Buses return, but city stays wary

A one-day strike by school bus drivers was halted Wednesday as buses rolled throughout Boston, but city officials warned that the labor dispute remained volatile.

Labor disputes affect Boston mayor’s race

The simmering disputes cast a spotlight on Martin Walsh, longtime union leader turned candidate.

Menino’s last stand?

Mayor Tom Menino stormed back into public view this week with characteristic bully-pulpit belligerence, sending the message that he remains fully in charge.

Shutdown splits foes of medical device tax

While Mass. congressional delegation members are against the federal medical device tax, they won’t breaking ranks with President Obama to repeal it.

on baseball

A’s or Tigers?

In trying to assess which team the Red Sox might prefer to play in the ALCS, one thing is for sure — take regular-season statistics and toss them.

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’Revolutionaries’ free Libyan prime minister

The Libyan government said Ali Zidan had been kidnapped from a Tripoli hotel early Thursday.

Harvard chemistry professor Martin Karplus was one of the three to receive the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Essdras M Suarez/Globe Staff

Harvard professor’s lifelong curiosity leads to Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited Martin Karplus and two others for laying the groundwork for a sea change in how chemistry is done.

At MIT event, group entices students to ditch school

A group started by PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel wants to persuade budding entrepreneurs that college is a waste of money and they should start businesses instead.

Yvonne Abraham

An unstable living situation

If only Olnick Organization were as nice to Mary Eisenhart, 91, and residents of Warren Hall in Brighton as it is to a wealthy, ethically iffy congressman from Harlem.

Tech Lab

New Kindle Fire a cozy option for book lovers

For casual users, the Fire HDX’s walled garden of carefully chosen apps and services will feel warm and cozy, like Downton Abbey at Christmas.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

The two David Kochs

David Koch wept for researchers in need of day care at MIT as he donated millions to the school, but he doesn’t seem to care about people in need of medical care.