Obama, Karzai meet at Chicago summit

President Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai talked about the future of the war-torn country at the NATO summit, with Obama saying there will be ‘‘hard days ahead.”

Colleges highlight risks for students heading abroad

The accident in New Zealand that killed three Boston University students and critically injured a fourth has put inherent concerns about the safety of overseas students into new perspective.

Brown’s high hopes ran into Senate reality

Senator Scott Brown has discovered that his considerable political charms have not always helped him navigate a clubby Senate chamber.

Libyan convicted in Lockerbie bombing is dead

Abdel Baset al-Megrahi died Sunday nearly three years after he was released from a Scottish prison to the outrage of the relatives of the bombing’s 270 victims.

Hospitals mobilize on health cost bill

Massachusetts hospitals last year spent more than any other sector on lobbying politicians, reflecting the industry’s size and also the high stakes.

Summer Arts Preview | Sortable Table

Critics’ picks: What to see this summer

Our critics highlight the summer events to check out in pop, rock, folk, country, jazz, classical, world music, theater, dance, and art.

The Globe guides you through what's in store for summer entertainment.

The Globe guides you through what's in store for summer entertainment.

Garbage is just one of the bands from the ’90s making an appearance on this summer’s concert circuit.

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Garbage is just one of the bands from the ’90s making an appearance on this summer’s concert circuit.

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, who are visiting Brighton Music Hall, have put together their most eclectic and best-produced program of music to date.

Zach Smith

Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars, who are visiting Brighton Music Hall, have put together their most eclectic and best-produced program of music to date.

Gerard Grisey's “Le Noir de l’Etoile” takes as its inspiration and musical DNA the captured sounds of two actual pulsars, rhythmically beating from distant corners of the universe.

Gerard Grisey's “Le Noir de l’Etoile” takes as its inspiration and musical DNA the captured sounds of two actual pulsars, rhythmically beating from distant corners of the universe.

Choreographer Rashaun Mitchell's reconstruction of “How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run

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Choreographer Rashaun Mitchell's reconstruction of “How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run" and his “Interface” will be performed at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Jack DeJohnette will be at the Newport Jazz Festival.

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Jack DeJohnette will be at the Newport Jazz Festival.

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"Coriolanus" is a shrewd recession-era, election-year choice by Commonwealth Shakespeare Company artistic director Steven Maler, who will direct the drama on Boston Common.

Boston-bred singer-songwriter and Crooked Still lead singer Aoife O’Donovan is debuting a solo album.

Boston-bred singer-songwriter and Crooked Still lead singer Aoife O’Donovan is debuting a solo album.

Denise Markonish and her colleagues at Mass MoCA will present the biggest show ever staged there,

Denise Markonish and her colleagues at Mass MoCA will present the biggest show ever staged there, "Oh, Canada."

Globe 100 | Overview

The big comeback: The Globe 100 returns to full strength

For the first time in three years, there are 100 of the state’s top-performing public companies in our annual ranking.

Dan Shaughnessy

The last place the Red Sox want to be

It has become part of their name. Just as the Wallendas are the Flying Wallendas, and the Bosstones are the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the Sox are the last-place Red Sox.

New England Summer Travel

10 great New England vacation ideas (away from the beach)

You don’t need sand between your toes to have an awesome getaway this summer.

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In this unique e-book, which collects the best of the first four years of the Globe’s popular “Bring the Family” column, the paper’s writers visit 52 of their favorite spots with their own kids.

BostonGlobe.com exclusives

A Boston College star will enter the Jesuit novitiate
New England Patriot Wes Welker ran against the Buffalo Bills during a Sept., 2011 game.

Sunday football notes

Here’s a game plan for signing Welker to long-term deal

Living Longer, Living Better | Lifestyle

Rock music keeps ‘my generation’ young

Museum of Fine Arts receives massive gift from trustee

Perspective

The straight and narrow on homophobia
Labaki directed, co-wrote, and stars in the fable.

