Besieged rail firm planning another MBTA bid

With Hyundai Rotem’s commuter rail cars maligned by local maintenance workers, doubts remain whether the company can provide the dependable equipment the T desperately needs.

Plane spots object in search area for missing jet

Two white, square-shaped objects were spotted in an area identified by satellite imagery as containing possible debris from the missing Malaysian airliner.

FBI recalls Marathon bombing break on ‘60 Minutes’

One particularly significant unreleased video shows a man in a white baseball cap dropping a backpack before joining the crowd on Boylston Street.

In airwaves war, N.H. Democrats fret

In a sign of potential trouble for her campaign, Jeanne Shaheen and her supporters have been overwhelmed by the opposition’s barrage of ads.

Job-seeking twin sisters Deja and Dominique Singletary, 15, were at the Interfaith Youth Jobs Coalition.

Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff

Walsh makes push for teen jobs

Mayor Walsh said he is pressing Boston employers at every turn to hire more of the city’s teenagers.

Mass. schools require quick, dramatic change, report says

More than two thirds of the state’s employers report difficulty hiring employees with the appropriate skills.

Adrian Walker

Todashev case clearly requires transparency

State and federal reports are unlikely to answer all the questions about the unsettling shooting case of Ibragim Todashev.

David Ortiz.

on baseball

David Ortiz gets peace of mind with extension

Ortiz settled again for a hometown discount for an assurance that he’s where he wants to be for the remainder of his career.

Opinion

Opinion | Mike Ross

Be my banker, not my buddy

Some say that corporations are people, but last time I checked, they weren’t my buddies.

Politics

Mark R. Fisher fell six votes short of winning a spot on the Republican primary ballot.

GOP ballot may face challenge

Gubernatorial hopeful Mark Fisher fell six votes short from joining Charlie Baker on the September primary ballot, the state party said.