In East Boston, prayers for its wounded police

The police captain who heads the East Boston station fought tears at a vigil as he praised the heroism of the officers wounded Wednesday.

A vigil was held at the East Boston Police Headquarters this evening for the two police officers shot last night. — Jim Davis/Globe Staff

KEVIN CULLEN

In East Boston, police defy bullets and madness

They did for their own what they would do for you and me.

After East Boston gun battle, two officers remain in the hospital

Both officers underwent life-saving blood transfusions and surgery after a gun battle Wednesday night. The suspect was shot and killed.

East Boston shooting suspect may have gone by ?Kocoa Xango? on Facebook

A website apparently belonging to Kirk Figueroa, who allegedly shot two police officers in East Boston, contains an eclectic mix of content

Hospital faulted for removing wrong patient?s kidney

Authorities threatened to terminate Saint Vincent from the Medicare program if the Worcester hospital does not put in place improvements.

Sal DiMasi outside of court after his sentencing in 2011. — John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File

Prosecutors ask for Sal DiMasi?s early release

Former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi, now 71, is battling cancer and is being held at the federal medical prison in Butner, N.C.

Wild turkeys roam in Bedford

Police and animal control officers are recommending that residents should establish themselves as ?dominant in the pecking order.?

scott kirsner | innovation economy

Tech alone can?t make biking safer

Reducing bicycle injuries and fatalities on the streets will require not just entrepreneurship and inventiveness, but old-school advocacy, education, and government action.

Airbnb rentals trigger debate over housing stock

New data show a small number of properties generate a large portion of Airbnb rents in Boston.

Campaign 2016

SCOT LEHIGH

The impending Trump defeat and its aftereffects

Despite Trump?s impending fate, his campaign could trigger a lasting split in the GOP.

Two polls show Clinton leading Trump in N.H.

These fresh poll numbers come as many in the state and nationally are trying to analyze the fallout of bad week for Donald Trump.

Ideas | David M. Shribman

Democrats ? the party of the professional class?

The Democrats, who see themselves as the defenders of rank-and-file workers, face an identity crisis as their party goes upscale.

Trump calls allegations of sexual assault ?false smears?

Donald Trump charged on Thursday that women who say he kissed and groped them against their will are fabricating their stories as part of a conspiracy.

TY BURR | Commentary

Bob Dylan isn?t literature. He?s better.

Does it do the man a disservice to call him anything other than a songwriter, and very near the greatest of our time?

RENÉE LOTH

Logan?s delicate dance

Can Logan Airport expand and still be a good neighbor?

Henry Louis Gates Jr., who runs the Hutchins Center of African and African-American Studies at Harvard. — rederick M. Brown/Getty Images

Adrian Walker

Harvard think tank gets millions to study poverty ? but will it learn anything new?

A Harvard institute devoted to African-American studies has just received a major grant to study income inequality in Boston.

Many ways for 30 Under 30 Summit-goers to enjoy city

We asked a few Boston influencers for their recommendations.

Aw-shucks! No raw oysters at Wellfleet OysterFest

Organizers said the festival?s most popular event, the Shuck Off contest, will go on as planned.

BRUINS 6, BLUE JACKETS 3

Bruins win season opener

Brad Marchand had two goals and three assists, and David Backes and David Pastrnak added two goals apiece.

This CEO stepped down. But that?s not enough for Sen. Warren.

The US senator from Massachusetts had some harsh words for John Stumpf even after he stepped down in the wake of a scandal.

Logan?s delicate dance

Can Logan Airport expand and still be a good neighbor?

Campaign 2016

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The broken covenant

Behind the fragmented state of mental health care lies a political system failure that spans decades ? and continues.

The fruits and veggies served to the homeless residents of the Pine Street Inn are usually grocery store cast-offs. But a Cambridge nonprofit is now growing produce at a Lincoln farm specifically for shelter guests.