How same-sex couples got the right to adopt in Massachusetts

Ramon Hernandez (left) and Pedro  Herpin (right)  adopted Daynel, 16,  and Jordyn, 7.


Adoption brought family ties for these two, now brothers. // Dina Rudick/Globe Staff


Don Babets (left) and David Jean are surrounded by neighborhood kids in 1985. After the Globe published a story about the couple becoming foster parents, the state took the children away. // John Tlumacki/globe staff/file 1985


The process of adopting two children through the foster system has this couple jumping bureaucratic hurdles.  // Dina Rudick/Globe Staff .

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

A Supreme Court decision expected any day could open up the practice to families across the nation.

Eric McPhail

Golfer convicted of insider trading charges

The Waltham man was accused of using information he learned from a golfing buddy to help his friends make money on the stock market.

BOSTON, MA - JUNE 15: John Farrell #53 of the Boston Red Sox reacts after it was ruled that Andrelton Simmons #19 of the Atlanta Braves was hit by a pitch in the seventh inning at Fenway Park on June 15, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Jim Rogash/Getty Images)

Peter Abraham | Beat writer?s notebook

John Farrell needs to be tougher on Red Sox players

The Red Sox manager has tread too lightly with his underachieving team.

Joyce Mitchell appearedin Plattsburgh City Court on Monday.

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Prison worker talked to inmates about killing husband, DA says

Joyce Mitchell allegedly talked to two inmates about a murder-for-hire plot before the men escaped.

An iPhone is connected to a 2016 Chevrolet Malibu equipped with Apple CarPlay apps, displayed on the car's MyLink screen, top, during a demonstration in Detroit, Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Starting with Chevrolet this summer, many General Motors models will offer Apple?s CarPlay and Google?s Android Auto systems that link smart phones with in-car screens and electronics. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

hiawatha bray | Tech Lab

Google and Apple dash for the dashboard

Your car will soon be equipped to talk with your mobile phone.

From left: Joanna Merlin (foreground) and Anne Gottlieb star in Peter M. Floyd?s ?Absence.?

In plays about dementia and Alzheimer?s, a last chance to make things right

Forms of dementia have emerged as topics of drama, reflecting a wider cultural reckoning with memory-stealing disorders.

opinion | Scott Lajoie

Does Beyoncé really understand what veganism is about?

The singer is apparently unaware of veganism?s principles for animal welfare.

The truth about date night

Is there a more fraught enterprise for parents of young kids?

Man arrested by Wayland police in bizarre home invasion

The 21-year-old man voluntarily came to police headquarters on Wednesday, with his lawyers and his parents, police said.

Two American Bully puppies are missing in Auburn.

Rare puppies stolen by armed, masked men in Auburn

The missing dogs are American Bully puppies, which the victims had planned to sell for as much as $4,000 each.

Somerville asks federal courts to block public records release

The Secretary of State?s office said state law requires Somerville to release parking permit information requested by the Globe.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/mit-8653.jpg MIT panel backs divestment from coal, tar sand firms

A climate change committee at the school rejected the idea of blanket divestment in all fossil fuel companies.

Evan Horowitz | Quick study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/horowitz-8650.jpg Who should pay for higher education at UMass and beyond?

Throughout the country, state support for public education is going down, and the shortfall is being made via rising tuition.

UMass trustees vote to hike fees by up to 5%

The increase comes after fees were frozen the last two years due to a $100 million infusion in state funding.

The Hotel Vendome fire in Boston killed nine firefighters in 1972.

Globe File

Firefighter recalls friend on anniversary of hotel fire

Simon ?Dan? Condon can still clearly remember turning to speak to his best friend just moments before the Hotel Vendome collapsed 43 years ago.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tom1--150x150[1]--90x90.jpg As Deflategate raged, Brady paid handsomely by Salem State

Tom Brady received $170,000 for the hourlong appearance, which came as controversy swirled around the quarterback.

Fishing ship sinks off Martha?s Vineyard coast

A 33-foot fishing vessel sank less than 2 miles off the island?s coast after it collided with another ship, the US Coast Guard said.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/23/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/tracker-089.jpg Tracking the endorsements of N.H. GOP activists

In the aggregate, endorsements can signal who has the best ground game in the Granite State.

Opinion

farah stockman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1195.jpg Dolezal, Jenner raise questions about identity

Just as the words ?man? and ?woman? fail to encompass the full spectrum of human experience, so too do ?black? and ?white.?

The Big Picture

With their sensitive skin and eyes, young Guna albinos must be shuttled to and from school, avoiding the baking heat, while they watch their friends play in the streets.

Carlos Jasso/REUTERS

In Panama, albinos venerated as ?Children of the Moon?

Albinos make up between 5 and 10 percent of the roughly 80,000 indigenous Gunas who live on the mainland of the Guna Yala region and its islands.