Boston gets a call to close a racial gap

The city’s young men and boys are overwhelmingly black and Latino, and often living in poverty, according to a report.

Patients wonder if they were molestation victims

Some women treated by a fertility doctor now accused of molesting patients said they struggle to comprehend the allegations.

Federal officials worry that the cesium chloride used in conventional blood irradiator machines could threaten public safety, citing fears that people could be exposed in an accident or, in a worst-case scenario, that the material could be stolen by terrorists to make a “dirty bomb” spewing radiation.

Medical device stirs security concerns

Officials worry that the cesium chloride used in conventional blood irradiator machines could threaten public safety.

Ed Gilmore (left), Adam Garfield, and James Riley of SpeedETab watched “Silicon Valley.”

In HBO show, tech community sees real life, comedy

“Silicon Valley,” a new sitcom about life in an Internet startup, seems so familiar.

Crash kills 1, shuts down I-495 southbound near exit 14

At least five other people were hurt in a collision that may have been caused by a wrong-way driver, authorities said.

The mayor has added his name on hundreds of pieces of public property.

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A time of the signs as Walsh’s name rises

In Mayor Walsh’s first four months, his name has been added to hundreds of pieces of public property.

TOM KEANE

The numbers are in: Menino a great mayor

Shortcomings notwithstanding, the overall conclusion is that the former Boston mayor did remarkably well.

Adrian Walker

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/walker-11327-13540.jpg Fisher’s ballot fight exposes GOP haplessness

Somehow the Mass. Republican Party has become twisted up over somebody named Mark Fisher.

“We just had the most ineffective Congress in our nation’s history and we can do better,” says Seth Moulton, who is running against John. J. Tierney.

A fellow Democrat takes on John Tierney

Iraq veteran Seth Moulton is looking to beat the Congressman in the Democratic primary.

Opinion

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/05/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Jeff_Jacoby_150px-1791.jpg US legal bubble can’t pop soon enough

Too much law and lawyering makes democratic self-rule impossible, and common sense legally precarious.

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Startup turns your photos into ad vehicles

Instead of selling sporting-event photography to athletic-event participants, the two-year-old company Gameface Media sells advertising space to corporate sponsors.