Boston Marathon bombing trial

Ex-friend testifies about giving gun to Tsarnaev

The 9mm handgun was allegedly used to murder an MIT officer, carjack a Chinese entrepreneur, and shoot at Watertown police.

KEVIN CULLEN

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Testimony Monday in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev painted a riveting picture of the confrontation in Watertown.

Rachel Davis, a junior at MIT, writes a blog about campus life.

Sean Proctor/Globe Staff

Suicides prompt soul-searching at elite MIT

Four students have committed suicide within the past year ? including two this month.

Snow possible on first day of ?spring? this week

The storm will arrive Friday after an unseasonably cold week.

Plymouth Superior Court Judge Carol Ball spoke in court about the bravery of the assault victim, who is now 23.

GEORGE RIZER FOR THE GLOBE

Court hears saga of abuse, Brockton victim?s resilience

His childhood was a nightmare ? and he had to face his monsters one last time.

Aaron Hernandez, 25, has pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges in the June 2013 slaying of Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez stared angrily at victim in club, witness says

Two nights before Odin Lloyd was killed, he went to a Boston club with Aaron Hernandez and another man.

The country went to the polls in a tight parliamentary election.

As Israelis hit polls, Netanyahu?s six-year reign on the line

The prime minister claimed high Arab voter turnout was putting his right wing Likud Party?s rule ?in danger.?

Forecaster one of few people happy about all this snow

Judah Cohen is giddy about the record snowfall, and that he rightly predicted it.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_warmingup3_met-8265.jpg After historic snow, Boston now dealing with piles of trash

Melting snow is revealing a filthy mess, testing the resolve of residents and officials weary from a season of storms.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/dropkick150-8148.jpg Dropkick Murphys play surprise show at Logan

Before shipping up to Dublin to begin their latest tour, the band put on a show for unsuspecting passengers.

Ty Burr | Critic?s Notebook

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jinx150-8133.jpg Was ?The Jinx? a piece of responsible journalism?

The timing involved in everything in and around the HBO documentary series about real estate scion Robert Durst seems . . . remarkable.

Jeremy Brown, at one of his jobs at a lobster pound in Eastport, Maine, relies on a federal discount to keep his health insurance.

MICHAEL C. YORK FOR THE GLOBE

Health care ruling could be a blow to Maine, N.H.

A Supreme Court case could upend President Obama?s health care law, cutting subsidies to about 7.5 million people.

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The wife of the lefthanded reliever is a practicing dentist licensed in four states so they can spend time together.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/sox51a.jpg Rusney Castillo remains key part of Red Sox? plans

With Mookie Betts a likely starter in a crowded outfield, Castillo gives the Red Sox an expensive but important backup plan.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1057.jpg Maura Healey has Beacon Hill on alert

She?s a 5-foot-4-inch force to be reckoned with ? and, for some, that also means she?s a force to be contained.

Bold types

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/baker150-3831.jpg Charity event leads to $10,000 lunch in suite with $10,000 drapes

Governor Baker poked fun at Deval Patrick?s $11 million renovation of the governor?s suite at a fund-raiser.

Marathon trial podcast

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This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

Juan Enriquez

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0317oped_enriquez2.jpg Changing the principles of evolution

It?s humans, not nature, who largely determine what lives and dies as well as what gets a chance to evolve and how.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture

A historic winter

A look at how Boston?s snowiest winter on record changed the region?s landscape.