Cancer science leans more on industry funds

Funding from pharmaceutical companies fills the gap left by federal budget cuts, but also raises concerns among many researchers.

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Military radar indicates that the missing Boeing 777 jet may have turned back before vanishing, Malaysia’s air force chief said.

Erin Willinger left Newton to search the world for  purpose. Last July, she settled in Agra, India, marrying a local taxi driver. In February, he killed her and committed suicide.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

She only wanted to change the world

Erin Willinger wasn’t going to be held back by her illness, not by anything. With much to fear, she was fearless. And then she was gone.

Momentum for new charter schools in Mass. stalls

Lawmakers planned to unveil a bill to increase the number of charters last fall, but haven’t produced any legislation.

The house at 48 Oceanside Drive in Scituate has been destroyed and rebuilt several times.

Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

Houses wrecked repeatedly by sea rebuilt with taxes

The tortured history of 48 Oceanside Drive in Scituate highlights the issues with the federal flood insurance program.

Critic’s Notebook

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In seeking Malcolm Rogers’s successor, the museum should weigh what he did splendidly and what he left undone, writes critic Sebastian Smee.

From left to right: Kelsey Raycroft, 30; Josh Freedman, 27; and Will McMahon, 25

Millennials take conservative investing approach

Growing up amid economic turmoil and financial scandal, wary millennials have become cautious.

All Things Catholic | John L. Allen Jr.

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Among other topics, the Globe’s John Allen Jr. also offers a guide to the upcoming coverage of Pope Francis’ first year.

Opinion

opinion | Cass Sunstein

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President Obama’s former regulatory czar explains how to avoid bad rules.

Books

Book review

‘All Our Names’ by Dinaw Mengestu

Set in Uganda in the 1970s after the glow of independence has diminished, the novel tunnels toward a terrible historical moment.