Tsarnaev verdict seems simple, but much in play

With 30 criminal counts against Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to review, legal specialists say a swift verdict is unlikely.

A car seat was seen inside the hastily abandoned Joelyn's Family Home on Long Island in October. The facility has closed because the bridge linking Long Island to the mainland was condemned last fall, and in the process many addicts are finding their options limited.

Yvonne Abraham

No bridge over troubled waters for rehab clients

Imagine being so desperate to stay in rehab that you?d deliberately relapse. That?s a choice some women are making.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/olympic_park_001(1)A.jpg In London, Games? legacy came first

If there is an example for Boston in the London Olympics, it is the laser-like focus on legacy, or what remains after the athletes leave.

At the Life Teen Mass at St. Mary of the Sacred Heart Church in Hanover, youths gathered around the Rev. Chris Hickeyon the altar for the consecration of the eucharist.

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

Churches expand ministries in unique ways

Some area churches are blessing pets and bicycles, taking worshipful walks, gathering for dinner worship, and turning up the music.

John L. Allen Jr. | All Things Catholic

What Christians and atheists share

Believers should acknowledge that they?re not the only ones suffering from violent Islamic extremism.

Kevin Cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen_20131018.jpg Beloved poet?s spirit endures in his spartan digs

Harvard University has turned Seamus Heaney?s old residence into a living memorial to the Nobel laureate.

CELTICS 117, RAPTORS 116

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/46495159c1f2466fa29f61362e186e33-46495159c1f2466fa29f61362e186e33-0-7078-7103--90x90.jpg Marcus Smart hits OT winner at buzzer for Celtics

Smart delivered the winning basket with no time left in a thrilling victory over the Toronto Raptors on Saturday night.

John Calipari?s hopes of a 40-0 season and a national title for Kentucky were shattered by gritty Wisconsin.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Final count for Kentucky is 38-and-done

It took 39 games, but John Calipari?s Wildcats finally met their match.

Patrice Bergeron was unsuccessful in this attempt to beat Toronto?s James Reimer ? but the Bruins All-Star did get the last laugh on the Maple Leafs.

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Bruins beat Maple Leafs in shootout

Patrice Bergeron scored the lone goal in regulation and the only goal in the shootout to lift Boston over Toronto.

Manchester, Ga., could play a role in the 2016 election as Georgia has moved up its presidential primary date to March 1.

John Amis for The Boston Globe

Southern states seek to leverage 2016 clout

Under the 2016 primary calendar, places like Manchester, Ga., could carry new sway ? an antidote to independent voters up north.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/150331_donna_015a.jpg Patriots owner adds surprise to late wife?s legacy of giving

Robert Kraft?s surprise grant-giving comes after the death of his wife, Myra, who made the sharing of her family?s riches her life?s work.

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

Startup groups? progress significant 10 years later

Y Combinator and Web Innovators Group, both with Boston roots, have helped launch many companies in the last decade.

Barbara Graham of Athol with her first rescue from a Premarin farm, Reba, a 15-year-old Belgium that she got as a foal.

Love of horses turns into ardor to save them

As pregnant mares? urine is farmed in Canada for a menopause drug, two Mass. women rescue the resulting foals headed for slaughter.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe staff

Magazine

Are long baseball contracts worth it?

Megadeals for players that stretch well into their 30s are perilous. So why do teams keep doing it?

At Norwood Town Hall, Eileen Johnson demonstrated proper brushing to two fifth-graders from St. Catherine of Siena School.

A brush with dental care, courtesy of towns

Some area communities see to the dental health of their residents, particularly children from lower-income families.

Writer Jaci Conry?s kitchen, which was coffered to mask a flaw. it?s now her favorite feature in the space.

Address

Ceiling styles give much needed lift

It used to be that featureless ceilings were the norm. With murals, architectural features, and paint colors, things are looking up for the long-ignored ceiling.

Spring snowboarder at Killington in Vermont.

Deep in New England?s spring snow

Sure, this winter?s snow dumps have caused headaches and hazards, but New England ski resorts are rejoicing.

?Under the Wave off Kanagawa,? ?a.k.a. ?The Great Wave?

Art Review

Japanese master Hokusai subject of brilliant MFA show

The Katsushika Hokusai show gives your eyes a good workout, but leaves you mentally and spiritually elated.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 16: Tsarnaev?s defense rests

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

Opinion

Brandon Ambrosino

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/jesus-wide-561.jpg Jesus? radical politics

The bells of Easter Sunday, comforting though they may be, are actually a call to war, albeit a nonviolent kind of war.

The Big Picture

Attack in Kenya

The alarming attack at Garissa University was the deadliest in the country since 1998.