Half-century later, murder evidence still under wraps

?In classic Massachusetts fashion, the Middlesex DA has gone to great lengths to block public access to the records,? said Michael Widmer.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Three researchers want a chance to solve the 1969 murder of a Harvard student, but the Middlesex district attorney won?t let them see the files.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/05/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Walker_052717_29prisonwater_27367x.jpg Water at state?s largest prison raises concerns

A Globe review of state records found that 43 percent of all water samples collected at MCI-Norfolk since 2011 showed elevated levels of manganese.

The Trump presidency

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/06017334-5011.jpg Testing limits, Flynn entered legal morass

?I?ve always had that entrepreneurial spirit,? Michael Flynn said in an interview in October 2015.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/06033564.jpg Trump goes from regal to rustic this weekend at Camp David

President Trump chose simple over swanky this Father?s Day weekend.

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Louisiana congressman Steve Scalise has been upgraded from ??critical?? to ??serious condition.??

Bill Cosby?s trial on sexual assault charges ended without a verdict Saturday after jurors failed to reach a unanimous decision in a case.

Matt Slocum/Associated Press

Judge declares mistrial in Bill Cosby?s sexual assault case

The jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked and prosecutors said they would retry the case.

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Graham-3773.jpg For Cosby?s accuser, a mistrial is justice delayed and denied

The mistrial in the Bill Cosby case again proves the difficulty a woman faces when accusing a powerful man of sexual assault.

Debee Tlumacki for the Boston Globe

Two experienced operators were in charge of the ferry that crashed Friday off the Cape

Two experienced operators were in charge of the Cape Cod ferry that slammed into a jetty Friday night in rough seas and injured 15 people.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_PM8TD.jpg US Navy says bodies of sailors found on ship

The Navy said in a statement that searchers had gained access to the spaces that were damaged during a collision in Japan on Friday.

Sports

Markelle Fultz worked out at the North Laurel Community Center ahead of the NBA Draft, in Laurel, MD, on Monday, June 12, 2017. Fultz, 19, a 6'6

John Boal for The Boston Globe

Celtics have trade in place with 76ers for No. 1 pick

The Celtics will receive the No. 3 pick in Thursday?s draft as well as a first-round pick in either 2018 or 2019.

GARY WASHBURN I ON BASKETBALL

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How many draft picks does one organization really need?

ASTROS 7, RED SOX 1

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/18/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/3374eba528a042faa455b5f9450692f7-3374eba528a042faa455b5f9450692f7-0.jpg Rick Porcello?s struggles continue in Red Sox? loss to Astros

He allowed seven runs ? including two home runs ? in six innings to drop to 3-9.

Bob Ryan

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/bob_ryan-13979.jpg 25 years after original Dream Team, the rest of the world has arrived

The original Dream Team was never about the competition. The entire world knew that and accepted that.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-13976.jpg I?ve been wrong in my column a lot. Here are some highlights (lowlights)

We have hot takes. And a lot of times we are wrong, wrong, wrong.

Tall Ships 2017

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/TallSlider33.jpg A day in the life of the young man and the sea

Our roving correspondent wasn?t about to let a parade of 54 magnificent ships shake his cynicism about life on the ocean. Then, suddenly, he was smitten.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/17/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_ebostontallship.jpg Boston crowds welcome Tall Ships from around world

For a few hours on Saturday, it was once again the Age of Sail in Boston.

A rose was placed on the memorial wall during today?s ceremony for the Boston firefighters killed at the Hotel Vendome fire.

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Forty-five years later, families remember loved ones lost in deadly Hotel Vendome fire

The fire, which was just one day before Father?s Day, took the lives of more firefighters than any other in Boston Fire department history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/TS-Par8068877.jpg Students studying abroad undaunted by recent terrorism

University students around New England are still seeking study abroad opportunities, not letting fear keep them from international experiences.

Ty Burr

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/19/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/ty%20burr%20jpeg-1435.JPG Father would have known best, but then he was gone

Let us take a minute to honor a large and largely silent tribe: the people who don?t observe Father?s Day because we didn?t have fathers to observe.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/10/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/Spotlight14.jpg ?Spotlight? director: Boston Globe building was one of movie?s stars

As the paper prepares to leave Morrissey Boulevard, who better to write about the venerable structure, immortalized by his cinematic vision?

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Investigations

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If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/06/16/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/House%20race.jpg The most expensive House race ever may hinge on health care

Preexisting conditions are a big debate point in the House race between Jon Ossoff and Karen Handel in Georgia.