Marathon bombing survivors dreaded testifying near Tsarnaev

The victims? fears on the eve of trial were reported by Steven Mellin, one of the federal prosecutors who ultimately secured a death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Was8982439.jpg Marriott says its Starwood database was hacked, affecting 500 million guests

The information of as many as 500 million people staying at Starwood hotels has been compromised and Marriott says it?s uncovered unauthorized access taking place since 2014.

Spotlight Follow

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/75a117ce48e044f5aa9a2b8c11c60d22-18019c411d9a49438ccb5bdb3504b418-23562.jpg Aaron Hernandez was emotional, yet hopeful after arrest, calls show

The recordings included conversations with his fiancee and his mother. The release of the calls prompted Terri Hernandez to make a rare public statement.

A police officer guarded show cause hearings at the Edward Brooke Courthouse.

Spotlight Follow

Panel will review state?s ?secret courts?

The Trial Court?s chief justice convened a ?Trial Court Working Group? to review the way the state?s confidential clerk magistrate hearings operate, a spokeswoman said.

Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, leaves the Federal District Court after a hearing, in Washington.

Mueller considering more charges against Manafort

Former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort is accused of repeatedly lying to investigators even after he agreed to cooperate with the investigation into Russian election interference.

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President Trump?s company considered offering Russian President Putin the penthouse in a planned skyscraper in Moscow to make the building more desirable, according to the broker on the project.

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A Friday afternoon hearing has been scheduled in former FBI director James Comey?s challenge to a subpoena from the House of Representatives.

Two men facing attempted murder charges after ?moving gun battle? in Cambridge

The suspects were arrested after gunfire was exchanged between two vehicles in Cambridge on Thursday afternoon.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hurd.jpg Man, 56, arrested after allegedly assaulting girl while she sold cookies at T station

The girl, who had a permit, was selling cookies for the Humane Society at Ashmont Station about two weeks ago when her adult supervisor briefly stepped away to move a table, police said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/IMG_2946.jpg Former Planet Fitness manager alleges rape, harassment, ?debaucherous? environment

A former manager at New Hampshire-based Planet Fitness has sued the company, saying she was subjected to a male-dominated, ??debaucherous?? environment.

Talking Points Live/Larry Edelman

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Plus: Facebook?s Sandberg digs into Soros, Cambridge?s Draper Labs shoots for the moon, and legal cannabis costs canines their career.

Federal Judge Joseph Tauro in 2013.

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Joseph Tauro, first federal judge to strike down Defense of Marriage Act, dies at 87

Judge Tauro, appointed by President Nixon in 1972, had served as chief judge of US District Court in Boston from 1992 to 1999.

Connections | Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/WEBPink.jpg When the face staring back in the mirror is mom?s

My mother isn?t crazy about her profile, but I don?t mind mine ? it reminds me of her.

COMMENTARY | Jeneé Osterheldt

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This is America. And the good intentions ? or rights ? of black men don?t seem to matter.

Yep, Joe Buck did see that Globe photo of Andrew Benintendi?s catch during the World Series

?If you think about it, [Globe photographer Jim Davis] had the photo before I even brought it up,? Buck said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/20/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Boghosian_DJnames1_ART.jpg David Allan Boucher is here to tuck you in

The mysterious man behind the ?Bedtime Magic? mic ? who?d much rather be heard than seen ? has been lulling listeners for 35 years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/hawk.jpg Rare Great Black Hawk spotted in Maine once again

Dozens of bird enthusiasts gathered in Deering Oaks Park in Portland, Maine, Thursday to get a glimpse of the Central and South American bird.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/1033349774.jpg Red Sox avoid arbitration with Tyler Thornburg, sign him to a one-year deal

It is a non-guaranteed contract for Thornburg.

Umass Amherst hockey head coach Greg Carvel (C) has a talk with his team during a break in the game against Princeton in the second period at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts on November 24, 2018. UMass defeated Princeton 3-2 in overtime. Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe

Matthew Healey for The Boston Globe

?I?m sure we surprised a lot of people?: How UMass hockey became the No. 3 team in the country

Coach Greg Carvel and the Minutemen have had quite the turnaround, starting 11-1 and even knocking off top-ranked Ohio State.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/_MG_7798.jpg A beginner?s guide to composting in Boston

Your biodegradable apple cores and coffee filters are needlessly stinking up landfills, driving up expenses for trash pickup, and yes, hurting the environment.

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-5820.jpg An ill wind ruffles The Great Trumpkin

The political winds are getting hair-rufflingly strong.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/30/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham%20(4)-5814.jpg Domestic violence should not be a partisan issue

Yet the Violence Against Women Act is set to expire December 7 without, for the first time since its passage, a single Republican co-sponsor for its reauthorization.

OPINION | A.J.B. LANE

Bag to the future: Mayor Marty Walsh and the Boston bag ban

It?s that bag ban, Marty! You have to see the unintended consequences!

Miss Conduct

My sister has become a stranger

We went from five calls a day to no calls in three years. Plus, neighbors who reveal a little too much.

Special reports

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/01/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/laura1104alt-4761.jpg Help was a few feet away. Why didn?t they save her?

My wife, Laura Levis, did everything she could to save herself when the asthma attack began. She went to Somerville Hospital and called 911, too. How could she have been left to die just outside the emergency room?

Newsletters

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Witness the birth of the marijuana industry in Massachusetts, and catch up on national pot headlines. Subscribe to ?This Week in Weed? for the latest marijuana news from reporter Dan Adams every Saturday.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

What happened at the border this weekend

A peaceful march devolved into unrest when US agents fired tear gas to stop migrants attempting to storm a border fence separating Mexico and the United States.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/11/27/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/holding-vial.jpg WATCH: A protest over insulin prices is seen as a fight for life

Protesters, a few of whom brought the ashes of their children who died after insulin rationing, gathered outside Sanofi?s Cambridge office.

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/08/29/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_love_letters_bonus.jpg Until next year, my sweetheart

In a special bonus episode, Meredith Goldstein explores what happens to summer romance when the summer ends, and ?Wet Hot American Summer? creator David Wain shares a girl-crazy memory from his own camp days.

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