Worker absenteeism appears to be overstated and a charge that funds went unspent omits important context, an analysis found.
The one-day hearing will include testimony from survivors of the Marathon bombings.
David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
The main focus of the three-year project will be replacing 3,400 sheets of copper that protect the ship?s hull.
Judge delays start of prison sentence for Bob HewittThe retired doubles tennis champion and convicted rapist will be confined to his home until a June 19 hearing.
KEVIN CULLEN
Marathon survivor finds grace, wisdom in recoveryMaybe it?s because he died twice on the operating table that Bill White appreciates life more than most.
The United States Olympic Committee faces a September deadline to formally nominate Boston to host the 2024 Games.
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The heist, in which thieves drilled through the thick concrete walls of a high-security vault, had fascinated Britain.
Mass. police may have to give up some military equipmentPresident Obama has put stricter controls on a program that provides military equipment, including grenade launchers.
Jerry Larson/AP
Outlaw motorcycle gangs have been labeled a significant threat as nearby as New Hampshire and New York.
Biker gangs? bitter rivalry was backdrop to Waco meleeIn the world of Texas motorcycle gangs, the Bandidos and the Cossacks are warring tribes in an unforgiving landscape.
Are the Patriots now the Yankees of the NFL?The Patriots are just the latest in a lengthy line of super-successful teams and individuals whose demise was widely celebrated.
Former Patriot Matt Light calls Deflategate ?a ridiculous circus?At least one member of the Patriots? family isn?t holding his tongue when it comes to Deflategate.
Dan Shaughnessy
Tension mounts with Kraft, Goodell at owners meeting?Mad Men? is over, Letterman hangs it up Wednesday, but Deflategate never sleeps.
Matthew Cavanaugh for The Boston Globe
Amherst professor Catherine Sanderson wants to help put happiness within reach of her audiences and her students too.
Double Shot
Austin?s coffee scene among most vibrant in countryIf you like coffee, find a way to head to Austin, Texas. The place will manage to keep you both weird, and wired.
Meet the man who really created the ?Mad Men? Coke adBill Backer came up with the jingle for the iconic commercial that appeared at the end of the ?Mad Men? finale.
JOAN VENNOCHI
Once again, Warren has Obama on the defenseThe senator owns the label of fighter for the middle class and all the power of persuasion that goes with that.
What happens next for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev?This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.
George J. Mitchell
Iran nuclear talks strike the right balanceThe ongoing negotiation has already achieved more than its opponents thought possible.
A coup attempt occurred in the African nation of Burundi last week after President Pierre Nkurunziza announced that he was seeking a third term.
The new pitching coach?s philosophy of keeping things simple seems to have struck a chord with the staff.
Governor Charlie Baker asked to confer with Plymouth leaders about the widening problem that has resulted in 144 overdoses and 10 fatalities this year.
Investigators have been seeking details on events before the derailment, including the train?s acceleration heading into a curve.
The release date will be just a couple of weeks before the Iowa caucuses and early state primaries in 2016.
The money will create or preserve 1,194 affordable units and help to jump start 20 of developments from Dorchester to downtown.
The Williamstown resident takes a dim view of the earth?s future in her Pulitzer Prize-winning book, ?The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History.?
Q&A
First impressions really do matterWe?re misunderstood even by the people closest to us, according to a social psychologist at Columbia Business School.
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