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Shirley Leung

UMass board is providing plenty of political theater

Chancellor J. Keith Motley (right) was greeted by Peyton Randolph Helm, interim chancellor of UMass Dartmouth, after speaking Tuesday during the UMass Board of Trustees? Committee of the Whole meeting at the UMass Club in Boston.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe

The trustees of the University of Massachusetts found themselves in two days of boardroom drama over their handling of the Boston campus.

JOAN VENNOCHI

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/12/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/vennochi-3325.jpg Does Massachusetts live up to the hype?

Let?s not get carried away by headlines that tell us what we want to hear.

Sports

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Alex Bok said he has signed a letter of intent to buy a team affiliated with a Major League franchise.

Boston Marathon

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A runner?s most basic piece of equipment can be a source of obsession, experimentation, and everything in between.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

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Even Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck said the Cavaliers are the team to beat.

Globe Magazine

SCOTTY REIfSNYDER

Globe Magazine

Boston?s hot rental market can cool young love

For cash-strapped students, the financial allure of sharing a one-bedroom with a romantic partner before they are ready can be hard to resist.

Scotty Reifsnyder

Globe Magazine

Where home prices are soaring in the city of Boston

From Allston to Southie, these Boston locales are seeing the biggest price increases for single-family homes or condos.

Miss Conduct

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/10/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/miss%20conduct-3004.jpg A little matzo etiquette, please

Where not to hide the afikomen. Plus, how to call a politician.

Appreciation

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Anyone who talks about the best rock concert act in Boston history has to start with the band that bore the name of J. Geils.

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Ten hospitalized in E. coli outbreak at Chicken & Rice Guys

The chain temporarily closed its four restaurants in Boston and Medford and grounded its food trucks.

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Clark has emerged in Congress as an outspoken critic of President Trump and Republicans.

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Sheila Abdus-Salaam was the first African-American woman appointed to New York?s highest court and first Muslim judge in the US when she began serving in 1994.

At the time of the incident, Nicole Berthiaume was a 19-year-old guest on the Naut Guilty, a boat owned by Benjamin Urbelis, a Boston defense attorney and night club promoter.

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Man pleads guilty in boating accident in which woman lost her arm

Alexander Williams pleaded guilty to charges of negligent operation of a boat, furnishing alcohol to minors, and tampering with evidence.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/7a73268e932c4e34afc64bf9c9c64664-7a73268e932c4e34afc64bf9c9c64664-0-9276-U505811561287JE--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Bill Belichick was sought as defense witness in Aaron Hernandez trial

The defense subpoenaed Belichick as the trial was nearing end but ultimately made a ?strategic decision? about his testimony.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/14arrest[1]-9284-U83495639162ihG--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Shrewsbury man arrested after attempted break-in at Islamic center

Worcester police released a photo of Andrew Burke and received several tips which led to Burke?s arrest 12 hours after the attempted break in.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/05905869.jpg Passenger dragged off United flight suffered concussion, broken nose

A man dragged from a United Airlines flight suffered a significant concussion, a broken nose, and missing teeth in the incident, his lawyer says.

The Trump administration

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Travelers overstaying their visits have become the main source of illegal immigration, yet the national discussions focus on securing the US-Mexico border.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AFP_NH3GX.jpg Misdirected US strike killed 18 allied fighters in Syria

A misdirected airstrike by the US-led coalition earlier this week killed 18 allied fighters.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/04/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/berry1-3699-kWy--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Watch a wild horse attack an alligator in this Florida park

Visitors to a state park in Florida got a dramatic glimpse of the wild kingdom when the two beasts crossed paths.

Trump Today

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Satellite images suggests the hermit kingdom may be readying another underground nuclear test.

Opinion & Ideas

Opinion | Diane Hessan

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The rally culture is about loyalty and emotion, not disputed facts or momentary failures.

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