Mayor Walsh set to move to Lower Mills home

The mayor is leaving Savin Hill, the Dorchester neighborhood where he built the political base that propelled him to City Hall.

A fifth of DCF social workers are unlicensed

The social worker who monitored a 7-year-old Hardwick boy who recently fell into a coma is among those without a license.

Cabot stepson, partner face fraud charges

The stepson of Louis Wellington Cabot allegedly stole more than $17 million from real estate investors, prosecutors say.

After acquiring the Bakers Island Light Station property in 2005, the Essex National Heritage Commission began offering tours of the 60-acre island this month.

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Public can visit Bakers Island for first time in 70 years

For decades, the island has been an enclave off the Salem shore reserved to those with exclusive summer homes.

Members of a family in Nairobi followed on television the speech of US President Barack Obama at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit on Saturday.

In Kenya, Obama says Africa is ?on the move?

Much of the president?s visit is focused on boosting business and security ties with Kenya, a growing economy grappling with the threat of terrorism.

An architectural rendering released by Wynn Resorts in January showed a daytime view of a redesign of its proposed Everett casino.

City ?spewed and spun? rumors about Wynn casino, US says

The court filing by federal prosecutors that slammed Boston?s lawsuit stands as a sharp rebuke to Mayor Walsh.

Boston's Olympic bid

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/stadium.jpg First Boston 2024 pitch took rosy view of pitfalls

Olympic organizers downplayed the likelihood of a referendum and characterized the opposition as a small band of doubters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/houser-big-1434.jpg Lafayette theater gunman built reputation as an angry provocateur

Police characterized him after the shooting as a drifter who hadn?t spent much time in Lafayette.

After 68 years, they all still scream for his ice cream

Allan Ganz landed a Guinness World Record for the longest career as an ice cream man. At 78, he hopes to continue a few more years.

Seven of the eight staffers accused of abuse at the Long Island facility were arraigned on Wednesday.

Thomas Farragher

A father?s anguish

The man?s son is one of the alleged victims of what authorities this week called ?ritualized instances of physical abuse.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/16/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/SIAA380Suites4.jpg As airlines chase first-class passengers, economy gets the squeeze

An airline?s posh first-class seats, which can cost well over $10,000, generate profit and boost the bottom line.

The Cape Cod Central Railroad?s three dining cars date more than 70 years.

?Life slows down when you ride the train?

The Cape Cod Dinner Train is a unique experience that pulls visitors into the past, evoking romantic images of how the country was built.

Dan Belcher, of St. Louis, MO, worked on his sculpture titled ?Venom,? during the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival in Revere on Friday.

Sand sculpture festival enlivens Revere Beach

Organizers expect hundreds of thousands of visitors to attend the annual Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival this weekend.

Taylor Swift at Gillette on Friday. Gillette is the first stadium she had ever headlined.

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At Gillette, Taylor Swift proves her pop superstar status

On Friday, for the first of two sold-out shows at Gillette Stadium, Taylor Swift returned as a full-fledged pop superstar.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/pedro_07_crop.jpg On the field and off, Pedro Martinez truly one of a kind

In 115 years of Boston baseball, Pedro Martinez reigns as the grand master of the mound.

Maura Healey testified before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in January.

SCOT LEHIGH

Maura Healey?s casino concerns

The attorney general has a simple message about the casino Steve Wynn wants to build in Everett.

Triggering happy memories, scientifically

Susumu Tonegawa, a Nobel-winning molecular biologist at MIT, recently completed work that might eventually help depressed people bounce back.

Hike the Whites

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/17/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/hike-tz-3969.jpg Vote in the 2d round of our White Mountains adventure bracket

Mt. Willard or South Kinsman? Cannon Mountain or Zealand Falls? Fill out our bracket and let us know.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/20/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/rathe_pindell_employee02.jpg--90x90.jpg Inside the presidential primaries with James Pindell

Globe reporter James Pindell brings you the latest news from New Hampshire and beyond as 2016 presidential politics take shape.

Opinion

Alan M. Dershowitz

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/pollard1991-1230.jpg Jonathan Pollard?s release doesn?t make up for Iran deal

The US is not doing Israel any favors by releasing the convicted spy years after he should have been under a plea bargain.

The Big Picture

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Big Picture

Flying over surf and sands on Cape Cod

Photographer David Ryan provides a visual respite of the shoreline during an assignment in a fixed-wing Cessna.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/beta.jpg Cambridge company born in Internet?s ?big bang? has lasting impact

Viaweb played a pivotal role in the evolution of e-commerce, and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/07/24/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/crux150-8627.jpg Hidden ethics battle in Planned Parenthood fetal tissue scandal

Video of executives talking callously about supplying fetal tissue for medical research has created flood of outrage.

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