Syria agrees ‘in principle’ to attend peace talks
Syria’s government agreed to take part in an international conference next month aimed at ending the country’s civil war, its foreign minister said Sunday.
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Warren uses liberal clout selectively in new role
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s strategy for winning influence is much tamer and more incremental than her fans, or her enemies, might suspect.
Federal cuts hitting housing subsidy program
Thousands of the state’s poorest residents are losing or being denied federal housing subsidies as a result of automatic, across-the-board spending cuts.
Brigham doctors set sights on leg transplants
Brigham doctors set sights on leg transplantsBrigham and Women’s Hospital is screening patients for the surgery, which would be the first of its kind in the US.
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Boston Marathon memorial: How much should we save?
As shrines to public tragedies proliferate, they force the difficult question of what’s important to preserve.
critic’s notebook
The Marathon bombing images we can’t forget
The Marathon bombing images we can’t forgetArt critic Sebastian Smee considers photographs from the Marathon bombings and finds that they resist interpretation, yet are mesmerizing.
Dan Shaughnessy
Never a doubt the Bruins were better team
The Rangers deserved to be swept, and were spared that indignity only because Tuukka Rask slipped on the ice in Game 4.
Sunday baseball notes
Don Mattingly didn’t dodge difficult subjects
Don Mattingly didn’t dodge difficult subjectsMattingly may lose his job as manager of the Dodgers, but he gained respect for saying you just can’t “throw an All-Star team out there” and expect to win.
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A look at the Boston Marathon wounded
An ongoing series in which the Globe profiles those injured in the Boston Marathon explosions.
Sports
Red Sox 7, Indians 4
Red Sox rally in eighth to beat Indians
Pinch hitter Mike Carp hit a double to tie the game and then scored the go-ahead run on a double by Dustin Pedroia in the 7-4 victory.
Metro
Gomez courts Democrats who backed Lynch
Gabriel Gomez is expected to target blue-collar union workers, political independents, and conservative Democrats.
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Nation & World
Friend of alleged soldier killer arrested
A friend of one of the suspects in a killing of a British soldier was arrested immediately after he gave a BBC TV interview.
Business
Product Reviews
Technology makes it easy to connect with your car
Today’s cars offer a dazzling range of electronic entertainment possibilities.
Sunday Arts
Americana trio the Stray Birds aren’t just fiddling around
The young trio of musicians have rather quickly made a name for themselves in the roots music world.
Travel
In praise of porches, where summer really rocks
Summer in New England simply wouldn’t be the same if we couldn’t enjoy it from the front porch.
Books
Book review
‘Between My Father and the King’ by Janet Frame
The 28 stories in Frame’s new posthumous collection are a reminder of her legendary storytelling gift.
Globe Insiders
Globe Talk | June 11
A conversation with Dennis Lehane
A conversation with Dennis LehaneThe best-selling author discusses his craft with Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory. Proceeds will go to the One Fund Boston.