Assistant Metro Editor

Finucane, who has worked at the Globe for six years, previously worked in the Boston bureau of the Associated Press for 12 years.
The allegation against Rev. Joseph Byrne dates back to the early 1970s and was only recently reported to the church, officials said.
A smoky, two-alarm transformer fire in the basement of the Moakley Courthouse in Boston forced an evacuation of the building Thursday afternoon.
The amendment was in response to a recent court ruling that prevented tougher sanctions on some who admitted to drunken driving.
The woman who caused a security scare that resulted in a flight from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., being diverted to Bangor, Maine, will not be charged but will be returned to France, federal prosecutors in Maine said today.