Deal will avert ballot question on hospitals

Officials and business leaders will establish a panel to study health care prices and increased funding for community hospitals.

Geraldine Largay (right), with her husband George.

Missing hiker survived for weeks

A hiker who died in 2013 after going off the Appalachian Trail in Maine kept a journal and apparently survived for at least 26 days.

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Geraldine Largay disappeared mysteriously from the Appalachian Trail on July 23, 2013. Her body was not found until October 2015.

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Jorge Zambrano fired the .45 caliber pistol five times, hitting Auburn Police Officer Ronald Tarentino Jr. in the back, officials say.

Starts & stops

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After Frank DePaola was diagnosed with cancer during the winter of 2014, slowing down wasn?t an option.

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A State Department audit faults Hillary Clinton and other secretaries of state for poorly managing electronic communications.

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Maine is among the states bringing the suit against a federal directive to US schools to let transgender students use the facilities that match their gender identity.

Boston School Committee expected to vote on water policy

The new policy is the result of heightened concerns about lead levels in schools? water.

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The move comes as UMass and other schools face pressure from students to reallocate investments in response to concerns over climate change.

An inquiry by the AG?s Public Charities division, which oversees non-profit organizations, raised serious concerns about poor communication between Suffolk University trustees and Margaret McKenna (above).

Attorney General cites lapses by Suffolk?s board

A strongly worded letter was the culmination of a probe Maura Healey?s office launched during the height of the school?s administrative turmoil.

A ?bike box? in Brookline gives cyclists more room at traffic lights.

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Brookline to test Beacon Street bike lane

Town Meeting approved a trial plan to eliminate one of two westbound car lanes between Coolidge Corner and Washington Square.

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Shawn Meenan and Rachel Shellabarger barricade their condo each night and have recorded footage of nearby drug deals.

Norma Torres Mendoza, and her mother, Carmen Torres.

Harvard student drives undocumented mother from Texas

Norma Torres Mendoza?s mother is an undocumented immigrant, and she feared putting her on a plane to get to the commencement.

Hiawatha Bray | tech lab

Is digital justice colorblind?

Problems may arise when we let statistics and computer algorithms do our thinking for us.

OPINION | LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS AND RACHEL LIPSON

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The delays in the Anderson Bridge project hold key lessons for America?s broader inability to solve its infrastructure problems.

Gisele Bundchen posted a promo for the UN?s ?Wild for Life? campaign on Instagram.

Names

?I am Gisele Bundchen. I am a sea turtle.?

Now that she?s spending less time on the runway, supermodel Gisele Bundchen has more time to save sea turtles.

Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump.

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Trump again calls Warren ?goofy,? ?Pocahontus,? ?hypocrite?

The Twitter war between Elizabeth Warren and Donald Trump continued on Wednesday.

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Calling it an ?international misunderstanding,? the Museum of Russian Icons is returning 16 religious artworks to Moscow for inspection.

The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will host a goat meet-and-greet.

Come and meet some goats

After receiving an overwhelming response from the public about adopting goats, the MSPCA will host a meet-and-greet with the animals.

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Three child actors from Massachusetts who have been appearing in New York productions are mastering a juggling act.

9-13-2001:Foxboro:New England Patriots' assistant equipment manager John Jastremski and others had the practice field outside CMGI Field ready for a scheduled noon time practice, but when the NFL announced that this weekend's games have been cancelled, and subsequently today's workout, he had to gather up all the gear that he had put out for the session, including the footballs, and put it in the front seat of his cart to be put back into the trailer next to the field. Library Tag 09142001 SPORTS

Jastremski remains steadfast in his loyalty to Brady

Comedian Jim Breuer recalled his encounter with the former football equipment manager made infamous by Deflategate.

Opinion & Ideas

OPINION | LAWRENCE H. SUMMERS AND RACHEL LIPSON

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/25/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/0526summerweb.jpg A lesson on infrastructure from the Anderson Bridge fiasco

The delays in the Anderson Bridge project hold key lessons for America?s broader inability to solve its infrastructure problems.

Life sciences

STAT, a national publication from Boston Globe Media Partners, covers health, medicine, and life sciences.

Ground Game

Ground Game

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The GOP could significantly curb the influence of the four early primary states by linking them to a neighboring state.

The Big Picture

Dina Rudick/Globe Staff

In search of sanctuary

The pews grew emptier and emptier. Until at last they realized: the Congregational Church of West Medford was dying.

Globe investigations

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More than 200 victims. At least 90 legal claims. At least 67 private schools in New England. This is the story of hundreds of students sexually abused by staffers, and emerging from decades of silence today.

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.

Design New England

Design New England

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/05/05/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/DNE-4947.png When inspiration strikes

With their home as canvas, the couple behind KTII Design Group embrace the stylistic power of change.