Hillary Clinton enters presidential race

Hillary Clinton.

Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press

As expected, the former first lady, US senator and secretary of state made her campaign official.

Hillary Clinton announced her run for president Sunday.

SCOT LEHIGH

Clinton?s strengths are paired with weaknesses

Hillary Clinton has attributes as a candidate, but she also must contend with baggage.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Quilt of Clinton?s life made up of many patches ? some good, some bad

Wrapping herself in the warmest memories won?t be enough to win the presidency. Successful campaigns focus on the future.

Jae Crowder scored 9 points in the Celtics? win.

CELTICS 117, CAVALIERS 78

Celtics rout Cavaliers, close in on playoff spot

The Celtics stand just one win ? or a Pacers loss ? from clinching a playoff berth.

Apr 11, 2015; Tampa, FL, USA; Boston Bruins left wing Milan Lucic (17) defends Tampa Bay Lightning center Vladislav Namestnikov (90) shot during the second period at Amalie Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Fluto Shinzawa | On hockey

Milan Lucic under trade consideration by Bruins

The 26-year-old had a disappointing season. In 81 games, Lucic scored 18 goals and had 26 assists.

A Japanese officer watches as a Landing Craft Air Cushion transports US Marines and sailors and soldiers from Japan during a joint military exercise in California in 2014.

Stephen Kinzer

The world of threats to the US is an illusion

America is not only safe, but safer than any big power has been in all of modern history.


One set of neighbors, Carol and Donald Airey, call their home and barns Wild Air Farm. // Photograph by Webb Chappell


Mailboxes line a Wilder Farm entrance. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

Sisters Emma, 11, and Mia, 10, DiMartino have nature for their playground. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

David and Martha Beebe walk home from a neighbor?s on a wooded path that has evolved just as they envisioned it would 25 years ago. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

Buttery chrysanthemums complete the gardening season for Leigh and Robert Shanny.// Photograph by Webb Chappell


Reta Rupich leads her flock of speckled Sussex, Welsummer, and bantam brahmas out to graze; the barns were built with the same roof pitch as the Hamill houses. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

Lavender and petunias fill a planter at Amy and Peter DiMartino?s pool. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

The Aireys? Morgan mare, Indy, shares lunch with prizewinning Shetland sheep owned by their daughter, Montana. // Photograph by Webb Chappell  

Silver lace vine drapes the DiMartino pool entry. // Photograph by Webb Chappell


The backyard of the DiMartino home, with screened porch. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

Donald Airey built the treehouse on the ground, then raised it up the tree like a flag and held it in place with I-hooks. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

Isabella DiMartino, 13, soothes a Jersey Giant hen. // Photograph by Webb Chappell

Webb Chappell

globe magazine

Backyard gardens in Bolton?s Wilder Farm echo nature

This wooded, sidewalk-less community is somewhere between rural and suburban.

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/12/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy_20131027.jpg A heart set on recovery, despite insurer?s decision

Heather Wood isn?t recovering fast enough for her health insurance company.

2015 Tops Spots to Live

The best streets in Greater Boston

From Andover to Weymouth, Back Bay to Newton, these streets win honors for their curb appeal, amenities, and other distinctions.

Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff

INTERACTIVE

The stories behind foul balls at Fenway Park

With another season nearing its start at Fenway Park, here are tales of fans coming down with prized foul balls.

NICK CAFARDO I SUNDAY BASEBALL NOTES

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/9e2ace4ca7c1459c84fe4c019dea4d15-9e2ace4ca7c1459c84fe4c019dea4d15-0-7287.jpg Will NL exploit Jon Lester?s throwing yips?

The Cardinals took advantage in Lester?s first start, and nobody wants it to become a bigger issue.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/02/BostonGlobe.com/BCOM/Images/Lee_bakerpresser3_met.jpg Baker targets state regulations in far-ranging review

Governor Charlie Baker said many regulations are costly and burdensome, and that none should exceed federal mandates.

Charles Howard posed with his sports cars at his Bedford, N.H. home in 1984.

Bill Ryerson/Globe Staff/File

A scoundrel finds refuge in family?s N.H. town

After jail, former super-broker Charles Howard went home, to the town where everyone knew him and some, incredibly, bought his act again.

Boston, Massachusetts -- 4/12/2015-- Rodrigo Riz, 22, of New York City throws up a kite on the Boston Common as he visits his family in Boston, Massachusetts April 9, 2015. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff Topic: Reporter:

Mild, sunny spring weather expected in Mass. this week

Some areas will approach 70 degrees on Monday, with the rest of the week in the upper 50s to low 60s.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/AP271592002884.jpg Amid drought, San Diego prepares to tap ocean

A major California metropolitan area is on the verge of turning the Pacific Ocean into an everyday source of drinking water.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/pope150-897.jpg Pope calls Armenian slaughter ?first genocide of 20th century?

Turkey recalled its ambassador to the Vatican in response to the pope?s remarks.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/wiggs_QuincyCourt_l291047.jpg After $75m and 19 years, state courts? system not done

Long overdue, the computer system is likely to cost millions more than anticipated and crimp public access.

Marathon trial podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Special/Advance/Images/podcast.jpg Episode 18: Tsarnaev found guilty on all counts

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

Opinion

David J. Hunter

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/hunterwebpromo-1119.jpg ?The Emperor of All Maladies? ignores a big piece of the story

Where the PBS series fails is in its emphasis on finding treatments and cures rather than prevention.

The Big Picture

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Memories of Abraham Lincoln

On April 15, the United States commemorates the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln?s assassination.