It was the original great American road trip. In 1919, a 28-year old U.S. army colonel volunteered to travel with an 81-vehicle convoy from Washington D.C. to San Francisco.

Inmates inside a Delaware prison where two staff members were being held hostage Wednesday evening reached out to a newspaper in two phone calls to explain their concerns A jury has convicted a Minnesota man who shot and wounded five black men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers A jury has convicted a Minnesota man who shot and wounded five black men demonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers Officials say the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery has been moved to a women’s prison Officials say the first U.S. inmate to receive state-funded sex-reassignment surgery has been moved to a women’s prison Immigration courts are making a technical switch to focus more on deportation hearings for immigrants jailed by the federal government Immigration courts are making a … (more)

FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2012, file photo, Dana Boente, then-First Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia leave federal court in Alexandria, Va. President Donald Trump has fired Acting Attorney General … .

The acclaimed anti-death penalty defender who opened her argument for sparing the life of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with the shocking declaration, “It was him,” now wants off his case, telling a federal court his appeal “would benefit from a fresh look.” Attorney Judy Clarke’s legal acumen kept the likes of Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski from facing execution before a jury sentenced Tsarnaev, 23, to die.

Get Boston Globe’s Political Happy Hour newsletter , your afternoon shot of politics, sent straight from the desk of Joshua Miller. Just two years into his career in Washington, D.C., then-Sen. Barack Obama walked onto the FleetCenter stage on the Tuesday night of the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

A lawyer for Katherine Russell, widow of one of the Boston Marathon bombers, says the new film “Patriots Day” is unfair because it suggests she knew something was up before the attack and then didn’t cooperate with the investigation afterward. “It’s just not true,” lawyer Amato DeLuca told The Associated Press.

A lawyer for Katherine Russell, widow of one of the Boston Marathon bombers, says the new film “Patriots Day” is unfair because it suggests she knew something was up before the attack and then didn’t cooperate with the investigation afterward. “It’s just not true,” lawyer Amato DeLuca told The Associated Press.

Amanda Marsh, the widow of Eric Shane Marsh, the superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, visits her husband’s grave during a downpour at the Arizona Pioneers’ Home Cemetery in Prescott on May 2, 2016. Best 2016 photos from azcentral photographer Tom Tingle Amanda Marsh, the widow of Eric Shane Marsh, the superintendent of the Granite Mountain Hot Shots, visits her husband’s grave during a downpour at the Arizona Pioneers’ Home Cemetery in Prescott on May 2, 2016.