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Unwatched, a sober home business boomed. Then they found the bones

Sober homes are in the business of housing some of society’s most fragile people as they navigate the delicate stages of early recovery. But no one is watching. 6:00 p.m.

He bought the fencing coach’s house. Then his son got into Harvard

The Needham house was assessed at $549,300, but sold for nearly a million dollars. The buyer, who never lived a day there, would sell it 17 months later at a substantial loss in what may become the next chapter in the national debate over fairness in college admissions. 3:38 p.m.

Welcome to the Quiet Skies

Federal air marshals have begun following ordinary US citizens not suspected of a crime or on any terrorist watch list and collecting extensive information about their movements and behavior under a new domestic surveillance program. 10:35 a.m.

Overtime abuses, ticket quotas roil Mass. State Police

Full Boston Globe coverage of the overtime scandal and other problems at the Massachusetts State Police. 2:24 p.m.

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