Amazon set to bring at least 2,000 more jobs to the Seaport

Amazon could be bringing thousands of new jobs to Boston?s Seaport neighborhood.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

In an effort separate from the company?s search for a second headquarters, Amazon is poised to lease a massive new office space in Boston?s Seaport District and hire at least 2,000 employees in the city over the next few years.

Among those nations discussing ways to influence Jared Kushner to their advantage were the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel, and Mexico, current and former officials said.

Kushner?s overseas contacts raise concerns as foreign officials seek leverage

Some countries? officials have discussed ways of taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties, and lack of foreign policy experience.

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The Douglas students return to school after a whirlwind of political activism that has reignited the nation?s gun and school-safety debate.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student Emma Gonzalez spoke at a rally for gun control at the Broward County Federal Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Emma Gonzalez writes poignant essay on Parkland shooting

?We are children who are being expected to act like adults, while the adults are proving themselves to behave like children,? the 18-year-old Florida high school student wrote.

Aerial trams are not unheard of in the United States: This one in Portland is heading to the Oregon Health and Science University.

Leah Nash/New York Times/File 2009

Could a gondola system be coming to Boston?s Seaport District?

Millennium Partners and Cargo Ventures have been working on plans to run a gondola above Summer Street from South Station to the city?s marine industrial park.

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A woman has told police she had a child with the casino mogul after he raped her, while another said she was forced to resign after she refused to have sex with him.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG_6539.JPG Medford school superintendent to retire in April

In the wake of a scandal involving the handling of an ammunition magazine discovered at a middle school in December, School Superintendent Roy Belson will retire April 30, school officials said.

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The new rankings will give bragging rights to New Hampshire, which clocks in ahead of Massachusetts this year after the Bay State topped the Granite State last year.

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Lawmakers interviewed President Trump?s communications director as part of their investigation into Russian election meddling.

Winchester, MA - 2/27/2018 - A woman lays flowers on a makeshift memorial for Deane Kenny Stryker, a woman fatally stabbed in one of the Winchester Public Library's reading rooms, on the library's lawn in Winchester, MA, Feb. 27, 2018. The library had been closed since the stabbing over the weekend. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Keith Bedford/Globe Staff

Thomas Farragher

After horrible violence, a community library searches for peace

The director of the Winchester Public Library has no manual to consult about how to console a staff or reassure her patrons on how to proceed after the sudden violence Saturday morning.

Jeffrey Yao is brought into Woburn District Court, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 in Woburn, Mass. Yao is arraigned on murder charges and attempted murder after allegedly stabbing a woman to death and attempting to stab a man to death in the Winchester Public Library. (Faith Ninivaggi/The Boston Herald via AP, Pool)

Warnings mounted before Winchester library slaying

Jeffrey Yao?s lawyer said he suffers from a chronic mental illness that ?unquestionably? played a role in the ?completely random? attack.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/ryan_suffolk7_biz.jpg Suffolk Construction?s high-tech nerve center lets it monitor projects nationwide

A high-tech ?Smart Lab? gives CEO John Fish and his executives updates and financial data on key construction projects across the country.

Throughout Thursday night, Friday, and potentially Friday night, the area should expect rain, with the arrival of a storm from the Midwest.

Rain arrives near the end of the week, so enjoy the sun while it lasts

Boston should expect more dry days on Wednesday and Thursday, but lots of rain as we near the weekend.

A community discussion in Newton took place in 2016 in response to incidents of anti-Semitic graffiti being found in schools in the town and taunting during a high school basketball game.

Hate group and anti-Semitic incidents rose during Trump?s first year, reports find

The reports bolstered the views of hate crimes researchers and anti-hate advocates who were worried that Trump?s rhetoric had normalized supremacist activities.

A Rockport-bound MBTA commuter rail train crossed the Annisquam River in Gloucester.

John Blanding/Globe Staff/File 2014

Commuter rail every 15 minutes? That?s one group?s vision

Activists on Tuesday unveiled an ambitious ? like, really ambitious ? reimagining of the commuter rail system.

Boston, MA - 2/27/2018 - (1st period) Boston Bruins left wing Rick Nash (61) brought the fans to their feet after scoring his first goal as a Boston Bruin in the first period. The Boston Bruins host the Carolina Hurricanes at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Fluto Shinzawa, Topic: 28Bruins-Hurricanes, LOID: 8.4.1096214618.

BRUINS 4, HURRICANES 3

Charlie McAvoy?s overtime goal lifts Bruins to victory

The defenseman beat Hurricanes goalie Scott Darling at 1:08 of overtime.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/28mit.jpg MIT scientists take step toward treating memory loss diseases like Alzheimer?s

MIT neuroscientists may have come up with an answer to treating brain disorders associated with memory loss ? including epilepsy and Alzheimer?s disease.

SHIRA SPRINGER I FAIR PLAY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/06/27/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/chin062613breakers_spt6.jpg What doomed the Boston Breakers?

The demise of the women?s soccer team should sound an alarm. Sports executives need to do better by female pro athletes.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/AdobeStock_21803506.jpg Here are all the things you can do to make dining out better (for you and the wait staff)

No one?s perfect ? especially not servers and the customers they serve. So how can we ? diners and professionals ? make the experience better on both sides?

An iceberg in Baffin Bay in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago last year.

Dave Epstein

It was 50 degrees above normal in the Arctic, even before the first sunrise of the season

The mercury was near freezing again this year during what is typically the coldest part of the winter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/02/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ryan_portapotty4_met.jpg Construction boom brings porta-potty explosion

In a perhaps inevitable byproduct of the city?s epic construction boom, the market for portable toilets is absolutely on fire.

Actress and model Abbey Lee; below as a teenager.

Bethany Mollenkof for the Boston Globe

Modeling?s glamour hides web of abuse

The fashion industry is built on glamour and allure, but many models, especially the very young, know it for something else: sexual exploitation and abuse.

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The ?restructuring? at the Mass. State Police appears to represent a leadership and institutional crisis at the agency.

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The moa is one of the first extinct animals to have its genome mostly assembled.

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