Man accused of extorting rabbi has criminal record

The suspect in the case has in the past been arrested for threatening to kill a man.

Hub schools in disarray, review finds

Academic departments are “badly fractured, distrustful, and lacking a sense of teamwork or shared responsibility for the district’s students,” according to the report.

Shirley Leung

Sodexo drops health care benefits for some, blaming Obamacare

Something stinks in college cafeterias managed by the French catering company, and it has nothing to do with the food.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/martin&Monty-001.jpg NESN: In 30 years, how a channel has changed

No one saw the first Red Sox game carried on NESN. Now the network is a broadcasting behemoth.

Scores killed in Syria mortar attack

A mortar shell struck a gathering for backers of President Bashar Assad, state media and opposition activists reported.

John Farrell has the look of a man whose fuse may be getting shorter. AP Photo/Charles Krupa

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Good times seem like a year ago

Last season, everything fell into place for the Red Sox. This season, everything seems to be falling apart.

The panel cited several specific cases, including Father Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul, a priest who returned to his native India after being charged with molesting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota in 2004 and is currently being pursued by American prosecutors.

John L. Allen Jr.

Second UN panel criticizes Vatican on sex abuse

This report mixes criticism with praise for steps taken by the church over the last decade to combat abuse.

Bill Clinton shared a hug with Stephen Spaloss, City Year’s regional vice president, after getting the award.

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Bill Clinton celebrates with City Year

The former president was at Symphony Hall to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the service organization.

KEVIN CULLEN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen_20131206[1].jpg A debacle becomes a teaching moment

The speaker at Smith College’s commencement reminded those in attendance that free speech isn’t just about listening to views mimicking yours.

Opinion

JAMES CARROLL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/james_carroll_150px.jpg Pope, rabbi, sheik can make history

The pope invited the rabbi and the Muslim leader to Israel as companions to send a message about the urgency of inter-religious reconciliation.

Movies

Movie Review

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/23xmen2.jpg ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ is fast, smart, and intermittently inspired

The latest film in the series upholds the acceptably high batting average of Marvel’s second-tier movie franchise.

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Intel Corp.’s Hudson facility consists of more than 1.3 million square feet of office and industrial space in four buildings.

Intel gets help shopping massive Hudson site

The site of Intel’s soon-to-close chip plant could become a biotech facility, a digital data center or a manufacturing site for high-technology hardware.