Smoke detected on Egypt jet just before crash, investigators say

The Imam of al Thawrah Mosque, Samir Abdel Bary, embraces Tarek Abu Laban, center, following prayers for the dead in Cairo, Egypt on Friday, May 20, 2016. Abu Laban lost four relatives in Thursday's EgyptAir plane crash. The Airbus A320 was flying from Paris to Cairo when it disappeared over the Mediterranean Sea. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

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Smoke was detected in multiple places on EgyptAir flight 804 moments before it plummeted into the Mediterranean, but the cause of the crash remains unclear.

Boston, MA 042214 Boston Public Library in Copley Square, Tuesday, April 22 2014. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff) section: Business slug: Location, Location reporter:

Two candidates vying for BPL presidency

Library trustees were interviewing two candidates Saturday morning, interim president David Leonard and Jill Bourne of California?s San Jose Public Library.

A day after an aide was charged, Mayor Martin J. Walsh attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a Boston housing project on Friday.

Mayor Walsh trying to keep focus amid scandal

The message from the administration Friday was that it?s time to get back to governing.

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The MBTA and its contractor are working to correct two lingering problems at the commuter rail and bus station.

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Many college speakers are adding another item to the list of essential pieces of advice for the nation?s future leaders: beware Donald Trump.

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Embattled entertainer Bill Cosby?s wife, Camille, underwent tough questioning by attorneys in a deposition taken in late February, a newly released transcript reveals.

renderings of new 22-story residential building planned for 150 Seaport Boulevard on the South Boston Waterfront. (CREDIT: Elkus Manfredi Architects)

DANTE RAMOS

Give Boston better zoning ? just not yet?

A new project on the waterfront gets the kind of development treatment the Walsh administration was supposed to be weaning Boston off of.

Rodin?s ?Large Clenched Hand,? on view at the Peabody Essex Museum.

Collection of Phyllis Lambert, Montreal

art review

Rodin: sculptor as wrecking ball

Critic Sebastian Smee says the Peabody Essex Museum?s exhibition captures the artist in all his carnal, tormented, gasp-inducing greatness.

Angela Luna?s collection includes jackets that have multiple uses for refugees; they can perform double-duty as tents, sleeping bags, and baby harnesses.

Beverly resident designs clothing to assist refugees

Angela Luna has developed an ingenious collection of jackets that can double as practical items for shelter and safety.

Then-President Bill Clinton in 1996 as he prepared to sign into law legislation that would overhaul America's welfare system.

Clinton-era welfare rule gets little notice in election

About 10,000 people in the state lost their food assistance last month, thanks to a provision in the 1996 welfare law.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_051114greenline6_MAG%20-%20Copy-6445-10950.jpg Key federal official supports redesigned Green Line project

The early support for the redesigned project is good news for the Green Line extension, which has been on hold for nearly a year.

SIZED FOR WEB ----- 9/24/14 - Medford, MA - The Congregational Church of West Medford - Workers from a junk removal service hauled out a truckload of items left behind by the Congregational Church of West Medford as they prepare to leave their old space. Decades worth of old technology, props, artwork and memorabilia were discarded. Item: 30ucc. Story by Lisa Wangsness/Globe Staff. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff.

In search of sanctuary

The pews grew emptier and emptier. Until at last they realized: the Congregational Church of West Medford was dying. But they were people of faith and they believed in resurrection.

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A Boston-based entrepreneur is now shaping the international strategy of an iconic Japanese brand.

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Speaking before the arraignment, David Collignon?s brother said the suspect had done what Beth Birnbaum had wanted.

05/15/16: Boston, MA: The Red Sox Jackie Bradley, Jr. extended his hitting streak to 21 games with this bottom of the fifth inning single. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Houston Astros in a regular season MLB baseball game at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:sports

ALEX SPEIER

Why Jackie Bradley Jr.?s hitting streak is so impressive

His line during the 25-game streak is a mind-boggling .409 average with a .471 OBP, .806 slugging mark, and 1.278 OPS.

Indians 4, Red Sox 2

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin052016RedSox-Indians_spt6.jpg Buchholz falters early again in loss to Indians

Buchholz got through the first two innings unscathed, but he allowed four runs in the third inning.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/21/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/karynpolitoCROPPED-1733.jpg Making homeless families? lives more stable

The state has dramatically reduced the number of homeless families living in motels.

Life sciences

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