Town of Dudley extends decision on Muslim cemetery

Opponents have complained that the cemetery plan would cause traffic congestion and possibly contaminate well water.

Boston Police

Was that Mark Cuban?s yacht in Boston Harbor?

The Mavericks owner has said ? more than once ? that it?s not his. Police beg to differ.

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An 86-year-old priest was slain in a hostage standoff at a church before police fatally shot the two attackers.

Democratic convention

the latest

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/05440679.jpg Gabrielle Giffords attends DNC rally against gun violence

The former congresswoman, who is expected to speak at the Democratic convention, survived being shot in the head five years ago.

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Sarah Hurwitz has worked with the first lady since the 2008 election.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_Shooting_702265.jpg 3rd defendant held without bail in Boston student?s slaying

The 20-year-old who was arrested Monday has been accused of pulling the trigger in last month?s fatal shooting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Ertl_06lawyer16_met.jpg Stuck in immigration limbo, he decided to go to law school.

Antonio Massa Viana, now here legally, was the first unauthorized immigrant admitted to the state bar in Mass.

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Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy (left) was in the company of greatness over the weekend at the Baseball of Fame.

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Reflections on a weekend with the baseball gods

Saturday in Cooperstown I was allowed to salute the diamond gods at Doubleday Field.

infographic

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/heatwave200-11803.JPG It?s officially a heat wave

Boston is slated to go six days with temperatures above 90.

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Once again, temperatures will top 90, and there?s little chance of rain for the next few days.

Polar Seltzer is now employing five generations of Crowleys.

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

A sparkling new era for time-tested Polar

How Polar Seltzer became an overnight success, 134 years after it first began bottling.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin012116PatriotsPractice_spt25.jpg Julian Edelman among 7 on physically-unable-to-perform list

A surprise was the name that wasn?t on the list: Patriots running back LeGarrette Blount.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/13/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/forge_ice_cream_06.jpg The artisanal ice cream scene is booming

Pop-up shops. Small-batch producers. Dairy-free alternatives. It?s a hotbed of frozen desserts.

Dining Out

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The steaks taste good, but there?s not much in the way of local flavor.

HOME OF THE WEEK

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Sixteen condo units are still available at the Reading Woods development by Pulte Homes.

Perspective | Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/vaccine0731perspect.jpg Misadventures in trying to get a shingles vaccine

When being your own health care advocate is an exercise in frustration.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/quarry020.jpg To end persistent poverty, a guaranteed job or free money?

Each approach to addressing inequality has pros and cons.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/opener0731fail.jpg Four centuries of New England flops, flubs, and failures

We?ve had no shortage of wins to crow about. But then there were also these.

Globe investigations

?When the EMTs arrived, Dave was laying like this.? Gerry Hill said, offering to show where his suicidal son was fatally shot after a tense encounter with police.

spotlight

When despair meets deadly force

Nearly half of people killed by Massachusetts police over the last 11 years were suicidal, mentally ill, or showed clear signs of crisis.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

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

The Big Picture

A battle against Islamic State fighters

?When everyone shouts ?Allahu Akbar? (God is Great) I know that a tank or a cannon will fire,? Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic says.