World

Islamic State claims bombings in Egypt that killed at least 37

epa05899039 Security personnel investigate the scene of a bomb explosion inside Mar Girgis church in Tanta, 90km north of Cairo, Egypt, 09 April 2017. According to the Egyptian Health Ministry, at least 28 were killed and 71 injured in a bomb explosion at Mar Girgis Coptic church in the central delta city of Tanta during the Palm Sunday mass. EPA/KHALED ELFIQI ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT

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The bombs were set off while worshippers were marking Palm Sunday. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05898649.jpg As ships move toward Korea, US says Syrian strikes carried a message

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the US missile strikes were a message for any nation operating outside of international norms.

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The 39-year-old from Uzbekistan had been sympathetic to extremist organizations, police say.

Business

Developer Don Chiofaro may be 70, but he?s not slowing down. His latest fight: a bid to build five houses on a Belmont cul-de-sac.

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Don Chiofaro?s bullish run in Belmont

At age 70, the venerable developer shows no signs of slowing down. His neighbors in Belmont wish he would.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/photo-6563.jpg Braintree and New Braintree: More alike than not

Those who live in the commonwealth?s smallvilles look and act just like folk who populate our metropolises.

Peabody man dead, four injured in Boxford crash following reports of racing

State Police said the crash came moments after authorities received reports of cars that were racing in the area.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05896640.jpg Girl may not have been living with monkeys after all

The Jungle Book-like tale was shocking, disturbing and fascinating. It might also have been untrue.

US soldier killed in Afghanistan while fighting Islamic State group

The service member was killed during an operation in Nangahar province, in the country?s east.

Paul Doherty was awaiting an MRI last year when his gurney was sucked into the machine.

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An MRI machine can turn objects into projectiles

Paul Doherty?s MRI scan had gone smoothly ? but that was before a gurney, drawn by a magnet, smashed into a machine.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/GettyImages-620189126-5015.jpg In Louis C.K.?s ?SNL? monologue, a racist chicken crosses the road

?The chicken was definitely racist, but that?s chickens,? said the Newton native.

Metro

Yvonne Abraham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/abrahamy-9828.jpg What?s the use of a Boston mayoral reelection contest?

Unless the mayor decides he or she doesn?t want the job any more, these races are just a waste of time and money.

Sports

1967: The summer that changed Boston

The nation was splintering, and Boston wasn?t immune. But something was happening here. On Opening Day 1967: the first glimmer of an implausible dream.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/666257022-13544-keNH--1920x1280@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Jackie Bradley Jr. not in Red Sox? lineup Sunday

The center fielder had an MRI on his knee following a fall on the basepaths Saturday.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/08/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy-13962.jpg It?s been a bad few days for the Celtics

The subsequent flop in Atlanta was yet another reminder that the Celtics are a long, long way from being championship-caliber.

GLOBE ALL-SCHOLASTICS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/22/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_CambridgeRindge&Latin_sports278.jpg Honoring the winter season?s best athletes

A look back at the best of the best from the world of high school sports.

Ideas

Ideas | Daniel Grant

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/0409grant.jpg Welfare for the arts? Bring it on.

If communities want a richer arts environment, they need to help artists secure predictable streams of money.

Globe Magazine

Examiner

These aviation firsts from Massachusetts may surprise you

The state?s claims to fame involve balloons, dirigibles, helicopters, jet engines, and more.

Travel

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.

Opinion & Ideas

Renée Graham

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/AftVVuEU-3305.jpg Trump?s Justice Department is blinding itself to injustice

Attorney General Jeff Sessions loves the police. The rights of the public? Not so much.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Warwick_BAThero.jpg After a deadly fire, a small town?s trauma remains

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

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/realestate.jpg Advice on taking real estate photos from a Pulitzer-winning photographer

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.