Focus on deleted flight simulator files in Malaysia

Investigators are trying to restore files deleted last month from the home flight simulator of the pilot aboard the missing plane.

The four-year US criminal investigation focused on whether Toyota was forthright in reporting problems related to unintended acceleration troubles.

US reaches $1.2b settlement with Toyota

Attorney General Eric Holder said it is the largest financial penalty of its kind ever imposed on an auto company.

Goodwin Procter will occupy most of the 17-story building.

Boston’s Fan Pier getting new high-rise

The 17-story office building along Northern Avenue will join a series of large construction sites in South Boston’s Innovation District.

Melissa Welch, off heroin for less than a month, got support and a kiss from her mother, Susan.

The battle to free Taunton from heroin’s deadly grip

The drumbeat of heroin overdoses, day after day, week after week, is exacting a psychic and physical toll on the old mill city of Taunton.

A Ukrainian naval officer (center) passed by armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, as he left the naval headquarters in Sevastopol on Wednesday.

Vasily Fedosenko/REUTERS

Ukraine’s Crimea navy base taken, commander detained

Ukraine’s military has come under increased pressure since the region was nominally incorporated into Russia on Tuesday.

JEFF JACOBY

Wobbly US strengthens Russia

From the Kremlin’s perspective, American leadership in the world is weaker than it has been in decades.

The number 2 on Xander Bogaerts’s back is there for a reason. . (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

ON BASEBALL

Derek Jeter an idol for Xander Bogaerts

Bogaerts now wears the same number and is sharing the same path Jeter traveled learning from demanding infield coach Brian Butterfield.

Celebrated French chef Daniel Boulud plans to open Bar Boulud at Boston’s Mandarin Oriental hotel in September.

Another famous French chef looks for success in Boston

Celebrated chef Daniel Boulud plans to open Bar Boulud at Boston’s Mandarin Oriental hotel in September.

Opinion

Farah Stockman

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/stockman-1825.jpg Outrage at DCF misses the point

The Department of Children and Families is easy to demonize, but Mass. won’t supply resources needed to protect kids.