Metro

The hunt for the Incognito Bandit

An image from a security camera at a Citizens Bank in Woburn allegedly showed the so-called Incognito Bandit.

FBI

When the man alleged to be the Incognito Bandit wasn?t robbing banks, he was stumbling through an increasingly desperate life, records suggest.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_gordoncollege9_met.jpg Another controversy over gay rights roils Gordon College

A professor claims she was denied a promotion because she criticized the school?s policy on gay relationships. In response, faculty Senate members resigned en masse.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2015/09/17/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/chin091715JFKLibrary_met4.jpg Troubles linger at UMass Boston, where courses were abruptly canceled

Professors say at least 20 courses set to be taught this summer ? and more next fall ? were nixed, without warning instructors.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/03/31/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Gibson_04skerrit04_met.jpg Alumna takes over at Boston Latin at a critical time

New headmaster Rachel Skerritt returns to her hometown after helping turn around a high school in Washington, D.C.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Rinaldi10spring02-9317.jpg ?It?s refreshing?: Fed up with the cold, Bostonians rejoice at spring?s arrival

Sunday provided one of the season?s first feel-it-in-your-bones spring days.

Business

A simulation of 7:05 a.m. shadows on Aug. 24 from the planned project.

Boston Planning & Development Agency

Mayor proposes deal on Winthrop Square tower, shadows

Marty Walsh?s scheme would effectively excuse the skyscraper from shadow rules, but limit other new construction.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/05/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Rinaldi09drugapprovals04.jpg Critics say FDA already moves too fast on drug reviews

Speeding up drug reviews has long been a goal of the agency. Under President Trump, will an acceleration compromise safety?

World

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/05880914.jpg On eve of visit to Moscow, Rex Tillerson takes jabs at Russia

In televised interviews, the secretary of state took a hard line against Syria?s most powerful ally.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/11/14/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/200_john_oliver.jpg John Oliver delivers chilling message to viewers after Syria bombings

?We have a president who feeds off praise, and he just got a lot of it for bombing someone,? Oliver said. ?And that should make everyone very, very worried.?

Sports

Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher instructs his players during the third period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins, Thursday, April 6, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

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Fluto Shinzawa | NHL Playoffs

A challenge awaits Bruins in opening round

The Bruins didn?t beat Ottawa all season, but they avoided the juggernaut Capitals.

THE MASTERS

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/4563955bb8714b299916a5da4b8d96f6-4563955bb8714b299916a5da4b8d96f6-0.jpg At last, a breakthrough for Sergio Garcia

Almost 20 years after first playing at Augusta, the Spaniard captured his first major title, beating Justin Rose in a playoff.

Lifestyle

John Mayer performed Sunday at TD Garden.

Ben Stas for The Boston Globe

MUSIC REVIEW

John Mayer was rockin? ? when he got out of his own way

Mayer may be caught between being James Taylor and Robert Cray, but at times during Sunday?s show, he found the right balance.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/200_brady_buffett.jpg Tom Brady and Warren Buffett spend some quality time together

The greatest football player and investor of all time stopped for a picture while Brady continues to enjoy his offseason.

Politics

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/5694f935098540f09ef059b00c150571-5694f935098540f09ef059b00c150571-0-5043.jpg How an election surprise helped Stephen Colbert find his elusive groove

One of the most surprising turnaround stories in recent TV history began on one of the most surprising nights in political history.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/632419522.jpg Stephen Bannon?s multimedia machine paid him millions

Bannon was able to produce conservative documentaries by drawing on a network of nonprofits and private companies.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/RinaldiPalmSunday06.jpg Catholics celebrate Palm Sunday at Chelsea church

It felt like an appropriate day to celebrate renewal as the sun?s warmth gave the promise of spring?s long-awaited arrival.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/stonie150methode-3695.jpg This man ate a record 255 Peeps in 5 minutes

How many Peeps could you stomach in one sitting? For Matt Stonie, that magic number is 255 ? all within 5 minutes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/elkus_web.JPG Howard Elkus, architect who transformed parts of Boston, dies at 78

Mr. Elkus cofounded the Boston firm Elkus Manfredi Architects and designed distinctive buildings around the world.

Opinion & Ideas

Alex Beam

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/07/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Alex_Beam_150px%20(1)-3319.png Prince Charles: Always in waiting, never the king

Queen Elizabeth plans to serve until her death. That means yet more waiting for Charles, who has been monarch-worthy for the past three decades.

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.

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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.