UMass law school struggles to find footing

The school decided to cut the size of its incoming class by a third as its mounting deficit hit $3.8 million last year.

Four years and a lot of paperwork later, Liz and Chris Stuart (pictured with children Harper, 5 months, and Leighton, 3) purchased their Braintree home.

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Buyers wade through tighter mortgage rules

When it comes to anxiety levels, the mortgage process appears to be giving this red-hot spring market a run for its money.

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Senator Brian Joyce, who said he?d temporarily step down from his leadership positions, allegedly used his public office to enhance his law practice.

Roxbury drug kingpin serving life in prison could be released

Darryl Whiting could get out in 2017 if a judge accepts prosecutors? recommendation for a reduced sentence, records show.

Uber, Lyft drivers find chauffeuring comes with another role: therapist

Driving for ride-hailing services has become the hot new second job. And rides are getting very personal.

TORONTO, CANADA - MAY 8: Blake Swihart #23 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after striking out looking with the bases loaded in the fourth inning during MLB game action against the Toronto Blue Jays on May 8, 2015 at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

Scuffling Red Sox are running low on answers

There?s no excuse for what?s happening with this team right now. It?s a freefall.

Baker names five members to MassDOT board

The governor?s move follows the resignation, at his urging, of nearly all the board?s members.

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Three of this select academic group will go to Harvard, while another spurned the Ivy League for MIT.

Teens accused of attacking strangers in Boston Common

The two teens were arrested after the victims called 911 and showed police the cellphone pictures of their attackers.

The Deflategate report

Since Tom Brady became a starting quarterback, the Patriots have risen from ninth to second on a list of most valuable NFL franchises.

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Brady?s branding may offer peek at Pats? future

The Patriots? marketing post-Deflategate may offer a look at life without the franchise?s longtime star.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

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There is no way you can suspend Tom Brady for any more than two games, the same initial punishment doled out to Ray Rice.

Official game balls for the NFL football Super Bowl XLIX sit in a bin before being laced and inflated at the Wilson Sporting Goods Co. in Ada, Ohio, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. The New England Patriots will play the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl on Feb. 1 in Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Rick Osentoski)

After Deflategate, here?s how NFL must change its rules

After the Patriots? punishment is decided, the league needs to shore up several handling loopholes.

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Newcomers to the top 10 list included Charlotte, which was recently chosen by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

The iconic image, captured on Mother?s Day 1970.

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KEVIN PAUL DUPONT I ON SECOND THOUGHT

Bobby Orr goal was New England?s biggest sports moment

The ?Flying Bobby?? moment remains with us as both memory and art form, unparalleled in that sense.

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Learning to translate all that flowers say

Despite the loss of Dad, a family maintains a Mother?s Day tradition: running a florist shop.

This Jan. 30, 2012, photo provided by ESPN Images shows Bill Simmons on the set of NBA Countdown in New Orleans. ESPN has suspended Simmons for three weeks after he repeatedly called NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell a liar during a profane tirade on a podcast. ESPN announced the suspension Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/ESPN Images, Don Juan Moore)

ESPN parting ways with Bill Simmons

The popular ESPN personality will not be back with the network, ESPN President John Skipper announced in a statement.

Former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Hernandez, center, stands with his defense attorneys, from left, Charles Rankin, Micheal Fee and James Sultan, as the verdict is read in his murder trial, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, at Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in June 2013. (/Pool Photo via AP)

Hummer owned by Aaron Hernandez found for sale at car lot

WFXT-TV found the 2005 H2 Luxury, which Hernandez bought in 2013, for sale in Wrentham for $30,900.

Buzzsaw

When life imitates ?Seinfeld?

A human interaction was given comic perspective by a TV show, transforming acrimony to good will.

2015 Game Changers

These 51 innovative people and organizations did extraordinary things last year, reshaping the way we live and work.

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

Michael A. Cohen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/08/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/cohen-1286.jpg The new Mike Huckabee is mad as hell

When the Republican candidate announced his second run at the White House, the optimism of his initial foray was gone.

The Big Picture

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The big picture

Berlin battleground?70 years later

Decades after the Battle for Berlin, photographer Fabrizio Bensch unearthed pictures by a Red Army photographer that depicted a city at war?s end.