Some small, private colleges are on life support

At Newbury College in Brookline, enrollment has declined 86 percent over the past 20 years.

David L. Ryan/Globe Staff

The number of high school graduates is shrinking. Endowments are small. High tuitions scare off families.

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President Trump said there would be no deal to legalize the status of millions of ??dreamers?? and that the US border with Mexico was ??getting more dangerous.??

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/StormTotalSnowWeb1-14443.jpg Monday?s snow could leave Boston with up to 4 inches

Snow is expected Monday between 6 and 8 a.m. in the Boston area, with 1 to 2 inches likely, forecasters said.

Dave Epstein

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Don?t get used to days like Saturday. By tomorrow morning, we?ll be seeing snow (again).

Acolytes Raeanna Harwood, 9, and Lauren Crockton, 13, headed up the stairs at the Twelfth Baptist Church, the Boston church home of Martin Luther King Jr.

Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff

Boston shaped the man who became a civil rights icon

Roxbury, Twelfth Baptist Church, and Boston University occupy a treasured space in Martin Luther King Jr.?s story. Everyone here agrees: Something about him stood out.

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David Shulkin, removed as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, said he was fired even as the White House said he resigned.

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Said Ted Malloch: ?What could they want from me??

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A company recently formed by Wilbur Ross picked up an 18-acre piece of land on the Great Barrington-Alford border.

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The state has asked the Trump administration for permission to limit the number of drugs that will be covered.

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Experimental filmmaker Saul Levine described a meeting with administrators as a ?complete ambush.?

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The driver, a 30-year-old Saugus woman, sustained only minor injuries, police said.

Five taken to hospitals after crash on Mass. Pike in Allston

EMS officials had no word on the conditions of the victims.

Once Millennium Partners comes up with an approved design, a new tower will rise on the site of the former Winthrop Square garage.

Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

Can you design a Boston tower that?s pretty and practical?

The Winthrop Square project is the latest example of the challenge of designing a grand building that?s practical and aesthetically pleasing.

Foxborough, Massachusetts -- 1/29/2018 - Rob Gronkowski and Bill Belichick arrive to a Patriots rally held to send the team off to the Super Bowl at Gillette Stadium. (Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff) Topic: SuperBowl Reporter:

NORA PRINCIOTTI

Rob Gronkowski is reportedly leaning toward playing in 2018

Although the tight end is likely to stick around as long as Tom Brady is playing, there is increasing frustration between Gronkowski and Bill Belichick.

Renée Graham

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When police and media outlets make excuses for ?lovesick? or ?challenged? killers, you can conclude one thing: These perpetrators are white and male.

Nestor Ramos

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The dismantling of a sprawling memorial felt like the physical manifestation of so many impossible questions this community now faces.

Globe West

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/02/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/JoshReynoldsfortheBostonGlobe_03storm_03_met.jpg Why can?t we just bury those power lines? Lot$ of reasons

Putting lines underground does have its benefits, but the cost and planning complexities make it nearly impossible.

People who have lived abroad report a clearer sense of who they are.

Brainiac

Living abroad is a way to find yourself, research suggests

People who have lived abroad report a clearer sense of who they are.

Christina Berkemeyer and Andrew Weinstein ditched their townhouse in Washington, D.C., and rented a villa for one year in the jungle hills above Playa Guiones, in Nosara, Costa Rica.

Necee Regis for The Boston Globe

Is the expat life for you?

Ever dream about taking your family to live in a foreign land? With good planning, you can make it happen.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/01/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/200_ingraham_hogg.jpg Under-fire Laura Ingraham says her vacation was planned

A number of companies, including three from Mass., said they?d stop advertising on ?The Ingraham Angle? amid a Twitter flap with a survivor of the Parkland shooting.

How a small terrier found adventure in Milton

One day, in the friendly little town of Milton, a mysterious visitor arrived out of the blue. No one could say where, exactly, the little dog had come from. But before long, they began spotting it all over town . . .

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Trump and his first wife, Ivana, lived on the 6-acre estate.

Adam Lange scoops coffee beans before making a drink at a Philz Coffee shop in San Francisco, Friday, March 30, 2018. Coffee sellers will have to post ominous warnings in California because each cup contains a chemical linked to cancer, a judge ruled. The culprit is a byproduct of the bean roasting process that is a known carcinogen and has been at the heart of an eight-year legal struggle between a tiny nonprofit group and Big Coffee companies. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Will this be a buzzkill? Coffee cancer warnings could go beyond California

A headline from California is jolting people more than their morning cup: A judge ruled that coffee in the state should carry a cancer warning.

Debuting Love Letters: The Podcast

PODCAST

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/21/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/LoveLetters-Podcast-AlbumArt-7096.png The Love Letters podcast: Breaking up was easier before social media

Splitting up used to be much easier. You broke up and just avoided each other at the mall. Today, disentangling is complicated.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Opinion & Ideas

JEFF JACOBY

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/03/30/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/jacoby-1372.jpg Passover and the secret of Jewish longevity

For more than three millennia, Jews have paused each spring to relive their ancestors? liberation from slavery.

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Opinion

Editorial: How to save thousands a year from gun violence

Massachusetts has the nation?s lowest rate of gun deaths. Here are #7steps your state can take to save lives.

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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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Why aren?t pharma CEOs getting hauled into Congress? Why is there no Kelley Blue Book for the price tag of a medicine?