A push to curb jobless taxes

Many businesses have backed off opposition to raising the state’s minimum wage if lawmakers drop a planned increase in unemployment insurance taxes.

Suit targets isolation at Bridgewater

Peter Minich’s condition is alleged to have declined after being kept in seclusion, as well as being strapped to a bed for lengthy periods of time.

Koreas trade fire; island residents in shelters

North Korea fired 500 rounds of artillery shells, about 100 of which fell south of the sea boundary. The South responded by firing 300 shells into North Korean waters.

“A friend of mine . . .  said, ‘This is your church as much as it is the cardinal’s church. Don’t let anybody push you out.’ And I took that as a challenge,” Representative Jim McGovern said.

Mass. lawmakers hail pope’s message

Members of the Mass. congressional delegation said that Pope Francis’s pointed criticism of income inequality is having a profound impact on liberal Catholic politicians

The effort to rehabilitate the Ferdinand Building in Dudley Square has brought signs of a renewal and a starting point.

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In Dudley Square, comeback starts with Ferdinand Building

Businesses and developers are proposing to build new offices, hotels, restaurants, and retail boutiques in Dudley Square.

Dan Shaughnessy

Perfect Sox give selves a hard act to follow

Why do the Red Sox have to start the 2014 season Monday and ruin everything? Can they just go back to Florida and stay there forever?

Adrian Walker

For losing marijuana firm, score doesn’t add up

G. Malik Burnett and Corey Barnette are $30,000 poorer but none the wiser on why their application to distribute medical marijuana was rejected.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/benzino-3828.jpg Rapper cites bitter family feud in shooting

Raymond “Benzino” Scott, a cast member of the VH1 reality show “Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta,” was allegedly shot by his nephew.

Opinion

opinion | Mike Ross

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2014/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/CULTURE%20ELVIS-44034.jpg The disruptive kids

History has favored generations of slackers, misfits, nerds, and rebels.

MLB preview

The Red Sox are counting on Xander Bogaerts, shown with Daniel Nava, to be a force for them in the lineup and at shortstop.

Red Sox place trust in their young talent

The Red Sox believe that a constant infusion of youth is what builds lasting success. Fortunately for them, they’re loaded with some of MLB’s most talented young players.

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