Mass. sees an uptick in new real estate licenses

New real estate agents are entering the field from an array of backgrounds.

Opinion

Senator Elizabeth Warren attended a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this year.

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Elizabeth Warren, run for the White House

The Mass. Democrat would inject valuable ideas into the conversation and ensure the kind of debate our country needs.

Senator Elizabeth Warren listened to testimony during a Senate committee hearing in 2013.

Editorial

Democrats need Warren?s voice in 2016

While Elizabeth Warren has repeatedly vowed that she won?t run for president herself, she ought to reconsider.

Senator Ted Cruz will announce a run for president Monday, reports said.

Ted Cruz to launch presidential bid on Monday, report says

Senator Ted Cruz will become the first high-profile Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/paris150-3931.jpg For Mass., a weaker euro offers mixed blessing

The euro?s plunge is a boon for vacationers, but a bust for the state?s exporters.

Snowboarder Wes Wigglesworth is lowered by rope from chairlift at Sugarloaf in Maine after ski lift accident March 21, 2015. Photo/Norman Rattey

Seven injured in ski lift accident at Sugarloaf

More than 200 skiers and snowboarders at the Maine mountain were left dangling for up to an hour and a half.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/UnivAvePerspectiveA.jpg At long last, University Station opens for business

University Station, the long-awaited mixed-use development near the Route 128 train station in Westwood, is opening in stages.

Pope Francis freed a dove in Madhu, Sri Lanka, in January.

Crux | John L. Allen Jr.

Why ?Peace Pope? might back force against ISIS

There are three compelling reasons to believe that ISIS may end up as the trigger for a towering historical irony.

Kenneth Guscott, a developer in Dudley Square.

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Developer reflects Dudley Square?s renaissance

Kenneth Guscott offers a glimpse of the past, present, and future of Roxbury?s main commercial district.

The Ferdinand building in Dudley Square, built in 1901, has been restored as part of new Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Roxbury.

Critic?s Notebook

Bolling Building an architectural gem in Roxbury

The Bolling is a good place to work, and it is equally good as a piece of the city.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/umass150-8307.jpg After building boom, UMass $3 billion in debt

The university has nearly maxed out its ability to borrow, and its debt is far outpacing revenues.

The new facility will serve people who want to escape a life of drugs and can pay as much as $500 a day to do it.

New rehab facility caters to high-end patients

If you want drug treatment in Mass. and are willing to pay $500 a day, a new facility has you covered.

Michelle Bowdler works to expedite the resolution of rape cases.

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Yvonne Abraham

After night of terror, years of anguish, she finds meaning

If navigating police stations and hospital exams is tough for rape victims now, it was a horror show in 1984.

The missing person/suspicious circumstances bulletin for the 1975 disappearance of two young sisters in Maryland, Sheila Lyon and Katherine Lyon.

Police pinpoint Va. mountain for 2 girls missing since ?75

Two Montgomery County, Md., girls vanished after walking to a Wheaton shopping mall to look at Easter decorations and eat pizza.

Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka broke down midway through his outstanding rookie season

NICK CAFARDO I Sunday BASEBALL NOTES

It?s time for MLB to expand teams? rosters

As the game evolves into one in which players keep getting hurt, it would behoove the league to create a roster that fits the times.

Globe magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/03222015examiner-1787.jpg What spring means to the Massachusetts real estate market

Melting snow and rising temps bring an itch to aspiring sellers and buyers.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 9: Inside Tsarnaev?s digital trail

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

Opinion

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/19/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Joan_Vennochi_150px-1049.jpg The Olympic gamble for Boston

A new study highlights how the Games could be a boon or a burden.

The Big Picture

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Spring arrives in Northern Hemisphere

In some areas of the world, the signs of spring are more apparent.