Family feared son?s suicide before Groton quadruple murder

Orion Krause has pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder.

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Elizabeth Krause called 911, desperate with worry that her son, Orion, might take his own life. The next day, he allegedly killed her, his grandparents, and an aide.

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However, jurors found Glenn Chin guilty on several other charges, including racketeering, conspiracy, and dozens of counts of mail fraud.

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The T says the subway has been at nearly 90 percent reliability over the past month. A consumer group takes issue with how the agency calculated that number.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/06/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/tai_20160624_nurses_business_10.jpg Beacon Hill health bill pits large hospitals against small ones

Lawmakers want to help community hospitals, but Mass. General and Brigham and Women?s hospitals are sternly objecting.

Katie De Andrade of Dorchester (right) cradled her 3- month-old son Xander De Pina as she waited for a chance to be in the lottery to live at The Beverly on Court Street.

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Chance to live in new apartments near North Station draws crowd

Hundreds came just to receive lottery numbers for The Beverly, a new low- and middle-income apartment building set to open next year near North Station.

NESTOR RAMOS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/1c5c1818e4964aa68730e1478f828f3f-1c5c1818e4964aa68730e1478f828f3f-0.jpg A lesson in diplomacy for Scott Brown, the ambassador from N.H. (Or is it Mass.?)

As a politician, Scott Brown?s greatest talent was glad handing. On his first day in Samoa, the ambassador botched even that.

JOAN VENNOCHI

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Given that anger and tears are generally obstacles to female advancement, joking is the preferred fallback.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/gopsenate.jpg They?re running against Warren. Should they run away from Trump?

Republicans seeking to oppose Elizabeth Warren next year are deciding how they?ll orient themselves toward President Trump.

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President Trump has not only continued to defy doomsayers, but he has shown an ability to actually shape his supporters? views, according to polls.

Sponsored by LG

Stainless steel appliances are out. Black is in.

They're new, sleek, and match just about everything. But those aren't the only reasons people are updating to black appliances.

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The Old North Church opened up a 200-year-old tomb in its crypt as part of preparations for renovating the crypt for tourists.

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Old North Church opens 200-year-old tomb

This brick-lined tomb, built in 1808, holds some of the 1,100 bodies buried far beneath one of Boston?s best-known steeples.

Amazon said the delivery person will only just reach or step inside the door to leave a package.

Tech Lab

Amazon wants to get inside your home. Just for a moment or two

Jeff Bezos wants the key to your front door. And based on past performance, quite a few of us will hand it over to him.

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 27: Rich Hill #44 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches during the first inning of a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium on September 27, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Rich Hill savors moments such as starting in the World Series

His baseball career has been a journey of pain and perseverance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/09/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Image%20Tease%20Place%20Holder.png The Season Ticket podcast

NFL Network?s Ian Rapoport joins host Chris Gasper to discuss the NFL trade deadline, and Globe Sports Editor Joe Sullivan weighs in on the World Series.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/07/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/802223796.jpg Fenway Park may offer fans their own dugout seats

The Boston Landmarks Commission has approved a new seating area adjacent to the team dugouts.

A screenshot of Market Basket?s new Instagram page, with nine photos taken to form one image on the social media site?s grid.

Welcome to 1997: Market Basket (finally) has a website

It?s true: Until this week, the much-loved, Tewksbury-based grocery store chain didn?t have a website for its shoppers.

A woman in Scotland paid just $61 for her flight to Crete ? and ended up getting the plane to herself

A Scottish woman showed up for her flight from Glasgow to Heraklion on Sunday ? and ended up with a private jet ride.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Clipboard-9423.jpg A drone accidentally captured a marriage proposal in the Boston Public Garden

As a Tufts senior took aerial photos of the city on Saturday, he unwittingly captured the proposal ? and then went on a hunt to find the couple.

Love Letters

He ignored me for a day, and I may have overreacted

She responded to his silence with some immature breakup texts. Is there any coming back from it?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/5a1a7d1a88f749c9aa703b8d5f34e983-5a1a7d1a88f749c9aa703b8d5f34e983-0.jpg Walgreens will close 600 stores as part of its deal with Rite Aid

Most of the closings will be Rite Aid stores, and the vast majority will be within a mile of another store in the Walgreens network.

Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/23/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/katz1029opener.jpg Across Mass., outsider female candidates are taking aim at the political gender gap

Nontraditional candidates are in the running to ?do something? about a broken system.

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The Bedford VA hospital admitted its care for Bill Nutter was not ?up to our standards,? but the reality was uglier. Now, the FBI is investigating.

Opinion & Ideas

A Lighter Take | Debra A. Klein

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Forget the new $70-per-car entry fee ? how about the ?This Land Is Your Land? fine?

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The Amazon bid

newsroom commentary

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/drone-5771.jpg Dear Jeff Bezos: Come and help us build a better Boston together

An open letter to the owner of Amazon, proposing a true partnership that rewrites the relationship between a city and the big companies that call it home.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/10/25/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Kick.jpg Anxious about a speech? A startup wants you to pop a minty cardiac drug

The startup wants to provide people anxious about public speaking with prescriptions for a drug that can calm racing hearts.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying and see if you can triumph.