All but five of the state?s 351 towns and cities saw increases in the number of active Class A licenses between 2013 and 2014.
The jury is, in a way, being asked to get inside Aaron Hernandez?s head, according to legal specialists.
Hillary Clinton set to announce presidential bid on SundayClinton will enter the race in a strong position to succeed President Obama as the nominee of the Democratic Party.
Few federal juries find in favor of death, and even when they do, sending the defendant to death row rarely leads to execution.
Top lawmakers oppose Tsarnaev?s executionBoth US senators from Mass. oppose the death penalty in the case, but others are in favor of the convicted bomber?s execution.
EPA/S.C. LAW ENFORCEMENT
The time in between the dashboard video and a bystander?s cellphone video remains a mystery.
Shirley Leung
After latest MBTA report, now the hard part beginsOur history is littered with T reports that collect dust. If we follow through this time, here?s a rundown of the winners and losers.
A tornado brought chaos to a tiny northern Illinois town, sweeping homes off their foundations.
2015 Tops Spots to Live
Dina Rudick/Globe Staff
From Andover to Weymouth, Back Bay to Newton, these streets win honors for their curb appeal, amenities, and other distinctions.
address
Will Seaport District ever have the soul of a real neighborhood?Bostonians wonder if the collection of pricey water views and highway-wide streets will ever join the ranks of our town?s famed neighborhoods.
Aboard flights, clashes rise over assigned seats, religionMore passengers are telling of conflicts between ultra-Orthodox Jewish men trying to follow their faith and women hoping to sit down.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Davey?s MBTA ties more bad karma for Olympics bidRichard Davey was unable to control costs and protect the public?s interest as the state?s transportation czar.
AP
Alex Speier
The opponents in the first week of the Red Sox? season offer a glimpse of what could have been if Boston had not retooled its roster yet again.
fluto shinzawa | on hockey
Playoff hopes now out of the Bruins? controlOn Saturday, when the Bruins conclude the regular season against the Lightning, the game may not even matter.
Lauren Hill, college basketball player who battled brain tumor, dies at 19Hill, a freshman at Division III Mount St. Joseph University, spent her final year polishing a layup and inspiring others to live fully.
Magazine
What it?s like to be poor at an Ivy League schoolHigh-achieving, low-income students, often the first in their families to attend college, struggle to feel they belong on campus.
Ideas
Deprogramming ISIS recruits comes with high stakesWestern countries are at an impasse over what to do with those who want to opt out.
Episode 18: Tsarnaev found guilty on all countsThis interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
We must revisit how Marathon bombers became extremistsWhy did the Tsarnaev brothers feel compelled to build two explosive devices and detonate them in a crowd of spectators?
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Governor Jerry Brown ordered cities and towns to cut water use by 25 percent in an unprecedented mandate.
The Sox? uprising against Phillies starter David Buchanan included a bases-loaded triple by Xander Bogaerts.
With so much on the line, there is much to win ? and so much to lose ? for some of the state?s major players and operatives.
John Dawson of Whitinsville was identified as the victim in a fatal attack by a traitorous Afghan soldier in Jalalabad.
The president indicated he will announce the move this week, which should lead to a full restoration of diplomatic ties.
A novel fund-raising plan helps fuel emerging Broad Institute research ? along with future philanthropy.
MIT List Visual Arts Center offers a small but illuminating selection of early films by performance artist Joan Jonas.
Bruce Dern and Geneviève Bujold portray convincing curmudgeons in this serio-comic melodrama set in rustic Vermont in 1956.
Design New England
Garden varietyWith hundreds of thousands of species in existence, how are eager gardeners to choose plants for their gardens?
Ideas
Deprogramming ISIS recruits comes with high stakesWestern countries are at an impasse over what to do with those who want to opt out.
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