Mayor Walsh pushed to act on affordable housing

Advocates argue that soaring rents are driving low- and middle-income residents out of Boston.

A Kenyan soldier ran for cover near the perimeter wall where attackers were holding up at the campus.

Noor Khamis/REUTERS

Gunmen kill at least 15, take hostages at Kenya college

Two gunmen have been killed in the Al-Shabab attack and an unknown number of hostages are being held.

Aaron Hernandez appeared in court this week.

Victim?s autopsy detailed in Aaron Hernandez trial

Odin Lloyd was shot five times, including twice in the chest, in an industrial park in 2013, a medical examiner testified.

A woman kneeled in front of candles and flowers as she prayed for the victims of the Germanwings  crash at an airport in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Wolfgang Rattayâ/REUTERS

Copilot researched suicide, cockpit security before crash

Investigators were able to reconstruct Andreas Lubitz?s computer searches from March 16 to March 23.

Kyle Patrick Loughlin

Alleged abuse by Bridgewater State student investigated

The 21-year-old passed a criminal background check required of all new hires at the school-operated day care center.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/healey150-8156.jpg Mass. AG pushing for more regulations on casinos

Maura Healey is urging stronger regulations to combat money laundering, human trafficking and other illicit activities.

Indiana unveils changes to religious-objections bill

The changes are aimed at quelling widespread criticism from businesses and others who have called the proposal anti-gay.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/a70cdb3eef01449abefb697073360a06-a70cdb3eef01449abefb697073360a06-0[1]--90x90.jpg Robert Schuller, ?Hour of Power? televangelist, dies at 88

Once a well-known presence, Schuller faded from view in recent years after watching his church collapse.



An Atlantic puffin returns to a numbered burrow on Maine?s Eastern Egg Rock, a research site for Project Puffin. // Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press


Crew members of Project Puffin row from a nearby supply boat to the 7-acre Eastern Egg Rock. // Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

Preparing to feed its chick, a puffin crams its beak with hake. // Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press


More than 40 years ago, Project Puffin director Stephen Kress transplanted his first puffin chicks from Newfoundland to Maine. // Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

Kress used decoys to lure puffins ashore as part of their reintroduction to Eastern Egg Rock. // Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press


A puffin-viewing tour boat slowly passes Eastern Egg Rock with passengers eager to get a close-up look. // Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

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Magazine

What it takes to restore the puffin to Maine?s islands

A National Audubon Society project has restored these seabirds to islands off Maine. But could this good work be undone?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/12/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Copy%20of%20Copy%20of%20casino2.jpg State criticizes MBTA over $6m land sale to Wynn

A top regulator says the agency improperly rushed through the sale with Wynn Resorts and violated state regulations.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/mystic150-4017.jpg Owner of Mystic Pizza pleads guilty to tax charges

The owner of the restaurant made famous in a 1988 movie has pleaded guilty to tax evasion and financial structuring offenses.

A night out, or a ?death mill??

Fraud alleged in petition against Cambridge bar license

Sydney DePaulo, who is accused of making up names on a petition, described the proposed European-style bar as a ?death mill.?

2015 Baseball Preview

Where will the Red Sox finish this season?

Here?s Nick Cafardo?s scouting reports on all 15 teams, and his predicted order of finish in 2015.

Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Neil deGrasse Tyson to speak at UMass Amherst commencement

Tyson, a noted astrophysicist and television host, will speak in Amherst May 8.

The arrange-ment with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bos-ton gives its members access to the Fort Point facility, where (from left) trainer Shane Jordan and gym owner George III exchanged congratu-lations with young visitors after a workout.
A recent Sun-day at the Club by George Fore-man III found South Boston youths (clock-wise, from top) Jadhen Rous-seau, Robert Hillard, and Henry Mota warming up; Mota practicing boxing; and Hillard and Nelson Castillo trying out the kettlebells.

Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

George Foreman III follows dad?s lead in opening up gym

Foreman ? one of George Foreman?s five sons named George ? opens his high-end Boston gym, for free, to neighborhood kids on weekends.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/noah150.jpg Trevor Noah fallout shows the balancing act in comedy

What the next ?Daily Show? host forgot in his controversial tweets is that every one-liner asks us to laugh at somebody.

Munch Madness 2015

Vote for a champion

It?s the last round to help choose the Boston area?s top restaurant. Which of these two eateries will get your vote?

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 16: Tsarnaev?s defense rests

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

Opinion

Janice Page

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/janicepage-wide.jpg The Angelina Jolie effect

The actress could be a powerful advocate for access to technologies and treatments that give more women a fair shot.

The Big Picture

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe Staff

Globe photos of the month for March

Here?s a look at just some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month.