Obama recasts war on terrorism

President Obama on Thursday said it was time to narrow the scope of the battle against terrorists, and vowed to restrict drone use.

Boston teachers receive high ratings

The Boston Public Schools has rated 92 percent of all teachers as proficient or exemplary under a new evaluation system.

KEVIN CULLEN

A child’s gift erases a gulf

Seven-year-old Sophie Orange organized a pajama day at her all-girls school in England to raise money for victims of the Boston bombings.

At first it seemed a grisly triple homicide in waltham on Sept. 11, 2011, was a drug deal gone bad.

Stark overtones in ’11 Waltham killings

The triple homicide was assumed to be a drug deal gone bad, but now authorities say bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev may have helped kill the men.

Last week, Merck Serono said it was boosting its worldwide venture outlays from $51.4 million to $128.6 million.

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Merck Serono scouting biotech opportunities

German-based global drug maker Merck Serono is the latest drug maker turned investor in biopharmaceutical start-ups.

Chris Kreider of the Rangers celebrated his game-winning goal in overtime against goalie Tuukka Rask and Dougie Hamilton of the Bruins.

Game 4 | Rangers 4, Bruins 3 (OT)

Bruins lose in overtime, fail to sweep

Chris Kreider, formerly of Boston College, scored the sudden-death winner to force a Game 5 Saturday. Boston leads the series, 3-1.

Tuukka Rask’s skate hit a rut in the crease and he tumbled backward and Carl Hagelin’s weak backhander trickled over the goal line.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins fall down on the job

The Bruins were on their way to a Game 4 clinching win against the Rangers. And then Tuukka Rask fell. Butt over tea kettle.

Terry Francona made his return to Fenway as the Indians manager.

Indians 12, Red Sox 3

Indians rout Red Sox in Terry Francona’s return

The manager of two World Series titles in Boston came back as a visitor and a rival, and his team won, 12-3.

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Michael Douglas at the piano in “Behind the Candelabra.”

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Michael Douglas hits the right notes as Liberace
Artist David Stromeyer helps install his large steel sculptures at the Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts in Concord.

Artist oversees installation of steel pieces at Emerson Umbrella
Volunteers and organizers, including race director Steve Balfour (in black) prepared packets for runners in Boston’s Run to Remember.

Runners return to finish Marathon, remember the victims
Terry Francona made his return to Fenway as the Indians manager.

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Fenway faithful to Terry Francona
Ibragim Todashev.

Marathon bombings

Wife of Fla. man says FBI asked only about Boston attack
Terry Francona (left) returned to Fenway Park as the manager of the Cleveland Indians, his first game in the visiting dugout since leaving Boston. He greeted David Ortiz (right) just after a pregame session with the media.

Francona’s first return to Boston as a manager
May 28 1984: Justin Billard, 5, in his sailor suit, saluted as a color guard passed his spot on Highland Avenue during the Memorial Day parade in Somerville.

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The high price of tanning

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Inside the Marathon bombings
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JOAN VENNOCHI

Murray’s ambition meets reality

More coverage of the bombings

Investigators entered an apartment in Orlando where Ibragim Todashev was killed by an FBI agent Wednesday.

Tsarnaev ally killed by FBI agent in Florida

A man with ties to Marathon bomb suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was shot and killed while being questioned about a 2011 unsolved triple murder in Waltham.

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Danny Ainge won’t let Nets talk to Doc Rivers

Ainge said he has denied Brooklyn permission to speak with the Celtics coach about their vacant position.

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Prosecutors seek gag order on ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s attorneys

Federal prosecutors demanded Bulger’s defense lawyers stop engaging in “media grandstanding’’ and spreading “false facts” about the case.

Columnists

Floyd Mayweather Jr. fought Robert Guerrero earlier this month in Las Vegas.

CARLO ROTELLA

A boxing lesson for college grads

SCOT LEHIGH

Political rebounds for the scandal-inclined

JULIETTE KAYYEM

A rainy day fund doesn’t work if it’s always raining
Tuukka Rask’s skate hit a rut in the crease and he tumbled backward and Carl Hagelin’s weak backhander trickled over the goal line.

Dan Shaughnessy

Bruins fall down on the job

KEVIN CULLEN

A child’s gift erases a gulf
Rangers fans pour into Madison Square Garden to see the Rangers, but elsewhere around the city many fans ignore them.

Dan Shaughnessy

New York just isn’t a hockey kind of town
Terry Francona made his return to Fenway as the Indians manager.

Christopher L. Gasper

Fenway faithful to Terry Francona
Earlier this month, neo-Nazi lawmaker Panagiotis Iliopoulos was ejected from Greece’s parliament while shouts of “Heil Hitler” were heard in the chamber, in a recent incident involving his far-right party.

NICHOLAS BURNS

The rise of hate

Yvonne Abraham

Longevity a liability for Ed Markey?
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Murray’s ambition meets reality

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Academic freedom?

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Jennifer Tyrrell, who lost her job as a den leader in 2012 for being gay, hugged Pascal Tessier, 16, an openly gay Scout who faced expulsion from the group. The group put off the even more divisive question of whether to allow openly gay adults.

Boy Scouts agree to welcome gay youth

In a landmark step its CEO called ‘‘compassionate, caring, and kind,’’ the Boy Scouts of America on Thursday ended its ban against openly gay youths.

Politics

Markey commits to release tax returns Friday

Edward Markey had been pressed by the media for the past week about whether he would open his tax returns to scrutiny, and when.

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Upgrades by its previous owner helped to make 40 Broad St. an attractive investment, one specialist said.

Financial District building sells for $110m

The sale of the 11-story building at 40 Broad Street is the latest signal that the city’s commercial real estate market is heating up.

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Anne Heche plays a rage-filled housewife who changes her tune after a near-death experience in NBC’s “Save Me.”

‘Save Me’: Anne Heche becomes enlightened

There’s nothing funny or fresh about “Save Me,” which NBC is burning off over the next few weeks.

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There’s a widespread belief, so far not borne out, that technological innovation makes it possible to pay fewer and fewer competent humans to turn out a product without sacrificing quality.

Carlo Rotella 

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“Cities are focal points for human civilization, the places where people live, work, and create. And they may well be on the verge of new transformation, one that not only alters how they run but what their residents’ lives are like.”

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