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Robert Kraft charges come as part of human trafficking sting
The Patriots owner is accused of soliciting prostitution as part of an investigation of human trafficking at multiple day spas in Florida. A spokesperson for Kraft said: ?We categorically deny that Mr. Kraft engaged in any illegal activity.?
NESTOR RAMOS
In Robert Kraft?s name, a professor wrestles with sex and slavery
As a Brandeis professor, Bernadette Brooten has studied the long, intertwined history of sex and slavery. One of the names on her endowed chair? Kraft.
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TARA SULLIVAN
Troubling charges against Robert Kraft leave us wondering what to think
This is the type of news that stops you in your tracks, flooding your mind with more questions than you know can be answered.
Barry Chin/Globe Staff
?Tentacles? of trafficking ring expand nationwide, authorities say
Robert Kraft is just one of potentially hundreds of people connected to what authorities say was an international operation.
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R. Kelly is canceled. Is it time to cancel Michael Jackson?
I allowed my lifelong fandom for Jackson to overshadow the possibility that he groomed children and their starstruck parents, and ruined young lives.
Editorial
Wynn 1, Massachusetts casino regulators 0
Massachusetts is learning: What happens in Las Vegas doesn?t always stay there.
Editorial
Universities face complicated choices on taking money from Saudi Arabia
If universities from MIT to Harvard just let inertia rule and keep Saudi money, they risk teaching a generation of students that it?s OK to do business with a murderous regime.
Opinion | Madeleine May Kunin
The dos and don?ts for the women running for president
Wear black pantsuits. Don?t mess with your hair. And don?t cackle.
Opinion | Michael A. Cohen
Beto O?Rourke could be Democrats? best shot at taking back Senate
Democrats don?t necessarily need O?Rourke to win back the White House. The bigger challenge will be to win back the Senate.
The robots have taken over at this downtown garage
A new garage on Broad Street moves vehicles around ? without a person driving.
RED SOX NOTEBOOK
Alex Cora pays tribute to the Globe?s Nick Cafardo
Instead of giving his usual pregame briefing, the Red Sox manager spoke about the late writer Friday.
NBA: Officials missed multiple calls at end of Bucks-Celtics
The league?s reassessment of Thursday?s finish found errors in the critical jump ball, plus three uncalled fouls on Boston?s final play.
Young pianist crushed in building collapse must find a way to start again
All her life, she?d wanted nothing more than to be a professional pianist. Then the massive concrete facade of a building in Allston fell on her.
Will Trump?s taunts about Warren?s heritage backfire?
A number of Democratic strategists say that the president?s racist taunts could have the ironic outcome of helping defuse any doubts the lingering controversy has sowed.
2 Boston police supervisors on leave in connection with payroll probe
The supervisors were placed on leave last week.
5 police officers top Boston?s payroll for 2018
The officers were dismissed from the department and later reinstated, to six-figure settlements that included back pay, according to data released Friday.
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Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print
Downed website and a botched response from the state
Mark Stepakoff figured it would take only a few minutes to renew his real estate license with the state.
Man?s shooting is a high-profile test for police commissioner, new DA
Among the key questions for William Gross and Rachael Rollins, and one that is sensitive to police and community relations: Were officers justified in using deadly force?
Catholic leaders at sex abuse summit hear plan for removing bishops
The proposal is the most significant acknowledgment yet from the Vatican?s inner sanctum that the existing system for holding its own leaders accountable needs to be improved.
Chesto Means Business
Wayfair stock reaches new heights, even as retailer posts more losses
Bostonians don?t have to go far to find a company whose stock can soar nearly 30 percent after it posts a loss of more than $500 million in one year.
MIT engineer built a semiautonomous snowblower so he never has to shovel again
Meet ?Chomper,? the googly-eyed snow destroyer.
Controversial Ala. newspaper editor who backed KKK is replaced
Elecia Dexter, a 46-year-old black woman, is taking over as the paper?s publisher and editor from Goodloe Sutton.
New York expected to charge Paul Manafort, guarding against a potential Trump pardon
Citizens Bank issued loans to Manafort and has been cooperating with the probe, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
MARIJUANA MOMENT
Scientists actually did a study to confirm that marijuana causes the munchies
Science has confirmed that marijuana really does cause the munchies.
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.
Listen: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | RadioPublic
Special reports
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.
Globe must-reads
Sports
RED SOX SPRING TRAINING REPORT
Friday?s spring training report: Bobby Dalbec goes deep
The Red Sox started the exhibition season by shutting out Northeastern, 6-0, in seven innings.
Metro
Proposed project seeks to recognize Faneuil Hall?s slavery ties
Boston is taking a step toward recognizing the role slavery played at one of its most visited landmarks.
Real Estate
Create a morning sanctuary with a well-ordered coffee station
These stations can be as simple or as fancy as you want; the point is to have everything in one place.
Politics
Markey warns of ?full-fledged battle? if AG does not release Mueller investigation details
Senator Edward Markey?s said he?s relying on the report to largely determine if there is ?evidence of impeachable offenses? against President Donald Trump.
Nation & World
Mueller report not expected next week, contrary to reports
Robert Mueller?s two-year investigation has shadowed Donald Trump?s presidency.
Cars Search This Week's Specials
2020 Jeep Gladiator stakes a claim in the increasingly popular truck segment
Leave it to Jeep to tease us with Grand Wagoneer hype but unveil the Gladiator.
Columnists
Business
Insys? scheme to deceive insurance companies detailed
Employees quickly learned the best tactics for tricking insurers into approving payments for the company?s powerful Fentanyl spray, a former company manager said in court Friday.
Arts
Music Review
Kristine Opolais, BSO deliver an emotional ?Suor Angelica?
In the long crescendo of the Puccini opera?s last 20 minutes, the soprano transported to a higher plane.
Real Estate
Are we ignoring ? or outright banning ? an easy affordable-housing fix?
Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
STAT
Meet the executives who will defend pharma before Congress
One?s a college dropout. One?s a self-proclaimed street fighter. And one survived a presidential tweetstorm.
