Prosecutors end Freddie Gray case without a conviction

All remaining charges in the 2015 death of a Baltimore man after he was injured in police custody have been dropped, bringing an end to the case without a conviction.

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S. Boston center closed as family mourns boy?s death

Kyzr Willis, 7, went missing from a day camp at the Curley Community Center and was later found dead in the water.

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Doctors have said for many years that John Hinckley Jr. is no longer plagued by the mental illness that drove him to shoot the president.

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The 48-year-old drew a knife and advanced on the officer during a confrontation in April.

Bind Therapeutics seeks court approval for $40m Pfizer bid

Pfizer is seeking to buy the Cambridge biotech in a court-supervised bankruptcy auction.

Drawings of the new Sandy Hook Elementary School, set to open in August. (Svigals + Partners)

Svigals + Partners.

Building a new school for Sandy Hook

Milford-based Consigli Construction will manage the $50 million project to build a new Sandy Hook Elementary School.

Faneuil Hall warns you not to give to the ?fake monk mafia?

?Monks? in orange robes have been soliticiting donations, but are they who they say they are?

A second Mass. slots parlor? Easier said than done

A developer secured a ballot question asking voters to demand the facility. That may have been the easy part.

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Jessenia Frederick was last seen at her grandmother?s house in Jamaica Plain.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 08: A general view of The Palace Theatre, following the first preview of the Harry Potter and The Cursed Child play last night, on June 8, 2016 in London, England. The new Harry Potter play follows on from the British author J.K. Rowling's acclaimed series of books about a boy wizard. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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An open letter to J.K. Rowling: Please, just stop.

Many fans are euphoric about the new Harry Potter release on Sunday. I?m not one of them.

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Apparently Damon and BFF Ben Affleck are on the same page when it comes to Tom Brady.

Miss Conduct

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Paying for my summer squad gets burdensome ? help! Plus when a friend issues too many invites.

Democratic National Convention

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump National Doral, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump says Democrats using e-mail hack as a ?deflection?

Donald Trump also called Obama the ?most ignorant president in our history.?

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A look at the schedule of speakers on day three of the Democratic National Convention.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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About 40 percent of the decline in the wage gap between men and women is due to the fact that men?s wages have declined.

BEN VOLIN I ON FOOTBALL

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There?s a lot of work and preparation that needs to be done over the next five weeks.

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Saleswoman Donna Morton thinks she can ease the pain of bra shopping.

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Alonso Esposito, a.k.a. Robert ?Bobby? Luisi Jr., said one of his associates told him the paintings were buried beneath a Florida home.

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The series wraps up with an afternoon game Wednesday before the Red Sox begin a West Coast trip.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

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It was disingenuous to recount their marriage as an enduring love story, given the marital trauma that?s played out in a painfully public way.

Globe investigations

?When the EMTs arrived, Dave was laying like this.? Gerry Hill said, offering to show where his suicidal son was fatally shot after a tense encounter with police.

spotlight

When despair meets deadly force

Nearly half of people killed by Massachusetts police over the last 11 years were suicidal, mentally ill, or showed clear signs of crisis.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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

The Big Picture

A battle against Islamic State fighters

?When everyone shouts ?Allahu Akbar? (God is Great) I know that a tank or a cannon will fire,? Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic says.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

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Ohlin?s Bakery in Belmont has been closed since an oven explosion March 15.

Belmont rallies to reopen bakery damaged by oven explosion
Sydney Armini, 10, and her mother, Jenny Armini, prepared for ballet camp. Sydney looks forward to having a women president to look up to.

Shirley Leung

You don?t have to be with her to appreciate this moment
Boston, MA - 07/26/2016 - Family and friends of Kyzr Willis, a 7 year old boy who went missing, comfort one another near a command center set up to search for the boy at Carson Beach in Boston, MA, July 26, 2016. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Fast Forward: Obama speaks tonight at DNC, boy?s death on Carson Beach
Boston-07/26/2016- Boston Common looks like a desert as the heat wave takes a toll on the once green grass on the Boston Common, in which most of the grass there is parched. Boston Globe staff photo by John Tlumacki(metro)

Heat wave expected to last through Thursday

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The taste of salt and summers past
Governor Charlie Baker (right) and Attorney General Maura Healey find themselves on different sides of this issue.

Baker administration raps Healey?s gun crackdown

ADDRESS

Tips for hiring a contractor
Attorney General Maura Healey.

Healey refuses to comply with subpoena
Researchers spotted the shark close to the family?s boat.

New app helps family in close call with a great white

After President Clinton addressed the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, nominee Hillary Clinton spoke to the audience via video.

As Hillary makes history, Bill reflects on their journey
The T?s fiscal control board in February ended weekend late-night service, saying it wasn?t cost-effective and drew few riders.

Complaint says MBTA violated civil rights by ending late-night service
New technology may someday allow moviegoers to watch 3-D movies without the aid of plastic glasses.