Filmmaker Nadine Labaki takes naive approach to Middle Eastern politics
From left: Howard Ben Tré’s work at Brown University, his studio in Pawtucket, and the artist with one of his works at the Rhode Island Convention Center.

travel

Artist Howard Ben Tré is a favorite son of Providence
TurtleTrek is a new 3-D experience in a domed theater at SeaWorld. The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man ride has burnished its 3-D powers at Universal’s Islands of Adventure.

travel

Universal, Disney, Sea World vie for your dollars

Living Longer, Living Better | Real Estate

Helping seniors remain in their homes
Members of the Griffin family have made appearances at the Nifty Fifties Diner, a restaurant resembling the Modern Diner in Pawtucket, and at McCoy Stadium, home of the Pawtucket Red Sox. There are 25 sites on the self-guided tour.

Travel | Explore New England

Touring Rhode Island with ‘Family Guy’ eyes

A motherhood wish list

Aging Parents

Living Longer, Living Better | Finance

Taking care of aging parents

Summer Arts Preview

Summer Arts Preview | Pop Music

Vocalist Shirley Manson and Butch Vig performed in Seattle in 2005, the year Garbage released its last album and took a hiatus. On the wings of “Not Your Kind of People,’’ its new album, Garbage comes to the Paradise Saturday night.

Garbage enjoying a musical reunion after 7 years

Shirley Manson and her bandmates are not the only ’90s band making an appearance this summer.

Globe 100

No. 1 overall

Momenta: The perfect Massachusetts success story

A hit product propelled this maker of generic drugs from a money-losing operation to the top of the Globe 100 list.

Sports

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76ers wanted Game 4 more

There is plenty of time to process the effects of the 76ers’ second-half stuffing of the Celtics before the teams meet in Game 5 on Monday night.

Metro

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Mothers of homicide victims target violence with billboards

Mothers for Justice and Equality, an anti-violence group, has designed dramatic billboards that will go up around Boston this summer.

Columnists

JEFF JACOBY

In politics, two parties are enough

yvonne abraham

A long time coming

JOANNA WEISS

A voice of change on abortion

JOAN VENNOCHI

History, a la Obama

Love Letters

Game-changer or gray area?

Paul Pierce lost the ball on a second quarter drive as he was double-teamed by Evan Turner (left) and Andre Iguodala (right).

Dan Shaughnessy

It’s very clear the Celtics gave this one away

lawrence harmon

‘Nightclub apartheid’

Boston Capital

Schilling’s cash and credibility crisis
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joan wickersham

The invasion of the garden snatcher
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid failed to support reform, but has since apologized.

JOSHUA GREEN

Taking on the F-word

adrian walker

Bullets to billboards

Yvonne Abraham

Putting on the brakes

Nation & World

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A civil protection volunteer walked past the damaged town hall building in St. Agostino, Italy, Sunday.

Powerful earthquake kills at least 4 in northern Italy

A magnitude-6.0 temblor hit northern Italy early Sunday, toppling buildings and sending residents running into the streets.

Living Longer, Living Better

Living Longer, Living Better | Real Estate

Home-swapping vacations gaining in popularity

The practice of swapping homes with another vacationer in a desirable location is a tested way for flexible-minded travelers to find a low-cost vacation option.

Books

Book Review

Author Richard Ford.

‘Canada’ by Richard Ford

A tale of a family lost trails loneliness and wasted lives.

“You can’t [reduce health care costs] without squeezing somebody.”

Mass. House majority leader Ronald Mariano 

Magazine

The cover for the May 20 2012 issue

Best beaches guide for New England
The cover for the May 13 2012 issue

Things to do in and around Boston this week
The cover for the May 6 2012 issue

Homes for sale for $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, and $1 million
The cover for the April 29 2012 issue

Dying wishes expected to be decided on November ballot

Opinion

“The image of Obama, the cool celebrity president, is wearing thin ... especially up against a Republican rival who is selling dorkiness as a virtue.”

Joan Vennochi 

Ideas

“A question is more than the simple thing we might think it is — it’s a unique and potentially sophisticated instrument.”

Leon Neyfakh  on the power of questions