Brian Joyce won?t seek reelection

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The embattled state senator has faced ethical questions, and authorities raided his law office last week.

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Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee were unanimous in their opposition to confirmation hearings.

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At a Roxbury meeting, an Uber spokesman said that fingerprint-based criminal background checks are unnecessary.

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The conversation was cordial, both men agreed in interviews, but a Wynn advisor was blunt in portraying the casino as a done deal.

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President Obama said that despite political hurdles he will make an effort to shutter the facility.

Half of black gay men will be infected with HIV, CDC finds

Gay and bisexual men, African-Americans, and people who live in the South have the highest risk of infection.

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Sexual transmission of Zika possible in 14 more US cases

Fourteen new cases in the United States in which the Zika virus may have been transmitted sexually are being investigated.

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The beat goes on: A family legacy in the cymbal industry

Learn about the impressive?and sometimes dramatic?history of the Avedis Zildjian Company, the oldest family-owned business in the U.S.

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Zachary Marr, 22, was last seen in the Faneuil Hall neighborhood and has been missing since Feb. 13.

A Boston Police diver searched for Zachary Marr.

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In search for Boston?s missing, investigators look to waterways

Since 2009, at least nine bodies, mostly of young men, have been found in the waterways in the Boston area.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/baca02ce844c435f95b37f3a9ae8ec08-a429794364374aae95506d4845801037-1.jpg The story behind ?Making a Murderer?

?Making a Murderer? filmmaker Moira Demos, a Watertown native, spoke about the docu-series and what drew her and her partner to Avery?s case.

Police officers descended on the scene of the Watertown shootout after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev fled the scene in a SUV.

Watertown residents asked to OK filming of shootout scene

The Marathon bombings movie, starring Mark Wahlberg, would require simulated gunshots late at night.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/22/BostonGlobe.com/Travel/Images/FullSizeRender(19).jpg Beyond bikinis and beer, the Gronk Party Ship was about community

Before the cruise ship Pearl even left Miami, the story of Gronk?s Party Ship had already been written in people?s heads.

The Prouty Garden in Boston Children's Hospital.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

The immeasurable value of Prouty Garden

How do you put a price tag on a place where two generations of sick children escaped their hospital beds?

02/23/16: Fort Myers, FL: Red Sox DH David Ortiz is pictured as he has a laugh around the batting cage during today's workout. Spring Training for Red Sox players continued at Jet Blue South.(Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section:sports topic:spring training

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

In opening remarks, Big Papi hits it out of the park

David Ortiz, beginning his final season with the Red Sox, perfectly captured the passion of the Boston baseball experience.

NICK CAFARDO | ON BASEBALL

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/23/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/davis_st221-3_spts-8788.jpg Red Sox had better be concerned about Sandoval

The Sox are defending and supporting their player ? at the risk of denying the obvious.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/23/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/160222_KDB_SANDERS_016.jpg For Bernie Sanders, Super Tuesday begins the ?slow Bern?

Sanders has a problem on March 1.

The Big Picture

Chinese opera in Thailand

The Chinese New Year celebration ended with opera performances in Bangkok, Thailand, home to the largest overseas Chinese community in the world.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

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Scott Kirsner | Innovation Economy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/scott_kirsner_150-5877.jpg Why entrepreneurs still bolt from Boston

The area must do a better job of retaining young entrepreneurs who feel the pull of California or New York.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

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JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | All things catholic

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Pope Francis suggested he?s open to the idea of artificial birth control as a means of combatting the spread of the Zika virus, while taking abortion off the table.