More on the Baby Doe case

Baby Bella was happy despite a hard life

Rachelle Bond, mother of Bella Bond, posted this photo on her Facebook page on Dec. 25, 2014.

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Bella?s mother was trying to hold things together before tumbling back into chaos, those who knew her said.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/farragher150-8829.jpeg Baby Bella was right here. How did that happen?

A desperately dysfunctional household was inexplicably savvy enough to elude one of the biggest dragnets in recent memory.

Rachelle Bond, 40, and Michael McCarthy, 35.

Boston Police Department

Dorchester mother, boyfriend charged in Baby Doe case

The mother of Bella Bond, 2½, told investigators that her boyfriend punched her daughter in the stomach until her body went lifeless.

Donald Trump appeared in Rochester, N.H., on Thursday.

Trump says it?s up to Obama to defend himself

Donald Trump weighed in on Twitter Saturday morning in response to criticism that he didn?t dispute an assertion that President Obama is Muslim.

Live updates

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/19/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/489097066--90x90.jpg The N.H. Democratic Party convention

Globe reporters are providing updates from the convention, where all of the Democratic presidential candidates are slated to speak.

In 2008, before he was pope, Jorge M. Bergoglio (center) rode the Buenos Aires subway.

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crux

On brink of visit, Pope Francis defies easy political labels

Some are convinced he?s a leftist reformer, some see him as a conservative in sheep?s clothing, and many are just a little bit confused.

A drawing from Bulger?s trial that Steve Davis is selling on eBay. 
Steve Davis, whose sister was killed by Whitey Bulger, with the drawings.

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Bulger memorabilia for sale by alleged victim?s kin

The hawking of ?Whitey? Bulger memorabilia has reached fever pitch with the release of ?Black Mass,? as online sellers seek big bucks.

An Austrian police officer tried to control the migrants? queue after they arrived at the border between Austria and Hungary.

Migrants surge into Western Europe through Austria

Thousands of migrants flooded into Austria on Saturday, seeking refuge after shuttling for days in bordering countries.

A rendering of the proposed 405-room hotel at the Boston Marine Industrial Park, adjacent to the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal. View is looking up Summer Street, with the Reserved Channel at bottom.

Cruiseport hotel in South Boston gets plans OK?d

Harbinger Development would take out a long-term lease to build a 13-story building at the city?s Marine Industrial Park.

BPL assessing rare book section after mold outbreak

?This is something that is unfortunately part of life when you are dealing with rare books and rare materials,? said one library official.

An architectural rendering of the resort casino that the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe hopes to build in Taunton.

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A federal ruling has put the Southeastern Mass. casino license in doubt

Mashpee Wampanoag tribe leaders said the decision brings their dream to build a $500 million Taunton casino that much closer to reality.

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/shoes_biz.jpg Startup ShoeKicker causes stir among footwear retailers

Boutique retailers are still defending their turf against online shopping, and specialty running stores are no exception.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/08/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/geller005.jpg Hoping to get Voice of Cape Ann back on the air

Twenty years since Simon Geller?s death, Ken Philpot and his son Bob have embarked on a project to bring the voice of Cape Ann back to life.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/10/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Boghosian_25baker3_MET.jpg Governor Baker rejects requests for texts

The rejection is the latest reminder that Massachusetts has some of the weakest public records laws in the country.

Love Letters

Letting an ex know about an engagement

?I hate the idea of posting this to Facebook, and her hearing that I?m engaged through one of our hundreds of mutual friends or her own parents.?

The Big Picture

Ricardo Moraes/Reuters

Fighting Olympic eviction

As sports arenas rise up around them, around 50 families remain in Vila Autodromo, which borders the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro.

BetaBoston

Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/11/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_Caruso2_biz.jpg A real angel among angel investors

Getting an audience with Joe Caruso requires simply going to a website and signing up for a half-hour block of time.

Crux

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/18/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Pope-Argentinian.jpg With pope?s Argentine populism, people are more important than ideas

Americans may wonder why this maverick pontiff resists being pinned down, but his fellow Argentinians have a simple explanation.