Two indicted in crash that killed Needham High students

The two drivers involved in the fatal crash outside Needham High School that claimed the lives of two teenage students were indicted Tuesday on motor vehicle homicide charges.

Andrew Kubitschek

Nestor Ramos

There?s two kinds of law in America: One for people with Lamborghinis, and one for everyone else

When your car costs more than a college education, a $120 ticket for parking in a handicapped spot is exactly as annoying as a single drop of rain on the windshield.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/tlumacki_congress%20st_business523.jpg Boston?s Financial District is getting a new food hall

Starting next year, you?ll no longer have to push through the crowds of tourists at Quincy Market to get to the closest food court.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/AFP_17C5EJ.jpg Trump plans to give billions in aid to farmers hurt by tariffs

The Agriculture Department announced a $12 billion ?short-term? plan to help US farmers who have been hurt by tariffs caused by President Trump?s trade policies.

Cambridge mayor laments death of 15-year-old: ?My heart breaks for this young girl?

The teen was walking to an acquaintance?s house when she was shoved to the ground and later succumbed to her injuries.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/chicklis.jpg Arrest made in death of Westminster man whose body was found in N.H.

Worcester County authorities have made an arrest in connection with the death of Brandon Chicklis, whose body was found earlier this month off a state highway.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Untitled-18365.jpg ?That?s a great white?: Shark snags striper from fishermen off Cape Cod

A crew aboard the Magellan on Monday lost (part of) a fish, but took home a good story in exchange.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_vera1_met.jpg Memorial is a focal point to slain elderly woman and Weymouth officer

On Tuesday morning, vehicles slowed they passed the house of Vera Adams on Torrey Street in Weymouth, and several people paused at the memorial on the front lawn.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Di5dh3-UUAECYyC.jpg Box truck crashes into overpass on Storrow Drive

A box truck crashed into an overpass near the Kenmore off-ramp of Storrow Drive westbound around 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, State Police say.

Talking Points

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_statehouse1_met.jpg Last-minute move in Senate keeps noncompete bill alive

The lawmakers who have been pushing for action on noncompetes for a decade haven?t given up.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/12cf46761bb545fea0615a90ef03af62-12cf46761bb545fea0615a90ef03af62-0.jpg Judge suggests Senate?s vow to keep Hefner witnesses secret has ?wiggle room?

Judge William Sullivan is weighing a request from Attorney General Maura Healey to turn over records from the Senate investigation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/IVANKA_TRUMP_BRAND_1.jpg Ivanka Trump?s clothing company shutting down, report says

Ivanka Trump?s clothing company is shutting down and all its employees are being laid off, according to news reports.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-18367.jpg Incoming police commissioner Willie Gross, a keen student of history, is now poised to make it

Willie Gross is aware of standing on the shoulders of the black officers and commanders who preceded him.

Pikeocalypse

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/unnamed-18385.jpg ?It?s coming. It?s bad?: MassDOT delivers honest message about Comm. Ave. construction project

The message was displayed on electronic highway signs around the Boston area this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_beidgework6_met-18360.jpg How to get around during the Pike-Comm. Ave. bridge project

Your best bet is to stay far, far, away. But if that?s not an option, here?s how to get around the summer?s biggest road project.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pfosi_170807_commave_05.jpg During the Comm. Ave. Bridge project, you might want to bike

The massive Commonwealth Avenue Bridge overhaul project, it turns out, won?t be a complete catastrophe for all commuters involved.

A man looks at an idled duck boat in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks Saturday, July 21, 2018 in Branson, Mo. One of the company's duck boats capsized Thursday night resulting in several deaths on Table Rock Lake. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Ideas | Rachel Slade

Duck boats had trouble from the start

The story of the duck boat disaster in Missouri began long ago off the coast of Cape Cod. Maritime tradtion, rather than modern safety needs, explains the way we regulate passenger boats.

In a survey of 1,216 American adults interviewed, 23 percent said Boston has the strongest accent.

Americans say Boston has the strongest accent in the country . . . and among the most attractive

You?ll want to pahk your cah neah Hahvard Yahd for this story.

New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge can't make the play on a ball hit to the wall by Boston Red Sox's Rafael Devers during the seventh inning of a baseball game, Saturday, June 30, 2018, in New York. The hit was ruled a ground rule double. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Christopher L. Gasper

Commissioner for a day: Here are a few changes in the best interests of baseball

I?d make the game more interesting by mandating some new rules.

Alex Speier

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/25/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/wiggs_Dombrowski_02.jpg Why the Red Sox are poised to spend beyond the highest luxury tax tier

Spending more than $237 million would not only come with a very high tax rate, but would also lower the Red Sox? top pick by 10 spots.

BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/22/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/tlumacki_patriotsoffseasonpractice_sports076.jpg Why are the Patriots suddenly not everyone?s darlings of the NFL?

We examined several football reasons why New England is perceived to be on the downswing this year.

names -- Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner are engaged (Richard Perry, Angela Weiss)

Karlie Kloss and Joshua Kushner are engaged

Karlie Kloss seems to be modeling something new: an engagement ring. 

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_rain_met.jpg Where and when the rain could hit over the next couple of days

You might be wondering if all this rain will break the humidity, and the answer is: Sort of.

In a 2016 episode, Homer caught Bart rooting for Springfield?s football rival, the Boston Americans, so he planned a family trip to Boston to show him Boston is a terrible city.

Sorry, Springfield, Mass.: ?The Simpsons? don?t live there, show?s writer says

Mike Reiss, a longtime writer for ?The Simpsons,? broke the bad news Tuesday: The ?Springfield? where the long-running show is set is not Springfield, Mass.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/23/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/RinaldiGross06.jpg A worthy successor for police commissioner post

Mayor Marty Walsh made the right call in appointing William Gross to take over for William Evans.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Commuting_print.jpg The target: you and your every move

How companies use geolocation data to target you ? and everyone around ? in ways you?re not even aware of.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/leeches-1024x576.jpg Antibiotic-resistant infections began after surgery. Why?

After five years, the infections have been traced to imported leeches.

Globe event

Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

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