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Warwick Fire Lieutenant Bill Lyman wept while talking about the fatal fire that killed a mother and four children.

Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

The agony that binds them

When the call went out, none of the Warwick volunteers could have imagined what they?d find. By Evan Allen

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/16/BostonGlobe.com/Regional/Images/groton_01.jpg Call firefighters respond to new challenges

Despite thinning ranks, they play a key role in emergencies ranging from ice rescues to chemical spills.

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Those who ride the Saturday and Sunday trains worry that the service remains in peril.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/WPI_15badgift01_biz.jpg WPI donor faces accusations

An ugly story about a post-divorce lawsuit has taken a turn toward the bizarre.

Politics

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 27: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) delivers remarks during the daily White House press briefing March 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. Sessions announced new actions against sanctuary cities that seek Justice Department grants during his surprise appearance. Also pictured is White House press secretary Sean Spicer (2nd R). (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Yvonne Abraham

Their incompetence won?t protect us

There?s one thing at which the Trump administration is succeeding spectacularly: striking terror into undocumented immigrants.

Businessman Chris Kennedy, a son of the late Robert F. Kennedy, posed in his Chicago office in February.

Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press

Another Kennedy moment?

The Kennedy clan is trying to make a political comeback.

News Analysis

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/2ae93f561dc8444f93a8477ab571cd44-2ae93f561dc8444f93a8477ab571cd44-0.jpg The unbearable heaviness of being Trump

Is President Trump having any fun as the leader of the free world?

2017 MLB preview

The Red Sox will only have two of their ?Big Three? starting pitchers at the start of the season with David Price (right) on the disabled list) But Chris Sale (left) and Rick Porcello (center) are ready to go

Barry Chin/Globe Staff

Meet the 2017 Red Sox

The pitching staff should be better with the addition of Chris Sale, but who will fill the void left by David Ortiz?

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-14190.jpg Baseball trades just aren?t what they used to be

It?s no longer player for player, or value for value. It?s cash considerations.

Kevin Paul Dupont | On Second Thought

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/dupont-14132.jpg How a young fan connected with baseball?s biggest stars

In four years (1950-53), Dave Borden wrote to some 200 of the biggest baseball names of the day.

Sports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/davis_bosbalt3_spts.jpg Now batting: factoids and trivia

These aren?t ?Moneyball?-type sabermetrics. They?re the quirky minutiae that pop up on scoreboards and broadcasts.

North Carolina forward Justin Jackson (left) shot over Oregon's Dylan Ennis (31) and Kavell Bigby-Williams (35) in the first half.

NORTH CAROLINA 77, OREGON 76

North Carolina edges Oregon

The Tar Heels withstood a late Oregon rally and will face Gonzaga in Monday?s final.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/02/07/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_parade8_met.jpg Car carrying Lombardi trophy in Maine crashes into deer

The occupants of the car weren?t injured and the trophy wasn?t damaged.

Thomas Hudner greeted John ?Red? Parkinson, who was a Marine in the Korean War and fought in the Chosin Reservoir, at a reception after the christening of the USS Hudner.

Yoon S. Byun for the Boston Globe

Concord Korean War veteran honored with christening of ship

The USS Thomas Hudner is named for a man who long ago risked his young life for another?s.

Globe Magazine

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/27/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/millennial0402mag.jpg Millennials have every right to complain, and should do it

Decisions made by older generations have hit us hard, and we should be able to point them out without being called whiny.

Munch Madness

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/munch-madness-og-1.jpg It?s the Final Four

We?re nearing the end of the tournament: Only four restaurants remain. Vote now for your favorite.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AftVVuEU-3186.jpg Bigly at the bat

In yet another dubious first, Trump declined the home team?s invitation to throw out the ceremonial first pitch.

Newsletters

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Our weekly digest on buying, selling, and design, with expert advice and insider neighborhood knowledge.

Special reports

Special report | Part 1

Fleeing Syria for Trump?s America

The trip was over for these refugees. They had found a new home in Mass. But uncertainty lay ahead: Tomorrow, Donald Trump would be sworn in.

Investigations

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/03/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/AFP_MB3WQ.jpg Documenting Hate: Submit an incident you know about

If you have been a victim or witnessed a hate incident, share your information here so we can investigate.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Biotech%20blockbuster.jpg As blockbuster drugs fizzle, biotech looks to the next big thing

Several pricey drugs projected as best-sellers have flopped, unnerving the industry.

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Boston-04/01/2017- April fools snow blows sideways as people make their way into North Station in the late morniing. John Tlumacki/Globe staff(metro)

Spring, are you finally here?

Sun and warmer temperatures are moving into town in the wake of the no-fools April 1 storm that brought us a taste of winter.