Boston Marathon bombing trial

Jurors begin deliberations in Marathon bombing trial

A courtroom sketch shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev during closing arguments.

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After the prosecution and defense presented their closing arguments, the jury will decide whether Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets life in prison or the death penalty.

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)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Airing out some thoughts on Patriots and Deflategate

New England fans are in a frenzy, Bob Kraft is flip-flopping, and Bill Belichick has been invisible.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pauses as he speaks during a news conference Friday, Sept. 19, 2014, in New York. Goodell says the NFL wants to implement new personal conduct policies by the Super Bowl. The league has faced increasing criticism that it has not acted quickly or emphatically enough concerning the domestic abuse cases. The commissioner reiterated that he botched the handling of the Ray Rice case. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Many find NFL?s justice system difficult to fathom

There?s an explanation for the league?s differences in penalties that is often overlooked, experts say

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A 20-year-old Boston College student has been missing since Monday after he left his Brookline apartment.

05/11/15: Boston, MA: Converse has moved their headquarters from North Andover to a refurbished building on North Washington Street, near the Zakim Bridge and the TD Garden. Also on the site is a retail store, the interior of which is pictured as they get ready for the opening. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section: business topic:13downpage-shop(1)

Converse and its iconic Chuck Taylors find a home near North Station

Converse?s new headquarters building opens Friday at Lovejoy Wharf near North Station.

Movie Review

Mad Max is back ? and better than ever

?Mad Max: Fury Road? is the action movie of the year ? and maybe the decade.

Former Sharon Rabbi Barry Starr.

Rabbi allegedly borrowed, stole nearly $500,000

New details have emerged about the fall of Barry Starr, who attempted to buy the silence of a man now charged with blackmailing him.

From top: lemon sole with potatoes and house-made bottarga; roasted beets with tahini and pine nuts; confit pork belly with poached oysters and bok choy; beef with tallow fries; cream cheese mousse with rhubarb center.

dining out

A field day at Woods Hill Table in Concord

At Woods Hill Table, farm-to-table isn?t a talking point. It is the reason to have a restaurant at all.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/CE485zAWAAA-mvU.jpg Harvard students block doorway to school building in protest

Students from the group Divest Harvard are pushing the school to pull investments from fossil fuels.

Amtrak train was traveling at twice the speed limit

Investigators and first responders worked near the wreckage of an Amtrak passenger train that was carrying more than 200 passengers.

Federal accident investigators say an Amtrak train was going over 100 mph prior to a derailment that killed seven people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/84c1f6d11f6748d184dd0da0bf3e7a49-84c1f6d11f6748d184dd0da0bf3e7a49-0.jpg Amtrak crash passengers recall routine ride, then chaos

In interviews and in messages sent out through social media, passengers who survived the crash described scenes of sudden horror.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/473144692.jpg Senate agrees to move forward on Obama?s trade agenda

The deal doesn?t assure President Obama of receiving ??fast track?? negotiating authority.

Boston Latin School ranked No. 2 in the state.

Lane Turner/Globe Staff

Sturgis Charter, Boston Latin top best high schools list

US News and World Report put the schools from Cape Cod and Boston atop its state rankings for public schools.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/somerville150-8798.jpg Day-care kidnap suspect allegedly said he needed a child

The suspect in an attempted Somerville kidnapping also allegedly reached for an officer?s gun during a struggle with police.

Dorchester teenager charged in savage animal cruelty case

A Dorchester teenager accused of dismembering cats is being held to determine if he poses a threat to the public.

Tufts, Boston Medical Center end merger talks

A deal that would have been the biggest alliance of two city hospitals in nearly two decades has fallen apart.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 30: Death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean testifies

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

Opinion

Joe Baerlein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/13/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/tombrady-reuters200-1307.jpg How Tom Brady, Patriots fumbled Deflategate

Following these crisis-management rules would have helped the Patriots in this scandal.

The Big Picture

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Amtrak derailment

Authorities continue to investigate the scene of a fatal train derailment on a route between Washington and New York.