Eight developers vying to build tower downtown

A rendering of Trinity Acquisitions' proposed tower for Winthrop Square.

Trinity Acquisitions

The competitors include a who?s who of local and national developers, a measure of the strength of Boston?s real estate market.

Celtics 95, Raptors 93

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A last-second win over the Raptors at TD Garden earned the Celtics a first-round matchup against the Cavaliers.

Alleged sex assault victim wants defendants freed, lawyer says

?The court [system] is treating my friends like [rapists]. That is gross. I miss my friends,? a teen who was allegedly sexually assaulted wrote.

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The snow melted. That?s how Boston dealt with thousands of complaints about snow piles.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

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They want the school to stop investing in fossil fuels. Such campaigns can work, but not the way you?d think.

Bastille Kitchen in Fort Point, a restaurant financed through the EB-5 visa program.

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A visa into the US, if you have $500,000

A little known program offers well-off foreigners green cards if they invest at least a half million dollars into US projects that create jobs.

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Conversations with aides, as well as longtime confidants, reveal how tricky the situation is for the secretary of state.

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Clinton made her first public appearance since announcing her candidacy for president on Sunday.

The members of 4.15 Strong met at a support group for survivors at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital.

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Two years after bombings, victims ready to run

?It feels like overcoming what happened to me to be able to say: ?You knocked me down but I got back up and ran a marathon,?? Michelle L?Heureux said.

04/14/15: Boston, MA: Red Sox closer Koji Uehara and 2B Dustin Pedroia celebrate after Uehara, in his season debut, shut down the Nationals in order in the ninth to preserve the 8-7 Boston victory. The Boston Red Sox hosted the Washington Nationals in an MLB regular season baseball game at Fenway Park. (Globe Staff Photo/Jim Davis) section: sports topic: Red Sox-Nationals(1)

Red Sox 8, Nationals 7

Koji Uehara returns and Red Sox win 2d straight vs. Nationals

Uehara got the save as the Red Sox rallied to win at Fenway Park Tuesday night.

Chicago Cubs President, Baseball Operations Theo Epstein, right, talks with Manager Joe Maddon, left, during batting practice before a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds in Chicago, on Monday, April 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

No longer a wunderkind, Theo Epstein retains intensity

Cubs president Theo Epstein is trying to build a winning team in Chicago, just as he did in Boston.

Alex Speier

At Fenway Park, no detail too small for Larry Lucchino

The Red Sox CEO spent the final hours before the home opener making sure everything was just right.

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Gold is the state?s top export, but who is doing the exporting has stumped even the specialists who study the Massachusetts economy.

Firefighters responded to a blaze at 3 Stillman Place in the North End on Tuesday afternoon.

Marathon bombing responder springs into action in blaze

A police officer who was driving past rushed into a building to save a man and his dog as a building burned in the North End.

Boston, MA - 04/13/15 - Pizza cook Ryan Schaub works by the pizza oven in Mario Batali's new restaurant, Babbo Pizzeria, in the Seaport District. Lane Turner/Globe Staff Section: BIZ Reporter: taryn luna Slug: 15batali

Inside Mario Batali?s first Boston restaurant

?This is a place for just about everyone,? Mario Batali said of Babbo Pizzeria e Enoteca, which opens in the Seaport District Wednesday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/11/26/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/15quickbite_dish.jpg The suburbs are brimming with ambitious diners, chefs

Restaurants in the western suburbs are now helmed by chefs with big-city pedigrees.

Parenting

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Parental care is back in the news with the ?free-range parenting? debate and the cheetah pit incident at a Cleveland zoo.

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

SCOT LEHIGH

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The statute protects the T from the performance-improving pressure of private competition.

The Big Picture

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the big picture

Opening Day at Fenway Park 2015

With sunny skies and mild temperatures the Red Sox kicked off Opening Day at Fenway Park against the Washington Nationals.