Baker demands swift action by Olympic organizers

Governor Charlie Baker said he wants organizers of Boston?s Olympic bid to have a plan with more details by early June.

Boston police agree to release names of arrested officers

Police had been criticized for withholding the names of officers who had been caught driving drunk.

Boston Marathon bombing trial

A courtroom sketch shows Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at his trial on April 6.

KEVIN CULLEN

For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, it?s mercy or death

After hearing closing arguments, the jury in the trial of the convicted Marathon bomber must now make its decision about his fate.

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Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri describe the scene at Dzhokar Tsarnaev?s trial.

In this courtroom sketch, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, second from left, is depicted with his defense attorneys William Fick, left, Judy Clarke, second from right, and David Bruck, right, as the jury presented its verdict on April 8.

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Jury begins its task in Marathon bombing trial

Jurors started their deliberations in the sentencing phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

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.

Pollack presses for new MBTA oversight

Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack said a new board would be able to focus on the T.

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

Belmont resident Bennett Alper said hearing his jokes on television ?is a high.?

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As Letterman retires, so does Belmont joke writer

Bennett Alper has supplied jokes to Jay Leno and David Letterman but will turn the page when Letterman steps aside.

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

Amtrak train was traveling at twice the speed limit

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

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.

Kiernan Shipka as Sally Draper in AMC?s ?Mad Men.?

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Ranking the characters of ?Mad Men? worst to best

Call it a coping mechanism as I contemplate the end of ?Mad Men?: arranging the characters in order of how much I?ll miss them.

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

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.

Two new lions to debut at Franklin Park Zoo

The lions are 6-year-old brothers who arrived from the Dallas Zoo a few weeks ago.

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

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.