BOSTON — Attorney General Martha Coakle says her office is now accepting applications for a $1 million grant program designed to identify and return bank-owned properties to productive residential use.

BOSTON — For many environmental advocates, the most pressing issue is the fate of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which Democratic Rep. Ed Markey opposes but Republican candidate Gabriel Gomez supports.

BOSTON — Investigators are trying to figure out who shot and killed a man whose body was found in a cemetery in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.

BOSTON — Both sides are trying to work out a new contract before the current one expires at midnight on Saturday.

NASHUA, N.H. — Many who bemoan the gender disparity in the tech industry see a great deal of promise in the victory of Nashua teenager Jennie Lamere who attended high school at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Mass.

BOSTON — Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez owns a home in a local historic district, which limits how the changes he can make to it.

BOSTON — Jon Lester hurled a one-hitter as the Boston Red Sox halted their three-game losing streak with a 5-0 win over Toronto.

BOSTON — The Toronto Maple Leafs won in Boston again to force their playoff series to a sixth game.

BOSTON — Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley says he won’t attend because the Jesuit school’s keynote speaker, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, advocates legislation that would permit abortion.

BOSTON — Burying the dead proves harder than it sounds when it’s an alleged terrorist.

BOSTON — The hearing for Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov had been scheduled for Tuesday.

BOSTON — Where might victims with outstanding medical or disability expenses turn? Attorneys are considering possible targets.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — New England Compounding Center may have used patient lists from a Nashville clinic to mislead regulators. The fungal meningitis outbreak caused 55 deaths

BOSTON — The director of the Israel Trauma Coalition describes the work the group has been doing in the Boston area with people affected by the marathon bombings.