Boston Marathon bombing trial

The road to the death penalty for Tsarnaev

Photos played a major role in the government?s success in convincing jurors to unanimously approve the death penalty.

A bouquet of flowers lied on the Marathon finish line after Friday?s sentencing.

Kevin Cullen

Choosing to focus on the heroes, not the Tsarnaevs

I?ll remember the choices people made. The heroes who emerged. A city that stayed true to its best self.

Officer Ged Driscoll watched for drug-related activity on a Plymouth street as part of a special plainclothes police unit.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

Heroin exacts an especially savage toll in Plymouth

So far this year, the town has recorded 136 overdoses ? an average of exactly one a day ? and 10 related deaths.

Poll finds great awareness ? and fear ? of opioid abuse

Mass. residents are more worried about drug abuse than are Americans generally, a Boston Globe poll found.

Plymouth wants to spruce up the Water Street area near its harbor for its 400th anniversary, including fixing the sea wall (above), replacing painted crosswalks with stones, widening the sidewalks, and adding a boardwalk.

Reimagining Plymouth?s waterfront

As the town prepares for the spotlight in 2020, officials are trying to find funding for a proposed $15 million waterfront makeover.

Boston

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Stephen Ziska is with his family in New York, college and police officials said.

Tom Brady with his wife, Gisele Bundchen, and son Benjamin in 2013. Below, he greeted fans in 2002 at the Patriots training camp at Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I.

Tracing Tom Brady?s fame, fortune

It?s tough to remember the Tom Brady that arrived here 15 years ago amid the media frenzy that?s erupted since Deflategate.

FILE - In this Thursday, April 30, 2015 file photo, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks during the first round of the 2015 NFL Football Draft in Chicago. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Thursday night, May 14, 2015 he will personally hear the suspension appeal of Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady, who challenged the league's punishment for his role in using deflated footballs during the AFC championship game .(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Ben Volin | On football

Brady will have tough time beating Goodell in court

There is not much precedent of an NFL player getting a suspension overturned in a court of law.

summer arts preview

The best of upcoming arts events

Critics suggest where you should go, what you should see, who you should hear, and what you should be reading this summer.

MAY 012, 2015 - WORCESTER- MA- Students demonstrate how robot can grasp an item from sorter in manuel mode after robot was not cooperating.WPI developing robots for an Amazon-sponsored competition. Their goal is to design robots that can pick products off of shelves and put them into boxes. (globe staff photo :Joanne Rathe reporter: scott kirsner section: business : topic: 17kirsner)

Innovation Economy

Mass. robotics teams take on $20,000 Amazon contest

Amazon has always had the drive to dominate retail. It?s no surprise the company is pursuing a dual-path strategy.

Francesca Sinacori has said she knows the dealer who sold heroin to her son, Eric, who died of an overdose in 2013.

Sinacori family

Mother wants justice after son?s fatal overdose

Sinacori felt betrayed by UMass, which didn?t tell the family that Eric was involved with drugs, using him as a police informant instead.

Bella English

Family finds ?Wicked Good? way to make money and stay together

Wicked Good Cupcakes are made from scratch in Cohasset by bakers headed by a mother-daughter team.

David Ortiz gestures as he crosses home plate following a solo home run in the third inning Saturday in Seattle. (Otto Greule Jr./Getty Images)

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

As David Ortiz goes, so goes the Red Sox lineup

The 39-year-old designated hitter goes into tonight?s game hitting .228 and slugging .374, both career lows.

Shoppers on Central Street.

location, location, location

What is it like to live in Wellesley?

In the past year, 308 homes sold in the town at an average of $1.44 million. This year?s average tax bill is $13,326.

Peter Post | Etiquette at Work

Guidelines to a successful job interview

As graduation season gets underway, here are some tips to make that post-grad job interview a successful one.

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

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Federal death sentences lead to endless legal appeals, which will afford Tsarnaev a platform for years to come.

The Big Picture

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Big Picture

Living with creatures

Photographers have documented the relationships between humans and animals in countless ways.