No reduction in life sentence for Darryl ?God? Whiting

Darryl ?God? Whiting.

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US District Chief Judge Patti B. Saris said Whiting?s release would pose a danger to the community.

Surveillance images show Zachary Marr outside the Boston Public Market.

Officials search Boston Harbor for missing Central Mass. man

The disappearance of Zachary Marr is strikingly similar to that of a 24-year-old whose body was found in 2014 in the harbor.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/NORTHERN_AVE_BRIDGE2-5861961-5904.jpg City details demolition plan for Northern Ave. Bridge

In a new permit application, the city proposes taking down the bridge in sections that would be floated intact via barge.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/180c2bfc5f00477c801c27e627f62437-180c2bfc5f00477c801c27e627f62437-0-10957-kXzG--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Asylum seekers bring disease like ?ziki fly,? Maine governor says

Paul LePage made the comments during a public forum Tuesday in Freeport.

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In remarks to Globe editors and reporters, Margaret McKenna said she sensed trouble just a month into her tenure.

10-month-old dies after drowning in bathtub

Boston Police called the Tuesday incident a ?tragic accident.?

Corrections officer arrested on heroin trafficking charges

While he was off-duty and not at the prison, the suspect sold heroin to an undercover state trooper multiple times, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/19/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_20downing-4.jpg Marijuana activist Bill Downing faces criminal charges

Downing allegedly sold drugs to undercover police officers for medicinal purposes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/20160210_vtburlington-17A.jpg These college students aren?t nodding off. They?re meditating.

The University of Vermont is expanding the Wellness Environment, where drugs and alcohol are out and round-the-clock education in healthy living is in.

An amputee veteran at a VA hospital in New York City.

John Moore/getty images

Perspective

Why privatizing the VA health care system is a bad idea

The Veteran?s Health Administration must fix major problems, but its integrated care system should be a model to learn from.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bradyski.jpg Is Tom Brady skiing with . . . Ben Affleck?

This isn?t the first time that Affleck and Brady have spent quality time traveling together.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/northeasterndanceoff-10954.JPG Northeastern president shares awkward dance with Nobel recipient

During an event at the school with Leymah Gbowee, Aoun challenged the scholar to get up and groove.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/_M5Q5753A-U821533435080waC--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg A guide to the 2016 NBA trade deadline

There?s a lot to track and navigate. So here?s a rundown of the basics, the storylines, the market, and the future.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

Trump makes himself great again with help from Jeb and W

By bashing the Iraq war, the Republican front-runner has regained the momentum.

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The state is facing the prospect of a wave of retirements and difficulty in finding qualified replacement workers.

crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/17/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/popefrancis200-1226.JPG Pope Francis flashes anger at pushy crowd

The pontiff lost his cool when overenthusiastic fans in Mexico pulled him, causing him to fall onto a child in a wheelchair.

Secretary of State John Kerry on Taylor Swift and Kanye West

Asked by Kimmel whether he could broker peace between West and Taylor Swift, Kerry admitted he?s not up for the job.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/16/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Bangor%20Uni%20students.jpg Cleanup crew in Britain finds old Salem News box

A delivery box labeled ?The Salem Evening News,? along with its Salem witch logo, apparently floated all the way across the pond.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/01/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/ryan_Baltzley4_lifestyle.jpg Is quaint Cape Cod ready for chef Brandon Baltzley?

Baltzley has charted a course through Michelin-starred kitchens and across the map.

Ground Game

ground game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/NHPolls04.jpg Maybe we should believe the polls

So far in the 2016 presidential primary season, the polls have been pretty darn accurate.

The Big Picture

Winter white

Across the globe, snow blankets the landscape, giving photographers a new perspective on their surroundings.

Globe investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight150x150-165.jpg Globe investigations and Spotlight reports

A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

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The staff of ratings website Dunwello announced over the long weekend that the service would cease operations.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/spotlight-9497.jpg Boston Globe coverage and the movie ?Spotlight?

?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Crux

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_7V7GH.jpg Pope dons sombrero as he travels to Mexico

A Mexican journalist presented Pope Francis with a traditional hat as the pontiff departed from the Vatican Friday.

Globe Insiders

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/bath.jpg Immersed in the View

A seaside location sets the tone for a free-flowing master bathroom with partitions and angles ? but no doors to restrict sightlines.