcher?s two-run blast in the seventh helped Boston nail down the back-and-forth win.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/49b7b923761b4dd9be8c89cf2fda02ba-49b7b923761b4dd9be8c89cf2fda02ba-0.jpg In R.I., elephants perform for final time at Ringling Bros.

?This is a very emotional time for us,? Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson said as the performance came to an end in Providence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2016-04-30T143351Z_7073645_D1BETBJDPFAA_RTRMADP_3_FRANCE-SCIENCE.jpg Frenchman flies more than a mile on hoverboard

The feat, off the French coastal town of Sausset-les-Pins, apparently set a new world record.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/watch1A.jpg Quirky college commencements: Who has them, and what they mean

At many local schools, graduates are ushered into the real world with quaint rituals.

Ground Game

Capital

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gop.jpg Indiana is not the solid red state everyone thinks it is

GOP presidential campaigns will quickly learn that Indiana politics are more complicated than they may appear.

The Big Picture

Deadly fighting returns to Aleppo

Government airstrikes and insurgent mortar attacks escalated violence and destroyed a partial truce for Syria.