White House says immigration plan is a backup

By Michael D. Shear

Illegal immigrants could start on a path to citizenship after about eight years under an Obama administration plan.

A second medic died early Sunday from injuries sustained when a car collided with an ambulance in downtown Indianapolis.

Doctors are optimistic that two firefighters hospitalized Sunday will recover from serious burns suffered in a blaze that killed two colleagues, their chief said.

By Richard Leiby

General Joseph F. Dunford Jr. said the NATO coalition will comply with a ban by President Hamid Karzai on Afghan forces calling in airstrikes on residential areas.

Thousands of soccer fans enforced a work stoppage Sunday in Egypt’s restive city of Port Said.

Israel’s tough-talking former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, pleaded not guilty to charges of fraud and breach of trust.

JOHN E. SUNUNU

For Obama, a license to kill

By John E. Sununu

In the history of American armed conflict, no president before Barack Obama has ever claimed the power to target a specific US citizen for death, and to do so without oversight.

JULIETTE KAYYEM

Cruise ships now too big to bail

By Juliette Kayyem

The lesson of the Triumph episode isn’t about the inconvenienced passengers, but rather about boats that are so large that evacuation becomes a last resort.

JAMES CARROLL

Rabbi David Hartman dared to bridge faith divide

By James Carroll

Hartman, who died last week at 81, was one of the great figures of contemporary Jewish life.

A steady flow of troubles for the long-foul Mystic

By Beth Daley

The Mystic River serves as a stark symbol of the cleanup challenges remaining for waterways in cities nationwide.

Intensified evaluations carry lessons for teachers

By James Vaznis

Across Mass., administrators are carefully judging the effectiveness of more than 68,000 teachers statewide.

Public works chief in eye of the snowstorm

By Andrew Ryan

Joanne Massaro, Boston’s commissioner of public works, has come under fire recently for the city’s snow removal effort.

Shale oil helps revive East Coast refineries

By Erin Ailworth

The controversial drilling process fracking has helped keep gas prices stable in Mass., and has put the US on track to become the world’s largest oil producer.

Drug to target hardest-to-kill cancer cells

By Karen Weintraub

A Cambridge start-up is going to test a drug it hopes will target cancer cells that survive the first salvo of treatment.

Cambridge Innovation Center branches out

By Michael B. Farrell

After 14 years of helping Kendall Square become a national hotspot for tech firms, the center is looking to replicate its success in other cities.

Ann Clymer, 75; focused attention on drunken driving

By Bryan Marquard

Mrs. Clymer brought her tireless energy to bear on court actions in Vermont after a drunk driver killed her only child, Jane emily.

Richard Murphy, 68; his initiatives aided children, teens

By Douglas Martin

Mr. Murphy, a social policy innovator whose work aided tens of thousands of disadvantaged New York City children and teenagers, died Thursday.

Mindy McCready, country star, of apparent suicide

By Chris Talbott and Jeannie Nuss

Ms. McCready, who hit the top of the country charts before personal problems sidetracked her career, died Sunday of an apparent suicide. She was 37.

Bruins 3, Jets 2

Bruins get back in win column

By Fluto Shinzawa

Brad Marchand’s power-play strike in the third was the game-winning goal in a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.

Dan Shaughnessy

No chance Jacoby Ellsbury is staying with Red Sox

By Dan Shaughnessy

There is no way the talented but oft-injured centerfielder will re-sign with the Red Sox after this season, writes Globe columnist Dan Shaughnessy.

Alfredo Aceves earns a lecture from John Farrell

By Peter Abraham

The talk came after Aceves threw some soft tosses during a drill designed to simulate game conditions.

Health

Parents seek alternative treatments

By Karen Weintraub

As many as 70 percent of families with chronically ill children use alternative therapies.

Album Review | ROCK

Nick Cave’s ‘Push the Sky Away’ is captivating

By Sarah Rodman

Given how much watery imagery surges through the latest album from Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, submerging feels like the proper course of action.

Album Review | POP

Various Artists, ‘Son of Rogues Gallery’

By James Reed

Producer Hal Willner enlisted an all-star cast for this collection of pirate ballads, sea songs, and chanteys.