Opposing views given of alleged rape at St. Paul?s

?[Owen Labrie] had to confuse and manipulate a 15-year-old girl to get what he wanted,? said a prosecutor in closing arguments.

Yvonne Abraham

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Despite our strenuous efforts to teach our kids otherwise, boys still feel entitled to sex, and it?s still on girls to hold them back.

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Fed up with Donald Trump?s stance on abortion and his statements about women, advocates are planning to rally in Norwood.

A Chinese investor walked past a display of the Shanghai Composite Index at a brokerage in Beijing on Thursday.

US stocks higher again after China?s stock market rebounds

The Dow was up more than 200 ponts as a rebound spread throughout global markets.

6/11/2015 - Boston, MA - The demolition of the Casey Overpass has caused traffic to increase severely in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, especially in the evening. Story By Matt Rocheleau/Globe Staff. Topic: 10casey. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.

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What does traffic cost Boston drivers? About $1,400 annually

Drivers spent an extra 64 hours in the car, burning gas and also lost time they could have been productive, a study found.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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It?s one approach that?s rarely discussed but seems to curb opioid abuse ? without the risk of driving users to heroin.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/04900530[1]-921--90x90.jpg Austrian police find 20, maybe up to 50, migrants dead in truck

The badly decomposing bodies were discovered piled in a truck parked on the shoulder of the main highway from Budapest to Vienna.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_27everett4_MET[1]-8721--90x90.jpg Mother charged in drinking party linked to teen?s rape

The mother of the underage host has been charged with providing alcohol to teens at the Everett house party.

Illustration by Luci Gutierrez

Magazine

Why Boston is finally embracing high-rise condos

After centuries of being defined by brownstones, Boston is in the midst of a condo tower boom. Is that so bad?

Ty Burr

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The station?s broadcast footage doesn?t show much, but the gunman?s video is genuinely awful ? a real-life first-person shooter.

WDBJ-TV7 meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner (right) wiped his eyes during the early morning newscast as anchor Kimberly McBroom and guest anchor Steve Grant delivered the news on Thursday.

Virginia station honors colleagues with memories, tears

The emotional crescendo of WDBJ-TV?s ??Mornin??? show came when a moment of silence was held 24 hours after the shooting.

Magazine

When did parents get so scared?

When you were a kid, you probably spent hours outside and unsupervised. It?s not that way anymore.

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Opinion | farah stockman

Sex, drugs, and racist policing in Rutland, Vt.

There is a right way and a wrong way to address the heroin scourge. Rutland chose the wrong way.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blanding081815winchester3met-8720.jpg Winchester parents launch recall of School Committee

Parents cited a lack of information over the apparent removal of Sean Kiley as Winchester High?s principal.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-7486.jpg Without any explanation, Don Orsillo is gone

The silence coming out of NESN is insulting to everyone who cares about the Red Sox.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/04900552[1]-7430--90x90.jpg Usain Bolt wins 200, then felled by cameraman on Segway

After the race, a photographer on a Segway hit a railing and swerved into the sprinter?s legs, but Bolt was not injured.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_biden_henniker.jpg Why Joe Biden could skip N.H. if he runs for president

The rationale for Biden to skip Iowa and New Hampshire is this: He would enter in the race too late to compete in those states.

Opinion & Ideas

Alex Beam

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/26/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Alex_Beam_150px-1252.png The birthplace of sex in America

This much is true: In 1956, a bored and bibulous Gilmanton, N.H., housewife published ?Peyton Place.?

The Big Picture

Track and Field World Championships 2015

Nearly 2,000 competitors from 207 countries are participating in the event in Beijing.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/webb150-4832.jpg C.A. Webb leaving VC association to start own firm

Webb has swelled the ranks and reach of the New England Venture Capital Association since becoming executive director in 2012.

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/27/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/allen150-924.jpg On Chibok anniversary, Christians caught between hope, experience

Most of the Chibok girls remain missing 16 months into their abduction in Nigeria.