Spotlight report | Part 1
For Boston cabbies, a losing battle against the numbers
A nine-month Globe investigation finds a taxi trade where fleet owners get rich, drivers are frequently fleeced, and the city does little about it.
Driven to the Edge: A Globe Spotlight Team investigation
A nine-month investigation has found that the cab industry in Boston is a world of common payoffs and driver exploitation.
Wedding for recipient of country’s first face transplant
Wedding for recipient of country’s first face transplantA Texas man who received the first full face transplant in the country at Brigham and Women’s Hospital was married in the church where he was injured.
Indian festival of spring dazzles with colors
With perhaps 1,000 people coming and going, the Holi celebration was the largest yet organized by the Vrindavana Preservation Society and Sri Radha Bhakti.
Latest news
Patients may have been exposed to Hepatitis B
Doctors are monitoring five patients who may have been exposed to the virus while they received treatment at Boston Medical Center, the hospital said Saturday.
Rowley
Town fined after deer butchered near water source
After two town workers admitted to investigators to butchering the deer near a well that is a major source of public drinking water, Rowley was fined almost $26,000.
Wichita State 70, Ohio State 66
March Madness ends for No. 2 Ohio State
March Madness ends for No. 2 Ohio StateNinth-seeded Wichita State earned its first trip to the Final Four since 1965 with a victory over the Buckeyes.
UMass-Lowell 2, UNH 0
UMass-Lowell shuts out UNH, advances to Frozen Four
UMass-Lowell’s win in the NCAA Northeast Regional final marks the first time the men’s hockey team proceeded to the Frozen Four.
Globe exclusives
Sports
Jackie Bradley Jr. remains in limbo for Red Sox
The Sox have decided on 24 of the 25 players they’ll start the season with. The final spot is being held for Bradley, but it’s not quite his yet.
Metro
Police seek clues after Watertown church theft
Four gold-plated Bibles and glittery chalices were stolen from a Greek Orthodox Church in this week.
Columnists
Nation & World
North Korea’s real threat might be electronic
It is the abilities that Kim Jong Un is not showing off that have the Obama administration most worried.
Politics
New gas rules would raise price at pump
The Obama administration’s newest antipollution plan would ping drivers where they wince the most: at the gas pump.
Business
Office rents in Boston rising as recovery takes hold
The market has almost fully recovered from the economic downturn, with companies filling up large chunks of space and driving a steady uptick in rents.
Arts
Art Review
Mysteries of attraction in ‘Suitcase of Love and Shame’
Boston filmmaker Jane Gillooly found the subject of her latest project in a suitcase a friend of hers happened upon on eBay.
Globe Insiders
Globe Talk | April 3
A conversation with Jim Calhoun
A conversation with Jim CalhounSubscribers can attend an evening with Connecticut’s legendary former men’s basketball coach Jim Calhoun, moderated by Bob Ryan.