Marco Rubio, Donald Trump, and Ted Cruz during the Republican debate on Thursday in Houston.

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Rubio, Cruz tear into Trump during debate

Marco Rubio slammed everything from Donald Trump?s hiring practices to where his Trump-branded ties are made.

OPINION | MICHAEL A. COHEN

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Republican leaders have failed voters for decades. There?s no reason to think Donald Trump will prove any different.

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The WBUR survey showed Hillary Clinton edging out Bernie Sanders, 49 percent to 45 percent ? a lead within the poll?s margin of error.

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Lynne Mooney Teta said she will work to improve the school?s racial climate amid a controversy that prompted calls for her to resign.

Names

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Simmons, who won best supporting actor Oscar winner last year for ?Whiplash,? will play Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese.

Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone arrived at a press conference held to respond to criticism by Wynn Resorts over delays to its planned Everett casino.

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Somerville?s Curtatone doesn?t shy away from a fight

Curtatone said congestion generated by the new casino will hit hardest the ?economic . . . and environmental justice zones? of East Somerville.

?Whitey? Bulger disciplined at Fla. prison for sexual activity

James ?Whitey? Bulger was accused of violating a regulation prohibiting sexual activity and was put in solitary confinement for 30 days.

Names

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The ?Patriots Day? actor and director will help present the Hero Award to Boston Police Officer John Moynihan, who was shot while on duty last March.

Shirley Leung

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Even without a major presidential candidate from Massachusetts, local donors are restless and itching to leave a mark on the election.

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Two of the judges were appointed by Democrats, who tend to side with labor in legal disputes.

Four dead, 14 injured in Kansas attacks

Police guarded the front door of Excel Industries in Hesston, Kan., on Thursday.

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Law enforcement officers have surrounded the suspect?s home, saying his roommate may be inside.

Ground Game

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/capitalcruz.jpg Ted Cruz?s delegate math problem

To win the nomination, Cruz will have to go from having 5 percent of GOP delegates to more than 50 percent in three months.

Adrian Walker

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Donald Trump is poised to win a commanding victory in Massachusetts Tuesday.

Justina Pelletier (right) and her parents met with the media in front of the State House Thursday.

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Parents of Justina Pelletier sue Children?s Hospital

The Pelletiers? fight with the hospital attracted national attention to issues of medical child abuse and parental rights.

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Philip Chism was 14 years old when he raped and killed Colleen Ritzer, his math teacher at Danvers High School, in 2013.

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Joey Curatolo and his son Paul trade off playing the Fab Four bassist in ?RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles.?

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/02/25/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/Gasper1-8873.jpg Claude Julien has been the point person for the Bruins

Julien is the primary reason the Bruins are in the playoff hunt.

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We?re nearly in the clear, forecasters say.

Texas universities prepare for legal guns on campuses

A new Texas law takes effect Aug. 1 that will allow students to carry concealed weapons on campus.

Ground Game

ground game

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Heading into Super Tuesday, the race is effectively a three-person contest between Donald Trump, and Senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

The Big Picture

Chinese opera in Thailand

The Chinese New Year celebration ended with opera performances in Bangkok, Thailand, home to the largest overseas Chinese community in the world.

Globe investigations

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A look at high-impact investigations from The Boston Globe, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning report on abuse in the Catholic Church.

BetaBoston

betaboston

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The improved robot Atlas, made by Waltham-based Boston Dynamics, can walk through snow, and pick up boxes and himself.

The story behind 'Spotlight'

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?Spotlight? is based on the stories and the reporters behind the investigation of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church.

Crux

JOHN L. ALLEN JR. | All things catholic

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Pope Francis suggested he?s open to the idea of artificial birth control as a means of combatting the spread of the Zika virus, while taking abortion off the table.