1967: The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here. By Eric Moskowitz

Metro

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-9828.jpg What?s the use of a Boston mayoral reelection contest?

Unless the mayor decides he or she doesn?t want the job any more, these races are just a waste of time and money.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/MRISafety_BWH.jpg New controls urged for MRIs

The MRI scan had gone smoothly, but that was before a gurney, drawn by a magnet, smashed into a machine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_09krystle12_MET.jpg Krystle Campbell?s legacy lives on with UMass Boston scholarship

Two students received scholarships in memory of Campbell, who was one of three people killed at the 2013 Boston Marathon.

Vanisi Uzamukunda and her husband Sendegeya Bayavuge shared a quiet moment in their Lowell home.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Congolese refugees take halting steps in new land

A family that arrived in Lowell two months ago tries to digest the sights, sounds, and bewildering experiences of a busy American city after 20 years in a refugee camp.

Sports

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-13962.jpg It?s been a bad few days for the Celtics

The subsequent flop in Atlanta was yet another reminder that the Celtics are a long, long way from being championship-caliber.

Celtics 121, Hornets 114

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/bacc15ac2b5044688345b3d49a74b82e-bacc15ac2b5044688345b3d49a74b82e-0.jpg A loss to the Hornets would?ve been brutal. The Celtics didn?t let it happen.

Isaiah Thomas led the Celtics with 32 points, while Al Horford added 16 points and seven assists.

GLOBE ALL-SCHOLASTICS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_CambridgeRindge&Latin_sports278.jpg Honoring the winter season?s best athletes

A look back at the best of the best from the world of high school sports.

Travel

An old Airbus has been turned into a laboratory in Germany where chefs and wine experts can test ideas for meals on Lufthansa Airlines.

Experts share their recipes for good food ? and wine ? at altitude

Food simply tastes different at 30,000 feet than it does on the ground.

Arts

Art Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/02.EgyptianCurtain(khayamiya)KO_ArtistUnknown-001.jpg At the MFA, objects of Matisse?s artistic affection

The MFA highlights the relationship between Henri Matisse?s art and objects in his studio.

Death toll in church bombing in Egypt rises to 21

A bomb was set off while the church was filled with worshippers on Palm Sunday.

Business

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/photo-6563.jpg Braintree and New Braintree: More alike than not

Those who live in the commonwealth?s smallvilles look and act just like folk who populate our metropolises.

Developer Don Chiofaro may be 70, but he?s not slowing down. His latest fight: a bid to build five houses on a Belmont cul-de-sac.

John Tlumacki/Globe Staff/File

Don Chiofaro?s bullish run in Belmont

At age 70, the venerable developer shows no signs of slowing down. His neighbors in Belmont wish he would.

Syria

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05895916.jpg US strike on Syria fuels uncertainty on the ground

President Trump has offered no proposals to end the war.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/32cd2dc12ba44b529a8f609d812a4839-32cd2dc12ba44b529a8f609d812a4839-0.jpg Photos of Syria victims spurred Trump to action

President Trump began looking for a response not long after first seeing the ghastly photographs of victims in Syria.

Globe Magazine

David Leonard

How Western Mass. became kids? lit central

From Mo Willems to Jane Yolen and Norton Juster, some of the biggest names in children?s books call the Pioneer Valley home.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/opener0409marijuana.jpg Marijuana could be a huge cash crop for local farmers

Ted Dobson and other small farmers like him are hoping to be growers for Massachusetts? recreational marijuana program. Do they stand a chance?

World

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05896640.jpg Girl may not have been living with monkeys after all

The Jungle Book-like tale was shocking, disturbing and fascinating. It might also have been untrue.

US soldier killed in Afghanistan while fighting Islamic State group

The service member was killed during an operation in Nangahar province, in the country?s east.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AftVVuEU-3305.jpg Trump?s Justice Department is blinding itself to injustice

Attorney General Jeff Sessions loves the police. The rights of the public? Not so much.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Warwick_BAThero.jpg After a deadly fire, a small town?s trauma remains

When the call went out, none of the Warwick volunteers could have imagined what they?d find.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/realestate.jpg Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer

In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Real Estate

Recent home sales: West of Boston (April 7)

ACTON 3 Sweeney Farm Lane One-family Colonial, built in 2005, 3,638 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 62,802-square-foot lot. $855,000 3 Stella Court #2 Condominium . $764,000 3 Parmley Drive One-family Colonial, built in 1996, 3,188 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 40,008-square-foot lot. $743,000 384 Great Rd.