Metro

Vanessa Marcotte herself may have helped to find her alleged killer

April 15, 2017 | Priceton, MA Press conference at Priceton, Mass police station to announce the suspected killer of jogger Vanessa Marcotte last summer. Angelo Colon-Ortiz is suspected. Pictured center, Worcester county DA Joseph D. Early Jr. To his left, light suit, Richard D Mckeon Kernel of the state police. To Worcester DA right, Priceton police chief, Michele Powers. Kieran Kesner for The Boston Globe.

Kieran Kesner for The Boston Globe

Marcotte left detectives a vital clue: her alleged killer?s DNA on her hands. Angelo Colon-Ortiz is being held on $10 million bail.

Worcester County District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr.

Family of Vanessa Marcotte says her ?spirit will live on?

?After eight long months, we?re able to take the first step toward justice for Vanessa,? her family wrote in a statement Saturday night.

Boston Marathon

Boston, MA- April 15, 2017: William Campbell III, center, brother of Boston Marathon bombing victim, Krystle Campbell, is flanked by his father William Campbell Jr. left, and Governor Charles

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

For first time, Boston unveils plans for memorial to bombings

Markers will stand at the sites of the Marathon explosions, while a larger memorial is planned.

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Blue skies made for a summer-like backdrop for egg hunts and outdoor services on Easter Sunday, with more sun and milder temperatures set for Marathon Monday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_crosswalk1_met.jpg Opening of new park in Boston is dawn of new era for Emerald Necklace

On April 21, Boston will celebrate the opening of Justine Mee Liff Park, one of several projects that will improve and connect the different parts of the scattered green spaces.

Emerson, Manitoba -- 3/24/2017 - Many refugees who cross the border from the United States into Canada do so by following the railroad tracks. The small transfer station on the right is in Noyes, Minnesota once they pass it, they are in Canada. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: Reporter:

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Disrupted America

When the American dream becomes a Canadian reality

At the end of a nearly 16,000-mile journey, Naimo Ahmed?s American dream ended in . . . Canada?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ecefa0fdf0b24b6a8f9a13ecaa8291ee-ecefa0fdf0b24b6a8f9a13ecaa8291ee-0.jpg On ?SNL,? Trump must choose: Bannon or Kushner

?Have you seen my tweets about North Korea?? asked Alec Baldwin?s commander-in-chief. ?This could be all over by Monday.?

?SNL? returns to its slightly older Boston ?teens?

Jimmy Fallon and Rachel Dratch bring back references to Nomar Garciaparra, Def Leppard, and 1990s-era plaid shirts.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/208207a34fa74c66b473032e74da0ab3-208207a34fa74c66b473032e74da0ab3-0.jpg Isaiah Thomas?s sister is killed in car accident

His sister, Chyna Thomas, died in a one-car crash early Saturday morning south of Seattle.

Boston, MA--4/16/2017 - The Rev. Liz Walker (cq) addresses the gathered. The congregations of Fourth Presbyterian Church (in South Boston) and Roxbury Presbyterian Church celebrate Easter sunrise service on Carson Beach. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 17sunrise Reporter: Eric Moskowitz

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Sun breaks over Carson Beach as two churches join in Easter worship

Worshippers from two churches heard an Easter message with the rising sun providing bright light.

Shirley leung

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/shirleyleung_150-9440.png Jeff Immelt wants a radical transformation of GE

Immelt didn?t want or need to change the world. He just wanted to change General Electric Co.

Protesters hold up signs outside a courthouse where a federal judge will hear arguments in the first lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's executive order to withhold funding from communities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities Friday, April 14, 2017, in San Francisco. U.S. District Court Judge William Orrick has scheduled a hearing on Friday on San Francisco's request for a court order blocking the Trump administration from cutting off funds to any of the nation's so-called sanctuary cities. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)

Ideas | Peter Skerry

Opposing immigration wasn?t always racist

Not long ago, liberals and progressives felt far more conflicted about immigration.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Yvonne_Abraham_150px-9432.jpg The Choate abuse case asks the question: Will we never learn?

Fifteen years after the clergy abuse scandal broke open, we are still confronted with shocking revelations of abuse in places that are supposed to nurture and protect our children.

BEN VOLIN I SUNDAY FOOTBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/0c1451a240a74d5c865fbe87c2a5d53d-0c1451a240a74d5c865fbe87c2a5d53d-0.jpg Dan Rooney and the lessons he taught Robert Kraft

Kraft will always remember the one man who wasn?t afraid to reach out with advice or lend a sympathetic ear.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/sports2-433725-9492.jpg Michael Madden, longtime Globe sports columnist, dies at 73

Mr. Madden was an award-winning writer who didn?t flinch at taking on tough subjects.

Opinion & Ideas

Ideas | Peter Skerry

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Not long ago, liberals and progressives felt far more conflicted about immigration.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jim.jpg The summer that changed Boston

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

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