A rail safety system gone badly off track

More than half of all commuter rail engineers have driving records that experts described as poor ? at least three infractions such as speeding, causing accidents, and failure to stop.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/200_scott_klarman.jpg From GOP funding stalwart to backer of Democrats

Seth Klarman has given about $222,000 since 2016 to 78 Democrats running for Congress. ?Republicans . . . have abandoned their historic beliefs and values,? he said.

Hundreds gathered for a vigil for fallen police Officer Sean Gannon on Saturday.

Christine Hochkeppel for the Globe

?It kind of hits you in the gut?

Hundreds attended a vigil Saturday in memory of Sean Gannon, the Yarmouth police officer who was killed Thursday.

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The resolution cited the ?aggression? of the US, UK, and French air raids.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/BEDFORD_20180414_SYRIA_REACT_005.jpg Local Syrians express a wide range of emotions

?It?s always tough for any Syrian actually to cheer or to celebrate strikes,? said a Syrian who lives in Cambridge.

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Cambridge and Transit Police officers grabbed the legs of a naked man during an arrest Friday.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-15076.jpg In courtrooms, a racial imbalance

It?s hard to avoid the conclusion that those who control their fates see black defendants as more dangerous, and less trustworthy, than whites.

Ideas | Alan Stone

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/OK_0578_AS_DRC.jpg 25 years ago in Waco

With a quarter century of hindsight, it?s still not clear how the deadly raid in Waco turned so tragically wrong.

Sponsored by Vivint Solar

Forget what you thought about rooftop solar and consider these seven things instead

From how much it costs to how much energy it truly yields, rooftop solar energy is getting demystified.

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Among the items in storage are four crosses that bear the names of those who died in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

David L. Ryan/Globe staff

Nestor Ramos

5 years later, what remains of the Marathon memorial

The informal memorial has been stored in pieces, yet its power endures. By Nestor Ramos

kevin cullen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cullen-15053.jpg Five years later, we feel the grief like a sixth sense

There is a sadness that will always hang over the Marathon until everybody who was alive when the bombings happened is dead.

Stanley Cup Playoffs: Bruins 7, Maple Leafs 3

TARA SULLIVAN

/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Tara_Sullivan%20copy-18574.tif After Game 2 romp, it?s not too early to talk Stanley Cup

The Bruins have put all their talents ? depth, talent, experience, youth ? on display in building a 2-0 lead over Maple Leafs.

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Boston scored four goals in the period on the way to taking a 2-0 series lead.

CHAD FINN

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_bruinsvsmapleleafsgame1_sports011.jpg This sports week is about as good as it gets in Boston

Just look at what we?ve got going on right now, in recent days and the ones immediately ahead.

122nd Boston Marathon

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/HighRes_170415_MR8_OneBoston_Peabody-0065.jpg Denise Richard on paying kindness forward

Peace, unity, and civic engagement remain the core mission of the Martin Richard Foundation on the fifth anniversary of the Marathon bombings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/RinaldiAmbyBurfoot02.jpg ?Only in one?s wildest dreams?: Amby Burfoot recalls win in 1968

The 71-year-old Burfoot will make his 24th attempt at Boston on Monday.

RED SOX 10, ORIOLES 3

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Chin041418RedSox-Orioles_Spt7.jpg The only thing that can stop the Sox now: the weather

Suboptimal weather is expected the next two days, which might throw the 12-2 Red Sox off track.

Bella English

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/11/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/thedomingofamily_15zobella_01_zo.jpg These parents are pushing against a rollback of transgender rights

The campaign to protect transgender rights in Massachusetts heats up, as a repeal effort for some of those rights is underway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/15/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/48c65963470e4be0b9a148a011deb4be-48c65963470e4be0b9a148a011deb4be-0.jpg Bon Jovi and The Cars formally inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Saturday?s ceremony also included tribute to Tom Petty and Chris Cornell, who died in 2017.

Robert De Niro (left) and Ben Stiller starred in the 2000 comedy ?Meet the Parents.?

Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller recreate ?Meet the Parents? scene on ?SNL?

The polygraph scene from the hit movie was brought back, with a twist.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/LakeSunapeeRegionChamberofCommerce_15sunapee_05_tvlA.jpg Sunapee is celebrating 250 years ? and here?s how you can join the fun

Lake Sunapee, some nine miles long, is anchored by three towns, each with a cluster of shops, restaurants, and lodgings.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/14/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/a8e47fdf564e4c4c8bb66b6274c6fabb-a8e47fdf564e4c4c8bb66b6274c6fabb-0.jpg Starbucks apologizes after police arrest two black men in Philadelphia shop

Starbucks posted an apology on Twitter Saturday, days after two black men were arrested at a franchise location in Philadelphia.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

LATEST EPISODE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/17169_LL_Podcast_HP_Episode_4_Tease[1]-7368-U849351311183S--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg The Love Letters podcast: Ditch the ex?s T-shirt, or wear it?

After a breakup, is it better to hold onto relics from the relationship, or to dump them?

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_040318_03seaport_3960x.jpg Share police authority in the Seaport

More reasonable models of shared jurisdiction hold sway in other parts of the city.

A new chapter in the story of a terrier who found adventure in Milton

One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .