Police officer shot in Ferguson

The officer was shot in the arm Saturday night, according to authorities.

Suffolk court faces shutdown, maybe for good

The proposal is part of a sweeping study of the state?s 101 courthouses, many of which are overcrowded and rundown.

Students at campus of UMass Amherst.

Fatal heroin overdose of UMass student raises questions

Campus police recruited the student as an informant rather than telling his parents he was arrested for selling drugs.

?Why do you want to be governor??

This one question, almost never asked, cuts to the heart of why the five gubernatorial candidates are campaigning.

Huge demand pushes up Boston office rents

Strong growth by technology and medical companies is increasing rent costs across the region.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/iphone150-4557.jpg Post-Snowden iPhone 6 draws ire of the NSA

Apple and Google executives say the US government brought the push for encryption on itself.

Denzel Washington (above, with Chloe Grace Moretz) and Marton Csokas (below) square off in ?The Equalizer.?

Movie Review

?Equalizer? not one of Washington?s heights

This brutal, formulaic big-screen version of the TV show with Denzel Washington isn?t up to par.

Above: ?Earl Norris and His Dog Team, Muldrow Glacier, Alaska,? (1947).

Photography Review

At Panopticon, photographing mountains and glaciers

Bradford Washburn?s ?Vintage Photographs? offers spectacular mountain views, while Ivana Damien George?s ?Glacial Waters? addresses climate change.

Derek Jeter will finish a 20-year major league career that defined a game and an era at Fenway Park on Sunday.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Jeter completes his career and the circle goes on

Cities, teams, ballparks, legends, dates. Everything connects in baseball.

Participants in the East Somerville Foodie Crawl lined up (top) outside Vinny?s Ristorante earlier this month, then eyed the options (right). At left, Renee Polcaro and Evelyn Yamauchi danced the mambo.

Sampling a slice of foodie heaven in East Somerville

The bustling, polyglot neighborhood of East Somerville is the city?s most internationally flavored precinct.