Facial-recognition software precision may be years away
It took eyeballs, not microchips, to identify Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the two Marathon bombing suspects.
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Marathon bombings
Psychologists say there are some similarities between Washington, D.C., snipers Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, and the Tsarnaev brothers.
It took eyeballs, not microchips, to identify Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the two Marathon bombing suspects.
‘‘I’m sick and tired of all this nonsense that they make up about me and my children,” Zubeidat Tsarnaeva said.
Five badly hurt Stoneham men and the Marathoner friend they cheered for face a long path ahead in solidarity.
Collins, 34, is the believed to be the first major American athlete to declare he is gay during his career.
The lawyers for “Whitey” Bulger argued that they needed the name to undermine the testimony of Kevin Weeks, Bulger’s former close ally.
Race for the Senate
Most of Stephen F. Lynch’s campaign plans for the day have been erased, his campaign said.
Enforcement citations appear to have dropped off dramatically in recent years, according to a Globe analysis.
A new program demolishes one of the most fundamental building blocks of college: course credit.
For five indelible days, the unthinkable became routine in Boston. And no one felt that more than the agents mounting the largest manhunt in regional history.
The Celtics blew a 20-point lead and missed a chance to win at the buzzer in regulation, but avoided elimination with a win in OT.
A BU student died and 15 people were injured when fire tore through a house in Allston early Sunday morning.
Proponents of expanded gun checks are considering ballot initiatives after failing to win passage in Congress.
Bangladesh authorities captured the fleeing owner of the collapsed building where at least 377 people died last week.
A wide group of venture capitalists in Silicon Valley are making big bets on food.
In the composer’s bicentenary year, Boston Lyric Opera has brought “The Flying Dutchman” back into local port.
Although anyone can react badly to a medication, older people are more likely to experience problems.
From the Archives
About 1,200 tornadoes strike the United States every year, and while Massachusetts lies outside the “Tornado Alley” of the midwest, we’ve experienced our share of violent twisters.