A man determined to choose violence. A cop determined to live a good life
Sean Gannon?s funeral service was held at Saint Pius X Church on Thursday.

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Only three years apart in age, the police officer and the career criminal accused of killing him could not have been more different.

Nestor Ramos

Transgender question puts bigotry and fear on the ballot

Never mind that the protections the state passed in 2016 have been an actual problem for exactly no one, Massachusetts is once again the front line of the culture wars.

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You got into college. Congratulations! Here?s the bill

High school seniors have until May 1 to weigh the costs versus the benefits of the colleges where they?ve been accepted.

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The woman who heads the State Police payroll department has been on unpaid leave for months amid allegations that she?s been stealing from the agency.

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Janelle Chan, who was chief of real estate at the T, will be overseeing the state?s affordable housing programs, community service, and assistance for homeless people.

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Top spots to live in Greater Boston in 2018

The hottest towns for home buyers, for prices ranging from under $500,000 to more than $1 million.

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The Northborough-based pizza chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, citing seven years of sliding sales and revenue.

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Time?s most influential list includes BU professor Dr. Ann McKee

Actor-director John Krasinski is another list member with local ties.

?Fearless Girl? became an overnight sensation last year, when State Street?s investment arm installed the 50-inch bronze statue to defiantly face off the ?Charging Bull? of Wall Street.

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?Fearless Girl? finds a new place to take a stand

The statue, commissioned by Boston-based State Street Corp. to mark International Women?s Day, will move to a spot facing the New York Stock Exchange.

Amy Schumer stars as a woman with body and self-esteem issues in ?I Feel Pretty.?

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Amy Schumer?s comedy ?I Feel Pretty? is half daring, half a neurotic mess

Are we supposed to laugh with Schumer?s protagonist or at her? The movie wants it both ways at different times.

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?This type of hate crime has to be responded to,?? said Kai Grant, who owns Black Market Dudley with her husband, Christopher. ?We take this very personally.?

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The black men arrived a few minutes early for a meeting. Three police officers showed up not long after.

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As in 2013, powerful storms once again battered the island this winter. A coalition of neighbors, federal, state, and local officials rallied to move sand to stabilize the dangerous erosion.

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A blown engine on a Southwest jet Tuesday hurled shrapnel at the aircraft and led to the death of a passenger who was nearly sucked out a broken window.

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The next commuter rail contract needs to toughen driver safety requirements.

A new chapter in the story of a terrier who 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 . . .

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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Sales associate Charlie White waited for customers at The Andover Shop in Harvard Square. The shop opened in Cambridge in 1953.

The Andover Shop is up for sale

Perspective | Magazine

An open letter to men who sell beer
Boston, MA - 4/18/2018 - An Embr Wave, a device that straps to your wrist like a watch to help change the feel of your body's temperature, is displayed in Boston, MA, Apr. 18, 2018. (Keith Bedford/Globe Staff)

Climate control on your wrist
The tap room of Lord Hobo in Woburn where dogs are welcome.

Woburn finding a new groove
Police from all over the country stood outside the church Wednesday.

Funeral services for slain Cape Cod sergeant held
Visitors lay flowers Wednesday at Walker?s Point in Kennebunkport in honor of former first lady Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday.

Kennebunkport recalls Barbara Bush

A local beer wholesaler owned by Anheuser-Busch, parent company of Budweiser, was found to be not liable under state anti-pay-to-play rules for giving away nearly $1 million in equipment to beer retailers.

Budweiser parent absolved of pay-to-play charge in Mass.

Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print

At Roche Bros., skipping long line can cost you
The Long Island Bridge was demolished in 2015.

Quincy mayor throws up potential roadblock to Boston?s Long Island bridge plans
File-This Aug. 3, 2017 file photo shows Corey Lewandowski, former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, speaking at the City Club of Cleveland, in Cleveland. Neighbors of Lewandowski say he harassed them in a land dispute and threatened to use his

Former Trump staffer claims Comey was responsible for Marathon bombing
Boston, MA - 2/13/2018 - Boston Bruins President Cam Neely at today's media availability at TD Garden. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Fluto Shinzawa, Topic: 14Bruins-Flames, LOID: 8.4.936727948.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Cam Neely is enjoying the Bruins? ride

An unknown painting collection is unveiled in Quincy

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Richmond quarterback Kyle Lauletta (5) winds up a pass during the first half of an NCAA football game against James Madison in Harrisonburg, Va., Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. (Daniel Lin/Daily News-Record via AP)

NFL DRAFT | QUARTERBACKS

Is the next Jimmy Garoppolo available in this NFL Draft?

There are a lot of similarities between Garoppolo and Richmond?s Kyle Lauletta, who could interest the Patriots.

Metro

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Thornton Law Firm didn?t break state campaign finance laws, prosecutor says

The decision ends the state inquiry into Thornton Law Firm. But federal investigations, which began in 2016, are ongoing.

Real Estate

Quincy Colonial boasts views of water with three decks

This four-bedroom, 3.5-bath, 2,074-square-foot Colonial in Quincy is right by the water, with three decks offering views of Quincy Bay. Listed for $849,900, the first floor of this home features a living room, dining room, updated kitchen, and a family room featuring a wall of windows.

