Anti-Defamation League decries beating

Police released surveillance images of a man they believe stole two laptop computers out of a car parked in the Children’s Hospital Boston parking garage on Thursday evening. The car’s rear window was smashed while the car owner was in the hospital, police said. The car owner told police that one computer was in a pink carrying case and another was in a black and orange case. Police used hospital surveillance footage from the general area around the time of incident to identify the suspect as a black male seen wearing a New England Patriots hat, dark blue Adidas jacket with white stripes, blue jeans, and black sneakers carrying a pink laptop bag through a stairwell. Police advised people to lock car doors and windows and store valuable items such as laptops, iPods, and cellphones out of sight.

For the second time in one week, MBTA riders were inconvenienced when Green Line service went down at Government Center. Yesterday’s incident was the result of a wire problem, according to MBTA spokesman Joe Pesaturo. Service was down for 30 minutes while a work crew fixed the problem, he said. During this time, riders were instructed to walk to the Orange Line to continue their trip. Government Center was also out of commission on Sept. 2 for almost 12 hours because of a train derailment.

Tufts University School of Engineering has received a $40 million gift from Bernard Gordon, a prominent inventor and founder of Analogic Corp. Tufts said the gift - the fourth-largest in the university’s history - will be used to support and expand undergraduate programs geared toward leadership in the engineering field, including an expansion of project-based learning outside the classroom and the creation of an engineering leadership minor. A holder of more than 200 patents and a Springfield native, Gordon has been called “the father of analog-to-digital conversion’’ and is also credited with major breakthroughs in medical imaging technology. He is a trustee emeritus of Tufts and his association with the university dates back to 1944, when at age 17 he attended a Navy officer training program on the campus. (AP)

A Revere man drowned in a New Hampshire river Monday as family members attempted to rescue him, officials said. Duvan Bolivar, 27, was spending Labor Day afternoon at the Pemigewasset River in Woodstock, N.H., with relatives and friends. About 4 p.m., Bolivar jumped off a rock into the water and struggled to stay afloat, said Captain Mark Gallagher of the New Hampshire Marine Patrol Bureau. Bolivar shouted to his family, but they were unable to rescue him, Gallagher said. Approximately 45 minutes later, fire officials pulled Bolivar from 8- to 10-foot-deep water. He was pronounced dead at Speare Memorial Hospital in Plymouth. Gallagher said the area where Bolivar jumped is usually safe. The drowning is under investigation.