Mass. AG said to be investigating lawyer searches at prisons

Several female lawyers say correctional officers asked them to submit to humiliating searches before they could be allowed into prisons.

Knights of Columbus pull out of St. Patrick?s Day Parade

The Catholic fraternal organization said that the event had ?become politicized and divisive.?

Gay pride group OK?d to march in St. Patrick?s parade

?We are wicked proud of . . . finally breaking that wall,? said Sylvain Bruni, president of Boston Pride.

As he toured a bioscience plant in New Hampshire, Jeb Bush spoke with workers in both English and Spanish.

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Rusty but resolute, Bush back on the trail in N.H.

Jeb Bush?s first visit was an important early test in his quest to become his family?s third member to occupy the Oval Office.

An inbound Framingham/Worcester line train was jammed on Friday, a common condition across the system.

Keolis statistics don?t tell the whole commuting story

Keolis is not lying. But it is being selective about which statistics it publicizes as it recovers from recent snowstorms.

A Boston College graduate alleges that the university rushed to find the student responsible of sexual assault and deprived him of a fair hearing.

BC faces lawsuit over handling of sexual assault case

A lawsuit says Boston College rushed to find the student responsible of sexual assault and deprived him of a fair hearing.

A conceptual rendering of the temporary beach volleyball facility on Boston Common for the 2024 Olympics.

Boston 2024

Group wants Olympic backers to scrap Common plan

The organization that maintains the Boston Common and the Public Garden has a message for Boston 2024: Stay off of our lawns.

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US Olympic Committee leaders predicted the public will grow more comfortable with the plans.

Turmoil roils Boston bank, fired employees claim

Two men say they were terminated after they reported wrongdoing to The Cooperative Bank?s board of directors and bank regulators.

Winchester High student allegedly compiled ?hit list?

The student, who was not identified, made a list of classmates that he said he wished to harm, police said.

Real estate agent Lara Gordon found this week that just putting up a sign for a Cambridge home on Franklin Street was a challenge.

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In a nightmare winter, no dream houses

Agents report that the number of properties for sale are down nearly 60 percent in Somerville and Cambridge.

Finding escape from daily grind in meditation

Today mindfulness techniques help patients cope with cancer, high blood pressure, or just the everyday strains of modern life.

High-stress teens beware of later heart ills

Men who were anxious in their late teens were twice as likely to die from heart attacks four decades later, according to a new study from Sweden.

Boston math lovers ready for rare Pi Day

The date, 3/14/15, matches up with the first five numbers that represent the ratio of a circle?s circumference to its diameter.

The Massachusetts open records law has been weakened by decisions made by Secretary of State William Galvin, writes Thomas Farragher.

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THOMAS FARRAGHER

Bill Galvin should worry about public records, not primary funding

Under the secretary of state, the wall around the state?s public records has gradually grown higher.

Travel

Book a Boston hotel for the day ? no overnight bag needed

It?s a burgeoning category of lodging: Check in at 9 a.m., check out at 5 p.m., and pay much, much less than for an overnight stay.

Driver Calvin Thomas delivered a meal on Friday to Bite Kite customer Robin Brenner in Cambridge.

BetaBoston

Bite Kite upends traditional model for takeout food

Bite Kite, now operating in Cambridge and Somerville, promises hot meals in under 25 minutes, delivered to your home or office.

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In a video from the Barnstable County Sheriff?s Office, prison inmates give advice on keeping thieves out of your home.

A bride in India tested her groom on his math skills; when he answered wrong, she walked out.

Bride in India walks out of wedding after groom fails math test

The bride tested the groom on his math skills, asking: How much is 15 plus six? His reply: 17.

Yale?s Makai Mason and Harvard's Jonah Travis tangled last Friday, and they?ll go at it again Saturday with an NCAA Tournament berth on the line.

College basketball

Harvard, Yale square off Saturday in Ivy League playoff

The Crimson lost a crucial game last week to Yale, but fate has given them a rematch, with high stakes.

Marathon trial podcast

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This interactive timeline highlights trial coverage and a podcast featuring Globe columnist Kevin Cullen and WBUR reporter David Boeri.

Opinion

David D?Alessandro

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Governor Baker, House Speaker DeLeo, and Senate President Rosenberg are the ones who will need to come up with the plan to fix the T.

The Big Picture

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The big picture

Children of war

Some fear that living amid severe violence will permanently scar the young generation in Syria and Iraq.