Politics

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President Trump spoke Wednesday during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump passes up chance to say if he?ll fire Mueller

President Trump did not say if he would fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, adding, ??they?re still here.??

Cars

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Is synthetic oil better than conventional oil?

At my last oil change, I switched to full synthetic oil. Does synthetic oil really last longer than conventional oil? Q. I drive a 2014 Honda Accord that has 50,000 miles on it from a daily commute from Massachusetts to Rhode Island. At my last oil change, I switched to full synthetic oil. A few [?]

Columnists

Top Cambridge police officials arrived for a news conference on Monday.

Adrian Walker

When police overreaction is caught on video
Jaylen Brown and the Celtics gave the Garden crowd plenty to cheer about.

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

The Celtics played with passion. The Bucks, not so much
Carol Fulp, who runs the Partnership, has said she?d be willing and able to help the Visitors Bureau find candidates of color.

Shirley Leung

Tourism board will try again after inept search for leader
cutline onfo from cullen: Army veterans Tom Davis and Alfredo ?Freddie? De Los Santos, warming up on a bus after a wet, cold race, finished first and second in the handcycle division of the Boston Marathon fir the second consecutive year.

KEVIN CULLEN

What?s a little rain when you?ve survived war?

SCOT LEHIGH

The sorry state of our political discourse
The Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield won a legal battle over its plan to sell dozens of works of art.

JEFF JACOBY

Berkshire Museum saga headed toward a happy ending
Toronto, Ontario - 4/16/2018 - (2nd period) Toronto Maple Leafs center Auston Matthews (34) scored his first goal of the playoffs for the 3-2 lead over the Boston Bruins which was appreciated by actress and Maple Leafs fan Elizabeth Moss, second from left, of Mad Men and The handmaiden's Tale fame. The Toronto Maple Leafs host the Boston Bruins in Game 3 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Kevin P. Dupont , Topic: 17Maple Leafs-Bruins, LOID: 8.4.1612772118.

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Desperation of Leafs sounds all too familiar
Desiree Linden rounded onto Hereford Street alone at the Boston Marathon on Monday.

TARA SULLIVAN

Mother Nature kept pressure on Linden. She just ran harder
Protesters outside of a Starbucks in Philadelphia on Sunday, where two black men were arrested after employees called police to say the men were trespassing.

Renée Graham

White fear is an American problem
James Comey testified on Capitol Hill in May 2017.

JOAN VENNOCHI

Comey still needs to be honest about himself
Boston, MA: 4/15/18: The Celtic Jaylen Brown drives to the basket against the Bucks Khris Middleton. The Boston Celtics hosted the Milwaukee Bucks in Game One of an Eastern Conference First Round NBA Playoff basketball game at the TD Garden. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff)

CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER

Celtics? young core passed its first playoff test
Jamie Schneider (left), 27, was accompanied by his father Allan on his workout at Bethpage State Park in preparation for this year?s Boston Marathon.

TARA SULLIVAN

Expressing themselves, step by step

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by THAIS LLORCA/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (9636237a) A view of the skyline during an island-wide power outtage in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 18 April 2018. According to media reports the accident, which involved an excavator used by a subcontracted company hired to restore power on the island in the wake of massive damage caused by Hurricane Maria, occurred in the southeast of the country. The excavator was reportedly trying to remove a collapsed tower when it came close to a transmission line, causing it to fail. The same company, Dgrimm, was responsible for another smaller power failure last week. Puerto Rico hit with island-wide power outtage, San Juan - 18 Apr 2018

Excavator blamed for island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico

It was the second major outage in less than a week, with the previous one affecting some 840,000 customers.

Business

A worker packed drugs at Takeda in Oranienburg, Germany.

Shire rejects Takeda?s $60 billion takeover bid

The Irish drug maker, which has most of its operations in Massachusetts, rejected an offer that would have made Japan?s Takeda one of the biggest drug makers in the world.

Arts

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Assertive heroines have displaced alpha males in today?s romance novels.

Writing a ?trigger-free love story? dicey in the age of #metoo

As the genre evolves, assertive heroines have displaced alpha males in today?s romance novels.

Lifestyle

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Guests go behind the scenes at a Kentucky horse farm.

Trendspotting

Tourists getting to participate in VIP experiences they once could only imagine

If you have the money to make it happen, it can happen: dinner at Hemingway?s table in the Ernest Hemingway House in Key West, private after-hours tours of the Sistine Chapel and the Louvre, glimpses of the insides of the fashion houses of Milan and Paris.

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A planned opioids research partnership worth roughly $400 million won?t accept industry money after all.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The Big Picture: Monday in photos

Thousands of runners competed in miserable weather conditions during the 122nd running of the Marathon.

Real Estate

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As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

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Magazine

The cover for the April 15 2018 issue

No matter where she finishes in Boston, Shalane Flanagan has changed running for American women
The cover for the April 8 2018 issue

Boston is the nation?s college capital. Here?s how to keep it that way

The cover for the April 1 2018 issue

Advice: Why won?t family members write to mom in the nursing home?

The cover for the March 25 2018 issue

How Meredith Goldstein became an advice columnist when her own love life was falling apart