Pension for Todashev shooter draws scrutiny

The agent, who last year fatally shot Ibragim Todashev, has a $52,000-a-year pension as a retied Oakland police officer.

Deval Patrick’s chief of staff to step down

Brendan Ryan will step down this summer and join Patrick’s PAC while hunting for a better-paying job, he said.

Dorchester man arrested for fatal daytime shooting

Boston police charged a man in the Uphams Corner shooting Wednesday.

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An FBI agent said the sightings come from credible sources.

“The only time I really was upset about it was the night I was diagnosed,” Joe McCormick says. “After that, I thought, This is what I have to do.”

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The unstoppable slugger playing baseball blind

Whether on the field or at Harvard, Joe McCormick wasn’t about to let his sudden loss of vision keep him from competing.

YVONNE ABRAHAM

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131031.jpg A salary that’s hard to defend

Entry level assistant district attorneys are paid $37,500 a year — less than clerks, and custodians.

Stung by official’s slur, N.H. town unites

A cross section of natives and transplants, Democrats and Republicans, came together to express outrage over an official’s racial slur.

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In a court filing, prosecutors described the materials the Tsarnaev brothers allegedly used in making the Marathon bombs.

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JOAN VENNOCHI

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The 9/11 museum store is one of many gift shops at museums dedicated to remembering tragedies.

BetaBoston

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While the tech industry longs to see a bill weakening trolls, the pharmaceutical and biotech industries have opposed the effort.

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Blue jays 6, red Sox 4

John Farrell took the ball from Clay Buchholz in the fifth inning.

Red Sox lose sixth straight

Clay Buchholz failed to complete five innings for the fourth time this season as the Red Sox remained winless on their current homestand.

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Television Review

Ramon Rodriguez stars as detective Ryan Lopez (right, with Terry O’Quinn as his task force boss) in “Gang Related.”

Fox’s ‘Gang’ is not all there

The new police drama “Gang Related” about a cop leading a double life aims for gritty but lands somewhere less interesting.