Holder to resign as attorney general

Eric Holder is the first black attorney general, and his tenure is the fourth longest on the job.

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The White House said Thursday that President Barack Obama planned to announce Eric Holder?s departure later Thursday.

Lawsuit claims ex-worker stole $2 million from PBS

A former finance director of PBS?s Boston-based video distribution arm is alleged to have stolen the money.

A view of the proposed tower from Federal Street.

Proposed tower could alter Boston?s skyline

Entrepreneur Steve Belkin is resurrecting his plan to build one of Boston?s tallest buildings ? a glass tower of up to 740 feet.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05152009_15busmadoff50-7241447-ODAB.jpg Brigham nurses sue over flu shot mandate

The hospital was sued over a policy mandating nurses to get flu shots if they want to keep working there.

Iraq uncovers ISIS plot to attack subways in US, Paris

The country?s prime minister said the plot was the work of foreign fighters of the Islamic State group in Iraq.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Advance/Images/sacra150-8430.jpg Mass. doctor who contracted Ebola to be released

Dr. Richard Sacra, who contracted the virus in Liberia, was being treated at a hospital in Nebraska.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/truck150-10504.jpg Box truck crashes into overpass on Storrow Drive

This is the fifth crash of a vehicle that was too tall on Storrow Drive this year.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ByYOtXYIcAAuTs1.jpg SUV crashes into Newton store just before grand opening

The SUV plowed through the front of the White House | Black Market store at 200 Boylston St. at 8:45 a.m.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/mit150-4589.jpg A look inside the MIT Media Lab

Nestled in the heart of MIT?s campus, the MIT Media Lab is one of the most important storehouses of invention.