By Jill Lawless

Martin McGuinness will meet Queen Elizabeth II next week — a moment that will have great symbolic value.

Obama rips GOP at Latino meeting

By Matt Viser

President Obama on Friday trumpeted his steps to make it easier for the children of illegal immigrants to stay in the US legally.

Sandusky found guilty on 45 abuse counts

By Bob Hohler

Jerry Sandusky faces life in prison at sentencing, which is expected to take place in about three months.

By Jill Lawless

Martin McGuinness will meet Queen Elizabeth II next week — a moment that will have great symbolic value.

Norway massacre trial draws to close

Defense lawyers insisted that Anders Behring Breivik was sane when he killed 77 people last year and should be sentenced to prison.

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By Kevin Cullen

A handshake between former IRA leader Martin McGuinness and Queen Elizabeth II is a reminder of how history moves in real time, despite its tendency to repeat itself.

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Recalling the Nixon-Kennedy health plan

By Farah Stockman

Although President Nixon’s plan mandated companies to buy insurance, while President Obama’s mandates individuals, both bolster the system of private insurance.

MICHAEL RAMIREZ

Editorial cartoon: The plague of ‘political bologna’

Cartoonist Michael Ramirez gives his perspective on the banning of super-sized food items.

editorial | TITLE IX AT 40

Title IX unleashed a passion for sports in millions of girls

The stereotype that prompted the legislation — the idea that girls aren’t as interested in sports as boys — has been disproven by the law’s dramatic results.

Brown slammed on ‘kings’ reference

The Massachusetts Democratic Party released a video ­Friday showing four previous ­examples of US Senator Scott Brown saying he met with “kings and queens.”

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By Adrian Walker

The retirement of president Terrence Gomes, driven from office this week by allegations of underreported crime on campus and administrative mishaps, is less an ending than a beginning.

New safeguards in place for swimming pools after drowning

By Peter Schworm

State officials have overhauled operations at two dozen deep-water swimming pools, one year after a Fall River woman drowned in nearly opaque water.

Convention center looks for ways to repurpose leftover ‘swag’

By Gail Waterhouse

A program run by the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority allows firms participating in convention events to donate unwanted promotional items.

38 Studios troubled for months

By Todd Wallack

Public records show Curt Schilling’s company was struggling for months before its recent demise.

By Erin Ailworth

Unemployed Massachusetts workers will receive a maximum of 60 weeks of benefits, down from 73 in February, as a result of the state’s declining jobless rate.

Richard Adler; composer and lyricist won Tonys, 90

By Mark Kennedy

Mr. Adler, who won Tony Awards for co-writing snappy and infectious songs for such Broadway musicals as ‘‘The Pajama Game’’ and ‘‘Damn Yankees,” has died.

By Derrik J. Lang

Mr. Lynch, an actor who employed his scarred face to play villainous characters in such films as ‘‘Bad Dreams’’ and ‘‘The Sword and the Sorcerer,’’ has died.

Robert MacQueen; House clerk with eye for detail, 77

By J.M. Lawrence

Mr. MacQueen, who started at the State House as a page in 1956 and continued working a few days each week as a consultant to the clerk’s office until this spring, has died.

Tim Thomas waives no-trade clause

By Fluto Shinzawa

Thomas has waived his no-movement clause, freeing the Bruins to explore a trade before his movement protection was set to expire on July 1.

On basketball

Miami’s championship should motivate the Celtics

By Gary Washburn

The pain from the Celtics’ elimination against Miami was revived Thursday when the Heat won the NBA title over the Thunder.

Golf roundup

South Korea’s Inbee Park birdied her final two holes for a 7-under-par 64 and a one-stroke lead Friday in the inaugural Manulife Financial LPGA Classic in Waterloo, Ontario.

Dance Review

Brazilian company creates a dramatic web

By Janine Parker

Mimulus vividly renders a line between ease and struggle, sanity and the loss thereof.

No escape from tech at modern weddings

By Beth Teitell

Couples are live-streaming their nuptials so far-flung friends and relatives can watch, which brings time zones, tech, and, of course, more tension into the equation.

Stage Review

Tragedy and fame in ‘Without You’

By Patti Hartigan

The piece is heartfelt, youthful, and poignant, but it fails to pierce an emotional vein.