MBTA probing ?irregular voting? for train exteriors

The agency had announced earlier Tuesday the winning paint schemes after balloting had garnered more than 175,000 votes.

Boston lags behind state in PARCC scores

Boston students? scores on the new PARCC exam fell significantly below statewide averages, as did those of other large cities.

Workers prepared the stage at the Milwaukee Theater for the Republican presidential debate sponsored by Fox Business News and the Wall Street Journal.

GOP debate | Fox Business | 7 & 9 p.m.

Plenty of subplots ahead of critical fourth GOP debate

The two-hour presidential debate airs on the Fox Business Network ? as well as streamed online for free ? at 9 p.m.

The Boston Public Library?s Johnson Building is in the midst of a $78 million renovation to improve its appearance and functionality.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Cafe, broadcast studio coming to BPL

WGBH and a catering company are teaming up to open a cafe, event space, and broadcast studio at the Boston Public Library.

Mike Ross | opinion

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/10/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Mike_Ross-1436.jpg Our houses don?t fit us anymore

We?ve continued to build as if the city?s demographics remained the same since the 1960s.

Michael Hinds at his arraignment in Attleboro District Court.

Road rage crash suspect held on $75,000 bail

The Norton man charged in a fatal Mansfield crash has at least two prior cases for operating under the influence, prosecutors said.

Northeastern University students and others blocked the T tracks in a protest over the school?s policy toward adjunct faculty.

Green Line E branch shut down briefly amid protest

Northeastern students and others blocked the tracks in a protest over the school?s policy toward adjunct faculty.

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A day after a photographer was a center of attention, protesters at the University of Missouri said they would be more welcoming with the media.

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JEFF JACOBY | opinion

Time to close the TSA

Let?s face it: The Transportation Security Administration, which annually costs taxpayers more than $7 billion, should never have been created.

Perspective

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/26/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/151021_KDB_HUBSPOT_0016.jpg The surprising power of being nice to your employees

In certain fields, companies are finding bottom-line benefits to making employees happy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/10/20/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/151020_KDB_CURRICULUM_0003-001.jpg Why one company hiked its minimum wage

The CEO of North Billerica?s Curriculum Associates made the call to boost warehouse and clerical workers? pay to $15 an hour.

Trays of wheat grass, Hong Vit radishes, and sunflower sprouts in

How small is their garden?

Lisa Evans and Tim Smith left full-time teaching careers to start their microgreens business at home in Roslindale.

Letter from James Otis, Jr. to James Otis, Sr., and portrait print of James Otis Jr., 1743 June 17 -- Letter from Otis in Boston to his father, James Otis Sr. on June 17, 1743. In the short, half-page letter, Otis asks his father for money to pay for expenses relating to Commencement including the printing of theses, shoes, buckles, and any entertainment. He mentions that he will share entertainment expenses with his classmate Lothrop Russell. (Colonial North American Project at Harvard University)

Harvard digitizes Colonial-era documents, letters

Thousands of documents have been put online as part of Harvard?s Colonial North American Project.

Michael Verlezza joined an Army infantry unit, just like his grandfather.

Alex Snyder/University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire McIntyre Library

THOMAS FARRAGHER

Veteran, Fulbright scholar aims to improve VA health care

Mike Verlezza wants us to be there for those who lie awake desperate at 4 a.m.

Roasted beef shoulder tender with grilled broccolini, horseradish crema at Worden Hall.

Dining Out

Worden Hall and Coppersmith: same neighborhood, different results

Want to enjoy food and conversation in Southie? You?re looking for Worden Hall. Want a party in a stunning space? Try Coppersmith.

Parents and fans lined the field with umbrellas as they watched youth soccer on a rainy day at Gordon Field in Silverdale, Wash., last month.

US Soccer moves to ban heading to stave off youth concussions

The governing body said it would ban heading in both practice and games for children ages 10 and younger.

NFL NOTEBOOK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/495399644.jpg Colts? Andrew Luck sidelined by kidney, muscle injuries

The quarterback suffered a lacerated kidney and torn abdominal muscle in Sunday?s victory over Denver.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/Wires/2015/11/10/BostonGlobe.com/Videos/2015-11-10/TheWrap/Thumbnails/daniel-fleetwood-dying-star-wars-fan-620x400.jpg ?Star Wars? fan dies after his final wish was granted

Terminally ill superfan Daniel Fleetwood got to see ?The Force Awakens? after a social media campaign was launched to help grant him his final wish.

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Bundchen talks Brady, Bridget, and book on ?CBS This Morning?

The supermodel promoted her new, limited-edition, already-sold-out $700 photography book on the morning show.

The Big Picture

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Strider?s climb

He has traveled so far, from near-fatal abuse to here, invisible among Maine?s poorest, in the care of his grandparents.

BetaBoston

BetaBoston

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/11/03/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/04022011_02massmover_3-7893093.jpg King of the Internet of Things?

The companies that build out this immense, global ?Internet of Things? will become some of the biggest and richest yet.

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JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | ALL THINGS CATHOLIC

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/pope150.jpg New financial revelations don?t spell doom for church reforms

Francis insisted last week that church leaders can?t serve the poor if they?re seen to ?lead the life of a pharaoh.?