Coming soon: 3-D movies without the glasses

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BOSTON, MA - JULY 22: Eduardo Rodriguez #52 of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the Minnesota Twins during the first inning at Fenway Park on July 22, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Game 99: Tigers at Red Sox

The series wraps up with an afternoon game Wednesday before the Red Sox begin a West Coast trip.

Metro

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The T?s fiscal control board in February ended weekend late-night service, saying it wasn?t cost-effective and drew few riders.

Complaint says MBTA violated civil rights by ending late-night service

Advocacy groups say the T incorrectly analyzed how the cancellation would affect minority and low-income riders.

Politics

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First lady Michelle Obama smiled during her speech Monday at the Democratic National Convention.

First lady?s apolitical image big part of her political draw

The same thing that made Michelle Obama such a powerful voice for Hillary Clinton makes it unlikely she?ll spend a lot of time on the campaign trail.

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Columnists

Theo Epstein has armed the Cubs with one of the most talented rosters in baseball.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Can Theo Epstein end another curse?
US Representative John Lewis nominated Hillary Clinton for president at the Democratic convention Tuesday.

THOMAS FARRAGHER

It?s time for Hillary Clinton to get real
Senator Elizabeth Warren delivers remarks Monday at the Democratic National Convention.

JOAN VENNOCHI

The left puts the heat on Warren
Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. A former actor and president of the Screen Actors Guild, he was elected governor of California in 1966 and US president in 1981. He is standing in front of a sign reading 'Let's Make America Great Again', during his electoral campaign. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

JEFF JACOBY

Party brands endure, even if core beliefs don?t
Delegates held up signs supporting Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention Monday.

Michael A. Cohen

Michelle Obama?s triumph
Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy (left) was in the company of greatness over the weekend at the Baseball of Fame.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Reflections from Hall of Fame Weekend
Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Monday.

ERIC FEHRNSTROM

Warren?s future lies in Clinton?s defeat
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JOAN VENNOCHI

If there?s a ?Hillary standard,? Clinton has earned it
PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 25: Bernie Sanders supporters march through downtown on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The convention is expected to attract thousands of protesters, members of the media and Democratic delegates to the City of Brotherly Love. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Michael A. Cohen

It?s up to Bernie Sanders to fix the Democratic Party

The latest flap over supposed sunroofs on the MBTA?s armored cars used to transport cash means it?s time for a beer summit, says Kevin Cullen.

KEVIN CULLEN

Settling issues at MBTA calls for a beer summit
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DANTE RAMOS

Better transit? For now, charity begins at home
12/20/2015 - Boston, MA - Armenian Heritage Park on the Greenway - Holiday revelers, tourists, and others took part in the Candlelit Labyrinth Peace Walk at the Armenian Heritage Park on the Boston Greenway on Sunday evening, December 20, 2015. People also wrote wishes on ribbons and tied them to a wishing tree, celebrating an ancient tradition. The Candlelit Labyrinth Peace Walk, which was sponsored by the Labyrinth Guild of New England, was an initiative of the Friends of Armenian Heritage Park in collaboration with the Millennium Bostonian Hotel, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy and Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

RENÉE LOTH

What good is government?

Nation & World

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A policeman reacted as he secured a position in front of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray?s City Hall Tuesday after two attackers killed a priest in a hostage standoff. The assailants were fatally shot by police.

ISIS claims ?soldiers? killed French priest

An 85-year-old priest was slain in a hostage standoff at a church before police fatally shot the two attackers.

Business

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Bill Wagner (left) and Michael Simon of LogMeIn in a 2015 photo. LogMeIn?s latest merger with Citrix is expected to result in as much as $100 million in annual expense savings within two years.

Boston?s LogMeIn will triple in size with Citrix merger

The deal will create a company with nearly 3,000 employees and more than $1 billion in revenue.

Arts

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Gucci Mane

Album review

With ?Everybody Looking,? Gucci Mane comes clean at last

Despite a ceaseless gush of mixtapes appearing while he was in prison, the Atlanta rapper finally clears the air on his first LP since his release.

Food & dining

From top: Beef tendon with ?spicy wonder? sauce; Chengdu spicy dumplings; the Sichuan Gourmet team (from left): Zhong Li, Chengdong Lei, and Shamin Summer.

Cheap Eats

Build it, and they will come: Sichuan Gourmet opens in Burlington

The cuisine of Zhong Li?s native Sichuan is the star of the show.

Ground Game

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The Democratic convention so far appears geared toward the party?s base, which could make winning in November more difficult.

Magazine

The cover for the July 24 2016 issue

Adding style and lots more storage to a house in Southie
The cover for the July 17 2016 issue

A cheat sheet to fashion sales all through the year
The cover for the July 10 2016 issue

Five things to do July 11-17
The cover for the June 26 2016 issue

Surprised by what I felt, and what I didn?t, at my college reunion

Design New England

Design New England

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Keith Leblanc and Kelly Monnahan create a haven for themselves, family, and friends in the piney hills of outer Cape Cod.