Jury acquits Zimmerman in Florida killing

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of murder or manslaughter.

Jenna Lockwood was hugged by her sister, Jessica, after she and Kristen Welch were denied a marriage license.

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Same-sex couples in the South left out of trend

Across the South — in states where gay marriage is uniformly banned — gay men and women say they still live as second-class citizens.

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Once considered too risky, gene therapy has rebounded, and Boston-area hospitals, companies, and investors have jumped on the bandwagon.

Some radicals make heroes of Tsarnaev brothers

In the dark recesses of radical Islamic websites around the world, the suspects in the Marathon bombings are being lionized.

Laurie Bent (left) dressed in light clothing to avoid tick bites during a walk with Emily Hutcheson and Bent’s dog.

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BITTEN BY UNCERTAINTY

A minuscule foe, a massive public health challenge

Tick-borne Lyme disease is an epidemic in New England, but prevention efforts are scattershot, lagging far behind the need.

Chris Schuttert, a University of Rhode Island graduate, recently collected ticks to be used in research.

Researchers strive for vaccine against tick-borne diseases

Vaccines are one strategy for protecting the public, but technical challenges and public skepticism stand in the way.

For Dustin Pedroia the dugout is “like a second home,” according to former Red Sox manager Terry Francona.

The art of being Dustin Pedroia

The Red Sox second baseman and four-time all-star savors the peaceful hours before the game.

Manager John Farrell gives Jon Lester a pat after pulling the starter in the seventh inning. Lester dropped to 8-6.

athletics 3, red sox 0

Jon Lester, Red Sox fall to A’s

The lefthander lost again Saturday night as the Red Sox were beaten, 3-0, by the Athletics in Oakland.

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

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The quest for answers about what the FBI knew before the Marathon attacks should not evolve into blame-shifting.

Globe exclusives

Alex Rodriguez has admitted PED use, but he has never failed a test that has counted.

Sunday Baseball Notes

MLB braces for memorable second half
Los Lonely Boys brought their jam-heavy blues to the Common.

MUSIC REVIEW

Outside the Box opens with festive spirit
Commissioner Roger Goodell will be handing down a stiff punishment in Denver for violations of the personal conduct policy, but no players will be involved this time.

Sunday Football Notes

NFL headlines you may have missed
“Champ-de-Mars, View From the Eiffel Tower” by Ilse Bing.

Review

Two photography collections with personality
A family prepared to cast lines off the Armistice Bridge in Belfast.

Maine Smackdown: Belfast vs. Rockland

Theater

Fringe festival shakes up Berkshires
“One never forgets one’s first glimpse of Mount Fuji — and the second view is never quite as delicious.” Peter Grilli, outgoing president of the Japan Society of Boston.

First impressions of Japan
P.J. Halloran (center) led the Taste of Newburyport food tour to its first stop, Eat Cake.

Globe North

North Shore food tours hit the spot
As helicopters from several news outlets whirred above Friday, more than 20 people were at the site in Peabody when the remains of Albert DeSalvo were exhumed.

Strangler detective would be pleased, daughter says
A train full of crude oil that was left unattended hurtled into Lac-Megantic and exploded, killing at least 24 people.

Derailment heightens train cargo fears
Coast Guard Beach in Eastham is one of six National Seashore beaches from Eastham to Provincetown.

6 beaches for 6 trips
Paula Lunder inspected artwork at the Colby College Museum of Art in Maine.

A masterpiece of gathering — and giving

Sports

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Tim Lincecum needed 148 pitches to finish his first career no-hitter.

MLB roundup: Giants’ Tim Lincecum throws no-hitter

Lincecum pitched his first career no-hitter and the second in the majors in 11 days as the Giants crushed the Padres, 9-0.

Metro

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Starts & Stops

Traffic at the Bourne Bridge (shown here on Labor Day weekend last year) frequently inspires frustration — and humor.

Cape traffic leads to entertaining tweets

There’s a certain guilty-pleasure schadenfreude that comes from reading about other people’s horrific traffic experiences.

Columnists

John Lackey has been the poster boy for Red Sox rehabilitation.

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox have rebounded from 2012

Yvonne Abraham

Evil knows no social bounds

JEFF JACOBY

54 Americans who changed the world by giving
Electronic cigarettes are gaining popularity amid a big push by tobacco companies, but their long-term health effects are still unknown.

derrick z. jackson

E-cigarettes: the new fracking
The University Paris-Saclay is an effort to create an education, research, and innovation cluster about half an hour outside of Paris. Today, much of the area is still farmland.

Innovation Economy

Can France create its own Kendall Square?
Pat Donahue arrived arrive At Moakley Courthouse with her sons, Shawn, Michael, and Tommy, for the trial of James “Whitey” Bulger on June 12.

Kevin Cullen

A widow’s dignity
Former Red Sox infielder Jed Lowrie hit a home run against his former team on Friday as the Athletics lost to the Red Sox, 4-2.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

A’s roster peppered with former Red Sox

EDWARD L. GLAESER

Don’t require more parking spaces
Parking along Broadway in South Boston.

LAWRENCE HARMON

Car-free future? Not for families
Patriots coach Bill Belichick talked with Aaron Hernandez, left, at a training camp practice last year.

Christopher L. Gasper

Patriots’ risky decisions haunting them now

kevin cullen

The end of ‘a hidden life’
John Barros announced his campaign for mayor of Boston in April.

SCOT LEHIGH

This long shot merits a close look

Nation & World

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Workers inspected the wreckage of the train that crashed Friday while leaving Paris.

Switching joint faulted in French train crash

A rail joint that worked loose from a track switching point appears to have caused France’s worst train accident in years.

Politics

Obama’s comments on military sex assault affect cases

Experts say the president’s remarks in May were certain to complicate almost all continuing prosecutions for sexual assault.

Business

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Product Reviews

Though Virgin America charges $25 for the first and second checked bags, it was tops for bag handling.

Virgin America earns high marks from fliers

Virgin America soared to the top of the latest Consumer Reports ratings of airlines.

Arts

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MUSIC REVIEW

Los Lonely Boys brought their jam-heavy blues to the Common.

Outside the Box opens with festive spirit

Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, and Alejandro Escovedo christened the main stage of the Outside the Box festival on Boston Common.

Travel

Searsport Shores Campground on Penobscot Bay, between Camden and Bar Harbor.

Beautiful campsites in Maine

Maine campgrounds range from full-service resorts with golf courses and gourmet coffee to rustic retreats.

Books

Book review

Rose and Joe Kennedy (center) posed with eight of their nine children in this undated photograph taken on the beach at Hyannisport on Cape Cod.

‘Rose Kennedy’ by Barbara A. Perry

Perry employs a newly released trove of diaries and letters to add nuance and detail to an essentially familiar story.

Globe Insiders

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Full Globe coverage of the gangster’s ongoing trial, life on the run, and notorious legacy in Boston.

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Magazine

The cover for the July 14 2013 issue

Are big blue bins bad for recycling?
The cover for the June 30 2013 issue

Rethinking the golden years
The cover for the June 23 2013 issue

The bee keepers
The cover for the June 16 2013 issue

Last of their kind

Ideas

“Somewhere in America, a chimpanzee is about to have its day in court. Its lawyers hope to have the animal declared a ‘person’ in a court of law.”

Chris Berdik,  on the “animal personhood” movement