By Brian R. Ballou, Globe Staff

Diagnosed with throat and lung cancer two weeks ago, Marie Stewart kept at her job as a school crossing guard, despite almost daily close brushes with traffic, because she loved the children so much, relatives said. She was helping about a half-dozen elementary students cross Ferry Street Wednesday morning when a Massachusetts Water Resources Authority pickup truck struck her. Stewart later died from her injuries.

By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

The mother of a Cambridge man fatally shot inside a Harvard University residence hall in 2009 is suing the school and officials alleging that Harvard negligently let the mastermind of the killing operate a “criminal enterprise’’ in the dormitory that resulted in the killing.

By Michael Levenson, Globe Staff

Elizabeth Warren, emerging from what many consider the roughest patch yet in her Senate campaign, has pulled into a virtual tie with US Senator Scott Brown, according to a new Suffolk University/7News poll. Warren, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has the support of 47 percent of likely voters in Massachusetts, compared to 48 percent for Brown – a dead heat in a poll with a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percent.

By Billy Baker, Maria Cramer and Colin A. Young, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent

A man in his 20s was shot shortly after noon today in Boston’s Roxbury section. Police pursued a vehicle into neighboring Milton after the shooting, where they captured one suspect. Boston police said the man was shot in the stomach at 122 Dewitt Drive, near Ruggles Street at 12:23 p.m. The victim was sent to Boston Medical Center in serious condition.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

A school van was involved in a crash with another vehicle at the Drum Hill rotary off Route 3 in Chelmsford this afternoon, the fire department said. The van driver and two teenaged students, along with two teenaged females in the second vehicle, were transported to a local hospital for precautionary reasons, Chelmsford police Lieutenant Jim Spinney said. None of them had serious injuries, he said.

By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

The woman who caused a security scare that resulted in a flight from Paris to Charlotte, N.C., being diverted to Bangor, Maine, will not be charged but will be returned to France, federal prosecutors in Maine said today.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who is serving life in prison for sending deadly mail bombs, won’t be able to attend his 50th reunion festivities at Harvard College. But he did contribute a bizarre entry to the Harvard College alumni report for the class of 1962. While many of his classmates sent in lengthy updates on successful, prosperous lives for the 2 ½-inch-thick “red book,” the entry for “Theodore John Kaczynski” only contains nine lines.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

A high-pressure system developing off the coast for the rest of the week will make the air especially humid and spawn scattered showers mixed with thunderstorms, forecasters say. Skies will be cloudy with a chance of showers today. In the afternoon, there will be spurts of sunlight, but overnight, it is likely thunderstorms will pop up throughout the state, the National Weather Service says.

By Lisa Wangsness, Globe Staff

Parishioners of a half-dozen closed Roman Catholic churches fighting to reopen their parishes for many as eight years have suffered another setback -- but they aren’t ready to give up yet. A Vatican department has rejected all six groups’ appeals of a decision by Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston, to make the churches available for non-religious use. But five of the six churches plan to appeal to the Apostolic Signatura, the Vatican’s highest court, according to their representatives.

By Peter Schworm, Globe Correspondent

A two-day search for a missing Harvard University student came to a tragic end Tuesday when police divers recovered his body from Portland Harbor, a short distance from the waterfront Irish pub where Nathan Bihlmaier celebrated with friends before he disappeared. Just before noon, divers found his body on the harbor floor beside a wharf near the Ri Ra Irish Pub where Bihlamier was last seen around 11:30 Saturday night. Authorities identified his body by his clothing.

By Brian Ballou, Globe Correspondent

A 19-year-old Oklahoma man was ordered held without bail after being arraigned today on numerous charges for allegedly trying to break into a Duxbury home Monday night and shooting at police officers who chased him. Brett Trevor Roderick faces charges that include armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Plymouth District Judge Brian Gilligan set a dangerousness hearing for Friday.

By Alejandra Matos, Globe Staff

Hundreds of residents withstood the pouring rain on Tuesday morning to witness the dedication of the Armenian Heritage Park, the newest addition to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. But US Representative Edward Markey and other officials welcomed the rain, calling it tears of joy from generations of Armenians. The park, located between the North End and Faneuil Hall, includes a sculpture surrounded by a reflecting pool, and is meant to honor Armenian immigrants to the state.

By Colin A. Young and Martin Finucane, Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff

A US Airways flight from France to North Carolina was diverted today to Bangor, Maine, escorted there by two F-15 fighter jets, after a passenger behaved suspiciously, authorities said. Flight 787, which was headed from Paris to Charlotte, landed safely. “TSA is aware of reports of a passenger who exhibited suspicious behavior during flight. Out of an abundance of caution the flight was diverted to [Bangor] where it was met by law enforcement,” said Transportation Security Administration spokesman David Castelveter.

By Colin A. Young, Globe Correspondent

Power production at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth was halted this afternoon when a condenser at the station lost vacuum pressure during a cleaning, forcing operators to shut down the entire plant, officials said. The plant was operating at about 30 percent power at the time, according to Neil Sheehan, a spokesman for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

A 24-year-old nanny faces charges of stealing about $30,000 in jewelry and other belongings from a Groveland family. The charges come only weeks after she pleaded guilty in a similar case and while she is being investigated in a third case. Police said they wanted to get the word out about the charges, in case she worked for any other families.

By Alli Knothe, Globe Correspondent

Three people were sent to a local hospital to be checked out after a hazardous materials scare today in the back of a truck at an industrial park in Dracut, fire officials said. Hazardous material crews from the Dracut Fire Department reported to the scene just before 10 a.m. at a Con-Way Freight location on McGrath Road, said Fire Chief David Brouillette.

By David Abel and Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

The unusual trails, a secret to many people, run through 14 communities -- along the grassy tops of old aqueducts that once brought water to Boston. Now state officials say they are going to make those trails more accessible to the public. Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan and Massachusetts Water Resources Authority Executive Director Fred Laskey today announced the new policy.

By Alejandra Matos, Globe Staff

Hundreds of residents withstood the pouring rain on Tuesday morning to witness the dedication of the Armenian Heritage Park, the newest addition to the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway.

But US Representative Edward Marke and other officials welcomed the rain, calling it tears of joy from generations of Armenians. The park, located between the North End and Faneuil Hall, includes a sculpture surrounded by a reflecting pool, and is meant to honor Armenian immigrants to the state.

By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff

Insurance companies have paid $200 million to policy holders from last June’s tornadoes in western and central Massachusetts, settling more than 98 percent of claims, state officials announced Tuesday. More than 81 percent of claims were paid within four months of the storm, the state’s insurance division reported after compiling information from the state’s 25 largest insurers. State officials said the response has helped the Springfield region recover from the violent storms.

By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff

A federal judge today refused to release a lien on the South Boston home of Catherine Greig’s sister, saying Greig has an interest in the property that could be seized by the government when she is sentenced next month for harboring James “Whitey” Bulger during his years on the run. Margaret McCusker, Greig’s 61-year-old twin sister, had argued that the lien on the home – in which she has a majority interest – had disrupted her finances, saying that she had no access to her home equity line of credit, for example.