In Harvard case, judge appears skeptical of plaintiffs

The judge said the lack of Asian-American witnesses was a ?problem? in the lawsuit. But she also said Harvard?s case had a weakness because the school gave Asian-Americans lower scores.

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Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller?s probe into the role Russia played in President Trump?s election win, a judge said.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/14/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/a80ab591c3e340cd979bd7d318a46db7-a80ab591c3e340cd979bd7d318a46db7-26255.jpg Woman who accused Va. lieutenant governor will meet with Suffolk DA

Vanessa Tyson, who said Virginia?s lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, will provide details to the Suffolk district attorney?s office, her attorney said.

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Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey co-sponsored the Green New Deal, and its proposed wide-ranging economic changes, making him a target of Republicans who say the idea won?t win popular support.

A rush-hour scene in Boston that is all too common.

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Yvonne Abraham

To fix Greater Boston?s traffic woes, go big or stay home

Another day, another study telling us what is already blindingly obvious: Boston?s rush-hour is soul-crushing misery. If we don?t make massive changes, it?s going to get worse.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/climatecities.jpg If we don?t stop climate change, Boston will feel like Baltimore

A new study shows how climate change will affect cities in the future. It?s as if they are moving 500 miles south.

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Caitlin Clavette, a 35-year-old art teacher at a Milton elementary school, was driving to work in 2016 when she was killed near the edge of the Thomas P. O?Neill Jr. Tunnel.

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Richard Paris, president of Local 718, said Wednesday he will step down on Feb. 28 after leading one of the city?s largest and most politically active labor unions for 9 years.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/14bizVideo.jpg In rap video, Insys opioid salesmen boasted of their prowess

?Insys Therapeutics, that is our name,? the associates sang. ?We?re raising the bar and we?re changing the game. To be great it takes a decision, to be better than the competition.?

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Boston police are looking to identify at least five people who are thought to be connected to a violent assault on a man in the South End before dawn on Saturday.

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President Trump isn?t showing his hand yet. But with little Washington appetite for another shutdown, he?s expected to grudgingly accept the border agreement.

Fort Myers , FL - 2/12/2019 - Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Chris Sale throws after completing his morning physical. Boston Red Sox pitchers and catchers reported today for physicals for Red Sox Spring Training at Jet Blue Park in Fort Myers, FL. - (Barry Chin/Globe Staff), Section: Sports, Reporter: Peter Abraham, Topic: 12Red Sox, LOID: .

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DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Chris Sale makes no promises but says Boston is ?a good place for me?

The Red Sox? standout lefthander gave all the right answers when asked about his contract being up after this season.

CELTICS 118, PISTONS 110

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Al Horford had 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists to lead Boston, which led Detroit by 28 points with just nine minutes left.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/wiggs_WellesleyTown_328631.jpg These are the wealthiest towns in the US, according to Bloomberg

A Massachusetts town cracked the top 50 in the annual Bloomberg Richest Places index.

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//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Magazine/Images/exerpt0210hero.jpg Who killed Jean McConville? Did a secret archive at Boston College hold clues?

The widowed Irish mother was dragged away from her 10 children in Belfast in 1972. They never heard from her again.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/09/07/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/kreiter_bayside2_biz.jpg UMass ready to name developer of 20-acre Bayside Expo Center site

The property?s sale could generate more than $200 million for the cash-starved school.

A computer generated image shows the Opportunity rover of NASA.

NASA?s Opportunity rover ends its 15-year run on Mars

Opportunity was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, setting endurance and distance records that are years, if not decades, from being broken.

Love Letters podcast season 2

Is finding love at work a good idea?

In Episode Two of the podcast, a risky work crush involving H.R. and a conversation with an employment lawyer about dating at work in the #MeToo era.

Miss Conduct

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Everyone else complains when she?s not there, but no one in our group wants to confront her.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/14eaglepic_002.jpg Here?s a picture of a coyote and bald eagle apparently fighting over a deer carcass on a Maine lake

File this one under ?Only in Maine.?

Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

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Roderick MacFarquhar?s provocative insights were rooted in real knowledge, not the glib cleverness of cable talking heads.

SHIRLEY LEUNG

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/11/BostonGlobe.com/EditorialOpinion/Images/Leung-6497.jpg Who wants to be the next Partners CEO? Anyone?

The board shouldn?t stick with the Partners Way, which is plucking a doctor from one of its teaching hospitals.

In a story published Wednesday, a 20-year-old female musician said Ryan Adams, 44, had inappropriate conversations with her while she was 15 and 16.

7 women claim singer Ryan Adams was inappropriate

A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual.

Los Angeles, CA 06/15/10: A couple of hours before the game, Celtics fan and comedian Dane Cook was already courtside in his green shirt. The Boston Celtics take on the Los Angeles Lakers in Game Six of the NBA Finals at the Staples Center. (Jim Davis/Globe Staff) section:sports slug:celtics16 26strong

Can comedian Dane Cook make it big ? again?

Arlington native Dane Cook is setting out on tour with new material for the first time in years.

Love Letters: The Podcast

Season Two: How do you meet someone?

Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.

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They were the top of their class at Boston public schools. Then life happened

Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

Smartphone society

In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.

Real Estate

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Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.

STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2019/02/13/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/Duck-8-1-1024x576.jpg What happened to bird flu? How a threat to human health faded from view

Although the number of cases have subsided dramatically, ?we don?t know how the story?s going to end,? says one influenza expert.

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