Mass. child removal appeals delayed

Court officials say they cannot find enough attorneys to handle the cases within the required time frame.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/28/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/bandw.jpg Hospitals aim to stop vote on how they?re paid

Hospital executives are trying to stave off a fall ballot question that would change the way health care is financed in Mass.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/06/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/ryantrump.jpg Paul Ryan declines to endorse Donald Trump

Trump fired back shortly after, saying he?s ??not ready to support?? the House speaker?s agenda.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/06/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/mary1.jpg Strategist Mary Matalin leaves the GOP. Here?s why.

The high-profile pundit emphasized her decision was not connected to Donald Trump?s being the presumptive GOP nominee.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/pol%20comp%20iv.png State fight for delegates divides Democrats

The delegate selection process is complex but could devolve into an old-fashioned political scrum Saturday when the committee gathers in Newton to pick delegates.

Firefighters battle a three-alarm fire on Rush Street in East Somerville.

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Heavy fire hits three-story home in Somerville

Firefighters were battling a heavy blaze here on Thursday that gutted a three-story home and sent at least one person to a hospital.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/03/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/davis_dudley7_met.jpg Dudley residents to vote on plan that could block Muslim cemetery

A controversial proposal to transform a former Dudley farm into a Muslim cemetery is about to move to a townwide vote.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/25/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/160224_WALKER_xxteenhomeless_05054x.jpg Interested in free rent for a year? This fund-raiser thought you would be

Those who make a $10 donation to the Y2Y Harvard Square youth homeless shelter will be entered to win a year of rent-free living.

David E. Scher in court on Wednesday.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Would-be lawyer accused of multiple scams

He wasn?t a lawyer, but David E. Scher knew his way around a courtroom.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/29/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/greenline2-8310-8796.jpg Somerville, Cambridge offer $75m to save Green Line extension

The troubled Green Line Extension got a big jolt of cash from local governments Thursday, just days before a key meeting of transportation officials.

NAMES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/beaudet.jpg WCVB report on after-hours parties hits a nerve

A WCVB-TV story about after-hours parties in Boston caused a kerfuffle this week.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/1bee70347eeb43b8ac2af11655b67666-ca4ee6490e014c348222e2236e9f2088-1.jpg Questions arise about California doctor?s response to Prince

Was a California doctor acting legally when he sent his son to Prince?s home with a drug?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/mchale%20bird.jpg Attention Pacers fans: Kevin McHale isn?t walking through that door

Larry Bird said he ?respects? his former Celtics teammate too much to hire him as head coach of the Indiana Pacers.

Harvard University?s campus.

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Harvard, MIT ranked two most prestigious colleges in the world

The Boston area might be a hot college spot in the US, but it?s also apparently home to the best institutions in the world.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/06/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/malk150-1496.jpg Want to see the newest John Malkovich movie? Too bad.

Malkovich?s movie is locked in a ?state-of-the-art safe? until 2115 ? and only a lucky few will be able to behold the vault.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/03/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/body_politic_02.jpg New opera adds its voice to debate on transgender rights

After its Boston premiere, the creators of ?The Body Politic?? are poised to bring it to the legislature that passed North Carolina?s anti-LGBT law.

Ground Game

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/42904ca4-ec3e-49fe-bb82-55e679a409dd.jpg Who will be Trump?s VP pick?

A Globe analysis of more than 70 former and current elected officials yielded seven people who could join his ticket.

The Big Picture

Globe photos of the month, April 2016

A look at some of the best images taken by Boston Globe photographers last month.