Hearing provides first look at alleged Colorado gunman

By Dan Frosch and Jack Healy

James E. Holmes, 24, the man accused of striding into a theater and fatally shooting 12 people, sat wordlessly through his first court appearance.

Mitt Romney’s ’02 Olympics short on transparency

By Christopher Rowland and Callum Borchers

Romney promised “complete transparency” when he took charge of the scandal-plagued Salt Lake City Olympics, but archivists say most key records about the Games were destroyed.

NCAA fines Penn State $60m, curtails program after scandal

By Pete Thamel

The NCAA didn’t shut down the football program, but officials insisted that the breadth and significance of the penalties were nearly as debilitating.

In wave of violence, Iraqi militants kill over 100

By Rod Nordland and Yasir Ghazi

Coordinated attacks by Iraqi insurgents killed more than 100 people and wounded some 300 others in the country’s bloodiest day in two years.

The investigation includes allegations about stolen cellphones, payoffs, and ‘‘medical, banking and other personal records’’ that were illegally accessed, an official said.

Three civilian police training contractors killed by an Afghan police officer over the weekend have been identified as two Americans and a British citizen, officials said.

Opinion | Farah Stockman

Acceptable risk

By Farah Stockman

Here in America, a key thing that defines us — that sets us apart from the rest of the world — is our willingness to die by gunfire.

Joanna Weiss

By Joanna Weiss

A Boston study indicated that a diet filled with complex carbohydrates can help people lose weight — but it took motivated and disciplined human participants to show the results.

Opinion | Paul McMorrow

By Paul McMorrow

Ikea’s business model relies on a huge volume of auto traffic, while residents want Assembly Square to be based on people and sidewalks.

Hard-charging start for youngest Mass. mayor

By Martine Powers

Twenty-two years old and openly gay, Alex Morse was an unlikely victor in November’s mayoral race in Holyoke, where he became the youngest mayor in state history.

HIV rates are high for gay, bisexual black men

By Helen Shen

Nearly 6 percent of black gay and bisexual men under age 30 are newly infected with HIV every year in the US, three times the rate among white men of the same sexuality, a new study shows.

Inspector: Pool where 2-year-old drowned lacked safety measures

By Matt Woolbright

Multiple law enforcement and child welfare agencies are investigating the toddler’s death.

By Jenifer B. McKim

The median price in a dozen downtown neighborhoods climbed to $515,000 during the second quarter of this year, according to data.

iRobot’s in-hospital robots to link doctors, patients

By Dan Adams

The Bedford company will unveil a new product intended for the health care industry as it diversifies its product line in preparation for looming defense cuts.

Two insurers see new markets beyond Mass.

By Robert Weisman

Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care are looking to boost business outside Massachusetts when the US health law takes hold.

By Margalit Fox

Mr. Lyon, who also wrote for “Saturday Night Live,” found it difficult to find work after becoming associated with the 33-year-old comedian’s death.

Sally Ride, 61, first US woman in space

By Denise Grady

Ms. Ride, a physicist, flew on the shuttle Challenger in 1983, and on a second mission in 1984. She was also, at 32, the youngest American in space. She reportedly died of pancreatic cancer.

Erna Rosenberg, 100; raised her voice in protest into her 90s

By J.M. Lawrence

A self-described “old-time lefty,” Mrs. Rosenberg was a peace activist who was also passionate about the Patriots and Red Sox.

Rangers 9, Red Sox 1

Red Sox no match for Rangers

By Peter Abraham

The losing streak hit four games on Monday night as Texas pounded Boston, 9-1, putting the Red Sox back under .500 for the first time since June 16.

On baseball

Red Sox must decide soon: Are they buyers or sellers?

By Nick Cafardo

If GM Ben Cherington doesn’t make a deal soon to shake up the Red Sox, there’s no sense buying before the trade deadline. You might as well sell.

BASEBALL NOTEBOOK

Yankees pounce, get Ichiro Suzuki in trade

The Yankees acquired the star outfielder from the Mariners in a trade Monday for two young pitchers.

G cover

He knows what you’re thinking

By James Sullivan

Westborough’s Eric Dittelman brings his mind-reading act to “America’s Got Talent” Tuesday night, but he says he has no idea whether he’ll win the show’s million-dollar prize.

Frame by Frame

Sebastian Smee captivated by ‘Whale and Calf’

By Sebastian Smee

This anonymous depiction of a whale calf in the mouth of its mother, in the New Bedford Whaling Museum, might have been painted by someone who observed such a scene.

Stage Review

Seeking communion in Young Jean Lee’s ‘Church’

By Don Aucoin

The Harbor Stage production is alternately engrossing and irksome, insightful and willfully opaque.