Staples reportedly exploring a sale

Shares of the Framingham-based company were up nearly 13 percent shortly after the start of trading Tuesday on news of the potential sale.

A Syrian child received treatment after an alleged chemical attack at a field hospital in northern Syria Tuesday.

European Pressphoto Agency

Suspected Syria gas attack kills dozens, including children

Opposition activists described the attack as among the worst in the country?s six-year civil war.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/RinaldiHealey10-10056.jpg Ads targeted at women?s health clinics won?t run in Mass.

Attorney General Maura Healey said using medical information to target people for ads without their consent may violate state law.

The Trump administration

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/40126ff69bb04380a8bf583693369991-40126ff69bb04380a8bf583693369991-0.jpg Trump Today: Bids are due on the border wall

Potential bidders on the president?s wall project are worried that they might face hostility at the construction site.

Senator Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, close her eyes as the judiciary committee voted on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

The filibuster has a fatal flaw ? and Republicans are ready to expose it

If you?re thinking ?wait, won?t the Democrats also try to filibuster this rule change?? ? they can?t. That?s the genius of the Republican plan.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05886330.jpg Blackwater founder worked to establish a Trump-Putin back channel

The meeting took place around Jan. 11 ? about a week before Donald Trump?s inauguration ? in the Seychelles islands.

Metro

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/turner040317METRO04missing119.jpg In previous years, at least 11 bodies found in Boston?s waterways

Monday was not the first time that authorities have scanned local waterways as part of their efforts to find missing individuals.

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The tax credit you should know about

It rewards you for being charitable by reducing your tax burden ? and it?s not just for businesses.

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Globe Magazine

Ted Dobson walks a field on his farm in Sheffield that he hopes will someday be filled with marijuana plants.

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Globe Magazine

Marijuana could be a huge cash crop for local farmers

Ted Dobson and other small farmers like him are hoping to be growers for Massachusetts? recreational marijuana program. Do they stand a chance?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/03/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_04shot-3_metro.jpg ?It?s a bucket full of suffering that we have to deal with?

Frustration was evident in Roxbury on Monday, hours after a 6-year-old boy was shot in the back.

Sports

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The Cowboys quarterback was at the heart of plenty of trade speculation, but now plans to go into broadcasting.

Boston, MA-March 25, 2017-Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff- Boston Celtics point guard Isaiah Thomas and 17 year old Kalis (cq) Gregory of Hyde Park tour the MIT Media Lab. She is the first I.T.HELPDESK (cq) recipient. The two-time All Star started the one-on-one mentoring program to help kids overcome obstacles to achieving goals.

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STAN GROSSFELD

What does the future hold? Isaiah Thomas got a peek

A tour of MIT?s Media Lab gave the Celtics guard time to bond with a student from a mentoring program.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg Full of promise, Opening Day and Red Sox delivered

The Red Sox fulfilled Opening Day?s hopes, and now the rest of the season awaits.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/05/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/ryan_whales8_met.jpg Right whale sightings prompt boat speed limits in waters off Mass.

The voluntary restrictions will be in place through April 9.

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Caitlin Nelson died at a New York City hospital on Sunday, three days after participating in the contest at Sacred Heart University.

Business

INTERACTIVE

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05255790.jpg The gender pay gap, by the numbers

Tuesday is the day that symbolizes how far into the year women have to work, on average, to make as much as men did the year before.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_turnpike6_met.jpg Sorry, drivers: Your free ride through Conn. might be over

Connecticut isn?t alone: Officials in nearby states are eyeing tolls to address infrastructure and traffic problems.

Munch Madness

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/10/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/munch-madness-og-1.jpg And only two were left

One of these two restaurants will be crowned the best restaurant in Boston. Vote now for your favorite.

Opinion & Ideas

EDITORIAL

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Vladimir Putin and his regime should not use the carnage in St. Petersburg as an excuse to crack down on dissent.

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