Council warned of legal issues with vote on pay raise

The vote for the $25,000 pay raise is now being challenged by the state Ethics Commission.

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The fence jumper overpowered a female Secret Service agent and ran through the East Room before he was tackled, an official said.

Judge voices concerns on Partners merger

The judge delayed a decision on a deal that would allow Partners to acquire three community hospitals for months.

UMass to review confidential informant policy

A Globe story Sunday detailed how campus police recruited a student who later died of a heroin overdose.

Framingham sex assault latest in string of attacks

Four students at Framingham State have been suspended in connection with two sexual assaults last weekend, officials said.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Tom Brady is not the problem for Patriots

The quarterback isn?t the team?s decision-maker. That?s the job of a different legendary figure.

Boston Celtics guard Rajon Rondo posed with his broken hand in a cast at media day in Waltham.

Rajon Rondo describes breaking hand

The Celtics point guard, who could miss the first month of the season, said he ?slipped and tried to catch my hand? in the shower.

A look at the scene following the skydiving accident on Sunday in Barnstable.

Officials review recording of fatal skydiving accident

Investigators hope the video explains why an instructor and his student missed a landing area and hit a shed, killing the pair.

A US Air Force C-54 Skymaster bringing supplies to blockaded Berliners in 1948 approaches Berlin?s Templehof Air Base.

Opinion | Stephen kinzer

The truth behind the tinted World War II memories

Don?t forget less virtuous American interventions in the world.

Double Shot

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/09/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/coffee150-4677.jpg The ins and outs of international coffee diplomacy

Serving the right coffee, just like mastering the correct handshake or bow, is practiced by American diplomats.