Metro

Prosecutors want to keep Hernandez?s conviction intact

Prosecutors wrote that Aaron Hernandez?s suicide should not permit the state to void the guilty verdict a jury reached in 2015.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/da98f13a9cc44c859704029cc5892bf9-da98f13a9cc44c859704029cc5892bf9-0-10869.jpg A guide to all the pending cases relating to Aaron Hernandez

Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez may have died, but numerous court cases in which he is involved live on in court.

Webster woman dies after allegedly being assaulted by boyfriend

Brenda Hatheway was unresponsive when first responders discovered her lying in the street outside her home.

Sacha Pfeiffer | Reporter?s Notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/FOUNDATION.jpg ?It?s a tax rip-off?

More than a decade after the Globe Spotlight Team?s reporting on financial abuses by private charitable foundations, has the situation improved?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/giotwitter-4027.jpg Giraffe won?t be named after Medford boy

A baby giraffe won?t be named after a Medford boy who fell in love with giraffes during a brief life cut short by a congenital heart condition.

Zhen Li?s Facebook page shows an image of her, her husband, Yan Long Chow, and two adult children.

An immigrant success story ends in murder charge

Until that day when the flashing lights of police cruisers reflected off their Quincy home, this couple rarely drew public attention to themselves.

Politics

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Speaking to The Washington Examiner, President Trump wondered why issues ??could not have been worked out.??

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The comedian, who considers himself an ??angry optimist,?? voiced both frustration and honor on behalf of his faith during Saturday?s speech.

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The president?s national security aides thought his phone call would be a routine diplomatic outreach to Southeast Asian leaders.

Northeast Kingdom, VT - 4-24-17 - Rocks on a pond in the Northeast Kingdom, VT. For Colin Nickerson story. Bill Greene / Globe Staff.

Bill Greene/Globe Staff

In a remote part of Vermont, 2 acres of mystery

The author didn?t know who owned the patch of woods that abuts his Vermont farm. But when he finally followed his curiosity, a chain of surprises ensued.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_kitchen5_MET.jpg After nearly 60 years and a two-item menu, Lawrence restaurant closes

The air was full of anticipation and nostalgia Sunday, the Italian Kitchen?s last day, as the queue spilled out the door and waits reached two hours.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/fenway-15250[1].jpg Did a Fenway marriage proposal go horribly awry Sunday night?

Cameras showed what appeared to be a proposal, but then the video abruptly cut away ? leading many to speculate the proposal was denied.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/toscaniniA-4882.jpg A cyclone in Madagascar triggered a spike in vanilla prices

New crops have been planted but it will likely take two or three years before prices fall again.

NFL Draft

Youngstown State defensive end Derek Rivers (11) lines up against James Madison during the FCS championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Photos from AP

Rachel G. Bowers

Meet the Patriots? (small) 2017 NFL Draft class

The Patriots sat out the first two rounds, made four trades, and ended up choosing only four players this year.

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Among those coming to Foxborough will be Big Ten receiver of the year Austin Carr.

Red Sox 6, Cubs 2

Marco Hernandez celebrated after scoring the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on Koji Uehara?s wild pitch.

Red Sox strike late to beat Koji Uehara, Cubs

Chicago rallied to tie the game before the Sox got the go-ahead run in the eighth inning on a wild pitch.

NBA Playoffs: Celtics 123, Wizards 111

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin043017Celtics-Wizzards_Spt18.jpg After a weak start, Celtics showed how strong they are

This one should be remembered as a total team effort, or at least as close as a team can get that still asks for contributions from Amir Johnson.

Lifestyle

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/5e4a05e790424ec39515f57889dc9da0-5e4a05e790424ec39515f57889dc9da0-0.jpg Ryan Seacrest joins Kelly Ripa on ?Live?

The announcement ends a yearlong search for a marquee name as Michael Strahan?s successor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/675360942.jpg Royal family releases new photo of Princess Charlotte ahead of 2nd birthday

Prince William and his wife Kate have released a photo of Princess Charlotte ahead of her 2nd birthday.

Trump Today

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/3f78730175ee49bc880a37f7b73b1614-3f78730175ee49bc880a37f7b73b1614-0.jpg The next move on N. Korea? ?We?ll see?

The president said he would not be pleased if North Korea conducts another nuclear test.

Opinion & Ideas

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/30/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/100-days-in-what-came-true.jpg Trump?s presidency: What we got wrong (and right)

When few pundits gave Donald Trump much chance of victory, the Globe Opinion team tried to imagine how the world might look should he keep his campaign promises.

Special reports

Summer of ?67

//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.

Newsletters

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An afternoon recap of the day?s most important business news, delivered Monday through Friday.

Address: Spring House Hunt

//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.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/DSC_0030c-1024x576.jpg In small Alzheimer?s study, hints of modest benefit from unusual drug

The drug ? derived from a bushy, hermaphroditic sea creature ? takes a novel approach.

Real Estate

Recent home sales south of Boston (April 28)

Quincy: 46 Stoney Brae Rd. One-family Colonial, built in 1927, 2,571 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 8,285-square-foot lot.

The story behind ?Spotlight?

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

The Big Picture

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The Big Picture

California drought: then and now

Getty Images photographer Justin Sullivan documented California?s severe drought conditions in 2014 and recently returned to the same places to compare the drastic changes.

Magazine

The cover for the April 30 2017 issue

The cover for the April 23 2017 issue

The cover for the April 16 2017 issue