Key MBTA positions go unfilled

In this June 17, 2015 file photo light rail repairer Kevin Murphy worked on a railcar at the MBTA?s Riverside maintenance facility in Newton.

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A slow hiring process, a small talent pool, an aging workforce, and low pay all contribute to the problem.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_lodging2_biz.jpg Want a Boston hotel room? Prepare for New York prices.

If you?re looking for a hotel room in Boston in early August, prepare for sticker shock. And that?s if you can get a room at all.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kaineHarvard1_met.jpg Tim Kaine was driven by faith at Harvard Law

When Tim Kaine arrived at Harvard Law School in the fall of 1979, he was not exactly in his natural element.

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Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell stressed their admiration for the Khan family, whose son ? an American soldier ? died in Iraq.

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Ghazala Khan responded to Donald Trump after he hypothesized she stayed silent at the DNC because she wasn?t ?allowed? to speak.

Alissa Mermet manages Tango, an Argentinian restaurant in Arlington Center. She?s afraid her restaurant will have to close because of rising rents.

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Arlington Center has a vacancy problem

There are more than a dozen empty storefronts in the district, mostly in properties belonging to three landlords.

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The state and companies like General Electric are scrambling to bolster training.

Police question man for allegedly urinating in road, find drugs in his car

Anthony V. Levine was arrested on Amory Street next to his Honda Civic.

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The home-sharing site is taking to the streets to help educate lawmakers about the way Airbnb works.

Suffolk University is searching for its seventh president in six years.

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Adrian Walker

Suffolk University loses ? again ? in latest skirmish

Why would anyone want this job? Job security is not among its selling points.

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Councilors Matt O?Malley and Tito Jackson will introduce the resolution at Wednesday?s meeting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/judg150-2771.jpg Ky. judge sees red after bare-legged prisoner brought to court

A Louisville judge scolded jail officials for bringing a female inmate to court without a jail jumpsuit and, it appeared, with no pants.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/08/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/200_spider_edwards.jpg Rudolph ?Spider? Edwards, whose broom kept old Garden?s parquet clean, dies at 86

For 33 years, through nine world championships, Edwards kept the playing surface free of dust and dry of sweat.

It?s unclear how many of the Legislature?s four remaining major items will be enacted before its formal session ends.

Legislature hurtling toward final hours of session

The Legislature lurched toward the end of its formal two-year session, scrambling to enact key measures before a midnight deadline.

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Authorities confirmed that 16 people died in Saturday?s crash but said it will take ??a long process?? to identify the victims.

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Pope Francis won?t address allegations against one of his most-trusted aides until officials in Australia have made a determination.

Imams and practicing Muslims attended Mass in Milan?s Santa Maria in Caravaggio church and elsewhere across Italy and France on Sunday.

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Muslims go to Catholic Masses in Europe to show solidarity

More than 100 Muslims went to the Rouen cathedral, near the site where a French priest was killed by Islamists.

Red Sox 5, Angels 3

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Dustin Pedroia, Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts led the Red Sox to a come-from-behind victory over Los Angeles.

PGA CHAMPIONSHIP

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Walker finished at 14-under 266, one shot ahead of defending champion Jason Day.

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

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For the second straight day he was smack dab in the middle of the session?s top plays.

Globe investigations

Private schools, painful secrets

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160607_BH__ErikaSchickel3.jpg The unexpected price of reporting abuse: retaliation

The Globe found 15 instances of retaliation at New England private schools against students or employees who raised concerns about sexual abuse by staffers.

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

Mt. Tabor, VT - 7/3/2016 - Rainbow Family members hold hands with a man dressed as an Ent as they walk into a meadow during a Rainbow Gathering in Mt. Tabor, VT, July 3, 2016.(Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff)

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Into the woods with the Rainbow Family of Living Light

Born of the ?70s, an annual summer gathering alighted in Vermont this year.