Engine failure plaguing commuter rail lines

Keolis was able to provide the required number of MBTA locomotives for only four of 23 weekdays in March.

Syria

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Some local Syrians wondered whether the missile strikes represented an opening salvo by the US or a one-time show of force.

Nini Brown of Dorchester addressed the crowd gathered on Boston Common Friday evening to protest the US military action in Syria.

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Military action by US prompts protest on Boston Common

A protest of the US bombing of a Syrian air base drew more than 100 people to Boston Common Friday evening.

Analysis

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President Trump is confronting the same thicket of difficult foreign policy decisions the Obama administration examined for years.

editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/BigPicture/Images/05894269.jpg War without an endgame in Syria

Trump must seek immediate congressional approval for continued conflict in Syria.

The Trump administration

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What was billed as a showdown between the leaders of the United States and China ended with little sign of confrontation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/b03bef42-ea5c-4942-9518-e778bceca580.jpg Trump fires warning shot in battle between Bannon and Kushner

President Trump turned to his two top aides and told them he had had enough of their incessant knife-fights in the media.

Vice President Mike Pence and his entourage arrived on the steps of the US Senate for today?s Supreme Court confirmation vote on judge Neil Gorsuch.

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Analysis

Trump gets needed first win with Gorsuch

President Trump finally got his first legislative win. All it took was upending a Senate tradition that?s been around for two centuries.

Metro

Rejected Boston Police candidate challenges department?s hiring decision

Boston police candidate Keon Finklea was passed over on a list of eligible applicants because of his driving record and a criminal record that was over a decade old.

Business

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Small towns in Western Mass. resemble Greater Boston far more than they resemble the rest of rural America

By the numbers, Massachusetts? urban and rural communities have more in common than you might think.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/09/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/wolas_biz.jpg After 20 years on the run, alleged Quincy con man caught in Florida

Former real estate broker Scott Wolas is accused of scamming at least 19 Massachusetts residents.

On the Job

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/18/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Saglio_DollRepair-1.jpg Fixing dolls with surgical precision

This certified doll doctor dons a white coat and yes, stethoscope, to fix ?injuries? or do major ?surgery? like head replacement.

World

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Earlier, Swedish police said the man they arrested ??resembles the person we earlier have sought after?? in the truck attack.

Arts

@LARGE | Michael Andor Brodeur

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/kendall1-3596[1]-5288.jpg Pepsi, I?m not buying it

The intimacy of the Internet demanded an updated approach to advertising, but too often it can feel desperate ? like that epically bad Pepsi ad.

Travel

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North End shines especially bright during Holy Week

The bakeries and pastry shops to visit for the freshest pastries and Easter treats are easy to find: They?re the ones with lines out the door.

Sports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/665969376.jpg US tops Canada in OT to win gold at world championship

Hilary Knight scored at 10:17 of overtime to give the US a 3-2 victory over Canada in the women?s hockey world championship final.

Nation

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/17/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AP_695280572867.jpg Conservative talker Tomi Lahren sues Glenn Beck, The Blaze

Conservative talk show host Tomi Lahren has filed a lawsuit against Glenn Beck and his online platform, The Blaze, alleging wrongful termination.

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A National Rifle Association employee accidentally shot himself at the organization?s shooting range in Virginia, police said.

Opinion & Ideas

SCOT LEHIGH

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Scot_Lehigh_150px-3330.jpg Foreign policy doctrines tend to fade or fail fast

Donald Trump isn?t the first president to discover that campaign foreign policy is very different from the real thing.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/jim.jpg The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here. Boston had long treated its ball club as an afterthought, but then on Opening Day 1967: the first glimmer of an implausible dream.

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In America, everyone who has a cellphone thinks they are a professional photographer. They are not.

Real Estate

Recent home sales: West of Boston (April 7)

ACTON 3 Sweeney Farm Lane One-family Colonial, built in 2005, 3,638 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 62,802-square-foot lot. $855,000 3 Stella Court #2 Condominium . $764,000 3 Parmley Drive One-family Colonial, built in 1996, 3,188 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 40,008-square-foot lot. $743,000 384 Great Rd.